Assalamu'alaikum readers.
At IIUM, students can choose if they want to be a part of a uniform body. It will be counted as a Credited Co-curricular Activity. That means it will go in ur CGPA. There are currently 3 uniform bodies, Wataniah, PALAPES Udara and SUKSIS. You can google each of the names to find out more about each body but basically Wataniah are the territorial army, PALAPES are reserve officers and SUKSIS are the police.
We were informed about the uniform bodies when we were in the Taaruf Week. My friend mujahid is enthusiastic about the uniform bodies and interested to join them. But as usual he doesn't want to join alone, so he invited me. I was reluctant at first because i'm not fit! I don't even know if they'll accept me! But i was thinking of the advantages of joining the bodies.
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First, we get an extra 0.5 credit hours every semester comparing to other students who doesn't join the uniform bodies! Second, we get allowance for every hour we go on training. Some people say its RM4/hour, same say RM4.70/hour. I'm not sure of the rate because we haven't been informed yet. We have training every weekend. The third and last advantage for me is i can make my body to become fit. FYI my BMI is on the borderline of Normal and Overweight -.- That really scares me so i need to take care of my body and health by joining the trainings offered by the uniform bodies. Oh ya and we also get to carry guns x)
So after thinking a lot i said, what the heck. I'll give it a try. So we registered to join Wataniah. The first event we have to go to is on our first sunday morning in campus. It is the Fitness Test. Just hearing those words give me the creeps. I'm afraid they won't accept me if i did so badly in it. After having some confidence in myself, a few friends and I came to the Male Sports Complex to attend the event. There were around 30 students who turned up that day.
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After that is the Fitness Test itself. There are 5 challenges overall. First is the 2.4km run. They said we should finish the run in under 15 minutes if i'm not mistaken. 2.4km is one round around our campus btw. But because of several reasons such as cars in the campus etc, we can't do the 2.4km run. Instead, we have to do a 1.4km run around the outback side of the campus, It's near the helipad, bus depot and Mahallah Salahuddin. The road is really hilly and we have to finish it in under 10 minutes. So we ran. I felt so tired after only a few hundred metres of running that i had to walk most of the way. I'm so not in shape >.< Haven't done a lot of physical activities in a while. Finally i finished the run in 13mins23seconds. Even some girls beat me in the run.. So first challenege, FAIL.
Second test is the shuttle run. In malay is (Lari ulang-alik). There is a cone like 30m in front of us and we have to run to that cone and return back to our initial position twice in under 15 seconds. I did it in 9 seconds. This challenge doesn't require much stamina comparing to the previous challenge. No one failed this challenge i think. So second challenge, WIN!
Third test is long jump. This is not the long jump whereby u run and jump as far as u can inside a sand pit. This one we have to stand firmly on a line and jump to the front as far as we can. We can't run. The passing length is 1.4m. Surprisingly I got 1.8m. Some of my friends who is much more fit than me jumped lesser than me. I guess that's something i should be proud of. HEHE. So third challenge, WIN!
Fourth is the well-renowned sit-ups. We have to do 40 sit-ups in 60 seconds to pass. I thought in my mind that i can do this, but when I did it, I stopped at 30. Really my belly was feeling extreme pain and heat that i can't move on :( So fourth challenge, FAIL!
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The fifth and the last challenge is the one that made me so disappointed in myself. It's the chin-ups. In malay it's (Mendagu). There's a bar above ur head. U have to hold the bar using both of ur hands and pull urself upwards until ur chin is above the bar. U have to do at least 10 times in 60 seconds to pass. This one.. I did 0. I'm not strong enough to lift my own weight.. This makes me very sad.. Some of my friends got a 0 as well.. The other guys did good. So fifth challenge, EPIC FAIL!!
Overall, I passed 2 of 5 challenges. I was wondering if i still can join the uniform body after my performance that day. One of the trainers said they're still consider us who failed some of the challenges. This is just like a training Fitness Test, not a real one. They just wants to see how many people are committed to join Wataniah. And most likely those who really wants to be in Wataniah, will be joining Wataniah. They don't look at the physique of the person, they are looking at the determination of that person. (Captain America anyone?)
