Of Arabic, Halaqah, Tests and Friends

Arabic Language subject now is confirmed to carry credit hours. My course, Elementary Arabic Language Part 1 will carry 2 credit hour. So now Arabic will affect the CGPA. It doesn't matter much to me as I have basic in Arabic and I mostly revising what I've learned for PMR level. Insya-Allah, I would be able to score in Arabic.

Halaqah grouping is out too, I'm assigned to group IB55. The Naqib is Bro. Mohd Hafis from Economics Programme. Halaqah session will commence this Friday and the attendance will contribute to FKM mark.

Quite busy with tests this week namely for Mathematics and Chemistry while Physics is scheduled next Monday. Today it's already one month I've been a student of Matriculation Centre IIUM and so far it had been good. Lots of new friends and things to learn.

Heh, check out some of my friends pictures below:


Is it Arif? Or is it Arifah?
Note: This is not me nor my father.


Is it Amir? Or is it Amirah?


The Blogger at Class

My Setup

Some of you wight wonder, what does it means by 'Blog Wirelessly' that I wrote at the side bar? No, I don't use a Notebook to post my ramblings, there's no wireless network at MCIIUM even. The answer? See below:



A combination of Nokia 3650 and Palm Wireless Keyboard, that's it. =) Officially Nokia 3650 doesn't support any keyboard right out of the box. But a little venturing of the internet told me enough to make this setup possible.

Although a foldable keyboard, the keys are very comfortable. It even surpass the feel of most PC and notebook keyboards. So, this solution made blogging, email and lengthy note taking possible. I also upload picture from the phone to my photoblog.

The cost of one post? RM0.20 (1 minute over Celcom dial-up [Biz package]), cheaper than calling everybody to update them what's I'm up to. My, it cost the same as an SMS to non-Celcom number. So, in my humble opinion this is a cost-effective solution.

Happy Blogging to all, no matter what method you use.

Two New Blogs

I'm glad to announce that today I've created two new blog. Each created for a different purpose (of course, what else?).

The first blog is FKM 1113, dedicated to share notes from the Fundamental Knowledge for Muslims: Introduction to Islam course I'm taking this semester. Although just in form of short notes, I hope many would be able to benefit from it.

Second blog is Tinta Ibnu Ariff, created solely to practice my native language in writing. Now I realize that it is my Malay Language which is getting rustier because the use of dialects and slangs. Not to mention of my own preference to communicate in English at times and the use of English as first language here in MCIIUM to top it of. Insya-Allah, this would be a good 'Anti-Rust' treatment and hopefully would maintain my edge in Bahasa Melayu.

Surf these two new blogs at:

http://www.ibnuariff.com/fkm

http://www.ibnuariff.com/tinta

i-Fest Closing Ceremony & Grand Charity Dinner - 3 July 2004

Venue: Main Hall, Cultural Activity Centre, IIUM Gombak Campus

Time: 8-11pm

Program:

Intellectual Fest Closing by Acting Rector, Prof. Ismawi bin Hj. Zen.

Dinner

Performances:

Tan Sri SM Salim
Apa Nak Jadi
Dulu Lain Sekarang Lain

Aikido
- This one is awesome, complete with 'human bench' formation. An impressive feat to hold up to three people on the 'human bench'.

Silat
- 'Parang' duel! Sparks of fire emitted when the 'parangs' clashed. From Persatuan Seni Silat Gayung.

International Performance by Students from Djibouti
- Three traditional dance with African and Arabic influences.

In-team
Ajibtu
Halimatus Saadiah (New Song)
Kalimah Cinta

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Sorry for the sparse posting, a bit busy with assignments and all that but at least there's a rough idea of what going on. Although our matriculation programme is quite pact with all those university required course such as English, Arabic, FKM (Fundamental Knowledge for Muslims) and Computer we do have many interesting activities going on. Much to the envy of our friends in KPM Matriculation Centre.

By the way, we also had Forum Bicara ad-Deen last Wednesday at al-Malik Faisal Hall, Matriculation Centre in collabration with IKIM.fm - the topic is "Generasi Muda Islam Menggalas Harapan". The panelist are Ustaz Wan Sohor, our very own Arabic lecturer and Ustaz Mohd Zamri, an IIUM graduate. We also had performance by De'Hearty.

Well, that's it for today. Will blog again later.