Pinterest

Interesting to me.

I love pinterest ever since I discovered it. Seriously, I'm kind of addicted to it. In a good way of course.

So yeah. This is the link to my pinterest.

But yeah, I pinned mostly on home decor, architecture and fashion. I know it's kind of weird since I'm so not fashionable. It's just something that interesting for me. So, don't judge me. If you know me, I'm sure you know that what ever I pinned didn't reflects me. LOL.

Hope you find something interesting.

:)

Almost.

Assalamualaikum. :)

So, (that is how I start my post with) here I am. In International Islamic University, struggling to the end of first semester. Yes, almost the end. We still got Portfolio Day and examination. All classes are over now. I'm so glad. The very last class was this evening, History and Theory of Architecture. It is called History and Theory of Architecture, but I feel that we learn mostly about history. Never mind. It's an interesting subject anyway.

Let me tell you guys a bit about my first semester as degree student in IIUM. The basic thing you should know, I'm currently studying in Bachelor of Science (Architectural Studies). It's also known as Architecture Part 1. It's just part 1. So, there is part 2. The other thing you should know is IIUM got a lot of University Requirement Courses. In case you are going to study in IIUM, you should prepare yourself. Some people couldn't graduate just because they failed URC and Co-curriculum.

I'm taking 6 courses this semester. 2 Studio-Based courses are Architectural Design 1 and Architectural Graphic. Others are History and Theory of Architecture, Building, Construction and Material, Quran, Sunnah and Built Environment and last but not least, Land Surveying. I'm taking any URC yet. Even tough I always believe that QSBE is actually more to URC than Kulliyah Requirement Courses. Of course, it's very good to study QSBE because it's a balance. I'm also taking Study Circle 1 or Halaqah 1 this semester. It's considered as Co-curriculum in IIUM. Weird, isn't it? And again of course, it's such a good way to balance our knowledge. So, we get both dunya and akhirah.

After taaruf week, we had Taaruf KAED and then Taaruf Archais. Classes started after Taaruf Kaed. Taaruf Kaed was held in conjunction with KAED Fest. The end of KAED Fest was celebrated with Kaed Raya,even tough by that time we were not in month of Syawal anymore. That's why the event was so called '#EhRayalagi?'.

Taaruf Archais was also known as 'Ihya 2012. Basically, it was held to introduce the 1st year students to Archais (the society for the department of architecture). It wasn't held 5 days straight like Taaruf Kaed. The activities in 'Ihya 2012 were held mostly at nights and weekend so they won't disturb our classes. One of the activities is Project O.

Project O. This sculpture was made by my group for Project O where we were asked to make it based on any famous architect that we know. We chose Frank Ghery and his deconstruction thing. You can google him. He's famous anyway.

Then, I couldn't recall any other activities other than Archais Annual Grand Dinner. So for the dinner, we dressed up. But we didn't really follow the kind of dress code where we actually need to wear something to show what are we going to be if we are not architecture students. Some said 'if we are not becoming architects' theme. If. I didn't know. I thought about it. I couldn't relate with what I'm going to wear, so I wore a simple pink dress. It wasn't overwhelming at all.

I sat at table 22. :)

The whole semester went quite well despite of all the pain from the critic session, sleepless nights and much much more. It's a journey. A journey to a better future. So, what else can I do except bear with all that things. Of course I have lot of thing to share. But yeah, you might be bored reading my blog.

Thanks for reading, anyway!

Rude

Assalamualaikum. Hi there! As usual, life will be much much busier. 

 Never mind. Bear with it. I'm gonna be strong!

Today, I just want to share a story. A short one. 

Last Wednesday, me and roommates went to a shopping mall somewhere in Gombak. Just because we wanted to buy things that we ran out of. And yeah, we did some shopping. After done with shopping, we quickly wanted to go back to campus. One of my roommates and I went to find the auto pay station to pay our parking ticket. Once we done with the auto pay station, we wanted to go to where we parked our rental car. So, we needed to wait for the elevator. 

The elevator was so slow maybe because it stopped at every level. Never mind. We got it. Once the elevator opened, we waited for some people before we went into the elevator. One middle-aged man was controlling the buttons of the elevator. When I came in, suddenly I stuck between the doors ( I mean 'pintu lif'). I was like 'Eh, eh, eh!'. Of course I was panicked. So it was just for a while, the elevator opened again and I went in and stood at the corner of the elevator.

