July 8, 2021

Decisions.. Decisions..

 

My first journey as a student representative was in 2016.
The journey continued in 2017.
2018.
2019.
2020 was supposed to be the end.
February 2020. I cried while making the annual report. Haha! On the last day before the dismissal speech, I was in the office to print the salutations. I cried again watching the printer printing the papers. It was so heartbreaking. At that moment my only thought was 'This is the last time I'll be doing this kind of job. This is the last time I can be in this office. This is the last time. The last.'
Then COVID19 came. I was recruited to be in the task force. The task force was a very new experience as I get to work with different people and environments (which are mostly online and while quarantine). We had only 1 job: Managing the students' data. The job itself was 100 times harder than it sounds.
2021, the end.
Earlier in the year, I made the decision to leave the task force on September or a few weeks before I started my study again. Allah knows better. As I am a very perfectionist (in work only), I want everything to be perfect. I need deadlines, I need the result to be tidy and understandable, I want to always be ready and I want it done before people demand it. I've struggled a lot to adapt to other's schedules and pace. Before I know it, the decision just comes to me. Approximately 56 hours ago, I decided to left and only gave the others a 24-hour notice.
And here I am! The end of my journey. I'm so glad to decide to leave earlier than I plan to.
Perhaps now I can focus more on myself. Which is the thing that I've been aiming for for years.

TO A BETTER ME! 💖
Insya Allah


p/s: Please hire me. My resume looks nice already with these experiences 😏 hahaha

June 2, 2021

THE LONGEST JOURNEY TO GO BACK HOME

Part 2 of quarantine diary.

In case you miss it, Part 1 of quarantine diary.

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We had to make a waiting list as the flight only scheduled once in 2 weeks and also because the students' quota for each region (Medan, Aceh, Padang) varies from time to time. I'm on the 2nd batch waiting list as I made the decision to go back home a little bit late.

The flight from Malaysia to Medan is in the evening. The earliest flight from Padang to Medan was in the afternoon. If we took it, we would never reach there on time as we had to consider delays and technical issues. So we had to take an evening flight and stay for 1 night.

The only available flight to Malaysia from Medan was Malaysia Airlines. No physical distancing practiced in the flight at that time. It was a pleasant flight.

"To Malaysian, welcome home."

Alhamdulillah arrived in Malaysia after an hour.

As soon as we exit the gate there were immigration and police officers everywhere.

"Dik, pakai mask."

"Dik, jarak lagi, jarak lagi"

It was veryyy heartwarming to hear these from a Malaysian hahaha. Well at that particular time, we all agreed that it was a sensitive phase for Malaysia.

There was a lot of queuing that had to be done to maintain the physical distance.

1st: to go down the escalator; 30 minutes

2nd: body temperature checks

If someone's temperature is not normal, they took them to a separate waiting area. These people would go to the hospital.

3rd: fill in the traveling form & health screening form; 30 minutes queue and 5 minutes filling in

We had to fill in about flight number, departure location, time, symptoms, etc. Lucky that our friend (who had traveled on the 1st batch) advice us to bring our own pen.

4th: health screening; 30 minutes

Basically where the health workers ask you for more details from the health screening form. If anyone has any symptoms, they went to the 'to hospital' waiting area.

5th: immigration check; 1 hour

6th: to go to the toilet (for those who not going then no need la)

7th: filling in MKN form and kinda-LoU to quarantine

8th: waiting for the bus; 1.5 hours

We were sooo hungry. We felt so relieved because we knew thought that this is the final part.

1 bus can only occupy 20 people because of physical distancing. So they called out 20 people (based on the form that we filled in) at one time to get to the bus. When my name finally being called, now I know why it took so long to wait for the bus.

Before getting to the bus, we had to take our luggage first and gather back in line according to the groups given. Then, we went out and they sanitized us and our bags. Of course, this took a lot of time as everyone's luggage is different by quantity and size.

I was on the fifth bus. We had to wait until all the seven buses occupied. Another waiting moment hahaha. But it's okay because I get to rest on a comfy seat ^_^ they gave us some refreshments to isi perut.

