I have one week holidays for Chinese New Year, it was quite a long holiday as majority of the students at my college are Chinese, we as a Muslim also got benefit from that.So, We got an opportunity to go back to our hometown. Some of my friends from other colleges or universities were sour grape with me as they merely have two or three days break.



At first, i decided not to return home as i thought it was just wasting my money even my time as it took a long journey to reach at my hometown, about seven or eight hours. It was a boring trip, sitting in the bus without doing anything, just counting the time to arrive at my place. But, when most of my friends who staying at the hostel wanted to go back home, i became confuse with my decision as no one will accompany me at the hostel. besides, if i not returned home on this holiday, my chance to go back just on may or June during the mid term break, i didn't want to regret for the decision that i have made so i bought a ticket.



In spite of my friends going back early , i went back on Sunday as i wanted to finish my homework first. I did not want to bring along my heavy physic book and also i admitted that i didn't do my works at home, a lot of things will reduce my intention to study especially the television. Our lecturers gave us a lot of assignments for Chinese New Year breaks,but we realize that it certainly was for our own good. hopefully i could finish them all on time.





i went back on Saturday night , at 5 p.m. my friend Athira and i departure from the hostel. We went to Kl Sentral together but Athira need to go to LCCT as she went back to her hometown by flight. Meanwhile i went to Putra Bus station by KTM, about 15 minutes from Kl Sentral. I reached there at 6.00 p.m but actually my bus ticket was at 9 p.m. Instead of waiting there without doing anything i decided to go to nearby shopping mall to do some window shopping.In spite of I was quite scared to go there alone , it was better to shopping compared to sit at the bus station and just watching people around me. Besides, as Chinese new year was just around the corner, so of course there were many sales and At last i bought some stuffs for myself.



At 8.30 p.m, the bus station started to become crowded. All people wanted to go back home to spend time with their family , the thing that they could rarely did,particularly a student like me. I took my luggage at the luggage -keeping place, paying for RM 3 for that, i think it was quite an expensive value, but i believe that everyone could accept it as nothing were cheap nowadays, the cost of living is increasing from day to day, all people should adapt themselves with this situation.

Then, i went to the bus to show my ticket but unfortunately the bus driver told me that the number was not in the list, he asked me to move to the other bus as there were two buses that will take the journey to Terengganu. I move there and did the same thing, i was shocked as the bus driver also told that the ticket number was not in the list . Only god knew my feeling at that time, scared, anxious and did not know what to do. Furthermore,i was the only one there, without knowing anyone else. i will cry all night if i could not return home. Some people who sitting there asked me to calm, they said that it was just a technical problem.

After waiting for a while, a person who took the responsibility in the arrangement of the tickets gave me a new ticket number , She apologize to me for the silly mistake that had occurred. I felt relief,thankful as the problem have been solved, finally i could go back safely . that night was a sad memory for me.Hopefully it will not happen again.

I actually do not know what to write this time. So i decided just to answer the questions from the paper that Mr. Derrick had given to us. The first question is....



Where do I read and study??



we can study anywhere or anytime we want . It just depends on us about where are the places that can make us feel comfort or the most important one, the places that can give us a full concentration on our study or reading . If we cannot focus on our lesson, it's merely waste our time, we better go to sleep or do anything else instead of studying or reading. So, we should avoid from studying at this sorts of place. For me, the places that can help me to focus on my study are the library and also in my own room because these places can give me a peace, the most significant aspect for my lesson. Besides, study in the library tend to give me a strong spirit to learn as i can see everyone just focus on the one thing,their books.



What is the best time for me to read??



The best time for me to read, of course the time when i have intention or i really want to read something. If not, it can create a boredom to me as what i had mentioned before, I'm not really interested on reading, so it is better for me to read at the right time so that i can fully understand or satisfied on what i have read. Usually, i like to read at night, particularly before going to sleep. It is easier for me to remember any formula or theories compared to other time and also can help me to feel sleepy when i can't sleep, laying on my bed while reading a book is the best way to sleep.On the other hand, i read novels during my leisure time.





How long i normally study without a break.



actually, I'm not the one who love to study even the one who can use their time wisely, whether to study or to do other things. I admit that i have a problem to manage my time properly, always do not have enough time to complete my works as a result of delaying my homework. That is the worse thing that i really need to throw from myself. what people often argued that time is golden,we cannot denied it, and i believe that by doing so, i cannot go anywhere even to achieve my dream to study abroad.So, i try to be more hardworking and making schedule is one of the good ways to overcome my problem. Based on my schedule, i normally study two or three hours without a break.Then, i chatting with my friends or surfing the Internet before continuing my study again.



What type or distraction bother me the most



Nowadays, there are a lot of entertainments that can influence people especially the students. Same goes to me, as a normal person i can't avoid myself from doing my favourite activities such as chatting and hang out with friends.But i don't think These things can bother me to study as long as we can manage our time well. In my view , it is good for us to go for some entertainments but bear in mind that study must come first. but if any type of distractions come i will try to avoid them.

How many different assignments i work on in one evening and what types of rewards might work for me?

