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TAHNIAH PMR FARIS PETRA 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Nana) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:10:00 +0000

Rasa macam dah lama gila aku tinggalkan sekolah. huhu. here's the big list.

1 SM SAINS TENGKU MUHAMMAD FARIS PETRA
2 SM SAINS TELUK INTAN
3 KOLEJ TUNKU KURSHIAH
4 SM SAINS KUALA SELANGOR
5 SEKOLAH DATO` ABDUL RAZAK
6 SEKOLAH TUANKU ABDUL RAHMAN
7 SEKOLAH TUN FATIMAH
8 SM SAINS SELANGOR
9 THE MALAY COLLEGE KUALA KANGSAR
10 SM SAINS MUZAFFAR SYAH
11 SM SAINS POKOK SENA
12 SEKOLAH SULTAN ALAM SHAH
13 SM SAINS SULTAN MAHMUD
14 SM SAINS TENGKU ABDULLAH
15 SM SAINS MACHANG
16 SBP INTEGRASI GOMBAK
17 SM SAINS PASIR PUTEH
18 SM SAINS TUN SYED SHEH SHAHABUDIN
19 SM SAINS BAGAN DATOH
20 SBP INTEGRASI SABAK BERNAM
21 SM SAINS KOTA TINGGI
22 SBP INTEGRASI SELANDAR
23 SM SAINS REMBAU
24 SM SAINS KEPALA BATAS
25 SM SAINS LAHAD DATU
26 SM SAINS LABUAN
27 SM SAINS SULTAN HJ AHMAD SHAH
28 SBP INTEGRASI JEMPOL
29 SM SAINS KUBANG PASU
30 SM SAINS RAJA TUN AZLAN SHAH
31 SBP INTEGRASI RAWANG
32 SM SAINS KUCHING
33 SBP INTEGRASI GOPENG
34 SBP INTEGRASI KUBANG PASU
35 SM SAINS SULTAN ISKANDAR
36 SBP INTEGRASI TUN ABDUL RAZAK
37 SBP INTEGRASI KUANTAN

never thought I'd see this day. sobs, sobs. So proud of my teachers and my juniors. keep it up. you guys deserved it!

tahniah, tahniah.

more info here and here

Edit:

New Update. Faris Petra nombor 2.

Hello Hello Hello People!

noreply@blogger.com (Nana) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 05:16:00 +0000

Hey, I'm beginning my 3rd month here in Canada. It has yet to snow and is currently fall season. Temperature fluctuates between 18 degrees to even slightly below subzero. At 2 degrees there's already frost on the lawn in the mornings. Come snow time, there'll be more pictures.

Last I posted was for Raya Puasa. So, now I'm updating on Raya Haji. Selamat Hari Raya to those celebrating, and yeah, happy holidaying Malaysia. Have fun with all the meat-based delicacies. hehe. Well, here they don't really have it on such a large scale, and nope, no holiday for the occasion either.

So far, uni life has been hard. I'm sure by SPM, most of you will be saying to yourselves, "oh boy, I can't wait to get out of this crappy prison and get a life! yeah, uni will be so much better. no curfew. nobody to tell you what to do. no compulsory attendance to lectures, more free time, more freedom, etc. etc. "

Well, I'll tell you that that's partly true, but it's not really all fun and games. Fact is, you'll continue to be working hard for the rest of your lives until you die. In fact, it gets harder. There's no more miss class for a week and you can still catch up by the end of the year. Oh no no no no. If you're sick and tired of teachers chasing your tails and the teachers arranging your prep time, well here, tutorials are not at all like prep. You get assessed for every tutorial. Uni is such that it requires you to be prepared to be assessed everyday. So you really need to be ahead of your game.

Then again, like every other years in school, you'll get used to it eventually, but it's not easy. There will be depressing moments where you'll feel like quitting, but you gotta learn to find your own motivation and keep it going, no matter how steep the slope. After all, what have all those years of school been for if it was not for this?

It seems almost surreal that I am here today. All this while during my school life, I hear stories of my seniors going off to see the sights, and I can hardly believe I'm part of it now. So, why let the opportunity go to waste? And yeah, I am thankful to God that I got this opportunity and I am grateful to everyone involved: my parents, JPA and my teachers, especially from Faris Petra. I am here today because of you. I have to admit, I am doing well in my elective course because I remembered Sejarah Form 4. hahaha. So yeah, let's hope I can keep up my grades. I'm always thinking of you lovely people and my friends from Kelantan. I miss Kelantan pretty badly, although Hamilton is "sort of" my Pengkalan Chepa now, and Toronto's my KL. Don't ask why Hamilton is my Pengkalan Chepa, I can't really put a finger on why I think of it that way, but definitely there's no Nasi Kerabu stalls here.

So, I'll leave you with that thought. Here are a few pictures from Hamilton, ON Canada.

This is Webster's Falls.

The houses where I live.

McMaster University!

More pictures from my Facebook. Will be updating from time to time. Until then, good luck to everyone in their university/school lives. Selamat Hari Raya Haji! Oh and to my Form Five Juniors, ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR SPM. Farisian Cergas Cemerlang. :p

Salam Aidilfitri

noreply@blogger.com (Nana) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:37:00 +0000

Hello All!

Hope you guys are fine and dandy. I just landed in Toronto a few hours ago. Right now is already pagi raya in Malaysia and malam raya here in Toronto. About 12 hours time zone difference. So, 9.30 pm of 29th August here, 9.30 am of 30th August in Malaysia.

So, di sini ambil kesempatan to wish everyone a SELAMAT HARI RAYA, Maaf Zahir Batin. Wherever you celebrate it.

Have a nice raya. :)

formspring.me

noreply@blogger.com (syazaazleen) — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:41:00 +0000

feel free to ask :) http://formspring.me/syazaazleen

UPDATES

noreply@blogger.com (Nana) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 07:58:00 +0000

Well, we've hadn't had updates from the school for a very long time. Most of the updates is managed by Cikgu Azemi in his own Faris Petra blog. Very informative, you'll find all those there. I should say the school's expedition to Cambodia was commendable.

Anyway, here are a few buildings that have been finished, and ready for use next year:

The new Aspuri. The student population is still maintained. The new building is basically to make up for the crowded dorms.

This used to be where Cikgu Razuki used to live:

Inside the Aspuri:

The dorm:

Warden's house:

The new academic block, I didn't get to go inside, though:

The new dewan:

The new office tile:

New deco for the old dewan:

And the school has a change of principal from KJ to Tn Hj Shaffie, from SMK Long Ghafar. More info, visit Cikgu Azemi's blog.

