~ FLYinG WOrDS ~

GET READY FOR THE 'BIG' CHANGE!

2010-08-12T13:29:00.006-05:00

6/21/09...the date of my previous post..

and the blog seems to be R.I.P after that ... too bad... and it's my bad...

I APOLOGIZE for being super BUSY and not being able to reply your questions (esp the MARA interviewees) at the YM, some comments at my posts, and also some reasonable questions at the chat box...

Humans are NOT PERFECT...

and BUSY might just be an EXCUSE...

INSPIRED by a friend (thank you so much :D), i plan to start re blogging (maybe once a week)...

and I promise you guys that there will be a 'BIG' change COMING SOON!

STAY TUNE and THANKS a bunch for supporting this BLOG...

p/s: SORRY to annoy you with the TWITTER ERROR message.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO EACH AND EVERY FATHER IN THIS WORLD!!!

2009-06-21T10:10:00.002-05:00

This (the title) is my Facebook status that i wrote 10 hours ago. Sunday (21 June) will end soon for people in Malaysia. However, it is still a long day here in the States.

Thus, because it is still Sunday. I would like to dedicate this "HAPPY FATHER'S DAY" wish to my beloved father and to the rest of the fathers in this world.

Here is a short poem specially for you, Abah :

A Dad is a person
who is loving and kind,
And often he knows
what you have on your mind.
He's someone who listens,
suggests, and defends.
A dad can be one
of your very best friends!
He's proud of your triumphs,
but when things go wrong,
A dad can be patient
and helpful and strong
In all that you do,
a dad's love plays a part.
There's always a place for him
deep in your heart.
And each year that passes,
you're even more glad,
More grateful and proud
just to call him your dad!
Thank you, Dad...
for listening and caring,
for giving and sharing,
but, especially, for just being you!

My First Time in London, UK

2009-05-30T10:58:00.002-05:00

Mcm dah basi kan blog nih.... sorry lah kawan2...

nih saya nk update dengan post yg saya letak dekat blog laen bbrape hari lepas....

rajin2 lah baca....hehe...

Date POSTED : May 27,2009

It is 4.21 a.m. in the morning and i'm still awake...

Fajr here starts at 2.28 a.m (wow, so early ma~) ...

Thus, my plan is to perform the Subuh prayer first and then sleep... but it is now almost an hour and a half after praying Subuh and my eyes still rebelliously chose not to close...

Jet lag???Desynchronosis???

Yup, that might be the reason!!!

A building within the vicinity of IC (Imperial College)

This is my first time traveling to UK and I was really excited. Despite traveling alone in a quite uncomfortable aeroplane, next to a Croatian guy (who's good in some other languages besides English...too bad), the excitement was palpable even since the first time I stepped into the plane.

I embark into a journey I hope I will never regret....

I arrived at Heathrow Aiport, London around 7.15am in the morning. Glad my friend,namely Huzaifah from Imperial College (mcm mane ak kenal dier, tuh nnti ak explain...bukan kenal sgt pun sebenarnye) manage to find me (even though he thought i would be arriving in a different terminal). At that moment, I realized how hard and miserable life would be without cellphones..haha...

I felt a litte bit sleepy now... So let the picture explain the second half of my journey yesterday...haha...

By the way, i forgot to bring the cable which enable me to transfer pictures from my Sony cam to my laptop... Thus, i use pictures from my iphone and from my friend's SLR (which look pretty much similar to Milah's) - basically ak cilok gambar yg dier letak kat blog dier - rupanyer dier lagi cepat and active blogging.... nk harapkan blog ak, x tau lah biler nk update...hehe...

Teka kat mane?? Tempat Siti Nurhaliza pernah perform dulu2...

Bersama senior (dekat KISAS dulu), x tau lah pulak dier amek Mechanical Engin dekat
Imperial College, nih Rolls Royce punyer engine dlm bgunan Mechanical Engin department yg dier bakal modify

Nih tambahan gambar...T-shirt, oyster card tuk naek 'Tube' (mcm card touch 'n' go utk LRT) and buku hak milik sahabat baik yg menyambutku, Huzaifah... lelong2...

T-shirt 3 pound = 4.17 USD = RM14.63 ... haha...

FOR SPM 2008 Leavers!!!

2009-03-16T10:06:00.014-05:00

[LINKS BELOW HAVE BEEN UPDATED - 24/3/2009]

Hello and salam everyone...

I have not posted in this blog for a long (seriously long) time...
and i would like to apologize for that... =|

I promise all you guys some entries during my SPRING break holiday (one week) which will start on the 21st March...

This will be a short one...and it is written just for you guys, the SPM 2008 leavers....

CONGRATZ for those who managed to pass with flying colors...

Hey BUT don't be too depressed, too elated.... too calm...too cool...
because guess what, this is just the beginning of an end.... WELCOME to the REAL WORLD!!!

THE WORLD where perseverance, management, critical thinking, confidence, independence, etc are crucial and vital for SURVIVAL...

THE WORLD of PRE-UNI & UNIVERSITY!!!

Don't wanna scare you....just wanna ensure that you guys don't have the thought that after SPM (be it you get a good or not-so-good result)..the game is OVER... it is just the BEGINNING... I repeat the BEGINNING...

HERE is what you should do to HAVE a GOOD start for this "GAME"...

SEARCH and APPLY for scholarships... and technology just makes your life easier as for most of the applications, you just have to 'type', 'click' and 'submit' your application... as easy as that... ~paperless~ ... (some might require you to send your certs, some forms..make sure to check with the sponsors) ...
NOTE: JUST APPLY AS MANY AS YOU CAN... whether you get the interview or not, that's another story not to ponder

NO FRET!!!... there are a plethora of HELP that you can get from the internet... if you are SMART to find them...(and I do believe so)... AND HERE is the HELP that i can provide...

CLICK and CHECK OUT those links : (will be updated from time to time)

From my blog :

INTERVIEW MARA (I)

INTERVIEW MARA (EXPANDED) (II)

INTERVIEW BNM

INTERVIEW PETRONAS/MISC

From other websites :

PERMOHONAN BIASISWA JPA/MARA- CLOSED - Keputusan panggilan temuduga - SOON!

BANK NEGARA (BNM) SCHOLARSHIP AWARD(global - study abroad) - CLOSED

KHAZANAH NASIONAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD (global - study abroad) - CLOSED

KHAZANAH NASIONAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD (local studies) - CLOSED

INTERVIEW JPA (Kak Fathiyyah's Blog)

GUIDE FOR SPM LEAVERS

EDU.ILUVISLAM (a subdomain of the famous www.iluvislam.com)

RECOM.ORG (Reborn Community - The WorldWide Malaysian Students Network)

GOOD LUCK everyone...

If you have any question just SHOUT THEM out at the SHOUTBOX or email me ( friendfries89 'at' gmail 'dot' com) or add your comment at the POSTs.... i'll try to reply as soon as possible..

SELAMAT MAJU JAYA!!!

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILADHA - Mari BERKORBAN!

2008-12-07T13:53:00.006-06:00

Assalamualaikum semua,

Sudah lama saya tidak menukilkan apa2 di blog ini...
Mood blogging macam graf sin and cos yg turun naik. Bagai roda yang kejap berada di atas dan kejap berada dibawah. Umpama yoyo yg turun ke bawah di sebabkan daya graviti dan kembali ditarik balik oleh tuan empunya yoyo tersebut.

Namun, sebab hari raya aidiladha begitu hampir menjelang di Malaysia dan tidak lah begitu lama akan tiba di US nih (walaupun berjam2 lagi), maka semangat untuk tulis post ucapan hari raya ini membakar. Tapi mungkin x panjang mana pun sebab nak study tuk finals lepas nih (dari semalam lagi nak study sebenarnye...tapi almaklumlah...)

Hari ini dekat US hari ahad lagi...kat malaysia dah hari isnin..and solat sunna hari raya beberapa jam je lagi kan...

Maka hereby, nak diucapkan "SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILADHA"
atau ucapan dlm style arab : "KULLU SANNAH WAANTUM BITHOYYIBEEN"

And macam biasalah...and lebih2 lagi sebab hari raya jatuh hari isnin...
Maka terpaksa lah skip lecture REVIEW tuk gi solat hari raya yg akan diadakan dua time(untuk mengelakkan kesesakan) pukul 8.30 a.m dan 9.30 a.m bertempat di MOSQUE & ISLAMIC CENTER.

and terpaksalah 'menyembelih' buku2 dengan pena,
bertemankan lectures and discussions,
dan yg paling menyedihkan berpakaian kerisauan final exams
yg akan menjelang tidak lama lagi....

HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A GOOD EXPERIENCE, I BELIEVE...

Setakat itu sahajalah...
ONCE AGAIN , SELAMAT HARI RAYA...
MARI BERKORBAN KE ARAH KEBAIKAN!!!

PUASA SUNNAT ARAFAH - Tazkirah menjelang raya

2008-12-07T13:36:00.008-06:00

Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullah..

Puasa hari ‘Arafah ialah puasa sunat pada hari kesembilan Dzulhijjah yang disunatkan bagi mereka yang tidak melakukan ibadah haji. Kelebihan berpuasa pada hari ini ialah ia dapat menghapuskan dosa-dosa setahun yang telah lalu dan dosa setahun yang akan datang, sebagaimana hadith yang telah diriwayatkan daripada Abu Qatadah al-Anshari ra:

Dan Rasulullah SAW ditanya tentang berpuasa di hari ‘Arafah. Maka Baginda bersabda: “Ia menebus dosa setahun yang telah lalu dan setahun yang akan datang.” (Hadith Riwayat Imam Muslim)

Manakala bagi mereka yang melakukan ibadah haji pula adalah disunatkan untuk tidak berpuasa pada hari ‘Arafah dan adalah menyalahi perkara yang utama jika mereka berpuasa juga pada hari itu berdasarkan apa yang diriwayatkan dari Ummu al-Fadhl binti al-Harith:

Ramai di kalangan sahabat Rasulullah SAW yang ragu-ragu tentang berpuasa pada hari ‘Arafah sedangkan kami berada di sana bersama Rasulullah SAW, lalu aku membawa kepada Baginda satu bekas yang berisi susu sewaktu Baginda berada di ‘Arafah lantas Baginda meminumnya. (Hadith Riwayat Imam Muslim)

Juga daripada hadith yang diriwayatkan dari Abu Hurairah ra:

Sesungguhnya Rasulullah SAW melarang berpuasa pada Hari ‘Arafah bagi mereka yang berada di ‘Arafah. (Hadith Riwayat Abu Dawud dan an-Nasa’ie; at-Thabrani dari Aisyah rha) [1]

Disunatkan juga berpuasa pada hari ke 8 Dzulhijjah di samping berpuasa pada hari ‘Arafah (9 Dzulhijjah) sebagai langkah berhati-hati yang mana kemungkinan pada hari ke 8 Dzulhijjah itu adalah hari yang ke 9 Dzulhijjah (Hari ‘Arafah). Bahkan adalah disunatkan berpuasa lapan hari, iaitu dari hari yang pertama bulan Dzulhijjah hingga ke hari yang kelapan sama ada bagi orang yang mengerjakan haji atau tidak mengerjakan haji, bersama-sama dengan hari ‘Arafah.

Diriwayatkan dari Ibn Abbas ra:

Rasulullah SAW bersabda: “Tiada amal yang soleh yang dilakukan pada hari-hari lain yang lebih disukai daripada hari-hari ini (sepuluh hari pertama dalam bln Dzulhijjah).” (Hadith Riwayat al-Bukhari)

Dalam hadith yang lain yang diriwayatkan dari Hunaidah bin Khalid, dari isterinya, dari beberapa isteri Nabi SAW:

Sesungguhnya Rasulullah SAW melakukan puasa sembilan hari di awal bulan Dzulhijjah, di hari ‘Asyura dan tiga hari di setiap bulan iaitu hari Isnin yang pertama dan dua hari Khamis yang berikutnya. (Hadith Riwayat Imam Ahmad dan an-Nasa’ie)

Adapun berpuasa pada hari Aidiladha (10 Dzulhijjah) dan hari-hari tasyrik (11, 12 dan 13 Dzulhijjah) adalah diharamkan berdasarkan hadith yang diriwayatkan dari Umar ra:

Bahawasanya Rasulullah SAW melarang berpuasa pada dua hari, iaitu ‘Eid al-Adha dan ‘Eid al-Fitr. (Hadith Riwayat Imam Muslim, Ahmad, an-Nasa’ie, Abu Dawud)

Serta hadith yang diriwayatkan dari Abu Hurairah ra:

Rasulullah SAW telah mengirimkan Abdullah Ibn Huzhaqah untuk mengumumkan di Mina: “Kamu dilarang berpuasa pada hari-hari ini (hari tasyrik). Ia adalah hari untuk makan dan minum serta mengingati Allah.” (Hadith Riwayat Imam Ahmad, sanadnya hasan) [2]

Allahu a’lam bisshawab...

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[1] al-Imam as-Syaf’ie rh berpendapat; “Disunatkan puasa pada hari ‘Arafah bg mereka yang tidak mengerjakan ibadah haji. Adapun bg yang mengerjakan ibadah haji, adalah lebih baik untuknya berbuka agar ia kuat berdoa di ‘Arafah.” Dari pendapat Imam Ahmad rh pula; “Jika ia sanggup berpuasa maka boleh berpuasa, tetapi jika tidak hendaklah ia berbuka, sbb hari ‘Arafah memerlukan kekuatan (tenaga).” Begitu juga dengan para sahabat yang lain, lebih ramai yang cenderung untuk tidak berpuasa pada hari ‘Arafah ketika mengerjakan ibadah haji

[2] Ulama Syafi’iyyah membenarkan untuk berpuasa pada hari tasyrik hanya untuk keadaan tertentu seperti bersumpah, qadha puasa di bulan Ramadhan serta puasa kifarah (denda). Puasa tanpa sebab tertentu pada hari-hari ini (puasa sunat) adalah ditegah.

credit to: http://kdi2.wordpress.com/2006/06/01/puasa-arafah/

US ELECTION 2008!!!

2008-11-03T21:40:00.006-06:00

Hi there,
This is a very short one...

the HEAT is Palpable...
the TENSE becomes inTENSified ...
the AURORA gets unSTabled...
the HEART beats FaSter...
the CROWD seems BiGGer...
the SOUND echoes LoUDer...

in about 2 hours time (US central time)...
the DeCision Day will come...
the timid SuN will rise later to mark this memorable day...
4th of November 2008...

Democrat party vs Republican???

Third party such as Green Party perhaps??

Obama or Mc Cain???

IT's your choice (dear American citizens)...
You know even though the crowd is big, the registered voters are humongous...
BUT your VOTE COUNTS...

VOTE for difference. VOTE for change. VOTE for the betterment.
Who knows, it might be your single VOTE that will determine the next president of the States...
indirectly saying... You are one of the people who are going to shape the FUTURE...

So VOTE with your HEART!!! HAPPY VOTING :)

~Raya Ria 2008~

2008-10-29T00:05:00.024-05:00

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera semua,

At last, mood blogging datang balik... ish2 lama gak lah yer...

Hmm rasa mcm dah terlambat tapi sebab syawal x habis lagi nak ucapkan SELAMAT BELATED HARI RAYA... (padahal raya bukan sebulan pun)

Nih kad raya yg dah x fresh dari saya from overseas...hehe... sori lah yer lambat sikit (BYK).

~ click on the pic to enlarge, dimanakah saya ??? =)

Bersyukur jugak lah macam ramai malaysians kat sini so macam happening 'giler'... semua baik2 ~ friendly and amicable... x der lah homesick sgt kan biler ramai2 macam nih, but to stick ngn malaysians SAHAJA without mingling with the rest of the puak (dari merata dunia termasuk america) is not a good idea as well ...

So, persoalannya sekarang? BEST ke RAYA di perantauan?

Soklan nih boleh dikatakan soklan cepu emas, yg hanya dengan merasai dengan diri sendiri, baru anda akan tahu BEST ke X..and pengalaman tu akan varies based on tempat kat overseas ni.

BEST ke X ni RAYA kat sini?

My answer senang je: BEST and X BEST...
(kalu dalam soklan exam sure dah salah, tapi kat sini exception yer)

X BEST :
Bayangkan kalu kat Malaysia, semua family members kumpul untuk persiapan Hari Raya, balik kampung bagi yang mampu, dan bertakbir beramai2 di malam pertama syawal...

