TSL 051 College Study Skills

Journal 4 : Closing The Loop

Prepared by : Nur Hannah Binti Osman Yee 2011282614 MPI0201A Prepared for: Miss Siti Zuraina Binti Gafar @ Abdul Ghaffar Faculty of Education Pre-TESL, UiTM Alor Gajah Melaka.

College life has brought many surprises into my life. Living here in UiTM, I have experienced the most splendid of things, to the worst situations I could possibly think of. My blood pressure have exceeded the normal blood pressure normal people would probably have and dropped down to the lowest it can get just by being here. And it is not even reach half a year yet! Over the past 3 months of studying here in UiTM, I am starting to grow into a person who is able to take care of myself without depending on others, or in other words; independent. In the past, I have never thought of myself as an independent person, let alone growing into one. It is unbelievable, but it is true! Some time ago, I would still mope around or sulk in a corner if there were things that upset me. But now, I am able to approach the situations in a more positive attitude. Time management is still a tricky issue to me. It is still hard for me to juggle my time to study, do assignments and reports, and to do the chores that need to be done since I am still easily distracted, from then and even now. It is hard for me to only stick to doing only one task at a time without being sidetracked by temptations of wanting to do some other things. I feel like a kid who is asked to do his homework while the cartoon programme that he likes is airing. Nevertheless, what I am able to say that, I have improved from the past and am a better at managing my time now. Even though it is still not perfect, at the very least, I am making progress on it. College life has bashed me up pretty nicely too. I have been pushed right pass the point breaking by some things and events that had occurred during my stay here. I even killed a person in one of the activity that I participated in, literally. Though we were told the death was not our fault, the idea of our little trip killed a living man still haunts me until now. But I know this is far from over, I still have a lot more things to look out on. I can not dwell on the past anymore. So now, I am going to put my past at the side and look on to the future in which I know holds more experiences for me to feel and whether they are good encounters or bad, I will just have to find out and tackle them all, no?