Was a future, now a history.

Assalamualaikum and hello everyone!

My last post was in 2019, and I wrote nothing in 2020. Reason? Probably I was occupied with several matters that require my attention, and probably it was just because of my bad time management ahaha. Because if you want to really do it, you will find time for it, they said. I actually take some time to finish writing this post because probably lost my momentum already, this post itself might be patchy with a not really smooth flow. But since I have a month of semester break before starting my last semester for undergraduate study plus I am stuck in mahallah for the whole time, this is one of my attempt to stay sane.

2020 seemed so futuristic when we were in school. I remember doing a project in Standard 5, Tabung Wawasan 2020. Still can remember the design okay (kalau lah boleh ingat semua MOA ubat macam ni lol). And the association of 2020 with the flying cars is surely a significant one, signifying how futuristic is 2020 in our expectation. However, 2020 that we went through was on the other side of the coin (am I using the phrase correctly lol). The year that once a future that all of us were looking forward, now is a history that shall be remembered. 2020 surely hit us all differently. No one expected a pandemic. Not going to elaborate deeply on that because it will be probably a lengthy post and it is everywhere on the internet, but I will surely remember the year. It was a challenging year but alhamdulillah I passed the phase. There are times that I wished I did better, I wished I made a different decision (that affect others) but I am certainly grateful for everything that I went through.

 

2020 was a year of my many “firsts”, well I think for most of us too. It was the first time that I slept for weeks in standby mode with my phone not set in silent mode anymore, because there are still students on campus and I was at home. Need to keep being updated on the instructions, or whatever information required from SUPC, from the administration. I even change the ringtone for messages from my DDSDCE to ensure that I will be alert for any important messages. The WhatsApp groups that I muted before, were unmuted. Several online meetings to cater for students’ welfare and learning experiences. IPhA online meetings to restructure everything. Long story short, ERTL was implemented as there was no chance for students to return to campus. It was my first time to attend class from home, sometimes in pyjamas lol. First time having presentations but able to wear seluar duduk rumah je since the camera can only see my tudung and baju hahahah. First time sitting for the online final examination and had a virtual OSCE. 

I had a meeting with the Dean, Deputy Deans and all HOD regarding our final exam schedule and I was so, so nervous. That was not my first time attending meeting with kulliyyah administrators because I attended once when I was in Year 1 as IPhA representative, but this time, the meeting was held because of the letter that I sent to the Dean (with the support from DDSDCE of course). That was the first time I actually presented the concerns of KOP students verbally in front of all kulliyyah administrators. Then the pandemic situation in Malaysia was kind of getting better and we were allowed to do our community posting attachment. Sini lagi la banyak first time hahaha. Learnt how to deal with the suppliers, customers. First time I performed a blood pressure measurement to an actual patient. Oh, blood glucose test as well. Nervous tau nak cucuk jari orang lain :’)

Since the situation in the country was getting better, students are allowed to return to campus in October, including the new intakes. So IIUM opened the application for TaWe committee, and I applied. When the result was out, I was kind of shocked. Head of Registration. Another “firsts”; first time to join TaWe in degree, and appointed as Head. But my experience in TaWe deserves its own post. 

Other than the good “firsts”, I have my bad “firsts” too. Experienced the first panic attack in my life. Literally gasping for air and did not know what to do as I was alone in my room and we were not allowed to tell anyone about what happened in the campus on that time, so I was unable to reach my sister or my close friends. Called Dr. Z instead and felt better. Oh, 2020 was my first time experiencing a very, very painful episode too. Cried for about 90 minutes while Facetiming Nani, and even she was shocked to see me in that situation. Esok tu nangis lagi, and on some random days kahkahkah I was so fragile and idk, probably stupid. 

This year also taught me a lot especially on perspectives. I acknowledge the fact that we have different perspectives on certain matters, but my involvement in managing and handling the students make it clearer. Ada je benda yang jadi which in those situations tiada siapa yang betul atau salah. I will elaborate on this in another post, insyaAllah. 