Kat US...
Eh dah raya ek?? x sedar pun.. (ceh, exaggerate sebenarnye..suasana tu kurang di malam syawal. So, macam,hmm...oh dah raya dah...cepat tul masa berlalu)

Sebab raya jatuh hari RABU for my place, so bagi yang ade kelas kul 9 pagi, kena pilih lah between solat sunnat raya atau kelas... naseb baik lah masjid/islamic center wujud kat my university nih. Sempat lah ponteng lecture kul 8, and gi masjid kul 9 untuk solat raya...(sempat je kalu nak gi lecture dulu pun, tapi sebab mood raya tu ade lah gak..so ponteng lah...DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME)

~ suasana dalam masjid semasa khutbah raya, de kanak2 yg siap pakai coat n tie..aku pakai pe ek??? =)

TADA...!!! BAJU MELAYU BARU AND SELUAR MODERN...

okay gak lah lepas solat raya tu, ade dijamu dengan apple pie, doughnut, dan kuih2/coklat2 (bukan kuih2 malaysia lah..rindu kat kuih2 malaysia)...x sempat jumpa ramai malaysians kat islamic center nih, as i said, ramai yg rushing ke kelas, some ade kelas time ni dah sebagainya...

~bergambar bersama kakak2 yg sempat di jumpai

Basically lepas solat sunnat raya nih, dah x rasa macam raya lah... sebab kena berhadapan dengan buka dan pena.. homework and assignment... lecture and structure.. dan benda2 yg x de kaitan dengan raya..haha.. tu yg X BEST nyer...

BEST:
Best sebab pengarah MSD (Malaysian Student Department) dekat Chicago ade buat gathering kat rumah dier pada Hari Sabtu...macam Open House besar-besaran... pegawai2 MSD ade, students from merata Universities ade... So, MMG BEST!!!

~kawan2 INTEC & UNITEN...(2 gambar di atas)

Dengan kesejukan yg boleh tahan, makanan yg menyelerakan, kawan2 yg dah lama gak x bersua, kenalan2 baru.. MMG BEST!!!

Pastuh satu lagi sebab boleh pergi Chicago (kali kedua actually but kali pertama just landed n lepak kat airport je)...

Lepas gi rumah Pn. Rohana,Pengarah MSD, lepak sekejap dekat Northwestern University and Lake Michigan... Have a look at these pics...

Freshmen + 3 Sophomores + 1 Senior = ???
Lake Michigan. Subhanallah!!!

Aksi wudhu' and solat berdekatan dengan lake michigan... Samurai Feisol berlatih tuk berhadapan dengan raksasa DOTA

Kami pergi ke chicago dari UIUC dengan menaiki kereta yg dipandu oleh saudara Ansari dan pulang dengan driver baru yg mahu dikenali sebagai 'azimbaik'...

Perjalanan mengambil masa dalam 2 jam setengah - 3 jam setengah dengan bantuan GPS yg ntah hapa hapa...

Seminggu lepas ni... Ade sambutan raya yg di organize oleh MASA (Malaysian Students Association) of UIUC (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) sendiri..venue nyer dekat university ni sendiri. So much FUN!!! NANTIKAN report!!! =)

US News and Report 2009

2008-09-20T14:23:00.003-05:00

Hi there,

I haven't posted at this blog for quite a while (almost a month) and i would like to start this month's post with the US News and Report 2009 NEW rankings which have been published recently... this post will most definitely benefit those who are planning to find a university in which is highly ranked (overall or for certain specific courses) and at the same time suit the person applying to that particular university.

NOTE: rankings might vary from one publisher to another. When you are apply to the universities intended - it's your choice. The rankings might not be 100% true. Don't let the rankings affect 70% or more of your decision.

GOOD NEWS!!!
Previously the US News and Report did not reveal most of the rankings.. but for the new 2009 release.. they would like to share with you guys most of the rankings FOR FREE!!!

Here, i would just put the links so that it is convenient for you to search for the rankings.

main website (rankings)
national universities : top schools
best graduate schools (PhD and Masters)
best undergraduate engineering (choose second box - school whose highest degree is a doctorate)
best undergraduate business (includes accounting, finance, etc)

MMU (Malaysia ~ Memories ~ USA)

2008-08-25T01:04:00.005-05:00

I was quite bz for a couple of days - there are a lot things to be settled (i-card - the official student card, health report, international student report, tb screening, class registration, etc). So, i would like to apologize for posting this quite late.

This entry is called the MMU in which stands for Malaysia~Memories~USA... Sweet memories in malaysia during the departure + My first time as a grown up kat US (it was like....Wow!!! I could not believe it that i'm actually in the US.. AMAZING!!!)

The pictures will explain the WHOLE SCENES as i started to embark on a journey i would never forget for the rest of my life... I admit... Tears did somehow dropped from my eyes.... :)

UPDATED.... Classes are 'so far so good'...Do have a look at the PICTURES and all the captions attached to them...TQ

Checking in...saat yg mendebarkan....
Thanks a lot to my family members (esp Ummy and Abah and Grandma a.k.a Tokma) for helping me with packing and stuffs related to it... really miss you all :) ~dua budak berbaju biru tuh my sepupu.....sorang lahir 3 July gak..hehe..

oh lupa thanks kak huda, and muaz for the books.. and thanks anas, zubair and salman (and muaz&kakhuda skali la) for being supportive... :)

My uncle walaupun sakit kaki..pun still datang... terharu-terharu....
(bergambar bersama my grandma, dua pakcik and dua makcik aku and their kids)
Sempat lah jumpa BAI (kwn KISAS), MU'AZ (kwn Al-Amin)... hmm BAI, zawir pe citer???datang ker x time tuh?? Thanks Mu'az for the 'fiqh luar negara' book....

Haha.. x sangka abang Mahfuz (kwn KISAS) pun fly satu flight... hmm Mahfuz jumpa di US yer.. :)

My boarding pass (first overseas boarding pass)... CLICK on the pic to get a bigger pic...
THAT'S ALL NOW.. TO BE CONTINUE

The Countdown...6,5,4,3,2,1...

2008-08-11T04:01:00.006-05:00

Countdown can have two extremes. The scary ones - in which is depicted from the above picture. And the delighted ones - which simply mean you are going to be happy or relief once you reach that particular moment.

Which one is mine??? Looking at that 'Joker' picture, it is pretty obvious - Scary or loghat jawanya 'Cuak'...

Why???

Because there are approximately 6 days (why too soon??) before i'm leaving this beloved 'Boleh !!! Land' of Malaysia !!!

Then, it happens that at this particular week, I started to realize that there are still a plethora of things to be completed, a whole bunch of things to be learnt and a smorgasboard of unsettled business to be settled... :)

Banyak nye lagi!!!! Computer software banyak x master lagi, Taekwondo dah lama x sambung, Chess x sempat2 nak improve...Ilmu agama, masih kurang lagi...Amalan, kurang.....Hafalan qur'an lama x sempat2 nak ulang...kawan2 and cikgu2, banyak x jumpa lagi... Ish3... DAN BANYAK LAGI!!!

These are the few things that I've planned to complete this week (my last week in MAS):

ONLINE PLACEMENT TESTS - required by the university that i'm going to...the tests encompasses ...chemistry, physics and calculus.. in process of completing it....

VISIT MY FRIENDS AND TEACHERS - planning to visit my primary (SRI AL-AMIN KL) and secondary school (KISAS - sorry lah MAAHAD jauh sgt). Besides, hope to still have time to hang out with my friends....

VISIT MY 'ANAK MURID' - wanna take more pictures with them .. (for your info, i taught pupils at a primary school (SRI AL-AMIN GOMBAK) when i was waiting for my SPM result - good experience :)
POSTS AT BLOG: these will cover .... BBQ POST FOR EX-KISASIANS (sorry tangguh lama sangat), FUTSAL POST FOR EX-KISASIANS, BTN - a memorable camp, MY EXPERIENCE AS A TEACHER, BNM ANNUAL DINNER (yesterday), BNM PRE-DEPARTURE CAMP and many MORE !!! Nantikan....
PACKING ... hahaha... haven't packed my stuffs yet....

WISH ME ALL THE BEST!!! GUD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE READING THIS POST!!! TQ FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!

p/s: sorry x sempat2 nak update blog lagi.... nak reply comment and nak post post2 baru....

Gen51 - More students going to Egypt !!!

2008-08-02T22:47:00.007-05:00

Yesterday morning was quite a shocking morning for me. Startled, dumbfounded and puzzled at the same time. I saw my friends' picture on page 4 of the Berita Harian paper in which made me proud and jealous(haha) at the same time. But wait, look at the title...

"Bawa Tuduhan Liwat...." ("Bring the sodomize case...")
Ha?? My friends... involved in this kind of case... haha ...

Wanna have a look at the news (in malay) :
BERITA HARIAN HERE
UTUSAN ONLINE HERE

[ wow bergaya lah korang... x aci tul ]

Penerangan dalam surat khabar x jelas (x de penerangan lengkap pun). So, aku tanya lah adik aku, mane lah tau dier tau kan. Then izz 502 dah start tanya aku. Pe lagi, aku pun call saudara yang bakal berangkat ke egypt, saudara Nazrul Aizad kiter... INFO yang aku dapat....

