Road to Degree

Assalamualaikum and hellooo to the cutie pies who's reading this right now.

I've decided to start writing again to document what's happening in my life right now since recently I've been accepted to a university to continue my undergraduate studies after asasi. Alhamdulillah I got an offer from UTM, which is Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, to pursue my degree in Biomedical Engineering!

To be honest, when I first read the UPU results, my heart was beating so fast and I had to read the screen of my laptop a few times before I could grasp the full information. The first thing I saw was written in brackets: Bio-Perubatan, and I was ecstatic! I was really really excited! But then my eyes trailed again to the sentence and I finally caught it: Sarjana Muda Kejuruteraan. Kejuruteraan. In Bio-Perubatan. And then I stopped dead.

Engineering?? What??

At that moment, I was in utter disbelief. I was so surprised that I couldn't wrap my mind around it at first. For a few minutes I stared at my laptop screen, my mouth hanging, my eyes couldn't believe what they were seeing. Being shocked was totally an understatement. I was genuinely dumbfounded.

You would be wondering why was I so surprised! It's because of this simple reason: I had been trying to avoid engineering all my life. It scares me somehow. Maybe it's because I don't have the confidence in maths and physics, and I feel more comfortable in biology most of the time. So getting engineering was like something that was out of the norm for me!

But still I had to be grateful! I reminded myself that Allah knows the best for me, and that got me thinking for a few days, until now. I'm still not used to the idea of me persuing engineering, but when I thought about it deeply, I was still majoring in something that I am fond of, which is Biomedical. It's just I'm going to learn about the technicalities of it.

So a few days ago, I was scrolling through youtube, and I found a video of Ustaz Nouman Ali Khan, labeled Try New Things. It indeed opened my eyes a bit, because he lectured about the problems of the youth nowadays of being so afraid of trying new things and learning new stuffs. He also talked about not being scared of failing, because failure is good for you, because only through failure, you can know the holes in the wall, you will figure out what are your strength and weaknesses, and you can work on it. And from there, you will find out your true self.

I was really inspired by this. It made me realize that I should take the chance of venturing into the field of engineering, which is definitely something new for me. Ustaz also stated that our life is short, and we should take all the opportunities to learn different things, and not be afraid to do so.

Then, I started searching about Biomedical Engineering and found lecture videos in Yale University about the course, and I was completely intrigued by it! It was things that sparked my interest, and I didn't even realize it all this time. Biomedical Engineering actually contributed A LOT to the world's health sector, and we never knew! Some of them are like X-Rays, CT scan, hearing aids, contact lenses, dialysis, cosmetic surgeries and so much more. Those were all invented by Biomedical Engineers and I just think that its sooooooo cool!!

Now I have high hopes on myself to do the very best in this course, to become a renowned, respected, person in this field in the near future, and to contribute to the ummah, and also the society. (A dream should be big, yes? It should be set high!)

In about two weeks, I'll be registering at the JB campus, and there are still so many preparations to do. But I hope you will send your prayers with me.

That's all for now. If you're going to UTM too, I hope we'll cross paths!