Assalamualaikum and hello everyone!
Sebelum masuk year 2 (after two seasons of procrastination) and can barely remember what happened in semester 2, I decided to write this entry. As we know, life gets tougher when you are one step ahead. New challenges, new problems, new responsibilities and new experiences. The most challenging part is of course, the timetable and workloads. In this semester, IIUM introduced new subjects that should be taken by the students of batch 171 onwards, which are Hubungan Etnik & TITAS. I do know that students from other universities are taking these subjects as well but IIUM already got UNGS (not 1 but 3) and TITAS is kinda overlapped with UNGS. Long story short, we took 10 subjects in this semester. Ye, tahu macam SPM pulak bebanyak subject tapi apakan daya~
First of all, the subject review.
1. Organic Chemistry
With 4 credit hours, this subject is labelled as one of the killer subjects by some of the KOP students. Personally, this subject is kinda interesting because you are able to know what is actually happening when a reaction takes place, and stereochemistry is my favourite chapter! But, when there are too many things (structure, reaction, reactant, catalyst, condition) to remember and you start to mix everything up, time tu memang mental breakdown. Tapi Dr. Q is the best, he is really really really a passionate and patient (sometimes funny), always make sure that you understand well, although he needs to repeat what's he teaching multiple times. When we told him that there are so many reaction mechanisms to remember, he did something that really, really helps us.
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| Me trying to visualise my stereochemistry knowledge lulz |
CAM dia are 2 quizzes, lab reports and VIVA. If there is anybody going to ask me about my quiz marks, I can only laugh LOL. Takla teruk sangat tapi takla boleh dibanggakan hahaha. Teringat haritu time briefing before we start our lab session, Dr drew a chemical structure and asked us what was that structure. I answered it correctly (the structure was salicylic acid), and then Dr asked me what is my marks for Quiz 1. Of course I didn't tell my marks because it was not something to be proud of! Reaching the end of the semester, the topics were getting easier (kot). Insya-Allah, everything will be alright if you put a lot of effort. Don't get carried away by your marks if you didn't score well in the quizzes. Okay, you can cry but then try to be better. VIVA tu buat bebetul nanti boleh score full mark ehe.
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| After our lass class of the sem. I totally forgot that we have class that evening sebab pagi tu presentation Pharmaco so macam okay I'm done for this semester. Lepas tu time tengahari PIC remind kat WhatsApp pasal class hahahaha nasib dia remind kalau tak selamat dah... |
2. Medical Biochemistry
Another killer subjects. Yes, that is the only definition for this subject :') Of course it is interesting but when it comes to the memorising the facts, fuhhhh. Thousands of process and enzymes and scientific names. CAM: online quiz, pen & paper quiz, lab and peer assessment kot nama dia where we were divided into groups and each of us was assigned with two topics and we need to study the topics and then teach our groupmates. But, I am not sure if it is going to be the same for the upcoming batches.
My bad experience with this subject: I woke up late on the final exam day. Exam starts at 9 and of course we should be at the venue earlier than that but I woke up at 8 something, tu pun nasib baik ayah call, tulah tidur lagi lepas subuh! Tapi alhamdulillah sempat je mandi, siap and sampai EH.
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3. Fundamentals of Pharmacology
Another very interesting subject, yet killing. I love Pharmacology than Biochemistry. The lecturers will expect you to understand what they were teaching, not just merely memorising the lecture notes. Memang nampak macam susah but when you can see what you are actually learning and are able to correlate everything, then it should be fine. The labs were quite challenging. Ada satu exam tu ada online quiz lepas experiment :) CAM: lab, assignment, quizzes. For final exam, buat lah past year questions, biiznillah it helps :)
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| My Pharmaco groupmates #KitaOkay sebab kena kawkaw time present assignment hahahaha |
Books:
The seniors said that we are going to use this book until our 4th year, but I am very sure that this book is not sufficient for the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics lectures (which is about 50% of the subject), so I suggest that you guys get Rang & Dale's too. It is available at the library and the PDF version of the book is also available on the Internet.
4. Pharmaceutical Microbiology
I loveeeee this subject because lab reports & coursework dia individual! Hahahaha oh and then subject ni antara yang habis syllabus awal. As the name suggests, of course we are going to learn and memorise about the microorganisms, e.g. bacteria, viruses, fungi etc. What organism causes what diseases, the life cycle etc. Best! Walaupun coursework dia banyak effort la jugak untuk siapkan but alhamdulillah, it is one of my work that I can be proud of! [not sure if Dr. I thinks so because he is a perfectionist tho :')] Final exam pun takde la susah nak mampus, memang alhamdulillah time kitorang memang soalan direct so kalau study insyaAllah boleh je jawab gittew.
Update January '19: I got full mark for the coursework, alhamdulillah!!!!! Tak sia-sia all the hard work :')
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| I cultured E. coli heheheheh |
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| That moment when I am finally done with the coursework. I put so much effort on this assignment and Alhamdulillah, I am very satisfied with the outcome ;) |
Books:
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| Buku ni ada banyak je dekat Students Lounge tu. |
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| Both of Tortora & Pommerville punya buku ni pun available dekat library. Yang previous edition pun ada jugak. |
5. Pharmaceutical Analysis 1
This subject is about concepts (such as error, dilution, pH & pKa), instrumentation and calculation. I still can remember the final exam which was our last paper before the semester break; the extra-intense moment (just like Organic Chem paper), nobody went out of the exam hall before time's up. I asked for extra papers twice, which I never did before. Even when the students started to line up to submit their papers, I was still writing my answers. Alhamdulillah, it was worth it! This subject has quite a number of lab sessions, and the majority of the CAM marks is about the lab. We have Viva during every lab session as well. So make sure you are well prepared, know the concept and understand what are you going to do on that particular day.
