The First Week of Internship at FRIM.

Bismillah.

Assalamualaikum w.b.t.

The First Week of Internship at FRIM (15-19 Feb 16)

Well, my first day at FRIM was awkward because i was alone from the very beginning. My friends did theirs at other places and most of them have someone they already know going at the same place. Since i'm staying at Sungai Buloh, i'm going there by riding my Honda Wave. Normally, it takes about 15-20 minutes riding and definitely more for those driving car.

Actually, I was late on the first day because i thought Human Resources is in the same building with Administration. So, i quickly went to Building B3 (Human Resources) from D1 (Administration). It was not difficult to find it because these building are very near to each other.

After briefing by representative from Cawangan Latihan, i was brought to Wood Entomology Laboratory (WEL) by Kak Nor, staff of WEL. Given a second briefing by my supervisor, Dr. Roszaini, about what this lab does and what everybody does, finally she brought me to tour around the lab and introduced her staff to me. 

The first and second day, it were very boring and i frequently dozed off during working hours. Not that i 'curi tulang' but imagine yourself in an air-conditioned room and you did nothing because there was nothing to be done. I tried so hard not to dozed off again. Cebause my superrrvisor is very allergic to intern that dozed off during working, reading romance novels, watching korean dramas etc. She's definitely going to deduct marks. 

Alhamdulillah, on the third day i finally have something to do. I can make myself busy doing work until friday. My mini project was changed to an interesting new project. Both of the projects are for RnD purposes but the new project seems advantageous to me. Even though what these lab does has nothing related to my field study, however the equipments that i'm going to work with are definitely the same as in my school. The title of my new project is : Chemical Composition and natural durability of juvenile and mature Kelempayan heartwood.and the equipment are soxhlet extractor (to extract sth), rotary evaporator (to obtain pure product), High Performance Liquid Chromatography (to analyze compound) and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry.

In this lab, we also have to work outside since we are playing with termite. HAHAHA i neverrr thought that one day i will play with that insect because I was and am not an insect-okay person. We have to make trap in order to lure the termite in. We have to 'redah' hutan only to get termite that are living inside fallen trees. However, i really appreciate these experiences because i knew i would never have these at other places. I have been informed by my SV, that in early of April, we will head to Mata Air, Perlis for work. YEAYYYYY! 

I think, that was all during the first week. I will keep the blog updated, InsyaAllah! 

Siapa Bakal Intern di FRIM?

Assalamualaikum w.b.t.

I hope this entry can help me and others too.

Saya bakal menjalani latihan praktikal di FRIM, Kepong Selangor bermula 15 Februari 2016 sehingga 5 Jun 2016. I have no place to stay yet. This is worse and i am getting impatient. Hihi. Kepada pembaca entry, if you are going to FRIM or if you know any of your friends yang akan praktikal di FRIM, do email me and will give you my contact number. Please.

email- nurliyana_badri@yahoo.com

p/s: i rarely visit my own blog because sometimes i forgot i have one.


***Update: Alhamdulillah. Saya dah dapat rumah untuk LI nanti tapi bukan rumah sewa. Rumah famili bakal mertua. Bakal mertua saya sendiri yang pelawa untuk tinggal dengan mereka atas faktor keselamatan. Sesetengah rumah/flat/apartment di Sungai Buloh, Kepong, Selayang amat berbahaya untuk wanita bujang menyewa sendirian/beramai-ramai sebab di sana sangat ramai makhluk asing yang suka buat onar kat negara kita. Black people yang buat hal tu, diorang ni kalau dah suka perempuan ni, tak pikiaq apa dah. Rembat je mana sempat. Haaa.. bahaya woo.

*** Update: For those yang memang memerlukan rumah/bilik sewa, cuba cari di Taman Daya dan Kampung Melayu Kepong. Dua tempat ini memang sangat dekat dengan FRIM. Tapi, diingatkan, korang masih perlukan kenderaan untuk ke FRIM sebabnya jarak main gate FRIM dengan pejabat FRIM agak jauh kalau jalan kaki. Mungkin 15-20 minit by walking.

Tips Untuk Lulus Ujian Komputer D Manual.

Bismillah.

Assalamualaikum w.b.t.

Sekian lama tak update blog, akhirnya dapat jugak masa untuk entri baru. Entri seperti yang tertulis.

Baru-baru ni, ada yang singgah kat blog, baca entri lesen kereta. Searched keywords, mostly pasal harga. So, tetiba teringat niat saya nak share pasal tips lulus Ujian Komputer. 

Before that, nak cakap sikit pasal harga lesen kereta kat Semangat Intrajaya. Ini maklumat penting ni, so sila bagi perhatian. Harga lesen kereta (D manual or D auto) berbeza-beza bagi setiap cikgu. Macam post saya Julai lalu, saya dapat harga RM 980. Bila saya sembang-sembang dengan students kat SIJ, diorang dapat harga lain. I was so confused because i thought the rate is fixed. 

