Part 2: Closed

Assalamualikum and hellooo

Ok so, results of the final exams dah kluar and Im happy with my results, alhamdulillah.  I hope I can continue the legacy that I have made during diploma dulu, Insyaallah.  Jadi dengan itu, part 2 is closed officially. (Although I am quite disappointed with my INC punye result)

What will be waiting in semester 3:

- 3rd Language (Not sure sama ade nak ambik german or italiano)
- Business and Professional Communication (BEL)
- Ethnic Relations (CTU..we will meet again)
- Communication Theory (scared of this one)
- Communication and Research Methods (pun scared of this one)
- Advertising Copywriting (cant wait for this one!)
- Consumer Behaviour (not sure about this one)
- Minor (not sure sama ade nak ambik CIT or publishing)

oh well, we'll just have to wait and see

p/s: part 2 review coming up

xoxo

Gelombang Merah AdKEWAJA

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera semuanye. Sihat? Harap2 sihat2 semuanye ye.

Okaylah, pada post kali ni saya hanya nak menceritakan pengalaman kami MC2242A semasa lawatan kami ke Kem Modal Insaniah KEWAJA di Gombak pada 6 April yang lepas.

Setibanya di Kem Modal Insan Kewaja

Apa itu KEWAJA?

Kem Modal Insaniah KEWAJA ini sebenarnye adalah sebuah tempat pemulihan akhlak bagi wanita2 dan gadis yg telah terlanjur yg ingin kembali ke jalan yg benar.  Selain drpd gadis2 yg terlanjur, mereka juga menerima gadis2 yg rosak akhlak seperti kaki ponteng sekolah, kaki rayau dan kaki2 pergaulan bebas ni la. Senang cite, smua yg dkt ctu mempunyai masalah. Pusat pemantapan akhlak ini dikendalikan oleh Ustaz Yahya (atau lebih mesra dikenali sebagai Pak Ya) dan dibantu oleh isteri, Puan Ruzitah serta anak2 dan kakitangan sukarelawan yg lain.

Additional info about KEWAJA:
* Telah beroperasi sejak 1988, dan pada tahun 1996 mereka mula mengandalikan kes2 anak luar nikah, sebelum itu mereka mengendalikan program motivasi dan kaunseling
* Mengikut statistik, penghuni KEWAJA yg paling muda adalah berusia 13 tahun dan paling tua adalah berusia 43 tahun
* Rutin harian para penghuni disitu adalah berteraskan akidah dan fardhu ain
* Tempoh penghuni berada disitu adalah sepanjang tempoh mereka mengandung, dan bg yg mengalami masalah akhlak, mereka berada disitu sehingga mereka benar2 dah sedar dan insaf
* Bagi penghuni yg melahirkan anak, mereka tidak dibenarkan utk menjaga anak itu melainkan keluarga mereka sendiri yg ingin menjaga bayi itu. Bayi2 yg tidak dituntut akan diberi kepada keluarga angkat
* KEWAJA dibiayai oleh Pusat Zakat dan Majlis Agama Islam serta dana2 lain
* Rata2 penghuni2 rumah KEWAJA ini asalnye dari seluruh Malaysia, cume seorg dua sahaja berasal dari negara seberang
* Isi rumah KEWAJA pada masa sekarang adalah seramai 70 org penghuni (tidak termasuk staf)

The Program

Kami bertolak from the faculty pada pukul 8 pagi (sepatutnya 7.30am tp diatas masalah2 yg berikutan, ter-delay stengah jam). Kami smua bergerak beramai ramai dgn kereta rakan2 ktorg jugak, so smua konvoi (thanx to Sara, Muaz, Burn, Fatin and also Mama kerana sudi menumpangkan kereta utk kami smua). First2 ingat jam sampai ke KL tp alhamdulillah, smooth sailing je sampai sana. Kami arrive at around 10am dkt KEWAJA dan kami disambut baik oleh Pak Ya serta kakitangan yg lain. 

Sesampainya kami disana, kami diberi taklimat ringkas oleh Pak Ya mengenai sejarah penubuhan kem modal insan dan juga a few background stories of the girls yg pernah berada disitu. Pak Ya juga menekankan bahawa, mereka juga adalah insan biasa yg layak diberi perhatian dan ingin juga kembali hidup normal.  We cant judge them on their past, and we have to let bygones be bygones. Apa yg menarik perhatian saya ialah dgn statement Pak Ya yg berbunyi: 'Semua lelaki berpotensi menadi perogol, cuma terletak pada iman dan pendirian masing2'. Agak menakutkan ye statement tu. Hahaha. Kemudian after the speech by Pak Ya, para rakan perempuan kami beserta Mama berpeluang utk menemu ramah para penghuni KEWAJA secara one on one. Okay, ini saya sgt jealous. Budak lelaki takleh bersemuka ngan mereka atas sebab tertentu (kalau nak masuk gak, kena la drag. Hahaha..ha. tak lawak).

Pak Ya memberi taklimat

Tekun mendengar taklimat

Sementara the girls menyelami kisah2 para penghuni disitu, kami yg jantan ni plak duduk luar dan menemuramah Pak Ya dgn lebih detail lg. Mcm2 input yg kami dpt from Pak Ya, antaranya:

1) Selalunya, kes2 bayi yg ditinggalkan di tmpt2 elok seperti rumah org, surau dan masjid ni, ia adalah operasi berdua, that means both the boy and the girl took the initiative

2) Kenapa jd terlajur begitu? Antara faktor2nya: Pergaulan bebas, masalah keluarga, pengaruh rakan and all the cliche stuffs yg kite selalu dgr. It may be cliche, but itulah yg berlaku skarang

3) Sbb2 utama: Zaman sekarang ni, kite disogok dgn statement 'Kau tak couple, kau tak cool' or 'Takde pakme/makwe = takde life'. Budak2 bile dah di-peer pressure, diorg pun akan terikut la jugak just because of they want to be 'in the group'. Cinta bile tak diaplikasikan dgn betul, ha jadilah sebegini rupa. Other than that, parents. Parents yg seolah olah menghalalkan tindakan anak2 mereka ni adalah penyebab utama masalah ni tak dpt dibendung. 

