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One more time~~~ Graduation!!!!!


Many people might not know that graduation ceremony does not exist in French universities. 
However, some university departments have introduced unofficial ceremonies, notably for Masters and Doctorate graduates.

So, my master programme having a simple graduation ceremony after our thesis defense. 

Not as grand like in Malaysia university, no complicate protocol to follow; 
I didn't see any flower or graduation gift, 
and of course nobody will throw you high to the sky (UM culture),

In fact, there is no graduation robe and hood for French university.

Luckily we still have graduation robe and hood, look more like a graduation. This robe is not from the university. I guess it's specially done by our master programme only.

So, there is culture differences about graduation between Malaysia and France.

Anyway, simple is good
Here the look of ceremony....



Representative from 4 universities ( not sure who they are, but I shook hand with them after receive the certificate).  You may wonder why 4 universities?? It's because the master programme is a collaboration of 4 universities from France, Italy, Poland and Portugal.



So, while my name is being called, go up to stage, receive certificate, 
shake hand with 4 respectful men, and give a very short speech of appreciation.
I was nervous, even more nervous than the defense ( I don't know what I'm talking about during speech, LOL~~)


Time flies~~~~That  the end of my 2 years journey in Europe. It's challenging and amazing.
It's definitely a memorable experience in my life.
I never thought that I will continue my study until Master degree.
It might not the best master programme in the world, 
but I never regret the decision that I made, because the person I met are the best. 
All my friend that I met in this 2 year, especially my classmates, who help me, encourage me, accompany me throughout the journey.

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Thank you my very best ziggy ladies, Nina from Scotland (left) and Eliana from Portugal (right). I will always remember all our crazy, ziggy moment, and the life we live in a flat in Poznan.


Thanks you my very best travel companion, Blanca from Mexico.Never forget the life we travel together, especially our Iran trip. I love the Mexican food because of her, and she is also my bestmate while hunting spicy food in Europe. Haha!!!


Thanks you my very best Muslim friend, Hoda from Egypt. She is the 1st classmate that I met in airport while I just came to France. A very knowledgeble, helpful friend indeed.


Thank you my very best Iranian friend, Leily. Another good cooker which make me fall in love with Iranian food.Iran trip will not be possible without her help and invitation.


Thanks you my dear friend Anna(left) and Damla(center) from Russia and Turkey. The interesting thing is that even we don't have any one semester stay in the same country, the 2 week summer school in Genova made us know each other more enough. Not forget that Anna is my 2 weeks roomate in hotel during summer school too....


Thank you my very best Columbian friend, Andres. Helpful and friendly classmate, oh we have 3 semesters staying in the same countries. A good man who contribute a lot of his effort in Association. 


Next, Thanks you to my Ukraine friend, also called Anna.The best photographer among us, and never forget our crazy moment in Normandy trip.


Thanks you my very best Indonesian friend, Randy. Sometime quiet,sometime funny guy indeed. Best flatmate in Genova.



Thank you to my Kazakh friend, Joldas. At first, I thought he is Chinese since his nationality is China. In fact, He is Kazakh. We always arrange in the same group to do report in semester 1 in France. I can see his improvement. Interestingly, his wife is working in Malaysia now. 



Thanks to my another 2 funny, married guy....On the left, Faisal from Oman, another friendly, good cooker. On the right, Mohamad from Egypt. They brought us a lot of joy among our classmate. 


Thanks you my very best, cute cat lady- Liuda from Ukraine. Her english accent is the most unique and difficult to understand for me. ( or maybe my accent is also difficult for others to understand) 



Next, Thanks you to the very cute couple classmate, Zaneta from Poland & Bob from USA. I can't drink alcohol with them, as they never drunk even they drink a lot. Anyway, when I think about party, I will remember you guys. And they are hitchhiking lover!!!



Thanks you to my British classmate, Christopher. I guess my accent is difficult for him to understand. Anyway, a perfect english, smart attorney guy, and also my best flatmate in Genova.  



And my very best, cute Turkish friend, Eda. She have my room in Genova after I left. She is cute when she drunk.... haha,opps~~


Besides my classmates, She is the person that help me a lot in document thing every semester, the manager of programme, Eva, and also the secretary, Beatrix( not in the photo).  


Director of my master programme, Sandrine. Thanks for her encouragement and advice. 


It's definitely a super long list to thanks, so to all my friends, people, lecturers I knew and met, Thanks you for participate partially my 2 years journey in Europe. 
I learned a lot in this 2 years, no matter in academic or non-academic field. 
Many thing happened toward me, which make me grow, develop into a better person. 
I'm very appreciate the scholarship given by European Commission, which fulfill my dream to study overseas. 
The simple ceremony lasts around 1.5 hour, continue with a boat party in Paris until midnight. 



So, what's my next step after graduation?
We will know soon~~~



Sunset in Paris


* Some photo used in this post credited to official photographer guy during graduation day 

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My story in Italy #6 - Study @ Genoa, Italy.

Italy, my 3rd European country, 3rd university to stay for my Master study,
It's also my last semester with classes and exam, as my next semester will be internship.
This Master course give me opportunity to study in 3 countries, to experience the culture of 3 European countries....
As this is 3rd semester, I'm more familiar with the adaption to new environment. It's easier for me to get use of everything.
Every semester have their difficulties and challenges; and yes, nothing come easy.
This semester the university is Universita degli Studi di Genova, one of the largest university in Italy, founded in 1481.
The unique thing about this university is that each department and faculty are located in independent campus and located in different part of Genova.
For example, the building for all my classes are situated in 3 different locations. While the International Student office and registration administration office is in another location.

