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Assalammualaikum, guten tag!

No one probably missed my Campus Rambles Series, but I do. I swear I wanted to update as soon as I start my semester back in February - as usual, I pushed it, procrastinate until this RMO period happened. Talking about unforeseen plan my ladies lol. This is my final year in IIUM if everything goes as it is initially supposed to. Nevermind, I don't mind spending more time here.

Yes.

The first week into the semester I was a bit busy as I was volunteering for APEC2020 at Kajang, Selangor. The second week, we got a week's worth holiday due to COVID-19, if I'm not mistaken. Week three, the studies continue per usual with classes and readings. I have a lot of readings to do this semester and I am freaking out. A lot, not to mention. I think this is the week I am trying to sort out all the required readings because this is literally our first week.

Week four is a bit crazy. I had troubles with my bank account and Kinokuniya - I ended up calling the customer service at 3 in the morning, because welp just because. Things get sorted out after multiple calls, emails with both parties as well as one trip to the bank lol. Oh, and I happened to meet the counselor in my uni because I was having recurring repressing episodes due to improper stress handling. I'm not lying, I was about to run instead of attending the appointment because - I do not want to confront her, more, baring my soul to the counselor. That one hour meant a lot to me though.

Week 4 proceeded with online classes via Zoom and I am excited. I mean, I do. I get to hear my lecturer's voice clearer and louder than in class - but I get easily distracted due to the lack of human interaction. I can go wash a plate or menyapu tiba-tiba during the class. Something that I obviously would not do during face-to-face class cause I would usually sit at the front so that I can only focus on the lecturer.


And then IIUM drops that 10 weeks mid-semester break news :')) At least, my department takes the initiative to ban any online/face to face class as well as assignments submissions during this 10 weeks period. I think that is quite good, cause the main concern here is that not everyone is capable, mentally or physically, working under this pandemic. It's not about being manja or what - but we have different shoes.

I am still on campus though, waiting for RMO to end so that I can go home. Safely gaining 2 kg, well-fed here I can say. Lol. Alhamdulillah for all the sponsors. I have seen many people kicking of many new things during this RMO period. My plan for this mid-semester break is to:

1. Finish all the required readings
   9 novels including a play - with annotation and short notes, because I don't believe with my memories lol
2. Study and read for my history subjects
   I swear History is interesting, but with good articles, it just mindblowing good!
3. Prepares two individual essays properly
   2 months due, I do not want to compose a shit-load paper when I have a lot of time in my hand.
4. Baking lol I want to make honey butter cookies so badly
5. Attend online classes that I signed up myself BayyinahTV, Hikma Fellowship 
6. Catch up with German
   Be it through Duolingo, langblr or you know...uhm WayV's YangYang cause why not?

We will see how it goes after two months, did I managed to accomplish all this

inner voice: (I should, really)

See y'all later :D Stay safe!

Assalammualaikum.

Today is Thursday and would be the last day for the lecture week of Semester 2, 2019/2020. I only have a class today which is at 5PM until 6PM, Introduction to Psychology – and I am officially done.

Lol nope, I still have to sit for three final papers next year.
It was rare for me to have a quite peaceful Week 14, I mean most of us are. Week 13 and Week 14 would be those weeks where everything is going to be pushed, stressed and pressured with not only assignments (usually months due but meh, what a student if you did not procrastinate even once), quizzes, decentralized final exams (which I have one for India under the Sultans and Mughals – I sit it last Friday btw) and what more assessments we could ever think of? Heh.

Me, taking my decentralized final for ‘India under the Sultan and Mughals’ is just a whole lot different story that I could never imagined I will ever experience. I took the exam an hour late due to clash with another decentralized test that suddenly change it times – and my professor said it would be fine if I come a little bit later. I sort it out, yes.

A day after, I caught quite severe sore-throat to the extend I could not speak. I keep on waking in the middle of the night, feeling nausea and stuffed. Allah knows how painful it was. Itchiness some more due to apparently, an allergic I started to develop (or probably noticed?) 

I skip two classes if I'm not mistaken last week because … I just want to have a proper rest. Something that you would not see me doing if I you meet me last year. Lol. I was a firm believer that we need to attend the class as long as we can walk to get there - it is a part of our responsibilities, we paid thousands to attend the classes per semester.

After almost a month and a half frantically try to juggle between my studies and societies' programmes - I finally have the time to recompose my state of mind. I mean, no offence - being busy is all fun if we managed to properly arrange our life, there are a lot of commitments that need our equal attention. Even though I may look busy with all the programmes and etc., but I would say, this is just the period where I go crazy.

When I go crazy, I go really crazy.

And then when I decided to stop, there is no turning back. Hence the reason why I no longer do any Photoshop. Heck, its been ages since the last time I open that software. #PrayForMe

Assalammualaikum.

One thing that I rarely talk either in my blog or among my friend is my love life - because I basically do not have any. I am currently not engaged in any form of relationship bond nor contract lol. I have never been in a serious relationship nor engaging with guys. I literally do not talk to male homosapiens unless I have to. And without knowing, it invites trouble which I later have to deal with in order to move forward to the path of growing

In the spirit of wanting to shed off my previous shell, plus upon my friends' suggestions - I decided to expand my circle of friends. Hence, the reason why you would see I keep on joining programmes and getting involves in society. University is the place for us to build as many connections with people. Something you might think is unnecessary but nope.

Keyword: 'schedule'

Somehow, somehow - I end up helping a friend's mom for her office collaboration program with the Oman delegates in IIUM. It was a conference, a two days conference on top of that. I was supposed to usher the presenters and VIPs to the Senate Hall, where the conference will take place.

Assalammualaikum.

If you haven't noticed, I intend to make Campus Rambles as a series of updates documenting everything that happened along the week of my semester studies. The reason I decided to write about my daily events simply because I want to reminisce all those days I struggled through the storms and thunders. To remember that I survive them, I survive those turbulences that I thought would kill me.

Yet, they didn't.

I was quite confident I can commit my time for this small project, however as Week 3 approached - I could not find a proper time to write about it. Hence, the reason why I updated my Week 3 almost two weeks after. Hehe. 

"Blessed is the man who knows his own faults better than others know them." - Ibn Hazm

Green-A-Thon Challenge 2019

I worked under the Promotion and Publication bureau. For the first time, I actually show my mediocre video editing skills as well as website making lol.I was pressured to finish them within a very short time - however, I learnt how effective it is when we have a line of higher-ups that acknowledge our struggles, and took their time to willingly guides and comforts us too. 

I had to design a website from scratch (not really hehe I used Wix lol)  within three days, in the middle of busy assignments/submissions weeks last short semester.

• I really like the first class in every subject. Not because most of them would be cancelled due to Add/Drop processes, rather because of the first insight given to the students about the subject in particular. How the learning process would be, the lecturer intentions for the students in regards to the subject.