APPRECIATING

Hello again readers! I, Novenna Amanda Binti Lorensius Amabajo with matric number 67044 was back again! Literally, I have been here, in UNIMAS for almost 3 months and obviously I have created a lot of memory here. So, I wanted to tell that I felt very happy and grateful to be here. I met people that are very kind and appreciate each other. It was around two weeks ago, during mid-term holiday that my friends that I just met in UNIMAS made a birthday surprise for me in front of my house. We went for an outing for the whole day and I did not expect for them to do any surprises as we were all tired from swimming and eating. After they sent me home that night, they called me to go out as they told that I forgot my stuff in the van. And I was very surprised as they brought cakes and sang a birthday song for me.

I often think that no one really remember about myself as I like to make myself invisible to everyone. However, this event that happened to me, made me feel appreciated and by just remembering this, it was able to make me shed my tears. Then, I realize that I should also appreciate other people just like the way my friends appreciated me. I am a human that gets angry and annoyed by people as well. However, some of them thought me to become more patient and be more understanding. From them, I learnt to love people around me and made me realize that even some of my simple action can actually brings happiness to them.  

          I realize that I am gaining more new friends since I get to know them as they introduce me to their friends as well. Besides, I became more confident in myself. They always convince me that I am capable of doing something new. For example, singing in choir. And yes, I was able to do it! Last but not least, they are very supportive and by having this positive vibe, I can look things in a better way. Right now, I am able to think of the pros and cons before coming up with a decision. That's all from me. THANK YOU!

Now im more confident

 After finishing my role play assignment, I have learned more about how to help people. During the role play, I can learn that how the helper help the helpee to solve his problems and with the right guidance, we can solve many problems that faced by people around us properly. Furthermore, the role play help me to be more confident to help people without judging their background (unconditional positive regards) and accept them as a helpee. Moreover, as a Counseling student, I should put my effort to learn all the helping skills so I can help other with the right guidance and helping techniques that should have to become an effective Counselor. As for this group assignment, I have learnt about teamwork and I am happy to have my friends from different races and religions. Even we are from different background, It will never to stop us to interact with each other and becoming friends. Now, I can know them very well as this assignment has enhanced our relationship. Last but not least, I hope I can apply all the helping skills that I learn from this role play so I can become an effective helper/ Counselor in future. I know I can do it and now I started to love this programme even I have no confident at first. But, after conducted individual and group assignment, it has change my perception about this programme as I am very grateful in this course. I hope I can be a successful Counselor in  future. That’s all from me and thank you for spending your time reading my post.

(Jerald Ashley Ak James 66263)

YOU CAN’T STOP ME LOVING MYSELF

   Hi everyone ! I’m Nurul Izzah Farhanah Binti Muhammad and my matric number is 6805. Here, I want to share about my inspiration to be someone that I really love to be. My inspiration comes from my cousin who is also studying at Unimas before. He take the Economy Business courses at Faculty of Economic and Business in Unimas. He managed to do well in sport and academic study. Before my family moved to Kuching, we rarely keep in touch with each other due to distance factor. But now, I’m already in Sarawak and we both managed to get closer to each other.

Me and My Cousin

   First of all, I would like to thanks to him because he always told me that studying in course that we really love is the best thing. I take that advice and now I’m feeling like I’m already accept that course was my passion. I proceed with Counselling Course until now. Alhamdulillah, I managed doing well until now. I just remind the words from my lecturer that was said “The more you go with the flow of life and surrender the outcome to God, and the less you seek constant clarity, the more you will find that fabulous things start to show up in your life”. Yes, indeed that fabulous things start showing one by one in my life. For instance, I was not be able to talk in front of people before, especially in front of people that we don’t really know. I would be like blushing and my tune voice will be really slow when talking with other people. But, now I’m really find myself confident to talk with someone else because of the Assignment Bapak. This assignment really helps me a lot to talk with someone else that we really don’t know and never be talked before. For me, they are strangers. It is my amazing achievements because I’m already believe and love myself. Since I’m hearing a song that helps me to love myself, I become even more love myself. This is how I’m showing myself better than others because human is unique.

