Surat Rayuan MARA

Kelmarin ak and Mama pegi ibu pejabat MARA nk tnya pasal whether MARA nk taja x Grad Dip Archaeology ak klu ak dpt tajaan for MA Artefact Studies. Lepas dah jmpa pegawai MARA yg bertugas kt Bahagian Peganjuran Pelajaran MARA ak diberitahu MARA memamg TIDAK sponsor any foundation b4 master nih, Maka secara teknikalnya mmg MARA takkan taja Grad Dip Archaeology ak nih r. Sumpah ak down gile time pegawai MARA tuh mention bnda nih. But after dat pegawai MARA tuh punyala baik hati ajar kat ak yg ak bole wat surat untuk rayuan bagi situation ak nih. Dier ckp wat surat nih and den cuba wat appointment dgn pihak atasan untuk dapatkan sokongan mereka. Soo ak n Mama trus rangka surat nih and tnjk kt pegawai MARA tersebut for some proof read. Dier ader mention a few things and lepas ak balik je rumah ak taip elok2 and inilah hasilnya.

YBhg. Datuk Ibrahim bin Ahmad
Ketua Pengarah MARA
Ibu Pejabat MARA,
Kuala Lumpur

Tuan,

PERMOHONAN TAJAAN PINJAMAN PELAJARAN MARA BAGI MENGIKUTI KURSUS “GRADUATE DIPLOMA ARCHAEOLOGY” DI UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON (UCL), UNITED KINGDOM BAGI SESI 2013/2014

Dengan segala hormatnya perkara di atas adalah dirujuk,

2. Untuk makluman pihak Tuan, saya Muhammad Azam bin Adnan merupakan pelajar lepasan Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains Kemanusiaan di Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM). Saya mempunyai minat yang mendalam untuk menyambung pelajaran di peringkat Ijazah Sarjana dalam bidang arkeologi. Justeru itu, saya telah memohon dan menerima tawaran untuk mengikuti pengajian dalam bidang “MA Artefact Studies” di University College London (UCL), United Kingdom.

3. Saya telah dimaklumkan bahawa pihak Bahagian Penganjuran Pelajaran MARA hanya memberi tajaan kepada kursus di peringkat Ijazah Sarjana sahaja. Sewaktu memohon untuk menyambung pelajaran di peringkat Ijazah Sarjana bagi kursus “MA Artefact Studies” di University College London, saya tidak dimaklumkan oleh pihak universiti bahawa pelajar Ijazah Sarjana Muda yang tidak mempunyai latar belakang dalam bidang arkeologi perlu mengambil kursus “Graduate Diploma Archaeology” terlebih dahulu sebelum mengikuti kursus “MA Artefact Studies” ini. Maka, sebagai pra-syarat untuk saya mengikuti kursus “MA Artefact Studies”, saya telah diwajibkan untuk mengikuti kursus “Graduate Diploma Archaeology” selama setahun bermula dari 23 September 2013 sehingga 13 Jun 2014.

4. Bersama-sama surat ini, saya lampirkan surat tawaran “Unconditional Offer” bagi kursus “Graduate Diploma Archaeology” untuk sesi 2013/2014, surat tawaran “Conditional Offer” bagi kursus “MA Artefact Studies” untuk sesi 2014/2015 dari University College London (UCL) serta transkrip penuh Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains Kemanusiaan saya di Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM) untuk perhatian pihak Tuan.

5. Saya dengan rendah hati memohon pihak Tuan dan Bahagian Penganjuran Pelajaran MARA agar dapat mempertimbangkan permohonan saya untuk mendapatkan tajaan Pinjaman Pelajaran MARA bagi mengikuti kursus “Graduate Diploma Archaeology” dan “MA Artefact Studies” yang telah saya terima daripada University College London ini. Saya yakin dan percaya bahawa tajaan ini merupakan batu loncatan terbaik untuk membolehkan saya meneroka potensi diri saya dalam mencapai cita-cita menjadi seorang ahli kurator yang berjaya. Saya juga berharap ilmu yang bakal saya perolehi melalui Ijazah Sarjana ini dapat menyumbang kepada pembangunan bidang arkeologi mahupun permuziuman negara yang saya cintai supaya mampu menjadi setaraf dengan negara-negara maju seperti United Kingdom.

Terima kasih untuk untuk perhatian yang diberi dan masa yang diluangkan. Semoga permohonan ini mendapat pertimbangan sewajarnya daripada pihak Tuan dan didahului dengan ucapan terima kasih

Sekian, terima kasih.

