2018 Intake : Degree Interview @ UiTM Shah Alam

Assalamualaikum.
hey guys, hey HeartStar. How are you?!
Its been a while , right?

So, mark the tittle?
Yes! I got called for DEGREE Interview @ UiTM Shah Alam for March 2018 Intake!

what iv? what course? why?
well, i'll tell you everything once i passed the iv. The result is on 9/2/2018~

Okay, before d-day,
I asked for a day-off from my intern place on the Thursday (14/12/17) because me and my family were going to Terengganu to visit my grandparents there. At that time, we still havent decide to stay there for how long.
At Thursday evening, i received a text asking me to check the iv shortlisted. So, I did. I surf UiTM's webpage and click on the 'Semakan Panggilan Temuduga',
I filled in my ic number and wallaahhh! My name is on the list.
I was called for the iv! And guess what , the iv is on Saturday (16/12/17) !!

OMG! in two days? what am i gotta do?
I ss the notice and send it to my family ws group. Dad who didnt follow us to Terengganu didnt reply anything yet. While my mom keep on asking whether I want to go or not.

Honestly, at that time i was blanked. i didnt know that i would get called to the iv session since i am not done with my internship programme yet. plus, my family are having financial issues recently.

i did a lot of research and thinking, if i didnt go for the iv, i might get blacklisted for the course. i asked my sister's opinion and she asked me to postpone my degree and wait for her to finish hers first. this way, we can lighten the family financial a bit. i agree with that opinion but, i will end my degree studies late. and i DONT like that. being left behind by my friends, i hate that.

i have a talk with my mom and she suggested me to just go for it. she told me not to worry abt family financial as she and dad will find a way.
Conclusion, made.

God, i pray to u for their best.

Friday afternoon,
we head home. before that, we stopped by the Pepsi Blue Lake located at Marang, Terengganu. there will be a special entry for this place.
We arrived home after stopping a lot, around 1800 pm.

rushly, me and my sister packed our bags and i settle down my files, cert and documents for the iv. Dad booked two flight tickets for me and sister. We're going to KL right away that night. it was a chaos, to find a recognised stamp, make copies of documents, etc.

I brought along, documents, drawing kits such as 2B pencils and A3 paper.

i had to make an emergency plan, scouting friends that can aid us while in KL.

our flight to KL was at 2310pm that night and we arrived at KLIA2 around 0020am (Saturday/16-12-17)
. Me and my sister met up with Shidah and she took us to her grandma's house for a night stay.

The next morning,
We went straight to UiTM Shah Alam and snce shidah was driving a manual car, it was scary. there are many more courses that are having the iv on that day.

i went into the hall with other candidates as soon as i registered myself.
we listen to a 'talk' first for abt 45minutes and then taken to a studio on the first floor for a drawing session (45 minutes). we were asked to draw a medium that was already set up in the middle of the room (a veil*, chair, table and box) - use own A3 paper and pencil.

the students next to me were all very great. i am sooo doom.

then we were taken to the previous hall for the iv session. we were called one by one accrding to numbers given to us during the registration process earlier of that day.

it was thrilling. the wait. i noticed that most of the students there were all from STPM.

finally, its my turn!
i got a ma'am interviewer and the first thing she asked was for my drawing (that i drew from the drawing session) and all copies of my documents. she clipped them together after a short flipping pages to pages.

'i see that u're good in English and since u got A in SPM and Band (*) in MUET, i want u to speak in english with me. prove ur english skills to me, is that okay?

me - yes (smiles awkwardly bcause everyone else speaks in Malay except me(?))

her - so, tell me abt urself

me - my name is nur athirah bt zulkifle and my friends call me eira. i have only one sibling that is my elder sister and she's waiting outside for me. my parents, both work as a primary school teacher and we are currently living in Kelantan

her - (slips in) u're from kelantan? originally a kelantanese?

me - yes, yes i am

her - u doesnt looks like a kelantanese

me - (lol) yeah, i get that a lot

her - can u tell me why?

me - maybe because i travel to places like when i used to study in Johor and so on

her - true, but u're born and grew up in kelantan. u should at least have even just a bit of the accent. but u dont have any, why?

me - i have no idea where does it come from (lol)

her - (lol) okay, continue..

me - i also loves to travel and would like to takes pictures around the world

her - i see. so, do u have anything to show me , like ur ig. to show me the pictures u've taken before?

me - yes, yes i do (grabbed my phone in the bag)

me - (slowly put the hp on the table as she signalled first) here is my photography and arts ig

her - (look at it) so, where is the fartest place u traveled before? (while scrolling the ig)

me - the furtest for now, would be, Japan.

her - i see. what are ur style of photography?

me - freestyle, nature and kind a bit of the spontaneous style

her - can i ask u, why would u make ur ig customized like this? 3 similar pictures in the same row

me - to make my ig looks more interesting and it is my signature style. it look neat and attractive that way.

her - okay, nice. show me improvement, okay? (give the hp back to me)

me - i definitely will

her - do u have any photographer that u like or admire?

me - its not to that extend but, i have one. (paused) Shafiq Anak Salleh, if u're familiar with him

her - (nods) why?

me - he used to be my coach back then during the MyMoments Camp and he taught me a lot of technics and he commented pictures that i've taken. he gve off these positive vibes and i want to be like him someday

her - (smiles) u like his way of giving out?

me - yes

her - okay. also, u know that this course required a lot of financial supports, right? are u willing to take up the challenge?

(God! She was asking abt the thing that i've been worried so much from the time i was making the decision!! did she just entered my mind?)

me - (Bismillah) yes.

her - okay, good.. Eira, show me improvement, okay?

me - (dont quite understand) (nods anyway)

her - that's it. thank you. see u again~

me - thank you too~ we surely will

[The thing is, she asked me to speak in English while she speaks in Malay to me. Sometimes, I get confuse and almost answer her questions in Malay too!]

so, thats is it!!
end of my iv session on that day and i straigh awy went out to meet my sister. we waited for shidah and had lunch together before shidah dropped us off at KL Sentral.

Me n sis kept our bags at the KL Sentral's locker and went to MidValley for some refreshment. We enjoy our leisure time there and head back to KL Sentral to TBS . for the 9pm bus back to Kelantan.

it was a short tiring packed day at KL. Indeed. First bagpacking with le sister.

yeay~~ hope this trip wont come to waste. InsyaAllah