   Next, after I attend the graduation day of my cousin at De’Tar Putra, I’m feeling like I want to be like him and even more. This make me realised that I’m capable if I want to do something in my life. It might be simple, but it will impact me on how I want to be in the future. The aura/feeling that I get when attending that graduation day is amazing. I want to be like them also, makes me feel proud of myself and mostly to my parents. I keep trying and trying to remind myself what I really want to do and want to be when I’ve been getting in Unimas. Of course, the main thing I want is graduate on time. This is the basic thing that all the student want.

At De'Tar Putra

   Other than that, my cousin assist me that in Unimas is the best platform to find ourselves passion and talent. I keep exploring what is my passion and my talent in Unimas through joining the club that already have under Unimas, Faculty, College and another club outside the Unimas. The best thing is, I can adapt myself in that surrounding and makes new friends. The greatest thing is I’m having more new friends day by day in Unimas. The number of friends always increasing and I think I have what it takes to do in choosing the good friends.

Candid Part

   In the end, we just need to propel ourselves harder to survive in our life. Life is short. Break the rules and forgive quickly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that made you smile. Thank you for your part in my journey. 

A simple CHANGE can produce a huge TRANSFORMATION. by Muhammad Azfar (66796)

  

One of my best experience.

Assalamualaikum and hi to all who read my writing today. First of all, I would like to congratulate each of us for having overcome many challenges and twists and turns throughout our nearly a semester

I know some of us who feel that the course is still inadequate or thinking of changing the course in the next semester. I understand and respect all the decisions they make because it is their life and they have the right to determine what is best for themselves.

Today, I feel called to share my life experience even though I know many more people out there who have a greater experience and inspiration. At the age of 15, I was given the option of moving to another school that I did not know how it was and how it was in the environment or stayed in the school I had lived in and was part of my life.

Due to the "peer" factor, I decided to move from village to urban school, from regular schools to technical schools. I admit that I was happy at first because I could be with my close friends, but after a few weeks I noticed that I was not interested in this technical course. This is my friend's course, not my course.

Because of the costs I paid, I went on a journey and tried to attract this course because I would not do something that I did not like. I also did not receive any instructions without thinking about it first. Who would have thought, God's plan was better, I was able to adapt two months after I enrolled in the school.

After that, I managed to be one of those who came out of the school with a SPM certificate. What I want to emphasize here is, we as humans, have many opportunities, advantages and abilities. When there is a barrier ahead of us, we actually have a thousand solutions to a problem. What makes the obstacle unobtainable is the way we see it.

 In conclusion, if we see something as a problem, it will be a problem, but if we look at it as an opportunity or learning process, then we will find that our lives are getting better over time.

Thank you for the time you read my doodle today.

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Rollercoaster (stressful but joyful)

Each day holds the possibilities for great discoveries and hidden joy. the feeling i felt along this journey. i got two(2) assignments that should be done, which can be classes into two, the individual assignment and the group assignment.

for the individual assignment, to be honest, it was very tough yet something joyful to do! this task helps me to get to know myself even deeper and better because the task requires me to jot down at least three(3) good things about what did i do in the whole day, i got to write about myself, my family and about what i love which i choose favorite a song also with the celebrity i admire. it was fun to write all those things. all these tasks thought me one thing. we have to appreciate for anything we do and love each other.

while for the group assignment, we have been given a quite difficult task in which we have to make a video about helping session. me and my friends had never done this before but thankfully we managed to finished the record for about 12 minutes. this task was very challenging at the beginning but at the end of the day, we will able to cope our problems such as the feeling of shy and scared on how to tell your issues and how to be brave by accepting the challenge to help others who need some hands.

i have been exposed on how to overcome the problem professionally through some counseling sessions, with all the techniques so that i can be more independent and matured enough to dealing the world!

appreciation is a wonderful thing : it make what is excellent in other belong to us as well❤️

Bully

Assalamualaikum and hai! so for this entry I would like to share about my life experience when I was in secondary school. but before that, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Mohamad Zaireen Eizhan bin Mohamad Ali, I'm 20 years old and I live at Kampung Beladin, Pusa, Sarawak. Currently, I am pursuing my study at the UNIMAS, taking a Counseling course which will take 4 years to be completed. Okay, now back to the story that I would like to share. In 2011, I got an offer to study at new school. obviously that everyone would be happy yet so sad because you have to forced yourself to away from your love ones, which is your family! I met a lot of new people from different palces.