Yang benar,

MUHAMMAD AZAM BIN ADNAN

Terima kasih juga kepada Wawa M Bakry dan Maryam Nabeelah Ismail kerana double proof read surat ni. So semalam ak bangun pagi2 p bangunan MARA balik n amik pass kt pak guard naek tingkat 26 nk try wat appointment dgn pihak atasan MARA. Mula2 ak ckp ak nk wat appointment dgn Ketua Pengarah MARA tapi lepas ak dah citekan situasi ak kt akak receptionists dier bgtaw ak soh wat appointment dgn Timbalan Ketua Pengarah MARA (Pendidikan). Ak ok je soo masa dier bwk g masuk ruangan opis nih ak ad nmpk Timb. Ketua Pengarah MARA nih, Datuk Rahim Abd Ghani tgh wat short meeting dgn someone else. Akak td soh ak tggu. Tggu pnya tggu PA Datuk Rahim ni kuar n jmpa ak tnya ak ni sape n nape nk jmpa Datuk. Ak pn explain la balik ak pnya kes n den dier amik ak pnya surat ni n serta dokumen2 sokongan. Patu kena tggu ag n last2 PA Datuk Rahim ni soh ak cek dgn Bahagian Penganjuran Pelajaran MARA dalam 2-3 hari lagi nk cek status permohonan ak nih. Ak kecewa gak r x dpt jmpa Datuk nih wlupn dier ader je kt dlm bilik dier tuh n x silap ak dier mcm free je tapi xpela asalkan surat ak smpi kt tangan dier sendiri. Ak bersyukur gak masa ak datang nih Datuk tuh ader n xde kuar p meeting mana2 ke soo at least dier dptla surat ak nih. So skang tgh berdoa macam gilee so dat's ak pnya permohonan diluluskan. Huhu

Another thing yg ak tgh riso gak nih ak kena amik Ujian Psikmoetrik MARA senin dpn nih. Ak dhla taktau ujian Psikometrik ni mende ap. Masa jmpa pegawai MARA tuh dier ckp ni IQ test. Urgh ak x penah cuba wat IQ test sblm ni pasal ak mmg x suka IQ test n mmg x nk amik taw lgsg pn ak pnya IQ bape. Patu exam dier dhla jauh gile kt Beranang. UNIKL MIAT tak silap ak tmpt wat exam nih. Huhu.

Slip Ujian Psikometrik Pasca Siswazah MARA ak.

Memandangkan exam ni senin dpn 29/4/2013 mmgla ak kena ponteng keja. Hopefully everything goess well la nt. Sumpah ak mmg tak keruan skang pikir masa depan ak esp MARA nih. Sumpah ak akan devastated gile gak klu ak x dpt sponsorship 4m MARA nk smbg stdy kt UCL nih. Ak taw klu ak x dpt sepatutnya ak kena redha tp kompem dlm sebulan dua mmg ak akn depressed gile babeng n kompem takes time nk kembali ke normal. Dahla skang ni dah stat keja and honestly speaking I don't like my job. Sangat stressful! Ak x expect lgsg yg keja call centre ni stress gile. Patu dgn kena keja shifts lagi mmg wat ak pikir bole ke x ak tahan keja ni. Skang ni gaji/allowances/tiket murah MAS jelaa jd penguat semangat ak nk trus keja nih. Huhuhu

p/s: Dear Allah, please ease my difficulties. Sessungguhnya ak adalah hamba-MU yang hina dan kepada-MU jugala ak meminta segala pertolongan. :'(

Adulthood

Assalamualaikum and Salam Sejahtera to my dear faithfully readers,

Yeaaaaaah it's me again and I'm back on blogging! Hehe. Dah lama gileeee x blogging. Last time ak check ak wat post kat blog nih on August 5 2012. Tupn post nih pasal praktikal ak kt IAMM yg horror wich ak just copy paste from my report. Soo post kali nih nk update skit (skit ke? mcm byk je ak rasa) bout me.

1. 10 YEARS TOGETHER WITH IIUM FINALLY ENDED!

Alhamdulillah ak sgt bersyukur yg ak dah grad from IIUM on 13th January 2012. Wlupn result tak kuar ag (dh nk kuar dh pn 30/1 nih) tp ak nk ckp dh yg ak dh grad pasal ak yakin last sem smuanya sbjk ak dh boleh lulus dah. Hahaha. Tak sgka ak dh abeskan degree. Rasa legaaaa sgt dh abes degree nih cuz rasa satu bebanan kt bahu nih dh ilang. Now I can proudly say to my parents: "Mama and Abah, I am undergraduate now". Tak sia2 my parents kuarkan lots of money for me untuk smbg blaja kt IIUM nih cuz akhirnya berbaloi gak usaha dorg nih. Hehe. Ingt senang ke nk abes degree? In my situation, it took me 5 and a half years to finish my degree at IIUM tercinta. Ak plk minor Bisnes soo mmg puas gile akhirnya ak dpt gak abeskan additional 11 subjects yg ak kena amik in order to complete my minor. Bayangkanla member Human Sciences yg laen just amik total credit hours dlm 120++ credit hours while ak plk kena amik 149 credit hours.  Paling terharu ak dpt gak abeskan degree ak with minor dlm masa 4 tahun gak mcm org lain. Seksa segala jiwa batin raga kot nk wat minor Bisnes nih. Hahaha. Takpela at least I learnt soo many things with business subjects klu x asyik terperak dgn sbjk2 history pn tak berkembang minda n knowledge ak nih.

Well ak ckp 10 years pasal 10 tahun nih termasuk skali dgn 5 tahun ak kt skola Sg Pusu cuz during these 5 years hidup ak mmg tak lari dr IIUM. Yela solat jumaat every week kt sini, wat sukan tahunan kt sni n so on. Wlupn ad je members ak yg perli ak cuz hidup ak x berkembang dr skola smpi kt u duk kat Gombak je but I never regret. Generally speaking, ak rasa best sgt blaja kt uia. Ak rasa yg paling best skali da Islamic environment yg ak dpt sepanjang ak belaja kt sini. This is something I am gonna miss so much. Huhuhu.

