#KeKoreaKeKita?

Pada dua sem yang lepas,aku ada baca buku yang bertajuk Opah Gangnam Style keluaran syarikat buku Kopi Press. Rasanya mesti korang tahu kenapa aku baca buku tu. Yes. I admit it! Aku minat Korea. Hehehe.. Banyaklah faktor yang membuatkan aku minat dengan Korea. Bila aku baca buku Opah Gangnam Style tu,dapatlah aku tahu pengalaman student Malaysia belajar kat sana. Especially pelajar yang beragama Islam. Sebab yer,adalah juga feeling-feeling nak belajar oversea etc etc. So,buku tu citer pasal life experience as a muslim student di Korea! KOREA SELATAN to be exact. Macam mana susahnya nak cari makanan halal,penulis tu banyak kali dah kena tanya kenapa dia berhijab etc. Dia juga ada citer pasal Korea. Tempat-tempat yang menarik di sana, pasal pembedahan plastik yang menjadi norma kehidupan mereka,teknologi maju negara Korea Selatan dan lain-lain. Dah. Dah. Aku nak citer pasal gambar ni pula.

Ni gambar yang ditangkap di UIA Gombak. Actually aku tengah on the way nak ke masjid then ke group discussion Bahasa Arab preparation untuk exam Bahasa Arab. Ternampak kawan aku, Soriz yang tengah duduk di salah satu meja kat depan kedai makan The Grill kat library. So,dia nampak macam lonely. Kesian sangat. Aku pergilah singgah. Hahaha.. Padahal nak rehat jap. Penat jalan dari mahallah.(hostel) Sembang lah kami berdua. Tanya khabar. Cakap pasal exam etc. Then tetiba aku terperasan ada orang tengah cakap Bahasa Korea. Aku pusing lah. Sekali ternampak beberapa orang Korea kat situ yang duduk berdekatan. Mula-mula aku ingatkan international students from China. So,macam tak hairan mana lah,lagipun sebab aku ada kawan-kawan yang from China juga. Bila tahu je yang diaorang tu from Korea, mulalah aku jadi jakun. Yerlah. Susah kot nak jumpa. 

Aku cakap kat Soriz yang aku nak gi tegur diaorang. Tapi macam malu. Tapi macam nak. Boleh jadi ni once in a lifetime. Then diaorang dah mula bangun nak beredar. Aku pun spontan je lah..

''Excuse me, Assalamualaikum.'' sapa aku.

Diaorang pusing ke belakang.

''Are you guys the exchange students from Korea?''

''Yes.'' jawab mereka

''Annyeonghaseyo. Jeoneun Eizat-imnida. Pangawoyo!'' 

aku berseloroh mengeluarkan vocab Korea aku hasil tontonan drama and Runningman kot.. (suatu ketika dahulu :p)

Mereka pun mula senyum and ketawa sebab terkejut nampak pemuda melayu depan mereka ni boleh cakap Korea. *sikit-sikit je*

Disebabkan nervous,(aceceh..) disebabkan nampak macam awkward and aku macam takde modal nak cakap apa, aku pun cakap yang aku suka K-Drama and K-Pop. (taklah die-hard fan pun) muzik je catchy. Siap bagi list kat diaorang. Super Junior lah konon, EXO etc. Aku ada tanya juga diaorang kenal tak Park Shin Ye & Lee Min Ho. Lol sangat! Saje nak buat diaorang rasa connected dengan aku yang stranger bagi mereka time tu. Creating solidarity macam yang kitaorang belajar dalam kelas Persuasion Speech & Communication dengan Madam Lili. Yerlah. First time jumpa kot.

Selain tu, aku pun tanya lah apa pendapat diaorang tentang Malaysia. Diaorang cakap,

''Malaysian people are very nice!''

''Kuala Lumpur's tower is beautiful!''

Aku pun malu tersipu-sipu dengan pujian rakyat negara yang mempunyai kelajuan internet terlaju di dunia tu. Lantas aku membalas sambil tunduk ke bawah,

''Ney. Kamsahamnida!'' :D

Sekali lagi diaorang ketawa and senyum dengar aku berKorea.