It's a full scholarship from Amanah Raya
Bidang pengajian Islam
Scholarship di offer kepada 20 org. 15 daripadanya adalah from KISAS. Gen 52 pun ader gak dapat.
Bape org jerh tinggal kat KISAS tuk amek STAM (how dare U???)
Semua Gen 51 yg sedang belajar STAM kat KISAS dapat and akan sambung belajar kat Al-azhar tahun nih
InsyaALLAH fly 5/10/2008 (STAM beberape hari jer lepas tuh - so Nazrul ckp mungkin nak mintak fly lepas amek STAM)
Dorang akan wat macam matrik setahun kat sane..then baru amek degree (dlm 5 thn ek jangka mase??)

Konklusinya,
Bertambah lah batch kiter and dak2 ex KISAS yg akn study kat egypt.. Dengar2 Fuad, Fahmie Huweidi pun nak join din rahman kat Al-Azhar tuh. And I heard from Nazrul Aizad yang Sabiha pun nak tukar major and nak ke Al-Azhar, BETUL KER???

THANK NAZRUL FOR THE INFO (kalu salah, salah kan dier..hehe)
HARAP BOLEH LAWAT KORANG SATU HARI NANTI KAT SANE!!!

GUD LUCK SEMUA!!!

US News and Report 2008 ~ America's Best Colleges

2008-07-31T22:31:00.005-05:00

Have you heard about US News and Report 2008???

They have a few types of rankings. But the one that i want to show you is the Universities Rankings which are very helpful and useful for those who are going to apply for admissions into the Universities in the USA. Especially those who are aiming for the 'top' universitites - MIT, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc ... Good luck!!!

Have a look !!!

main website (rankings)
national universities : top schools
best graduate schools (PhD and Masters)
best undergraduate engineering (choose second box - school whose highest degree is a doctorate)
best undergraduate business (includes accounting, finance, etc)

* for undergraduate rankings, the rankings are limited, i have a copy of several parts of the book of the America's Best Colleges 2008 which offer more rankings. Therefore, if you want more info, please email me at friendfries89 'at' gmail 'dot' com,or you can just post your comment(s) at the Shout!!! Box. Besides, I also have the rankings for the Gourman Report if you want...

Here are some of the rankings for the undergraduate studies according to specific fields (chemical engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace/aeronautical engineering, biomedical/biomedical engineering, agricultural engineering, civil engineering)

Chemical Engineering

1. MIT

2. UC Berkeley

3. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

4. Stanford University (CA)

5. Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison

Electrical Engineering

1. MIT

2. UC Berkeley

3. Stanford University
4. Univ. of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
5. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering
1. MIT
2. Georgia Institute of Technology
3. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
4. Stanford University
5. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Biomedical/Biomedical Engineering
1. John Hopkins University (MD)
2. Duke University (NC)
3. Georgia Institute of Technology
4. Univ. of California-San Diego
5. University of Pennsylvania

Agricultural
1. Univ. of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
2. Iowa State University
3. Cornell University
4. Purdue Univ. - West Lafayette (IN)
4. Texas A&M Univ. - College Station
4. UC Davis (University of California-Davis)

Civil Engineering
1. UC Berkeley
1. Univ. of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
3. MIT
4. Stanford University (CA)
5. Georgia Institute of Technology

Isra' dan Mikraj (Malay)

2008-07-31T19:41:00.005-05:00

Renungilah firman Allah SWT dalam ayat 1 surah al-Isra' yang maksudnya :

"Maha suci Allah yang memperjalankan hambaNya pada suatu malam dari masjidil Haram ke masjid al-Aqsa yang telah Kami berkati sekelilingnya agar Kami perlihatkan kepadanya sebahagian daripada tandatanda (kebesaran) Kami. Sesungguhnya Dia adalah Maha Mendengar lagi Maha Melihat."
Kita kini sedang berada di bulan Rejab (yg hampir ke penghujungnya) yang telah mencatatkan suatu peristiwa penting di mana pada tanggal 27 Rejab tahun kesebelas selepas daripada kenabian Rasulullah s.a.w dan 2 tahun sebelum berlakunya hijrah nabi s.a.w ke Madinah Munawwarah, telah berlaku peristiwa isra' dan mikraj di mana ia merupakan satu bukti tentang kebesaran, kekuasaan dan kehebatan Allah SWT dalam memperjalankan diri Rasulullah s.a.w dari Masjidil Haram, Mekah ke Masjidil Aqsa, Baitul Maqdis Palestin dan seterusnya nabi di angkat ke langit untuk bertemu Allah SWT dalam masa yang begitu singkat.

Peristiwa ini telah menapis dan menyaring keimanan dan keyakinan umat manusia terhadap kekuasaan Allah SWT dan kebenaran risalah nabi Muhammad s.a.w. Orang kafir sendiri menjadikan peristiwa Isra’ dan Mikraj ini sebagai suatu peluang terbaik untuk melakukan operasi pembohongan yang menambahkan lagi penolakan mereka terhadap dakwah nabi.

Manakala keadaan umat Islam sendiri terbahagi kepada beberapa peringkat di mana ada yang terus membenarkan nabi seperti Sayyidina Abu Bakar as-Siddiq, ada pula yang mahu penjelasan terperinci dengan menguji nabi melalui beberapa pertanyaan seperti bilangan pintu dan tiang dalam Masjidil Aqsa bagi membuktikan kebenaran kepada cerita tersebut dan ada pula yang bersikap menolak terus cerita nabi dan kembali murtad daripada Islam.

Ini berlaku semata-mata kerana peristiwa ini amatlah menongkah arus akal manusia. Inilah gambaran yang akan berlaku apabila umat keliru dalam meletakkan sumber ambilan dalam membuat satu-satu kesimpulan .

Satu lagi perayaan yang disambut oleh umat Islam ialah perayaan israk’ dan mikraj, peristiwa yang besar ini berlaku sendiri pada batang tubuh nabi s.a.w. Mari lah kita sama-sama mengambil pengajaran dari peristiwa mukjizat ini.

Maksud Isra' dan Mikraj

Isra’ ialah perjalanan Nabi s.a.w dari Masjidil Haram ke Majidil Aqsa. Mikraj pula ialah perjalanan Nabi s.a.w dari Masjidil Aqsa menembusi langit-langit ke sidratul muntaha yang tidak pernah di jejaki oleh sebarang makhluk untuk bertemu dengan Allah Taala…

Semua perjalanan ini berlaku dalam tempoh sehari semalam…

Terdapat perselisihan pendapat di kalangan ulama’ tentang terjadinya mukjizat ini. Adakah pada tahun kesepuluh atau tahun sesudahnya. Perkara ini menjadi khilaf di kalangan ulama’. Menurut riwayat Saad peristiwa ini berlaku lapan bulan sebelum peristiwa hijrah Nabi s.a.w.

Jumhur ulama’-ulama’ Islam bersependapat bahawa pristiwa ini berlaku dengan jasad dan roh Nabi s.a.w. Ini merupakan satu mukjizat yang di kurniakan oleh Allah kepada Nabi s.a.w.

Kisah perjalanan ini disebutkan secara jelas oleh Muslim di dalam sohehnya. Di sebutkan bahawa perjalanan Nabi ini dengan menaiki seekor binatang yang dipanggil sebagai Burak. Binatang ini lebih beser dari keldai dan kecil sedikit dari unta. Binatang ini berjalan dengan pantas ibarat sekelip mata sahaja.

Disebutkan pula nabi s.a.w memasuki Masjidil Aqsa dan bersolat dua rakaat bersama dengan roh nabi-nabi. Lalu jibril datang kepadanya dengan membawa segelas arak dan segelas susu, lalu Nabi s.a.w memilih susu sebagai minumannya. Lalu jibril berkata kepadanya “bahawa engkau wahai Muhammad telah memilih suatu perkara yang menjadi fitrah bagi manusia. Kemudian di teruskan lagi perjalanan ke langit pertama, kedua, ketiga sampai lah seterusnya hinggalah ke Sidratul Muntaha. Disana lah di wahyukan kepada nabi syariat solat yang pada awalnya sebanyak lima puluh waktu.

Keesokkan harinya Nabi s.a.w menceritakan kepada penduduk Mekah tetapi ramai yang tidak mempercayai kata-kata nabi s.a.w. lalu Nabi di tertawakan sehingga Nabi s.a.w menceritakan gambaran di dalam Masjidil Aqsa secara jelas. Bukhari telah meriwayatkan secara jelas dalm sahihnya.

