Did I ever mentioned about this?
My 2nd semester had started for about 3 weeks now. And a very tight schedule keeps my life hectic and busy. Even when I have no graphic class this semester. I'm taking 20.5 credit hours this semester. Architectural Design 2, History and Theory of Architecture 2, Building Construction and Material 2, ' Science and System, Islamic Worldview and last but not least Bahasa Melayu Kerjaya.
I'm taking Architectural Design 2 with the same lecturer. But with harder and harder projects. Now as we entering our 4th week, we actually have to make a shelter and build it out of recycled things. We have to do the workbook, presentation boards and a human scale model where at least a person can live in it. It is like building a shelter for homeless people. Submission date is on 8th March 2013. Even tough it is stated that we must build the shelter from recycled things, some seniors said majority of them actually bought the material. Some of them even spent almost 1k for this project. Isn't it crazy?
For History and Theory of Architecture 2, the lecturer is different from last semester. I'm not a big fan of learning history. I have to admit that I fall asleep quite a few times during the classes. And we only had 3 classes yet. I don't want to blame the lecturer for making me bored because even when I was in school history wasn't my favourite subject and it still isn't now. But I'm interested in learning history if there are lots of pictures and if I can really imaging what I'm actually learning. My brain gets tired easily when I try to pay full attention to the lecturer. That's why I sleep in the class. Sometimes I only look at the lecturer and the slideshows but I'm not paying attention. My mind is at somewhere else. Most of the times, at home. Thinking how good it is if I can spend times at home then in the lecture theater not focusing at all. But only sometimes. Sometimes, I do actually focus. Don't get me wrong. I just don't want to be seen sleeping all the time in the class. That is the reason why I need to think about something else.
And I do the same thing in Building Construction and Material 2 class and Islamic Worldview class. BCM 2 is taught by different lecturer too. It's just the same with the last semester. Except the fact that the lecturer gives us homework every week and we also have assignments from the same subject and other subjects. Homework really makes me feel like schooling again but the fact that the lecturer is not like any teacher in school did changed my mind. You know what I mean? In university, we need to find our own way of learning and we can't expect the lecturers give us everything like how teachers did when we were in school. It's not hard, we just need to find books and surf the internet.
Environmental Science and System is on the other hand. It's totally opposite. The subject is interesting and the lecturer has a good sense of humour. I barely sleep in the class. Like seriously. Madam is a very good lecturer, I have to admit even I got hurt by her during my crit session last semester. Let bygones be bygones. We learn about geography and science. Which makes me miss school. It was more than two years without learning anything related directly to science and now I got that chance again. And hopefully I can perform well in this subject.
Last but not least Bahasa Melayu Kerjaya. When we did our prereg, we did chose the lecturer based on the recommendation of some friends. But things turned differently. Our first class was cancelled. The second class, the lecturer that we hope for turned up. The class was running smoothly. It was very funny since we never have class conducted fully in Bahasa Melayu in IIUM. I remembered there was a classmate raised his hand and asked a question started with 'bagaimanakah?'. The whole class was laughing. But then, my friend texted me during CNY holiday saying that the lecturer's name is changed in the portal. I thought it was like a mistake or something. It wasn't. The third class, the new lecturer turned up. We actually thought he is one of our classmates. Then, when he put his bag on the desk at the front of the class, we immediately know he's actually our lecturer. My friend said "Kan dah kata...".
But whoever the lecturer is, the class is still interesting. I mean like ESS, the last time we learnt Bahasa Melayu was in school. The best part is we're not learning about KOMSAS, tatabahasa and how to write an essay anymore. We learn on how to communicate, present, write proposal and formal letter. Things related to career. This lecturer has a very deep interest in Bahasa Melayu. I don't even know there is a young man who interested in learning Bahasa Melayu until PhD. I'm impressed. I knew there is one of my seniors taking Pengajian Bahasa Melayu in UM (just like my lecturer). I thought it was so boring. My lecturer did changed my perspective. But I'm kind of sleepy in his class because it starts at 8. And we never had any class starts at 8 during last semester.The worst part, last night we had Halaqah until 10p.m. and we got a meeting on 10.30 until 12 a.m. We tucked in the bed around 1 a.m. Today, we woke up and went to class at 8. Luckily, the evening class finished early and I got some sleep in the evening even tough I knew it is bad to sleep in the evening.
That's all I think. I couldn't believe that I can write this long. But whatever.
My homesick is getting worse. When I was in CFS, I cried a few times because I always left alone. My ex-roommates' schedules were totally opposite mine. Here, I always have my friends around me, so I'm not always thinking about my family and home until I cry. But I still feel homesick. Which is hard for me to explain. Maybe because my nieces are at home too right now. Aww, I miss Aisyah and Maryam. Even my roommates get bored of me when I start talking about my nephews and nieces. I'm an aunt. I have that motherly instinct. What can I do? LOL.
That's all.
Wassalam.
p.s. I also have halaqah and Tilawah class. Islamic Worldview and Bahasa Melayu Kerjaya (Sains dan Teknologi) are university requirement subjects.
