An Unexpected Journey

          

  

  On the date of 20^th of June 2015, it was the registration day for me as a student at Kolej Poly-Tech MARA, Kuantan. Almost 6 months, I have stayed home, enjoying myself with my family and friends, doing what we used to do after a very long time, struggling and keep struggling for our SPM 2014 at school. But then I knew my long holiday has came to an end, after I got an offer letter from KPTM Kuantan to further my studies under Diploma in Civil Engineering for Construction Safety. When I have arrived here, I was very happy and excited because I could not wait to meet new friends that came from many different state and also lecturers, besides than facing new challenges since I knew that college’s life is quite tough compared to school’s life. After registering myself at the hall, I went out to buy things for instance toiletries, books and many else. When I have finished unpacking my stuffs in my room here, it was the time for my family to return back home, leaving me here for a few years. Only God knew how sad was I. I felt so homesick and so moody to join the orientation week which started on the next day.

     
           After that, I was separated with my parents and have to stand all by myself. I have to start a brand new life at a new place and also new friends. At 5 pm, I gathered at the tennis court with other students. It was really crowded. Students came from entire Malaysia. So, I got to know each other. Then, we were separated into several group based on the number  that we were given at the back of our file. We also were given a facilitator for each of the group. So, it would be easier for us. We were guided by them. In our group, we were asked to create our group name, symbol and also our own flags. It was really interesting. Next ,we went back to our hostel and prepared  ourself for iftar. At that night, after we performed our prayer, we gathered at the hall way to hear speech from the facilitators for us. At that night, we also sang a few songs. The songs were really interesting. After the speech, all of us can get back to our hostel and get some sleep for our next activity which was tomorrow. It was really an exhausted day for me. I was really tired and slept like a log that night.

  

          On the next day, as usual we were gathered at the hall way, sitting in groups before starting any activity from the facilitators. Hall way was like the main place at KPTM Kuantan, all the classrooms, the office and also lecturers room was located there. In the evening, we had our ‘tour day’ at here, leading by the facilitators from each group. We finally got to know that which one was the academic hall, civil and electrical engineering block, classrooms, the main office and also the sports area. We were so grateful that this KPTM Kuantan, were not so big as we expected before getting in here. The distance between our hostel to classroom, the mosque, the library were all in one way. During night, we had our briefing for loan in studying. The speech was given by the HEP, they told us on how to apply the loan from MARA or PTPTN. By telling us this way, it has gave us a bit of guidance on how to apply the loan or scholarship to ease our study billing.

            On the fourth day which was the last day of orientation ,as usual we were woke up to take our sahoor and we prayed together in the mosque . For the last time , the facilitators prepared our sahur in front of our room .We can only  thanked them because waking up early in the morning because of their responsibilities .After having our subuh prayer,we went to our room to prepare for the next activity .The first activity held was MENTOR MENTEE SLOT .All of the students were separated by their own course before the mentor gave the information to each student .The slot was started with ice breaking session with the group members .The objective of MENTOR MENTEE was to create the communication between students and the lecturer if they have any problems and solved  the problem with the advice from mentor .After that ,the program was continued with the briefing from the board management .I was very happy because the they gave more facilities especially the stationeries for student ,printer and many more .The program was ended by giving away the prize to the winner as their reward .Encik Kassim Bin Osman as the Director of Kolej Poly-Tech MARA Kuantan  was invited to give prize .I was very excited because my group was announced as the winner in group activity .The opening speech was given by director of Kolej Poly-Tech MARA Kuantan and he closed the program of orientation session for July 2015 officially .

             Last but not least, I felt so enjoy for the orientation week. I can finally adapted myself here and felt more comfort compared to the first day when I arrived here. The orientation week gave me more benefits such as getting more new friends. I hope the friendship that I got here would stay forever and ever. It also have more activity at last of the orientation such as performance from us and speech from the principal of KPTM KUANTAN. After the orientation day, the lesson will be started and l felt so nervous to continue my study. However after orientation day, we got the permission to go home before starting the learning session. I felt very happy and break-fasting with my beloved family. I hope I can get the highest CGPA and get the Diploma for Civil Engineering course. I wanted to prove to my parents that I can also be one of the successful engineers in Malaysia one day. I wanted to make sure that they will proud with my success.