Then Comes Dzulfadhli Lamin...

I remember that night when Hajar and I were just back from Pasar Malam Tmn Kerjasama. Then I got a phone call from of all unexpected persons to call. My screen showed Blanc SAS. Whom is Dzulfadhli Lamin from SAS obviously. Well, he did call a few days back asking how I was in MMU and stuff. But I thought it was random or he had free phone calls to waste or something like that HAHA. Until that night's conversation.

Rupa rupanya he was gonna register in MMU the next day. In Malacca. On the same course. Leaving his matrix college in Kuala Pilah. Yeah, exactly. Haha.


So I gave him a few details on registration and stuff. Give him info on our course. Nasib baik it was the first week so most of our classes haven't started anything. But some lectures have started but he hadn't miss much anyway.


So when he came the next day, I was busy with class and all. Around noon, he gave me a call and I invited Hajar and Previn to wait for him in Abraar. The next thing I know I was escorting him to the Registration Office, walking him to STAD to take his orientation kit and climbing up the FOSEE building to register his course. Even coincident, we're on the same lecture group AND tutorial group. Haha.


So now I have a friend from the past in radar. Funny how people make weird expression when they see me respond to Dzul's calling for a MELL instead of an Amalina. HAHA. Whatever :)


So anyways, welcome to Multimedia University, Dzul. Hope you'd like it the way we do ;)

A Night Out with Ihsan,Dzul and seniors :)

Boring. That was what I felt that evening when I was all alone in my room. Doing nothing but stare the ceiling. And listening to music. Then (of course, the most cliche part) my phone vibrates and I peeled through Ihsan Alhakim's text message.


"Hey. Nak pergi JJ tak? Then singgah MBO :) "


"Ohh nak nak! Sape lagi ikut? Mbo tu apa? Hehe. "


"Esan,zul,kakngah ngan kawan dia. mbo tu wayang lahhh.."


"Oh okay :) See you in five! "


Then off we went. Rupa rupanya there were six of us. His sis brought two friends along. Since Ihsan has Dzul tagging him, I had to tag along with his sister and the other ladies. Sangat awkward! But it turned out that they were sporting and comforting. We talked,joked around and swapped stories and advices. Best :)


We watched Lagenda Budak Setan eventhough Kak Aness and I have watched it, the second view wouldn't hurt kan? So we did. I sat in between Dzul and Ihsan. :) :)


Ahahahaha Ihsan and I laughed hard when other viewers were laughing on parts they shouldn't. Lawak gilaaa. Dzul, on the other hand, cried at certain parts. *Dzul gives me a look* Okayyyy not exactly cried, just a bit saddened and sebak at the part when Ayu died out of childbirth. He thinks that childbirth deaths are just too devastating. I guess his soft spot has shown itself.


We went for dinner at this local western restaurant WHICH we won coupons of that day from IT Fair in MMU. I kinda forgot what the restaurant was exactly called. Anyways, we ate and left :)


Before we leave after the movie, we stopped at McDonald's and I had a McFlurry and treated Ihsan ice cream. Then right after he treated me Coke :)


It was my first outing in Malacca. So, thanks Ihsan for the invite :)

And So I Thought .

Being in a new place,new environment and new friends. Weird and awkward much. Yet rejuvenating and refreshing. On ways of communicating, ice-breaking occasions and self-introductions. I don't remember how many times I had to introduce myself.


"Hye, my name is Nur Amalina. Call me Amalina *smile* :) I'm from Ampang KL. I am taking Law because I've always liked literature instead of science and I love to debate. I chose MMU because it has a multiracial community along with its suitable environment. Thank you."


Cheesy much? Well thats too formal eh? Here's another.


"Hye i'm Amalina. From Ampang KL. I'm taking Law. :) " That's it.


So here's a bit of my first week in MMU. Orientation week as they call it. Read on!


Day One.


Met Siti Hajar. My neighbour's neighbour slash family friend. And now roommate! Glad to have her since we don't know anyone so at least we have each other. She's in Blue group and I'm in the Green group.
I'm in Green Six group. Our Mobile OC (Orientation Committee) was Kak Jannah.  There was 27 of us so I didn't really get to know anyone yet cause we were occupied with briefings.