2. POSTGRADUATE

So far I am planning to do my master at UK. I have applied 6 universities at UK but I decided to decline 3 universities which are Manchester and Glasgow because both universities asked me to retake the IELTS test while Westminster did not respond at all my IELTS result. So I just left UCL, Leeds and St Andrews. Tp St Andrews nih rasanya mcm xdpt je pasal dier nk CGPA 3.6 while my current CGPA only 3.515. Besides result final sem yg kuar nt pn mmg kompem takkan dpt naekkan CGPA ak smpi 3.6 but stil ak nk try gak r anta saje2 fefeeling nk try market. Haha. So most probably just pilih antara UCL and Leeds. Of kos hati nih mmg nk sgt p UCL cuz it's UCL kot! Kat London plk tuh and UCL is currently at no 3 for best university in the world. However nk p UCL nih stil dilema cuz x kompem ag wat MA psl I have to do Graduate Diploma Archaeology first since ak xde background in Archaeology. Klu p Leeds mmg dh kompem wat MA. Hmmmm.

But lately ni ak rasa ragu2 n down sgt pasal Master ak nih. First because Master ak nih is totally something new pasal it is in Archaeology field n ak plk just ad background in History je. Second, lepas baca details course nih ak rasa mcm PAYAH GILER n tak mampu nk wat. Of kos artefact studies sounds appealing to me but pikir2 balik ak takut ak bosan n better stick with history je. Ntah r ak rasa dilemma sgt. Third ak riso gile dgn wat master nih ak dapat keja ke x lepas dh abes master nih nt. I mean kamon kt Malaysia nih sape la pandang sgt sape yg ader Master in artefact studies nih? Terpikir gak nk kerja kat UK tp rmi ckp skang foreigners susah nk keja kt UK pasal recession bagai. Arghhhh soo many to think about!

Another thing dat I am afraid to sambung Master kt UK ni is dat I am going to leave my comfort zone. Smua bnda kena independent. Besides for da first time I am going to be far away from my family. Mesti sedih gile. Ak ni dh la life skills ZERO! Drive keta pn takut smpi skang. Masak lgsg laaa tak reti. Kerja bertukang or pape manly works ni apatah lagi. Bwk moto wlupn dah accident 4x jela berani. Pelik2 btul ak. Haha. I think it is time for me to be my own n no more dependent kat org dh. Huhuhu.

Ak nih yakin je ckp psl Master nih macam dh kompem pegi. Actually ak just dpt conditional offer je baru. Lps dh dpt final result nih kena anta official full transcript kt unis yg ak apply nih n den tggu whether ak dpt unconditional offer ke x. Klu dpt unconditional offer nih mksdnya tempat ak dh guaranteed r kat sana. Patu sponsor pon x kompem ag. Ak harap r sgt dpt MARA tp MARA nk final CGPA 3.5 n ak riso gilee n berdoa n berharap sgt so dat kuar je result 30/1 nih CGPA ak dpt maintain 3.5. Klu final CGPA ak bwh 3.5 mmg punah la harapan nk smbg master kt UK. Mintak2la x. Klu bnda ni terjadi terpaksa la pikir Plan B. What is Plan B? Ntah ak pn x taw.

3. EMPLOYMENT

Memandangkan result tak kuar ag soo ak takderla apply keja skang nih. Plan kuar je final result nt trus nk apply partial transcript. Tak sggp la plk nk tggu full transcript br apply keja cuz lmbt sgt. Full transcript takes time nk kuar pasal kena tggu result endorsed by senate. Den kena wat clearance dlu r so leceh. 

Seyesly, ak kena keja cepat. Ak tak sggp depends on Mama, Abah n Balan mintak duet n belas kasihan dorg je belanja ak makan. It is time for me to belanja Balan n tanggung my parents. Besides ak dahla pinjam duet Abah RM1200 nk beli iPhone 5 guna Pakej Komunikasi Belia SKMM tuh so nk cepat2 bayar hutang nih lagi. Den ditambah ag dgn monthly ASB ak kena byr manalaa ak nk korek duet nih klu x kerja. 

So far xtaw nk keja ap. Bajet nk keja HR, Customer Services or sth related dgn dua2 ni r. Sepatutnya ak kena tggu setahun utk dipanggil dgn gomen pasal ak JPA holder but mmg x r ak nk tggu setahun. Lagipn ex-students yg amik kos tak professional mcm ak nih utk TIDAK DIPANGGIL by JPA adalah 90%. Maka keja swasta je r. Plan nk keja yg banyak gaji trus wlupn kena merana pasal nk simpan duet p UK. Hopefully murahla rezeki ak senang dpt keja. AMEEEEN!

4. MARRIAGE

Tahun ni ak dh 24 tahun n of all topics yg ak paling nk elak sekali adalah KAHWIN. Of kos skang nih mana2 ak p everyone is talking about marriage. Well nk wat cmne dah ak mmg idup in Malay culture maka waktu2 cmni mmg topik perbualan smua nk kahwin. Kadang2 rasa annoy gak pasal it gives u some sort of pressure yg ko kena kahwin cepat. Klu borak2 dgn members mesti je ader sorg dua kuarkan statement "Azam laa kawen dlu" but seyesly that is not gonna happen.

