Seniors.

Bismillah.

Orang kata bila dah habis sekolah, seniority ni dah takde. Kalau ada seniors pun, hanya sekadar pada nama. The juniors aren't obligued to call them 'abang' 'akak' or any names that shows seniority. But that's not what I am gonna talk about this time round. It's gonna be about seniors.

Ah well, since the course I'm taking is categorised as a short-term course (because its learning period is less than a year), I have no sunbaes (senior) around at campus. We have no sunbaes around for us to ask things around. Our sunbaes are all in Korea - already. And even after we'll get there, we won't have any sunbaes at SNU LEI (Seoul National University; Language Education Institute) because they'll be graduating from the said institute right before we get there. Again, no sunbaes for us to ask about things around.

To be honest, I'm kinda envy the KTJ (Kumpulan Teknikal Jepun) students. The have their senpais around! Bukan nak buat apa pun dengan sunbae sebenarnya tapi, at least ada orang yang akan tegur-tegurkan kita. Ada orang nak dipanggil 'kakak'. Ada tempat untuk dijadikan rujukan. Ada tempat untuk diharapkan untuk sesetengah perkara. Ada orang nak bagi tunjuk ajar.

Tapi, alhamdulillah. Sunbae di Korea nun sana baik-baik, ramah-tamah kebanyakannya. Selalu bertanya khabar. Khabar jasmani dan rohani. Khabar perihal pelajaran. Terasa dekat dengan diorang even though ada yang tak pernah jumpa. Jauh dimata, dekat dihati katanya. Ukhuwwah kerana Allah tu sangat manis. Sunbaes yang dah habis belajar pun ada yang try contact kami the hoobaes. Dah sibuk bekerja pun masih ambil berat pasal kami yang tak tentu dapat fly ni (nauzubillahminzalik). Siapa yang tak terharu bila dapat perhatian macam tu sekali? Serious rasa terharu - the fact that they actually try to reach out to us and not the other way round. Malu pun ada. Kenapa yang menghulur pulak beria-ia mencari tangan untuk disambut?





What type of senior will I be is a question to be ponder upon.

Of exams and its results.

Exams and result. 

Inseparable.

If we've done our best, insyaAllah, He won't let us down. Bukan nak cakap I'm not worried over my results. Of course I do. I should be. But there's no use fretting over something that has passed. It's undoubtedly impossible to undo all of that. I'm not saying I'm pandai or whatnot. No, I'm far from that. I am just being realistic. Often I feel like breaking down upon receiving my results. But as I thought over it again; Why am I even sad? Why would I feel dissatisfied with my results?

We reap what we sow.

I believe in this, so very much. If I am not satisfied with my results, then I should be dissatisfied with my efforts more. Because often your efforts showed through your results. It just shows that you need to work harder next time. And work harder doesn't mean you have to bury your nose kat buku tu 24/7. It involves changing your way of studying too.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.
~ Albert Einstein.

((I'm not saying you're insane))


Oh and also. Betulkan niat kita, kawan kawan :)



안녕~ ^^

Silver lining.

Bismillah.

Currently I'm studying Korean language at INTEC as a preparation to go to South Korea next year, inshaAllah. I love my course, really. I get to study a foreign language (which is my passion), I get to study in Korea and most importantly I get to study engineering there; which is one of the developed countries in terms of technology.

But people just seem to be sceptical towards the country I'm going. Why? Okay, now tell me what comes to your mind when you hear the word 'Korea'?

K-Pop?

Plastic surgery?

Unmanly/gay guys and girls with great figures?

Winter Sonata?

Runningman?

Samsung?

Now how about 'Korean language'?

"Korean is easier than Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese etc)."

"It's not as complicated as Japanese. Japanese has katakana, hiragana and kanji."

Or maybe...

"Korean is easy! I can read hangul!"

See peeps, this is what I am talking about.  People's perceptions of the country I'm going to pursue my studies in are mostly not positive it is almost discouraging. Here in INTEC we get that a lot. Boys are teased by students from other courses as 'K-Pop'. Dude, not everybody from our programme likes K-Pop. Some loathes it. Don't judge. Some are just unlucky to not get the country they applied for. And you judging them makes it harder for them. Dahlah tak dapat apa yang diorang nak, kena panggil macam macam pulak.

And here we get;

"Korea tak susah macam Jepun. Korea ada 1 tulisan je kan? Kitorang ada 3."

...and

"Korea susah tak? Deutsch susah gila."

...a lot.

Seriously lah kan, ada ke benda yang senang dalam dunia ni? Dah namanya belajar, memanglah susah. Tu sebab kita BELAJAR. Japanese is hard, Deutsch is hard, Korean is hard ㅡ heck even English is hard. Again, don't judge. And doesn't mean if you got A+ for English during SPM, you can get the same for IELTS and TOEFL. Seriously. Stop assuming. Matriks pun susah although tak perlu belajar bahasa asing. Form 6 pun. Semua benda ada susah dan senangnya. It's just how we adapt to it that varies.

We need to stop complaining and start counting our blessings. We are chosen by Him to get the scholarship/loan to the said countries. Why? There has to be a reason behind it. So, strive and don't throw this opportunity away. Find out what's the silver lining is.

Or perhaps, the silver linings.

Nouveau.

Bismillah. 

So, I decided to make a new blog. Why? I'm not sure either. Maybe it's because my previous blogs were too childish. Or maybe because I want to run away from the hurtful (and hateful) memories I experienced due to the said blog. Maybe.

Or maybe ㅡ just because.