Btw, 2021 does not seem to be better than 2020, so far. Another MCO, the unknown date of forensic exam, the unknown decision on physical attachment and all the uncertainties. There is surely hikmah in all the events, but our concern is valid. We can’t just be the fish that follow the flow without having any effort to at least swim to get to our intended direction right? But after all, He is the best planner. Let us put our utmost trust in Him, semoga kita semua mampu redha dengan semua perkara yang terjadi di luar kemampuan kita.

Another battlefield.

Assalamualaikum and hello everyone!

Ramadan Kareem! It's the 5th day of Ramadan and it's the last day before the study week of the semester. Time's really moving fast, isn't it? Well, today I had a presentation for CADDD. If my juniors read this, tolonglah ambik CADDD hahahahha the subject is so fun, provided you have interest in chemistry and some physics. Tak banyak pun part physics but you need to have the basic concept in organic chemistry as well as the medicinal chemistry. We're the first batch to take this subject, so I risau sikit la pasal finals since there's no past year questions to be referred to.

Our presentation slide ehhehehehehe

I don't know but I'm so happy to present this project because I really, really understand what I'm doing. Ada la jugak steps yang I follow the manual and only know the rationale of the steps after I asked Dr but aaaaa tak reti nak describe perasaan tu hahahahaha. Tapi I'm so grateful for my groupmates, thanks rerakan!! <3

Anyway, Rabu depan dah finals, another battlefield to be faced. (OMG tak isi lagi SFS)! I baru susun jadual study untuk finals and yeah, literally no time to play around anymore (or getting busy with other matters). Tapi time dapat jadual I am really like reallllyyyyy nervous. Paper ada yang selang sehari je. Tapi lepas susun ni I ada keyakinan sikit. Tadi time presentation ada group buat pasal depressive disorder and Dr. S ada pesan, kita manusia ni jangan terlalu bergantung pada manusia hatta diri sendiri sekalipun. Jangan lupakan Allah as our main hope. Letak pergantungan kita pada Allah, yakin and bersangka baik dengan Allah. Ustaz Ebit kata bersangka baik pada Allah ni adalah kemuncak bahagia. Jadi, mari kita improve diri kita sesama! Lately, I realised that I'm too occupied with the wordly affairs. Hence, this Ramadan I hope that I'm able to make some changes. Amin!

This Ramadan, just like last year, we are having our final exam. So, I of course ada perasaan serba salah sebab I banyak lagi tak study and of course nak kejar pahala beribadah bulan Ramadan. Ada banyak pendapat pasal ni, be it the harsh one or the gentle approach. Ada yang kata "final exam bukan alasan untuk tak beribadat, patut dah study awal kan?" Yaa yaa I got your points tapi tak semua orang ada jadual & masa yang sama like others, yang allows them to do revision religiously every night after class. Tapi keyword dia is time management. Jangan la study je tak fikir langsung pasal ibadat, tapi jangan spend almost the whole day on the praying without studying for the finals. Belajar tu satu ibadah jugak. I came across a post that said something like this:

Not all Ramadan need to be a no-responsibilty, pray all day, read Quran all night. And he state a few situations but I would like to highlight the one related to our situation: "If you're studying for your finals and have to prioritise revision over taraweeh, then that's your Ramadan. The ummah needs your qualification and expertise. We need to understand that it's not all about the quantity. Our current circumstances are different from our past, from others. But, we should always strive to improve our Ramadan." (Salah Sharief, 2015).

So, know your responsibilities, your limit and manage your time well. I know that I am in no position to tell others on how to manage time as sometimes procrastination is my middle name (ehek), but as mentioned let's always strive to improve! Not only in Ramadan but hopefully everything that should be improved, and may all of us will be istiqamah towards improving ourselves. That's all from me today. Jangan lupa doakan Athirah dan rakan-rakan Rx16 dapat jawab finals dengan lulus cemerlang. Amin!

Xx,
Rara.
6.4.1, MFZ.
3:53 am :)

sem 2 week 3 updates.

Assalamualaikum and hello everyone!