Ramadan Mubarak to all and good luck to the Form Five students who are having their trials now.

Salam Ramadhan and All The Best!

noreply@blogger.com (Izzat) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:27:00 +0000

Assalamualaikum and a big big hello to every Farisians brothers and sisters.

It's the start of Ramadhan and I wish happy fasting month to all the muslims and muslimah out there! Have a great fasting month and make this month as a "training" for us to change ourselves for the better. To all those who are currently celebrating Ramadhan in the overseas, be strong and don't ever forget our duty to Allah. Some of my friends in the UK right now have to fast for 19 hours! Imagine that long! I would be like oh-im-dying mode.

Anyway, I heard some of my friends got their admission to the universities to pursue for either diploma or degree, anyway, still I wanna congratulate and applaud them for their hard work to be able to continue their studies. To tell you (for those haven't pursue their tertiary studies), I myself are struggling for my studies. I almost failed my maths paper! Luckily God still give me a chance to learn my lesson and to put more effort for the next year. Alhamdulillah, I successfully finished my first year and going for my second year right in September. 4 more years to go after a so-many-stories-to-tell first year. So, younger brothers out there, be careful when you enter the new so called freedom life. You might end up failing like some of my friends. Some of my friends were stripped off from JPA and Petronas scholarship! From a student who potentially flying to Japan, end up going to ALAM. Not saying that ALAM is a bad place, but given the scholarship to go to Japan and wasted it where millions beg for that chance. What can I say? Hope that my friend will strive for the best and learn the lesson when going to ALAM. I hope those who are reading this can reach me back in Facebook, really miss talking to them, asking them how they are doing and everything.

Some of us also will be leaving Malaysia as well soon. Nik Amirul Hakim or Pok Keh will be leaving to US soon, Nurul Kamilah or Kam is leaving to Canada and some more, InsyaAllah if they do well, will be going to India. Anyway, to Pok Keh and Kam, all the best! Enjoy your life over there but don't ever forget your duty and priority there. Take as much as you can and leave the rotten tomatoes over there. The reason you are sent over there is not only to study, but to learn about the value of life, about professionalism and all sorts of things you can learn to improve yourself over there. Do keep in touch, us friends over here would love to hear stories from you guys. I promised, if I'm in KL when you guys will depart, I'll be there to pave goodbye at the airport.

And for those who are sitting for their PMR Trial, good luck and all the best! Break a leg! Make our school proud!

Salam Ramadhan Al-Mubarak!

Kind Regards,

Izzat

Biar cukup ilmu di dada

noreply@blogger.com (Izzat) — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:28:00 +0000

Assalamualaikum Farisians!

I don't know whether this blog is still active or not since the last post also is from me. Anyway, I'll just write one, which I think is very important for us Farisians and ex-Farisians who are still studying.

The topic is simple enough,

"Biar cukup ilmu di dada"

I guess some people already know where this topic is going. I can't write about tips for interviews or studies or whatsoever formula for success because I'm not smart and I don't see life as a structure that we have to use specific formula to succeed. I rather share my experience and opinion with people and let them judge which one is good for them and which one is not.

Breakfast at 8am along Thames River, London

I came back from Manchester for a 3 months summer holidays and that's a picture of my self-cooked mee-hoon for my breakfast along Thames River, London, hours before my flight back to Malaysia. When I reach Malaysia, after 10 months abroad, I was quite impressed with some new roads, buildings and services especially our telecommunication services which now provide people with the exact plans they provide in the UK which give people free phones, but have to subscribe the plans. This makes life for the people easier, a lot easier in fact as mobile phones right now are really crucial no matter where you are. Even kids nowadays have to use mobile phones. Call them spoiled kids, but look around, with kidnappers all over the place and parents are too busy to pick up their children on time, mobile phones really do play a role helping to prevent the worst case scenario.

Anyway, when I came back, I was surprised to actually got to know about BERSIH. Call me lame, but forgive me, the news about BERSIH didn't really reach UK. Life was much easier and happier back there. Haha. Anyway, I don't wanna give a comment about BERSIH's plan and action. But it saddens me to see "MELAYU KITA" easily got provoked by those people who are not even fighting for Malays. Just because some people gives you an article and gives you a link of a video in the youtube doesn't mean everything they say is for real! Do some research first about those articles and link and see whether the sources are valid. Some of the sources are just made up. I'm not on anybody's side. But think back, those who starts BERSIH are not even Melayu, but on that demonstration day, only the Malays were arrested and only few non-Malays joined. The one died was it Malay? =)

If we really wanna fight for our race, don't let the non-Malays get involved. Sorry to say this, but make it like a family fight. You fight your own brother, but you never let anybody else to come and solve it. Instead, your father will come up with a peaceful solution. Think back, for what reason that the non-Malays wanna fight for our race? We get powerful and they got weaker? NO!

And some people come up with foolish comment about both government and BERSIH saying all those bad things that people don't wanna hear and some of them are just made up by the people. Aduhai Melayu, fitnah sana-sini, bohong sana-sini. The other races are just laughing at us. Singaporean press, UK press and Indonesian press exaggerated the situation in our country, make it looked worst than what actually happened. They make us looked like we are totally divided and having a demonstration just like the one in the Middle East. Come on! I was having a coffee and laughing with my friends on that day that I thought the demonstration was cancelled!

Think back, especially us, students, a group which some people focus as the main target because we are the one easily got provoked, easily being cheated with wise words and charismatic speech. Get some knowledge, do your own research, learn back the real history of Malaysia, not the Paleolitik thing and whatsoever Zaman Batu. Look back at what's the real Declaration of Independence is all about. 1957, only 100 000 (somewhere around that value) are given Tanah Melayu nationality as a part of agreement between the Malays and the British, others were given the permanent residential license. Read Tun Mahathir's biography and books, read all those Malaysian history books. Don't read SPM Sejarah books because it's bullshit. It gives you nothing back to think about. Have yourself some proper and complete knowledge of our real country's situation first, then you can decide whether to do a demonstration or not.

"Menang jadi arang, kalah jadi abu"

Think about it.

An expression from a sad Malay
Izzat Salihuddin

Hello!

noreply@blogger.com (Izzat) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:21:00 +0000

Hi Farisians and visitors!

It's been a while since my last post. I haven't been updating my own blog and this is actually my first post on blogger since last two months. Just wanna make it simple and short.

First of all, congratulations to all the SPM '10 candidates! No matter what your result is, remember, you just finished a hell of a journey in your life and you are gonna start a new one! To those excellent achievers, you sure do make our school proud (or your school proud) and to those felt like they didn't get to achieve their target, hey, it's not the end of the world yet.