So, like my previous post written about study at France and Poland, first to show is definitely the student card. Tadaa~~~




A glimpse of moment of class... Lecturers mostly speak an English with strong Italian accent. Sometime it's hard to understand their explanation.



Coffee and Snack area. You can get a cup of coffee in 0.35 euro. 


Corroded metal display during corrosion class 


I have 2 classes in Faculty of Engineering, which located opposite the sea. Find out this scene during lunch break. It's seem enjoyable to eat and revise in such a wonderful scene, maybe~~~ ( I haven't try yet..)


Some classes are in Department of Physics. It's taken during fire drill session.


For the whole semester, we have 5 industrial visits... Mostly is small industrial, spin off; but it's a great experience. I like this kind of visit, and study outside the classroom. This photo taken during our visit to a refinery plant in Italy. 


Genova is definitely a good place to stay, with nice weather, sun, hill and sea. This city gave me more than what I expect. I had not regret choosing my 3rd semester in Italy. In addition, Italian people are mostly friendly, although their English proficiency might not so good, they are willing to help you as they can.

Genova is not famous like other city like Rome or Milan. It's not a big, busy city. Genova don't have complicated metro line ( lrt ) or tram.



Piazza de Ferrari in city centre of Genova,Italy.



Check out my previous posts.....
1st semester : Study@France http://mush4crazy.blogspot.com/2012/11/study-paris-france.html
2nd semester: Study@Poznan, Poland http://mush4crazy.blogspot.com/2013/04/study-poznan-poland.html


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Conclusion of my 1st year study in Europe.

As a conclusion, and the best souvenir to all my classmates in each semester,
I made a short video for each semester,
for my Master study in Europe.
You might see it in my Facebook before.
Now, I published the video in Youtube, with the link I provide here....

1st semester in France.
http://youtu.be/V4W3aaMueXE


2nd semester in Poland.
http://youtu.be/ZVkTG7M6s2c


Enjoy the videos!!! * It is Unlisted video, only with link can be view in Youtube.



* More update post in this blog will be published after my summer holiday, stay tune~~~

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Study @ Poznan, Poland


Many people know that I went to France to study my Master degree,
But, many people don't know why I stay in Poland now.
The Master Degree I studied now is an Erasmus Mundus Programme,
The uniqueness of this programme is the mobility to at least 2 universities from 2 different European countries ( It's a collaboration of 4 countries Universities) 
It's mean every semester, I will go to a new country, to know a new place...
So, my 1st semester, in France , you can read back my post before http://mush4crazy.blogspot.com/2012/11/study-paris-france.html

and now, 2nd semester, I chose Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. 
Poznan, well known as students' city ( every 5 people in Poznan, one will be student ) 
Poznan is not a very famous tourist city in Europe, but it's the best city in term of learning atmosphere and public transport. ( from students.pl) and also the various privileges and discounts that a student can have. 
The university name- Adam Mickiewicz is from the name of a  famous polish poet.
To know more about Adam Mickiewicz University, you can go to this website: http://amu.edu.pl/en/

Poland is one of the European countries, but this country not using Euro,
There have their money currency- Zloty. ( 1.00 Zloty = around RM1.00) 
I'm confusing when I just reached Poland. 
It's interesting that this country have 9 different value of coins. 


Poland has low cost of living if compare to other European countries.
Many thing here are generally cheaper, especially beer~~
It's so normal to see that in most restaurant and bars, beer, coffee,juice, plain water have almost the same price. ( That why polish people like to drink beer, and they are hardly drunk...)

To proof that you are still a student, identity card is always need
Lalala~~~ I'm still a student and forever young!!! Hahaha~~~
It's a bit sad that student card is a bit simple and non-electronic...



Come to a new country, learn a new language...
One European country, one language.
Adam Mickiewicz University have it's campus spread in many areas in Poznan.
Faculty Chemistry and the place to learn language is totally different building in different area; You need to take tram to go from Faculty Chemistry to Language class.
Honestly,for me, polish language is hard to learn, especially the pronunciation.... :(


The building of Faculty Chemistry is very new, just started using this few years
I like the modern design of the faculty. Another special about this building is their huge transparent window.


Practical session- It's seem like easy, but somehow it's difficult....


Laboratory


Really BIG organic laboratory. It's also annoying that I need to walk a lot when I want to get some apparatus & materials...etc....


University Restaurant food- Food was nicely present (it's really give you a good 1st impression)
Taste- average;  Price- average


Tea session with my lecturer,tutor and classmates. 
Most polish people are friendly, even though their English proficiency might not so good, 
but they tried their best to make you understand what they mean. 


After a tired day in University, It's time to go back home~~ 
Sunset~~ On the way back to home.....


It's seem like most Poland city will have a old market square ( Stary Rynek). Many nice design, colorful,historic building and shop will usually surround the square. It's always the main tourist attraction for each cities in Poland. 


Last but not least, haha!! Again, it's me in the entrance of Faculty Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University



Next post: Museums in Poznan and the Zoo

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