5月总结（开学日）May update (Start day)

过了四月，就要面对现实地迎接五月了。

一个月的假期，就这么过去了。ლ(´◉❥◉｀ლ) 

五月，是自己学士科系的开学月。

 

原本是7号报道，但是因为碰到了大选时段，所以延迟了一个星期。

因为这样，我们的行程和其他前辈们的考试日期碰不上，并且原本两个星期的期末假期就被削了一半，有股淡淡的忧伤。。。ヾ(;ﾟ;Д;ﾟ;)ﾉﾞ

9号（投票日）当天，我就搭了飞机回到宿舍，更多关于大选的详情之后会更新哟~(●ˇ∀ˇ●)

那几天就和室友们待在一起，一起出去吃个饭，剩下时间都宅在房间里颓废咳咳。

14号早上，就和室友像平常那样搭大学巴士到大学报道。

这次报道分为两天，第一天的行程只有半天，因为下午的行程是关于宿舍的。早上10点，我们就到行政部分外面进行报道，成交所有所需文件，并且填了我们这个学期要报道的科目，处理好学费，试穿lab coat，最后就是拍学生照啦！

（我们都出现在照片里了呵呵，照片来自大学官方面子书。）(￣▽￣)"

 

之后就是来自Registrar, Finance, Student Representative Council (SRC)和自身Faculty Dean 的briefing，正如前辈们所说，只要第一次上课或者见面肯定被问到的是：

Why you choose Occupational Therapy (OT)? ლ(╹◡╹ლ)

（我们全部表示：那得说好几次欸，咳咳。）(￣▽￣)"

 

基本上，我们的理由都是关于想要帮助人和回馈社会，以及就业机会。

（OT在马来西亚还算是很新的科系噢！）

我个人认为OT是很特别的科系是因为这个科系不单单只是上课，还有很多东西都是需要我们去从实践中学习的，从中掌握这些的技术，提早接触所谓的社会大学。

所以，OT并不容易咳咳。(;☉⌓☉)

况且现在OT在马来西亚并还没有被大众所认识，并且有很多对于OT的工作有所误解，之后会慢慢学习和在这里提到呀。

先在这里说明OT(Occupational Therapy)和PT(Physiotherapy)是不一样的哦！(⊙o⊙)

第二天，我们还是一样的时间来到大学，今天的行程都是在听各种的briefing，来自图书馆、IT、辅导以及我们自己科系部门的。对于学校环境，我和朋友们已经习惯了，也会帮忙新来到这里的同学们哟。关于我们的科系，讲师们提到了关于实习、考试、实验室使用和学生福利。

顺带一提，第一学期是属于短学期，从第二学期开始我们就要出去实习了呢！欸 Σ(*ﾟдﾟﾉ)ﾉ

说到我们班，总共有七位，有一位男生，是所有intakes里第四位男生呢。

（可见男女比例失衡得有点可怕(-｡-;)）

而且每次的录取人数都不超过10位，除了第一批，所以最少四个人就可以开班啦。

所以我们都是以小班的形式来上课，我还蛮喜欢这样的。(￣▽￣)"

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这个学期我们报了七个科：

基本解剖学 (Basic Anatomy)

其实一开始我还是有些害怕，在读先修班经历了可怕的解剖学考试后，仍然有些阴影。但是很幸运地，我们的讲师是位非常可爱的老师。他上课没有给教学笔记，而是把笔记写在白板上！老师的记忆力真的是强到可怕。（教解剖学的都是这么可怕的吗。。。）而且也会仔细地讲解和重复重点，让我们觉得没有那么得害怕了。至少理清了很多的词语和原理，但是有些部分和名字是免不了要背下来的。我们这个科系比较注重在肌肉、骨骼还有神经系统，因为多数的病例都是这些系统所引起的。

心理学介绍 (Introduction to Psychology)

我们将在第一和第二个学期学习心理学呢！心理学有三位老师轮流教，不过多数都是理论。

接下来我们就要开始我们的个人和组别的功课啦！

人体生理学 (Human Physiology)

