Hello Homosapiens !

On the 12th April 1993 in Kuala Lumpur, the daughter of A. Majid Ngah and Zaihana Abd. Hamid was born. That's me! Maizan Amani is the name given. I'm the eldest in my siblings. I live at Bandar Country Homes, Rawang, Selangor. I studied at Sek. Men. Sains Hulu Selangor (SEMASHUR) as my secondary school with Nurul Aida and Aida Khaleeda. We're in the same tutorial group too. Whata coincidence! I studied at SEMASHUR for five years. I managed to gain flying colors in my SPM results. On the 6th May 2011, I went for UTP May Intake Interview. I was so nervous at that time. I felt like having butterflies in my stomach. I really wanted to enroll to UTP because UTP is my first choice of university. From my research in the UTP main website, UTP can provide good facillities, accomondation and effective learning and teaching process. Thank God, I'm here!

That's is about my mission to enroll to UTP. I had forgotten to write about my family background. I came from a middle income family. I wasn't born with a silverspoon in my mouth. My father works as a manager at his own company. While I was waiting for my SPM result to come out, I worked with him as the cost accountant in his company. But I only managed to earn RM 400.00 for my salary. Well, I know I'm not an experience accountant. Huhu. My mother works with Sarawak SHELL BHD company.


I don't know what to write more. This is my first essay since I never wrote for about three months. I hope I can achieve my dream to be a successfull chemical engineer after my graduate.

My Memorable Moment

Do you ever have a memorable moment? United States president have quoted that everyone in this world have their own memorable moment. Memorable moment is defined as an unforgettable event that happened in someone life. That moment could be a very important things or a happy or sad story for someone. I also have my own memorable moments and one of the moments is my first day in Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS(UTP).

On 19^th of May 2011, it was a day that has changed my life. It was my first day as a university student. Early in the morning, my parents and I leave our home to start our journey to UTP at 8 o’clock. We travelled by a car. We arrived at UTP after about 2 hours later. When we arrived, I have never thought that I would come here again .I was offered to further my studies in Petroleum Geosciences. There were a lot of people that I saw during that time.

After that, I entered the Chancellor Hall to settle my registration process. The process involved three counters, finance, registration and accommodation counters. It was very difficult process because I have to wait for an hour to settle all of the process. While waiting, I took that chance to greet my new friends. One of them is called Hazeet. He is a PETRONAS scholar’s student, just like me. He is a very nice person and I am very happy to know him.

My parents and I went to the hostel after the registration process ended. My room was at Village 2. My room was at the top floor and I found it was very tired for me to bring all of my stuff to my room. Suddenly, a cute senior approached me to offer me a hand to help me. His name is Bob. My roommate is Azammuddin and he is from Cheras. He also, just like Hazeet is a very nice person and at that time I was hoping that we can live happily during our studies at UTP.

In my opinion, UTP is the best choice for me to further my studies. For me, the first day at UTP is the most memorable moment in my life that I would never forget. I hope that I will survive here and learn to be an adult to achieve success in my studies.

ABOUT ME

The name given for me by my parents is Nurul Aida. People around usually call me Aida. I was born on 31st of October 1993. It is Halloween Day. My friend once gave me a face-carved pumpkin on my birthday, and I kept the pumpkin for two days as it started to produce some kind of unpleasant smell. Back to topic, my home town is Banting, Selangor. When my friend asked about Banting, I would just say that this place has its delicious kerepek. They always laughed about Banting's kerepek until one day, there was a murder of a millionaire with some of her business partners. Since that, my place was famous in my school, just because of the murder case -_-


My parents are teachers. And I am their first child out of five. My friends said that I am lucky to have teachers at home, so I don't have to attend any tuition class. I do think I am lucky too as everyday I have to do lots of exercises. I went to Hulu Selangor Science School after I finished my primary school. In this boarding school, I learned a lot. I started to live independently without my parents looking after me. I grew up with my friends. They helped my in every single thing I did. On my studies, or even when I was facing problems. Alhamdulillah I managed to get 9As for my SPM. There were 7A+s and 2As. The both of As are Biology and History. I was not able to memorise too much things especially when they are about the past, about dead people, about the 'important' dates where the war began and whatever. Now I am at UTP under Petronas scholarship. My room mate here is Aida, too. She was my ex-schoolmate. We share many things together. I hope we can together obtain a good achievement here.

The Moment : The Cause of Disobedience

It happens ten years ago when I was living at Indonesia. To be exact at Bogor , West Java. I was nine at that time. It was school holiday and I was playing outside without knowing what will happen to me next. From that moment I realised that I should never disobey my parents and life is unpredictable but miracle do happen.

