Custodes Terra Meeting 27th February

Yo, what’s up, people?

Our beloved Custodes Terra Club held a meeting in the Physics Lab on the 27^th of February. Well, it wasn’t really IN the Physics Lab, because there was an outdoor activity. A treasure hunt. To be more specific, a treasure hunt that involves green knowledge. Yeah.

It was cool, I guess – and a hearty congratulations and a slap on the back for the faithful Custodes Terra members who were present. Wow, I kind of guessed that the number of members present would decrease slowly but surely, but I have underestimated these members. Even thought it was going to be the end of the second month; there were more than a hundred members who came. That’s awesome. But the amount of noise made… dude. But I guess you win some, you lose some, huh?

HAHAHA. Get it? Dynamic equilibrium?

Okay, so anyway – we held a treasure hunt. Our new vice president; Anati, was in charge of handling the meeting, along with our new secretary; Alya Zulaikha. Sound pollution increased, and they couldn’t use the microphone unfortunately, as there was something wrong with it. Technical problems.

So these people had to raise their voices and all, and there was a bit of a confusion going on. It seems like there were two group fives – another two groups of, um… something else. Though I don’t know how that happened. Alya seemed to do a pretty swell job of dividing people up with her mental arithmetic (which takes a lot of mentality, because of the number of heads bobbing in the lab). Then, Anati gave out the clues – everyone received the same clue, and they rushed to their first destination – which would be the surau’s water harvesting tank.

There was a hubbub there too, as the person who held on to the next clue was told to hide – and she hid REALLY WELL. Ema Marya managed to blend in with the crowd, and no one seemed to notice that she didn’t belong to any group. I would have been fooled too, because seriously, the number of people swarming around was just too many. Like, um… maggots in infested food or something.

Then when the groups rushed around; some of the last groups found that there weren’t enough clues. They didn’t get any clues; and there was a bit of a commotion. No one knows where the clues went, as the clues were checked several times before being given to the holder. Either the holders ate the clues, or the clues just magically disappeared. Personally, I don’t think the holders ( Ema, Khairah, Durrah, Maryam, Ila) would be that hungry.

Well, the last clue was to find Anati and register – Anati was trying to put white pebbles around the stepping stones in the Herbs Garden – when just a few minutes later, a group came whizzing by and one of the members grabbed her like a hunter would grab a rabbit.

After that, more groups appeared and registered. Once registered, they waited for the other groups to arrive in the Physics Lab. It was surprising how fast the groups managed to solve the clues, and especially how fast they ran. Dude, if they ran like that in the road run held annually, they could win BIG. Once everyone was in the lab, Alya and Anati sorted out the winners. Only to find that only one group managed to glean all the clues. The first few groups were fast; but most of them didn’t get the clues from Ema.

Well. There’s a lesson to be learned from all this. Planning is important – and never play hide and seek with Ema. HAHAHA. After that though, Anati apologized and said the treasure hunt wasn’t really planned out as they didn’t have ample time. So to pass the time, they had a quiz. Some people could answer, some couldn’t.

Most of the people who couldn’t were absent during the Bio-Enzyme Workshop. To the people who were absent then, click on the a bio-enzyme post put up in the past. You’ll understand more.

After the quiz, our newly-elected president; Syafiqah, took over. She announced that there would be eco books supplied to each member. These eco books are used to accumulate eco points. A certain number of eco points can earn you more koko marks; and even a position in the board in future. So guardians, step up and be a HERO. Not just any hero, but a proactive hero, and we’ll all be heroes together.

So, people, I think this marks the end of this post. Just a reminder, but this blog gets updated every weekend, be it Saturday or Sunday. Visit the Sri Aman Planeteers on Facebook too, which is our club’s official Facebook page. Usually, important notices are posted there – or at the notice board in school, and even this blog.

Until next time, then.  

Custodes Terra Meeting 6th of February

Yo, blog-readers. Sorry I didn't update last week. It, uh... kind of slipped my mind.

Seriously, I was wondering why I had more time on my hands than usual - and then I remembered just now. Man, I suck.

