Our First Day in IIUM Kuantan

We are three ex-Matriculation students from CFS IIUM Petaling Jaya named Amar Ridzwan from Besut, Terengganu, Affende Sazuki from Banting, Selangor , and Azizi Rosli from Puncak Alam, Kuala Selangor, Selangor.

Name	Description	Facebook	Twitter
Amar Ridzwan	Wearing spectacles Tall Cartoon lover	Amar Ridzwan	@amarridzwan
Azizi Rosli	Intermediate Height Cartoon Lover Like to surf the internet	AziziNET	@azizinet00
Affende Sazuki	A bit genius Loves Mathematics Happy go lucky	Muhammad Affende	@muhammadaffende

When we were in CFS IIUM, we thought that IIUM Kuantan is a boring place compared to its counterpart in Gombak. We never heard of IIUM Kuantan before we reached CFS IIUM in Petaling Jaya, we were like "What?! There is a campus in Kuantan? I never heard of it!".

Even worse was when we went to IIUM Kuantan during educational trip that had been organised by PRESSS which is one of the society in CFS IIUM to represent Physical Science student. It was really quiet back then, IIUM Kuantan. Perhaps, it was because the seniors weren't there due to semester break. We developed a negative mindset pertaining to the campus.

On 3rd of September, we registered here. It wasn't like what we thought, it was full of people, and the environment was truly different from what we saw during the trip. The committees were nice, they always smile, and they guided us during the registration day. It makes our registration process ran smoothly.

taken from http://ex-cfsiiumstudents.blogspot.com

One of the most worrying thing as a new student is the orientation. In IIUM, the orientation is called Ta'aruf Programme. To tell the truth, it was really demanding, it demanded our patience, and it was intolerable at first when it started exactly after the registration, but then we eventually get used to it. Just imagine a day or two full of protocols and briefings that we tried to concentrate on, but forgot a minute after.


Before the ta'aruf programme, we found out that there were two groups of hostels that are situated outside from the campus, the closer Tabari in IM7, and the further Tabari in IM2. A little frustated at first, but then we were very glad that even though we don't get to stay inside of the campus, we get to stay in the closer hostel in IM7, the hostel is closed to a lake which is beautiful, and in front of it is Sri Manja boutique hotel.

At first, we were with our family, then, it was very sad knowing the fact that we were going to separate and stay far from our family. If it isn't because we have our friends and dreams here, we may not be living here far from our family. We know that it was a great sacrifice, but we need to move on, to pursue our dream, our parents dream, to fulfill our duty as vicegerents and slave of Allah swt.



Who would have thought, that IIUM Kuantan is a fun place, despite the fact that our Kulliyyah is the furthest Kulliyyah in the campus. The architecture of the building, the masjid, the design, the trees surrounding it, and the seniors. IIUM Kuantan, being a symbol of islamicisation, who couldn't be proud being a chapter of it. We were blind back then during the trip, but the first day we were here as a student of IIUM Kuantan changed our views of our own campus.

Masjid Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah IIUM Kuantan

Admin Building, Kulliyyah of Science

Experience IIUM Kuantan, try to understand IIUM Kuantan, and you will know IIUM Kuantan is a fun place to be in. The fact that it is called quiet isn't true, it is not quiet, but calm.