Sesi temuramah bersama penghuni KEWAJA

Lunchtime di KEWAJA

And then, lepas temubual kami menyanyah jap la bergambar bagai. Mase lunch, kami dipertemukan balik dgn dak2 pompuan kelas kami..then mase tu la mereka bertukar tukar cerita dgn kami tentang kisah2 penghuni disitu. Mmg sadis juge kisah2 mereka, dan ade juga sestengah kisah tu membuatkan aku rase marah. Tapi ade satu kisah mengenai bekas penghuni KEWAJA ni yg saya rasa amat sadis dan menyedihkan la.

Kisah mengenai seorg wanita ini, berusia 43 tahun..dtg ke Kuala Lumpur utk mencari pendapatan halal bg menyara anak2nya yg masih bersekolah. Dtg KL sehelai sepinggang, takde ape cuma baju yg dipakainye sahaja. Alhamdulillah, dia dpt kerja disebuah resotran mamak menjadi seorg tukang cuci pinggan.  Setiap malam without fail, dia akan menelefon anak2nya di kampung..menasihati anak2nya utk belajar rajin2, jgn lupe ke sekolah, jgn lupe solat and what not. Betapa agungnya kasih ibu...but, insiden pada satu malam itu, mengubah hidupnya serta merta. Sedang dia mencuci pinggan di dapur, dia didatangi seorg mat bangla yg juge bekerja disitu, mat bangla itu mula mengusiknya tetapi tidak diendahkan pun olehnya. Mat bangla mula bertindak agresif dgn merentap tangannya dan digenggam dgn kuat, wanita itu diheret ke dalam stor...dan 'dikendurikan' oleh 5 org mat bangla....

And she became the resident of KEWAJA when she noticed that she was pregnant.  Mmg kesian. Byk lagi kisah yg menarik dan sadis tp saye tak brape nak include dlm ni sbb mostly smua sama je which is, 'ikut boyfriend, then main, then bunting, then masuk KEWAJA'.

Hmm..ape yg saye dpt selepas lawatan ke KEWAJA ni ialah...pendirian+pembawakan diri+pegangan agama sgt2 penting utk mengatasi masalah ni.  Keluarga terutamanya, haruslah bertindak menjadi bukan sahaja pengawas kpd budak2 ni tp juga menjadi sumber informasi kpd mereka mengenai the effects of gejala sosial sebegini. Masyarakat pula harus cakna dgn keadaan sekeliling, kalau ade budak2 yg berperlakuan sumbang di khalayak ramai, WAJIB ditegur. Dan lg satu saye nak tekankan disini is, budaya mengumpat dan menjaga tepi kain org ni patutlah dilupuskan kalau boleh. Imagine, budak tu dah bunting..dingumpat pulak, dan dicanang plak kisahnye ke satu kampung, akhirnya family malu dan utk menutup malu itu, terus buang anak yg telah dinoda tu. The last thing she need is this.

Mama memberi cenderahati kepada Pak Ya pada majlis penutup

"Wanita tidak meminta untuk melahirkan anak luar nikah..."

(some photos credit to Syafiq aka Penyu Hactive)

xoxo 

Whaddup Semester 2!

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera smua!

It has been a while since i updated, yela, busy bagai kan (padahal pemalas sbenarnye). The 2nd semester has started and now kami di minggu yg ketujuh, dah nak hampir ke cuti mid sem dah pun. Pelbagai perkara menarik la jugak yg dah berlaku dlm tempoh 6 minggu ni and disini saya ingin briefly cerita pasalnye lah ye.

#1 Subjects

Okay for semester ni, kami ambik 7 subjects altogether iaitu: Marketing Communications, Sociology, Effective speaking, Principles of Translations, Graphics and creative design and 2 minor subjects which are Principles of Interpersonal Communications and Principles of Instructional Communications. The details about the subjects I will elaborate more mase review di akhir semester nanti, tapi a brief thought about all the subjects...mmg saya sgt enjoy attending all the classes (almost all) sbb lecturers yg sgt cool and sporting dan sgt2 tak bosan la bile duduk dlm class tu.Ok dah. 

#2 Adgency

Adgency or previously known as AdClub is the advertising sequence punye student association. Ape kene mengena dgn saya? Hahaha. Well, I was appointed as the Biro Protokol of the club and..tak expect pun ada org (Farah!!) yg akan nominate namaku, tp bile dah org nominate tu, pegi je la kan. Ambik je la tanggungjawab tu. In a nutshell, this semester we are organizing a big scale event jugak which we call 'AdCharity Carnival' yg diacarakan utk mengumpul dana bg membantu Badan Kebajikan Siti Khadijah. Details on the event, I will update later in this blog.

