Steps to Prosperity

Nowadays, final year students are somehow spoiled and really not behaving the way they should. This is the opinion of one of my lecturers. In final year, but still are not independent, making a problem with Mahallah offices if they were not given their rooms. In final year, but still are not confident, afraid to do final year project or to go to an interview or doing practical training alone. In final year, but still acting like there are in first year. That’s from my teacher. For me, I didn’t have a normal childhood so I don’t know what an average Child-Joe thinks. I really don’t understand people who don’t want to grow up, those people who want to stay young and cute forever, and those people who don’t want to accept that the fact that one day they have to stand up on their own. Alhamdullilah, for giving me something that made me want to be more mature and independent. So far, I’m almost totally independent from my family, I don’t take a single penny from them. I eat, wear, and use

“It may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allah knows but you do not know.” Alhamdullilah, for taking that thing away from me, even though it hurt me a lot. I really like something before, and really wanted it. However, Allah took it away from me. I felt down and took me a very long time to let go of it. Allah knows better. If I got that thing, the thing that I really really wanted, my life would be a disaster, and my future will be ruined. I realized this last week. I did my best to keep it for myself and act cool for one night. But I don’t think I can stand living with that thing more than that. Allahmdullilah, for taking many things, many people from my life. Those things and people who would make me a worse person. Thanks to Allah, I’m a better person that before. Oh Beloved, Take away what I want... Take away what I do... Take away what I need... Take away everything... That takes me from you.

This is the topic of my final year project in short FYP. I chose with my favorite lecture, Qasim sensei, as we share the same interest of modelling and simulation. I chose to work alone as I want to train for my Jump-to-Phd plan. So far, I would say I did only 1% of the work, for obvious reasons. From now on, I will focus my life on someone, I forgot about him for years...He is me. Anyway, tentative plan for tomorrow: 08:00 am: Go to sports center to give back some keys 08:30 am: Control System 10:00 am: Computer Aided Design 11:30 am: Engine Design (Best Class) 01:00 pm: Go to clinic and dentist 05:00 pm: FYP with Qasim Sensei 08:00 pm: Swimming with my best friend 10:00 pm: Eating and watching "How I met Your Mother" 11:00 pm: Sleeping This is the tentative plan. It might not be followed exactly, that's why they are called tentative. Sometimes we plan, but things do not go as we planned because Allah has planned something better for us.

Sponsored transportation from KL to Melaka. Free stay in a nice hotel for two nights and free lunch for two day. And on the top of that, meeting people from all other the worlds and watching the best fights from the best fighters. Indeed, I'm lucky. And for that, I say Alhamdullilah. Sometimes, I forgot how special and unique I am, and I forgot that this uniqueness is not because of I wanted it. It is because that I was chosen, among millions, I was the chosen. Praise to He Who Chose me. Going back to the topic, it was a really nice day. Alhamdullilah. And it was very special day, as I met a lot of my senseis and senseis I know...Sensei Rijal, sensei Yong, sensei John, sensei Najwa, sensei Fadhil, sensei Alexander, sensei Elai, sensei Amsha, and most importantly, I met the one who taught me the ABC of karate, sensei Hardi. Also, I got the opportunity to buy karate equipment and uniforms in a very attractive price. I got to buy Shurido Gi with RM650, meaning 60% off. However, con

MEC4601 is one of the most interesting courses in automotive engineering. Today I had three hours lecture by the beloved lecturer. Basically so far, we learned about the cams and camshafts. Also, we started learning about the engine balancing. Since I’ve finished already the course Kinetics and Dynamics of Machineries, these two topics was not that difficult. In the previous class, we learned about balancing engines with one, two, three, four, five, and even six in line cylinders. Also, there was a brief about V type engines balancing. I made this simplified model of four in line cylinder engine. Next project will by V-6 engine!

“When I come to think of it, there are so many things I wanted to do. I wanted to be a school teacher. I wanted to become an engineer. I wanted to be a cook. I wanted to go to a bunch of doughnut shops and ask one of everything. I even wanted to stop the ice-cream man in his truck and tell him to give me one of everything he had as well. Oh dear, I wish I could have five different lives instead of one. Then I could have been born in five different towns instead of one, I could have been raised by five different families. I could have eaten five lifetime's worth of food, I could have grown up to have five different careers, and... And in every one of those lives, I would have fallen in love… with the same person, five different times. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING…GOODBYE” The Tragedy of My Life, Final Act