perception

salam, the fact that the month of February has arrived showed that time truly passed very fast and as thin as ice as a matter of fact. but, everything seems to be fine although my algebra mid semester test was not satisfactorily answered since i took many minutes just to answer a question. i have to admit that i was totally terrible at maths because i don't really think it is an extremely easy and obtainable-a-subject since there are few reasons that i have to say( no formula, too limited time to answer 25 objective questions in just 1 hour, totally ridiculous.)

1. egypt unrest-hopefully azril is in good condition as the latest info that i got on fb was that he was in jeddah airport or in cairo airport, and he and the other malaysian students just got ready to be transferred and sent back to malaysia
2. final exam-i have to say that this is the most important exam as an asasian. i must get the best result as possible in order to be among the best although not be the best or the creme de le creme, because i know that is just totally impossible to achieve.
3. malam emas batch 2010/2011-this is just the biggest thing for the year of 2011 for me because i have to practice 2 songs in order to accompany the main singer for the performance during this particular night in dewan plenari, picc, putrajaya.

maybe some of you wondering, kalau buat betul2 pun kat pasum, belum tentu lagi dapat fly macam budak2 yang dah buat program persediaan tu. well, what can i say more, that is definitely and undoubtly true but many of the asasians may think of something else i guess. memang betul, kalau x dpt lalat(fly) ke negara orang tapi x pelah, bukan rezeki kan....huhuhu

i have heard of this rezeki term countless time already. it is true that our aim of study is purely and entirely for our creator our GOD and for our religion, but i must say that deep inside my thoughts, the feeling of being somewhere else, or precisely abroad is a definite temptation for myself. why did i say so???
ok, i came up with few sensible reasons for my stand on the very above statement.

• if students are given the opportunity to study overseas with scholarships, it will motivate the students to continue to study in the future because he or she will realize that if he does not do well during the preparatory course in a level college, ib college or so on, the chance or the possibility of continuing the education in overseas will surely deplete or flipped through by the mere disappointment that he intentionally makes.
• secondly, when people are studying in overseas, the bonds between the students of the same race or religions will be stronger because people will depend on each other when they are actually living in a place where they are classified as the minority groups of the particular country, for example US,UK just to name a few. they will gather the knowledge and the experience that they get during their years in overseas in order to equip themselves with the future challenges that will be in front of them, for example kuliah subuh, tazkirah, solat hari raya, sambutan rumah terbuka and many more occasions that will make these students realize that how important and grateful they are to be surrounded with the group of good and enlightening people, that will provide them with such guidance in order to pursue their education in the foreign country and at the same time, still preserving their aqidah and their attitudes.
• meeting with the people and thus opening their mind more widely and make them know there are many types of people that exist in this world and having different attitudes and cultures that some of us may not accept their socialism and so on.for example, if you want to be friends with Irish, you need to drink because hey, they are Irish. So, this will surely make such a challenge for the students and yet surpass all the challenges and obstacles that they have in overseas.
• yes, going overseas is not the best thing for some people, but for me, i believe that going abroad while being a student is totally once-in-a-lifetime experience as we may never come again in that particular country because that is only the time that we got to be with the people of the same ages, studying with the same or different courses in a university, and most importantly, having the possibility to travel to many places during the semester break or long-term holidays. these moments will surely be treasured by students who definitely have this kind of opportunity

as a conclusion, i am not saying that going to overseas is everything, but if we dont have the opportunity, then we have to consider to study in local university la. even local university is better that many foreign universities, but of course, who can deny oxford,Harvard,MIT, Cambridge anyway?

AMER AZMI
KOLEJ 12
UNIVERSITI MALAYA
KUALA LUMPUR