Sem 4 in Degree of Technology Maritime

A super heavy semester in my degree studies, taking 23 credit hours this sem, OMG. My class timetable is fully scheduled every day from 8am – 4pm. How I gonna go through this sem? Very stress and tension since kick start of this sem. Many new courses are introduced to us and proposal of Final Year Project (FYP/PSM) – the most difficult task is given to us. Time management is very very important at this moment.

23credit hours included courses:

1.     Navigation Science II

--- We learned how to navigate a ship to a port in Navigation Science I, continuous from that, now we learn how to navigate a ship at open sea. It’s a kinda interesting subject. 

~ With this apparatus and chart, really bring tension to me ~

2.    Astronomical Navigation

3.    Astronomical Navigation Lab

--Learn to find the position of ship and learn to navigate a ship by astronomical. When a ship is black out, this is the most appropriate way. Study about planet and stars, wow, is interesting, but quite suffer, because I got none of knowledge about astronomical before this.

~ Sextant ~

~ To know more about astronomical, I borrow few books from library ~

4.    Marine Environmental Biotechnology

--I’m so bad in biology during secondary school and got very low mark in SPM. Why University suddenly pop up this course and make it compulsory for civilian student? Oh my god, can make me die one, should find medic friends to teach me J I’m so blur in the class, very hard to catch up.

~ Biology? Faint !!! ~

5.    Naval Architecture

--It’s actually a basic naval architecture subject introduced to us, a little bit about design of ship plus a little bit about engineering. I think this is quite difficult but compare to biology, this one is better, haha.

6.    Integrated Transportation System

7.    Cargo Handling System

  

8.    PSM 1

--Actually is a proposal of our FYP that need to complete it before going for    internship. With this, we need to come up with a suitable title to do our research. At the same time, need to find statistics and improve or create something new for the technology or surrounding for now. We are still blur and can’t find out a suitable scoop for FYP. FYP need a supervisor to guide us for sure, supervisor need to be very pro with our title. I’m very worry about FYP actually.

~ Bought buku panduan and borrow few books from library, hope can get some idea from here ~

9.    PALAPES training

--Besides than studies, we still need to undergo military training during weekend as our co-curriculum. Need to sacrifice some time for this. Now already in intermediate level. We get to training during weekend, according to the training schedule, estimate there is no mid sem break holiday for us. We have to turn up to training for one week.

~ Training time ~ 

~ Training attire ~

~ PALAPES UPNM ~

In year 2013, many new buildings here.

~ Bangunan Lestari is the latest building to use. But this building is very far from our hostel, lazy leh J

~ Bangunan Bestari that included of Faculty Engineering Faculty Science & Technology, Faculty Management and Foundation Centre last semester. Can you imagine how small is UPNM… ~

~ Our Perpustakaan Jeneral Tun Ibrahim (PJTI)>>> Click Here ~

~ Pusat Pembangunan dan Latihan Maritime, still in progress, will have simulator inside this building ~

~ Just starting of the work, Track Field will be build here, quite big, awesome, don’t know get the chance to use it or not before graduate ~

~ Our Pusat Marin UPNM ~

~ My hostel, Blok Srikandi ~

~ The great swimming pool ~

~ Blok Chanselori UPNM ~

~ Overview of UPNM~

Next semester, we going for our internship, so will be very this sem to prepare everything. We prepared our resume and list of companies that we interested to our faculty. Then our faculty will submit it to companies that related along with surat sokongan university. But until now, haven’t get any reply from companies, very worry about it. I think before internship, we also need to take certificate like Basic Safety Training Certificate (BST). At the same time, of course need to practice more on swimming la, hehe J PTPTN already received, but so many think need to buy, no money la. Want to join event need registration fees, attire and running shoes need good quality one, need to invest on accessories like sunglasses, nutrition, study reference books and daily expanses, really need to write down budget. If not, I think money from PTPTN can finish within one month. J Planning to buy a road bike, but put my eyes on account saving, cannot buy, please control !!!

~ New shoes --- BrooksPure Flow 2 ~

This semester I need to be very focus and concentrate in studies to get better result. But sport also very important for me. Many activities already came out with date. So, book my events and arrange my schedule.

March --- Larian Faculty, Penang International Duathlon 2013

April  --- MASUM

May   --- Malakoff University Duathlon Series 2013

Jun   --- Final Exam

Julai > September --- Holiday, for sure will go travel ~~~

# GOOD LUCK in Sem 4 #

Written On 9 March 2013