I once told my friends in high school dat I do not want to get married and yes ak masih berpegang kepada statement ini smpi skang. I believe in JODOH cuma ntah r I do not see myself as a husband and a father. There are too much responsibilities that you have to bear. Of kos I love kids but ntah r ak seyes takder hati nk kawen. Lagipon I never fall in love betul2 n ak tak nmpk ag jodoh ak nih. In fact ak dh siap sedia n terima hakikat dat I am gonna end up alone smpi ak dah tua nt n everyone will judge me. Oh also dis is another reason y I want to go to UK, live and work there cuz I wanna run away from this Malay culture dat if u do not marry u r considered worthless to the society. 

But of course klu dah ditakdirkan ak utk kahwin ak terima je la tapi biar masa saje la yg tentukan segalanya yew.

Semenjak jd penganggur berjaya nih mmg duk umah je la sepanjang masa. Nk kuar umah jenjalan takder duet pon soo byk abeskan masa depan laptop layan Oscar nominated movies n hindustan. Hehe

I think dat's all la kot. Later.

About IAMM.

 The left symbol of IAMM actually is a Kufic writings for Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia in Arabic. Cool eh? Hehe

Dah lama gile x post pape kat dlm blog nih. So saje nk post a  new post bout my practical training at Islamic Arts Museum, KL. Slalunya ak akan post pasal previous tempat keja ak in bullet points n bahasa pasar (read here and here) but since post ni pon ak just amik from report practical yg ak kena wat soo tuh yg dier dlm karangan SPM yg berjela2. Soo once again, nk bg warning awal2 dis post tersangatla pjg (klu dlm word 5 pages) n klu malas nk baca tuh anda dipersilakan utk tekan butang pangkah di hujung atas belah kanan browser anda. Terima Kasih. :)

INTRODUCTION

The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia is one of the prestigious Islamic art museums in the world. The building is located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur with 30,000 square metres and houses with more than eight thousands artefacts including an exceptional library of Islamic-art books. I have been given the opportunity to do my practical training here from 18^th June 2012 until 10^th August 2012. I worked from 9.15 AM till 6.00 PM (5.00 PM during Ramadhan or fasting month) on weekdays during this period of internship. 

  

INTERNSHIP POSITION AND JOB SCOPES DESCRIPTIONS 

I was assigned to work with the Department of Marketing and Events of the museum during my practical training. This department handles all the events that were held in the museum as well as visitors who came to the museum. There are no specific tasks that were given to me during this course of internship. Basically, I just help all the staffs in the department with their works. For example, I was doing most of the clerical jobs during my first week of internship. These clerical jobs are including filing and photostating of documents, pamphlets and brochures of the museum.

Another job scope for Marketing and Events department staffs is to guide any visits from schools, universities and etc. I became an observer and help a little bit during the staffs were guiding the visitors in the museum. Some of the groups that I managed to join and help are students from Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Korean ambassador and his delegations and delegations from Badan Amal dan Kebajikan Tenaga Isteri-isteri (BAKTI) which is the society for the wives of cabinet ministers and deputy ministers in Malaysia. The purpose and objective of this task are to get acquainted with the artefacts in the museum. Therefore, I started to learn gradually about the artefacts that are displayed in the museum by observing these groups visits. I learnt that the museum has 12 galleries which are architecture, Quran and manuscripts, India, China, Malay world, jewellery, textiles, arms and armour, coins and seals, metalwork, ceramics and living with wood galleries. The museum also has five domes and one unique inverted dome with Quranic verses decoration. The biggest artefact in the museum is the Ottoman Room in the architecture gallery.

In addition, there were two special exhibitions that were conducted during my course of internship at the museum and I managed to learn about these exhibitions through the visits that previous mentioned. The first special exhibition was the “Ann Dunham’s Legacy: A Collection of Indonesian Batiks”. The exhibition showcased twenty batiks from the private collection of Ann Dunham, President Barack Obama’s mother. The second special exhibition was the “Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum: Architecture in Islamic Arts”. This exhibition presented unique and rare artefacts that related to architecture in Islamic arts. Among the most notable artefacts on exhibit are a miniature entitled “16th century folio from the most famous series of paintings in Muslim art, the celebrated Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp; architectural elements like muqarnas and ornamented wood pieces from 15th century Spain; glazed turquoise earthenware elements from late 14th century Central Asia; tiled arches from 15th century Egypt; ornamental doors from 9th century Iran and 16th century Iznik tiles from Turkey. Both special exhibitions have taught me about the history of Ann Dunham and her batiks’ collection as well as Aga Khan with its selected artefacts from the Aga Khan Museum collection. 

After a while, I was given the task to conduct a tour guide for the primary school students from Sekolah Rendah Agama (SRA) Bandar Baru Rinching, Semenyih. It was a quite challenging experience because I have to handle kids with their hyperactive behaviour and inquisitive nature. However, it was a fun experience too as I was given the opportunity to educate these children about basic history of Islam through the artefacts in the museum. I also felt like I was teaching history to these students from what I have learnt in the classroom for the past 4 years.

Moreover, I was also fortunate to participate with an event that was organized by the museum which was the “The Royal Visit by H.R.H Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia” on 24^th July 2012. H.R.H is the royal princess from Thailand and daughter of the King Bhumibol Adulyadej who is the current King of Thailand. I was instructed to distribute museum guides to all guests that came together with the princess. Personally, I felt honoured to meet the princess in real life and participated in this very important event of the museum.