Adgency UiTM Shah Alam

Barisan protege committee Adgency 2012

Teaser for the AdCharity Carnival

#3 Effective speaking, Attractive looking

Haha, ape benda effective speaking, attractive looking bagai kan. Okay, it is one of my subjects this sem la tp ape yg menariknye ialah subject ni mmg peratusan berada dlm kelas adalah..urmm..idk..30 percent? hahaha. Sbb mostly, ktorg akan buat outing and bile ade dlm kelas pun utk presentations sahaja. Jadi ape je plan outing for effective speaking ni? Ha ni dia:

1- Program siaran langsung bual bicara, 'Bicara Rakyat' kt RTM haritu.  Topic of discussion was Media Sosial: Peranan dan Tanggungjawab.  Lepas dah hadir siaran langsung tu, minggu berikutnye tu kami kene presentlah ape input yg kami dpt from the program.

2- Lawatan ke Kem Modal Insan Kewaja at Gombak, tmpt tu is like rehabilitation center for wanita2 yg dah terlanur ataupun yg mempunyai masalah sosial. Jadi kami diberi tugasan utk menemuramah para wanita disitu tp for girls je la. Yg lelaki ni smua hanya berdasarkan kpd info2 yg diberi oleh Pak Ya (guradian atau penjaga utama kem modal insan tu).  Utk lawatan Kewaja ni, I will make a new post about this. Special one.

Bergambar before taking off to KEWAJA

3- Program Anak Angkat di Kampung Sawah Sempadan, Sekinchan. Now this! This is the ultimate event yg aku tertunggu tunggu sgt. Sebab I never pernah terlibat dgn any of program anak angkat or whatsoever. Jadi, ini mmg anticipated event. This program is a joint venture between class advertising and class broadcasting, smua dibawah naungan lecturer kami, Mama. Program anak angkat ni is on 27th April.

Barisan AJK for Program Anak Angkat. Tgk muke saya, garang tak? hahaha

Oklah! rasenye itu dulu kot for now, all the details of the events saya akan post didalam post yg berikutnya nanti Insya-Allah.

xoxo

Part 1: Closed

Assalamualikum and hellooo

Ok so, results of the final exams dah kluar and Im happy with my results, alhamdulillah.  I hope I can continue the legacy that I have made during diploma dulu, Insyaallah.  Jadi dengan itu, part 1 is closed officially. (Although I am quite disappointed with my Introcomm punye result)

What will be waiting in semester 2:

-Marketing communication

-Principles of translation

-Sociology

-Graphic and creative design

-Effective speaking

-and one more minor subject (or is it two?)

oh well, we'll just have to wait and see

xoxo

ADVCOMLIBJRN410411412

Say what??

Hahahaha. non-masscommers maybe tak faham dengan post title ni, (or maybe masscommers sendiri tak faham? aku sorg je yg faham?)

Ok, the examinations for the first semester is over, and therefore automatically means it's the beginning of the semester break (Weeeeeeeeeee....?). Jadi dalam blog post kali ni, I will be recapping what that I have learnt in Mass Comm for the first sem ni la. Actually, this is like a post for my junior yg bertanyakan saya ape yg saya belajar dlm mass comm, jadi, I make this specially just to explain on the courses. 

Ok, Bismillahirrahmanirrahim...

ADVCOMLIBJRN.... what the hell kan? well those are actually combination of the course codes that I've took this semester in UiTM Shah Alam.

ADV 410.....Principles of Advertising
COM 410.....Introduction to Communication and Media Studies
COM 411.....News Writing and Reporting
COM 412.....Photo Communication
LIB 410......Psychology
JRN 410.....Principles of Journalism

So basically actually part 1 masscomm ade 7 subject including CTU, but CTU kami yg lepasan diploma UiTM ni diberi pengecualian kredito, so 6 je la subjects pun. So let's begin the review shall we!


#1 Principles of Advertising

Course structure: Core subject for MC224- Bachelor in Mass Comm (Advertising)

What to learn: Basically, course ni is an introduction for the advertising students untuk mengenali dunia periklanan dalam Malaysia and also the global scene of advertising.  The course includes the topics of Marketing, Broadcast Media, Consumer Behaviour, Media Planning and Buying, Copywriting, Strategic Research, Evaluation of Effectiveness, Interactive Media and others. Principles of Advertising ni memperkenalkan the basics of advertising and also a persediaan untuk advertising students for the future semesters as we will learn more in depth on the topics in this course.

Reference book - Advertising & IMC

Activities: 

*Lectures (includes tgk video advertisements yg berkaitan)

*Presentation for a simple survey research done by us in groups 'Facebook usage among Mass Comm students'

*Final project presentation for campaign proposal 'Married on Everyone Connects'. My group neck in neck dgn group Mawi. But in the end, group Mawi menang the proposal. Congrats again!

*Assignments: advertisement portfolio, comment on offensive ads, comment on segmentation of ads, poster for kempen pilihanraya, survey research on facebook usage among mass comm students, final project campaign proposal.
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#2 Introduction to Communication and Media Studies

Course structure: Core subject for all Mass Comm sequences

What to learn: Better known as 'introcomm' by us masscommers. This course is the fundamental knowledge yang mesti diketahui oleh semua pelajar mass comm.  Subject ni merangkumi every parts of mass communication, with topics on Magazines, Books, Advertising, Radio, Movies, TV, Internet, Public Relations, Media Ethics and others.  Subject ni bagi saya agak berat sikit sebab many facts have to remembered not forgetting the history bagai. In learning this subject, kite banyak main dengan terma-terma la, the terms that are used in the media world.

