A university student had
better to be an autonomous learner. In university, the teacher does not present all of materials anymore. The students should be more
active in developing their skills. I am really aware that I should study
autonomously and explore my skills. Consequently, I should study hard.
Graduated from Senior
High School made me confused in which university I should register. I registered
PMDK in UM, but I was not accepted. Then, I joined intensive course for
preparing SNMPTN. I registered for UM through SNMPTN and UIN through PMB
Mandiri. The announcement of the acceptance was on the
same day. Unbelievably, I was accepted both in UM and UIN. Yet, my father asked
me to put my name down UIN. It means that I am supposed to stay in dormitory
for a year.
I accustomed
to stay far away from home seeing that I have ever stayed in boarding school
for six years. In this dormitory, I was obliged to stay with my seven friends
in a wide room. They are Fida, Irine, Azizah, Ifa, Ana, Putri and Dewi. That
was totally different with my last boarding school where I was required to live
with my eleven friends in a fairly small room. Staying in one room for a year
made us just like family.
I had to join
Intensive Arabic Course for two semesters. This course went on for around four and a half hours a day and five days in a week in a year. Every class consisted of
approximately thirty five students from different department with
the nearly same of Arabic competences. In the end of the year of Arabic course,
the lecturer held a competition for the students, such as speech contest, quiz
program, drama, nasyid, calligraphy, wall magazine and so on.
I had the
most memorable holiday in the end of the third semester. My friends and I have
planned to either hiking mount Bromo or travelling to a nice waterfall named
Madakaripura. The beauty of Bromo and Madakaripura made me completely
paralyzed. We got the peak of mount at 5 a.m. I waited for sunrise while both
having breakfast and enjoying the beautiful scenery. We had to walk around
forty minutes to get the waterfall. Bathing in the river was like pouring water
comes from heaven.
In this
fourth semester, I have four kind-hearted friends. They are Irine, Ilin and
Icha. They are in the same class as me. A friend in need is a friend indeed. We
share our happiness and sadness together. We tried to help each other. We often
go somewhere and discuss assignments together. We have ever gone to Blitar just
for having fun together. We used to discuss our assignments at my home stay. We
have ever gone biking around our campus.
I ought to
enjoy my time being a university learner. This is the time to explore all I
have. Not only just studying hard but also improving my abilities. Filling in
this precious time with valuable things and not wasting it by doing useless
things.
