11.12.2009
i take LE 4500 with bro. Shamsul Anuar this semester. this is my second time to be in his class. the first time was in first year first semester for Intensive Writing. isn't that irony i start my degree with him and end it with him too? well, the first baju kurung that i wore in matriculation was also the last baju kurung i wore in matriculation. and absolutely i will wear the same baju kurung that i wore when i first came to IIUM at my last day. get the pattern?
ok. back to the topic. i was so lazy during my first year. In bro Shamsul Anuar's class i always came 30minutes late. I have never passed up any homework that he asked me to do and didn't do any drafts for the term paper. when the final comes and all the students must submit the term paper, i simply copied from the internet and changed it here and there. surprisingly he gave me 18/20. obviously i didn't deserved it! now that i am more mature and responsible, i want to repay all the bad things i have done to him, come early to his class and of course finish all his homework without PLAGIARIZING!
my first assignment that he asked me to do. NO MARKS but i still do it faithfully. :)
ps: structurally and grammatically not edited yet.
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LE 4500 Section 3
Bro. Shamsul Anuar
Personal Essay
It was quite a long time since I last wrote an essay about myself and personal information of me. I think it is quite fun to write about myself now since I am in the midst of searching and determining my future as I am about to graduate soon. Let me first start with an introduction of my background information. My name is Norhasliza Hashim. Friends call me Has while lecturers prefer to call me as Liza. I don’t mind about that and later I start using Liza whenever I deal with strangers or in official matters. In the meantime my family call me Kak Nyah as I am the second daughter from four siblings. I was born in Ipoh, Perak and never lived anywhere outside Ipoh since then. In Ipoh, I received my education in Sekolah Menengah Teknik Ipoh which I took Commerce as my major.
Before I entered the Matriculation Center in Petaling Jaya (MCIIUM) or now is called Center For Foundation Studies, I studied Accounting at Perlis Matriculation Center for a month. I found it was hard for me to cope with the things I learned in Mathematics class and as a result I failed its very first test. I was so depressed back there and I quit the programme. I was the first and the last time I failed. At first, I took English Linguistics and Literature in the Matriculation Center just because I have no other options. I didn't find any interest neither in Linguistics nor Literature. All I learned was just because I have nothing to do except being a student. After one and a half year there, I entered the International Islamic University Malaysia.
The life in IIUM is quite challenging as to compare with the life in MCIIUM. I even come to an extend to hate Literature during my two years of study here. I also decided to specialized in Linguistics. As time goes by and I have learned many things from many subjects I have taken, I started to like Literature more. That is why I choose both Linguistics and Literature as my specialization. Apart from that, I also realized the important and significant of learning English Linguistics and Literature. For me, language is a wide range of knowledge. I can learn many things from it. So to speak with other courses too but personally, language also deals with sociology, psychology, political science, laws, history, science and other things. Everything in this world is made up with language. All fields use language aren't they? I also take a minor in Communication. The reason for this is actually I want to improve my communication skills. Alhamdullilah, I have gained many useful skills by taking Communication as a minor subject. Well, communication is the key of everything. It is an advantage if we have the ability to use suitable communication in communicating with others as it can help us to deliver the message clearly.
I am graduating this semester or otherwise I would not have not taken this subject. To talk about my life after graduation is quite intriguing I guess. I haven’t decided yet but I will not pursue for a Master in the time being. I still have ambition for that and pursuing a Master was my first choice actually. However, I think it is best for me to work first and gain some experiences because I have never worked before. All these while I have been living happily in my comfort zone and I am sure this is the best time for me to face the challenging world. I want to support myself and family using my money and I want to teach myself how to be dependent.
Teaching line or corporate line are two matters that I have to choose after graduation. Both are giving me a great opportunity and experience. In corporate sector, it will give a huge amount of rage but the downturn is I will become very busy. I am a woman and I will have husband to take care of and children to look after. This is life after all right? We have to choose one for another. At this moment, I see my future as a English or Communication lecturer in college or university and in other time after I have gained a lot of experience and money, I will go for a Master in Literature. I hope to see myself in that situation in recent time but I have to ensure myself this is the right decision first. InsyaAllah.
