Tuesday, August 26, 2008

My first experience....

assalamualaikum sume....
huhuhu....
it's been a long time that i didn't update my blog...
and i'm very2 sorry for that....
huhuhu...guess where i a rite now????
i'm in the States!!!!
Oh my God...i've been here for almost two weeks,
and i miss malaysia so much....
bak kate org, hujan emas di negeri orang, hujan batu di negeri sendiri...
i've enroll to Iowa State University, Iowa as a freshmen of chemical engineering major(which i didn't think of pursuing it in my whole life!!)...
hahaha.....
let me tell you all, what were the feeling and circumstances that i went through when i first arrived here in the States,Iowa particularly....
it was such an experience to go through...i feel like crying when i arrive to Des Moines (capital of Iowa) Airport...there was nobody to fetch me and i am totally alone....
then, i saw a machine that provide phone card...immediately, i went to the machine and purchased a phone card worth $20...i thought, with that phone card, i can call anywhere with more than 100 minutes talk..but, unfortunately, to call local area, it's only for 1 hour, and international call only 30 min...
i couldn't believe it, that phone card was so(3000x) expensive...urgh...sakit tol hati....
hahahahaha.....erm, before that, i just forget my luggage...it's lost..but, with the efficiency of the airport service, they can track it and i got back my luggage after 2 hours...huhuhu...
okay, back to the phone card story...i called Iowa State admissions and asked for transportation which i have already made a reservation on it, and they said it will come in a few minutes...hahaha...i few minutes????it takes a few hours!!!!!hahaha...
after calling Iowa State, i called home, where i left two days earlier...and i can reach them, but, the person that i want to talk to wasn't there..i feel miserable that time...i cried actually, but try to cover it from my sister,kak maah, who picked up the call...
waaaa!!!!abah, uya nak cakap ngan abah.....isk3........and then, abg amin gave me abg lan's phone number, which abah was with him that night (13 of august malaysia time, but 13 august morning in Iowa) visiting my niece ika(broke her arm).....i try to reach them ( my phone card only 15 min left) but it was such a waste of my phone card....my call just turned into voice mail..and my phone card lost value just like that....(i made two or three call,no body answered)....
okay, enough for that.....hurm now, after the van has fetched me up...we went to the temporary housing that university rent for the international student who arrive earlyt....erm, it's still okay...
but, for almost three days stayed there, i couldn't find any malaysian...argh...i couldn't find any halal food...and for that three days, i didn't eat at all....huhuhu...and the result, i caught fever..huhu...for three days, i just stay in the room ( walaupun sesak nafas dgn Chinese yg kongsi bilik sama merokok), online...chat with friends, kak intan, iwan,ayie, abg taufiq(my cousin),emailed kak ayu and abg zahurin,also kak sya....they all sympathized me for what happen..huhuhu...hurm..
only after two days, i could contact my seniors from malaysia with the help from vincent, ammar's blog, and email from sky...huhuhu.....
hurm...what a nightmare i've been through all my life...hahaha, i've never been in such situation before...hahahaahaha...
but still, sampai sekarang, i tak penah bercakap dengan abah saye lagi since two weeks i arrive here(dengan mak da penah,so, okay la)...abah!!!!!i miss you so much....and, melalui information i get from my family, from my abangs and kakaks, abah demam sebab risau kan uya....uya pon same abah....abah jangan risau..uya kat sini okay...senior kat sini sume baik2...huhuhu.....
abah!!!!!kalau lah, abah dapat baca blog ni...uya rindu sangat kat abah, mak, kakak, abang, kawan, family, malaysia......
and thats all for now,tanak ckp lebey2...nnti banjir pulak bilik kat umah kak yati ni...
huuhuhuhuhu.....

wassalam....

p/s: to those who will pursue their study abroad, if you don't want to get the same experience as me,pliz get a friend and contact all seniors before your departure.so that, you don't have to have the same thing that i've been through...hahahaha....remember, don't travel alone if you don't have the courage to go through all things...=)

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sapura, I am so PROUD of you!!!! You are a big girl now, I have faith in you. You have hurdled the first unpleasant encounter and I am sure you will do fine. Keep your chin up and just embrace the experience good or bad alright. You are not alone Sapura, you have your family. friends and your teacher here praying for you there. So dont worry alright. Remember you are not alone, we will follow you every step of the way.

All the best!!!

Anonymous said...

iskh3 very sad la ur story......i'm drown in tears......cool la.....u can do it......i'll be in canada.....ready to help u......hehehehehehehe

fiza said...

hi sapura..

i reached ur blog from wiz's...hehehe...read ur story n it made me smile...i experienced the same thing when i 1st landed london heathrow 8 years ago...huhuhu...macam flash back...but it was a very exciting and colourful journey i had in the u.k...anyway, wishing you all the best for ur new life in states..take care..!

Anonymous said...

eh, duk umah kak yati lg ek?

Ammar Faris said...

wow sapura!!! i didn't know that you have had this kind of experience..you are really a tough girl.. hold on to your principles okay... be urself..and at the same time mingle with people.... yeah for my first year.. it's kind of hard to find 'halal' food here.. esp when living in the resident hall... nway i think i can survive and i'm definitely sure that you can...tiga hari x makan..ko biar betul???

gud luck yer.... semoga berjumpa kat mana2 pelosok tempat kat US nih..hehehe....:)

Anonymous said...

saalm sapura..k.jaja in da house!!!:D ape kaba?still kat rmh k.yati eh?hows classes?
sedih akk bace story awk nih..tp itula pengalaman, kan..sekurang2nye skang awk dah blh bg nasihat kat adik2 junior yg nk dtg study kat obersea..supaya tak rasa ape yg awk dah have been thru..hehe
boring2 visit fp akk keh..
take k!

uya ahmad said...

sapura>>>>ms wiz...
elo teacher.....huhuhu..thanks, i, myself couldnt believe i can went through all that alone..yeah, i stil got HIM by myself,whenever i feel lonely...i'll never forget where i came from...i'll make sure, someday, all hard work from family, teachers, friends, and also my sponsor akan terbalas..klau tak dari saye, mgkn dari ALLAH....insyaALLAH...setidak-tidaknye, segala segala sumbangan from all of you worth rite!!!

chaiyok2 sapura!!!!

uya ahmad said...

sapura>>>syazli

huhuhuh..ok,ko ade kat canada..ntah bile la ko nak lawat aku kan, visa pon tarak..hahahah...




sapura>>>warx

huhuh,yup, actly, kdg2 saye rase cm menyusahkan kak yati la...erk...bile la nak pndh ni...



sapura>>>kak fizafarizah

huhuhu...owh, so, u have experienced such thing..wow!!!kagum nye saye...someday, i think, saye pon akan tersenyum balik klau terbace cite cmni kot..huhuhuhu...thanks for wishing me......hope to know u better..=>

uya ahmad said...

sapura>>>ammar

eyh, ammar, ko tatau ye????
huhuhu...saje je takmo bgtau org(padahal sume org tau)...hahahaha....ala, ko la lawat aku...bukan jauh pon chicago ngan cni, nek flight satu jam lbey je....huhuhu......






sapura>>>kak jaja

hye kak jaja...kaba bek je..huhhu...alamak, malu plak bile org yg duk dekat2 ni bace blog kite..hahaha...yup, stil kat umah kak yati..huhuhu..yup, leyh cite pngalaman yg tak sume org ley lalu..heheh..ok..=)

Anonymous said...

uya..salam ramadhan!!!take care..nt belajar masak tau waktu berbuka..kakak2 sane mmg bijak masak memasak!!take care dear :)