لما كذبتني قريش قمت فى الحجر فتجلى الله لى بيت المقدس فطفقت أخبرهم عن آيته وأنا أنظر إليه

Maksudnya:Ketika kaum quraisyh mendustakan aku, aku berdiri di hadapan Hijir (ismail). Lalu Allah memperlihatkan Baitul Maqdis kepada ku. Kemudian aku khabarkan kepada mereka tentang tiang-tiangnya dari apa yang aku lihat.

Sebahagian daripada kaum musyrikin mengambil peluang dari peristiwa ini untuk menggoncang aqidah umat Islam pada ketika itu. Mereka juga mengkhabarkan kepada sahabat nabi s.a.w iaitu Abu Bakar r.a. Tetapi jawapan Abu Bakar mengecewakan mereka iaitu “jika Muhammad yang berkata demikian nescaya aku percaya, malah lebih dari itu pun aku percaya.” Dengan peristiwa ini lah Abu Bakar di gelar sebagai As-siddiq.

Top 50 Universities ~ The Webometrics

2008-07-28T13:09:00.005-05:00

The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities is produced by the Cybermetrics Lab (CINDOC), a unit of the National Research Council (CSIC), the main public research body in Spain. It offers information about more than 4,000 universities according to their web-presence (a computerised assessment of the scholarly contents and visibility and impact of the whole university webdomain).

The Webometrics Ranking is built from a database of over 15,000 universities and more than 5,000 research centers. The Top 4,000 universities are shown in the main rank, but even more are covered in the regional lists. Institutions from developing countries benefit from this policy as they obtain knowledge of their current position even if they are not World-Class Universities.

I would say that looking at the top 50 universities, it is biased towards the US universities.
MORE RANKINGS... check out the Official Website (top 4,000) ~ Credits goes to this website.
Let's look at the Top 50 UNIVERSITIES ranked by them...


			POSITION

WORLD RANK	UNIVERSITY	COUNTRY	SIZE	VISIBILITY	RICH FILES	SCHOLAR

1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology		1	2	1	8

2	Harvard University		2	3	19	1

3	Stanford University		11	1	6	12

4	University of California Berkeley		3	4	2	25

5	Pennsylvania State University		4	8	7	6

6	University of Michigan		15	6	20	21

7	Cornell University		12	5	8	44

8	University of Minnesota		7	17	4	22

9	University of Wisconsin Madison		8	11	9	36

10	University of Texas Austin		17	7	11	42

11	University of Illinois Urbana Champaign		19	10	10	34

12	University of Pennsylvania		30	9	34	20

13	University of Washington		18	12	5	61

14	Carnegie Mellon University		6	24	3	46

15	Columbia University New York		33	13	23	33

16	Purdue University		9	31	12	66

17	University of California Los Angeles		32	20	25	67

18	University of Florida		16	29	18	86

19	University of Chicago		69	15	83	3

20	University of Maryland		68	30	16	26

21	University of Arizona		35	27	14	83

22	Texas A&M University		73	34	13	14

23	Georgia Institute of Technology		27	53	24	18

24	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University		39	44	46	15

25	Princeton University		23	16	41	137

26	University of Cambridge		10	28	53	108

27	Michigan State University		62	25	15	102

28	University of Toronto (Note 1)		59	36	42	50

29	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill		57	22	22	124

30	Rutgers University		52	38	17	84

31	New York University		83	14	37	123

32	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich		21	62	56	30

33	Indiana University		61	21	52	118

34	University of California San Diego		58	40	21	90

35	University of Southern California		41	43	38	92

36	North Carolina State University		13	70	39	49

37	Duke University		76	33	30	111

38	University of Colorado Boulder		36	42	29	136

39	Johns Hopkins University (Note 2)		67	51	90	4

40	California Institute of Technology		126	26	48	55

41	University of Pittsburgh		103	35	58	48

42	Australian National University		51	52	92	35

42	University of Helsinki (Note 3)		22	75	49	40

44	Yale University		56	18	47	189

45	University of Virginia		60	19	36	205

46	University of California Davis		101	32	32	135

47	University of Oxford		106	39	33	112

48	Washington University Saint Louis		46	71	45	85

49	University of British Columbia		129	45	31	88

50	University of Calgary		26	90	75	37

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)

2008-07-28T12:22:00.003-05:00

Download the full top 500 universities HERE.
Visit the official ARWU website ~ credits goes to ARWU.
More info about rankings and ARWU @ wikipedia.

World Rank	Institution	Region	Regional Rank	Country
1	Harvard Univ	Americas	1	USA
2	Stanford Univ	Americas	2	USA
3	Univ California - Berkeley	Americas	3	USA
4	Univ Cambridge	Europe	1	UK
5	Massachusetts Inst Tech (MIT)	Americas	4	USA
6	California Inst Tech	Americas	5	USA
7	Columbia Univ	Americas	6	USA
8	Princeton Univ	Americas	7	USA
9	Univ Chicago	Americas	8	USA
10	Univ Oxford	Europe	2	UK
11	Yale Univ	Americas	9	USA
12	Cornell Univ	Americas	10	USA
13	Univ California - Los Angeles	Americas	11	USA
14	Univ California - San Diego	Americas	12	USA
15	Univ Pennsylvania	Americas	13	USA
16	Univ Washington - Seattle	Americas	14	USA
17	Univ Wisconsin - Madison	Americas	15	USA
18	Univ California - San Francisco	Americas	16	USA
19	Johns Hopkins Univ	Americas	17	USA
20	Tokyo Univ	Asia/Pac	1	Japan
21	Univ Michigan - Ann Arbor	Americas	18	USA
22	Kyoto Univ	Asia/Pac	2	Japan
23	Imperial Coll London	Europe	3	UK
23	Univ Toronto	Americas	19	Canada
25	Univ Coll London	Europe	4	UK
26	Univ Illinois - Urbana Champaign	Americas	20	USA
27	Swiss Fed Inst Tech - Zurich	Europe	5	Switzerland
28	Washington Univ - St. Louis	Americas	21	USA
29	Northwestern Univ	Americas	22	USA
30	New York Univ	Americas	23	USA
30	Rockefeller Univ	Americas	23	USA
32	Duke Univ	Americas	25	USA
33	Univ Minnesota - Twin Cities	Americas	26	USA
34	Univ Colorado - Boulder	Americas	27	USA
35	Univ California - Santa Barbara	Americas	28	USA
36	Univ British Columbia	Americas	29	Canada
37	Univ Maryland - Coll Park	Americas	30	USA
38	Univ Texas - Austin	Americas	31	USA
39	Univ Paris 06	Europe	6	France
39	Univ Texas Southwestern Med Center	Americas	32	USA
41	Vanderbilt Univ	Americas	33	USA
42	Univ Utrecht	Europe	7	Netherlands
43	Pennsylvania State Univ - Univ Park	Americas	34	USA
43	Univ California - Davis	Americas	34	USA
45	Univ California - Irvine	Americas	36	USA
46	Univ Copenhagen	Europe	8	Denmark
47	Rutgers State Univ - New Brunswick	Americas	37	USA
48	Univ Manchester	Europe	9	UK
49	Univ Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh	Americas	38	USA
50	Univ Southern California	Americas	39	USA
51	Univ Florida	Americas	40	USA
52	Univ Paris 11	Europe	10	France
53	Karolinska Inst Stockholm	Europe	11	Sweden
53	Univ Edinburgh	Europe	11	UK
53	Univ Munich	Europe	11	Germany
56	Tech Univ Munich	Europe	14	Germany
57	Australian Natl Univ	Asia/Pac	3	Australia
58	Univ North Carolina - Chapel Hill	Americas	41	USA
58	Univ Zurich	Europe	15	Switzerland
60	Carnegie Mellon Univ	Americas	42	USA
61	Ohio State Univ - Columbus	Americas	43	USA
62	Univ Bristol	Europe	16	UK
63	McGill Univ	Americas	44	Canada
64	Hebrew Univ Jerusalem	Asia/Pac	4	Israel
65	Univ Heidelberg	Europe	17	Germany
66	Uppsala Univ	Europe	18	Sweden
67	Osaka Univ	Asia/Pac	5	Japan
68	Purdue Univ - West Lafayette	Americas	45	USA
69	Univ Oslo	Europe	19	Norway
70	Brown Univ	Americas	46	USA
71	Univ Leiden	Europe	20	Netherlands
72	Univ Sheffield	Europe	21	UK
73	Univ Helsinki	Europe	22	Finland
74	Univ Arizona	Americas	47	USA
75	Univ Rochester	Americas	48	USA
76	Moscow State Univ	Europe	23	Russia
76	Tohoku Univ	Asia/Pac	6	Japan
78	Case Western Reserve Univ	Americas	49	USA
79	Univ Melbourne	Asia/Pac	7	Australia
80	Michigan State Univ	Americas	50	USA
81	Univ Nottingham	Europe	24	UK
82	Univ Basel	Europe	25	Switzerland
83	Boston Univ	Americas	51	USA
83	Ecole Normale Super Paris	Europe	26	France
83	King's Coll London	Europe	26	UK
86	Stockholm Univ	Europe	28	Sweden
87	McMaster Univ	Americas	52	Canada
87	Rice Univ	Americas	52	USA
87	Univ Goettingen	Europe	29	Germany
90	Indiana Univ - Bloomington	Americas	54	USA
91	Texas A&M Univ - Coll Station	Americas	55	USA
92	Univ Birmingham	Europe	30	UK
93	Univ Utah	Americas	56	USA
94	Nagoya Univ	Asia/Pac	8	Japan
94	Univ Freiburg	Europe	31	Germany
96	Arizona State Univ - Tempe	Americas	57	USA
97	Lund Univ	Europe	32	Sweden
97	Univ Iowa	Americas	58	USA
99	Tokyo Inst Tech	Asia/Pac	9	Japan
99	Univ Bonn	Europe	33	Germany
99	Univ Strasbourg 1	Europe	33	France