I took silat as my sort of 'Persatuan', me and my friends decided to choose this because we love to try something new, which I have never experienced it before. As the time flies, I always attend the meetings and practiced everyday in the afternoon. But, at one time, my seniors started to bully just on me, making laugh of me in front of their friends, scoffed me everyday which I don't know why they did that towards me. They also told me to iron their clothes for almost every day. I got a friend which the same age as them. He always cover me for not doing that kind of bad behavior towards me but they won't listen to him. There was some point, I got cried a lot at some quite places with him. I don't have  any idea about what to do and who to tell this situation. they warned me to not to tell to the warden. I was thinking that I was very skinny and so small during that time and that's why they took me their sort of 'victim'. Everyday after school, they willing to deliberately waiting for me just to see and mocking me along the way to the dormitory. They talking negatively about me when I was walking in front of them. But everytime they do that. I will force myself to walk faster and sometimes I ran straight away to my room. They laugh at me when i did that. I was very stressful and suffered for 2 years.

in 2013, i got my PMR result and i didn't get a chance to pursue my study at that school. and i was got back to my old school which near to my hometown and i was very happy to see all of my close friends back. that's all from me and thank you so much for the time you gave to read my story. Bye!

(you can ask me anythinng  about my life experience at the comment section below)

Mohamad Zaireen Eizhan bin Mohamad Ali
66675

MY JOURNEY BEGIN (SALWA SHAHMINAN)

Hello everyone, It's me again, Salwa. I assumed that you guys had read my earlier post right? Thank you for all warm wishes and supporting words for me. It do makes me happy and I love it so much! Actually, I don't have any idea to write about for this second post because  I feel tired for past 3 days and I feel exhausted and fatigue but no worries, I'll be sharing my experience in UNIMAS. So, hoepfully you guys will love it and please keep on reading.

My father and I on the registration day. (I MISS HIM)

I want to pursue my studies in Sarawak only because my father won't allowed me to get into any other universities except UNIMAS. So I just follow what he want and most of my choice in UPU, I just put the UNIMAS programme. At first, I quite sad because I really want to study in Universiti Malaysia Sabah because I really love Sabah so much. But, when I think about it again it is such a grateful thing to me because I get a chance to study in my own state and I will not feel the homesick-thingy but surely I miss home too (longing for homecooking and my fluffy cats). I get really excited when I know I got my UPU result which is my first choice. My first choice is the Counselling programme, the second was Psychology and the third one is Linguistic. This is my top of the list that I wished I can get one of it so now I really got the first choice! Can you guys feel me? 

This picture was taken before the Majlis Ikrar Pelajar

After the student's vow event, I'm now officially one of the UNIMAS student and I'm really proud of it. I can belive that I managed to be in here and it's like a dream come true. My journey had just begun and I don't know if I'm able to suvive for this semester and the upcoming 4 years also. It's quite tough for me at first especially when it comes to find our class on the first day.It was an interesting stuff to do because apart from the mission to find the class, I also get the chance to sight-seeing around UNIMAS. I like to see the buildings in here because it is unique and the design also fantastic! The times flies so fast and I can't believed that I've almost 3 months staying here and still counting for the best days to come. Pray for me that I will stay strong and keep myself motivated guys! And I pray for you guys too don't worry.

Having this matric card is like an honour for me

I am forever grateful to be here, to be a part of UNIMAS and still looking forward for my own knowledge and experience. I think the most challenging part in UNIMAS is making new friends because I'm an introvert and tends to get anxious to greet with people especially in a new environment. After this 3 months, I only have few friends because I'm not a person who will be the first one to talk with someone that I just met. So if you guys want to be friend with me, I would love to accept you as my friends. Pardon my face if it's look like I'm a cold-hearted person but trust me it just my normal face reaction only. You can say hello if you see me somewhere and don't be shy. 

My first picture at Jambatan Cinta UNIMAS

Last but not least,what I learnt from Basic Helping Skills is I learn how to accept other people as a unique human being. Besides that, I also learn some skills and techniques to become a professional helper which is known as a counsellor. I want to be a better person at first by helping myself but at the same time having the courage to help others. I want to help people to gain more motivation and helps them finding way back to solve their problems. It might be hard for this firts year but surely I can be the best among the best people if I have the urge to keep on doing the thing that I love. I think that's all for now and I hope this post wouldn't make you guys to feel bored and I pray that you guys will always be happy in no matter what situation you're in. We are in this journey together, let's walk together and keep moving forward. Stay positive!

With love, 

Salwa Shahminan