Progress Report.

Assalamualaikum. 

So it has been a few months after I posted this. 

The first.

and this.

The second.

Also, from the previous blog post(s), 

not the posts on Facebook 

I have particularly highlighted

on how I want to restructure the way I do things 

because I feel the progress isn't very significant. 

Now, after a few months 

I might as well have a few things to report 

Even though I know 

there's still long a way to go. 

But, firstly, the clarification. 

Why am I setting up such goals 

to be achieved throughout this academic year? 

This is due to the fact 

that I've realized what I would do 

and what I should and capable of doing. 

I want to be closer to my Lord. 

I want to allocate money for my future; 

wanted to keep some to reopen my old man's business. 

I want to secure better grades 
for they say "better grades mean better future" 
and better ego too, haha I'm joking

Yet, I don't really know how to work things out. 

So I decided to carve my own path 

and work it till I find some concrete leading. 

Hence, the first post as indicated on the first pic

I would say that is my first carve. 

The second one serves as my lead. 

So far, so good. 

Might as well say it worked right? 

Well, not really. 

I missed a few steps as the last semester progressed to its end 

and sadly enough 

I flopped badly. 

Kind of whacked my own ass. 

Maybe I'm exaggerating things. 

At least, it was not according to my expectations, yeah. 

I worked, but I worked inconsistently. 

Tried to start a business with a partner, but it didn't went smoothly.

I studied, but I studied lazily & last-minutely. 

I kind of wasted money too. This is typical. 

I kept a diet, but it went yo-yo. Again, like always. 

The recitation's going slowly as well. 

"Heck, this can't be happening. Not any worse." 

With that in mind, I went back to my thinking chair. 

Put more efforts into the practical. 

Restarted Semester Six with a lot of determination, 

though shaken. 

With thoughts like 

"Boleh buat ke ni?"  

"Nak menghadap orang nanti cemana?" 

"Kalau tak jadi jugak nanti mana kau nak letak muka?" 

Sometimes being too humane "helps" you to go negative easier. 

I admit it was a disgrace for me 

who is a self-motivated person to begin with.

So I turned those thoughts upside down 

decided to give it my all, 

give it my best. 

Little do I want to report about HOW HARD 

I was working it out. Duhh. 

We shall look at how far have we reach, anyway. 

Going through the list... 

To begin with, financially. 

I paid debts, quite a handful of them, not all. 

I spared some for my June internship. 

I invested, even got cheated. 

Now I restarted all over again 

in order to secure my capital 

and get some profit "nak bagi sedap hati punya pasal". 

Still trying to read more 

while collecting more courage 

to set up a business on my own accord. 

The target's on month 9. Don't know if I can make it. 

Academically... 

I tried not to skip any class. 

I tried to force myself to write something 

each and every time the lecturer speaks. 

I tried not to do things at the last minute 

because I hate the misery of having an unsatisfactory quality of work 

upon doing it at the very last hour of the clock. 

Still no group studying. 

Didn't think it would work in my environment, at least. 

Now the mid term's coming 

really hoped that I would do them papers nicely 

and that I won't grow lazy nails anywhere. 

Selalunya masa-masa tengah sem nilah 

nak pergi berjalan merendek main-main bagai. Zzz 

In terms of health... 

Lesser rice & more greens 

in each & every meals. 

Problem is 

I can't get enough of the auntie's nasi ganja 

being sold just out of my residential college 

but I tried to tone it down, at least. 

While I'm eyeing for closer ties with the Lord as well 

I tried to fast more frequently. 

Ikat nafsu tu sikit, jimat duit sikit, dapatlah kurang makan sikit, heh

Three birds killed with one stone. 

Then again, my priority is clear. 

The Lord. 

Regarding the recitation progress 

currently I'm doing surah Yunus. 

Quite slow, but I'm still trying to regulate more on that too. 

Others... 

Closer monitoring on English Debate Club 
as an "acting" active member, perhaps? Teehee.  

