experiences..

Bismillahirrahmanirrahm..
Praises to Allah, the Almighty.

Yesterday, 8th February 2008, I went to Taman Tamadun Islam with my friends. It was not planned. It just came through our mind just like that .." hmm, why not we took a look at TTI?". So, off we went..

Such a long distance from the place we parked our car to the entrance of TTI.. what a walk!..
We were not surprise to see huge number of vehicles from locals and outsiders which were like an army of ant lining up to get to the sugar we were aiming for.. huh..

Well, I suppose much had been heard about this TTI stuff.. about the monuments, the crystal mosque at the side of the river which can be seen glittering with majestic view during nightfall from the bridge and much more...

What I'm going to share in this side today is about me, testing myself whether I had the talent to
be one of the RTM family for the news programme.. At first I was a bit afraid, then i said to myself.. " why i didn't give it a try?". So.. i filled up the forms and i got the numbers that is 802, such a coincidence to fall with the date i went there.. 802 and 08.02.2008... hmm.. it's just a coincidence.. nothing much..

Next, i was groomed by the make-up artist or person (whatever).. just a simple foundation and i was given a coat based on my size. The colour was lime green.. so, i waited for my turn and they gave me the paper which had the item i was supposed to read..

When its came my turn, and off i went to the table in front of everybody.. the camera man, the spoke person and the audiences were in front of me.. i felt like there was a butterfly in my stomach... i was nervous.. but not as nervous as the time when i was with my friends trying to address the content in our club president speech a week ago.. or less.. that moment were more critical than this, because at that time, everybody that were hearing the thing that i was trying to address knew me.. they were my junior (technicaly) during my studies.. but it wasn't the same when i was in front of the camera.. everyone doesn't know who i really was... praises to Allah...

I was given the chances to read the news in Malay and English.. i was fortunate.. because the person in the blue shirt who was incharge saw that in the form i'd filled, at the experience part, i put that i had the experiences of being a Deejay during my secondary school in 1999, for the English On Air Programme. I was lucky to have this experience as being a Deejay.. =) Praise to Allah..

During the audition, both the Malay and English news i read twice in front of the camera before it was recorded during the third time. The person incharge said that i read too quick, so he asked me to read based on the mark he had put on each of the paragraphs and to read it as slowly as i could (but not too slow for me though) and as fluently as i can...

Next, after the audition , i was interviewed by a reporter from a local newspaper company. she asked me how was i felt and many more.. that day was an exciting day for me.. it's hard to describe and it's harder for me to forget! well... until we meet again in the next session.. i'm wan mahsuri signing off.. and i give you the song of the silent whisper.. enjoy.. ; )