REMEMBER!

"You may have got your greatest results, but there will always be someone who achieve better than you. You may have got your worst results, but there are always someone who are much more unfortunate than you."

What I'm saying is, be humble. There is still a long way to go for you all and also myself. Anyway, still, enjoy the sweet success while you still have the time but don't ever forget your objective in your life. Aiman Naim is already in Korea (good luck dude!) and there are still bunch of my friends are closing in to study abroad and hopefully, the latest Alumni members of 0610 will follow us as well. Wherever you decided to study, it doesn't matter. What matters is what you gain in your life. =)

Just to update you guys with what is happening in the UK. The government here decided to increase the tuition fees here and also tighten the immigration here which means, less international students as years passing by due to scrapping of some visa. They (The Conservatives) are on a massive budget cuts plan to reduce the government's budget deficit left by the previous government (The Labour).

Hopefully, we can still see the Malaysian government sending students to study in the UK. Let's pray for the best for all of us. That's all from me, just to show my appreciation to the SPM candidates for their hard work to achieve the results not only to lift up our school's name but also improving the supply of excellent student in our country.

Sincerely,

Izzat Salihuddin. =)

follow this blog..~

noreply@blogger.com (miss phe0nix~) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:17:00 +0000

http://faris-petra.blogspot.com

- cikgu Azemi yang update

More info on asasi, diploma, etc.

noreply@blogger.com (Nana) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:48:00 +0000

http://theotherkhairul.blogspot.com/2011/03/lepasan-spm-pilih-course-apa-untuk.html

informal la tapi. bacaan ringan-ringan.

Interview Processes

noreply@blogger.com (Nana) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:42:00 +0000

Just in case any of you are wondering:

1. Khazanah

4 stages.

Stage 1: 3-part IQ test involving language skills and maths. EST-like questions for language part. Maths mostly simple arithmetics but the time limit is quite short.

Stage 2: 3 tasks

task 1: in groups, you are given a task to discuss and present findings in a powerpoint presentation in a limited time frame. discussion topics mostly center on marketing and business strategies. Mine was something about promoting health tourism and MARTRADE. a brief question and answer session follows the presentation.

task 2: short essay. topic can be varied. mine was about proposing a new industry. and then something about aptitude.

task 3: one-on-one interview. their interviewers kicks ass.

Stage 3: I didn't get here, but probably with some important figure in Khazanah.

Stage 4: Interview with the Board of Trustees of Khazanah.

Number of Khazanah's scholars vary each year, depending on the quality of the candidate. From what I know, it can range from belas-belas to even just three per year.

Khazanah scholars are privileged in a sense that financially, they have more perks, Khazanah's finances are strong standing being the biggest investor in local industry, and they offer leadership grooming for their scholars. Most scholars are sent to Kolej Yayasan UEM (KYUEM) in Lembah Beringin for A-Levels, but I have known Khazanah scholars doing ADP in INTEC.

2. Sime Darby

I applied for Sime Darby prior SPM results using my trials and went for their interview. The second time I applied for Sime Darby using my actual SPM results, I didn't attend the interview, but most probably the process is almost similar.

4 Stages.

1st stage is getting through the application itself and being selected to Stage 2.

Stage 2 has 2 parts.

1st part is a group interview. Topics can range from H1N1 to Facebook to Education to Business to Green Technology. It's best you prepare yourself with general knowledge.

2nd Part is a 3-part IQ test. Part 1 and 2 is also language and maths related. EST-like questions. 3rd part is an aptitude test.

Stage 3 has 3 tasks.

task 1 is an individual task. You are given an assignment that you have to prepare and present in a given amount of time. Mine was about how to increase sales of pharmaceutical products and present data of customer satisfaction of products.

task 2 is group discussion. you will discuss among your group, usually of 7, about a given topic and the interviewers will observe you without intervening the discussion.you have to be actively participating in the discussion, contribute ideas or opinions without being over dominating the discussion. the interviewers will be looking at both content of your ideas and your personality. mine was regarding which manufacturing plant that we have to close down based on the data given.

task 3 is role play. the interviewer will pretend to be some character and you will have a role of your own. in my case, I was the Human resource manager and I have to convince a character to stay in the company instead of leaving.

Stage 4 is an interview with an important figure in Sime darby.

Similar to Khazanah, Sime darby has its perks financially, but also very few places are given.

I think Sime Darby's interviews differ year by year, but it's best you equip yourself with knowledge in business and finance or economy. Be familiar with terms like cost-benefit analysis, and I forgot what's the other thing.

3. JPA

One shot.

Group interview + online aptitude test. (kacang je nih)

Group of fives or six usually. Read up on current issues. I'm sure banyak je on the web soalan spot JPA.

4. MARA

Submit an essay. Kind of like a personal statement where you just flaunt your achievements. Kira macam jual diri ah.

One-on-one interview.

5. Petronas.

One-day Educamp in UTP. There's like tests for Chemistry, Physics, Maths and English, I think, series of talks, maybe, and a group interview, similar to that of JPA. And oh, a campus tour.

6. UEM

UEM is a body under Khazanah. Three stages. Mostly interviews. I didn't get this one.

7. PNB

A 3-part IQ test quite similar to Sime Darby and Khazanah.

8. TNB

Yang ini tanya Fikri Hisyam. But there's a debate session.

9. Yayasan Telekom

First, you go through a three day camp. No biggie. Just your regular in-group activities. No sweat. They just want to see your personality. If they don't like you, then nasiblah. Next stage is a one-on-one interview.

10. Shell

Stressful application. Then a 45-minute phone interview consisting of two parts. 1st part about yourself, second part talk about a given topic. Second stage is a group interview.

11. Bank Negara

Yang ini tak apply. But be prepared for group interviews and presentations as well as one-on-one interviews.

A general tip would be:

- practise articulating your ideas in English
- read up on current issues
- having a little knowledge in economy would be VERY helpful. During my JPA interview, they asked stuff about Malaysian economy, and for corporate bodies, obviously is very economy, finance, business, management oriented.
-have self-confidence. be yourself. I know it's tad cliche.