After all of the buses were occupied, the police officers start their motor engine and here we go! It was so cool! Being escort all the way from KLIA2 to Melaka! In the middle of the night! imagine all the blue lights flashing and the sound of their alarms blaring. Definitely a one in a million experience.

The journey to Melaka took around 1.5 hours. Arrived Melaka and welcome to another queue! haha

As I was on the fifth bus, we had to wait for the earlier one to get into their room first. It took another 1.5 hours of waiting on the bus.

The JPAMs and RELAs took our baggage out from the bus while we were queuing to take a photo. Honestly, till now, I don't know the purpose of the photo being taken. We had to show both our passport and IC. Received our room number (yup, only number. no room card). Received our well-packaged dinner (literally supper). 1 elevator can only fit 5 people. I waited around 10 minutes. Then finally, FINALLY! THE ROOM! It was around 12am.

The first thing that I did? Search for the wifi password!

Video call my family. Call my friends (just to see each other room like there's no tomorrow haha). Eat. Shower. Settled down around 2am.

Cont...

TRAPPED IN A 5 STAR HOTEL ROOM



17th April 12am MYT.

DoubleTree by Hilton, Melaka.

7 buses.

The first quarantine center in Melaka for Malaysian and Non-Malaysian arrived from overseas.




The queueing, health screening and immigration check took around 3 hours which can be considered faster than the other groups. I've heard the fastest was 5 hours, some even went through it for 7 hours.

Being alone for the first time for 24 hours straight. It was easy at first because we were all excited about this and that in our room. My room has that, your room has this. We video call almost every hour. Update the WhatsApp status when the food arrived.

Time after time, many thoughts begin to secluded my mind. I start to put my phone away and kept myself busy because I just want to be alone. Away from video calls, and chats. I want to enjoy all the 'me time'.

The food was never a disaster. Alhamdulillah.

The view was splendid because I get to see the sunset every single day. I've seen the sunrise because I had trouble sleeping sometimes. Not because I'm afraid. It's just the thoughts of this and that.

Speaking about afraid of being alone, I'm not afraid of being anywhere alone. But the fact that when there's no sound (because the road was empty!) and had to turn off the lights for a better sleep gets me creepy. So, I sleep with the corridor light turned on and a bedtime-themed podcast playing from the smart tv in the room.

I'm glad that I bring my camera. Some of the days I just took it out and snap pictures. Well, mostly I only get to photograph the buildings.

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BEHIND THE SMILE

The photo was taken on 20th Dec 2019. Edited with Adobe Photoshop.

Originally my batch was supposed to consist of 15 people. Then it became 14 because 1 never came after the news that he had been sick. In the early of 2017, one of us drop out and continue studying for another course in Malaysia

Our gathering was never a full team. Our lepak also never a full team.

This photo was very meaningful. The first time we gather a full team without knowing that this is the last. we thought we still had a chance but now 2 of us will graduate next year, and 3 of us (might be 7 later) transferred to Malaysia.

Despite not being able to gather a full team most of the time, we still took photos of our batch in every event. We almost never forget to have a picture together because every moment matters.

Impromptu karaoke nights
THC werewolf fights
Malabar UNO fights
Fuja nonstop eating
McDs and KFCs acah studying
Impromptu road trip to Bukittinggi
Badminton every week that only last for a year (sounds fine tho)
BBQs and potluck

We only lepak at the so-called nice place once. Yes, once.
We never memorize each of our birthdays haha!
Every year we share our raya photo.
Sometimes we discussed a random topics and it took 3 hours. The one who is not in the discussion will shock the next morning.

I'm sure in every group there have many characteristic that eventually became one. That's make the relationship more beautiful.

We don't talk much since MCO since everybody is in the sensitive phase that I'm afraid to even talk about any topics. Deep down I still feel the care from each of you. Always missing all of you.

July 2, 2020

Welcome Back!

Hello Everything!

It's been a while since the last time post something kat blog.
So sejak zaman kuarantin ni terasa sentimental gituh and I thought why not make this blog as a public diary again for me to reminiscing some of my best moments sejak habis sekolah. I might post about school life also hehe.

Let's get started!