But then, this old man and his friend laughed. They laughed so loud. The old guy said to his friend 'Eh, did you see that!'. I was like 'what's wrong with this man?'. He did not say sorry for making me stuck. How rude is that?

Usually when I'm in an elevator and I'm the one whose controlling the buttons, I will definitely apologize for not pressing the right button or for making people stuck between the doors.

Oh, you are an old man. And you are that rude. I wonder how you teach your children about manners if you don't do one simple thing which is apologizing to people even tough you don't know them. I bet maybe your parents never teach you, right?

I stood quietly in the elevator but I was actually very angry that time. Only the next morning, I talked about it with my roommate who was with me that time. She actually as angry as I am. 

Moral of the story : Apologize when you did something wrong and don't laugh at people. It's so rude.

That's all.
Wassalam.

AGD Archais

So, yesterday went quite well.

At 6, a bus took us to the De Palma Hotel.

Arrived there around 6.45.

And wandered around the hotel lobby and the washroom.

7 something, it's time for Maghrib.

We went to the musolla. The mussolla is nice and big. This is one of things I love about the De Palma Hotel.

We prayed Maghrib in jemaah. One more thing, the telekung that I used was clean and free from odour. *big smile*

Around 8.30, the dinner started. It wasn't that great. Maybe because it was held to celebrate the graduates not the freshmen.

But whatever. We tried to enjoy every single moments there. The food was great. But I couldn't eat too much.

And no pictures! Sorry, all photos in my camera are kind of blur. I really hate that.

So, that's all.

Yeah, I know it's a boring post.

Maybe I should stop blogging.

Bye!

Another How's life?

It's had been more than a month since I started my degree. And life in main campus is not far different from CFS. I do think my life here is much better than it was in cfs.

But nothing really changed. Except the fact that the walking distance from mahallah to the kulliyah is quite far even tough I live in the nearest mahallah. And the fact that I have to wash all my clothes by hands since the washing machine downstairs is not working well.

I am taking 19.5 credit hours for this semester. You know what? The maximum credit hours that you can take for one semester is 20. Which means I have 0.5 to reach the maximum credit hours. Sounds hard? Yes. I do feel it too. Mainly because I have class everyday and I have submissions every week and I have 4 subjects that required me to read and read and assignment to be done. However, I don't feel really burdened by them yet. Maybe because you know, I do things last minutes. Then, I will feel the burden on top on my head. Pushing me down, stressing me out and life gonna be hectic and chaotic by that time.

On the coming Saturday night, we (students of Architecture) gonna have annual grand dinner with the theme 'If the road not taken'. Basically, 'if the road not taken' means something that you want to be if you didn't take architecture studies. I have no idea! My other ambition is to be interior designer which I can still be if I wanted to. A teacher is something that my mom hopes I gonna be. But I have no interest on becoming a teacher. So I haven't decided anything yet. But I already know what I'm going to wear. Hahaha.

Maybe I will post about the dinner in my next entry.

That's all from me.

I'm in the middle of drawing an elevation actually.

Wassalam.

So blessed!

Assalamualaikum. Hi! Ramadhan is leaving soon. I never post anything during Ramadhan. It is not that I have nothing to tell, I just too lazy to write anything. I have a good news. I was blessed by Allah s.w.t once again. He gave me the opportunity to pursue my degree in Bachelor in Science (Architectural Studies). Alhamdulillah. Even tough I have doubts to continue my studies in Architecture, I'm still very thankful and glad that I got this chance.

I'm lucky. I'm blessed with everything in my life. But not everybody is as lucky as I'm. Having family is such a bless. I can't imagine living without a family. As Eid is coming, there a lot of commercial breaks about Syawal on tv. One of them really touched my heart. It made me cry when I first watched it. And when I watched the full version, I cried one more time.

If you haven't watch, do it now.



Do think on how lucky you're. Be thankful.
To be born in a loving family.
To have parents by your side each and every day.

But if you don't have parents and family, Allah is always there for you. And for us.

{A reminder for me as well}

Till next time.
Selamat hari Raya. Maaf zahir dan batin.