生理学就是学习身体机体的各种生命现象。这位老师的做法与众不同，他给我们一个系统，我们每个人拿其中一个部分，并且要呈现出来。老师会给予评论以及告诉我们一些额外的知识呢，而且之后他也会注重于神经系统和中风的课题。

职能治疗介绍 (Introduction to Occupational Therapy)

这个科可以说是每位职能治疗老师轮流教，从职能治疗的意识、历史、道德守则、多学科团队等等开始带入，让我们能够知道真正的职能治疗是怎样一个的工作，也顺便解了一些我们之前的疑问。

基本病理学 (Basic Pathology)

病理学，基本就是学疾病时怎么来的，然后通过各种的测试和观察来判断、治疗和提防。我们学到的都是在细胞、组织等级的（可以说是根源吧）。

MPU

政府规定每个高等学院必须要进修的科系，并且以国语作为媒介语。我们先拿TITAS (Tamadun Islam dan Tamadun Islam)，就是我们以前中学历史有学到的东西啦，只是这个会更深入啦(￣▽￣)"

Co-curriculum

这个是记录我们参加社会服务所累积的小时来计算的科目，目前还没有参加到什么活动。

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才开课几天，就已经来到了斋戒月。在卫塞节当晚，我和室友们到购物商场吃晚餐，到的时候，一大半的餐厅都被预定满了，表示有些可怕和夸张！所以我们只好找当时没有被预定满或者没有接受预定的餐厅吃晚餐啦！ԅ(¯﹃¯ԅ

 

在月底的截至之时，完成了PTPTN的申请，之前因为大学的一些问题迟迟不能呈交，但还是很感恩能够在截至前一天成功地呈交了。接下来就等六到七天的工作时间吧。

过程就是去BSN银行或者上网买PIN 号码，然后上网注册账号，就可以登录以及填写资料啦。

一开始我是上网购买，怎知明明转账了，但是官网却过不到，就这样被吃了五块钱，希望能够把钱给讨回来啊。

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嗯五月大概这样结束了，也不知不觉在这里上课快三个星期了。

虽然我们拿的科目，但是时间表没有我们想象中的那么满，大多数都是10点到12点，然后下午2点到4点那样。（￣▽￣）～■□～

（先修班的时间表比较满因为credit hours比较多，现在主科的credit hours都是三个，MPU是两个。）

不过，因为有MPU的关系，我们一个星期两到三天的下午要上课到傍晚才能够回家〒_〒

而且，因为我们慢开学的关系，已经错过了几次的课，所以之后要补回来。

（注：我们MPU是很多intakes一起上课的。）

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五月的团契迎来了毕业欢送会和上半年最后一次的小组。今年和朋友们在毕业欢送会做幕后工程，帮忙排版照片来着。之后将这些排好的照片打印出来，制成一串串的回忆绳。去年这个时候才过来读书一个月多，就欢送了好几位学长和学姐，甚至参加了其中几位的毕业典礼呢。今天是第二次参加欢送会了，想了想，在这里还有好几年呢。。。看着学长们个个分享自身的经历，并且在场的我们都为着他们祷告的画面，好感人。

 

 

上半年的最后一次小组，我和组长就决定来个火锅料理！当天我们提早到超市购买材料，虽然经费有限，材料选择不多（酸菜汤底、有米粉、热狗、肉丸、豆腐皮、玉蜀黍、包菜、金针菇和西瓜作为饭后水果），但是火锅就是要一起吃才有气氛嘛！o(^▽^)o （吃的很饱啊啊啊！）

之后大家期末考试加油啊啊啊！

 

接下来的六月，会是个看上去悠闲其实并不是的月份呢。月头已经有一些的功课和活动了，希望自己别一直耍废，要好好地平衡学业和生活啦！(￣▽￣)"

Stay tuned！( •̀ ω •́ )y

【他对我说：”我的恩典够你用的，因为我的能力是在人的软弱上显得完全。“ 所以，我更喜欢夸自己的软弱，好叫基督的能力覆庇我。林后12:9】

Malacca 3 days 2 nights short trip ! (31/8-02/9/2017)

Yeah! This is my first travel trip post for this last year! (￣▽￣)"

P/S: This is what I wrote in the last year and FINALLY I am going to update this post.