UPDATE: Satu lagi lupa nak pesan. Apply je SEMUA scholarships yang ada. Kita tak tahu rezeki kita kat mana, I applied for 10 (ke berapa? but around that) scholarships, went for 7 sebab 7 je dapat and ada 2 tak dapat hadir for some reason, and initially, I got none of them, sampaila terpaksa buat rayuan JPA. So, you see, result cantik tak semestinya guaranteekan tempat scholarship it depends on luck and rezeki. So, to be on the safe side, apply SEMUA, including matrik and UPU as well, as back-up plan. Always, always have a back-up plan. Alhamdulillah, I was given the opportunity to attend many interviews, so I can share with most of you my experiences, and I'm glad JPA gave me a second chance, but don't repeat my stupid mistake of not having a back-up plan. Kalu dok, tok ngaji la. Lastly, jangan apply scholarships based on "eh, scholarship ni sedakla, banyok pitih", " eh , scholarship lagi sedak pado pinjame, toksoh bayar smula,", "eh, payohla interview natang nih, malah aku nok apply, ", "bengongla application dio, leceh mapuh, malah aku apply, ", "wak godio aku apply? sikit jah dio vi. chances aku bukannya tinggi pun, ", "eleh tok glamour ah jadi scholar goni,". Apply je. jangan nak simpan harapan on just one sponsor. Some people are lucky, apply satu, dapat. Me apply banyak-banyak tak dapat. You never know rezeki you macam mana, but it's best that you prepare the best way you can.

Good luck.

Tahniah SPM Faris Petra

noreply@blogger.com (Nana) — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:38:00 +0000

Masih Top Ten with 38 straight A's scorers.

click for larger image

I took it from here: http://izuanshah.blogspot.com/2011/03/spm-2010-official-sbp-results.html

Good luck for the next step, kids.

start checking , applying and thinking for this okay guys :)

noreply@blogger.com (fikriehisham) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:22:00 +0000

SPM result should be out soon. Sorry I've been very busy lately, without any post on my blog, without any information for the scholarships. My AS examination will be coming soon so I wont be able to online as much as before okay. Visit this website, this will help you guys :)

check recom.org. this is the least i can do for you :)

Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi

noreply@blogger.com (miss phe0nix~) — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:38:00 +0000

Sekalung tahniah kpd warga farisian =)
akhirnya hasrat ckgu2 terlaksana gk,,..
kte org,pergorbann itu ad hikmahnya,
so,c0ngrat sume..

23 Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi

1. Sekolah Menengah Imtiaz, Terengganu
2. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Jalan Empat, Selangor
3. Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Perak;
4. Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Gombak, Selangor;
5. Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Kubang Pasu, Kedah
6. Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Pekan, Pahang;
7. Sekolah Menengah Sains Alam Shah, Kuala Lumpur
8. Sekolah Menengah Sains Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra, Kelantan
9. Sekolah Menengah Sains Miri, Sarawak
10. Sekolah Menengah Sains Seri Puteri, Kuala Lumpur
11. Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor, Kuala Lumpur
12. Sekolah Menengah Sains Tengku Abdullah, Pahang
13. Sekolah Menengah Sains Muar, Johor
14. Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Ulu Lubai, Sarawak
15. SK Convent Muar, Johor
16. SK Seri Biram, Pahang
17. SK Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin, Kedah;
18. SK Setiawangsa, Kuala Lumpur
19. SK (Perempuan) Methodist Kuantan, Pahang
20. SK Sultan Ismail, Terengganu
21. SK Jalan Tiga, Selangor
22. SJK(C) Perempuan China, Pulau Pinang
23. SJK(C) Lick Hung, Selangor.

majulah farisian untuk negara..^_^
kekalkan prestasi,tingkatkan kualiti

From One of Your Ex-Students of 0509. Life After School.

noreply@blogger.com (Nana) — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:09:00 +0000

Untuk junior yang wondering life outside school macam mana. nanti aku postkan aku punya gak.

check this out.

http://aremeentulips.blogspot.com/2011/02/kulim-im-back.html

http://nadia1012.blogspot.com/2010/12/what-to-do-afta-spm.html

Memories of 5 Alpha 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Izzat) — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:05:00 +0000

-LASKAR PELANGI-

Mimpi adalah kunci

Untuk kita menaklukkan dunia

Berlarilah tanpa lelah

Sampai engkau meraihnya

Laskar pelangi

Takkan terikat waktu

Bebaskan mimpimu di angkasa

Warnai bintang di jiwa

Menarilah dan terus tertawa

Walau dunia tak seindah surga

Bersyukurlah pada yang kuasa

Cinta kita di dunia

Selamanya...

Cinta kepada hidup

Memberikan senyuman abadi

Walau hidup kadang tak adil

Tapi cinta lengkapi kita

Laskar pelangi

Takkan terikat waktu

Jangan berhenti mewarnai

Jutaan mimpi di bumi

Menarilah dan terus tertawa

Walau dunia tak seindah surga

Bersyukurlah pada yang kuasa

Cinta kita di dunia

Menarilah dan terus tertawa

Walau dunia tak seindah surga

Bersukurlah pada yang kuasa

Cinta kita di dunia

Selamanya...

Laskar pelangi

Takkan terikat waktu...

Happy New Year Farisians!!

noreply@blogger.com (Izzat) — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:58:00 +0000

The date itself says it all. 01.01.2011 or 1.1.11.This year, this whole new year is gonna be special. Lucky nowadays we have blogs, Facebook, Twitter and so many things else that make our world smaller and I'm using that opportunity to wish you all ;

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 TO ALL!!!

Let's make 2011 a different year than any other year before, make it as best as we can. We Malaysians already got a sweet 2010 end of year present, the Suzuki Cup and hopefully many more wonderful surprise coming in 2011. I guess everyone have their own resolutions for the new year, whatever it is, hopefully the change is for better.

To my buddies, my brothers and sister from batch 0509, damn I miss you all so much. I may sound stupid, but let's have a reunion somewhere in July yeah ( because I will be in Malaysia by that time! =D)

And to the seniors and juniors, I pray that you all are fine right now and doing great wherever you are or whatever you are doing. We Farisians are proud of every single of our family members. To the juniors, I pray that you all finish your school with a high flying achievements. We seniors and ex-farisians are always here to support and help you all...

Just one piece of advice to everyone as I was here celebrating new year's countdown with my friends in Manchester and how I realize, how Malaysia is better in every sense especially how we celebrate new year. Some people doesn't like the concert being held in KLCC, but for, that's a great way how we bring everyone together in one place and have fun. Here in Manchester, people go to clubs and do nothing. Seriously people here is kinda boring. Haha. I miss the time when I watch the top artists performing live in KLCC, when we all will gather and have fun watching the top artists either in TV or live. That's why there is peribahasa Melayu ;

Hujan emas di negeri orang, hujan batu di negeri sendiri, lebih baik negeri sendiri.

Okay, I hope the peribahasa was right. Haha. Sorry Cikgu Paridah! =P

So, Happy New Year again guys!