Day Two.


Still occupied with briefings. No fun. But the activities in between are killer fun :D I don't mind going through each briefing to look forward to next group activity :)


Day Three.


Enjoying the free food. Though many complained. But I thought the food was okay. At least they were edible :P My roomie Hajar, we spent most time together. But she gets friends instantly! Chinese, Indian. Sadly lesser Malays. I'm her Malay friend :) But yeah, I respect her friendliness! I'mma get myself kawan kawan baru too :D Played games in our big group. Still no kenal kenal with groupmates :(


Day Four.


Last briefing !! And our first group ice breaking :) Here are my groupmates :

Zulaikha, Priyha, Hang Yi, Ping Kwee, Quan Long, Lathy, Ikram, Hui Pherng, Syazwan, Tang Sheng, Pei Ying, Vijaya, Miao Ling, Sharon, Jir Hui, Li Hong, and Pei Ru.

Day Five.

Close to end already. I'm starting to like MMU :) 

Half of my group are busy with drama and stuff. No, I'm not in it. I don't hell mind cause I'd be missing a lot in the orientation itself. So we went for course registering and shit. I've got four subjects this sem. Hope to ace 'em all :P

Day Six.

Day six? Mak aih. Kejap je. So here we are in Day Six. Last day of orientation. GREEN GANG GO~!
Hahaha Green Spirit everywhere on this day. After closing night, we had yamcha and makan2. Abang Bob, one of the OCs sent me there to Infasha so I didn't have to walk :P I sat and ate with Hang Yi and his friends. Ikram Hamzah was there too :)

ORIENTATION WAS HELL OF A FUN :D

Hye Alia Sharuddin :D

She's here in Malacca for her boyfie ofcourse, which was my ex HAHA. But anyways, she came all the way to Ayer Keroh to meet me after that.


We initially met her at Mahkota Parade. Oh, we, by means, Hajar and I. She wanted to teman me cause it's my first official meeting with Alia. So yeah. I kinda need another person than just us. It'll be super awkward :D


Anyways, we watched Lagenda Budak Setan. We both almost cried. AND laughed at the same time. Haha. But she's someone fun to be with by the way. No hard feelings. All hatred aside. Professional women weyhhh :P


We makan at Kenny Rogers. Walked around and went back. She came into my home too, for the record. But she's nice lah in general. Glad to know you Alia :)

Mandarin !

I've always wanted to learn Mandarin. Since I was thirteen, as I remembered. But being here makes me even more eager than I was. Especially having to learn it from a cute Chinese-Mandarin-slash-Cantonese-speaking guy :D

His name? Hang Yi :)

Where from? Orientation group.

How did he? I asks him to translate every possible phrase I could think of!

And? He teaches me well, so far :)

Oh, and I think he has the best fashion sense. And the cutest laugh! Haha!

Hang Yi, ni leng zhai :)

So here's a few.

Chou an. Good morning!

Wan an. Good night.

Ni hao :) Hye!

Ni hao ma? How are you?

Ke yi ma? Can or not?

Ni jiao wo ma? Did you call me?

Jin jin! Shut up!

Zhen de ma? Really?

Zhu ar ni! Babi ar kau! HAHA.

Shen mok? What?

Wei shen mok? Why?

Wo pu yao :( I do not want.

Wo pu dong/Wo pu chi tau. I don't know.

Wo hen hao. I'm very fine.

Xien xien. Thank you.

Tui. (pronounced: tu-ay) Right (betul).

Ni chai na li? Where are you?

Wo xiang ni/Wo xiong lim ley :( I miss you :(

...and many more. :D

I tried using 'em with a few Chineses I bump into. Like at stores or restaurants. Passer-bys or seniors. It makes them look at me twice,smile and answer amusingly :D

Sometimes I don't get what they say so I just smile and walk away HAHAHA.

Anyways, it was fun learning bits of it and I hope to learn more and be fluent with it. I'm in no rush and language has been my passion since ever so I hope I can cope. Orientation was a blast for me. Memoirs in knowing Hang Yi was the sweetest. We have t-shirts in remembrance of our brief friendship and I hope to see him around campus everyday even just to say 'ni hao' :)