This is all about PROCRASTINATION. Don’t be like me.

Since there was a continuous holidays due to Malaya Independent Day and Haji Day, we decided to have a short trip with my classmate and housemate to Malacca.

My housemate and I made a mistake in taking the bus to the Melaka. We didn’t book the bus ticket before travelling. All the bus tickets that depart from TBS were SOLD OUT at 30st August! We regret and tried to find an alternative way. We realized that there are bus services available at the airport. So, on that morning, we took the public transport to the KLIA2 and bought the bus tickets.

If we take the bus from TBS, the bus ticket only cost RM10+ but from airport is more than RM20, we learnt a lesson from this evidence. BOOK THE TICKET EARLIER ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOLIDAY SESSION.

“This is the first time that we go to airport for not taking the flight.”

“Yup, this makes me feel like I want to go home now.”

 That’s what we said when we were waiting for the bus.

Suddenly, there was a man coming to ask the number of the platform for the bus to Melaka. We replied that we were taking the same bus too. That man came from China to Malaysia to travel, he asked about any other places recommended. We replied like Penang, Melaka, Langkawi Island and so on. We chatted for a while. Later, he asked for permission to leave and went to the toilet quickly before the bus arrived. 

It took 2 hours 15 minutes to reach the Melaka Sentral. After getting down, we booked Uber to go to the hostel directly. The driver and we took some time to find the hostel as the streets were narrow and mostly were one way road, as well as the hostel is difficult to find due to small shop sign.

We booked two nights in a backpacker hotel --- 45Jebat Backpackers Hostel & Café and it was only RM35 per night! In my opinion, the hostel was better for backpackers and males, less suitable for family, for females, it is still okay if you go in groups as the facilities provided were not as good as what you imagine. The bathroom is small and old. Plus, it had some noise especially during the night as it is extremely near to Jonker Street.

P/S: However, the café was renovated to another new shop already when I checked back the Facebook page. If more details were needed, please don’t hesitate to message them for the new price.

After we checked in the hostel, we rested for a while before we went to the night market in the Jonker Street. Because of the public holidays, the street was overcrowded. We squeezed like sardine fish. The street was long with many small stalls, shops and food courts.

Malaysian Chinese always describe the crowd by saying “people mountain people sea”, this phrase is directly translated from the Chinese idiom [人山人海]. (Although we know this is totally not formal to say that lol).

We walked from the beginning to the end of the street and then back to the hostel after we bought and ate some food. We bought the extra-long fried potato strips, popiah and ate at the food court. After that, we took a bath and slept.

Extra-long fried potato strips, RM8

Oyster vermicelli

The next day, we woke up and enjoyed the big breakfast with tea prepared by the person-in-charge of the hostel. I quite enjoyed the meal and it only cost RM 6!

Chicken rice ball was one of the must eat food when visiting Malacca. It was unique as the chicken rice was rubbed into small balls. There were many shops selling this food. We tried at one of them and it tasted okay, just the price was a little bit high due to high popularity.

Have a cendol when the weather is hot!

My classmate came with her parents. She will join us while her parents will have their own plan already. We meet at the Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall nearby the popular places which were the A’Famosa, Christ Church and St.Paul’s Church. We visited these places together after lunch. There were quite many people there and the weather was very hot. Walking along the sloped stairs made us feel tired, but we enjoyed the scenery from the top view.

Chicken chop as lunch

Actually, there were quite many other attractions to visit but we didn’t visit so many due to time constriction. We just focused on the places around the Jonker Street. I found a website which introduces the whole Malacca from attractions, hotels, tours, food, shopping and so on. LINKHERE.

