It's quite hilarious how the first thing that pops into one's mind after saying 'I'm currently taking Architecture' is 'I bet you don't sleep at all'. Well, news flash guys! We do sleep! And sometimes, over sleep as well.
I somehow made my way back to CFS IIUM this morning to collect my transcripts, but sadly they wouldn't give it to me unless I send them an official letter from the university that requested for it. So there goes the petrol, wasted. But I had a chance of meeting one of my juniors back in MRSM Langkawi. There's a plus to everything! The optimist Aisyah has taken the lead! Since it was her first week after taaruf session, she was a tad bit (or perhaps maybe a lot) confused on the things that are occurring in campus. Her class schedule wasn't complete and usually during the first week, everybody would be class-free. So there were these various jumbled up questions that were playing in her mind about the course Architecture, CFS itself and even on the guards. I've stumbled across many weird, I repeat many, situations beforehand. And obviously have shared it with her. So I might as well share a few bits and bobs on my experiences throughout my foundation year of being an Architecture student since the other bloggers that my junior have stumbled on tend to write about the things that these freshies would not want to hear, just yet.
Being in a course which requires your vast knowledge as well as your ability to come out with extraordinary designs, drawing skills and such is honestly not easy. That is for sure. But these abilities can and will be developed over each projects, assignments and by your own effort to improve on them as well. Foundation in Architecture is supposed to be something joyful and it is! Well I surprisingly had a blast in the midst of the days of being a nocturnal, a week of being blunt of ideas and a day of complete trashy presentations by yours truly, you name it. But you know what, experience is the best teacher after all. After a while, you'll get used to these whacky nonsense (wait, it does make sense) really. You will learn how to develop yourself day by day. You will learn how to think more creatively. You will learn to train yourself be more equipped next time. You will raise yourself onto a whole new level. And these things are pretty much important. And in terms of the reading subjects, just read, understand, memorise like what you would do to score that Sejarah SPM paper. Well, that was how I did it in the end. Place in extra effort than usual! And don't forget, it's not all about your techniques or your tips and tricks on doing certain things that will somehow magically stamp perfect As on your exam papers and projects, your constant ibadah is essential to make this work. What are all of the things we have learnt or done without the blessings of Allah? Pray for His guidance, always, so that we will always be on the right track and so that He will ease our journey on fulfilling part of our deen and also our dream. I ended my foundation year with a somewhat so-so result. I wasn't a top scorer, never have been. I tend to goof around and well obviously the noisiest in the class, with an extra pitchy voice in that package. But, Alhamdulillah, it was good enough for me to continue one of my dreams of being an architect someday. InshaAllah.
I'm proud to say that I'm over and done with my Foundation in Architecture and Environmental Design in CFS IIUM!
And yes, I still have a long long long long way to go and foundation is nothing compared to the years I'll be going through in the future. Truth be told, tons of memories were created there and they will forever be remembered.
