Advice for Engineering 1

Things that took me 2 years to learn :) Semoga bermanfaat, insyaAllah.

1. Go to all classes. It is important that you do not fall back on class material.

2. Keep your notes neat and organized. It will be useful as a study material for midterms and exams, which definitely beats cramming the text days before a midterm.

3. Study consistently. Do it in small amounts every day, for short periods of time. In between tasks is ideal.

4. Talk to classmates about class material, just so that you can gauge the level of understanding expected of you. Not ideal, but it keeps the stress of placing unrealistic expectations on yourself under control. But if you find that your grasp of the material is better than your classmates, then by all means continue what you have been doing and keep working to improve. In the end the best standard to measure you against is yourself.

5. Start on assignments early. It will not be easy, but the easier you start thinking about it, the more time your brain has to work through it and the better your solutions will be once deadline arrives.

6. Study by yourself, but work in groups. Discussing material with classmates while doing assignments is a really good way to study, but you have to make sure that you know your material so as to not keep everyone else back.

7. Do homework. Practice, practice, practice is key.

8. Professors and TA’s are there to help, so utilize it.

9. Try to enjoy studying. Remember that this degree is going to pay off and enable you to do a lot of things in the future.

10. Don’t stress! There are a LOT of other people going through the same thing, so you are not the only one facing the huge amount of workload.

MacMSA Guide for Frosh

Assalamualaikum wmt wbt,

MacMSA (that's Mac's Muslim Student Association, which is currently the biggest club on campus) have prepared a general guideline for incoming first years. Check it out at the link below.

MacMSA 4 Frosh

It has pretty much everything a Muslim would need to know about campus life.

Enjoy! :)

Cerita Musim Cuti

Kesian Apan….

Pagi tadi di opis, dalam pukul 9, sedang gua kaver line klik fesbuk sikit sikit, Apan mundar mandir belakang gua dengan muka kusut masai. Dari tadi gua tengok Apan hilang punca di sekitar sektor operasi. Muka macam ada masalah. "Lu kenapa ni Apan?" - Gua tanya demi meminta kepastian.

Gua dengan Apan ni kira ngam juga la. Budak Kedah, umur muda sikit dari gua dan tak berapa hensem. Kalau tatap muka dia lama lama boleh naik menyampah juga.Dia baru setahun kerja dengan kompeni gua. Sebelum masuk sini, Apan banyak hendel bisnes sendiri dan selalu rugi.

"Mak gua hilang la.." - Apan berbisik perlahan. Gua punyala terperanjat! "Mak lu hilang?, bila hilang?" - dada gua tiba tiba mengepam keluar masuk laju laju. Berdebar tak payah cakap la, kencang macam kuda. "Petang semalam..dah cari merata tak jumpa". Apan berlalu meninggalkan gua menuju ke bahagian budak budak human resource.

Gua tak tahu apa benda yang dia sedang fikir dalam kepala. Gua nak tanya lebih lebih risau kena pukul pula.Apa yang gua tahu sikit sikit, mak dia memang duduk rumah tak kerja, ayah dia kerja penolong kanan lagi dua tiga tahun nak pencen.

**** Kira kira lima belas minit kemudian, dari jauh gua nampak Apan berjalan semula masuk ke sektor operasi. Kali ni muka dia tak kusut macam tadi dah, sebaliknya ceria macam muka Lan kumpulan the typewriter.

"Mak gua dah jumpa.." - kelegaan jelas terpampang di bibir Apan. Gua cepat cepat bersyukur:

"Alhamdulillah. ..Jumpa kat mana?",

Dan dengan penuh keceriaan, jujur, ikhlas, tawadduk serta wajah disinari warna warni rama rama yang tiada belas kasihan pada gua, Apan membalas padu: "Dalam sinki penteri." Gua terus tendang kompiter sampai bersepah atas lantai.

"Bxxi!" MUG la Apan..MUG..!!, pronunciation macam jahxxxm! Sia sia gua berdebar. Pagi pagi sudah bikin hati membara.


nota: ini adalah forwarded emel. nama apan tuh bkn Affan Ruslan.