Moments Frozen in Time

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I have first started my education at a small nursery in Kuala Lumpur which was called Ladybug Kindergarten. Not much could be remember there as the only memory that I could recall is being sent early in the morning and picked up by my mom at the end of the day. Later, when I was 5 years old, my father got stationed at Sarawak and thus, we have to move to Kuching for a while. I have continued my early education at Sinaran Kindergarten there. I guess there is not much to talk about my kindergarten days.

Anyway, for my primary school, I was enrolled in SRK Ong Tiang Swee where the majority of the students are Chinese but the teachers mostly teach us in Malay or English. I’ve studied there for two years and in the middle of standard two, my father was stationed back to Kuala Lumpur, thus, having to move again, leaving my friends behind. Then, I continued primary school to a school near my residential area, SK Wangsa Melawati. It was a bit awkward at first, as I basically did not know anyone in there, and I thought that most of them basically knew each other already. Being the new kid at school felt odd, but the teachers tried to assist on making me feel like I’ve been there already. I made a few friends and at the end of the year, I have achieved quite amazing results. Later, in the next year, I was elected as a prefect of the school as well as the assistant monitor. Apart from that, my friends and I managed to represent the school in a district competition and came out as the winner of the competition. It was one of few precious moments of my life. My study went great at the school, and I managed to skip a class which ended my primary school education, a year earlier than expected.

Apart from studying at SK Wangsa Melawati, my parents also enrolled me into a religious school near my house where I spent most of my evening time, studying all the religious subjects. I did not excel well in my religious studies basically because I am mostly asleep all the time. Due to my skipping a year in my primary school, I also have to skip a year in my religious which is a not so good thing, since I missed a lot and there was too much to learn in such little time. In the end, I’ve managed to get a passing grade for my IMPORTANT examination.

In year 2000, my secondary education continued as I enrolled into the school next to my primary school, SMK Wangsa Melawati. For the first three years of my study there, I was an active student, as I participated in some of the sport events as well as represented the school in a few marching competitions. Participating in these events was really fun and gave a valuable experience as I become more confident as well as gain more friends. One of the few memories that I really could remember of this school was one where I was slightly injured in a small lab incident. It was something that I had never expected to happen but none the less, it happened.

Anyway, in my fourth year of the school, I was offered in place in one of MRSM institution, in which I went with a very heavy heart. With this heavy heart, I hardly could focus much and felt really homesick, thus, I quit the school in just a week. I guess that could be a record for me… hmmmm… Later on, I enrolled in SMK Aminuddin Baki, where I was placed with students taking Pure Sciences course with me. In most of the subjects taught in these two last year of secondary school, I’ve excelled the most in Additional Math and Modern Math subjects. I graduated from this school with flying colours and with my SPM results in hand; I applied for a place in the Matriculation Centre of IIUM.

I was first offered Physical Science but I changed my course to Biological Science because I am more interested in studying courses such as molecular biology and genetic at that point. I did well, but not really exceptionally well, as I graduated from my matriculation centre after one and a half year studying there. Studying at the matriculation centre was a really educational experience and I’ve met a lot of people there. I once had a roommate whose parents are currently staying at Mesir and she brought me back a cute camel doll which when you squeezed the middle of the stomach, an Arabic song will come out. I also met a lot of other students coming from other states in Malaysia, and it was really an eye-opener for a girl who never been out much except for small family vacation which is rare.

Later, I continued my study here in Kuantan Campus. Not as I expected, as we were first informed that we would be studying in Gombak in the first place before we were yet again informed of the change. But I guess, we should see things positively. Since the year 2006, I have studied and learned a lot from our respective lecturer, and by learning, that also means learning how to expect what kind of questions and what type of lecture the lecturers would give. My first year of study went through roughly because basically I was new to the process of learning in the university and also a bit awed by the prospect of being in the university. Later on, to the second and third year of my study in IIUM Kuantan Campus, I managed to understand the process and tried to grasp the learning procedure in the campus.

In this year, during the short semester break, I have managed to complete my industrial training at Hospital Kuala Lumpur which is always a busy place to be. However, there are times I wished I could have applied somewhere else due to the overcrowding of other students coming from other universities but nevertheless, I highly appreciate the skills and knowledge that we received during our working there.

Now here I am, writing this post and waiting for other ideas to burst out from my mind, so that I may I continue writing this blog…