Assisting museum assistants was another job that I did during the internship. The job scope for museum assistant is mostly related with customer services. A museum assistant has to greet every visitor who enter the entrance door of the museum and collect payment for the entrance fees of the museum. The museum assistant also needs to explain a few rules that visitors need to follow during their visits in the museum. I also help them in recording the nationality of the visitors in order for the museum to make a statistics for their visitors. Any enquiries from the visitors need to be entertained by the museum assistants in order to give good hospitality and services to the visitors.

OVERALL EXPERIENCES

Firstly, I would like to thank the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia for allowing me to do my internship at the museum. I gained a lot of experiences during my 10 weeks course of internship. The internship gives me a unique working experience in a museum which not a lot of people can acquire. Working in a museum also requires a lot of patience, tolerance and endurance as people in here have to deal with fragile artefacts and visitors who have different attitudes. The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia also taught me that there are many beautiful Islamic art artefacts from the smallest thing such as ring, seal and coin to the biggest thing like monuments all around the world. These artefacts are evidences that demonstrate previous Islamic kingdoms and caliphates had a glorious achievement in arts during their time. Furthermore, I began to appreciate the Islamic arts and realized that I have taken things for granted when I am studying history in the classroom. I always think the Western civilization is more advanced in their arts and craftsmanship but I was wrong. The Islamic arts are equal with the Western arts. Besides that, lots of Islamic artefacts and their designs are far more beautiful and complex than the Western artefacts. There are also quite few objects that were made by the Western people which were inspired by the Islamic arts. This shows that the Islamic civilization has high quality in its arts and culture. For this, I would like to thank the museum for gave me such kind of awareness.

The internship also helps me to improve my communication skills as I need to face daily visitors who visit the museum. I have to greet and explain to them about the rules when visiting museum. Besides that, I have to ensure that I addressed my visitors properly according to their demographic so that they can understand what I am trying to say during the museum tour. I also need to hear what they want to say or comment about the museum and guide them to other places around the Kuala Lumpur if they ask for directions. This training also made me realize that there are many tourists from all over the world that come to Malaysia. Regular visitors who come to the museum are including from Japan, South Korea, China, United Kingdom, Australia, United States of America and Austria.

While this internship has given me quite few experiences, there are certain things that I want to highlight from what I have been through this internship. Firstly, I was quite disappointed with the Human Resource Department when they decided to not allow me to switch to Curatorial Affairs Department. Although I believe that I have learnt many valuable things in the Marketing and Events Department, but considering my area of specialization, i.e. history and civilization, Curatorial Affairs Department might be a more suitable option for me. This department deals greatly with the Islamic art artefacts and it was a quite waste that the museum did not fully utilized my talent in history because most of the history of the artefacts in the museum I have learnt them in the classroom. It is understood that the curators in the Curatorial Affairs Department are busy and engaged with their current works and future special exhibitions and this has been said as the main reason that I was not allowed to enter this department. However, it is my opinion that I should be exposed to this area of specialization even though in a short period so that I can feel what it is like to work in a Curatorial Affairs Department since the nature of the work in this department is closely related to my lectures and coursework in the university. I was a bit disheartened when I found out that there were no chances at all that I could join this department because the museum has stated in its official website “each intern will be placed in the department that is most appropriate for their line of academic studies” and I believe that Curatorial Affairs Department is most likely related with my degree programme compare to Marketing and Events Department.

It is suggested also that the museum could give allowances to the future interns. The cost of working in Kuala Lumpur is quite high and the interns could use some financial assistance from the museum in order to ease their financial strains during the internship. I believe any amounts that would be given to the future interns would be much appreciated by them.    

In addition, there are some errors that I found in the information panel for certain artefacts in the museum. For example, there is historical information that tells the visitor about the conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II which was happened in 1451 in the architecture gallery but the exact date was 1453. Another error was the description of the painting of Cave of Thur which was the cave during the Prophet hid when he embarked his hijra’ to Madinah in the Chinese gallery. But instead, the description informs that it was the Cave of Hira’. I was informed by the curators that it takes time to change all this error information but it is my viewpoint that the museum should not delayed the correction of all these information as it will give wrong information to the visitors of the museum continuously.   

I also want to further suggest that the museum should use the abbreviation of CE which stands for Common Era instead of AD (Anno Domini which means “in the year of the Lord (Jesus Christ)”) for all labels of the year of the artefacts. AD abbreviation stands out as a particularly direct reference to Jesus as Lord and this is contradict with the Islamic teachings because Muslims regard Jesus only as a prophet. Besides, this is an Islamic Arts Museum so that any references that sided with non-Islamic references should be avoided at all.

CONCLUSION 

Once again, I would like to thank the museum especially to the Marketing and Events Department staff for guiding me during my practical training here at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia. A special thanks to:

• Raihana Md Saad: Assistant Manager of Marketing and Events Department
• Mohd Romi Irwan: Senior Executive 
• Siti Nor Hanani: Senior Executive  
• Ahmad Azizan: Executive
• Zulhilmi: Museum Assistant
• Nur Anida: Museum Assistant
• Nor Liyana: Museum Assistant

 

I pray for many successes for the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia in the future.  It is hoped too that there will be a lot of future students from Department of History and Civilization, IIUM that would do their optional practical training in this museum. 

p/s: Tulisan kale merah sebenarnya adalah kritikan direct halus ak terhadap IAMM. Well nk wat cmne dh dlm report guideline ader satu part soh tules general view of the session from student's perspective. But terbuat in details plk instead of general. Nk wat cmne ak kan emo skit. Hahahaha

February

I always love February. Mybe it's because my birthday was on this month or I always get dis 'good vibes' during this month. Haha. Ap laa aku merepek ni. Soo post ni nk citer skit ap yg wat aku rasa bulan February 2011 ni best bg aku.