In the evening, we planned to go to the local sea which is the Glebang Beach. It took some time to there as it was few kilometres away from the city. There were many families there playing the kites, building the sand castles, swimming, picnicking and enjoying the food bought from the small stalls. The beach was nice to watch the sunset, we purposely found a place suitable to record down the all these beautiful natural process. However, I wouldn’t upload my record because it was too shaky. (-__-)

It was getting to the dark and we had to go back. We keep waiting for the booking of Uber to be accepted. Luckily, a driver was willing to fetch us but my classmate suggested to the driver that we meet at another place as the beach here was crowded. We walked for a quite long time to meet the driver, and it was totally dark now. The driver was shocked and talked to us don’t be so ‘adventurous and brave’ as we were all girls. It was dangerous to walk along the road without knowing the places well. This is a bad example for you guys not to do during the travelling, BE AWARE OF SAFETY IS ALWAYS THE FIRST PRIORITY.  We were tired already and there was traffic jam at the Jonker Street. The driver was very nice and helpful, he chatted with us along the way. 

We missed the chance to try out the famous food – Satay Celup. Never mind, we can eat it when we visit Malacca again! (￣▽￣)"

After resting at the hostel for a while, we went down again to the Jonker Street. One of my friends went for the Henna drawing while we tried to find the places to have dinner. We have the dinner at the food courts near to the end of the food court. We ate fried oyster with eggs, Asam laksa and Nyonya laksa. I ordered the Nyonya laksa because I haven't try it out before, it didn't taste as spicy as curry because much coconut milk was added which gave additional nice smell.( •̀ ω •́ )y

Nyonya laksa (RM6)

There are three types of laksa which are the Curry laksa, Asam laksa and Sarawak laksa. Nyonya laksa is one of the types of Curry laksa and is rich in coconut milk, so it only tasted a little bit spicy. Asam laksa has strong favour of sour while Sarawak laksa is the mixture of Nyonya and Asam laksa, which becomes a unique dish in Sarawak!

Differences between three lasksa. Source: Wikipedia

Before we went back to the hostel, we bought a coconut as a drink to release the heat. We took a bath and then rest. We didn’t sleep very well because of the noise from the outside. My classmate went out to have a drink with new friends she meet and went back at the morning while I woke up at that time for a while. 

The whole coconut meat with juice!

It was the time to go back. In the morning, we walked to the Jonker Street again to find the shops for breakfast. We also went to the souvenir shops to buy some local products at San Shu Gong Food Industries Sdn. Bhd. which is just located at the opening of the street!

Good morning!

Breakfast

We watched the breathtaking scenes of Melaka River. The boat was going along the river and this moment can be taken down as a nice photograph! 

Malacca River

Boat! 

My classmate’s parents fetched us back to the hostel. We had a lunch together nearby the hostel. My roommate and I would like to pay the transport fee to her but she ran back to the car already after taking the things from the room. LOL.

Lunch

That’s ended our short trip to Malacca. Malacca gives me different views for me especially the old buildings that have been preserved for years, so that we have the chance to see the real things by our own eyes. I feel appreciated as I enjoyed the another culture within Malaysia, including the food, the scenery, the people, the buildings, the streets and so on.

I summarized the whole things as below:

               MALACCA 3 DAYS 2 NIGHTS SHORT TRIP SUMMARY

• DATE                    : 31 Aug to 2 Sep
• TRANSPORT       : Bus, Uber, Grabcar, Car
• HOSTEL               : 45 Jebat Backpackers (RM35/night)
• PLACES VISITED: Jonker Street, A’ Famosa, 
•                                 Christ Church, St.Paul Church,Glebang Beach, Dataran  
•                                 Pahlawan Melaka Megamall
• FOOD                   : Chicken rice ball, durian and Gula Melaka cendol, 
•                                 Nyonya laksa

By the way, hope you guys can enjoy my little sharing about Malacca and you can visit this historical state too! There were so many places away from these places that you can visit! 

My classmate had done a vlog and here comes!  

Thanks for the browsing and watching! 

Stay tune and can look forward for the next short trip update HAHA!