Reference book - Introduction to Mass Communication

Activities:

*Presentations: satu topic dua org akan present, so kirenye the students yang akan jd the 'lecturer' in explaining on the topic. So every week different people will present on different topics

*Assignments: TV/radio program analysis based on the subtopics in the book, group case study on TV/radio programs (my group did on Majalah 3)
*Mid term test
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#3 News Writing and Reporting

Course structure: Core subject for all Mass Comm Sequences

What to learn: One of the subjects that I enjoy learning.  This course takes us into the news world where we learn the art of news writing and the ways of reporting news.  Dalam subject ni, students akan encounter with terms in news writing such as Hard News, Soft News, News Lead, Story Structure, Kickers, Transitions, News Arrangement, Interview Techniques, Nut Graph and lots more.  This subject memang akan menarik minat those yang suka menulis.

Reference book - Writing and Reporting News

Activities:

*Lawatan akademik ke Kumpulan Media Karangkraf

*Pop Quiz Gameshow

*Presentations about random topics given the lecturer

*Assignments: 2 page article on random topics (I chose Lady Gaga), writing news lead, writing hard news and soft news, quizes and tests.
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#4 Photo Communication

Course structure: Core subject for all Mass Comm sequences

What to learn: Subject ni my favourite! hahaha. This subject is great for the photography enthusiasts, where students akan belajar the fundamentals of photography and ways in handling a DSLR camera.  Pelajar akan belajar the techniques of photography that include Fast Shutter Speed, Slow Shutter Speed, Limited Depth of Field, Extended Depth of Field, Panning, Landscape, Silhouette, Night Photo, Portrait, Architecture and others. Some of the photos yg I tgkap:

Silhouette

Extended depth of field

Limited depth of field

Slow shutter

Activities:

*Photo outing: Outing to places utk tangkap2 gambar. Outing with classmates, sendiri2 or dgn sesiapa sahaja yg anda mahu, asalkan hantar smua gambar.

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#5 Psychology

Course structure: Core subject for all Mass Comm sequences

What to learn: Subject yang paling psycho semester ni. hahaha. Psychology, pelajar2 akan belajar tentang teori2 yang digunakan dalam alam psychology dan juga students boleh relatekan asas asas psychology dgn kehidupan harian seorg manusia itu.  At first, saya mcm takde  mood and perasaan utk belajar subject cuz...entahla, mmg tak bermood utk psycho. Tapi, as time goes by, I felt more interested to this course. Ok so dlm subject ni students will be introduced to the basic principles of psychology, including the theories of psychology: Structuralism, Behaviourism, Functionalism, Gestalt Principles, Emotions, Motivation, Perception and lots more.

Reference book - Psychology: An Introduction

Activities:
*PBL (Problem based learning) presentations: Groups will be given one sub-topic each then present it to the class
*Research presentation: Done in 2 stages, first stage is the topic proposal (done in the early semester), the 2nd stage is the findings of the research (done in the final weeks of the semester). My group had done the research on murtad issue in Malaysia.
*Mid term test and quiz
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#6 Principles of Journalism

Course structure: Minor (All students are required to choose one minor/elective subject of other sequences)

What to learn: In this subject, you will learn about the basic principles of journalism which include Journalism Ethics, News Agencies, History of Print Media, History of Journalism in Malaysia, Human Rights and Press Freedom, Profession of Journalists and other subtopics. Dalam kelas, the lecturer will always ask us questions, that we need to think. She encourage us to think and think and think sbb journalists must think on their feet.  Journalism is one of my favourite class because I feel I get a lot of input about the media world today and it somehow helps me in my other subjects such as introcomm and news writing sbb it connects, and plus it broadens my mind more about the world.  Tugas seorang wartawan is more than reporting the news, they educate the public.

Activities:
*Lectures
*Mid Term Test and Final Test
*Presentation on research topic (mine was on Internet Journalism)
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So there you go, an almost complete compendium guide to Part 1 degree courses in mass comm. Akhir kate, mass comm is a really fun field to study (ayat cliche nak mampus).

**Footnote:
other minor courses-
PRO410 Principles of Public Relations
BRO410 Principles of Broadcasting
PUB410 Principles of Publishing
INC410 Principles of Interpersonal Communication
CIT410  Principles of Instructional Communication
CMP410 Principles of Communication Management and Policy

owh p/s: yg ade final exams - principles of advert, introduction to comm and media, psychology, and other minor courses yg aku tak ambik.

xoxo

2011 in Review

Sekejap je rasenye 2011 ni. Its gonna be ending soon (or it has ended if you are reading this on the 1st January 2012 and beyond).  In my personal views and experience throughout this whole year, macam2 la perkara and peristiwa yang sangat penting yang dah berlaku to me.  So, in this simple post, I just want to highlight the few interesting events/things/occurences that I had experienced throughout this year.


#1: Ended Part 6 of Diploma in Building

oh my god! I never expected that I could finish that diploma. Knowing that I had never ever have anyyy soul in that course, it's a bit of an accomplishment to me la. And paling best bile dpt buat Building Symposium, Building Exhibition and also the ever brutal Final Project. Tak sangka all of that events that I have dreaded before entering part 6, aku dah accomplish and done very well.

BDex: 2nd place for 'Best Exhibition Booth'

Our little green booth

Building Symposium: Jadi emcee for that event and also I had won 'Best Presenter' for Building Science and Material Segment

Emcee-ing

Final Project: Tamat dengan jayanya!

#2: Choosing Future

Aha yes! 2011 ni jugak aku gelarkan as the year that I changed my future. Wah sampai macam tu digelarnye ha. Yeah because tahun ni la yang meminta kami untuk mengisi borang sambung belajar to degree level, and I have made my choice into choosing NOT to pursue building anymore. And so, I had chosen Advertising as my new playground.  At first, mase tgh isi borang tu, nervousness melanda because I had been in the crossroads between Advertising and also Culinary Arts. Tapi aku redha je and isi je la. Whatever happens, happens.