Cheers~
Izzat Bin Mohamad Salihuddin
~~facebook : Izzat Ed ( izzatsalihuddin@gmail.com)~~
~~blog : budakmanchester.blogspot.com~~
~~skype : izzat.salihuddin~~

p/s : Let's make things more interesting yeah. Post a comment for this post and answer this 3 questions : 1. What's your three best moment in 2010? 2. What's your three worst moment in 2010? 3. What's your resolution for 2011?
Looking forward for your comments! =)

When There Is A Will, There Is A Way

noreply@blogger.com (Izzat) — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:45:00 +0000

Assalamualaikum and good day brothers and sisters.

Well, obviously, it's my first ever post in this blog. I've been following this blog for months and I felt like I wanted to contribute something to help the Farisians. It's just that, I have no idea what should I contribute since I don't even have any scholarships in hand and for sure, I can't speak of any interviews tips or scholarships because I failed to get one.

Anyway, I write this post because I wanna share some of my views and experiences about choices for future education and the decision making moment. I may neither have the best one or the worst one, but I'm pretty sure of myself that I made the right decision so far. I don't have any scholarships, so my spending here is restricted and I have to be careful not to spend my parents money on unnecessary things. But, yeah, still a kid, I foolishly spent on things that I don't really need. Haha. Lesson learned, pandai-pandai lah menabung.

Back to the main topic, I still remember the moment when I finished my SPM, I was so excited of the prospect of finding a job, work, hanging out and sleep anytime I want. The only thing I forgot, is actually the most important thing ; LOOK FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.

At the end, I missed a lot of opportunities to apply for some scholarships. Until now, I regret it but at least I learned a great lesson here.

You can enjoy as much as you want but never drag yourself away from the your path, your focus and your ambition.

Which, in my case, I was having so much fun ( really!) and I totally forgot what I should actually do for my future. ( Tu yang orang kata, enjoy biar ingat Tuhan!). For juniors, especially SPM 2010 leavers, mark my words yeah! Haha

So, after I got my results, JPA, MARA, Bank Negara and few other scholarships were all available for me to apply ( I suggest you apply for more private company's scholarships, you may get better luck with it!). So, I applied for JPA, Bank Negara, UEM and few others to do accounting and probably, my choice of study is one of the contributing factors I didn't get the scholarships because basically, the government are looking for those applying for engineering and medic. But, that's what I thought because anyway, I got rejected by Bank Negara and UEM too. So, I guess Allah wanted to show me something else and I have to work for it.

I went to almost all education fairs that were held around KL and Selangor. I found this education agent company, Studylink in Subang Jaya and that's how I found out about INTO Manchester, a college in Manchester. Currently, I'm studying foundation in Business and Humanities for 3 months already and 6 months more to go. Apparently, this foundation course is like a shortcut for me to start my degree in UK as northern UK universities accepts INTO College foundation certificate and instead of doing two years of A Levels, I actually shorten my period of study ( guess what, I'm happy because I don't really like formal study, haha) to start my degree. And it's actually easy as for me, I'm studying Economics, Politics, Mathematics and of course, English. Basically, this course guarantee you a place in university here even if you get C in your subjects but what's the point studying here if you just aim for a low end right? Some students here change from Maths to Business Studies because they already learned GCSE (SPM) level Maths. As for me, I don't wanna change it so that I can score as high as I can in Maths, it is called counting the advantage or opportunity cost of it. =)

So, with my foundation course, I can choose any university I want to study at based on the requirements and the expectations I get from my teachers for my final exams result. The better the expectations from the teachers, the better choice of university I can apply for. So, I made four choices ;

London School of Economics - Only 7 students in my college can apply for this university because we got all A's for our exams and we are expected to score A+ in final exams and I'm proud to say, I'm one of the 7 wonders. =)
University of Manchester - INTO Manchester students are given the priority for offers and that's why I don't wanna miss out this chance.
Manchester Metropolitan University - I have to make one safe choice, which means, if I fail to meet the requirements from the top universities, at least I'm guaranteed an offer from a weaker choice, a lower-rank university and MMU is my choice.
University of Newcastle - I have no idea why I choose Newcastle. Haha

I felt kinda stupid about that 4th choice, but forget it, I already submit my application form ( UCAS). UCAS is the form for students to apply for universities in the UK. UCAS website...

By the way, to tell you all, not only foundation in Business and Humanities is available, foundation in Science and Engineering also is provided here. If you are studying foundation in B&H, you can apply for any business and humanities related courses for degree at your preferred university e.g Law, Accounting, Management, Business, Economics and bla bla bla...
On the other hand, if you are studying foundation in S&E, you can apply for science related course such as pharmacy, medic, engineering and architecture.

The teachers here are so professional, facilities are awesome and one reason I would recommend Manchester to everyone is because Manchester is a student city. Student discounts are everywhere here, even for a haircut. Students here are treated nicely and Manchester itself is a modern metropolitan city with great transport system (the buses and taxis) and there is a lot of international and Muslim people here from all over the world. Moreover, there's a lot of Halal food restaurant and shops and the atmosphere here is great with great football pitch and crazy football fans everywhere. But of course, it's not perfect as the city is quite boring as shops close early, sometimes the weather is too bad and drunk people are everywhere every night. Anyway, it's still one of the best place to study.

So, that's about my college and Manchester. Now, to the main part. Early before, I mention about the course I preferred and actually I applied for scholarships being the reason I didn't get it, it maybe true. But that doesn't mean you have to choose the course that you hate or your least favorite course. There's nothing wrong in choosing any course but one thing I learn is to observe the demand. As the government demand more science course students, I suggest you apply for it. You may say, I can't stand studying what I hate. Well, to tell you, some of the world successful people outside there, they don't even have a degree and some of them also have a degree which does not relate to their field they currently working. In the working world, what holds you to your job and what actually gets you the job is your personality.

Degree is just a passport to get the interview, to get the job and stay in the job is your personality.

Some business people, successful ones I mean, they have a degree, even a Masters in science or engineering. But they become business people simply because of their interest in business. So, there's nothing wrong in choosing whatever course that give us the edge and advantage to get the scholarship, it's just that, mind the consequences. If you choose to study chemistry but you always hated chemistry, you might face some problems studying it, because remember, university's subject is totally different from the one in high school. Imagine studying the subject you hate for 4 years, and don't blame anyone if you fail the course. But, at another point of view, we actually study subjects we never like in high school and still we passed it, so it's up to you. That's why the title of my post is when there is a will, there is a way. You decide your own future, your own luck.

About studying overseas, don't get upset of not getting it early, because you can always study overseas for your Masters or whatever your decision is, it's better late than never because one great thing about studying here, you can see the color of Malaysia from outside and that will widen your view. Have a plan B, in case you didn't get what you want or expect, and always be positive. Pray to Him and may He show you the path to success.