So - on to the next topic. Our beloved Custodes Terra Club held a meeting on the 6th of February. The Physics Lab was noisy as usual; and Farhanah had to raise her voice again. Honestly, I don't understand why people need to talk when it's clearly suffocating in that lab. Chairs squeaking and creaking, people talking loudly, exhaling the acidic gases of carbon dioxide... Oh man. 

Well, Farhanah managed to catch everyone's attention - she told everyone to ensure that their attendance was taken. Then, she started to give members to their groups. Some members had to weed the Herbs Garden, some other members had to go to the back of Block E to clear up the shelves there, some cleared up the Eco Corner, and so on. I didn't manage to catch all the details that day, because I had both hands tied up with the attendance. It was kind of confusing, since there's an overload of members and the atmosphere's too noisy. I have to salute Atikah, who's undoubtedly a pro at that. Dude, she managed to tick most of the attendance in just a few minutes.

There was also a Custodes Musicus Audition held in the school's gallery for those who were interested to join. Many people were interested at first; but when they heard practices were held regularly on a Saturday - well, let's just say the number of interested members was the definite opposite of the number of people who attended Justin Bieber's concert. The DEFINITE OPPOSITE.

So people were filing out of the lab and to their respective assigned places; when Farhanah called out a few names she wanted to meet outside the lab immediately. She rubbed that in a few times, so I guessed it was something serious - especially when my name was called along too. I'm a good student, don't get me wrong; but at times like these - I just don't trust myself. So I started to scan the list of possibilities of why I got called out along with these... these monsters.

I thought I was going to get busted because I knocked over a potted plant that very morning. I grabbed the attendance sheets, gathered them up, and made my way along with the crowd of members out into the open. I say that most of them were laready gathered there with Farhanah, and I was the latest to arrive. So all I heard  was something about the new B.O.D (Board Of Directors). Also about the fact that Nur Syafiqah Adam Malik has snagged the position as president. Hey, Syafiqah, if you're reading this - congratulations! 

While Farhanah named the positions, other members were weeding the herbs garden around us. 

Then, she said she would leave the club in our hands - or something like that. This was terrifying in a way, to imagine our hands handling the club. 

But I guess, if you take it in a metaphorical way - it wouldn't be too bad. I think. So Syafiqah gave out all the duties to the rest of the members and we dispersed. While everyone was gone, both of us sat at the table near the Herbs Garden and started to mark the attendance sheets. We were happily finishing up our task, when one of the members came up to us and reported that one of the other members knocked over a potted plant - which cracked into three pieces. 

We dealt with the matter in a cool way - told the member to find the one of the workers around here and ask if there were any spare pots going. They could plant it there temporarily, before we buy a more suitable pot. Then, Puan Yeo sat with us at the table and started discussing the activities which will be held this year - there'll be orientation, installation and more. I'd like to tell you guys more - but we'll leave it there first, okay? I'll sneak in more previews if I can next time. I'll also try posting the new Board of Directors if I get the list, okay? There wasn't an official meeting on the 13th of February, but there were Custodes Musics auditions. The next meeting will be held on the 27th of February; so I'll see you guys there.

Before I go, here's a fun fact about the environment for you :-

LESS than 10% of the sea has been explored by humans. Even so, humans have discovered dangerous creatures like angler fish and more. It's great to meet creatures like this - but the more we destroy their natural habitats underwater; more of them will appear close to shore and one day - even going to the beach won't be safe any more, if the creatures are angered into attacking us. 

Remember; destroy the sea, and the sea will destroy you. 

 

Don't anger nature - if you don't want an angler fish on your tail. Until next time, peace out. 

Kelab Pengguna Competition

Yo, guys, I'm in a hurry here - but as I'm a GOOD head of blog, I'm still making time for this blog. HAHAHA!~
So on the 2nd of the February 2012, five of our Custodes Terra members had the honour of participating in the Kelab Pengguna Competition held at SMK Sri Utama. The five members were Nur Syafiqah Adam Malik, Anis Najwa, Siti Zulaikha and Lina Farzana - along with myself, Anati Alyaa Azhar. We had to bring an environmental-friendly creation that uses recyclable items to the maximum. So we decided to present our creation, which is; the BLING!

