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Assalamualaikum and Hi. My name is Awin short for Syazwin -- As many people got difficulties to pronounce it right for the first time. I am 22 this year and a proud Penangite!I guess my story is ‘not so journey’ because I'm just following what has been offered from me since the beginning.

Maybe this all started when I was a fifth former. I used to score good marks in any calculation subjects especially Maths and Physics (instead of Bio and Chemistry). After my SPM result was announced, I applied for MARA program Ijazah Luar Negara in Maths course. After all those nerve-wracking interviews, I got accepted! However, my father was not so keen on it because he thinks that this course do not have any job opportunities in the future. And so without further due, I just move on tskk tskk T__T End up, I just pursue my academic qualification in matriculation program in Kulim, Kedah with easeeeeee. Alhamdulillah!

My choices back then when filing UPU form was all courses regarding Geo because my father suggests me to take it. Hence, I just google-ing all information about it. He also got a plan for me if I really got into this line, he wanted me to continue my Masters and PhD (insyaAllah) with his friend, who is a Geology Professor in UKM. So I got 'trapped' in his plan and I'm just gonna face it!

And finally, Alhamdulillah, I got accepted from UMS and UM in Geology and USM in Geophysics. Obviously, I want to go to UMS~~ I know Sabah would be a great place for any exploration and field trips! (Ececehh) My only teenage dream was to study abroad and far away from my hometown. But unfortunately my parents won't let me :( After considering their thoughts and other ‘pujuk rayu’, I just agree with them. I learned that both my parents instincts were always right and now here I am! Engrossing every bit of it without any regrets and fears (: Highest gratitude and thanks to my Geophysics lecturers and friends!!! CHEERS!!

P/s: Heres a pic of me holding onto the Microgravity Meter when Dr Andy and Pak Akob wont allow me to ride on back of the Hilux with others HAHAHA! Xoxoxo, Awin

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Assalamulaikum & hi . I'm Adibah Amni bt Mohd Rohaizi , or easy called as Adibah //Diba.

So,  I'm gonna share a bit why i ended up w this course .
Here we go !

To be frank, when i filled up the e-form for UPU , i got confused at first which course to take . But as i know myself are into Physics more ( atm than other science subjects , so i chose physics course . I started to like Physics during my matriculation days . Big thanks to my lecturer bcs i started to like physics bcs of her teaching style .
Why geophysics ? i did a bit research on this course n this course quite tempting based on the salary for sure and the working style where we can get to know other ppl from other fields oso. I like to do outdoor activities than indoor which i think is more fun eventho skin get exposed too much sunlight hee. I think Geophysics is fun too as we got to learn so many thing n help me to know better of things above n below us such as the clouds,weather, soils, ETC (now i realized).

So....that's it ! ;)

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Assalamualaikum wbt n hai🖐, today I wanna share y I chose to further my study in geophysics. In the benigging, I dont know what is geophysic actually. Since secondary school, I am very interested in computer, programming, AI, gaming, etc...so during form 5, using my trial, my fren and I want to apply an AI course in Australia. However, my fren didnt pass the qualification for that course. Therefore, we didnt applied.#membepunyapasal#gg. Instead we apply for petroleum engineering in UTP due to low qualification. Y Engineering? I still dont know until now😂😂. HOWEVER this action was opposed by my teacher. He said my result is excellent so should apply for course with higher qualification. He wanted me to study abroad. He also call parent in order to persuade me to go abroad. My parent wanted me to study in medic and go abroad but I dont like medic. Therefore I create excuse that I dont wanna go abroad (culture shock, rindu, blablabla...). Bcoz of that im allowed to study local and chose petreleum enginnering in UTP😆. Unluckily, my teacher said there is a program in USM called 'program saintis cemerlang' (if im not mistaken). In this program mara will sponsored your study until phd. My teacher said if I want to study local better chose this one. My parent also wanted me to choose the USM program as it also offer medic course. That tis the most difficult time for me. I dooonno which to choose. At last I chose the USM program bcoz it can satisfies both my parent and teacher. After the USM matriculation program, the students needed to choose what course they want to study in degree. t
There are alot of course offered (40+ course) including medic, geophysic BUT not computer sciences!😢 At the moment I just stick to my parent plan, to study in medic. Then I met my senior who is currently studying in geophysics. This is the first time I heard this term😆. He said geophysics is easy to score compared to other physics course. Plus the job opportunities is very wide. Bcoz of his recommendations I chose geophysics. Thats is how I ended up with geophyscis. Sometimes we thought that we had planned something that we think is good enough for us but Allah knows better. Although I didnt persue my study in the course that I want, but I have met wonderful osem kind people, my frenz and lecture who had made my 3.5 years of study bcome interesting, full of laugh, happy and meaningful moements. Ty fwenz2 sekalian😊...