Well, betul lah susah nak istiqamah tulis entry weekly. I dah lost track sebenarnya minggu lepas ada tulis ke tak kehkehkeh. Takpela, bila teringat kita tulis ye dok. Walaupun takde ramai mana yang baca, at least I can treasure some of my memories here. I'm glad that I wrote about a few events in my life, here. Bila baca balik memacam perasaan ada.

Anyway, I sepatutnya buat and siapkan lab report CVS today since my class ended at 1230 pm tadi and that lab report is going to be submitted lusa. Tapi baru siap procedure dengan result. Discussion and question apa pun tak buat lagi. Maka, I berazam untuk siapkan malam ni. Tapi malam ni nak tengok lab manual untuk esok lagi, revision and preread Sterile lagi. Takkkkk, ni bukan merungut or tak bersyukur. Tapi rasanya lab manual tu besok pun sempat baca since class is going to end at 1130 and lab starts at 230 hehe.

I'm going home this weekend yeay! Tapi not really home pun sebab memang tak balik rumah langsung tapi I'm going to meet my family. Kan home is where the heart is? Kahkahkah. My brother is getting married this Friday. Nasib baiklah class semua cancel Jumaat ni kalau tak dah terfikir kena pakai baju yang sepatutnya untuk majlis nikah tu pergi class so lepas class terus balik. Omo sis masih ada perasaan segan ye walaupun baju tu tak glamour mana tapi orang tak pakai baju macam tu pergi class kahkahkah. So, selamatlah saya dari mencapap pergi KOP pakai baju majlis lulz.

Academically, I'm still trying to catch up and get along with the subjects. Pharm Tech subjects are not as horrendous as last sem's lulz. Horrendous might not be a proper word to express how bad it is but sorrrryyyyy memang tak suka Phy Pharm 2 T_T Tak tahu la susah nak buang habit kalau tak suka subject tu memang tak suka la. Study pun camtu camtu je padahal kalau study bebetul boleh je score tu. Time exam tu tau je graph tu ada dalam slide, pernah baca pasal soalan tu tapi yeeee itulah dia padan muka tak dapat A hahahaha. My high school punya classmates probably ingat kot pasal my relationship dengan Physics ni. Suka je part kira-kira tu tapi bila dia punya facts I tak suka... Idk why and I know it isn't a good habit tapi nak buat cemana....

Sem ni ada dua subjects from Pharm Tech and all is well so far, alhamdulillah ;) And the other 3 core subjects are Body System subject. Menarik tapi memang kena strong dekat Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Med Chem pun ye jugak sebab pasal drugs. Taktau la faktor usia ke apa tapi sekarang jarang2 la baca sekali terus melekat. Kena selalu repeat and repeat. Dulu frust la jugak tapi lelama I know it's on me. Kalau I bermalasan I yang menyesal, macam dengan Phy Pharm 2 kahkahkah. Takpe, kita usaha je semaksimum mungkin. Kan siapa yang berusaha akan berjaya?

Oh, saja la nak cerita time final exam haritu, last paper is Pharmaceutical Analysis 2 punya paper. And I tweeted this, sebab slide pasal tu satu page je dalam notes:

And memang skip pun tak baca pun. Esok tu time exam, soalan first is (tak la exactly tapi camni la maksud dia"Describe the mechanism of ICP" hahaahahhahaha memang tinggal la. Nasib soalan jenis jawab 4 out of 5, bukan kena jawab semua lulz. Lepas exam pun feedback macam ramai je tinggal soalan tu so untung Dr tak payah tanda kehkehkeh. Tapi I lulus cemerlang eh paper tu :P

Tadi ada sorang lecturer inform kitorang pasal the amount of 'casualties' on AIA paper. Yaaaa that killer subject. And we're shooketh. Sebab apa yang kitorang dengar sikit je tapi rupanya the actual casualties is doubles the number. Ye la takkan la kau nak pergi buat survey pulak kan kat group tu tanya siapa yang kena repeat. Tapi, takpelah. Let's do better for our upcoming papers!

Sekian, sudah nak masuk maghrib nampaknya. Semoga lab report siap harini. Toodles!