Diaorang cakap yang makanan Korea kat Malaysia ni mahal bebenar. (Yerlah.. Import kot.) Aku pun sebutlah makanan Korea yang aku tahu.

''Kimbap! Black noodle!!''

Diaorang garu kepala. Then ada seorang daripada mereka cakap.

''Jajangmyeon..''

Lulz. Tak hafal aku nama semua tu.

Aku pun bagitahu diaorang yang aku ni so-called die-hard fan Samsung phone. Muka diaorang time tu, macam errr...

''Korean people don't like Samsung. Because they sell to the Korean so expensive. But outside Korea, it's cheaper. I love iPhone!''  sambil menunjuk iPhone 6 dia kat tangan. Ke iPhone 6s ke apa entah. Lol. Aku ingatkan majoriti rakyat Korea pakai Samsung. Dalam citer drama Korea,mostly pakai Samsung kot. Orang gaji pun pakai! Hahaha.. :p

Aku tanya lagi, kali ni mengenai persepsi mereka di Korea tentang Islam pula. Diaorang cakap, diaorang tak tahu mana pasal agama ni. And kat media diaorang sendiri pun,kalau ada info pasal Islam,mesti yang tak baik. IS/ISIS etc. Diaorang bagitahu aku,pasal tujuan diaorang datang buat exchange program kat UIA.

''We want to know about Islam, and tell them back there that Islam is Islam and IS is IS.'' (Islam is not equal to IS/ISIS)

Aku terharu.

''So, you guys are the minority muslims over there?'' soal aku kepada mereka.

Aku cuba meneka. Sebab yang lelakinya memakai jubah and yang perempuannya bertudung.

''No.No.. We are not Muslims. But we love to learn about Islam and the culture here..''

Ada salah seorang daripada mereka cakap,

''I know some Arabic words. Assalamualaikum, Kaifa haluka etc.''

Kali ni aku pula tersenyum sebab dengar diaorang cakap Bahasa Arab. Lol. Aku pun berkata,

''I think if I'm not mistaken, Kaifa haluka in Korean is ''Kenchana. Kenchanayo? Is it?''

''Yes! Yes!'' puji dia.

Hahaha.. 

Nasib baik teka betul. Sesi temu ramah aku belum habis actually. Banyak lagi nak tanya diaorang. Tapi, masing-masing tengah in hurry. So,ni lah gambar kitaorang. Tak semua ada. Ada antara mereka yang dah beredar dulu time tu. Aku doakan yang terbaik buat mereka. By the way,mereka ni merupakan student exchange dari Sun Moon University. Senior-senior ENCOM aku dari Kulliyah Languages & Management pergi ke universiti diaorang. Mereka dari sana datang ke sini. Exchange antara UIA dengan Sun Moon University.

P/S: Those yang minat nak tahu pasal Korea, nak dengar pasal pengalaman di Korea, etc, bolehlah baca buku Opah Gangnam Style keluaran syarikat buku Kopi Press. Sekian sahaja pengalaman aku BUKAN di Korea, tapi bersama orang Korea di sini. Ni lah antara sebab aku suka UIA. Serata dunia. Sebab tu aku suka KLM(Kulliyah of Languages & Management). Ada exchange program di peringkat degree. Annyeong! ^_^

*dengan aku.kita informal je lah. Kenchana?

KLM & UIA Pagoh?

Sometimes,it's a little bit hard for us to answer when people ask where is our kulliyah. We have a kulliyah. But,our kulliyah doesn't have its own building. Yup. You heard it right. Our kulliyah is located at Kulliyah of Information & Communication Technology at IIUM Gombak. So,when we say our kulliyah is at KICT,people will think that we are one of those ICT students. 😂

But no. Our kulliyah is Kulliyah of Languages & Management(KLM) that consists of:

• English-Communication students (ENCOM)
• Arabic-Communication students (ARCOM)
• Malay-Communication students (MLCOM)
• Tourism students. (TPHM)

This is our home. Will surely miss it and the whole campus because changing is never easy. To let go of the things that you are used to. Moving out is never easy. To let go of the people that you are close to. And so is saying goodbye. 