Then, i found out that, that happened because of duit minyak. They charge you based on how far they need to fetch you up. So, saya sarankan anda semua yang berniat nak ambil lesen, datang sendiri ke pusat memandu, walaupun jauh. Sebab apa, boleh jadi cikgu anda tu charge RM 100. Saya sendiri kena RM 80. 

Kembali kepada tajuk asal, tips nak lulus mudah sahaja. Pertama sekali, FOKUS DALAM KELAS. Sumpah, tolong fokus dalam kelas sebab apa yang cikgu bagi tahu dalam kelas itu yang akan masuk. Percayalah. Saya sudah ambik ujian komputer dua kali (B2, D), saya baca part apa yang cikgu tekankan dalam kelas, hasilnya lulus kedua-dua ujian. So, jimat masa sebab tak perlu baca buku sampai habis. Tolong la, korang nak baca ke buku yang tebal tu  -_-

Kedua, BUAT LATIHAN. Semasa kelas, cikgu akan jual buku soalan ujian komputer. So, kalau memang tiada buku tersebut di rumah anda, mohon melabur sedikit untuk memudahkan masa depan anda. Range harga RM 2- RM 5(ikut harga semasa). Kalau tak lulus, kena ambil ujian sekali lagi, and that is where you will fork out more money. Almost hundred ringgit. 

Ketiga, SEMASA UJIAN, KAWAL PERASAAN. Nervous tu kena control and be confident. Kalau sudah bersedia, insyAllah tiada masalah. Bila nervous, kita akan jadi kurang yakin dengan jawapan kita and will lead to mistake. Saya amalkan tiga tips ni, memang menjadi untuk saya. 

Moga tips ini bermanfaat buat anda yang bakal menjalani ujian komputer. Ingat, kalau nak lulus, kena usaha lebih. Kalau usaha sikit, dapat sikit. Kalau usaha banyak, dapat banyak. 

Praise to Allah for He has heard my prayer.

Bismillah.

Assalamualaikum w.b.t.

Alhamdulillah thumma alhamdulillah.

Truly, He is Razak. It was really totally unexpected. Thanks Allah!

I have received two good news in these two months. I was and still am thankful for this great things. Great things that are meant to be happened. My fiance and I had been praying and we couldn't be more startled than anyone else upon receiving the news. I couldn't be more happier.

I know that He always looks upon us. He really does hear our prayers. It is true about this famous Malay phrase, "Doa ialah senjata orang Muslim". Not that i don't believe it, it is just that i don't have the feel for it. But now, i am. You just got to keep your hopes on Allah, keep praying, do good things and be a grateful servant.

Confidence.

Bismillah.

Assalamualaikum w.b.t.

What's with confidence?

Well, basically you need to have confident in everything that you do. Even though you may not knowing the way to do thing rightfully, but it is always work out for someone who have confident. Of course the chance to succeed is after few time of trying.

What's the relation with this entry ?

Actually, the confidence in my term is related to driving a car. Last week, i drove Persona for the first time after 2 months getting a licence. I drove badly. My co-driver said that drove slightly on the left side of the road and nearly scrape a heavy machinery. Wow.

I only capable of driving for few minutes because i have a very bad eyesight during night. I couldn't see my way because there isn't a white line that separate my lane from the other lane. Plus, the road have no street lamps since it is a downtown area and we are in the middle of forest. That is just perfect! I remembered that i drove 20 km/h. HAHAHA.

I have been thinking, that i need to practice. I need a car. A small car like kancil/kelisa/viva. It suits for a beginner. I really like viva because during JPJ, i got viva. It was real smooth because it was a brand new car. The clutch, brake, fuel pedals worked really well, so did the gear box.

I need to drive it like everyday, like how i ride my motorcycle. I can ride my bike confidently after more than a year riding it in Penang. So, i'm hoping that i would get the chance during my internship. I don't want to ride motorcycle to my workplace everyday.

Internship for Bioprocess Technology Undergraduate

Bismillah.

Assalamualaikum w.b.t.

Internship. The word itself excites me. I can't wait to experience the real working situation in my field of study. I have applied the listed companies (below)  and two of them rejected my application. Pheww~

Here you go. The list.

1) Melaka Biotechnology Institute
2) Lembaga Getah Malaysia (rejected)
3) Nestle
4) Jabatan Kimia Malaysia (rejected)
5) United Detergent Industries Sdn. bhd.
6) Forest Research Institute Malaysia
7) Malaysia Palm Oil Board
8) Makmal Kesihatan Awam Kebangsaan (rejected)

To apply for it, you need 3 things.
1- Resume
2- Official Letter from University
3- Reply Letter

Example of Official Letter 

And to ask the company about their internship programme, ask it in a polite, formal manner.