1. Britney & Gaga

Haa sape ag nk messed around dgn aku ?

The much anticipated new music video of Hold It Against Me by my beloved sister is out ! Yup dat's rite Britney Spears telah tampil kembali. Aku ader mix feeling skit for dis vid clip ni. Bg aku dancing dier takder la seWOW cm ap yg digembar-gemburkan n aku rasa dancing dier in Circus, Womanizer and If You Seek Amy lagi best n sexy. But still aku suka time Britney duk lompat2 lawan2 with herself pakai HEELS ! Sgt Chun Li dlm Street Fighter bg aku. Haha. Mmg terbaek r Brit duk lompat tendang2 bagai pakai HEELS. Aku klu bukak clip ni pon aku kan duk ulang byk kali part ni je. Hee. Still she looks GORGEOUS and BEAUTIFUL as ever. Hehe

The new single !

Other than Britney, Gaga also released her new single called Born This Way. Spt biasa la aku klu lagu Gaga ni 1st time aku dgr lagu dier mmg akn trus melekat. But dis time music Gaga laen skit tak cm lagu2 dlm The Fame Monster dier sblm ni. Tapi nipon aku judge based on Born This Way so xtau lak cmne lagu2 dier yg len dlm album baru dier ni nt. Born This Way ni cm lagu lama2 yg cm nak naekkan smgt org n rasa hepy je dgr. Well Gaga is full with surprises so let's just wait her other songs in the new album. : ) Btw MTV reported that "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Is Fastest-Selling Single In iTunes History. Song has sold more than 1 million downloads in five days." Hebat sioot !

Gaga looking cheerful with Jay Leno on Feb 14, 2011

2. Nuffnang.

Aku nk mengucapkan berbanyak terima kasih kepada Nuffnang pasal bg aku 4 tiket wayang free TGV sempena bday aku ritu ! Aku mula2 cm tak caya gak time dpt email from Nuffnang ni skali aku pon dgn selambanya g la opis Nuffnang kat Jalan Yap Ah Shak. Skali mmg dier btol2 kasi those free tiket wayang 2. Thank You Nuffnang and TGV !

4 free TGV movie tickets !

3. A.K.H.I (Kelab Anak-anak Berakhlak Islam).

Adek2 from Sekolah Bandar Baru Sentul. Ader gak yg datang from Sekolah Setapak Indah.

Aritu wat pertama kalinya dlm sejarah aku kat Yuyayiea ni aku join program di mana aku menjadi MENTOR for bdk2 skola rendah kat Sekolah Kebangsaan Setapak Indah. Haha for those who know me very well korg msti taw yg aku mmg tak suka join club2 ni n lebih suka bebas n tak terikat dgn pape societies. But this semester saje nk try sth new n some changes. Hehe. Besides aku ni mmg spjg idup tak suka bdk2 kecik and kat kg tu mmg tak penah lgsg ak nk beramah mesra dgn anak2 buah sedara mara 2. Tapi smua tanggapan benci kepada kanak2 telah berubah pabila my sister is currently pregnant with a baby boy. Terasa sgt hepy! So myb AKHI ni a beginning step for me to understand more about kids. Hee.  Pas dah g kem ni overall aku bole katakan kanak2 sekolah rendah ni tersangatla BISING ! Dorg ni sgt energetic and hyperactive. Spjg masa nk berlari, spjg masa nk bercakap, spjg masa nk terlompat dan spjg masa nk macam2 lagi. But dorg sgt responsive n layan je kiter klu kiter layan dorg. Klu kiter wat lawak bodo yg ntah papepon dorg akan gelak je. Gelak dgn sepenuh hati plk 2. Tibe2 aku dah lupa macam mana jadi bdk sekolah rendah n time jd mentor ni rasa hepy melayan dorg wlupon pening pala je ol da time. Oh dan kadang2 rasa sian kat dorg ni pasal dorg sbnrnya nk attention dr kitorg yg mentors ni. Actually mentees yg aku jaga ni kebanyakannya from low income families and some of them ader byk masalah kat rumah or tak ckup kasih sayang from their parents. Rasa terharu gak ader yg open dorg punya masalah kat aku n mmg spjg masa nk tarik perhatian aku je. Wut an experience. Hehe

Rindu gile tgk jadual klas sek rendah ni ! Haha

4. 53rd Annual Grammy Awards 2011

What's to hate about Grammy? It is full with great perfomances by great artists and an unforgettable award show of the year. Smua perfomances best2 bg ak. Cuma cm terkejut gak Lady Antebellum mmg sapu abes r smua awards yg gempak2 cm Song of The Year and Record of the Year. Kat bawah ni ader a few pictures from my favourite perfomaces from that night.  

Gaga debut her Born This Way ! POWERFUL !

Can't get enough with Bieber and Usher !

Paltrow and Cee Lo Green sing together !