That's all from me.

Cheers~
Izzat Bin Mohamad Salihuddin

p/s : Adik2, kawan2, time2 cuti lepas SPM nih, try practice English. Malu bila dok kat sini, Melayu cakap English, sebut Coke jadi Cock. Bukan utk kegunaan study overseas je, utk di Malaysia jgk, as what I heard, most courses skrg blaja dalam English dah. Get use to it. Good luck! ;)

Shell Scholarship

noreply@blogger.com (Nana) — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:06:00 +0000

Okay, since ramai haprak yang mai tanya aku, and nak explain punya la susah and panjang berjela, eloklah, aku postkan saja ye cara-cara untuk apply shell punya scholarship. sebagai mukadimahnya, ramai gila yang macam malas nak apply shell sebab leceh macam sial. my batch only me and wan amirah balqis je yang apply, we both got the interview, but we didn't get the scholarship.

so, kenapa aku kena susahkan diri dengan benda leceh macam haram ni?

jawapannya, adik-adik sekalian.

sebab, nak dapat opportunity dapat scholarship overseas ni susah! dahla JPA dah nak tak nak bagi, so, you can only hope for corporate bodies punya scholarshipla untuk dapat overseas punya, tapi corporate bodies ni biasala, bagi sikit je scholar dia. let's say sime darby 5 orang, khazanah 5 orang, etc. etc. kalau kau apply khazanah je, your chances nak dapat sikit je kan? sebab ada 5 tempat je. kalau kau apply sime darby and khazanah at least ada 10 tempat kan? so, dah apply dua tu, tambahla shell satu lagi. alah, tak mati pun kalau bersusah sikit. memang proses penapisan scholar badan korporat ni susah gila, tapi tak mustahil and kalau dapat tu memang berbaloi la segala penat lelah sebab scholarship diorang MEWAH siot. tak macam JPA. (tapi aku dah bersyukur dah dengan JPA, alhamdulillah). and disebabkan Shell ni Al-Leceh, tak ramai yang nak apply, bila tak ramai yang nak apply, so, increase your chances nak dapat. tak gitu? satu lagi, rezeki kita ni di tangan Tuhan. janganlah bajet. "oh, aku dah rajin gila apply banyak-banyak, malasla aku nak apply shell." what happens kalau semua yang kau apply tu semua kau tak dapat? tak salah kan jadikan shell sebagai back-up plan? kita hanya mampu merancang, tapi Tuhan yang menentukan. macam aku dulu silap perhitungan. menyesal tau tak. nasib baik Tuhan Maha murah hati nak bagi jugak aku merasa scholarship, kalau tak..sia-sia je result cantik aku. takde tempat nak pergi belajar. nak kahwin, takde orang nak. nak jadi isteri pun, pergh. bangun time matahari terpacak di atas kepala. jangan mimpi la. hahhaha. selingan jap. so, janganlah rasa secure sangat ye, adik-adik. always have a back-up plan.

Okay, punya la berjela mukadimah, saja nak bagi motivasi sikit ye.

STEP ONE!

Gi kat website ni:

http://www.shell.com.my/home/content/mys/aboutshell/careers/students_and_graduates/scholarship/

Okay, seterusnya, click kat arrow merah apply now tuh. Oh ya, and you guys kena register dulu untuk apply benda alah ni. aissyy..sedap je aku ngata.

STEP TWO!

Page ni akan appear:

nampakkan yang arrow merah tu?

click on that link, then you will automatically download soft copy BORANG YANG KENA ISI, PRINT, SCAN AND UPLOAD balik masa nak submit application. kan aku dah kata leceh.

namppakan yang arrow warna hijau tu?

you click on that link, dia akan bawak you ke satu page ni:

nampak tak rectangle warna purple (okayla fuchsia tu?)

Tu kalau korang belum register, click ke situ dan ikut je arahan dia.

yang rectangle warna green tu kalau dah register ya. you click on that it will bring you to BORANG ONLINE yang you all kena isi and submit secara online. Borang dia macam tricky gila and you all kena BACA ELOK-ELOK masa isi. you all tau sebab apa? Sebab Shell ni kan, dia istimewa tau. Borang untuk mintak scholarship dia adalah borang yang SAMA untuk orang local dan international nak apply kerja dengan diorang. So, ada some of the requirements you all tak perlu isi pun. aku dah tak ingat dah amende benda pelik dalam tu specifically, tapi, korang baca elok-elokla, use your brain. tak paham istilah BI, maih, tanya aku kalau aku free. aku boleh tolong setakat mampu. hahah.

anyway, untuk guide korang isi borang online tu, diorang dah tolong sediakan dah yang ni. gua suggest lu baca dulu before isi ya.

nampak itu arrow biru?

yang tu shell punya baik hati bagi guide untuk you all isi borang online kay. baca tau.

and nampak tak yang circle warna purple (okay fuchsia tu)?

yang tu emel diorang, kalau you all tak jelas ke apa, boleh emel diorang. ini adalah salah satu sikap murni yang perlu diamalkan iaitu sentiasa bertanya. malu bertanya sesat jalan ok. ataupun, you all call je shell tu. tapi jangan kacau diorang luar office hours plak k. aku dulu punyala sakit jiwa nak isi application dia berapa kali aku call.

STEP THREE!

Okay, dah isi borang yang kena print tu kan? tandatangan leklok, and then check dia mintak dokumen apa. usually cam biasa la kan IC sijil semua tu. sekali lagi, BACA ELOK-ELOK dia nak apa.

Next step, kau fotostat semua segala sijil dokumen kau tu, then sahkan dengan pengetua skolah atau pegawai kerajaan. Ala, KJ sayang kan ada, jangan malu-malu. Jumpa dia, kirim salam I kat dia tau. eww, gediks.

Selepas certify, THIS IS the tricky bit!!

You kena scan and save dalam jpeg format. And bila scan tu kena dalam resolution PALING KECIL tau. tau sebab apa? Okay, we'll get to that, for now, do as you are told kalau nak hidup you mudah sikit nak apply benda leceh ni. muahahahha.

STEP FOUR!

oh, aku lupa mau cakap. Si Shell ini pun mintak kau orang sediakan CV. apa itu CV? aku pun tak ingat CV stands for what. Tapi CV ni basically RESUME la. RESUME ni macam summary of all our kelayakan akademik dan pencapaian ko semua tu, bagi budak lepas SPM la, kalau yang dah kerja resume tu bukan saja state what degree you have, but also your working experience, but we'll come to that later. kalau nak contoh CV, boleh je google. kalau nak aku punya, boleh je. drop me a message on FB. oh, and make sure CV is organized and easy to read. do it in point form.

