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Hi & Assalamualaikum!

1. Name: Muhd Izz Zahin Danish bin Sabri
Matric number: A168752
Date: 2/8 - 8/8

2. How is your progress?

Alhamdulillah, I have decided to create a very simple yet fun game with a slightly retro kind of concept. It is called "Space Madness". It is a space fighter shooting game. I started with creating a base scene which will be my reference for a future scenes in the game. I have also installed some icon which consists of the space fighter, bullet, enemy, background & meteor. Like I stated before, this game is made without complicated coding. However, it involves some kind of "computer" language which really annoys me. I kinda just follow through the instructions one by one so that I didn't mess things up. Apart from that, I have learned how to make the character & objects behave. For example, I made the space fighter & enemies shoot and whoever gets hit will get destroyed.

3. Points to remember from week 2!

The video game is not complicated until you found this GDevelop platform. So, just learn & have fun!

4. Your feelings & thoughts

At the moment, I feel stoked & anxious. I need to cool down a bit so that I can understand well the instructions.

5. 1 good thing from what you did that you can practice now!

Patience.

6. Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

Yes, there are quite a few in terms of the "computer language" because this is my first time reading & doing it. I just keep my nerve and enjoy.

7. 2 words to describe elective posting progress so far

Nerve-wracking & exciting.

8. Your plan for next week (Week 3)

I will proceed to add some wording & UI elements in my video game

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Hello everyone.

Name: Ulyssies Bin Suderman
Matric: A168206
Date: 9/8/2021 - 15/8/2021

How is your progress?

As I planned from week 1, I wanted to improve my shading and sketching this week. After a week of sketching, I got the hang of the app Procreate, for the most part. I also thought my piece this week had more improvements as I begin to familiarise with the app. I practiced shading with monochromatic colours (black and grey). Attached video is the process of me sketching and shading of a piece I’m quite proud of. I drew this piece from imagination so you could say it’s an original character. I thought about how to draw each features meticulously and it turned out well. The simple shading also made the drawing pop out and look more realistic.

Point to remember from week 2

I actually tried to start sketching and shading using colours at first but it didn’t turn out well. Then, I learned that I need to have enough practice using monochromatic colours to improve my shading as I transition to use more colours.

Feeling and thought?

I felt satisfied and proud with the piece I did this week. Although I failed at first, I can always improve as I go on. To be honest, at first I thought digital art would be too complicated because of all the different features but I had to only take it slow one at a time.

One good thing about what you did is that you can practice now.

I needed to take things slow and not rush into it. Like they say, better late than never!

Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

I noticed that the brush strokes from the app doesn’t give me the results that I expect. So I found customised  brush sets online that I was able to download for free. I art improved drastically by then.

Two words to describe elective posting progress so far

Perseverance and confidence.

Plan for next week.

I plan to start practicing with colours. It’s a lot more complicated to pick out colours that matches the  shades. I’m worried how it’ll turn out but I’m excited to start!

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Assalamualaikum & hi everyone.

Name: Nur Izza Syahirah binti Razali
Matric number: A168433
Date: 13th August 2021

How is your progress?

In week 2, I proceed with learning 2 new topics of Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia through Open Learning. The first topic is I learned the signs for the colours such as red, orange, yellow, green and others. The interesting about learning color is that the sign for colours like yellow, green, blue and purple uses the first letter in their spelling which makes it a lot more easier to memorize them. For example, the sign for yellow (kuning) is “k” whereas for purple (ungu) is “u”. The sign for white is similar to someone expressing love.

The second topic is family in which I learned of the signs for family members such as father, mother, elder and younger siblings, grandparents as well as uncle and aunty. Other than that, I find it useful to learn sign of some words that related to the process of family such as friends, married and pregnant.

Therefore, I am now able to do a simple introduction of my family. there was a video showed how they use sign language to sign for introduction of family.  I attempted quizzes and thankfully I manages to get all correct with few attempts. I found that the gestures were not that hard and I liked how we need to express suitable emotions together with the gestures.

Points to remember from week 2!

It’s helpful for me to speak verbally together with the sign language so that I can memorize the signs better. I need to remember that everytime I do sign language, I need to express suitable facial expressions. Other than that, I need to always recall and revise the basic words related to colour and family.

Your feelings & thoughts

I feel excited and intrigued as always and find it interesting to learn something new and more. My thoughts is I need to keep practicing and refer to other source such as youtube to ensure I can memorize and to sign smoother.

1 good thing from what you did that you can practice now!

I can now greet with the Deaf! I also learned from this week's classes was to learn at my own pace. I need to accustomed to the signs even I was able to recognize signs immediately.

Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

At first, I find it hard to complete the quizzes in Open Learning MOOC because the videos no longer have subtitles so the things I did is grasping the basic questioning words first. Therefore I can understand and answer the questions better. I believe I can go through this and there are always challenges to learn a new skill though but by practising can make it perfect and I am definitely making progress.

2 words to describe elective posting progress so far
- Learning
- Fulfilment

Your plan for next week (Week 3)

- Next week's plan would be to focus on occupation and place.

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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

Hi everyone!

Name : Rosnaini binti Sudi

Matric number: A167773

Date: 19th June - 27th June 2021

How is your progress?

As in the first week, we learned about a lot of important things in this second week. Among them are 13 attributes of Allah, riddah(apostasy), obligatory ghusl(bathing), istinjak, tayammum, sins of the heart and stomach, and a few scholars' advice. I also prepare notes based on topics that have been studied so that it is easy to revise.

Points to remember from week 2!

In week 2, we learned about apostasy (riddah). This is a very important chapter. The accountable person (mukallaf) has to be Muslim. This is what saves him/her on the Day of Judgement from the everlasting torture. Being a Muslim is an obligation upon the accountable person. This is the greatest blessing a person can have in this life. You might be going through different hardships, but if you are Muslim, thank God for this blessing. Remain steadfast to it till death.

Your feelings & thoughts

Alhamdulillah. I love to listen to the advice that is full of wisdom from the words of the scholars shared by ustaz and ustazah.

Many of us might go through hard times when we feel down and sad.

What can we do to feel better? Well, a great piece of advice is to fulfill the obligations, stay away from sins and make a lot of zikr.

Believe me. It's really helpful!

One good thing about what you did is that you can practice now!

The Prophet 'alaihissalam said what means there are two words that are easy to say and greatly rewardable :

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ العَظِيْمِ

Do you know what SubhanAllah means?
It means we clear Allah from resembling any of His creations. We learn this during Aqidah class, where Ustaz explains clearly the 13 attributes of Allah.

Say this zikr greatly rewardable vicar more often with a sincere intention. Let's start to practice it!

Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

Alhamdulillah, this week went smoothly. After learning about many things including riddah, I want to share and remind my loved ones including family and friends to be vigilant with what is believed, spoken, and done. May we all have a good end and die in a state of faith and adhere to the beliefs of the Ahlu sunnah waljamaah. With that, I will try to invite more of my relatives to follow this kind of program in the future as a sign of my love for them and want them to get great benefits.

Two words to describe elective posting progress so far

Blessing and Love

Your plan for next week (Week 3)

Next week, we'll learn more about riddah. We learn about apostasy not for us to do it but to stay away from it to preserve our faith. Let's learn more and practice.

O Allah, adorn us with knowledge and beautify us with patience.

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Hi all and good day

Name: Abdul Hasim Bin Abdul Ghani
Matric: A168343
Date: 19-27 june 2019

How is your progress?
As Continuation of week 1 I learnt several important topic which I listed out below: most of the topic is a must know as a muslim and thus I am blessed to Learn this as my elective posting.

1. Apostasy
2. Obligatory bath
3. Purification in islam
4. The sin of heart and stomach

Point to remember from week 2
Is not a must of using water before prayers, because in Islam tayammum is permitted in the absence of water but with the effort and willing to search for water in the first place.

Feeling and thought?
As the first week end, I noticed that the way of delivering messages is important in order to gain attention and increase
Engagement, Ustaz and ustazah were so committed and I kind of love the way they delivered lectures, intonations, uses of word is so careful and easy to understand. It was a lovely day when it was started with Islam and a calm heart.

One good thing about what you did is that you can practice now.
1. To have the belief in Allah and what He revealed
2. To have the belief in the Messenger of Allah and what he conveyed
3. To have the sincerity (ikhlas), which is to do the good deeds for the sake of Allah only and not for the sake of people
4. To regret sinning
5. To rely on Allah
6. To fear Allah so as to perform one's obligations and refrain from the unlawful things
7. To subjugate oneself to Allah and refrain from objecting to Him
8. To exalt the rites of Allah
9. To be thankful to Allah for His endowments by not using them in disobedience
10. To be patient in performing what Allah made obligatory

Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

Being sincere in learning was the Problem, but I am sure as long the effort overweight the problem hence I can always bear with it.

Plan for next week.
1. Rewatch the lectures
2. Preparation for the next class

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Name: Nur Ailen Binti Abu Bakar
Matric no.: A 168184
Date: 19th June – 27th June 2021

How is your progress?