For example,

Greetings.

Hi! I'm Liyana, 3rd Year student of Bioprocess Technology from Universiti Sains Malaysia. I will be having my internship programme starting from Feb 2016 until June 2016 (16 weeks). I would like to apply a position in your company as an intern. Along with these email, i attached my RESUME, OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY LETTER & REPLY LETTER.

This is one of the way to apply the position if the company really takes intern students.
If you are not sure, you might want to give a call to the company. Just call and introduce yourself, where are you from and get to the main point of your call. If they do take, ask them to pass the line to the person in charge. Simple.

So far, three out of eight have rejected my application due to limited acceptance for internship and USM have no MOU with MKAK. However, i am positive that Allah has better plan for me. I am sure that there are always a place for me. Much more better place and i am more than deserved to get it. You have to believe the power of du'a. The power of du'a from a servant to Allah The Almighty.

I Love Him More Than I Love Myself. Describe.

Bismillah.

Assalamualaikum w.b.t. 

I Love Him More Than I Love Myself. Describe.

Tajuk entry ini corny sangat-sangat for those who never even been in love with an ajnabi. 

Well, it can be said that i don't expect myself to be in a love state while studying, since i have goals that i need to accomplish and think i alone can do it. Plus, it was more surprising to me that being liked or loved by someone, actually can drive you insane. This had happened to me.

Why is it insane? Of course it is, if you are in this situation and apparently none of them are actually qualified. In this state, definitely, you can turn them down but please do it in a polite way possible. You need to appreciate them for liking you and also advice them that there are still flowers waiting to be asked. That is exactly what i did. And, two out of three of them, actually are taken right now.

BUT! I never turned down/rejected the guy that i currently in love with! 

I have my eyes set on him from the first day we met. It was on 15 Nov 2013, when he came to my Uni for a programme organized by Sekretariat Rukun Negara USM. He is an Alumni from KUIS, so everyone knows him. My eyes set on him because he is kinda have a good look and he is very very very charismatic. He has his own charm. Plus, he can make people laugh. 

He didn't realize my presence because i worked behind the face of the programme. I was in charge for Food and Beverages and normally, people don't look at the person behind a food counter. He said, he only truly saw me during our programme in an orphanage at Banting, Selangor. He decided to greet me by saying, " Yana nampak cantik malam ni." Anddd, i was taken aback because to me he was a total stranger and stranger does not "puji" people. And, my respond was AWKWARD!!! HAHAHA. Whatever.

It was actually a strange greet to begin with but it did not matter because the strange greet would invite another greet. It was actually an effort to get to know someone. So, men out there, DO NOT FEAR! Have courage because you got nothing to lose by saying a simple greet. So, we did another greet thru facebook. And it kind of excites me. Well, because of he had all the criterias of a man that i was looking for. However, it didn't overwhelm me too much since he was a friend and a senior.

Time flew and we were still in contact. I grew interest but not that much. Still not much progress because i wasn't ready for a relationship and i didn't want it to be in that way. Even tho he didn't say it but I can sense that he liked me. He maybe thought me as one of his crush and i was right. HAHA. So, before he confess, i thought that i should stop giving him hopes even tho i have already liked him. 

Here, comes my friend as go-between to drift us apart. And we succeeded. He actually really "terasa" with the way i did it to him and for that, sayang, i am truly sorry until now. I was still not mature and incapable of handling that kind of situation. The situation, whereby i need to, kind of shut someone that i liked and i didn't want to hurt him. It was totally different situation with the one i have mentioned above.  So i sorted out to that solution. He accepted it and sent whatsapp to me that he was sorry for all the troubles he'd caused. Actually, it was heart throbbing to read his words and i, unconsciously uninstalled the app. He kept silent for one whole semester, hold tight to his word that he won't budge me again.

My mother knew all of this story. I started to tell her my story ever since in USM. My mother is always fond of him even before she met him. And i actually knew the reason. It was because he is a Law degree holder. We are easily attracted to an educated person, right. When we "putus kawan", my mother asked me why i did that and i told her that i don't like him. And i really can't be honest to her for this matter. It was really an embarrassing things to say. 

After that, we were in contact again when my mother asked me to invite him to my sis's wedding. From that moment, things went back to normal and we progress a little bit because our relationship's term was not "friend" from the start. HAHA. Long story cut short, he finally confessed after touch down in Subang from Penang. He was so sure to confess even tho i can hear his shaky voice clearly. I didn't mentioned it to him because i didn't want him to be even more nervous. He gathered his courages and i respect him for doing that. Of course i accept him. I believe that loves can be learnt and obtained thru times. And until now, i love him and i will forever, InsyaAllah.

All things that had happened and will happen are to be bound by His willing.