And then I got for the interview for Mass Comm! Yay me! (tapi nervous gilee at the same time because I had never ever pegi interview yg akademik ni).  So, aku pegi je and alhamdulillah it went well, and alhamdulillah lagi.... SAYA DITERIMA UNTUK MENJADI MASSCOMMER!

#3: Anugerah Naib Canselor dan Konvekesyen

Alhamdulillah syukur kehadrat Allah aku tamat Diploma in Building with the Vice Chancellor Awards.  Walaupun takde la hadiah wang tunai or kereta sebijik ke sebab aku dpt award tu tapiiii, Allah sahaja lah yg tahu betapa peritnye nak dpt gelaran tu. I felt beyond elated bile tgk exam result part 6 tu. Woohoo! Selimpang pink baby! Then it was convocation time, mmg sgt best and rase sgt sebak to be in UiTM Perak again for that prestigious ceremony. Jumpe balik kawan2 lama and my parents attended the ceremony, mmg rase sgt bermakna la.

Menyanyah 

With familia

posing Miss World ckit

#4: Mass Commer

Tahun ni jugak melihatkan aku berada di fakulti baru, kampus baru, rumah sewa baru, environment baru, kawan2 baru. Yes! Welcome to UiTM Shah Alam. Dapat jugak aku merasa belajar benda yang aku memang minat! (desperate mode: on). 

Tgh buat sifir sotong amende ntah. Senior suruh buat. Sporting je la kan

Ni mase program pemantapan wawasan. Our group 'Casa Grande'. Me as the team leader

#5: Beraya

This seems a lil bit sad, tapi tahun ni la first time my bestfriends beraya kt rumah aku! hahaha. Agak sedih ye di situ.  Tahun ni baru la mereka dpt beraya rumah saya. Salah satu kenangan bagus tahun ini.

Shakirin's house

At my house. Camwhoring in my front of my parents

#6: Kisah sebenar 'S'

This year aku boleh kate, all truth came out and penjelasan yang sebenar telah dibuat.  Ini tentang kehidupan 'S'.  S ni kawan saya sejak sekolah la, dia ni ok je mahakarya agung smua, tapi satu je kami tak puas hati pasal dia ni is that bile mane kami melepak bersama, dia mesti je ade hal la, nak kene balik awal la, mak suruh balik la, and sometimes dia cancel last minute.  So disitu kami agak frust dan marah sehingga kami attack dia mcm2 dgn pelbagai andaian. But, bile saya bertemu sendiri dgn maknye, and baru la aku tau kehidupan dia yg sebenar mcm mane and baru la aku faham kenapa dia kene balik awal bagai.  So, ini dikira sebagai peristiwa penting jugak la bagi aku because if la aku tak bertemu sendiri dgn his mom, mmg aku akan terus buat andaian mcm2 la sampailah skarang ni.

#7: Gadgety

Yeahhha! Tahun ni jugak menyaksikan aku memegang dua gadjet baru dlm hidup. Dua benda ni mmg aku idamkan dah sekian lama. Syukur aku dah dpt dah dua2 ni. Thanks a lot to my mom and dad.

Galaxy Ace

Nikon D3100

Banyak sebenarnye kenangan dalam tahun ni, tahun ni menyaksikan pelbagai peristiwa yang menarik, sedih, and unexpected. We had witnessed revolutions beginning in many parts of the world, death of prominent world leaders, natural disasters menacing, and a whole lot more. 2011 is worth remembering. 

See you next year

xoxo

Jauhnyeeeeeww

Senario 1

Me: Umi, sabtu ni Ammar ade interview for degree..so, umi dtg ambik Ammar petang2 ckit la
Umi (my mom): Interview for what course?
Me: Mass communication.....
Umi: Mass comm? Kenapa tak apply something mcm architecture? tak rugi ke? bla bla bla (mom nagging)

Senario 2

Kawan: Mar, kau sambung degree ape nanti?
Me: Advertising
Kawan: Owh, fakulti mane?
Me: Mass comm
Kawan: Kau diploma dulu ape eh?
Me: Building
Kawan. Pergh! Jauh gileeeeee!

-saya terus offline-

Senario 3

Cikgu: How bout u? u sambung degree in what?
Me: Owh mass communication, major in advertising
Cikgu: And what did u do for diploma? (here we go again...)
Me: urmm..(mcm taknak jawab kerana dah expect reaksi yg sama)..urm..building. building construction
Cikgu: Wowww. So far???? (kan dah kate...)

Assalamualaikum dan hello to all of you guys! Bercerita tentang jauhnye, yeah still, Im gonna talk about my career path change that had shocked many people. Hahahaha. Yeah seriously, saye dah tak tau nak jawab ape dah bile org bagi reaction sorta like surprised, skeptical, shocked and mcm2 reaction lain towards my answer... 'Mass communication, advertising' and 'building'.

Career....omg, why do so many people associate career with the courses that we are taking in varsities. Ok2 betul, memang la courses tu semua utk menyediakan kite for our working life, but why constrict it? Constriction in the context of, ow kalau kau diploma accounts, degree pun kau kene accounts. Macam mase skolah kau class pure science, so you have to be a doctor or take medical courses ONLY bile sambung pengajian kt university. To me now, no. It doesnt matter anymore. Dulu memang, aku berfikiran bahawa jika kau belajar science, kau kene jd doctor/ jika kau belajar law, kau kene jadi lawyer/ jika kau belajar architecture, kau kene jadi architect.... tp skarang, tidak lagi.