Update 12:29 a.m., 19/2/19: Baru siap discussion dengan result for the first part. Tinggal lagi 2 soalan. Tapi I am satisfied with my explanation and answer kehkehkeh. Battery laptop pun dah nak habis, esok class at 8, so ciao!

and the new chapter begins.

Assalamualaikum and hello everyone!

I am back in the Garden of Knowledge and Virtue. For those who might not be familiar with that phrase, it's the tagline of IIUM. In BM, it is known as Taman Ilmu & Budi. That's why we have a subject called Usrah Budi, and a building known as Wadi Budi. Budi everywhere.

Btw, I am done with my first day of class that ended at 12.30 p.m., and tomorrow my class will start at 10.30 a.m. Sounds good right? Yeah, that's the 'beauty' of the first week of the semester. I think this semester is much much much less hectic (but the subjects are of course tougher :') ) than the previous one because my credit hour is just 17.5 compared to 19.5 with 8 core subjects and 2 uni required subjects. Nasib baik result still okay walaupun jatuh menjunam tapi still survived, alhamdulillah.

Plus, I managed to register for an elective subject that can only be taken by 30 students, yeay! Dah target nak ambik subject ni dari briefing first day of Sem 1 lagi. It's kinda long story as my batch is the first one to be introduced to this subject. So, time awal-awal pre-reg tu tak boleh register lagi sebab it's not in the course outline. Then I went to the Dean's Office to ask about this matter. Akak tu cakap register je mana boleh dulu, and it was during the final exam period. Unfortunately, lepas tu lupa langsung pasal prereg. Lepas result haritu baru nak try add balik and guess what, dah full :( Gila tak sedih. Rasa lagi frust dari frust dengan result exam. Tapi time tu positive je la sebab maybe jadi macam tu sebab nanti I tak boleh catch up ke, tak boleh score ke. Tapi memang berperang dengan perasaan sendiri time tu. Rasa nak nangis sebab salah sendiri tak check langsung time lepas tanya office tu tapi tahu kena terima takdir. Drama betul.

Rupanya ada ramai jugak tak tahu yang subject tu dah boleh add. So, our class rep takes an inititative to email the course coordinator last few days. But, alhamdulillah today a friend nak drop subject tu and she knew that I missed to register for the subject. So, I replaced her place in the class hehehehehe alhamdulillah! God is surely the Greatest!

I hope I can do better in this semester. That's all for today! Thanks for reading :) Xx.

2 hours left

Assalamualaikum and hello everyone!

My examination result will be announced at 5 p.m. today, and it is less than 2 hours left.

This will be my third examination result in my undergrad life, but I still feel the same worry and fear, all over again. Plus, the subjects in the semester are tougher (as it should be).

Semalam pun ada rumours pasal AIA result. SEMOGA BETUL ITU HANYA RUMOURS!

Actually, I don't really favour this kind of feeling; janji tak repeat. Because deep down, I know, it's all my fault. I did not study hard enough. I am actually hoping to achieve more than that, but I'm scared that I'm going to be broken into pieces when the result is not going to be as what I expected. Hence, the low expectation.

Tapi apapun, we tried, we prayed, we did our best on those days. Now let's just pray that we will accept whatever our result is. My negative thoughts is my constant battle. I always question myself why can't I achieve higher marks, kenapa dah study all out pun result lebih sikit je dari separuh. I cried after some of my quizzes for the past semesters. Bunyinya macam tak bersyukur kan but idk.

Tapi, eventually I learn to let go. Apa yang dah jadi tak boleh nak fix dah. Kalau dah struggle gegila pun tapi kalau bukan itu rezeki kita, terima dengan hati yang lapang. Mesti ada hikmah. Semoga kita sentiasa beringat yang Allah's plan is better than ours. Semoga kita selalu beringat yang rezeki tu ada. Semoga kita sentiasa beringat apa yang Allah bagi, itu yang terbaik untuk kita.  

From Dr. Z's lecture.

All the best everyone! <3

Degree Life - First Year as A Pharmacy Student in IIUM (Semester II)

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.

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.

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...

Book:

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.

Book:

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 :)

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 :')

I cultured E. coli heheheheh

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:

Buku ni ada banyak je dekat Students Lounge tu.

