After a really long and horrible 7 days, students of KYUEM released a collective sigh to mark the end of the HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK 2004.

The event, which had a happy cat for a mascot, saw many activities lined up almost everyday just to make our hard-working students busier than they already are.

Week-long activities included the notorious "healthier" food in the Dining Hall, where salt, sugar and all other anti-health things were kept at a minimum. For some reason oil never made the list. In fact, the chicken and beef slices seemed to be drowning in that stuff as opposed to just wading as they usually do.

Then there was the daily quiz and exhibition, which included, among other things, health issues.

On Tuesday our college was visited by Dr Ismail Mohammed, who gave a speech on "Youth Health and Nation Building".

Wednesday and Thursday was the 3 on 3 basketball. The futsal-on-the-field was held on Friday and Saturday.

Also on Wednesday, MUSCOM organized a blood donation drive. In the great hall. Unfortunately, the air-conditioning still had not been fixed (since the Mock Exams!) thus probably ensuring the donators lost as much sweat as their blood. heh.

On Thursday, the Student Council dedicated cereal boxes to every chalet. Yes, for free. Why? Because we care. We do. :)

Friday, during assembly (the air-con was finally healthy again.), we showcased the entrees for the interhouse health-themed movie competition. The judging was done by 4 Sc members (one from each house), Pn Rog and Abang Lan. Topaz was adjudged the best movie (again), Diamond (which I personally thought should've won) second, followed by Sapphire and Garnet.

Topaz, Sapphire and Garnet touched on obesity (with similar themes: fat boy likes girl, loses weight and either dies, grows thinner or fails exams.)

Diamond outshone the others because their movie was about mental depression. There were two characters; an optimist and a pessimist, and how they go through life in college. It is by far the most impressive movie i've seen made in this college. Way to go, Diamond. =)

Prizes for the quizes were also given out during assembly. Besides the normal hampers and cash prize money, the winners also walked away with return tickets to Midvalley and/or Tanjung Malim courtesy of Student Services. =)

Then Sunday, the supposed highlight of the Week, was the Mini Marathon. It was 7 km of tarmac and muddy trail. Roughly 65% of the students participated in this uber-exciting activity. Although most would just prefer to be martials (sit in one place and jot down the participants' numbers. no sweating involved.)

Sapphire won both Healthiest house (number of runners finishing the race with the earliest times) and Most Participative House (number of runners. hum. duh.)

That's that really. A-levels begins this Thursday (or was it Wednesday?) with Chemistry AS practical. Time flies when you're having fun, eh?