It was a nice sunny day and I was playing games with my siblings. Then one of my friend called me to play outside. I knew that my mother won't allow me to play. So I sneaked out of the house and meet my friends. We played hide and seek and cycled around the housing area. Everything was fine and it seems nothing can go wrong at that time.

After a while we took a rest infront of my neighbour's house. We had a chat , until we heard the rumbling noise of a van engine. The van was speeding towards me. Before I could react , it hit me and I was stucked under it. I was draged for a few meters before the van stoped. The driver get out of the van and ran into his house. He didn't turn back too see what had happened.

My friends ran to my house and called my sister while some of the neighbours rushed out of their house to help me. They pulled me from under the van, I was awake but unconsious of the surroundings. My head was bleeding and my hairs were droping. My body was covered with blood. My sister carried me and brougth me into the house.

Luckily my father's friend was at our house during the incident. He rushed me to the hospital. I was immediately placed into the ICU. I woke up the next day, without knowing what had happened to me. I regret my decision to play outside with my friends without my mother's permission. It could have cost me my life. From that day on I have turn over a new leaf.

The most triumph moment ever

    Do you have triumph moment in your life? Human being will feel either triumph or disaster in life. Doesn’t matter if you feel either triumph or disaster, at last you will get the real success in your life. Pierre Corneille said that, “A victory without danger is a triumph without glory”. This is the story of triumph in my life. In 2010, I have take the SPM examination at Sekolah Menengah Sains Bagan Datoh. Luckily, I got 7A s in the examination and this is the first step to me for glorious in my life.

   During the moment when I want to take my result, there are so many feeling in my heart that I cannot describe in words. I looked at my parents, teacher and fiends. I feel that, if I got bad result in this examination, my parents, teachers, and friends will be disappointed to me. I will broke heart, their hope to look me success. The teacher smile at me and give the examination slip to me. At the moment when I looked at the slip, I feel disappointed because what I got was not what I want. Before the examination, I aimed to obtain straight 9A s in the examination. But, I only get 7 A s in the examination. I turn my face to look at my mother and gave the examination slip. My mother looked at the slip and she hugs me with full smile in her face. She was so happy and said thanks to me for make our family happy.

   When I reached at home, I immediately turn on the computer and internet and without further due. I tried to find what course that I fulfill the minimum requirement and which university or matriculation that I can apply. I also tried to fill online form for scholarship to try my luck maybe I can be accepted to get the scholarship. After I fill and apply those things. I went near to my father and asked what should I do now and do I need to apply anything else. My father then said “Do you apply for petronas scholarship and apply to enter University technology Petronas?”. At that time I realize that I forgot to apply for Petronas. I quickly ran to the computer and fill the online form at Universiti Teknologi Petronas website. Unfortunately, I cannot submit my online registration for scholarship because I do not fulfill the minimum requirement. I was so sad at that time.

    At night, I lay myself at the bed and thinking about the future. Suddenly, something came cross on my mind. “Dear my grandson, I wish that one from this family enter University Teknologi Petronas, one of your cousins have entered that university but I wish you can enter there too”. Tears drop on my face and I asking question to myself. Can I enter that university? I woke up from the bed and went to perform prayer. I was thinking, my grandfathers really love me so much. I want to repay his services that he gave to me. At that time, I was set in my mind to be the best, to make everyone happy.

     Finally few weeks after that, I was shocked when I looked at my phone. There was a message from University Teknologi Petronas that I was selected to join the educamp which was the first step to be selected to enter UTP. I had done the interview with spirit and hope from my family. The vice chancellor of UTP said that the result will be announced few days after the interview. Thanks to the God. I was selected to enter UTP taking course of mechanical engineering for 5 years.  This was my victory in my life. Triumphant I achieve. I was grateful to the God. I can make my family smile for my victory in life.

THE MOMENT: SHIPPING THROUGH THE ODDS

THE MOMENT: SHIPPING THROUGH THE ODDS

Have you ever experienced your one gay day turn into a topsy-turvy, an eccentric day? Well, I did. It was 32 months ago, when I was enjoying my fluffy waffle with a cup of tea near the veranda. A man, about 7 foot tall with darked eyes ,appeared from nowhere and handed me a letter. Stated inside that i was chosen to participate in a camping at the virgin lake. I startled. Then, my mind started puzzling, thinking – how do they know me? , the virgin lake? and am I the only one?