Alhamdulillah, in regards to my EP progress, I learned a lot thru my 2nd week of EP. In week 2, I learned:

Aqidah: 13 attributes of Allah, apostasy (Riddah)

Aqidah: Purification in Islam, obligatory bath (Ghusl), ablation

Tasawwuf: The sins of heart and stomach

Points to remember from week 2

Purification is essential for prayer as neither is the prayer accepted without proper purification.

Feelings & thoughts

I feel delighted and grateful to attend the classes and learn many essential things as a Muslim.

One good thing from what you did that you can practice now!

One good thing that I can practice is the correct way to perform purification according to Islam to ensure prayer validity!

Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

The only difficulty that I encountered is that unstable line, so I coped it with revision of online class recording provided.

2 words to describe elective posting progress so far

Interesting, accomplishment

Your plan for next week (Week 3)

Prepare, and attend the next week of classes!

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Name: Faraheda Amilia Binti Mohd Fauzi
Matric no.: A 167785
Date of  2nd week EP: 14th - 18th June 2021

Assalamualaikum and Hi everyone !

How is your progress?

During my second week, I continued my studies with some new topics. In chapter Fiqh, I learned about the right way to do Istinja’ (removing impurity) and Ghusl (full ablation). The Istinja’ is a part of Islamic hygienical jurisprudence and general ritual purity of body and soul. It is equivalent action by just using stones, toilet paper or anything else that is pure without water to remove the impurity and maintain hygiene in accordance of the Islamic law and principal.

For Tasawwuf part, I learned about the sins of heart and stomach. Some good points are about the signs of a sick heart and the harm of having a full stomach. There are supporting Quranic verse and hadith calling for a believer to develop their intellect by engaging our mind into reflecting the signs of Allah swt.

Points to remember from week 2

The take home message for this week is about to contain a heart connected to Allah. The important thing is being a good person with a clean heart and sincere intentions. We must let our heart to trust Allah alone to take care of things.

Feelings & thoughts

I feel so glad that I am able to attend this online course because it gave me realization about the true ways of life. It was an extremely rewarding knowledge.

One good thing from what you did that you can practice now!

One good thing that I gained was about the right steps of Istinja’ as the ways to adapt to the basic element self-cleansing in certain conditions.

Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

My second week is better than the first one as I have finished most of my papers by that time. There is no other difficulty in attending the class.

Two words to describe elective posting progress so far
Interesting, delightful

Plan for next week (Week 3)

I will continue my learning session for other topics and to maintain my spirit to keep gaining knowledges.

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Sharain bt Zulkfli (A168153)

How is your progress

There is not so much different compared to week 1. In week 2, I learnt different alphabets with different angles and challenges but still using the same hand skill technique.

Point to remember from week 2

Patience is still the key to have a good handwriting as well as lots of practices!

Your feelings & thoughts

I think learning khat calligraphy would be so much easier and faster if I did not skip khat class when I was young. Now I am regretting but life must goes on :’)

1 good thing from what you did that you can practice now

1 good thing is that I might have a better handwriting in the future which will give less headache to all the examiners to check my answers during exams

Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

I would say that there was no difficulty in week 2, might be due to lots of practices.

2 words to describe elective posting progress so far

Enjoyable, Serenity

Your plan for next week (week 3)

My next plan would be writing sentences and one short surah.

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Assalamualaikum and hi everyone!
Name: Irdina Farhah binti Azizul
Matric number: A167828
Date: 14/6/2021 - 18/6/2021

How is your progress?
During week 2, my EP continues with a new topic according to our referred book/kitab. We learned about 13 attributes of Allah in akidah classes, how to perform ablation, its rukun and syarat in fiqh classes and obligation of heart in tasawwuf classes. These knowledge are important especially akidah because every ibadah are not accepted except from someone who knows his creator. Imam Al-Ghazali once said;

لا تصح العبادة إلا بعد معرفة المعبود

Worship is not valid until after knowing the god

Points to remember from week 2
Knowledge about 13 attributes of Allah are indeed important for every muslims.One of important attribute is that Allah مخالفته للحوادث - He does not resembles anything.

He created light, He does not resembles light.
He created humankind, he doesnt resembles humankind
He created big creations such as hill, he doesnt resembles hill
Thus, He created everything, he doesnt resembles everything.

Allah said in quran, surah as-syura verses 11,
ليس كمثله شيء
He doesnt resembles anything

This is the strongest dalil saying that Allah does not resembles anything with his creation from every angle. Thus as a true muslims, we dont believe allah has hands, faces, and all characteristics similar to his creation as what some people said.

1 Good thing that I can practice
After knowing this, I am able to recognized and identify some groups of people who didnt follow the right path in akidah as what our prophet thought us to. I was also able to explain to my family and friends especially nonmuslims about the true akidah in islam.