Yeah, abotu that exclamation mark... I don't usually put exclamation marks like that here, but the BLING! really does have an exclamation mark. It's not just for fun. You know why? The exlamation mark in BLING! show our enthusiastic and excited passion in saving the environment by using it. If some of you are wondering what BLING! is, it's an environmental-friendly window cleaner. It used to be called Ember Glass Window Cleaner, the 'ember' showing that our creation is the BOMB. You know? The BLING! is made out of Bio-Enzyme created by Dr. Rosukon from Thailand some years back. But we improvised by adding in fragrants like Lemon Grass, Rosemary and Cinnamon. Cnnamon is to repel ants, mosquitoes and other pests; while Lemon Grass and Rosemary is to get rid of the sourish smell from Bio-Enzyme.
It's NOT hazardous to the environment or health - unless, you know, you spray it into your eyes or something.

So we presented it in SMK Sri Utama; and we were one of 10 schools that participated. Our headmistress, Datin Noorul-Aini sent us to SMK Sri Utama, which was a great honour. It made us feel even more anxious to actually win something. Puan Mages couldn't send us, because she had come down with a bad asthma attack. D: Get well, Puan Mages.
We also found out that we were the youngest there at the ripe age of fifteen; as the youngest there were form 4's - but there were A LOT of form 5's and 6's too. And as we aren't that tall, we looked kind off... young. But that's okay. All of the schools had brilliant things they brought to be presented; some of them were taken from resources on the Internet. I thought all of them had a good chance of winning; and we were really nervous when they were going to announce the results.
The third runner-up was SMK Damansara Jaya with their Smart Bag, and second place was SMK Taman SEA with their recyclable file. First was a school that had produced soap out of used cooking oil, which was really COOL. We didn't manage to snag any position worthy of medals or anything, but hey, at least we got certificates! ~
So these are the pictures taken by Syafiqah's camera at the event.

The beautiful view that welcomed us in the hall.

Lina and Zulaikha fussing over the posters. We used the brick down there to hit the thumbtacks into place.

Anis Najwa and Anati revising on their presentations.

SMK Sri Utama's (the host) COOL Xtranceiver. A cardboard radio that lights up through the bottle up there AND uses a phone to play music.

SMK Taman SEA, the second runner-up with their recycled files.

Nur Syafiqah presenting the BLING! when it was her turn to present.

Custodes Terra 2nd Meeting

What's up, people? Hope all's well.
So the second meeting of the Custodes Terra Club was held on the 30th of January 2012, in the same place at last time - which was the Physics Lab. Sorry about the blog post about the first meeting - there was an error there. One of the kind-hearted and alert members told me about it. The Physics Lab is located in block D, not block C. Sorry about that, but you can imagine my shock and horror when that happened.

Not to mention embarassment. But hey, at least I know my mistake now, huh? So the second meeting. Two men from YAWA (Yayasan Anak Warisan Alam) paid the club a visit to teach the members how to make Bio-Enzyme. LOTS of thanks to Atikah, who tried to keep the crowd under control. I mean, everyone was under control - no one was throwing water balloons or making a riot or something - but it was seriously too noisy. But she managed to handle them well, so an AWESOME thumbs up to her. I know how difficult it is to keep people quiet, so it's beyond me how ushers can even survive in movies. HAHAHA, but I've always found the other Usher able to survive a noisy crowd; what with him being all famous and stuff.
 