STEP FIVE!

rujuk balik borang online kau orang tu. Dia akan ada bahagian suruh upload file. Dia ada 3 file, dan setiap tiga file ni ada limit dia.

okay, file pertama you all kena upload ialah CV. pastikan dalam file microsoft word ataupun file yang kecik saiznya.

file kedua ialah borang yang you all print, isi, scan balik tu. pastikan scan dalam resolution paling rendah. and kalau dalam jpeg format, masukkan dalam word file and save. tu je cara aku tahu untuk mengecikkan file dia. or kau boleh store sebagai pdf, tapi make sure pdf tu kecik, kalau boleh compress, compress.

file ketiga ialah segala sijil yang kau orang scan tu. HA! ni masalah agungnya, semua image yang scan tu, you all kena jadikan dia word file. letakla semua susun macam gambar kat atas word file tu. and make sure yang wajib ada. kalau file masih besar. pilih-pilih sijil ko-kurikulum mana yang kau nak hantar. kalau ada testimonial, pastikan testimonial tu ada. yang lain takde pun takpe. so, save. make sure saiznya kecil.

dia tak cakap actually in which order kau orang kena upload file tu, tapi tu cara aku buat dulu la. tak tahula kalau korang kreatif lagi boleh shrink kan lagi file tuh. itu atas engkaula. but best of luck, Step 5 ni la yang paling leceh. Aku hantar benda alah ni tepat-tepat jam 12 tengah malam tarikh tutup dia. Aku nangis ingat usaha aku sia-sia upload. banyak masalah tau masa nak upload, page lambatla, page time-outla. Shell ni memang buat aku berdrama ok.

Tapi nasib baik dapat gak ah interview. Interview dia pun cam best ah. Through the phone. Tak payah berdepan pun dengan orang dia. kau nak cakap kat telefon pakai baju tidur pun boleh. haha. dalam 1 jam gitu la duration dia. and dia ada dua bahagian. tak ingatlah pasal apa tajuk dia. tapi lebih kurang macam pengetahuan am and memberi pendapat. something like that. I suggest you read pasal environment, marketing, pasal shell, economy, corporate social responsibilities. diorang akan inform melalui emel atau call selalunya dapat ke tak. kalau lulu phone interview, dia buat group interview plak. tapi aku tak sampai stage tu, jadi aku tak tahula macam mana.

Okay, selamat apply dan selamat berjaya. I wish you all the best! Hope this helps a lot, k.

wassalam.

Tips For Scholarship Hunters

noreply@blogger.com (Nana) — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:22:00 +0000

You can just google for it and you'll see results from Malaysia Scholarship and such sites. And while you're browsing kan, the scholarships you can apply are those that say:

1. post-spm
2. undergraduate

programmes. post-graduate is for people yang dah ada bachelor degree nak buat masters degree or phd.

and things to look out for:

1. bila dateline dia. ini penting!
2. apa requirements dia?
3. ada kena tulis esei ke tak?

Requirements:

1. result nak minimum berapa
2. documents: contohnya dia suruh print and post borang application dia dengan fotostat sijil ke apa? r dia suruh submit online je ke?
3. bayaran. dia nak bank draft ke? nombor check ke? online transaction ke apa? bayaran ni macam processing fee la. kalau petronas punya, dia suruh isi nombor check. about RM 30 kena bayar. borang submit online, tapi kena print dua copy untuk bawak masa interview.

Types of documents dia mintak, tapi dependsla kan dia mintak apa. so, di sini pentingnya skill MEMBACA dengan teliti. see? ada guna jugak kan buat exam banyak-banyak, so you guys bukak mata luas-luas and baca soalan elok-elok.

1. salinan IC pemohon yang disahkan.
2. salinan IC mak bapak yang disahkan.
3. kadang-kadang ada yang mintak surat beranak mak bapak and surat beranak kita.
4. slip gaji mak bapak yang juga disahkan.
5. sijil-sijil ko-kurikulum yang disahkan.
6. salinan slip spm yang disahkan.
7. sijil berhenti sekolah dan testimonial yang disahkan
8. dan lain-lain.

kadang-kadang dia ada mintak gambar passport ke apa.

basically, apa-apa maklumat yang you all tulis kena ada bukti dia, yakni documents yang disertakan itu. contohnya dalam ruang pencapaian kokurikulum kau tulis wakil negeri dalam sukan golf (ecececeh), kau kena sertakan salinan sijil yang disahkan berkaitan penglibatan kau tu.

aku alhamdulillah banyak diberi peluang untuk apply scholarships, gi banyak-banyak interview, so, bolehla aku nak kongsi pengalaman dan tips, biarpun satu pun aku tak dapat, *sob, sob* tapi nasib baik JPA baik hati approve rayuan aku, syukur.

oh, a good site would be afterschool.my. they will field your questions about studies after high school.

so, good luck, guys.

Matrik, Diploma or Asasi?

noreply@blogger.com (Nana) — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 17:08:00 +0000

Asasi = Foundation. Matrik pun samalah.

So, I bet all of you SPM leavers mesti busy dok pikir nak pilih yang mana eh?

Beza Matrik, Asasi dengan Diploma ni dari segi tempoh. Diploma can take about 2 to 3 years. Matrik and Asasi ni satu tahun je.

Nak study rilek-rilek tapi lambat habis.

Nak habis cepat, study kena pulun habis.

So, up to you guysla ya nak pilih yang mana.

For engineering, pilihan baik UTM, UiTM, UIA, apa lagi tak tahula. aku apply dua ni je sebagai my top choices.

For benda lain tak tahula, tanya orang lagi pakar.

Matrik/ Asasi ni kan belajar benda sama macam SPM je, tapi dia topup banyak lagi syllabus dia. Matrik paling susah nak kejar sebab laju and kena dapat pointer 4 flat. second most susah would be UM. Diploma tak sure system dia macam mana.

Basically these local pre-u ni they have lectures in classes sizes, some ado 40-something, 80-something, even a 100. The lecturers definitely don't know you. Studying definitely on your own, some unis ada la tutorials and stuff like that, but you don't have prep classes anymore. Quizzes are on weekly basis, tests semua tu. Exam dua kali. Midsem sekali and final sem. Then, you have your sem break. One Semester can be four months, five months or six, depending on the place you go to.

Budak-budak UTP, Trisemester. And diorang punya system lebih kurang macam Canadian punya. 60% coursework and 40% exam.

