When I was in the campus, I found myself the odd one. None of my non muslim seniors were with a long transparent scarf covering their head. They were either having a colorful small scarf tied to the back or a triangular scarf (tudung segi tiga).

Then, I found out that I was the only non muslim chinese girl admitted to the university for law course in that particular year with the STPM result. In short, I was known as a direct intake student. Others, were police officers. There were three others non muslims male direct intake students, an Indian and two chinese admitted for law course too.

There was another direct intake chinese girl from Kuantan. She was alone doing a course in the Kulliyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences.

I must admit, the campus surrounding gave me some pressure to further “properly covered up” myself. I bought a few tudung segi tiga, (one in black and another white) and tailored a few larger pieces of clothes to make them into tudung. (more…)