Top 100 Universities - Times Higher Education

2008-07-25T16:52:00.007-05:00

Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings 2007 - Top 100 Universities (UPDATED)

DOWNLOAD the full-color, PDF version, 2007 edition. HERE.

Type: general world rankings, world rankings according to field (technology, natural sciences, etc)

Rank ,School, Name Country

1 HARVARD University, United States
2= University of CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom
2= YALE University, United States
2= University of OXFORD, United Kingdom
5 Imperial College LONDON, United Kingdom
6 PRINCETON University, United States
7= University of CHICAGO, United States
7= CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States
9 UCL (University College LONDON), United Kingdom
10 MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
11 COLUMBIA University, United States
12 MCGILL University, Canada
13 DUKE University, United States
14 University of PENNSYLVANIA, United States
15 JOHNS HOPKINS University, United States
16 AUSTRALIAN National University, Australia
17 University of TOKYO, Japan
18 University of HONG KONG, Hong Kong
19 STANFORD University, United States
20= CORNELL University, United States
20= CARNEGIE MELLON University, United States
22 University of California, BERKELEY, United States
23 University of EDINBURGH, United Kingdom
24 King's College LONDON, United Kingdom
25 KYOTO University, Japan
26 École Normale Supérieure, PARIS, France
27 The University of MELBOURNE, Australia
28 ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, France
29 NORTHWESTERN University, United States
30 University of MANCHESTER, United Kingdom
31 The University of SYDNEY, Australia
32 BROWN University, United States
33= University of QUEENSLAND, Australia
33= University of BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada
33= National University of SINGAPORE, Singapore
36 PEKING University, China
37 University of BRISTOL, United Kingdom
38= University of MICHIGAN, United States
38= The CHINESE University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
40 TSINGHUA University, China
41 University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States
42 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Switzerland
43 MONASH University, Australia
44 University of NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia
45 University of TORONTO, Canada
46 OSAKA University, Japan
47 BOSTON University, United States
48 University of AMSTERDAM, Netherlands
49 NEW YORK University (NYU), United States
50 The University of AUCKLAND, New Zealand

51= University of TEXAS, United States
51= SEOUL National University, South Korea
53= TRINITY College Dublin, Ireland
53= HONG KONG University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
55= University of WASHINGTON, United States
55= University of WISCONSIN-Madison, United States
57 University of WARWICK, United Kingdom
58 University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego, United States
59 LONDON School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
60 HEIDELBERG Universität, Germany
61 Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN, Belgium
62 University of ADELAIDE, Australia
63 DELFT University of Technology, Netherlands
64 The University of WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Australia
65= University of BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom
65= Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
67 Technische Universität MÜNCHEN, Germany
68 University of SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom
69 NANYANG Technological University, Singapore
70 University of NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom
71= UPPSALA University, Sweden
71= DARTMOUTH College, United States
73 University of ILLINOIS, United States
74= EMORY University, United States
74= University of YORK, United Kingdom
76 University of ST ANDREWS, United Kingdom
77= PURDUE University, United States
77= University of PITTSBURGH, United States
79 University of MARYLAND, United States
80= University of SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom
80= University of LEEDS, United Kingdom
82 VANDERBILT University, United States
83 University of GLASGOW, United Kingdom
84 LEIDEN University, Netherlands
85= University of VIENNA, Austria
85= FUDAN University, China
85= CASE WESTERN RESERVE University, United States
88 QUEEN'S University, Canada
89 UTRECHT University, Netherlands
90= PENNSYLVANIA STATE University, United States
90= TOKYO Institute of Technology, Japan
92 RICE University, United States
93= University of COPENHAGEN, Denmark
93= Université de Montréal, Canada
95 University of ROCHESTER, United States
96 University of CALIFORNIA, Davis, United States
97= GEORGIA Institute of Technology, United States
97= University of ALBERTA, Canada
99 CARDIFF University, United Kingdom
100 University of HELSINKI, Finland

Source: THES – QS World University Rankings
credits : here

Google Earth and Google Maps

2008-07-23T13:15:00.010-05:00

Hi there, it is not common for me to post about technology stuffs. But, i think i will start to post more and MORE , coz information about tech and tech itself is very vital nowadays and for the days to come....

I was planning to have a BBQ event at my house this sunday (by invitation for ex-KISASIANS).
"Ammar, where is your house situated??" - one of my friends asked.

Yeah, i thought about that already. So, I just goooogle, and luckily, (after some hardwork for sure) I managed to find some maps and directions due to the quite-advance and up-to-date Google Earth and also Google Maps. THANKS GOOGLE!!!

Let us look at them separately...

What is Google Maps ?? and What is Google Earth??

Google Maps (for a time named Google Local) is a free service application and technology provided by Google that powers many map-based services including the Google Maps website, Google Ride Finder and embedded maps on third-party websites via the Google Maps API. It offers street maps, a route plan, and an urban business locator for numerous countries around the world.

it's very simple and easy...no hassle.. GO TO Google Maps NOW!!! and search for your desired place...

A related product is Google Earth, a standalone program for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux which offers more globe-viewing features.

DOWNLOAD GOOLE EARTH HERE!!!

What is Google Earth???

Google Earth is a virtual globe program that was originally called Earth Viewer, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a company acquired by Google in 2004. It maps the earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS 3D globe. It is available under three different licenses: Google Earth, a free version with limited functionality; Google Earth Plus ($20 per year), which includes additional features; and Google Earth Pro ($400 per year), which is intended for commercial use.

p/s: goooogle can offer this kind of service for free and open it to public... think about what kind of advanced technology that they already have in terms of satellite tech and such. Someone might be SPYING on you...HAHA!

Calling X-KISAS SPM '06 !!!

2008-07-12T14:40:00.011-05:00

DATABASE BATCH SPM'06, FILL IT HERE

baca dulu and tolong isi database yer (to X-kisasians SPM '06). TQ

Got X???

Yeah we got X and we are now X (ex) ... Ex-kisasians SPM '06 ... and i wanna deliver one important clarification for the sake of demystifying the situation. SO, PLEASE READ UNTIL THE END. This is just a short one. I hope so :)

Actually i posted this (explanation about our batch) a few times in our 'yahoo group' but due to unevitable circumstances some of us did'nt manage to read it. So, to make things easier, I decided to post it here.

I understand the situation when your e-mails were cluttered by dozens or even hundreds of 'insignificant' posts from the yahoo group.. But DO LOOK at the VITAL ONES...

SIMPLE MATHS VS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT CALCULATIONS

Sometimes we tend to emphasize on the 'dy/dx's, the natural logs and the unsteady graphs of the economic growth, and as a result, neglect the SIMPLE MATHS.

So using SIMPLE MATHS, which batch are we in actually????