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Assalamualaikum and hello.

I’m here to tell you on how I ended up with geophysics. Originally, I want to become an architecture. I chose it because it’s a very creative profession and as time progressed, I began to be intrigued by how buildings could affect the way we live, our mood and behaviour. I did went to art classes when I was younger for fun but all my life I’ve been surrounded with science subjects more than arts. It just happened to be that way ever since I’ve done with my primary school haha.

After I’ve done with my matriculation at Johor matricuIation college, I applied for mostly physics courses as my first choice and architecture as my second choice. The reason for my first choice was because I was in module 2 which consists of physics subjects during my matriculation and alhamdulillah I received offers from UM for geology, USM for geophysics and UTM for pure physics. I accepted geophysics because my father has always wanted me to be in this field. He encouraged me and always get excited whenever he talks to me about this field. So yeah, at first I choose to pursue my study at USM in geophysics purely because of my family. I was actually quite upset because I went to three interviews for architecture courses at USM, UM and UTM. I thought I would at least going to be accepted for one of those interviews but sadly I did not.

At first I was scared and did not have much confident to pursue in this field. I was contemplating whether my choice was going to be a right decision for me. I am not sure enough if I am passionate about geophysics. My first choices for my applications to university were solely because of my parents, due to qualification of my CGPA and the subjects that I took during my high school and matriculation.

However, Allah is the best planner after all. My decision turns out to be the best decision in my life. I met my awesome course-mates. I am truly grateful that I got the opportunity to spend my four years with them. They truly help to brighten up my daily journey as a student and my interests in geophysics are getting deeper. Now, I can’t even imagine if my pathway is going to be different than what I am currently pursuing. I guess it true that sometimes, it’s the smallest decision that can change your life forever. I still have a long way to go but I really appreciate what I have and where I am now. That’s all from.

-Athira

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Assalamualaikum , hi I'm nazreen. In class, they called me yin. Yin hensem. Before this, i studied at Penang Matriculation College. I took module 2 which is consist of physics subject. Actually I'm very interested in physics subject because physics is very fun and it is related to our daily life. One day, i watched "2012" movie. That movie is about natural disaster that happen in our earth. In that story, it tells that how the natural disaster happen. After that, i am interested to know deeply on that phenomena on how the natural disaster is actually happened. So during the application for continuing my studies, i choosed geophysics for usm application and pure physics for upi application. After the result came out, i only checked for the upu application and alhamdulillah i got at UTHM for pure physics. At first, i don't want to check for USM application because i don't think that i can get place at USM while my result for matriculation also didn't good enough. After a week, my lecturer told me that to check the USM application result and alhamdulillah i got geophysics course. I do not confident to take this course because it must have a lot of readings subjects. But i decided to just go with the flow.

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After spm my target is to be a doctor but after foundation my target had changed as i got B in biology. Please i don't want anything related to biology again. Then, i got three offer from UTM which is oil and gas engineering and UM is pure physics while USM is geophysics.

Why Geophysics?
I take this course because my tuition's teacher suggest me to take it. Before that, I said to him that i love physics but at the same time i want to learn about the earth. I had explored about this course and it was quite adventurous and i like it.

We never know the ending of our journey so whatever it is do our best.

Huhuhu thanks for reading 🍁

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Assalamualaikum to anyone who currently or accidentally reading this while scrolling. My name is millati, but my classmate call me "Mil styles" 😎 I wonder why 🙈 so feel free to call me Mil 😊

The struggle of choosing what course to take in University is always complicated, and I'm sure it is the same for every student as this choice affect our future. So I just keep it short on how I decided to pick Geophysics. My interest has and always been about exploration. But because i have a self-taboo in dealing with lives. Thats the reason why I back away from becoming a surgeon (exploring humans body 😰) and a vets. Sigh~ but yeah, I can always explore the earth. So here I am 😊

But I'm always thankful that I chose this path. Meeting crazy people that have the same mentality as you as you grow older is not easy. All Geophysic people that I had met so far is so out going and chill. It's so my style man~ So I hope me and my friend will have a bright future in this course after we graduate 😊

P.s: Sorry for the not-so-formal use of word🙏
P.s.s: I love kpop. So yeah, please excuse my picture 😊

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Assalamualaikum and hi. my name is Alyaa Nadhira.