Difficulties/concerns? How I cope?
So far this week has been great as i learnt a lot of different things in a short time. However i am concern about our unmanned OSCE which had been postponed next week. I am worried if the new date for OSCE will disturb my focus to EP again. I try to cope by having some hangout with friends, share my concerns and plan my time to not study last minute.

2 words to describe EP progress
Short but sweet !

Plan for week 3
To focus more on my session next week and make notes so that i  can revise whenever I wanted to

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Assalamualaikum and Hi,
Name: Nur Affrina bt Mohamad Arshad
Matric No: A169464
Date of report: 16th August 2021

How is your progress
In week 2, I had a chance to proceed with my course based on plans. There were three big topics to cover which were Revelation and the oral Quran, second was approaching Quran as text and third was the prophet and the Quran. In one topic, there were several sub-topics to cover. There were several discussions after every topics. For example, discussion on the figure of Nabi Yusof as based on Surah yusuf in the Quran. A discussion on the names of God , indeed lists of 99 Most Beautiful names have been compiled and memorized by Muslims.

Points to remember from week 2
1. The Quran as text. The Quran is arranged in distinctive manner because the Prophet Muhammad did not compose the Quran and teach it to the community, rather the Quran is collection of revelations the Prophet Muhammad received from God from the inception of his call to prophethood at age forty until his deadth at age sixty-three. So, we had the responsibility to preserve the Quran.
2. Quran does not teach that people should be detached from wordly affairs in order to attain this spiritual state. Rather, Quran adresses our closest with family, neighbours, community, animals and all, emphasizing the need for integrity and honesty.

Feelings and thoughts
I feel excited to explore more on the course. It was a good approaching to Islam through Quran. I feel peace and understand more on the context and history of Islam, and where our world related to the Quran.

1 good thing that I can practice on
I can practice on reading hadith more in daily life. There is an app that I can dowload in my phone and get daily surahs and hadith called Muslim Pro.

Difficulties or concern
Difficulty I had was there are some english words are quite complicated to me. So i had to search on the meaning to understand better. Other than that, everything was okay Alhamdulillah. My internet connection getting better :)

2 words to describe elective posting progress
Steadily fine

Plan on week 3
To continue on next topics and improve my understanding.

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Assalamualaikum & Hi everyone

Name: Syarifah Afiqah bt Syed Shahrin

Matric number: A168427

Date: 9/8/2021-13/8/2021.

How is your progress?

For week 2, I learned about pronunciation of Arabic letters, which is also the letter used in the al-Quran. The correct pronunciation of the Arabic letters comes from perfecting 2 things: correct makhraj (points of articulation of letters) and correct sifaat (characteristic of letters). The best way to learn this is for the learner to try to pronounce it after the teacher has demonstrated. Through this way, the learner can feel with their tongue/lips where the points for each letter is. Another way to learn it is by illustration, such as the diagram above.

Points to remember from week 2!

Knowledge of makhraj and sifaat is a crucial part of learning the Quran. This is because sometimes two letters may have very similar sounds (ه,ح), which makes mixing them up easy. If a person does not know the attributes of each letter, he/she may pronounce it wrongly and eventually change the meaning, which is prohibited. Thus, it is important to know how to pronounce them correctly to prevent the reciter from making mistakes when reciting the Qur’an.

Your feelings & thoughts

From this week's sessions, I truly feel how infinite knowledge is. Although I have been learning and reading al-Quran since I was young, there are actually so many things that I still do not know. I feel very grateful that I enrolled in this course as I acquired plenty of new knowledge and improved my recitation while receiving  the sanad.

1 good thing from what you did that you can practice now!

From today onwards, I will practice reciting the Quran with the correct pronunciation.

Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

After learning about makhraj and sifaat, I have realized that there are some letters that can be a bit difficult to pronounce. How I deal with it is with practice! Initially, every time I encounter those letters, I need to reread to correct my makhraj but as time progresses, alhamdulillah it has become easier to pronounce them and less rereading.

2 words to describe elective posting progress so far.

My elective posting project is a lifelong learning.

Your plan for next week (Week 3)

For week 3, I will be learning about tajweed rules. I will also continue reading al-Quran with my teacher to complete the 30 juz and receive the sanad, if Allah wills.

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Assalamualaikum & hi everyone
Congratulations you are already in the Week 2 of EP journey!
Please write, upload pictures/videos (lots of them please!), and share your journey with your friends. Like & comment on others sharing too!

1. Your name, matric number, date

2. How is your progress?

3. Points to remember from week 2!

4. Your feelings & thoughts

5. 1 good thing from what you did that you can practice now!

6. Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

7. 2 words to describe elective posting progress so far

8. Your plan for next week (Week 3)