I kept on thinking, do I know them? During the journey, we had a little chat,to be precise, a natter. They said that they had been observing me since the last summer; they already knew my family background that my parents were separated, my little brother died when he was jumping with the trampoline at our backyard, my grandma loves knitting and so on so forth. Surprisingly, those people kept on talking about myself until we reached at the virgin lake 3 hours later. Yet, they didn’t let me know who they were actually,not even their name. It’s quite bizarre and plus, fishy and suspicious atmosphere. I ignored.

At last, here we are. The VIRGIN lake. It seems like I’ve never seen or heard this place before. But,wait! Now only I remember. Dad once told me about this lake. He was a child when he enjoyed the most carefree period of his life. It was his favourite place for fishing and camping as it used to be a virgin lake, with wildlife and absence of any kind of good roads to it. Daddy said that this lake symbolizes his youth age, being a witness to the all moments of his joyfulness. But, this is totally not to what I’ve imagined before. In front of my eyes was now a wild lake, where cottages sprinkled around the shores, and it was in farming although the shores of the lake were quite heavily wooded. I wondered around the jungle all by myself, wondering that the lake is not supposed to be like this. Am I in the right place?

Am I the only one? Well,there were other girls with me on that particular day. But they treated me just like I am the shadow for them. All they did were just ignoring me. I mean that when I am trying to talk to them, or ask them about something, they will acted as if nothing happened. Being isolated and astrayed from others, just like no one cares about your existence around them, is truly dreadful experience for me. As I am trying to approach them, the wind slapped my face brutally. I can’t touch them. My nerves triggered the spine, causing me to tremble wobbly. I fainted. When I woke up, I am home.

Thus, frankly speaking, that quirky day will sure appeared vividly in memories throughout my whole life. I believe that there must be some message that ‘them’ really wanted to deliver to me. They wanted me to appreciate my family, to be the real grown up lady, matured enough to face the obstacles and to fulfil the future responsibilities, and also to treat other as good as I treat myself. So, from that moments onwards, after shipping through all the odds that day, I realised and improvise myself and finally today, here it is. The new me!

BY: NURATIKAH ISMAIL

My Moment of Anxiety!

It’s psychologically proven that more than half of the population on Earth does not like examinations, tests, and quizzes. Me? Hell no! I dislike exams! Here’s why.

Few months back, in 23 March 2011, SPM results day. It was dooms day for many hopeless students, like me. That morning, I felt so unprepared to receive my SPM slip. I was nervous. Too nervous, I started panicking in my room. I had no idea what my results would look like. Bits and pieces of old memories came back to me. Language papers were normal. Math & science papers were hard but not too hard that I couldn’t handle. Moral & History papers were the killers. I hate these two subjects. Without studying them, I had to crap throughout those papers. True story. I knew I badly screwed up those papers. I could feel the presence of fear in me.

A knock came by my room. It was my mother. Knowing that she would start her crap in front of me, I dared not to open the door. I couldn’t face my mother at all. In fact, my mother’s voice was already all over my head. Her nagging voice kept repeating in my head like a spoiled MP3 player stuck on replay. However that morning was different, all she said was “Be happy for whatever you will get. Everything will be fine”. I was surprised. And there she went away. Those words made me calm and felt better. That’s why people say that mothers have the natural ability to calm their children.

Eventually I went back to school. The hall was full with ex-form 5 students. After months being separated from my friends, memories of school life gave me a nostalgic vibe. There was so much to catch up with my classmates, teachers and everyone. Everyone was chatting cheerfully together in their most comfortable way. Then soon, it was 11 in the morning. Everyone had to line up according to their respective classes.

Finally, the moment of truth was just seconds away. The fear was still filling me up like crazy. My heart was pumping like it was above 130 bpm. Sweat won’t stop trickling down from the back of my spine. Waiting in line, I could see some of my friends who already got their slips. There were sad faces, disappointed faces, satisfied faces, happy faces and masked faces from those who did not want to show their true emotions. It was my turn. My Hands and legs were trembling uncontrollably. Heavy-heartedly, I reach out both my hands to my class teacher to receive my results slip. After receiving it, I tucked it into my bag and quickly walked away. Thanks to my mother’s encouragement, I put myself together and pulled the slip out and took a look. There was a B+. It was a total disappointment. My heart finally calm down. Thank God. Anxiety was over. I was disappointed and sad but life must continue.

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                I was raised in a well-mannered family and an earnest background. Both my parents are architects and used to work for the Penang government before reaching into the private sector. My dad established his own architectural firm after working for 8 years with JKR(Department of Public Works), recruiting my mom as one of his employees. He first started off small but slowly gained recognition nationally. One of his biggest projects is designing the new police headquarters in Taiping, Perak. My parents got married on the 30^th of May 1987 and conceived their first child, my brother, on the 25^th of August 1988. I was the second-born and later followed by my sister in 1996.

