By Eci Ernawati (09410430)

International Program Faculty of Law Islamic University of Indonesia

Students Exchange Report

January 19th, 2011 is a nice day for me, when it was i prepared to go to Malaysia. After i saw about announcement, so surprised because i could joint exchange students program to Islamic University of Malaysia. It is new experience for me, actually my first time went to foreign state. Before that i have a dream to went foreign country, i pray may i could do it, and then God answered it, my dream come true, and i went to Malaysia.

Report
The exchange students participant from Universitas Islam Indonesia there were 10 persons. One of them is me. So from this program i got new family, new brothers, and certainly new sisters. We always together there. After arrived in Kuala Lumpur i followed the schedule about the program. Many schedule must be followed, from first day until February 14th, 2011. And then February 15th come back to Yogyakarta, Indonesia. I have many memories there, so long if i have to told about it. First day i had lunch with Mr Zaid in one of restaurant of Malaysia, at the time i tried food of Malaysia, this is a first time for me. I got some differences taste of food with Indonesia, actually the kinds of food was same, but different. After lunch, we go to Gombak, cities where IIUM located. When it got there we went to the dormitory where we stayed while in Malaysia, the hostel we called it "Mahala". Mahala women separately with men. For a woman with a law school located in remote areas. Unlike the male Mahala, the distance is quite close to the campus. And on the first day we started activities in depend on schedule had be made by Students exchange from AIKOL. Here is the schedule:

Day/date Wednesday, 19 January, 2011

Event Arrival Mahallah Registration Class Registration

Thursday,

Thaipusam

20 January, 2011

KL Tour Dinner with Dr.Zaid

Friday, 21 January, 2011

Thaipusam KL Tour Dinner with Dr.Zaid

Saturday, 22 January, 2011

Session With Deputy Rector (Student Affairs) Public Lecture by Dr. Rusli Welcoming Ceremony

Sunday, 23 January, 2011 Monday, 24 January, 2011 Tuesday, 25 January, 2011 Wednesday, 26 January, 2011

Broga Hill Picnic

Session With student Bodies (explorace)

Class

Class Legal Firm Session with Dr.Iqbal

Thursday, 27 January, 2011

Class Public Lecture LPU Sports Day

Friday, 28 January, 2011 Saturday 29 January, 2011 Sunday 30 January, 2011 Monday, 31 January, 2011 Tuesday,

Class Visit to Prison Class Parliament Tanjong Karang, homestay (semester Break)

Tanjong Karang, homestay (semester Break)

Tanjong Karang, Homestay (semester Break)

1 February, 2011 Wednesday, 2 February, 2011 Thursday, 3 February, 2011 Friday, 4 February, 2011 Saturday, 5 February, 2011 Sunday, 6 February, 2011 Monday, 7 February, 2011 Tuesday, 7 January, 2011 Wednesday, 8 February, 2011 Thursday, 9 February, 2011 Class International Conference Theatre (TBD) Friday, 10 February, 2011 Saturday, 11 February, 2011 Sunday, 12 February, 2011 Monday, 13 February, 2011 Tuesday, 14 February, 2011 Wednesday, 15 February, 2011 Closing Ceremony Frewall Dinner Departure Syariah Court State Legislative AssemblyTheatre (TBD) Class Public Lecture Putrajaya Class A.G Chambers Class Semester Break Jom Balik Kampung Jom Balik Kampung Jom Balik Kampung Jom balik kampung Semester Break

Above is an activity that I go through while in Malaysia. Within 28 days I was there, with many new experiences in education. As different systems. System study in IIUM has 2 ways, learning to teach as usual and tutorials. Tutorial is a learning system where students are invited to discuss with given some practice questions, so in a tutorial class students tend to be active because this class provides the opportunity for students to discuss a case.

In addition, from the activities I've attended, I can take some new things, where it is so different from my country. In the legal side, we know the legal system of Malaysia is the Common Law, and Indonesia is Civil Law, there were the different stratification of court systems. In Malaysia not recognized the Constitutional Court, and Indonesia has Constitutional Court.

Furthermore, in terms of culture. And keeping a fairly memorable visit for me, the home stay to the Tanjong Karang. There are communities such as the Javanese people in Indonesia. And almost entirely the same as Java in Indonesia, such as customs, language, customs, rules, and behavior. That is because there comes from Java Indonesia. It was not only Indonesia which has a culture of Java but also Malaysia. Although Malaysian Javanese is Indonesian Javanese.

Our country has many cultures that are scattered throughout the archipelago, a diverse, unique, and original Indonesian culture course. But I see the culture in Malaysia had been contaminated by some foreign cultures, especially in Kuala Lumpur, the city where I live, there are several cultures from outside Malaysia, like China and India. And it really looks, even the position almost same as like their native culture, Malay.

Of these things I feel that Indonesia is far richer in comparison Malaysia, but Malaysia is more able to appreciate and maintain the culture than Indonesia. That's become the positive and negative sides of the two countries.

Conclusion
so the experience I got from this program. Many benefits can I take, starting from the knowledge, insight, friendship, familiarity, and observed differences between Indonesia and Malaysia. Not only the differences in legal terms, but also about government, political, economic, and cultural.