Joined Enactus UniMAP under the Marketing Department. 

Lesser involvement in the varsity Brass Band 
since I hardly practiced on the new instrument :/ 

Tried equestrian this semester. Slightly fun so far! 
Closed old Facebook account, made a new one 
for a better social network management 
(Yea I lost control of the old one, too bad) 
Planned to go for a new gadget (or maybe two) 
Provided murah rezekilah, kalau tak duduk diam-diam jelah

Made a new email for professional uses. 
That makes them three email accounts presently. 
As for the other two, I think I'm going to keep them for now.. 
specifically the one I used for the blogging persona at the moment. 

Anyhow, pray that I can get even more significant progress afterwards.. 

any ideas on starting up the business especially, 

is highly regarded. 

Since it's the only thing that's hardly exhibiting 

a nearly linear relationship with respect to time 
I guess so. 
Hopefully I can post relevant pictures 
if I am to do another progress report in the future. 

Till then. 

Doakan jika mahu. 

Biarkan jika rasa tidak perlu. 

Biomedical Engineering Promo. #long #one

Hola! 

It really has been quite some time. 

Living my life, I must say 

but it should've not been an excuse though 

hurmm hurmm. 

Currently I am on duty as a volunteer 

at a well-known sports tournament. 

Might as well say I have the free time 

that I managed to go through a couple of videos 

and decided to write this post. 

Yeah, it's as written on the title. 

I want to write a little bit 

about the major I'm presently pursuing 

for my bachelor's degree. 

Biomedical engineering (BME)

or in my titled course name, 

RK85 Biomedical Electronic Engineering (BEE). 

What is the difference anyway? We'll come to that, I guess. 

So, in general..

let's begin with a personal touch. 

As a background check 

back in high school, 

as in literally, high school 

not the usual concept of United States high school or whatever it is

I come from a strong background 

of finance, economy, accountancy & mathematics. 

Not that very strong, yet it is significant 

My late old man's influence 

so much that I was totally into it 

As time passes 

Things happen as they are. 

To be short, I enrolled into a Science stream class 

and didn't manage to take Accountancy for my SPM exams. 

The only thing that stayed with me post-SPM is the interest for maths. 

That didn't get me anywhere for JPA overseas application, though.. 

They rejected me 

for my field of study is considered irrelevant 

with my class stream for SPM. 

If I'm not mistaken, I applied for economy courses 

since there was no maths, I can't find it in the list previously 

Budak sains mintak ekonomi, memanglah depa rejek troih. 

Then I had the chance to do Foundation of Science in UiTM. 

Despite meeting awesome friends there, 

another important thing is that 

I discovered my growing interest in physics and biology 

this one, special credits to Syida @ Syahidah Anuar 

Dia yang ajar biologi sampai jadi minat subjek tu. Jujur! 

Why the special credits? 

For I didn't favour biology back then! Zero likes. Hah! 

I thought there was too much to read, too much to cover up 

then she came and showed me an easier way, 

also much more of a practical. 

Hence I scored. Got them desired grades for both 

Praises to the Lord. 

After some time, foundation year passed by 

and we applied for degree. 

My head, that time 

realizing the distinction of both physics and biology 

still, I didn't want to lose any of them for degree studies. 

I did my own research as always.. 

and I found BME major. 

"A melting pot of biology & physics" 

This is my first thought back then upon the discovery 

and I thought, for the love of the Lord 

Finally, something that matches me! 

I applied, simply because of that argument. 

I applied UTM, UM, UniMAP since they're the only ones offering it 

UTHM does it too, but that time we're being scared off 

by its problem of MQA certification..so it's out of my list 

then I filled the other three or four vacant slots 

with medicine major, 

which I knew I would have tiny chances of nailing it. Pfft 

Then the UPU results were out, 

and I go to where I am now. UniMAP. Hah! 

To be honest, it was my least preferred choice 

for it's too far from my hometown. 

Who else can beat me in the longest trip back home? 