Sedap plk tibe2 Katy Perry nyanyi live

Selekeh Rihanna and Drake

5. Wawa dan Aku.

Blanja Wawa Domino's Pizza. Mmg trus hancur diet Wawa ! Haha. Dan2 je taknk aku tgkp gmba muka dier n just tnjk henset dier je.

Ak ader kol Wawa time last day kol free celcom aku dpt sempena bday aku ritu. Pas borak2 n gossiping as usual Wawa bgtau yg wikend ni dier nk trun KL pasal dier nk kuar dgn kwn2 maktab dier g men ice skating kat Sunway Piramid. So cm biasa ak akn pastikan ak dpt jmpa Wawa tiap kali dier trun KL cm sblm2 ni. Mula2 plan nk jmpa ari Ahad sblm dier blk Lipis blk but pas dah bincang2 jmpa ari Jumaat pas dier dah smpi KL. Aku offer amek dier kat KL or mana2 KTM pas dier dah smpi KL den ingt nk sggh makan patu br anta dier blk kat umah mak cik dier @Sri Damansara. But she 'mysteriously' declined ckp dier taknk nek moto dgn ak n trus jmpa kat mana2 tmpt kitorng nk lepak. After a few failed attempts aku pujuk dier ak nk amik dier nek moto ak pon mengalah n janji nk jmpa dier trus kat Domino's Sri Damansara. Haha. Ak lanja Wawa makan 2 regular pizza (Classified Chicken and Extravaganza), satu set spicy chicken wings and 2 cans drinks. Wawa ckp sbnrnya dier dah 2-3 mggu tak makan nasi tp since ak nk lanja dier ni dier pon bedal r. Oh btw Wawa pakai mekap dah skang. Makin berseri2 la yew muka Wawa. Haha. Patu masih lagi wat aksi2 manja n comeyl dier smpi aku gelak besar pasal tak tahan tgk gelagat dier yg kebudak2an tuh. Seb bek la takder org dlm Domino's tu n kitorg je yg conquer. Ingt pas makan tu nk bwk Wawa jalan jap kat Tasik Sunway SPK Damansara skali senyap2 mak cik dier dah anta anak laki dier g amik Wawa kat Domino's ni. So tpksa la cancel n lenkali la aku plan nk bwk Wawa g sana. But ak smpt gak snap a few pictures dgn Wawa sblm blk. Hehe

Comeyl kan kitorg duorg? Haha

6. Jatuhnya seorg FIRAUN !

Tanggal 11 February sgt bermakna bg rakyat Mesir apabila Hosni Mubarak telah meletakkan jawatannya sebagai presiden Mesir. Akhirnya usaha rakyat Mesir selama 18 hari sehingga berlaku kekacauan di negara tersebut telah berjaya untuk mendesak presiden tua yg tak sedar dri tu letak jawatan tatkala beliau telah memegang jawatan tersebut selama 30 tahun ! Bapak lama giler. Terima kasih kepada Tunisia kerana telah memberi inspirasi kepada rakyat Mesir dan rakyat Arab di negara laen utk bangkit menentang kerajaan mereka yg terlampau corrupt selama ini. Aku sbg umat Islam pon amat bgga dgn rakyat Mesir kerana berjaya menggulingkan Presiden yg sgt corrupt tuh. Of kos it's a long way to go for Egypt but it's the first step for the Egyptians to restructure their countries as well as their societies sgt dahagakan revolution dan pembaharuan. Aku juga tak saba nk tgk reaksi Israel n US apabila puppet mereka telah tidak lagi berkuasa di Mesir. Mmg satu pembaharuan dalam situasi politik kat Middle East skang ni.

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7. R.A.S.I.O.N.A.L

Tiket wayang freeee. Hehe

Since dh dpt tiket wyg free mestila klu bole nk cpt2 tebus kan? Hehe. Mula2 aku ader ajk duorg kwn Yuyayiea aku ni nk tgk hindustan kat Capsquare but skali xjadi. Last2 minute aku cpt2 msg El and Yan ajak dorg tgk wyg ni. Mula2 ajak dorg tgk Hindustan kat Capsquare gak but pikir dorg dua 2 ader kat Shah Alam so aku dgn rela hati offer kat dorg aku dtg sana n tgk wyg kat sana je trus. Ak ader msg Nun patu tnya dier free ke x n as I expected dier mmg bz soo tak dpt la ajak dier. Patu El ader msg ak tnya nk ajak Syafiq Azharul Asmi x aku ckp ajak je la dier besides ader 4 tiket wayang kan so mmg ngam2 r.