So they said the coming friday, those who are still interested to join Wataniah, will have to come for the interview. I'm one of those who're still interested of course! That friday, my friends and I came to Student Development Division (S-Dev) office for the interview. The number of people who showed up is lesser than during the Fitness Test. We waited outside the office for a while and soon they start calling 5 person at a time into the office for the interview. I feel very relieved that its not a 1 on 1 interview. I had a bad experience in those kind of interviews >.< (Hint: Khazanah)
After a few minutes my name and 4 other guys' names got called out. We got inside the interviewing room and sat down. The panel is just one person. He was the lead trainer during the Fitness Test the other day. He asked us one by one this question: "What made u interested in joining Wataniah?" Some of us are really honest in saying that we just want in to get the allowance, some say they want the extra credit and etc. All of us answered fairly to that question. And surprisingly, that's the only question that he was asking us! He talked most of the time during the so-called interview. He tells us that most likely all of us are qualified to join Wataniah already. He's just informing us about the next process to be done before we can officially be inside Wataniah. He also allow us to ask any questions to him. So the interview went very well and the next step to join Wataniah is to move to Mahallah Salahuddin.
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| Dataran Salahuddin |
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| My bed in my room at Salahuddin |
Instead of being in the one and a half hour class,
I was using the one and a half hour to find the class.
ADM LT (Lecture Theatre) 4 is located on level 3 at the right side of the rectory building.
Assalamu'alaikum readers.
I just got back home from an exhausting week. This whole week I was at IIUM's Ta'aruf week (orientation week). All first year students have to attend this program. Basically most of the events in the program are briefings from every departments/divisions university. Some of them are briefings from the Students Development Division, Co-curricular Activities Center, Center of Social Responsibility and Sports and Recreational Center. The briefings tell us things that we must, should, may, may not, encouraged to do while we're studying in the university.
Some briefings are very informative, but some are just plain boring. The boring ones may be because of several reasons such as unenthusiastic speaker or uninteresting topic. At the night of the fifth and the final day of ta'aruf week is the IIUM Cultural Night. It is a 2-hour event full with performances from the Cultural Club. Their performances blew me away. Seriously they were so good! With all the modern and traditional music instruments combined together, music co-ordination, they were really phenomenal. They made me interested in joining the club.
I thought that the Ta'aruf week were very tiring and boring in the beginning, but in the end, it's all worthwhile. Most of the tiredness comes from walking from the mahallah (hostel) back to the mosque and to the main hall in between the briefings. I've been to IIUM Gombak many times before but i never realized that it is THAT big when i actually reside in it.
So yeah inshaAllah i will be posting more about my life in Gombak soon. Thanks for reading.
pics source: google
Assalamu'alaikum readers.
It's finally the end of my 6.5 months long holiday. I have to admit my holidays could have been filled with a lot better productive plans or projects. The first half of the holidays was a complete void for me. I did absolutely nothing productive. Literally stayed at home, eat and sleep. The second half was a bit better. Did some voluntary work, worked at my school's cafe, have a lot of time to do ibadah during ramadhan, and helped my mum a lot with house chores when my maid is on holiday.
I just got back from my kampung (village) actually with my family to celebrate Eid. My kampung is at various places at Johor. Mostly at Batu Pahat and Muar. Visited many relatives from both my mum and dad's side. I had a good time.
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| We played a lot of fireworks on the first night. This is a picture of the fireworks i took. Edited by my sis. |
Now my holidays are over. In a few days, I will start living at campus again with my friends. Honestly, I missed my friends especially my dormmates when i was in Nilai. All the fun we had together were just priceless. I'm gonna meet some of them in a few days but for the rest, it's gonna be much later. About studies.. Meh.. I didn't open any of my textbooks during the holiday. People say that the first semester is basically gonna be the recap of the syllabus we already learned anyway. So yeah i'm gonna rely on that.
I guess that's it. Not much to blog about. Maybe after i got inside uni, i'll start blogging more as usual. Oh and since we're still in the Eid mood, I would like to ask for forgiveness from everyone. Maaf Zahir dan Batin!
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| My mum and siblings during Eid. I look extremely weird. |
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