The fact that we will be moving to a new campus,(IIUM Pagoh/UIA Pagoh) has its own bittersweetness. The best part is,we own the place. Hahaha.. Well,not really. We will have new neighbours from other education institutions; Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia,Universiti Teknologi Malaysia & Politeknik Pagoh. The saddest part is that we have to make new friends. Why is it sad? Because making new friends means to find replacements. Physically. Because they are like so far from Pagoh. But,the ones that care sincerely,will stay forever deep in our hearts. 😊

*fyi,Pagoh is in Johor

Admit it. Deep inside our hearts,we do not want to move there. A new journey might sound scary at first because of the uncertainty. But,I must say,after watching this video, I feel excited! Kudos to Sime Darby! They have done a great job. The new facilities,the landscape,the design of the buildings and the city plan etc. I mean,we get to use everything for the very first time! And not to forget that we will get a LOT of new friends from other campuses. Besides,the campus is so amazingly beautiful! Don't you agree? :)

Mat Salleh Celup

First of all,tak semua Melayu macam tu. But,this post just me talking about those Malay yang macam tu. Ever heard of these?

''Kau orang Melayu ke orang putih?''

''Kita kat Malaysia. Cakap Melayu je lah!''

''Bahasa melambangkan bangsa,bro..''

''Dasar Mat Salleh celup!''

Siapa pernah dengar ayat-ayat tu,kita geng!

Yup. I know. It hurts. Like seriously.

Biasanya jadi pada orang yang minat Bahasa Inggeris. Usually masa zaman sekolah menengah. Well,zaman buli-membuli kuat time tu. Hormon tengah belajar macam nak stabil etc. And ditakdirkan kau jumpa dengan those people yang cakap ayat-ayat tu dekat muka kau. Directly or indirectly. I experienced both. Or lebih janggal lagi,kau akan dengar ayat macam ni,

''Tahu tak Bahasa Inggeris tu asal dari Barat?''

''Ni mesti sokong Amerika & Israel ni?''

''Pergilah duk Amerika sana tu!''

Pelik kan? Out of all subjects kat sekolah tu,kenapa Bahasa Inggeris? I mean,kenapa tak Math or Physics or Biology? Tak pula kau dengar,

''Tahu tak Newton's Law tu teori orang kafir?!''

''Persamaan antara saintis yang perkenalkan Bohr's Atomic model dengan saintis yang perkenalkan Lewis structure adalah,kedua-dua mereka bukan orang Islam.''

Funny isn't it?

We,aku guna perkataan kami lah senang. Takut kena bash nanti bila speaking..

Kami,yang minat Bahasa Inggeris dan suka bertutur dalam Bahasa Inggeris di khalayak ramai dan apabila berada dengan rakan-rakan yang lain,sebenarnya bukanlah asal dari luar negara pun. Well,mungkin ada yang kacukan or dari kecil tinggal kat US etc. But,in my case,aku memang duduk Malaysia dari kecil. It's just I love English. Taklah nak kata yang aku ni sangat pro dengan subjek Bahasa Inggeris. Sebab tak pro lah aku practice. Like duh..

''Practice makes Perfect..''

Mungkin ada yang tak tahu pasal isu ni. But yeah. Sesetengah tempat,ada. Bagi diaorang,bukan subjek Add Math yang jadi killer subject. Tapi,Bahasa Inggeris. No need for me to write down negeri mana. Because that's just me over-generalization. Kat mana-mana pun mungkin ada orang yang berfikiran macam tu. Yeah. Bahasa melambangkan bangsa. We(those who love English) do speak Malay too,you know. Probably better than those people yang keep bashing us. Well, we speak with no thick dialect.. 

Oops..

Seriously? Kat sekolah lah some of us nak practice speak in English with other friends. Kat rumah,maybe susah sikit. Maybe ada parents yang cannot speak in English because of the education background. So,we speak full Malay at home. Tapi bila kat sekolah,those people persoalkan jati diri kita,kemelayuan kita etc. Laa tahzan,(don't be sad) in the end, diaorang akan sedar juga yang what they did were actually wrong. First sebab down kan orang. Yeah. I was depressed during those days back in school bila orang panggil aku Mat Salleh celup, tak cukup dengan tu, attack me on Facebook saying that, ''Bahasa melambangkan bangsa etc.'' Hashtag Cyberbully. Hashtag Not Cool.

