Me and Campus Elections Part 1

Once upon a time...

S : Azie, ko nak jadi EXCO MPM tak? Abang Ariff tengah cari orang ni..
Z : Ape? 
Tengah blur sebab semua benda masih baru walaupun dah masok 2nd semester. And during my first year, I didn't had a clue of what the hell is MPM and from what I knew, Zaki was the president. There. That's all I knew!
S : Alaa. Macam Rakan MPM camtuh.
Z : Ohhh, kirenya macam Rakan JKM ea?
Sebab time tu, kat kolej ada Rakan JKM. Tak sempat nak join sebab I had a busy life as a fighter and Suksis. Tapi maseh dilema nak amek ke tak. Tapi disebabkan first year dulu semua benda nak dicuba. I agreed to join this. And plus, kesian gak tengok S macam kena paksa je cari orang lepas tu tak reti lak nak explain amenda MPM tu. No offense to Ariff. 
Z : Hmmm. Okay. Boleh kot.
S : Tulis nama ko, IC dan nombor tepon..
Z : K.

It was a week before the Chinese New Year's holiday, Shahrul approached everyone in the class. I think he just need one name to be sent to Ariff. FYI, Ariff was the ex-MPM 2009/2010 session for Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology (currently known as Faculty of Computing). After I wrote down my name and gave it to Shahrul, I almost forgot about it. Well, duhh, it was mid-semester exam week. I focused entirely on my exam and upcoming camp. I was the deputy director for the camp, of coursela my heart and soul for the camp.

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During the CNY holidays, someone called me. Unknown number. I picked up my phone and answered it.

A : Assalamualaikum Aziemah. Awak ada bagi number awak kat seorang daripada kawan saya.
Z : Waalaikumussalam. Ye. Saye Aziemah. Kenapa ye?
A : Saya ni jentera Evolusi. Awak telah dipilih menjadi calon MPM. Awak bersetuju tak?
Z : HUHH o.O 
Amenda Evolusi ni?
Z : Ohh. Saye tak tahu pulak. Saya ingatkan jadi Rakan je. Hmm.. Boleh laa kot..
Well, perasaan ingin mencuba membuak-buak.
A : Okay. Ade kursus kat Melaka ni. Boleh join tak?
Z : Tak boleh la. You lambat sangat bagi tahu. 
A : Okay. Takpe-takpe. Nanti ada kursus minggu depan. Tempat akan diberitahu kemudian. Yang ni awak kena join..
Z : Alamak! Tak boleh la. Ada program. I kena handle program ni.
A : OKOK. Kalau macam tu, nanti saya bagitahu lagi. Pape, saye contact awak balek.
Z : Ohh. Okay. 

Annnndddd, right after the conversation ended, I googled up Evolusi and Pro-Mahasiswa. Seriously, I know nothing about 'em. And I was not a fan of politics.

Then, kursus tu semakin mendekat. And so did the camp. They insisted Shahrul and I to go for the course. We discussed and only one of us will go to the course. I went there and Shahrul stayed as he was the director for the camp. I went to the so-call tempat kursus tu ikot rombongan yang pergi waktu malam. There were a few of us in the bus. Tak kenal sorang pun. Time ni la I knew Frany and the gangs dan Ain. Frany and Ain were the candidates too.

Sesampai je di tempat kursus, we went to the dorm and sleep. I was very tired.
The next day, ada so-call simulasi Pilihan Raya Kampus (PRK). And I was like, amenda PRK ni? Selepas join simulasi, baru faham amenda PRK ni. Good thing they did this simulation. Kalau tak, memang blur habis la time hari kejadian nanti. Seharian bersimulasi memang best. I made new friends. Dari tak kenal semua orang, terus kenal a few of them. Malam tu ada talk from mantan MPM. Too bad I couldn't stayed til the end sebab tanggungjawab timbalan pengarah kem tu kena pikul.

Selepas kem tu setel, SCV lak busy pasal CGMA CNY celebrations. Sehari sebelom tu, I went to meet our beloved lecturer, Miss Ajune to seek advice about my choice joining the MPM. She said, it's ok as long as I took care of my pointer and terus aktif. I guess, it was a green light for me.

A few days before Hari Penamaan Calon, I asked my parents' blessing and permission untuk bertanding.

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Campaigning days were awesome. I had my classmate to help me to gantung all the poster. I was one of the faculty candidates. Tiga hari berkempen memang letih bak ang! But worth it.

I won first place in my faculty. hihihi
Masa menang tu memang takde rasa pape. I only felt the burden upon my both shoulders. Nak kena faham kerenah HEMA, UTM and students lagi. Pastu nak kena faham organisasi MPM and tak lupe jugak nak mendalami politik kampus konon.
Hmmm...
Tak fikir lak pasal benda ni masa nak bertanding. Yang tahu and faham masa before nak bertanding adalah jaga kebajikan mahasiswa. Tu je.

Wuuuu....





Z : The convo up there lebih kurang je dengan real life. Ingat-ingat lupa bahhh.