Sunday, October 27, 2013

I'm a Part of Pasumian 2013/2014 Part II (Budaya)

Assalamualaikum peepers,
Hari ini sis rasa nak cerita lagi how wonderful PASUM is to me . Well, tak kenal maka tak cinta kan?Haish, cintalah sangat itu
Farah~
First nak cerita pasal budaya students PASUM. Amboi, tengah-tengah bandar pun boleh cipta budaya sendiri? Yeah!

CULTURE SHOCK!

Well to me, there's no such thing as that, here, in PASUM. Kenapa, keluar jalan-jalan dengan kawan itu biasalah. *But please jaga ikhtilat awak* Jangan mengada-ngada nak tengok midnight bagai. Tengok Running Man dalam bilik tengah-tengah malam tak apa. Itu boleh dimaafkan. Memang, I do admit gate UM will always open, no ‘curfew’, but please be wise in everything you do. Almaklum, keselamatan kita sekarang sudah mula dicerobohi oleh insane people. Right?Yang penting jaga Mr. Imaan
dan Ms. Taqwa baik-baik

USRAH

Serious rasa hati kita kosong dan mati kalau tak join Islamic activities, eg. Usrah and Halaqah. Kadang-kadang, PMIUM selalu anjurkan aktiviti-aktiviti yang menarik. Lainlah kalau macam sis ini, setiap minggu balik, memang tak dapatlah nak join kan. Boleh kira guna jari bila stay UM. That's so me. Why? To me, going home, meeting my parents do reduce the stress as a Pasumian.

EXAM !

Kalau nak exam, mulalah library UM dipenuhi dengan students PASUM. Lepas exam? MidValley yang penuh dengan students PASUM! OK joking. Time exam inilah korang mungkin akan ada masalah perhubungan dengan kawanlah, floormatelah, groupmatelah etc. As everyone was under the pressure people.  Stay strong. Kadang-kadang rasa sunyi bila roommate pergi study dekat library dengan groupmates dia. Me? Kenapa tak pergi study group? Hummm. Not used to it. Sudah biasa belajar sendiri-sendiri. Ex-daily school students lah katakan. Dulu dekat rumah mana ada kawan nak belajar sama, kadang-kadang je join classmates. Tapi, pintu bilik C108 sentiasa terbuka untuk bertanya dan ditanya. Hidup berjiranlah katakan. *Sayang floormates sangat-sangat sebab banyak membantu* Tips untuk exam? Jangan terlalu berharap pada lecturers awak ya. Belajar sahajalah. Look on to your tutorials and past years questions. Kalau boleh buat tutorials insyaAllah, final exam would be something like.....easy? Jangan tiru saya, sudah final baru tahu exam based on tutorials. Humph.. Fine, sem 2 ada lagi. Just wait and see PASUM!

LECTURES & LECTURERS

Mungkin ramai yang mengeluh, tak faham apa yang mereka sampaikan. But please hang on, don't give up. Benda itu sebenarnya kita sudah ada basic dia, just polish things up. InsyaAllah.
Kalau awak belajar benda yang samaitu bukan belajar namanya. Makin lama makin susah. That's learning”-AP Prof Asmaa
Macam-macam ragam awak boleh tengok dalam auditorium nanti, ada yang tidur, ada yang main candy crush, ada yang dengar lagu, anything, just name it. Tapi jangan terpengaruh pula, stay focus! Sebab kadang-kadang ada yang lecturers sampaikan, sangat penting untuk exam.
Lecturers semua sangat baik, tak sombong, tapi kalau awak tanya soalan yang dianggap bodoh memanglah kena marah kan. Study dulu sebelum buat appointment dengan lecturers. Jangan harapkan mereka akan ajar back from zero. PASUM is not a school, it's Pre-university! Jangan bawa sangat budaya sekolah awak masuk PASUM ok? *My favourite lecturer aka my group tutor is Dr Azilah* She was totally awesome. Tak sombong langsung dan sangat sporting. Layan kerenah kami yang entah apa-apa ini.

LABORATORY PRACTICAL

Here comes the exciting part. Like, seriously... Sangatlah exciting kan~ Sebelum masuk, please make sure you are healthy and fit, eat your breakfast first people. Why? Sangat memenatkan. Running here and there especially Chemistry practical. Buat experiment sendirilah katakan. Sikit-sikit tanya kawan atau demo macam mana nak buat. Masalah besar kalau demo awak garang. It was totally chaotic.  Kalau barang tak pernah dipecahkan semasa dalam lab, then you are awesome~ Saya yang punya berhati-hati ini pun pernah terpecahkan thermometer and it's containing mercury people mercury. Heavy metal baq hang. Nasib abang dekat lab tu tak marah sangat, just kena ganti dengan duit ja. Alhamdulillah. Lab Biology? Relax~ But you need your drawing skill here crucially. Physics pun relax lah juga sebab buat dalam grouplah katakan.