If i have a lot of assignments, i will finish them as fast as possible, perhaps.May be two or three, depends on the time that i have on that evening. But now, I'm just starting my courses so, i don't have many assignments yet and i hope after this when i need to face with that situation i can complete them on time with satisfaction, good quality of works and also getting high mark. Lastly, i don't think i need rewards for my works, but rewards actually good for us to encourage ourself in doing something. It just enough for me if my friends or other people appreciate what i have done.

For the second post i would like to write about my life after i had registered at KBU international college. I was very grateful because my old friend Athira also got the same offer so that i can be with her at the college. i am actually a quiet person, so it is hard for me to know others or be friend with people in a short period. I need a time to adapt with a new environment, whatever or wherever the condition was, particularly when i was alone there, without knowing others.


During the registration day, we had been given speech by the principal of KBU international college and also JPA's representative about what we are going to learn, our duty as a JPA's scholars and also about accommodation.Then, they informed us where we will stay. We were divided into two different place, one was staying at the hostel and the other one was in a luxurious student house even a working people were unaffordable to live there.Unfortunately,Only a few students who need to stay at the hostel including me, while Athira will stay at the student house, it was very lucky for her.


At the first time, i was quite disappointed as i need to stay at the hostel instead of leaving in the house that everyone was eager to stay but finally i realize that there were many advantages that i can get by staying there, the hostel is nearer from the college compared to the student house, the students who lived there can go to the college by foot meanwhile those who lived at the students house need to go to the college by the van early in the morning in spite of the class started at 11 or 12 o'clock. Besides it is also easier for us to eat or buy anything at the nearest shop. On the other hand, we got to know students from other country like Korea, Sudan, China and Iran as most of them were staying at the hostel, i can improve my English as well by communicating with them and also learned how to socialize with the foreigners.

Before i entered my room,i really want to know who was my roommate and i thought that i can meet her but when i went there, i saw no one. My family need to go back early as my father need to drive for a long journey again, so they leaved me although they were worried as i stayed alone. I was sad at the time i saw my family's car lost from my vision but i tried not to cry and talk to myself, from this day, I'm promise to be a strong girl and not to give up easily.



The next morning, at the orientation session, all new students gathered at the main hall.The emcee of this session was Mr. Al, our Islamic and Malaysian studies lecturer. After a short briefing, we were divided into several groups based on the place that we sat. Then we were introduced to some of our seniors. Most of them were good students that have been chosen by the lecturer among the seniors.In the group, we got to know each others more, about where we were came from and also our previous school. My group members mostly come from different states , from the best schools and that make me scared to compete and to stand the same level with them. The orientation day was very exciting and it was a memorable memory for me.

myself

First of all, I would like to write a little bit about myself. My full name is Nurhafizah bt Ismail.

My friends call me Pija. It is just a simple name. I was born 0n 28 April 1990 in Terengganu and live there until now with my big family, consist of 7 siblings, a brother and 6 sisters and the most important people in my life of course my parents. I love them very much. I come from a small village called Kg.Felcra Bukit Kapah, situated at kuala Berang,Terengganu. My hometown is totally different compared to the place that I am staying now, which was very crowded. Everyday there are always traffic congestion, the place was filled with people from different races even from various countries. My hometown is very quiet, the fresh air make me feel very calm each time I returned to my village. That are the reasons why I like my hometown very much.


What are my hobbies?, people often said that they like to read books, but for me, I easily get bored when I read a book instead of by reading we can get a lot of information that are very useful for us. Thus, I try my best to make reading as one of my hobbies and now I train myself to fall in love with books particularly English books. During the leisure time I like to watch television especially my favourite TV program, Korean movies, surfing the Internet and also sometimes hang out with my friends to the nearest shopping mall. I usually go to the mall with my friends during the weekend.

Friends are the one who are willing to be with us whether we are in happiness or sadness, the one that can give us their shoulder to cry on, and also help us if we have problems by giving good advices. Nevertheless, I prefer to have many friends rather than to have a best friend as it is not easy to find a person that I can trust at all. I have a lot of friends that come from different states and most of them are the same age with me, all of them are very kind to me. I am lucky to have friends like them, I can share my problems and they always make me laugh. Now, there are three persons who are really close to me, they are Najihah, Aain and Syafiqah.



After getting my SPM examination, I had got two offers, one was from International Islamic University which was foundation of architecture and the other one was I got JPA's scholarship to further my study to overseas, also in architecture course. Although both of them were the same courses, I prefer the second one because going to abroad is my dream since I was young. It is not easy to get a chance to study abroad , furthermore it is a scholarship, so that I can reduce the burden of my parents as I know that many difficulties they have faced to raise up us, willing to sacrifices everything to make sure that my siblings and I get a better education. Their sacrifices are valuable than anything else in the world even jewels or money cannot replace them.

I registered at KBU International college on July 2008. My father did not know where exactly this college , we asked people and most of them did not knew where it was, they just knew about KDU which is quiet nearer from my college. I actually never heard about KBU college until I got the offer from JPA, because of this my father and I lost and came late for registeration. When I reached there, I can see that the college are really different than what I was expected, the environment was totally did not same with my previous school. I started to think whether I can adapt with it or not. Starting from the day I registered at KBU, my life have changed a lot.