Ok la, aku malas nak cerite panjang2 and meleret leret cuz nanti sampai ke bulan jadinye. haha..ha.ha..heh. My point here is that, most people, bile mereka dah masuk into this certain course, diorg dah tekad and dah sure ape nak jadi, for example...

Mr. Engineer: Saye masuk engineering kerana mak saye suruh jadi engineer, jadi, saye kene jadi engineer and therefore sebab tu saye masuk engineering

Ms Fashionista: I wanna be the greatest fashion designer, and I love fashion a lot, and that's why Im now in the fashion design course

Mr. Surgery Guy: Saye minat sgt bedah2 ni. Saye dari kecik nak jadi dokter. Jadi, saye masuk la course medicine ni utk mengecapi impian saye...

Ok now, so based on pertanyaan tiga individu diatas, mereka dah tau mereka nak jadi ape dan mereka masuk dlm course2 mereka itu kerana mereka dah tetap pendirian. Berbeza dengan saye...kalau anda nak tau, saye ni memang tak tetap pendirian. Kalau hari ni saye ckp esok saye nak pegi post office, tapi bile tibe hari esok, saye akan ke pejabat tanah instead (ok..that's not a good example). Ok senang cerite mcm ni la, saye mmg la pilih course utk kerjaya yg selesa, tetapi disamping itu saye tgk juge kurikulumnya, whether can it benefit me later in life IF saye ambil keputusan utk tidak bekerja dlm bidang itu. Faham tak maksud saye?

Ok cmni la, saye buke cerite la. Dulu mase saye diploma in building, saye ade la jugak minat ckiiiiiit dkt architecture. And ade pernah saye buat keputusan utk mengambil ijazah senibina bile saye dah tamat diploma..tetapi, bile dah lalui 6 semester, termasuk practical training, saye dah sedar bahawa saya tidak mempunyai jiwa utk bekerja dlm pembinaan ni. No soul at all...BUT, I never regret of studying construction. Sebab saye tanam dlm hati saye bahawa, ILMU...ilmu kite boleh gune dimana-mana utk ape2 tujuan (tujuan yg baik that is). Jadi, segala ilmu yang saye pelajari mase diploma tu, saye simpan utk bekalan hari esok. Same jugak mcm belajar dulu kt skolah menengah, saye dlm kelas pure science. But I still remember what is Bernoulli's principle, structure of unicellular organisms, basic chemical equations (basic je la, kalau yg equation panjang2 tu, harap maaf la aku nak ingat) and other science related stuff. Which mase diploma pun,     I have to relate jugak ape yg I belajar mase skolah dulu dlm subjects2 diploma especially Building Science. So, do I regret studying pure science mase skolah dulu? Not at all.

Then, diploma habis, nak masuk degree. Saye mengambil keputusan utk tackle advertising plak. Disinilah saye frust menonggeng. Ramai question my judgement.... kate saye membazir mase la, rugi la saye belajar 6 sem diploma, rugi duit itu ini and other sorts of things. Tapi, knowing me, saye tak ambik kisah pun pandangan org, saye suke ikut kate hati saye. I dont give a shit what people think, cuz I have my own agenda. Setiap pilihan yg saye buat, saye ade reasonnye to why I made that decision. Saye tak buat decision secara 'eeny meeny miny mo' dan 'tutup mate dan pilih secara rawak'. No. Never. I always have a reason. Anyway....yeah, saye pilih advertising kerana saye ade agenda saye. Salah satunye, saye nak belajar cara2 marketing, handling events and upkan lagi my communication skill. Other than that, it will help me jugak nanti in the future when I decide to open my dream cafe. Advertising and marketing is verrrrry important for businesses, lagi2 business kecil-kecilan yang nak berkembang naik. So, boleh nampak tak rasionalnye disitu? 

Selain itu, sekarang juge saye sudah ingin belajar memasak secara sendiri, mungkin nanti bile ade duit lebih, saye akan enrol masuk dlm kelas memasak. Kerana ape? The same reason I choose advertising...it is for my dream cafe. Sekarang ni motivation saye adelah cafe saye tu. Saye nak jugak buke sebuah cafe yg menjual homemade burgers kepunyaan saye, seorang bumiputera. With cooking skills, I can invent a diverse menu for the cafe. Insya-Allah. And, with my knowledge in construction, I can plan my layout for the cafe, the suitable finishes to be used for the cafe, and dealing with contractors that are going to construct the cafe...

Suara sumbang: Ok fine la, kau nak bukak cafe whatever, tapi kau ade modal ke? Takkan kau habis grad degree nanti kau nak terus bukak cafe tu? 

Saye faham pertanyaan awak. Saye akan kerja dulu dlm bidang advertising atau ape2 bidang je la (sebab skarang ni takleh nak memilih kerja sgt) dan akan start kumpul duit utk cafe itu. Tapi before ade cafe, it is best to start kecil-kecilan dulu kan... Maybe first saye akan set up la gerai  kecilan dulu, then bile dah ade steady cash flow, and permintaan yg tinggi..barulah cafe tu akan dibangunkan. Itulah perancangan saye skarang.  Insya-Allah jike diberi kesempatan. 