So yeah. The two men from YAWA were Mr. Fikri and Mr. Faiz; and the students were paying rapt attention - or at least, that's how I saw it. But some of the members didn't manage to follow or get what the men were, saying; and they must have been desperate. But a few members were reported for comitting thievery concerning Bio-Enzyme made by other members. To the members who, uh... were desperate enough to do that, you shouldn't be scared if you don't get it the first time. And you porbably need to work on your thieving skills and take a leaf out of Oliver Twist's book. HAHAHA, just kidding. To the victimized members, it's okay. People who steal it will still svae the environment by using it because you can't really DESTROY the planet with Bio-Enzyme. So you don't have to be too concerned, okay?
While the members were participating in the Bio-Enzyme workshop, some of the other members were waiting patiently - and also nervously, anxiously and also talking way too loudly - in the memory lane for their names to be called for an interview by Atikah, Farhana and Siti Sarah. The form 4's were claled in first, then the form 3's. The form 2's were asked to attend the workshop first; because they might not have enough time to be called in for an interview that day. A few of the form 3's didn't have enough time to be interviewed too, so those few along with the form 2's were called in the next day before Ruby Red and Topaz Yellow house practises.   
For those of you who didn't check the blog last time, these interviews are the ones that will determine which member gets which position for the 2012/2013 Custodes Terra Board of Directors. Man, I myself went for that interview - and it was TERRIFYING. Atikah, Farhana and Siti Sarah sat in a row complete with mysterious pieces of papers which they WRITE on when you ANSWER their questions. I've never felt as nervous in my whole life - except for the time when I had to jump of this crazy 18-foot tall THING in Skytrex. That was really crazy.
But the results will be posted here - I'm not sure when, it depends - but it WILL be updated. Honestly. So now, we go to the pictures taken by Nur Syafiqah Adam Malik, who brought a red camera specially for this meeting.

Members waiting to be interview in the memory lane. Seems like only one is intent on NOT wasting time.HAHAHA.

Iman Ridhuan (top left) tells a horrifying story, causing an unpleasant twist in the expressions of listeners.

The interviewers interviewing what LOOKS like Nadiah Saleha; but I can't say for sure.

The three interviewers smiling as they get their picture taken. Man, them members be tremblin'.

  

Shortlisted Candidates

Hey Custodians!

As I promised, the list of shortlisted candidates will be posted up on Thursday but sorry for the delay. So, here you go! However, you will not necessarily get the post which you have applied for. It once again depends on the interview session which will be organized as well as your potential. The tentative date for the interview session would be during meeting on Monday, 30th January 2012. The interview will be conducted by myself, Siti Sarah and Atikah. Shortlisted candidates will not be participating in the bio enzyme workshop. Instead, you will have to attend the interview session.

• Time: 2.15 pm to 4.30 pm
• Venue: Gather at the Memory Lane at 2.15 pm

Here's the list of shortlisted candidates:

1. Alya Zulaikha
2. Sarah Sheilla
3. Esther Kok
4. Ilavenil
5. Maryam Balqis
6. Iman Syafiqah
7. Nur Syafiqah
8. Nurul Anis Najwa
9. Lina Farzana
10. Siti Zulaikha
11. Anati Alyaa bt. Azhar
12. Durrah Sharifah
13. Nadia Natasha

We believe that some of you did not apply for any posts as you were not confident of your ability. However, we do see the leadership potential in some of you. Here's the list of those whom we have shortlisted to attend our interview session on  Monday based on the potential we believe you have! Please do attend the interview session as you wouldn't know if you have the potential unless you give it a try :)

1. Nadia Saleha
2. Amira Zainal
3. Maisarah Sobri
4. Iman Ridhuan
5. Ema Marya
6. Tengku Hasya
7. Zainab Sofiah
8. Siti Khairina bt. Mohd. Fikri
9. Nurnajwa Natasha A'Aziz
10. Khairah Alyaa Khalid
11. Siti Sarah Azhar
12. Tee Su Jen

We do not really know the current Form 2 batch as you are pretty new to the school and club. So, if you think you got what it takes to become one of the Board of Directors, please do not hesitate to inform us on Monday and do turn up for the interview if you're interested.

*Note: To be fair to those who have taken time to fill up the application forms, there will be a slight difference in the interviews conducted for those who applied and those who didn't.

We hope that everyone's happy with the decision which has been made. For further queries and clarification, do not hesitate to contact me (Farhanah) at 010-3606046.

Adious!