First, Let us look at some history of our beloved school - KISAS

Kolej Islam lahir dari tradisi ilmu dan budaya Islam yang unggul dan kaya. Jam 3.30 petang, 8 April 1955 merupakan tanggal keramat bagi warga Semenangjung Tanah Melayu, Singapura dan Brunei. Istiadat perasmian KOLEJ ISLAM MALAYA dimulakan.... - dipetik dari RESTU 06

Seramai 43 pelajar yang datang dari seluruh pelosok Tanah Melayu, Singapura, dan Brunei memulakan sesi pengajian pertama Kolej Islam Malaya pada 24 Februari 1955 di bangunan...
- juga di cekup dari RESTU 06

Ape yang nak di 'highlight' kan???
Tarikh kemasukan first batch tuh yakni 24 Februari 1955

Biler kita masuk??
Februari 2005 ( 27 kalu x silap... tolong betulkan)

SO?
Kalu kiter kire penolakan macam biasa mmg kiter akan dpt 50 thn
2005 - 1955 = 50

Kenape x tolak jerh??
Cuba perhatikan betul2. Dalam SIMPLE MATH nih mmg kadang2 mengelirukan. Kita x mengira penolakan biasa sebenarnya..tapi kita mengira intervals (selang-selangan).

Untuk lebih paham biar saya kasi situasi dulu ...

andai kata ade satu sekolah ni yang baru sahaja buka pada tahun 2000.
student first batch masuk pada januari tahun 2000 tersebut.
lepas tuh sekolah itu pun berjalan seperti biasa sampai ke tahun 2005.
agak2 nyer la kan, batch yang masuk tahun 2005 tuh batch yang ke berape?

2005-2000 = 5??? think again!!!

Jom tengok pengiraan intervals yang aku maksudkan...

thn 2000 - - batch 1 - - thn 2001 - - batch 2 - - thn 2002 - - batch 3 - -
thn 2003 - - batch 4 - - thn 2004 - - batch 5 - - thn 2005 - - batch 6 - -

jawapan dier batch 6... so cuba kira tuk batch kita starting from thn 1955 until 2005 ....

x yah susah2.. theory dier .. batch tuh akan sentiasa satu kehadapan ...
so sepatutnya
2005 - 1955 + 1 = 51

GEN 51... cubalah kira sendiri and tengok hasilnya... diharap semua boleh menerima. Aku pun actually sedih gak lah sebab bukan batch 50 kan.. But nak wat macam mane? Hmm kalu confusing lagi, sorilah sebab aku x reti sangat nak terangkan nih..

And kalu susah2 sgt just panggil batch SPM '06.. tapi mcm x best lak.. GEN 51.. okay gak.. dua2 no ganjil, okay lah tu.. x pun GOLDEN BATCH .. sebab time kiter kan di buat sambutan Jubli Emas KISAS (hmm note that sambutan di buat pada tahun kita disebabkan pada tahun kita tuh dah lengkap 50 tahun kisas, birthday korang, korang sambut biler korang dah cukup umur ke biler korang lagi satu bulan nak cukup umor?? hahha)

Penerangan aku nih bukannya muktamad. Tapi boleh di further discuss and di 'debate' kan. Nway, batch junior kiter pun dah sebulat suara mengaku dorang batch 52 and batch senior kiter pun ader yg bising2 claim yg dorang batch 50. So betul lah tu kiter duduk di antara 50 and 52.. ape lagi .. 51 lah kan!!!

PASAL DATABASE

Aku actually dah copy semua maklumat dalam RESTU tuh and terima beberape maklumat dari pihak2 tertentu tuk lengkapkan DATABASE batch kiter.. tapi ade maklumat yg dah outdated and x lengkap. SO, ape kata korang luangkan sedikit jer masa korang tuk mengisi database nih.. Memang aku hargai sangat2...

BENEFIT dier korang gak dapat.
First, boleh keep in touch dengan kawan2.
Then, tahu perkembagan kawan2.
Pastuh nanti kalu nak REUNION kan senang, sebab ader contact (sama ader via internet or mobile phone).

AND satu lagi...Kalu korang betul2 rasa no. korang tuh rahsia sgt and takut org kaco.. fikir2 lah dengan lebih mendalam.. Kalu korang ckp kitorang muslimin kacau pun, wat habis kredit kitorang jer kan and kitorang nih bukannya kaya sgt and kitorang pun nak study gak.. So, no telepon tuh sebenarnya tuk keuntungan semua. And maklumat batch nih akan disimpan antara kita and DI LARANG sama sekali untuk membocorkannya kepada mana2 pihak sekalipun.

SO TUNGGU APA LAGI... JOM ISI !!! DI SINI !!!

SAT & TOEFL BOOKS FOR SALE !!!

2008-07-09T01:56:00.004-05:00

As I have mentioned before... I'm not a salesman... Except when it comes to TOEFL and SAT Books.. hahaha...
So, for all my juniors in UNITEN, INTI, INTEC or those who are really intrigued in buying SAT or TOEFL books, here (CLICK HERE to download the PDF file), you can have a look at various types of books that i'm selling at very reasonable and CHEAP prices!!!

the file is in PDF.. so make sure you have an Acrobat Reader or a PDF reader !!!

Once you have decided on which book or books you are interested in or if you have any question, do email me friend at friendfries89 'at' gmail 'dot' com or we can chat online (My Yahoo Messenger ID is: cool_2guyz - even MSN people can add me :)

THE BOOKS ARE LIMITED, SO, HURRY UP!!! BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!!
-priority goes to those who email me earlier...

YOU MIGHT WANNA HAVE A LOOK AT THESE PREVIOUS POSTS:
US Education & US Fair - here
UIUC (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and its ranking) - here
PPOU/ATU - Where everyone can fly!!! - here
Yale Interview (part1) - here
Cornell Interview - here
Yale Interview (part2) - here (but you need to scroll down a litte bit)
- sorry for the mix language...

4th of July ~ The Secrets

2008-07-03T15:10:00.013-05:00

[SPECIAL BIRTHDAY EDITION - MUST READ]

*[No intention to sell or promote books (except SAT &TOEFL books) - i'm not a salesman ;]

Conundrum

Hi there, have you seen books with the date '4th of July ' as part of the title of that reading materials?

Have you been wondering why? (you r not going to ponder upon this Q if you are staying or studying in the US or if you are a US citizen)

Independence day and Hancock

Guess what? 4th July is the independence day for the USA. That is why an author of a book, when choosing a date to be the title for his or her book might be choosing 4th July as his or her first choice.

Anyway, let's look at some facts about US Independence Day.. YOu like history, right? hahaha :)

In the United States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain (sape kata US x pernah di jajah???).

What about Hancock??

Some more history...
Congress approved the wording of the Declaration on July 4 and then sent it to the printer. Whether John Hancock, as the elected President of the Second Continental Congress, or anyone else signed the document that day is unknown, because that document has been lost — presumably destroyed in the printing process. However, Hancock's name and that of a witness do appear on the typeset broadside that was published within a few days.

So, actually Hancock, is a prominent guy gak lah. Bukan sekadar superhero..haha.. and yg menarik gak ialah Hancock juga merupakan satu nama bandar or county (a sub-unit of regional self-government within a larger jurisdiction) di ILLINOIS (state),USA (country). Menarik...menarik...

What drives me to write about 4th July huh?

Haha.. simply because there were memories behind it. First, cuba bayang kan kalu korang macam di lahirkan pada 30 ogos di Malaysia.. Mesti macam rugikan sebab x dpt lahir pada hari kemerdekaan itu sendiri.. Bukankah anda melihat bayi2 yg dilahirkan pd 31 ogos di sambut dengan meriah sekali...??Siap keluar akhbar...Anak merdeka kata mereka!

Hehe.. and that happened to me lah.. i was born in The States on the 4 minus 1 July... on Monday during the evening.. berusaha my mom tunggu.. but takdir ALLAH x boleh di halang.. Alhamdulillah, lahirlah seorang bayi yg sihat pada petang ISNIN 3 Julai 1989. That's all about it. It's HISTORY.

CREDITS

Special thanks to my family members...

Abah (thanks sebab menyara ku and menjagaku dengan baik) and Ummy (thanks sebab lahirkankuand menjagaku dengan baik) - TQ for everything!

Kak Huda - Superduper thanks for the present....

Anas - Thanks for the wish kat gmail.

Muaz, Zubair and Salman - Thanks bros...

My ayah sedara - Ayah Supi

My mak sedara - Acik Yang

and my beloved teacher...

Ms. Lin - thanks a lot for the SMS wish.