On Saturday 19th February aku pon bangun awal den siap2 g Shah Alam cm ritu. Smpi KTM Padang Jawa El amik aku kat sni. El skang dah ader keta sndri sooo sng r dier nk gerak g mana2 n kompem pani ak mmg lagi akn giat ajak dier kuar. Dier br bwk keta g Shah Alam ni pas cuti raya cina ritu. Naek keta El wich currently air cond rosak den g amik Syafiq lak. Mula2 ak cm riso gak nk jmpa Syafiq ni pasal dah lama giler kot tak jmpa dier soo nt kang takut awkward je mmjg. Yela dah lama tak jmpa kan. Kang aku takut Syafiq byk senyap je n aku, El n Yan je byk ckp cm tak bape best la sgt. Skali pas dah jmpa Syafiq dier stil cm dlu kat skola n kitorg trus click. Hehe. Den amik Yan patu ktorg g Jusco Bukit Raja. Mula2 g tebus tiket wyg free tu with tickets The Mechanic patu g makan kat Mcd. Time kat Mcd Syafiq bukak citer dier yg pelik2 n klaka giler cmne dier jmpa certain kwn2 kiter sblm2 ni pas dah abes skola. Dier citer dier ader terjumpa Sam, Ilham, Safwa and kbayakannya mula2 time dier jmpa dorg ni smua dier tak cm dorg n bdk2 ni yg ingt dier je lbeyh. Haha. Patu ak sbg Penglipur Lara and arkib mula la start bgtau updates pasal besties kiter and ap yg dorg wat skang stakat yg aku tau la smbl dibantu oleh Yan and El. Patu Syafiq smbg ag citer dier watpe skang. Keja Syafiq tersangatla cool n ala2 Mr Hollywood gituh. Ohhh kepada rakan2 sekalian, Syafiq punya current girlfriend umur dier 6 (ke 4 ea Yan) tahun lagi tua dr kiter beb ! And dier n gf dier mmg sgt serius even smpi Syafiq dah kenal satu fmly pompuan ni smua. Mmg dier dh ckp abes degree ni dier nk kawen. Hebat tak hebat Syafiq ni upanya. Slalu aku dgr citer pompuan among kwn2 kiter yg ader couple dgn laki tua (Cuba la teka sape. Haha !) skali ader gak kwn laki aku yg couple dgn pompuan yg lbeyh berumur dr kiter. Dah cm Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore kot ! Nice r Syafiq. Mmg bising r kitorg borak kat Mcd tu smpi aku pasan ader mamat2 n minah2 cina duk sblh aku ni duk pandang wat muka tak puas hati je mmjg.

Syafiq and El

Pas makan layan wayang. Masuk2 je cinema dah stat skit movie tu upanya. Time mula2 tu aku n Yan dah ngantuk giler n rasa nk tdo je skali tibe segar balik pasal byk action n aksi2 yg ganas smpi wat aku duk mengeletat and tak duk diam. Kesimpulannya citer The Mechanic ni action je lbeyh n takder motif pon. Seb bek tiket free and aku takde rasa menyesal r tgk citer ni. Tp yg tak tahan pas aku blk umah bukak2 je Rlslog.net dah ader pon R5 punya quality citer ni. Haha cm siot je. Tapi takpe at least yg dloadnya bole layan scene yg dier duk potong kat wayang tuh. Hehe. Pas wayang g lepak kat mamak lak pasal Yan nk copy citer kat aku n aku pon mmg bwk hard disk aku skali cuz El pon nk sedut gak ap yg patut from ak. Upa2nya Syafiq pon cm ak and El suka dload2 gak n update movie cm kitorg gak. Mmg makin rancak ag r kitorg smbg borak kat mamak ni lak. Cite pasal movies ni la tu la. Series pon Syafiq layan gak. Patu dier pon layan One Piece and anime and KOREA makin excited la Yan gak duk melayan Syafiq ni. Den citer pasal technology tak benti2 - unifi, 4G, fibre optic, laptop n etc.  Time borak2 ni Syafiq tak abes2 gak stop kitorg punya conversation and suh kitorg pandang bnda sekeliling ktorg. Smua bnda dier ckp smart ap yg dier pandang ni. Yela mata photographer ni ader je bnda abstract yg mata kasar cm aku ni ha tak nmpk dier nmpk. So perhatian kpada Arep Sukarno aku rasa bolela ko bawak Syafiq ni g pape meeting Lomo ko pani. Haha. Other than that, aku dlm hati mmg hepy giler Syafiq sekepala dgn ak, El n Yan. Pani klu ajak kuar ramai2 ader r geng nk borak. Ni tak tiap kali kuar ramai2 tak abes2 topik utama yg dibincangkan oleh dorg ni panjat gunung, marathon dualthon and wutev thon, lari, bola and pape yg related dgn sukan2 ni. Maklumla kbanyakannya besties aku ni skang dah fetish kat smua bnda ni aku n segelintir je tak. Hahahaha.

Pas dah duk borak2 baru pasan yg kitorg ni smua dulu klas Rasional time kat skola dlu. Haha nice2.

Borak punya borak dah kol 7pm den kitorg pon beransur la pulang. Anta Yan balik den ak, Syafiq n El lepak umah sewa El dlu pasal turn El lak nk copy citer2 from aku.  Patu kitorg ader gak bukak gmba2 lama time skola dlu n duk gelak2 ingt balik citer2 lama. Dlm kol 9.30 cm2 aku pon mintak El anta ak blk g KTM pasal takut termiss train cm ritu. Once again Shah Alam tidak menghampakan aku n wat aku sgt hepy pasal dpt jmpa dorg2 ni. Hehe.

Yay dpt hadiah bday ni from Yan. Dahla aku skang mmg tgh hadap Catherine the Great ni. Thanks a lot Yan ! Pandai ko bg adiah with the right timing. Xx

So I guess tu je la kot list of events yg wat aku hepy dlm bulan February ni. Of kos February tak abes ag but aku tau mggu last February ni mmg tak menarik lgsg pon bg aku pasal aku bz dgn test2 and assignments yg bodo2 tuh. Papepon terima kasih February 2011 kerana berjaya membuatkan aku hepy ! Hehe

p/s: Excited nk g Yogjak ! Hee