THE FUSS-MAKERS
When we first met one another, some of us were very shy. Most of us had already bonded since the first day of the online class. We were all excited when everyone had already arrived in UiTM Puncak Alam. Once we finished unpacking, we planned to meet up at Dahlia's cafe. I still remember how everyone was comparing the differences between the virtual appearance of others to their face-to-face appearance. The first one to get compared was Adib because his voice online was a lot different compared to his real voice. Fazzerul was also very shy but that was only at the beginning. Everyone started to bond really well and get to know one another more. Only God knows how grateful I am to have such amazing classmates. I was anxious to enter the phase of having to live on campus by myself, surrounded by strangers and new people. But, by having them as my classmates, I started to feel more excited to finally be a university student. They are the people whom I can count on and tell my problems to. I feel safe whenever I am around them. They never fail to make me laugh. I genuinely love hanging out with them. I couldn't imagine how I would survive student life without having people like them in my circle of friends. I love all 29 members of the Fuss-Makers.
CAMPUS LIFE
CAMPUS LIFE
ODL EXPERIENCE
Open Distance Learning was very unusual for me since we couldn't meet one another in real life. I was worried that I wouldn't get used to how the world is right now. We are stricken by the Covid-19 which drastically changed the whole education system. However, I gradually got used to it. I have my classmates who have always helped me if I've had any difficulties in using online platforms to either submit assignments or to settle any affairs related to UiTM. I really hope that the pandemic will eventually get better and everyone can finally study normally, including going to face-to-face classes, distributing exhibitions, and managing events.
SOP EXPERIENCE
Entering university while the world is stricken by the Covid-19 wasn't that pleasing. We had to register on different days according to the schedule instead of registering together at once. When I first arrived at UiTM Puncak Alam for the registration, I got nervous since there were a lot of police, new students, and their parents. I waited for my classmates, Aimi, Iman, and Ijah before entering the Berlian Hall for registration because we planned to try to be housemates. However, we still needed to follow the instructions to distance ourselves from one another and register to My Sejahtera before getting on the bus. The same goes for any other place. We needed to scan the bar code before entering any room or restaurant. It was a little troublesome but for health sake, I'm willing to do it. In our face-to-face classes, we also had to sit individually instead of pairing together even though there were 2 tables side to side.
JIMBIT
Jimbit is our group name. I started to meet them online when I got the offer to do an interview for TESL Foundation in UiTM Dengkil. Since the pandemic had already started at that moment, we were required to do the interview through a pre-recorded video instead of going to the campus and got interviewed face-to-face. We started to talk to each other in a group chat called "ASASI UITM 2020". At first, I didn't expect to interact with the, that much but eventually, we talked almost every day. They also helped me to get through the process of the interview all the way to the registration. Aisyah created a separate group chat where Naim, Aisyah, Fitri, Dania, Aizzat, Adam, Aizzat, and I were all in it. We skyped almost every day since then. We spent most of our nights talking to one another and telling stories. They are all so funny and I enjoyed spending my time with them. We planned so many times to meet one another face-to-face but due to the distances, most of our plans got canceled. Fit and Adam live in Perak, Aizzat and Dani live in Johor while Aisyah, Dania, Naim, and I live in the Selangor area so it was a little bit difficult for us to meet everyone at once. Fortunately, one day, Adam came to Kuala Lumpur with his friends. Suddenly, I got a phone call from Naim asking me whether I had anything to do at that moment. He told me that Adam wanted to meet whoever was near that area. Dania, Naim, and I decided to meet Adam. Aisyah wasn't in Kuala Lumpur because she was staying at Kedah during the pandemic. The first picture was taken on our first day meeting each other in real life. It was a really fun day.
The dizzy passengers
These videos were recorded at night after we went out to go shopping at Setia City Mall. We rented a car and we were supposed to return the car at 9 p.m. but suddenly the owner of the card told us to keep it until the next day. We decided to drive around UiTM Puncak Alam and jam to some music. Out of a sudden, Dani, who was driving, came out with an idea to try and drive in a circle without stopping. She even called one of her housemates to come downstairs and film us from far so that we could see how people view us. These videos show you the situations from both perspective, the watchers, and the passengers.
The generous creature
On this particular day, Jimbit planned to go out and hang out together but I wasn't feeling good so I decided to stay in bed instead. Once they went back from hanging out, Nia and Aisyah came into my room and surprised me with Famous Amous cookies. That made me feel a lot better since I've been craving it for a long time.