LOVE IN PASUM

Sebenarnya saya tak bolehlah nak cakap yang bercouple itu cinta. Sebab, kalau awak betullah cintakan orang itu, awak tak akan nak bawa dia kearah zina kan? Nauzubillah min zalik. Awak mungkin nampak orang dok berkepit ja 24/7 and sometimes, you do find it annoying. *Semoga mereka dikurniakan kesedaran daripada Allah* I do admit, bila awak nampak someone who is maybe attractive to you,
*ehem ehem. minta baldi sebab nak muntah sekarang
* dalam auditorium especially,ramai kan? Cuba awak tajdid niat. What is my main purpose for coming to PASUM? Is it seeking for your future soulmates or studying lillahi ta'ala? *Please don't answer both* Kalau memang itu jodoh awak, don't worry dear. Perancangan Allah itu lebih baik dan sempurna. Just focus studying, give some happiness to your parents for growing and taking care of you all this while by getting good result in exam. You know that appearance is deceiving right?
Jaga mata awak ya dalam audi/dku. Kalau boleh tak payah pandang pun side lelaki itu, or else.
Bahaya ok, boleh fatal. Nak admire sekalipun jangan beri tahu orang lain atau conteng dekat attendence sheet.
Malu ok malu. Humph.

BIRTHDAY PARTY

Kalau sebut birthday party mesti ramai yang dah tahu apa akan berlakukan?
Prank? Exactly. Setiap masa awak akan nampak students kena campak dalam tasik KK12 and that's their most favourite thing to do for birthday celebration. Setakat saya tak kenalah kot. Berani mereka? Asah parang siap-siap.
Sudahlah tasik itu banyak ikan, busuk pula, kadang-kadang ada yang phone rosaklah, yang bukan hari jadi dia pun terlibat sama. Macam-macam mereka ini.
I think that's all for now. Part 3 insyaAllah sem depan with lots more excitements await you. Jogathon, Malam Emas, etc. InsyaAllah kalau Allah beri saya hayat lagi untuk merasa semua ini. Pray for me peepers.
Assalamualaikum.
P/s : Nak tahu lagi macam mana rasa jadi student PASUM? Do come and join us. Setahun tak lama sayang-sayangku sekalian. You can make it through. Anyway saya salute dr ikhwan.

Saturday, October 26, 2013

I'm a Part of Pasumian 2013/2014 Part I (Starting Point)

Assalamualaikum peepers,

Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar..
Bukan susah nak ajak orang bertakbir sama kan? Rasa bersemangat sangat malam ini nak merepek-repek. Melalut sampai pagipun boleh. Kenapa jadi macam ni? After months, forgot my password people. Have to reset it all over again.

For your information, I've just finished my Semester 1 Final Exam.
"Kak Farah belajar mana sekarang?"
Allah, lupa ceq nak habaq. Look up to the title of the post. Pemalas punya pasallah ini.
Alhamdulillah, sebenarnya dulu FHJ dapat merasa kejap jadi PETRONAS scholar tapi jodoh lebih kuat dengan PUSAT ASASI SAINS UM. Mesti ramai yang raa macam "Ruginya keluar" , "Kalau teruskan scholarhip dekat UTP itu memang dah sah-sah dapat kerja dengan Petronas then tak payah fikir pasal kena bayar balik pengajian", etc. I've heard a lot. 

”.... dan boleh jadi kamu benci kepada sesuatu padahal ia baik bagi kamu dan boleh jadi kamu suka kepada sesuatu padahal ia buruk bagi kamu. Dan (ingatlah), Allah jualah Yang mengetahui (semuanya itu), sedang kamu tidak mengetahuinya” (Al-Baqarah : 216)


 At first, I do have the same thought as you guys, but, I've made my decision, with the help of The All-knowing, to quit from being a PETRONAS scholar and came to PASUM to further my studies in Foundation of Science and later, in Bachelor of Dental Surgery in UM, insyaAllah, if He wills it.

SubhanAllah, let's start how on Earth I was selected to come to this 'creepy' place, well, back then, KK12 was just like a haunted mansion to me.

My beloved C108, KK12
As usual, typical Malay SPM candidates, looking for a fast track to succeed and become a degree holder asap. OK. Maybe I'm the only one who have that kind of thought. As someone, who was just studying in a daily, coed school, I do feel that it is impossible, to study among those ex-boarding school students. Well, I do admit that they are brainy at the first place. If you are having that kind of dream, to be part of Pasumian for the next batch, do proceed with it. InsyaAllah, if you're having high determination aiming high grades for each test or exams, you will achieve it, if and only if you work hard day and night (gifted students are exceptions). Choose PASUM as your first choice while completing your UPU application form.