One semester probably dalam 4 or 5 subjects, depending what courses korang amik. Law probably belajar pasal federal constitution, critical thinking, lots of reading subject. Accounting, probably belajar economics, and stuff like that. Engineering or Sains Hayat, basically all your Sciencesla. Chem, Phy, Bio, Add Maths (they call it Maths). Engineering probably tak amik Bio.

So, pikirla elok-elok before you make your choice. Ada lagi info, I will add, apa-apa pertanyaan boleh kemukakan. I'll help the best way I can. Cheerios.

Tahniah PMR Faris Petra.

noreply@blogger.com (Nana) — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 06:40:00 +0000

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Tu je yang tahu setakat ni.

i want to help as well, as far as i can :)

noreply@blogger.com (fikriehisham) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:16:00 +0000

salam and hello to all :)

okay, it has been quite a long time since i last posted anything here. All the blogging stuff at this blog were mostly done by Kam. Thanks to her this blog is still alive and maybe it's time for all the juniors, who has finally got the tittle 'ex', to actually continue with the job to update this pretty blog of faris petra. At least do share something that we, the already an ex student dont know about what's happening in the school. Maybe about all the political issues there. okay, i'm just joking. Don't take it seriously, but i'm quite thrilled to know what had really happened in school for this year. Well, sorry to say, except for the fact that Ustaz Ibrahim got married with Cik Zahariah is the only thing i know about what has happened there, because i did go. So juniors, help me here. You guys know more right, so please share :)

Kam had already talked about all the sponsorships, all the things that you should do during the interviews, all the quite important things i assume. So, i'm not gonna add more about that. Here i just wanna share about me. So, basically now i'm doing my A level at Kolej Yayasan UEM (KYUEM) the place which i had never known before, lol, i only knew this place right after i got my offer letter from YTN or better know as Yayasan Tenaga Nasional. Perhaps you guys don't really get it, okay, how about TNB ? okay, literally i'm under that big utility company, the biggest in SEA :) ( i'm so proud of that ). Okay, back to the point. I just want to tell you guys, especially all my juniors who just had finished their SPM, if you want to continue your study and you guys might want to take A level as your pre-U, then Kyuem is the right place to do it. Now i sounded like one of the guy in the commercial for Kyuem.haha. I'm having a tremendous time in Ky ( we usually call Kyuem as Ky ). The life here is amazing, all the teachers, the facilities, the people and all sort of things, this place is like heaven. oo and btw, for those who are scared that the might not be having a good dish here, yeah, I know how much you guys hate the dining hall. But dont worry, food served here are as good as what you always get at home. Maybe for me, sometimes it's better here because there are days where they served western food. The dining hall is heaven here, and almost hell i guess back then in school, sorry. That's my honest opinion. No offense. Enough of that already, I dont want to tell you all the things, it might spoil everything when you come here. Life is a no fun when there's no shocking moment right ? haha. But for sure, you'll enjoy your life here as much as i enjoy mine. It's even better than the five years in school, well in a way, school years have taught me lots of things, but here, it's the time to practice all things we learnt. Okay la, time in Faris Petra is still on top of my chart. The reminiscent are the best, the best time that i have, and the time that i will cherish, for the rest of my life.

So, for those who are interested in going to Kyuem, as Kam said in earlier post, try to apply for scholarship as Yayasan UEM, Yayasan Khazanah, PNB, Petronas, Yayasan Tenaga Nasional, Bank Negara and so on. It may be quite a while before the result is out, but it's already time for you guys to start thinking about the scholarships and all this kinda stuff. And, if any of you guys are intending to opt for scholarship from YTN, you can ask me anything about that, i'll be glad to help you guys. And i really want to see my juniors here in Ky, Farisians have name here, but we are not here. If you understand what i'm talking about. So, i'll keep you guys updated if you guys are interested. My contribution here is the least that i can offer you guys, maybe more in the future. once a farisian, always be :)

ps : if you guys need any help on YTN, Kyuem. just ask. drop by at my page, FB . and if you dont want to loose track on the scholarships thingy, go here . read more, and there's nothing that can hold you down :)

a picture when my house, the house of Rawk, Topaz, won Malam Citra Budaya, wanna know more ? come to Ky.haha

au revoir ( oh God, I miss French classes in Faris Petra ) and dont be shock, speak more english starting from today, because here, the main language is English. ~~and you can always find a girlfriend or a boyfriend here.~~

Hello Farisians

noreply@blogger.com (Nana) — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:02:00 +0000

Just a simple notice. In 2009 and 2008, there were a lot more updates, they were more frequent and informative. More people actually contributed to this blog then, now I don't know where they have all gone. I see a list of names, and some of them have never even contributed anything at all, I have a right mind to remove them as authors. I know I have not been updating much, people are busy with their own lives and being on Facebook. Does it hurt to take some time off and talk about more intellectual issues? Now, there's not much posting going on, so you don't really know what's happening. There were also more frequent visitors and comments previously, especially from ex-students and seniors, now there's hardly much. Any suggestion on how to popularize this blog among Farisians? We can actually make this work for the benefit of all. Ex-students, seniors, juniors, school leaver, etc. etc. Previously, I meant the blog to be the "voice" of Farisian students about the school, or for ex-students to catch up on the school updates, and slowly since I've already left the school, I don't know much about what's going on there, and the newer generation isn't updating anything, I turned it into a more informative sharing system. To all those ex-students out there, I know you're keen to know what's up with the school, but I'd gladly appreciate it if you have the time, do drop by or drop a comment to share info for our juniors. See it as a way to "give back" to the community. Please and thanks. :)

Of Dreams And Plans

noreply@blogger.com (Nana) — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:50:00 +0000

At this stage, you're probably wondering, what am I gonna do about my life? Or probably you post SPM kids just want to enjoy being bored first, well, up to you. But some of you might be thinking, what's next?

Even so, when you're filling out scholarship application forms, you still have to think about what field you're going to pursue right?

The thing when choosing your career, people will always say:

"choose something that suits your personality."

"choose something that suits your capability."

"choose something that suits your interest."

Those are all true, but the bigger factor now is:

"are there many scholarship places offered for my chosen field?"

"what are the job demands of my field of choice?"

So, it's not just about living your dream, it's about being realistic as well. What you want may not necessarily be what you get. Even people now claim that, "you may not end up doing what you wanted to do what you dreamed of in the first place" or "you can get a different job even though you pursue your degree."

So, it all comes down to job demands.

So, while trying to figure out which field you'd want to pursue, you have to take those criterias into consideration and do your research before deciding the next step.

"which universities offer this course?"

"what are the requirements?"

such and such.

Something for post-SPM kids to think about.