Wednesday 4 February 2015

Surviving in IIUM as a newbie

Hello everyone. It has been a while since I last posted anything here.

FIRST OF ALL.. I passed my Arabic paper. For Level 2 :D So no more CFS! I have 3 levels left to complete it.

I was so anxious on the day the result was out. It was so surprising knowing that I passed the paper. A wonderful surprise! I'm sure most of you here know how much I hated studying the language. But now, its a different feeling. It was actually a pleasure learning Arabic in my short semester. Especially when you get a teacher like Ustazah Sabariah. SHE IS AWESOME. I don't know how to say it. She teaches so well and forces you real hard to get there. And she's not boring. She's very funny. To those who haven't completed your Arabic, try your hardest to get her to teach you.

I'm now in the main campus Alhamdulillah! I was super excited to get here. As everyone says, its a new environment, a whole different level compared to CFS, you're gonna meet a lot more people here.

So. The first week, hence the Taaruf week (orientation)... was like shizzz. It was so boring and I slept most of the time in the hall. The briefings and the talks were like erkk. But some of the committees are so nice, I can't deny that. Thank you to all you kind people! But Taaruf is a part of IIUM. You just gotta deal with it. And don't skip the bai'ah ceremony. Thats the fun part, for me. Part yang nyanyi lagu IIUM tu was waaahhh I loved it! :)))

This is my second week in IIUM. I'm kinda stressed out right now. There are a lot of things going on. Its pretty exhausting. BUT ITS ONLY THE SECOND WEEK. I'LL GET USED TO IT! (promise but not really)

I'm missing home so so so bad. It feels like the first time I got into CFS again. I feel like I know no one here but I do. I know so many of them but I don't get it. I still feel this loneliness. I swear my room is so quiet I don't know what to do. I can't even sing in my room how stressing is that!!! It gets to the point that I'm afraid I might suffer from depression ahahahaha. I will figure something out. I can't live like this for one whole semester.

On the bright side…… I have my friends with me!!! :D The most exciting time of the day is when I get to get out from the room in the morning and walk to irkhs building and meet my friends and all the new people! Pretty cute people hehe.

Getting lost while finding the classes is normal. Its so confusing (well its your first time). But thanks to the brothers and sisters at the counter kat tepi tepi tu for always helping us out eheheh ;D

Thanks a lot to Maryam for the walks and the din dins. Food in Mahallah Ruqayyah is really good. Husna and Marissa for helping me out with almost everything here! Aina for being also very helpful. Geena for still being the one who always laughs at my jokes. Sakinah for being the girl who knows it all. Athirah, I miss you. And Nab, for always being the talkative one (kalah aku) and very kind :)

This is a part of the journey. We complain here and there but we go through it no matter what. I have another 3 or 4 years to go. I don't know what will happen. I don't know what might come along the road, but lets walk it!