Wowww..ini mmg dah jauhnyeeeeew. Dari cakap pasal tukar course, sampai ke cafe plak jadinye. Okla saye nak buat kesimpulan, dunia ni luas...ilmu ade dimana mana, dan Rasulullah S.A.W pun pernah bersabda, 'Tuntutlah ilmu sehingga ke negeri China'. Jadi selagi hidup ni, tuntutlah ilmu utk kebaikan agama, bangsa dan negara. Saye tak belajar kerana kerja...saye belajar utk kehidupan. The simplest things in life, can make a big difference in your life...Jadi, dont ever question people yg tukar course bagai kononnye jauh la whatever...sebab diorg ade reason diorg. Anda boleh menasihat, tetapi jangan menghina atau menjatuhkan. Ok? good....

*post ini bersifat peribadi ckit. Jadi maaf jike terkasar bahase atau termelalut sehingga ke negeri china :)

and maaf juge jika ade typo errors...hehehe

xoxo

Interview With AZ

Hai selamat sejahtera, saya Maria Bosanova dari Propa TV News akan menemubual seorang budak building dan juga pelajar UiTM Perak yang telah pun menamatkan pengajiannya. Saya akan menyingkap kisah suka duka perjalanannya untuk bergelar America's Next Top Model ...(bunyi rekod pecah)... eh silap. Itu cerita minggu depan.


2 Julai 2011
1.00 pm
Rumah Ammar Zahrol

Maria Bosanova (MB): Hello hai Ammar, terima kasih la kerana sudi meluangkan masa bersama Propa TV hari ni.

Ammar Zahrol (AZ): Ye sama-sama. Saya pun takde kerja nak buat hari ni. So, ok la jugak layan wartawan gila macam awak ni.

MB: Kelassssss gitu tau (<-----konon trademark). Hmm ok first skali kan, saye nak tanye la kan, ape perasaan awak bile first time sampai UiTM Perak tu?

AZ: First time sampai UiTM Perak... mmg takde rase ape sbenarnye. Ok la, a bit nervous and anxious actually knowing that I have no experience at all living in hostels...

Gambar pertama di UiTM Perak. Pintu gate UiTM Perak...

MB: Urmm Ammar, ini Propa TV.. saluran bahasa melayu, bukan MTV ye. So... boleh tak berbahasa melayu? Ke, awak nak translator? (Tangan ke dada, mata ke atas)

AZ: Ow, kena bahasa melayu eh? ok fine takpe. Mcm saye ckp tadi, saya agak gementar dan takut sikit la kan sebab saya tak biasa dengan keadaan duduk asrama. Tak tau nak expect ape kan. So, nak tak nak, redah jer la. Masa part 1 dulu saye dpt kolej Teratai. Tangga punye la tinggi. Sempuut naik tangga. Masuk bilik saya T1303, jumpe ngan roommates. Sorg budak Architecture and sorg budak CS. ada lagi sorg sbenarnye tp dia quit halfway through MMS. Bahasa Inggeris sikit2 bleh kan?

Pintu bilik

MB: Hmm... ye la. Bleh la BI. Tapi sikit2 jerrr... Kelassss gitu tau. Anyway, so awak ada ckp pasal MMS. Ape benda MMS tu?

AZ: Oww MMS, Minggu Mesra Siswa. dulu ktorg panggil MMS. Skarang dah tukar MDS. MMS ni minggu orientasi for Part 1. Omg let me tell you, inilah minggu yg paling saye benci dalam hidup saya selama 6 semester kat situ. Mmg torture ok. Bangun pagi2 seawal 4 o'clock then pg kumpul kt bawah kolej, sape lambat kena denda yg sgt kejam. Then berjalan pegi Pusat Islam for Subuh prayers. Then kuliah subuh, then pegi dewan makan for breakfast, lunch, dinner (makanan mcm makanan penjara), then pegi dewan kuliah dgr ceramah bosan for like many times. Then habis ceramah mcm pukul 11 lebih. Balik kolej kena lecture and tengking lagi wth the OC's. Tidur dlm kul 12 or 1 cmtu, then the cycle goes on. OC plak time MMS tu mmg budget commander. Tengking2 smua suruh jalan cepat, makan cepat, mandi cepat, smua lah nak cepat!

MB: Biasa jerpp....

AZ: Ha! Kau cube la lalui minggu neraka tu!

MB: Choooiiii.. tak nak la kite.

AZ: Tau takpe....

MB: Ha ok2. Next question. You study Diploma in Building ye? Seronok ke nok? Eh..ter-nok pulak... sorry.

AZ: Tak dapat dinafikan la mmg saye tak tau ape benda itu diploma in building. Dan saya memang tak minat, to say the least. So first semester tu mmg ada rase mcm nak tukar course. Tapi I just fikir takpe, lalui je part 1 then tukar course mase part 2.

MB: So? Tukar course la?

AZ: Tidak. Saya tak jadi tukar course. Lama kelamaan, saya dah bond dgn rakan-rakan kelas saya dan juga rakan-rakan saya di kolej. So, kalau nak tukar course tu mcm sayang la plak. Saya tak jadi tukar course sebab kawan-kawan. Benci tetap benci gak kt building ni. So, motivasi saya untuk meneruskan program ni is kawan-kawan and parents. 2 ni je yg kept me going until the grand final semester.

Stop, drop and pose!

Asap santau

Studio cat

Jangan tanye kami sedang buat ape

Calon-calon suami misali. mahu?

MB: Takkan awak benci habis-habisan dekat building ni?

AZ: Takdela saya benci sampai naik meroyan maki hamun setiap kali kelas. Saya akui, smua yg saya belajar mase diploma bangunan mmg sgt useful for me. Kalau bukan utk kerja pun, at least saya bleh guna knowledge tentang construction if saye ditakdirkan nak buat rumah ke, ada masalah dgn perpaipan rumah ke, ape2 je la yg berkait ngan bangunan. At least, I have the basics la.

