My first ever post in 2025 & I'm graduating!

Hello! It's been a while since I wrote my latest post here. I remember it was during December 2024, and I was still in my undergraduate era. Uhm, it feels fresh to be back to writing again. Even if it's not for others to read, but only for my own self (current & future) hehe.

So based on the title, I just wanna say happy new year! (Even though it's already May ahaha) but it's still considered new year, aite? :p

Alhamdulillah, Allah allowed us to reach this year to continue being kind and spreading good to others, alhamdulillah. For me, I’ve had lots of things going on over the past 4 months honestly, and the biggest thing that happened is that I’m finally graduating! Alhamdulillah. It always amazes me whenever I think about my academic journey. From a pure science stream student to—voila!—a Bachelor of Accounting graduate. Who would’ve ever thought that? But Allah knows best.

My official graduation will be in November 2025 inshaAllah. I can't wait to wear a nice kurung, makeup, heels, and most importantly, the mortarboard and convo jubah to celebrate my hard work. InshaAllah may Allah ease. I've been planning to wear a batik sutera kurung with some beads and beautiful details (later if I draw the draft, I’ll show it here). 

Talking about graduation day, I really hope all of my family can attend my convocation, especially my dad. He’s still recovering from a mild stroke and CKD (chronic kidney disease). But alhamdulillah, he’s getting better. I feel so sad whenever I think about it, but I know Allah loves me. He will make it easy for me and my family. Please pray for my dad as well, ya. Keep him in your prayers. I really want my parents to see me become a successful daughter—worthy of their sacrifices, knowledge, and time. Looking back, they are the ones who put in the effort to ensure their children have a good education, life, and career journey. I’m glad and grateful for that.

Talking about finishing your studies, of course the first thing people ask is, "What's next?" Either work, or continue with a master’s or professional papers, or start a business, or something else. It feels a bit anxious to think about it sometimes. Every day I wake up and check my email, only to find that it’s not from the company I hoped for, but just a 'marketing' email sent because we were (forced) to subscribe.

But all in all, I always keep reminding myself that it is not my job to question things. My job is to do my very best, and if there is rezeki for me, it will belong to me. In Malay, we say "rezeki tak pernah salah alamat", kan? I keep applying to job applications—though not yet reaching hundreds (maybe sooner or later). Hopefully, there will be a position meant for me, inshaAllah. I also keep doing istikharah for Allah to guide me to the best path. I hope that Allah will show me the light and way, and make it easy for me.

Not only that, I’m also trying to do gigs like tutoring, though I haven’t started yet. I need to learn a lot before I can teach students. This will be my part-time job before I get a real permanent one later. I’m planning to teach accounting and maths subjects (even though I used to hate maths in school), but as time passes, I realized I love maths so much that I can't live without it hahaha. Maybe I’m just getting used to the 'suffering', or what we call 'critical thinking' in daily life? haha. But yeah, actually there are so many things we can do after graduation to gain experience — it just depends on us whether we take the chance or leave it.

I think this is it for now. Later, I’ll write again about my life updates. Bye bye! Thanks for reading. hehe

Warm regards,
Anis Umaiya