To make it simple, alhamdulillah i got 3 offers.. which are Geophysics USM, Geology UM and chemical process engineering UTM. It was a hard decision.. and finally i choose Geophysics USM even though i hate physics so much. One of the main reason i choose USM is because it is near to my house compared to others.  After that i found out geophysics are interesting and very adventurous! I really enjoy doing geophysics stuff (especially data acquisition). and i have no regrets choosing geophysics and i am so glad to have freaking crazy classmates.

Here's photo of me during data acquisition in Johor

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Assalamualaikum and Hello everyone!🤗

I'll very happy if you call me Aisyah😊. I come from Indonesia🇮🇩. I loveeeee to read but reading novel only (especially Indonesian novel) and collecting a postcard. If u willing to give, send me one postcard with short messages and I will very happy😍.

Anyway, forget about that. I will tell my journey to Geophysics. To be honest, actually I don't know why I chose Geophysics since I didn't like physics during my high school. But, during my high school, I wish to continue my studies on Geology. I thought that I could understand about a process happened on earth. Actually it's because of an earthquake that always happened in Indonesia. As simple as that.

Thennn, my father willing me to continue my degree on USM and I couldn't find Geology on USM. I end up chose Geophysics. I thought it would be a little bit similar. or at least, I will study about earth also.

Along my application, I only apply for geophysics in USM and geology in some university in Indonesia.

After waiting for several month, I got interviewed and then accepted in USM and of course I choose USM. Another reason, 'cause I really wanted to studied as far as I could.

Well, here I am. Becomes a Geophysics student. I don't regret it. So yeah, I do really enjoy eventhough sometimes it's hard.

Thus are the short version that I can tell throughout my journey. Thank you for going through of my story🤗

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Assalamualaikum to anyone who read this. Here is story of how I ended up taking geophysics. Before that, my name is Wan Farid and I’m 21 y/o. So without further ado, lets dive into my ultimate journey towards the mysterious geophysics.

My ambition was to become a doctor because that was all that I can think of when they ask about my ambition when I was a kid. I kept holding to that ambition till I was 16 y/o. That was until I took the first biology class in 2012. After that class, no more doctor for future me. All the stuff I have to memorize, all the organs, all the processes in human body, it’s just felt not suitable for me. So I went ambitionless until matriculation. I went to Kolej MARA Kulim during my matriculation level. It was there that I read about geology courses in university. I did some research and ask my family about geology courses and I found this courses to be very fascinating. So after I’m done with matriculation, came the application-to-university stage. I have made application for UM, UKM, USM and some other unis in the UPU system.

Alhamdulillah I got the offer from UM which is in bachelor of applied geology, bachelor of petroleum chemical in UPM and of course, geophysics in USM. To be honest, I didn’t even think a lot about which one to choose at that time. I just assumed like this: applied geology sounds like not very interesting, petroleum chemical sounds like really hard, geophysics sounds like just nice, ergo geophysics it is. All I know at that point is that geophysics has something to do with geology and physics. It was here that I found out about the wonders and beauty of geophysics. I never regret choosing geophysics over other courses. Alhamdulillah, all praises to Allah because He has guided me towards this path and unite me with all my incredible classmates. Hope to reach the end of this geophysics journey successfully with my classmates!

Thank you for reading. Here is a picture of me, looking at a great football club. #GGMU

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Hi, my name is Jasmine. Ok, that sounds very formal. Hahahah. Oh ya, I'm from Putrajaya, where many people said it is in Selangor (?). Putrajaya is a Wilayah Persekutuan guys. #emoabit

So, where does it all starts? Geophysics. I had no idea that I'm going to continue my studies in USM, and in School of Physics. Seriously? I hated Physics so much since high school, and in matriculation. But there you go, I'm here, in School of Physics, for 3 years already. So i guess, the Malay phrase "Jangan benci, nanti jodoh" quite make sense to me. LOL.