And bukan itu sahaja, saya sgt bersyukur kerana menjadi pelajar diploma bangunan ni sebab ia mematangkan diri saya and it prepares me for my future. Dalam konteks ni is saya belajar utk membuat satu tesis report, belajar utk memberanikan diri utk pembentangan di khalayak ramai, and also, membuat satu email formal! hahaha. Kalau tak kerana Puan Azira, saya takdenye nak tau pasal email formal ni.

MB: Oww mcm tu. Ok so, kite bercerita tentang kehidupan kolej awak pulak. Boleh ceritakan serba sedikit tentang kehidupan kolej awak?

AZ: Kehidupan di kolej... sangat best sebab di kolej kediaman la saya buat benda yg bukan2. hahaha. Saya dari part 1 hingga part 6 mmg dulu kolej. Alhamdulillah. 1st and 2nd semester di Teratai, and from 3rd to 6th semester saya di Bidara. Mmg best because we got to mix with guys from different courses and bertukar-tukar cerita pasal course masing2 and bergurau senda mcm tak ingat dunia. That was great la. Saya sound terlalu formal ke?

MB: Agakla.... agak boring disitu..(menguap). Ok la, kite ke soalan seterusnya, ape kenangan yg terindah selama awak menuntut di UiTM Perak.

AZ: Kenangan terindah mmg tersangatlah banyak..

MB: Bagi satu dua sudah... Kenangan yang awak paling suka la senang cerita. (Tangan ke dada, mata ke atas)

AZ: You are getting pretty annoying.. ok, anyway.. hmm.. ok la saye bahagi dua la. Kenangan bersama builders and kenangan bersama rakan2 rapat. Ok kenangan dengan building department is of course PGL. Memang I will never ever forget that. Walaupun berlaku kontroversi yang hangat... tapi still saya sgt2 bangga dgn smua pelakon dlm PGL. Kay, Tasriq, Shima, Azri, Iman, Che Naimah, Naimah, Ija, Ain, Meen, Yunie, Nua and of course Bego, you guys did awesome job. Selain daripada PGL, I suka mase batch kitorg handled the Builders Nite bertemakan Arabian Nite. A great night that was. Other than that, kenangan jugak is mase Builders Symposium 2011 where I was the emcee along with Nad, saye minta smua hadirin duduk walhal lagu UiTM Di Hatiku belum dinyanyikan. pergh! Malu gile time tu! hahaha. and of course being an emcee for the Emeritus Professor Norman Fisher talk was also an honour.

PGL berkipas

Semangat koir

PGL ngan dayang-dayang

MC-ing

Then, kenangan with kawan-kawan lain plak pun best and very gila. Mostly smua berlaku kt kolej. Kalau tension je, DRAG! hahahha. Then I masih ingat yg kami tolong kwn2 fashion kami to siapkan their costumes mase Part 3. That was truly a memorable moment. And then of course, the infamous 'Hey hey hey.. Nasi Lemak!' hahaha. Tolong my friend Fadh jual2 nasi lemak. That was really funny. Adam Lambert jual nasi lemak. Bayangkan. hahaha. Then of course the 'Lacurans' session di depan pintu bilik setiap malam. And sesi 'curhat' yg membawa pergaduhan and also tangisan. Those were really bitchy moments. And the infamous 'Abg Chicken Chop'. hahaha. gile la kami.

Buat costume sampai ke courtyard ye

Adam Lambert menyiapkan costumenye

Kami kawan baik

Kami comel

Photoshoot emon

Zaman muda trang tang tang

Kempen Jelirkan Lidah Anda

With the Fashionistas.. (Gambar dipetik dari fb Syafira Ilias)

MB: Habis dah? ke ada lagi?

AZ: Aku yg patut tanye tu kat kau

MB: Kelassss gitu tau. Anyway, so lepas ni, ape je?

AZ: Alhamdulillah, I got into Mass Communication majoring in advertising utk degree, which is in UiTM Shah Alam la plak lepas ni. New course, new faculty, new campus.

Langkah seterusnya

MB: What do u hope for your degree? Chewah speaking London la plak I ni. hahahaha!

AZ: .................

MB: Ok, teruskan..

AZ: Ape yg I harap is I can carry the new course and score good grades cuz its a challenge for me also sebab yela kan, dah tukar course, you've got to learn new things and understand it in a short time but I tak kisah sebab I minat bidang ni and Im determined to do the best.

MB: Oklah, sebelum kite menutup tirai perbualan ni. Any last words?

AZ: Di kesempatan ini, saya ingin memohon maaf kepada semua pihak yg terlibat secara langsung or tidak langsung dgn saye jikalau saye ada terkasar bahasa dan membuatkan mereka tidak puas hati. Saya mengaku saya manusia yg tidak perfect dan ada je membuat kesalahan, especially to the lecturers. Sebab saye selalu suke kutuk and mengajuk lecturer. And of course to my Perak friends, thank you for making my stay in Perak for 3 years worthy for me. You guys are the heart and soul. Do your degree well, and always support each other, not condemning each other. Teruskan cita-cita korg, and saye harap korg tidak akan melupakan saya...

MB: Ok, terima kasih lah Ammar ye kerana bersama Propa TV yg sangat propa ni. Sebenarnye, mana ada Propa TV pun. Saye saje je bosan2 tak tau nak buat pe kt rumah..so saya dtg je la konon menemubual awak ni. hahahahaha! Okay, kite kembali ke Sri Pentas.

AZ: ....................weirdo

xoxo