Snippets so far: The ups and downs

So my friend set up a blog so that her family could see updates about her life in Turkey for the next few years. She’s studying Usuluddin there. Credits to my dear friend for that idea….so here goes Bismillah!

Day 1:

I still remember that day to be very stressful and surreal. Ramai sangat orang datang sampai tak dapat jumpa some of my friends. My muka also kerut psl stress sgt haha. But when the mufti (*screams) jumpa all of us and gave a small and powerful tazkirah, it slowly dawned on me that im going to be living alone and studying in a foreign land. Air mata memang dah mcm banjir ah lepas tu.

Anyways! Our flight to Jordon went smoothly and we reached Queen Alia Airport around 3+am. My very first time stepping onto Jordon soil…and breathing the air haha. History in the making. Seriously seh, selalu dengar cerite psl Mesr,Syria and Turkey even but Jordon never crossed my mind before. I had no single clue about this country and mcm pergi without any expectations. I just know that its expensive and has four seasons.

The journey frm Amman to Irbid takes ard 2 hours but because of an unfortunate incident (i.e tayar pancit/koyak) smpai our hostel an hour late. My roommates were 2 girls frm Aljunied and my classmate frm alsagoff. We were taken aback by the state of our apartment because it looked like it was vacant for a long time (i.e the amount of dust). So air dia is pakai pump and you have to on the switch for 30min then close it back for water to come in. We didn’t know which switch at first so….phm2 lah.

Day 2:

Ok…so we got our house and discussed what we needed to buy at Carrefour. Theres 3 malls that sg students normally buy their stuff which is Arabella mall, Irbid mall and Carrefour. Ade satu pasar juga nama dia souqul balad…tempat barang2 murah tapi blm pegi situ psl jauh and seniors tk recommend pegi sorang for the first time.

On this day (16^th sept) was the orientation plus mini tour ard yarmouk uni. We went to Pustel (rumah students msia buat gatherings) and kakak VP SIRAJ ajar mcm mane nk log in to the student portal and register subjects. Lepas tu we were divided according to which takhassus we chose and the seniors went through the subjects that we were required to take in order to graduate. Ade Bahasa korea pon like omg daebak. Theres even P.E and an Aesthetic subject wow. Mmg tk sabar ah nk start class lepas bebual dgn kakak2. Over here also ade markaz lughah and Quran for us to learn ammiyah (Bahasa pasar) and baca dgn sanad. In sha Allah we all wanted to join. Since most of us are only taking 3 subjects for the first sem and I only go to sch for 2 days in a week (ikr 0_0).

Day 3:

So far we only went to Carrefour and Irbid mall utk beli barang and let me tell you….the prices here are kinda ridiculous esp for barang2 keperluan tapi in sha Allah once we know which brand yg bagus and affordable da blh mcm estimate nk belanje brape ah. Mmg nk kene explore sendiri ah takkan sikit2 nk tanya kakak2 but they did follow us to kind of advice on what and what not to buy. Alhamdulillah.

Pagi we makan nasi dgn lauk melayu (YAY) kat restaurant Nur Malaysia mmg sedap dan dpt lepaskan rindu makanan sg skejap. Lepas tu vacuum and rearrange furniture in our room. Then we naik atas rumah my other classmate tingkat 3 dia tinggal dgn kakak2 madrasah lain. We lepak dgn dorg and tolong kemas2 sikit (act tk ah bebual je bnyk) lepas tu pegi makan Nur Malaysia lagi this time I makan mee goring basah. Masin dia level 10 ah mcm rempah pon tk rasa sgt tapi tkpe experiment ye.

Ok! So begitulah our first days in Irbid. The weather here average cume afternoon matahari glaring sgt2. The first two nights we slept kat living room psl bilik semua tkde kipas lepas tu tidur kat bilik psl aircorn terlalu sejuk and badan sakit tidur atas sofa cushion. Malam dan pagi angin cooling sikit. They said that sepatutnya by this time summer should be over but because they said this year’s winter is gonna be the longest in 3 years….skrng masih panas. Tk sabar nk sejuk tapi takut ah haha.

Shoutout to our seniors here cos we seriously could not do anything by ourselves for the past 2/3 days straight.

Logging out,

Assalamualaikum semua J