Then, if you're selected for interview, that means you're having 99.99% to be part of Pasumian. Well, I think so. Just, maybe a few of you won't make it, to be shortlisted.

First week to be part of Pasumian, as usual, it's going to be orientation week or so call Minggu Haluan Siswa. Guest what? I've been through two weeks of orientation week, first in UTP (Minggu Aluan Siswa) then on the second week was in PASUM (Minggu Haluan Siswa). I can say that MHS was more relaxing than MAS. Mas was torturing us, like, hummm. What an experience. But I do enjoy both.

The best part of MHS was dancing Xi Shua Shua and Gummy Bear maybe? And the facilitators were so nice to us, totally awesome, especially Muz Marz with The Z. They share their experience as most of them were 4 flatters. Last day of MHS? It was Malam Persembahan something *I don't remember it specifically* and the performers were all Pasumian students who were luckily picked *there will be a form for you to list down your talents and experience in school during the early days of MHS* a.k.a. KASPER.
Biology lab session
























With some of my groupmates, iftar together


Activities during Ramadan al-Mubarak



First two weeks of only lectures? Heaven. Seriously, do enjoy this moment before your tutorials, test, lab practicals, PASUM activity day etc started. Here are the subjects that you're going to study, for Asasi Sains Hayat/Fizikal. Asasi Alam Bina? I don't have any idea about that, sorry.

SUBJECTS FOR ASASI SAINS HAYAT/FIZIKAL


SEMESTER 1

*FJAX0111 (Algebra and Geometry)
*FJAX0112 (Calculus)
*FKAX0111 (Basic Chemistry 1)
*FKAX0112 (Basic Chemistry 2)
*FMAX0111 (Basic Physics 1)
*FMAX0112 (Basic Physics 2)
*FB0120 (English for MUET)
*FX0111 (Self DevelopmentCourse)
@FQAH0111 (Cell Biology)
@FQAH0112 (Reproduction, Ecology & Development of Organism)
#FJAF0111 (Vector)
#FJAF0112 (Computer Science 1)

SEMESTER 2

*FJAX0113 (Algebra & Calculus)
*FJAX0114 (Statistics & Probability)
*FKAX0113 (Basic Chemistry 3)
*FKAX0114 (Basic Chemistry 4)
*FMAX0113 (Basic Physics 3)
*FMAX0114 (Basic Physics 4)
@FQAH0113 (Physiology of Organism)
@FQAH0114 (Genetics & DNA Technology)
#FJAF0113 (Computer Science 2)
#FJAF0114 (Engineering Mathematics)

Key :
* For both foundation programs
@ For Asasi Sains Hayat
# For Asasi Sains Fizikal

HOW YOU WILL BE TESTED?

BIOLOGY

10% - Tests (Alternately for Biology 1 and Biology 2 every week)
10% - Lab practical *Do your reports and drawing. Don't cheat/copy from your friends. Marks will be deducted if founded 'guilty' by the demonstrators.
20% - Mid-sem
60% - Final exam

PHYSICS

10% - Tests (3 tests for Phy 1 and 3 tests for Phy 2)
10% - Lab practical *You will conduct the experiment in a group of 4-5
20% - Mid-sem
60% - Final exam

CHEMISTRY

10% - Tutorials (Some of your tutorials will be selected randomly to be marked. Well, this time you can be a copy cat but make sure that you understand what you are copying)
10% - Lab practical *You will conduct the experiment on your own. ALONE! Prepare your report (except the results and discussion before coming to the lab)
20% - Mid-sem
60% - Final exam

MATHEMATICS

20% - Tests (4 tests for each)
20% - Mid-sem
60% - Final exam

FINAL EXAMINATION RESULT

*For PASUM, all the 4 subjects will be included in the calculation
*For UPU application, only 3 best subjects will be included in the calculationand Mathematics is compulsory.

Final Examination!!!


GRADING SCALE

A [76-100]
A- [72-75]
B+ [68-71]
B [64-67]
B- [60-63]
C+ [55-59]
C [50-54]
C- [45-49]
D+ [43-44] ... All this may varies, depends on PASUM.

UM  Exam Hall, it took me 15 minutes to arrive here from KK12


Last but not least, don't be afraid of the exams as it is not as terrible as it may seems. InsyaAllah, if you do your tutorials well, revise what you have learnt, focus during lectures as tips may be given during that period.
I still have my notes with me, if you want it, then do tell me. Muehehehe. Yikes, it's already 1.10 a.m. people.


Enjoy KK12 scenery

LIVE WELL.LAUGH OFTEN.LOVE MUCH

P/s : I'm listing down the activities that I should do during my 3-weeks-holiday. Yeeehhhaaaaaa. Do pray for me, final results will be release approximately in 2 months time. LOVE YOU!



Assalamualaikum.



Antara FP semasa MHS