My father always talks about oil and gas industries, which he works there himself. He wants me to involve with this geology course so bad, so he took me to South New Zealand where rocks, mountains, and glaciers are dominant. Since that, I've become more interested in geology. My father did the application for me and Geophysics was the first choice. There were other choices in UPU application, it was a hard decision, and booomm I chose USM.

I've started to love Geophysics and my eyes are open wider for this course since the field camp in Perak. I'm looking foward for more adventurous journey with my crazy classmates (if you're reading this) in this tough course and not just for my CGPA. So, i guess, that's all. Adios!

Oh ya, here's a photo of me while I'm in a food coma. #food4lyfe

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Assalamualaikum and Hi.

My name is Normaizatul Ikmal binti Azaham. I am from Perak.

My journey in Geophysics started when i finished my matriculation, i had no idea of what i am going to do in my life.During UPU application , all the courses that i have chose are all related with Chemistry andBiology. This is because during my matriculation i am good in both subjects instead of Physics. So, for the pohon USM application i made my decisions to try and applied  something different from my UPU application. My first choice was Geophysics. I choose Geophysics because at first  the course is a bit weird and i felt there is something about it since it sounds weird to me at that time  😌 . Then, out of curiosity, I try to search what is all about that Geophysics at that time through internet.  Lastly, I  found something that is really interesting and the job opportunities are also varies.

At the end, i got what i applied for both UPU and Pohon USM. I choose Geophysics instead of Chemistry because it is due to many reasons. It is easy for me to went home because USM is near to my house compared to UKM. Whenever i felt homesick or else i can just go home instead of travelling more than 5 hours if i choose UKM. Next, Geophysics also offered varies of job opportunities.

So far i don't have any major problem during my journey to finish my degree in Geophysics. Everything from the start  really went well. In this course,  i need to memorise so many things.But to me it's very interesting. Indeed Allah is the best of planners 🌈

I hope this course can help me to be a better person for this world and hereafter. In shaa Allah⛅

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Assalamualaikum and hi everyone XD !!

Just called me Dayana and some are calling me Orang Asli, ya I don't know why, HAHAHAHA

Okay, back to the topic, when talking about my journey to Geophysics, its started after matriculation, when we have to apply for the UPU, and I choose most of it the courses related to geoscience and engineering and for the USM application, my first choice is geophysics, I decided to choose that because I thought that geophysics is equal to "Geography+Physics", ya but Im wrong. Hahahaha. For the UM application i forgot to apply cause it is in the different website and not in the UPU application, if not Geology will be my choice !

Okay then, for the UPU I got Electrical Engineering at UMP and for the USM I got Geophysics. My father ask me to go for the Electrical but I refuse. Because, I don't like engineering and UMP is far far away from my home ! USM is about 45 minutes from home and I can go back like for every week, Hahahaha, I dont like to be far away from them too. So that, I choose Geophysics. Then, I make some investigations, ya just like the detectives about Geophysics. Geophysics and Geology is very different and Geophysics more to like computation and using instrument and Geology is more to observation. But I love Geology more cause I love to remember if compared to calculation, huhuhu, I don't like it !

So ya, Im here a Geophysics Student now in USM and Im proud of it and not feeling any regrets !!
Im enjoying what im doning right now ! Alhamdulillah, Thanks to Allah for everything :)

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A journey to geophysics? Hmm im not planning to take geophysics nor having any idea what is geophysics itself. But Im interested in civil engineering or anything related to construction of a building. Unfortunately my cgpa for matriculation is not quite good and chances to get into Civil Engineering courses in any Research University was low. So I tried to explore and analyse all courses offered in UPU and came out with geology, geophysics and hmm.. I forgot.. But i think mostly related to land surveying courses.

To make it short. I got two offers. One from UTM which is education courses and the other one is geophysics from USM. At first Im very certain to accept UTM since being 'a teacher' was my childhood ambition. Its complicated to tell what have make me changed my mind at last minute but my father was the one who disagree with my choices to USM. But well, Im so freaking stuborn so Im here right now hahaha. Cause I think my life is all about my life. No one have right on controling my future.

So tadaaa. I got thousands of problems in USM HAHAHAHA. Maybe one of the reasons is because not getting approval from my father hahahah. Jk. No laaa. I guess problem rises because... Because that's called life. I once felt like I make a wrong choices, but now.. I guess no... Im at a right path. If I choose UTM and not stepping out from comfort zone. I wont be like today 😎

Ps:// sorry panjang. Cannot stop typing when Im starting to write hahaha