the nervousness, the heartwrenching, the anticipation, the exhilaration.

yes, everything was felt on that day.

the thrill of being on stage and yakking away with one of your talking buddies - just that its a competition then - was great.

there were quite a few glitches when it came to our turn until it was thought that someone was trying to sabo us but it was okay i guess. we carried ourselves well and with maturity, and that was what gave us the advantage and clinched the 3rd placing.

there was a point of time during the competition that nadirah and i damn nearly cussed our ass off - and nearly got heart attacks - when our improptu turn was over. the two of us went to the toilet to relieve ourselves, and when we went out, there were 2 girls from [insert school's name] that sort of congratulated us BUT said that it was too bad. coz why? why? we talked out of topic

WHAT THE F?!?!?!?!?

who in the right mind would talk OUT OF TOPIC. sooooo, we asked them, what topic was shown on the screen, and *takes deep breath*

REMAJA HARI INI KURANG MENGENALI MAKANAN TRADISIONAL.

but.......

on the slip of paper that they gave us was,

REMAJA HARI INI KURANG MENGENALI MAKANAN RINGAN.

imagine the SHOCK that we felt. i swear i could see the drastic change of nadirah's facial expression!

so of course, we being the ever-so-demanding people, went straight to the ri boys and ASKED for an explanation. apparently, they noticed the mistake and told the judges - ok fine - so we were safe. but the thing was, it WASNT ANNOUNCED TO THE AUDIENCE

so the thing was, the audience really thought that we talked out of topic. and of course, there were people talking when we were announced as third place winners. .

so yes. until now. our credibility as third place winners are still being questioned. thanx to them. oh well, at least we know we deserved it.


alhamdulillah. my wish has been granted. thank you Allah SWT for giving me this chance for redemption. amin~