The Colours ♥f My Life™: My Second Semester in USM: A Summary

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

My Second Semester in USM: A Summary

I am a person who really value memories. And documenting memories is the best thing one could do to avoid from losing them. Knowing me who keeps on forgetting and losing things, it is best that I write it here. Of course, I am writing only nice wonderful memories that I would like to read again when I'm an old lady with 54 grandchildren ;)

Since I have too many stories to be documented (haha..), let me start with this first. This is, dear readers, the story of a part of my life - the simple life of being a student.

So I started the semester with a hiking trip to Pantai Kerachut with my fellow MBA lecturers and friends (click here to read the complete story). I took 5 subjects in my first semester and another 5 in my second semester. Which leave me with another 4 subjects to complete before I could attain my MBA. As an MBA Sustainable Development student, below are the subjects that I have taken/will be taking to complete the whole programme. You can actually choose which subjects you want to take in which semester, however, it is best to complete your specialised subjects as soon as possible to avoid any complications (graduating late especially) as these subjects will not be offered every semester.

Semester 1
FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGEMENT - core
MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR - core
MARKETING MANAGEMENT - core
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY - core
SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPTS AND ISSUES - specialisation

Semester 2
MANAGERIAL ETHICS - specialisation
CORPORATE STRATEGY - core
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - specialisation
GREEN BUSINESS AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT - specialisation
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT - elective

Remaining subjects
PROJECT MANAGEMENT (RESEARCH) - core
ECONOMICS - core
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE - specialisation
another elective yet to be decided - elective

I am actually very worried about my remaining subjects, but let's discuss my concern in another episode. lol.

My second semester actually started on 18 February 2013 and ended on 19 June, the last day of my final exam, GSCM. To sum, second semester was not as stressful as my first semester. Just like what my senior, An Gee, told me when I came to her with my worries, "things will get much better as you go on. semester pertama memang macamni". True enough, I learnt a lot from my first semester and in my second semester I manage my time and assignments, hmm not excellently of course.. But Alhamdulillah I think I manage to do my best for everything that I have to do in the semester.

Semester 2 consists of many subjects with theories and among all subjects, I really enjoy natural resources and ethics subjects. Natural resource subject actually combines sustainable resource allocation with economic theory which is quite challenging but very interesting at the same time. I wish we had more time to truly understand how all the theories could be applied in current business operations. And for ethics, I simply love the Professor which makes me happy in his every class.. hehe.. For our final project for ethics, we actually wrote about ethical food handling in Subaidah, the most memorable assignment ever for the semester. lol

In this sem too, I received one of the best news in my life. I am accepted to the One More Step Program, a program under Erasmus Mundus which would bring me to a foreign country as an exchange student. I am really looking forward to this adventure which would happen very soon, next month! Hopefully everything would turn out fine. Amin..

The confirmation, thank you Allah :)

In the middle end of the semester, my family and I went to Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh for a family vacation which was a great fun too. More stories on this when I feel happy enough to do storytelling ;)

And finally, when the final is just around the corner, we arranged for group study :) I have never done this since SPM, but the confusing contents of several subjects and time constraint leave us no choice but to study in group. I must say that studying together helped me tremendously, like really really helpful. I am indebted and very thankful to every single person who have taught me beneficial knowledge throughout these two semesters. I really appreciate your kindness :)

Cikgu Fairuz


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Notes to share

Waiting for 31st July I felt very nervous, but the best I could do now is pray for the best. May we all get good result. aminn.

Below are more exclusive pictures of my MBA life (besides sitting in class, listening to 3 hour lectures daily) and my life important events too. Enjoy :D