Bila akan berakhir? First, bila exam dah nak dekat. Diaorang akan datang minta ampun minta maaf. Mungkin sebab dah sedar akan kesalahan dulu or maybe just for the sake of exam. But,husnul zhon je. Second, masa diaorang perlu bantuan dalam subjek Bahasa Inggeris. Or tahun tu, diaorang tengah nak ambil MUET. Time tu, kita just sabar je. I know. Mesti kita nak cakap, ''Baru sekarang kau tahu kenapa aku belajar and minat Bahasa Inggeris?'' But,sabar je. Kenapa? Because we worth it and they don't. Show that we can be better than them. Show that,we can show kindness instead of doing revenge.

P/S: And for the record,just because we love English the most,doesn't mean that we're bad at Bahasa Melayu. Actually,I am that kind of person who just love learning languages. My favourite subjects dulu would be Bahasa Melayu,Bahasa Inggeris & Bahasa Arab. Yeah. And Alhamdulillah,now I'm studying at Islamic International University Malaysia and I get to use all three languages that I learned. Well,still learning though. Kat sini ambil subjek elektif Bahasa Arab. Kat sini dapat kenal with people from all around the globe! Do make dua' for me that I manage to learn as many languages as I can. Au revoir!

Blur

''Once kau blur,kadang-kadang akan munculnya penampakan muka nerd di wajahmu!''

Hahaha. Ayat tak boleh blah. >_<

Ni waktu minggu orientasi kat pusat asasi UIA atau pun lebih dikenali sebagai Centre of Foundation Studies(CFS). Kat sini kitaorang panggil Taaruf Week. Waktu ni lah kau rasa lain. Rasa macam dah matang sebab dah tak jadi budak sekolah dah. Waktu ni lah kau rasa dah senior daripada junior-junior hingusan di sekolah kau. Padahal,masuk-masuk situ,kau lah junior. -,- 

Minggu orientasi sangat penting walaupun bosan gila. Like seriously. Duduk dalam dewan. Dengar itu dengar ini. Briefing. Aku jenis yang tak boleh duk diam. Kalau pasif je,rasa mengantuk. Sebab tulah time Form 5,dalam kelas aku akan perlahankan kipas waktu pagi takut aku terlentok semasa cikgu mengajar kat depan. :0

Well,minggu orientasi ni sangat penting. Take note! Waktu ni lah akan diberitahu pasal dokumen-dokumen yang kau kena ada,nak cop tu lah,tandatangan tu lah. Dapat beg,baju batik,tali leher,etc.(produk keluaran tempat kau belajar). Kena pakai baju warna seragam lah. Just in case kalau kau sesat,senang fasi-fasi nak cari. Tak payah buat announcement! Lulz.

Kat sini,kitaorang kena amik banyak test. Seriously! Test Bahasa Arab(APT),Bahasa Inggeris(EPT),Tilawah & Fardhu Ain. Tu je kot. Ke ada lagi. Banyak kan? Haa. That's what makes us special. Hahaha. Masuk-masuk dah kena ujian. Untuk budak yang amik B.Arab time SPM,APT takde soalan-soalan nahu,ikrob bagai. Balaghoh pun takde. Just kena buat ayat,baca petikan,tulis karangan. Those yang takde basic B.Arab,anda dibenarkan untuk tulis nama then keluar dewan awal. Nak cuba jawab pun boleh juga. Saya suggest,time cutilah korng pergi belajar basic Arab ngan geng korang yang ada belajar.

EPT pula,tak sama macam SPM tau. Takdenya nak kena tulis karangan, 

''Write a story that starts with..'' 

No.No more narrative essay. Semuanya karangan fakta. Ada petikan.Baca dan jawab. And ada karangan yang paparkan bar graph or pie chart. Then kita kena ulas. Compare and contrast,etc. To be honest,tu korang boleh check soalan MUET or IELTS. Sebab format dia sama je. Untuk writing and reading lah.