Half a day trip by bus! Phew~

I guess Johorean people does. 

They have to travel 14 hours from Perlis to Johor, 

if I'm not mistaken. Hah!

Still, I'm going for it 

because of the deep interest. 

I must say, up till now, it was worth it.  

Some things were hard. 

The environment. Cultural differences. 

System problems. Dad passed away.

I even struggled to get a decent pointer 

every now and then. 

Then again 

I managed to get a scholarship. 

I managed to go around places. 

I managed to do my own study better, if not the best. 

I managed to do my own laboratory, codes, 

assignments, circuitry, mini projects, presentations, research 

walaupun kadang-kadang menyalin, hehe 

tapi coding, mini project, presentation tak tiru orang okay!

I managed to do reflect upon myself and improve 

and I believe, I can't afford to have any more than this. 

Again, praises to the Lord. :')

Okay, enough with personals. 

So what I learnt throughout this course 

is that, we have to mechanize & quantitatively analyze 

everything biological, specifically human bodies 

in order to solve medical problems. 

We're using engineering principles to nail them down. 

From the fundamentals of precision, consistency, accuracy, control 

to the advancement of machines, programming, signal processing, 

even communication and systems design. 

Everything is considered. 

At a glance from the surface 

Any other engineering student, specifically electronics 

may find similarities with my course. 

"Then, what makes the difference?" 

In my opinion, it's the cross-overs! 

One may say that any pure medical doctors 

or intrinsic electronic engineers can do pretty much the same. 

But, I tell you, as you go deeper 

You shall find plenty of intersections within these fields 

that there IS a need for a hybrid course. 

Ever heard of biomaterials, biomechanics 

or even bioinstrumentation? Artificial organs, at least? 

That's where we REALLY jumped in. 

Plus, to be resource-wise 

why hire an electronic engineer and a medical doctor 

when you can hire a biomedical engineer that can do both jobs? 

Hewhewhew. 

Of course, these two professions may stay with their basic jobs. 

But for something that is much more specific and inter-connected, 

biomedical engineers would do better, IMO 

or probably biomedical electronic engineers.. 

since I'm studying BEE which is quite a specialization of BME.. 

I don't have a good picture of what BME is.. 

maybe it's just biomedical engineering w/o electronics? 

I wouldn't be 100% sure. 

One thing for sure, if BEE itself is quite broad 

then BME should, and would be even broader, the scope. 

Anyhow, in the context of job demands, it is undeniable 

that with currently only four local and one private higher institutions 

offering this course, the demand is still.. 

low, if not negligible. 

The job specification is more technician-like 

and pretty similar to an electronic engineer, 

for a degree graduate. 

Kalau beza pun mungkin sebab kerja hospital 

tapi boleh je kerja kilang kalau mau

However, another assurance here, that the field is growing. 

Why? 

Because of the research. 

Yeah, the stronghold of the field is in the research 

and credits to these researches and researchers, lol 

the growth is positively stable, if not directly proportional 

Even the degree graduates now can get a handsome paycheck 

after some experience, probably a year or two. 

It is considered a good progress 

for a field that has just established, though. 

So...what now? It's pretty easy. 

If you're a prospective degree student looking for fast money, 

you might want to go for another course at the moment. 

If you're a school student, take it easy & continue enjoying school life. 

The field may have been established, on par with other fields 

by the time you're looking for a major to take, years later. 

If you're pretty interested in research, this one's a cool stuff 

or maybe you're in a same boat as me? 

Feels too good to let go off physics and biology from pre-U studies? 

This course is also a good answer to that. 

I tried to keep this less technical, so no curriculum structure inserted 

unless by response, okay? 

I'll leave you guys with relevant videos. 

Whatever you're doing 

keep enjoying life 

and forget the Lord, not. ^_^ 

Till then, assalamualaikum! 

P/S: Currently postponing, posting my progress of le mission, 

since I decide to go for a more significant progress 

before posting new things. 

Pray for me!