                My mother was born and raised in Kuching, Sarawak but continued her studies in MRSM Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan when she was only 13. As for my dad, he was born and raised in Ayer Itam, Pulau Pinang and furthered his studies in the Malay College Kuala Kangsar, Perak when he was 13 as well. They both met while pursuing their studies in Architecture in Western Australia Institute of Technology, which was later renamed to Curtin University situated in Perth, Australia.

                My primary school years in S.K. St. Xavier’s was a memorable one as I was the head prefect of the school, as well as the chairman of Karate, Living Skills and Red Crescent societies of the school/by being the head prefect in my final year there, I gained a lot of experience being as both a student and a leader.

                During secondary school, I started being active in sports as well as my Karate again. I excelled in Karate as I achieved my Black Belt Shodan status by the time I was in form 2. I also trained for the state’s SUKMA team but couldn’t further my training as the even clashed with my SPM year. I also got placings for my school’s annual cross-country even each year as well as placings for my school’s inter-sports house Rugby and Table Tennis competitions. For my Robotics Club, my team and I created a robot that could draw and paint actual ‘Batik’ patterns using real wax and a ‘Canting’ pen as well as a completely automated theatre that displays Malaysian ‘Wayang Kulit’ through robots. For this, we received several awards at State level for our achievements. In my final year at Penang Free School, I had four important posts in different societies at the same time, Vice-presidency for Robotics, Karate and Interact societies and vice-captaincy for my sports house.

The Moment I Thought I’d Die

Have you ever felt the moment that you thought you would die? I have. It was 7 years ago. Back then, all that was happening was a total blur to me. I was in a state of shock and I could not bring myself together at that time to remember what exactly had happened. But, 7 years after that disastrous day, I visited the site. The moment I set my eyes on the site, it all came back to me.

It was a day after our SPM examination was over. Being eager teenagers who were overjoyed, we planned a picnic by the Batu Ferengghi Beach. My best friend, Zahara, a few classmates and myself went together. It was a beautiful day where the sun was shining, the birds were chirping and the ocean was a calm shade of blue.

Upon arriving, we gathered our stuffs, rolled out a mat and started unpacking our food. There were a lot of foods, from roti canai to nasi lemak to fried rice. Haven’t eaten since morning, I helped myself to the delicious spread of food. The rest played beach volleyball. As I was finising my food, I glanced at the waters. There she was, Zahara, being a beach buff that she was, was having fun in the water.

Suddenly, I heard her scream her lungs out. A huge wave as tall as 3 metres was fast approaching the shore. She panicked and tried to swim to the shore. She panicked and tried to swim to the shore as fast as she could. People started to react to what was happening. Parents were running all around with their kids tagged along, a few stood still not knowing what to do, and some just ran absent-mindedly. In all that chaos, all I could hear was Zahara’s scream and a coast guard telling people to run to a higher ground. Someone grabbed my hand and started urging me to run for my life. I glanced at the waters where I last saw Zahara. She was no longer there.

I ran and ran and ran without once turning back. I was scared. I was scared that the huge waves would hit me. I was scared that running away from huge waves would be the last thing i would ever do. I was also scared of the thought that I would die that instant. All of sudden, my hand was let go. It was Syira, my class mate, who has been running with me.

We saw a building and quickly took the stairs to the highest floor. It was an abandoned building with no electricity, water or food. Then, I started to cry. Never have I imagined a thing like this would have happened to me. I cried at the loss of my best friend and I cried for the safety of my friend and family which was unknown at that time.

After Syira calmed me down, we started to search for anything that could be of any help. We couldn’t find anything. A few days had passed and when it seemed that all the hopes were lost, we heard someone’s voice. “Is anyone here?”, a guy asked. “ Both Syira and I was ” When I opened my eyes, I was on a hospital bed. I was treated for exhaustion and dehydration. Syira was in a bed next to mine. To my right, my family crying tears of happiness. I was told that a few fire fighters had rescued us. I passed out right after they had found us. I was also informed that Aceh, Indonesia was hit badly by the Tsunami.

The death scare happened 7 years ago. But still, I could remember it so clearly. The reminiscence of this part of my life has always brought a rush of emotion to my mind. I am sad that my best friend is no longer with us. I felt sorry for the people who lost their family and fortune. I am truly grateful that I still have my other friends and family with me. But most of all, the moment I thought I’d die will forever be etched in my mind.