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| Me and Dr. Zalikha after the last paper <3 |
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6. Bahasa Melayu Kerjaya
With 2 credit hours but 4 hours of class per week, it was kinda tiring. The CAM was 70% and not all sections will have the same tasks for the assessment. Class was usually held on 5-7, sometimes earlier if we were done with the lab session. No hard feeling but I cannot see the actual reason on why we are required to take this subject T_T Most of the lesson was learnt during high school, so ummm I think we'll be fine.
P/S: an A+ during SPM doesn't guarantee an A for this subject :')
7. Usrah Budi
I know this subject should be a good platform tapi tak boleh terima betul bila sister tu cakap yang diorang pun tak diberitahu apa structure for this subject. Pantang betul benda yang main asal buat je tapi takde outline takde tujuan. So diorang buat ikut diorang je la asalkan cukup contact hour lulz.
8. Leadership
If I am not mistaken this is a co-curriculum subject. Best jugak sebab relaxing, tapi different lecturers different approach and way of teaching. Macam kitorang awal-awal Madam ajar and few weeks later dah start presentation. Best sebab banyak presentation so sambil dengar orang present sambil tu boleh buat kerja yang tak habis-habis lol. Ada kena buat project CSR jugak.
9. UNGS - Ethic and Fiqh of Contemporary Issues
This UNGS is better than last semester's. Because it is a discussion on the current and daily issues so you can actually relate everything you learned with your daily life.
10. Hubungan Etnik
As mentioned, this subject is introduced in this semester so UIA being UIA, it was chaotic. We didn't know who's going to teach us until few weeks of the semester and the lecturers don't even know what to teach because there is no course outline provided, and the confusion about the final exam. Annoying, period. If you love history you may enjoy this class. I'm not hating this subject but if it was well planned and prepared then it should be fine.
Btw, I am pretty sure that the course structure for the upcoming batches has been restructured. They have Leadership & Ethic and Fiqh of Contemporary Issues UNGS in the first semester. Plus, rasanya macam ada subject year 2 pun nak tukar pergi year 1 semester 2 but I have no confirmation on that.
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Okay done with the subjects. Now, I'm going to write about everything else other than academic matters xD. First of all, Pharmily Day! Every year, the first year students will organise this event. This time we choose Marvel as our theme. Basically, we need to do everything as best as we can to make sure the event running smoothly. Before the event, it was kind of nerve-wracking. Approval tak dapat-dapat padahal dah masuk February, tarikh kena tukar lepas hantar invitation sebab ada department programme, budget dapat half je dari previous years, and since we decided to have Taman Gelora as our venue
(the previous batches buat dekat sportcomm, ada satu kot yang buat dekat Taman apentah depan UIA tu), lagi banyak benda kena settle. Transportation, deal dengan MPK. But alhamdulillah, everything went well. Of course there were flaws but we received good feedback ;)
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| I am in Team Captain America ^^ |
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| The mainboards |
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The characters for the opening gimmick.
Yes, Flash is from DC not Marvel tapi costume character
Marvel lain tak jumpa hahahahaha |
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| My Rx16. |
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| We had photobooth and face painting as well ;) |
We also held a Teachers Day Celebration for our lecturers <3. It was a day before Ramadan. Dr. M actually bought us pizza because she said that it is a tradition to treat the students before Ramadan (if I heard it correctly) and we decided to celebrate everyone as well. Pagi tu la baru pergi jumpa lecturers jemput diorang datang class, but of course not everyone is able to come with the last minute notice tapi it's okay.
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| Sebab the picture before this I yang snap & I don't remember siapa yang cakap tapi macam "eh sister tak masuk gambar ke?" so selfie it is xD |
IPhA organised a programme called "Love for Lecturers" for the Teachers Day. The students were divided into groups and each group will give a card to the assigned lecturer. Kalau rajin bolehlah tambah hadiah sendiri.
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| Cakes yang setiap batch bagi to an assigned department. Time ni ada Dr. Eid dengan Brother Syed je dalam office Pharm Prac tu yang gambar nampak macam tak meriah hahahhaha. |
Ohhhh, we had IPhA induction on February. Due to budget constraint kitorang buat induction kan dalam UIA je kahkahkah tapi petang tu decide nak pergi pantai and buat BBQ.
Ohhhhhh another one. I forgot that I korbankan cuti sem became the sub-committee for National Pharmacy Sport Carnival (NPSC). Jadi linesman untuk badminton je pun tapi tak senanggggg. Ada one time tu, game brothers tau and the player from that one uni langgar I yang tak bersalah ni haahhahha energy dia banyak sangat kot. Then, I mengelak la lepas tu time tu pulak la shuttle cock nak keluar dekat another side of the court kan, and the ref pandang I nak tau out ke tak. I literally kena rempuh time shuttle cock tu jatuh mana la tengok shuttle cock tu hahahah nasib ada students yang memang duduk area line belah sana tu.
Okay dah habis big events. Now time for random pictures hehehehe.
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| Niza and Ilah visited me at KOP and gave me Dofi <3 |
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| I ada paparazzi uolls LOL |
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| Iman a.k.a Ummu Hurairah at Nasi Lemak Shahputra |
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| Time ni I don't go home during the mid-semester break sebab lepas je cuti ada 3 ke 4 quiz ntah minggu tu, tapi dalam gambar tu Iman, dia balik rumah tapi balik sini awal hehehe |
Some lab selfies xD
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| Time ni ada firedrill hahahaha esok tu dah lah ada quiz Organic Chem. |
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| When your class ends at 7 pm in 4 out of 5 days. Tu pun kekadang lebih, pernah balik dah gelap :') |
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| My friend's opinion on Biochem kahkahkah |