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.

Me and Dr. Zalikha after the last paper <3

Book:

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 ;)

I am in Team Captain America ^^

The mainboards

The characters for the opening gimmick.
Yes, Flash is from DC not Marvel tapi costume character
Marvel lain tak jumpa hahahahaha

My Rx16.

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.

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.

Niza and Ilah visited me at KOP and gave me Dofi <3

I ada paparazzi uolls LOL

Iman a.k.a Ummu Hurairah at Nasi Lemak Shahputra

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

Time ni ada firedrill hahahaha esok tu dah lah ada quiz Organic Chem. 

When your class ends at 7 pm in 4 out of 5 days. Tu pun kekadang lebih, pernah balik dah gelap :')

My friend's opinion on Biochem kahkahkah

Iftar at Madam Zihan's place after our last paper.

I joined baking class dekat Masjid SHAS hahahaha. Ok la tu bayar RM10 je. Tapi I remembered I didn't sleep the night before, buat apentah. Lepas Subuh je tidur kejap tak sampai sejam pastu bila sampai sini sebelum start sambung tidur lagi.

Okay, that's all for semester 2. The subjects probably nampak susah tapi there's one thing that is so powerful that we often forgot to actually utilise it; mindset. Bila kita asyik set benda tu susah, automatically kita macam tertutup to accept the knowledge walaupun sebenarnya that topic senang je, I know because I did. Memang ada benda yang memang susah tapi kalau we try our best to understand, kita dah usaha and doa, insya-Allah semua dipermudahkan. All the best everyone!

IIUM Pre Reg 101

Assalamualaikum and hello everyone!

My friends and I received questions from the new intake students about pre-registration (Pre Reg) system of IIUM. So, this post is to guide you on how to actually do the Pre Reg. For those who never heard of this system before, it is for registering the subjects you are going to take for the current semester. Tak register, sia-sia la korang pergi kelas tapi tak boleh ambik quiz tak boleh ambik final.

P/S: This explanation is based on my status as a KOP student, I don't really know how other kulliyyahs' process is because our course structure is fixed, which means we cannot choose which core subjects we are going to take for this semester. Plus, there will be only one section available for each core subject so we don't really have to fight or compete for the sections or lecturers. In other words, we are not going to arrange our own schedule.

First step

Together with your offer letter, you will receive your UG matrics number and temporary pin number. Register your matrics number here.

Second step

Go to http://imaluum.iium.edu.my/. Log in with your matrics number and new password.

At the sidebar, click on My Academic, and choose Pre Reg.

OR

Go to http://prereg.iium.edu.my/, and sign in.

Third step

Make sure the page shows the correct semester. For the new students, it should be Semester 1.

If you know your subjects code, click Add and you can manually type the subjects code. You can check your course structure here.

OR

Click Study Plan. Click on your current semester and you can see the list of the subjects. Just click on the subjects code.

Fourth step

If you enter the correct subject code or you click on the subject that is offered for your level in the current semester, you can see the offered section. Just click on the section number and you're done!

Fifth step

Repeat the same steps for each subject. When you're done, you should see the list of the registered subjects on the page in the third step. 

P/S: This is only for core subjects. For uni required subjects, there will be more than one section offered. But usually, you will be separated into few sections prior to the Pre Reg and make sure you choose the correct section (but so far for Leadership and Usrah Budi we can choose the sections and it is not determined by the class rep). There will be another Pre Reg session after your registration day for the uni required subjects as well.

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask if you are still unclear.

Update 2019: I really don't know what's wrong with Blogger nowadays but I can't reply to comments, either using my account or as anonymous. I need to log in into Blogger using private tab in my phone and that's somehow inconvenient for me. Therefore, if you have any question, feel free to DM me on Twitter or email me. Don't worry, usually I'll reply to you as soon as I received the email (if I am not busy, which is rare if I am in the campus) but insya-Allah it will not take more than 24 hours. Plus, I am not notified if people left comments in my blogposts, so if you need immediate reply, feel free to contact me as mentione above ;) 

Thanks for reading!