Soalan Fardhu Ain dalam Bahasa Inggeris. Haaa. Yang Bahasa Melayu punya pun tak habis hadam lagi. Objektif semuanya.Pergilah tengok term-term yang berkait kat Google yer. Untuk Tilawah,revise balik hukum tajwid. Sebab nanti kau diminta untuk baca depan ustaz/ustazah. Diaorang nak dengar cara kau baca. Makhraj huruf,bertajwid atau tak.

And for your information,EPT and APT result do effect your year of study kat asasi. But,don't worry. I mean,nak cepat pergi mana? Seriously,bagi aku,EPT and APT ni sangat membantu improve aku punya bahasa. Bagi yang tak pernah belajar Bahasa Arab,time ni lah korang nak kenal keindahan Bahasa Syurga. Yer dok? EPT sangat bermanfaat. UIA kan English Speaking Campus. Dalam kelas subjek kos kau pun nanti,boleh kata most of the time,lecturer speaking BI je. Well,nanti dalam alam pekerjaan pun English ni still important. Kau tentu tak nak ketinggalan kan? So,belajar lah.Yang tak dapat BI A+ dalam SPM,time ni lah korang nak tebus balik.

And tolong sedar bahawa korang dah jadi mahasiswa & mahasiswi. Bukan lagi budak sekolah menengah. No more spoon-fed. Kena pandai urus masa untuk diri dan untuk study. Nak share satu quote. ''Better be late than being absent..'' 

Jangan ponteng kelas yer. Cukup beberapa kali,kau akan diharamkan untuk amik exam. Jangan kata tak bagi warning pula. Hahaha..

And yeah,tips berguna: Jadikan fasilitator sebagai kawan anda. Senang nak minta tolong,tanya itu ini,etc. Treat others like you want to be treated. Macam friends for benefits pula. Well,hidup biar berjasa,kan?

Thanks to the facilitators yang awesome menolong saya,Kamsahamnida! Owh yer. Buat lepasan SPM yang dapat asasi UIA,saya ucapkan selamat datang! Ahlan wa sahlan! Kalau ada sebarang soalan, jemput tanya di group Facebook ni: CFS IIUM 2016/2017

:D

P/S: Kat degree nanti,ada lagi minggu orientasi. Like seriously. >_<

                   Mood: Rindu CFS  T.T

How to Do Well in Job Interview?

              

Last Friday,(13th February 2015) I had attended to an industrial talk.It was compulsory for all students of Kulliyah of Languages & Management.So,this is the summary of it:-  

         The talk mainly focuses on how to excel during jobs interview for young graduates. The first thing that the speaker told us was to set our goal in our mind about the things that we want to achieve, when we apply for a job. Our appearance on the big day has to be perfect. Like they said, first impression is everything. For examples, the way we walk in to the room, the way we dress, the way we smile and greet the interviewer, all those things are important for us in order to give a great impression in the interview.

Other than that, we were also had been told that communication is very important in getting a good job. Having a great communication skills is a bonus for us. Something that will make us stand out among other candidates that will apply for the same job as us. We must be prepared for all sort of questions whether it is about our personal life or it may be about the current issue. That is why we need to read a lot in order to gain more knowledge. Doing some research about the company that we apply for, will actually give some benefits to us. We need to know about the job task for the position that we apply for.

         Last but not least, as a student we need to perform well when are still studying in university. Our academic performance is priority number one. The highest CGPA will be considered as something great that can be highlighted in our resume. Despite our academic performance, we cannot neglect our curricular activities like joining a club or society. It is also a vital component for it can train our leadership skills and soft skills that are needed in the future. It is because, nowadays those companies that want to hire people do not want a person who is just a book wise. All young graduates need to be equipped with knowledge and communication skills that they can get throughout their studies period in university. As a conclusion, we need to prepare ourselves from now with knowledge and soft skills for getting a better future.

Info about the speaker of the Industrial Talk:

Name: Rohizat Baharum

Occupation: Director of Human Resources at Convex Malaysia Sdn Bhd