THANKS to my frens for delightful wishes:

via SMS

KISAS

Ihsan Roslan @ Egypt, Hakim Lattepi @ Jordan, Afiq Muiz @ Jordan, Firdaus a.k.a PDOS @UiTM, Mutheerah @ UCSI, Amirah Yaakob @ UCSI, Syafiqq Al Hakim @ Med School, Rasydan @ INTEC, Syahir @ KYUEM, Nurafiqah Azizi @ UIA, Syamel @ Taylors

PPOU/ATU/SPC/PPC

Hazrool BNM, Hamdi MOE, Ajim MOE, Farah MOE, Adibah MOE, Azirah SPC

KYUEM

Ainaa SSP

AL-AMIN

Asma' Nabihah @ KMB, Mu'az Shaharom @ USIM - Ireland

Via the NET

Din paiman KISAS @ UTP, Syaimaa (junior kat KISAS) @ INTEC, Nadiah amalina SPC, Faizza PPOU, Baby 0309 (from tagged), Ridhwan Ismail @ Jordan

From UIUC

Mardhiya Yassin

Bakal frenz - Ye lin from China and Atul from India

From WCIT '08

(kak) Sabrina

and yg laen2 yg wish secara langsung atau tidak langsung :)

AND WANNA SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY kepada yg berkongsi bufday date yang same:

Sahrul Fadzlin KISAS

Syahrol Fasya KISAS

Ridhwan Ismail KISAS

Sepupuku, Adlan

Mu'az Shaharom AL-AMIN

Semoga dipanjangkan umur, dimurahkan rezeki dan mendapat kejayaan di dunia dan akhirat.

UIUC - Where I Belong

2008-06-30T01:32:00.010-05:00

I BELONG

Finally, I managed to finish this one. Yeah! Alhamdulillah...

[Ini bukan post untuk promosi.. :]

I belong?
What’s that?
Simply, it is the university where I belong. The place where I will be sparing my precious 4 years time studying and of course having fun (hope so)! The community that I will be mingling with - a serene community in which I belong to…

Why 'I belong'?
It is one of their trademarks. Even the first offer letter that I received had ‘I Belong’ at the back of the envelope…cool huh?
It looks something like this >>>

UIUC? [ If you want to look at the rankings scroll down ]
Because the name of this public University is quite long, there are quite a few names that you can use to refer to this University…

This is the official name:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

*Note that Urbana and Champaign are the names of town and city in which UIUC is situated and Illinois is the state.

Another name:
University of Illinois

*There are two other Universities which share the name University of Illinois. Therefore, calling the name University of Illinois might raise some confusion if you want to refer to only one specific University.

The duos are:
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS)

The famous name amongst the community:
U of I

This is a quite common, easy to utter and a simple ‘nick’ name for the University. The U of I community really prefer it and use this name more frequent.

Why choose UIUC?
They have good rankings in Engineering and Business, both for undergraduate and postgraduate.

Rankings? Are you sure?
(Beneficial for those are planning on which Universities to apply - UIUC is good choice!)

Let me prove it to you.

US News 2008
No #38 – Best National Universities (Top 100)
No #8 - Top 50 Public National Universities

Business
Overall
No #12 - Best Business Programs

Specific
No #2 - Accounting
No #5 - Actuarial Science/ Insurance/ Risk Management

Engineering
Overall
No #5 - Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
(after MIT, Stanford University, University of California-Berkeley and Caltech)

Specific
No #1 – Agricultural
No #2 – Civil
No #3 – Engineering Science/ Engineering Physics
No #3 – Environmental/Environmental Health
No #4 – Electrical/Electronic/Communications
No #5 – Computer Engineering (My course)
No #5 – Materials
No #5 – Mechanical
No #5 – Computer Science
No #6 – Chemical
No #7 – Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical

The Times Higher Education Supplement QS – World University Rankings
No #73 – The World’s Top 200 Universities
No #19 – Top 50 Universities for Technology

Gourman Report
Not much difference with US News and Report 2008

How to get in?

1.Make sure you have taken or will be taking the SAT and TOEFL exam (for international students only)

Academic Profile for 2007 Admitted Freshmen – Middle 50%
SAT - 1250 – 1430
ACT - 27 – 31
High School Class Rank – 85 – 96%

TOEFL requirements – most colleges – 550(paper)/ 79(ibt)
College of Engineering – 600paper/100(ibt)

2. Apply and pay the fees online.

3. Write two simple application essays.

4. Fill in all your extracurricular activities and volunteer work that you have participated, work experience that you have gain together with the awards and honors that you have received. (some significant extracurricular activities will be sufficient)

For more info visit : http://www.uiuc.edu/

THAT's ALL FOLKS.. GUD LUCK!!!

p/s: I'll be pursuing electrical and computer engineering there in UIUC.. wish me gud luck.. TQ

Discover US Education

2008-06-07T21:49:00.006-05:00

Hi there.

Get JPA, Bank Negara, Petronas, MARA, etc scholarships to go pursue your studies in the US?
Want to know more about U.S Education and how to apply and gain admission into the universities in the US?
Desire to go to the Ivy League Universities (eg. Harvard Uni, Princeton) or Ivy League Standard Universities, but don't know where to start?
Have financial problems (did not get scholarships, come from a poor famiy, etc), but still intrigue to know more and futher you studies at the top Universities in the US? No fret! MIT, Harvard, Princeton and Yale University have someting to say about their 'need blind' policy and the financial aid that they are willilngly offering to the international students.
Secondary school students? Have dreams to go overseas? US is a good choice to consider. Even Ironman graduated from M.I.T (the no 1 engineering school in the US or perhaps the world :)

Then??Hmm... need not to wait. Let's buckle up and embark on the journey of the US Education. FREE ADMISSION !!!

Name of the Event: U.S.A For Students

Date, Day, Time: June 14 2008, Saturday, 10:00AM - 4:00PM

Venue: Dewan San Choon - Wisma MCA 163 Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur

LET's look at some FAQs.

What is U.S.A. For Students?

U.S.A. For Students is an education fair organized by alumni and current students of universities and colleges in America. We are doing this for two reasons: (a) to share with you our experience of education in America beyond what is provided in admission brochures and booklets and (b) to prepare incoming students for their initial experience in America.

Who is invited?

Basically, anyone who is interested in studying in the United States or just want to know more about education there. We have first-hand information because we’ve been through the nervousness about moving to a foreign country, the panic of studying with the mat-sallehs and even the pain of leaving our moms and dads and the precious roti canai and nasi lemak. Everyone is welcome! The more the merrier!

How do I be a part of this event?

Simply come! June 14, 2008 at Dewan San Choon - Wisma MCA. A special treat would be given to attendees who register online!

How to reach there??

Alternative 1 (Recommended ):-
Take Kelana Jaya Line LRT (formerly known as Putra LRT) and exit at Ampang Park LRT Station (one stop after KLCC from the direction of KL Sentral). Once exit, turn left and go up the escalator. Walk past Nikko Hotel and Menara Citibank. Wisma MCA is the building after Menara Citibank. It is approximately a 3-minute walk.

Alternative 2:-
Take Kelana Jaya Line LRT (formerly known as Putra LRT) and exit at KLCC Station. Walk along Jalan Ampang towards the direction of Nikko Hotel. Walk past Pelita Nasi Kandar and a temple and you will reach Wisma MCA. Wisma MCA is opposite Corus Hotel. It is aprroximately a 7-minute walk.

Do I have to pay an entrance fee?

No! This event is FREE! We are doing this pro-bono, meaning free-of-charge.

How to I get more information about this event?

Simply go the website - http://www.usaforstudents.org/

or you might want to have a look at last year's event.

What should I prepare?

There are several things that can be prepared. But they are all optional.... (Bring your body and be present, that is the most important thing:)

1. Questions. You might wanna jot down and think about some appropriate questions to ask the current students, alumni, speakers, etc.

2. List of Universities. It is recommended that you make a list of universities that you are planning to apply. So that you know which universities are in your highest priority because there will be around 50 universities participating.

About the list

I suggest that you divide your list into two - dream/best schools (US people like to use the term 'schools' for universities), and also back-up or back door schools. You should be aware that some universities are really highly selective that they admit only a few of international students every year. Like MIT, this year, they only admitted one out of 80 Malaysian applicants who applied.

And i recommend that you make your list according to specific ranking rather than general ranking and surely if you are scholars of any sponsors, make sure that you check with your sponsors whether you are allowed or not to pursue your studies at the desired universities. (you can check with your sponsors once you have enrolled in the pre-U prog or check with your seniors at your pre-U prog, and usually the top universities will definitely be endorsed by your sponsors)

Here are rankings that you can look at online...

1. The Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings

Type: general world rankings, world rankings according to field (technology, natural sciences, etc)

download the full-color, PDF format, 2007 edition here.

2. US News & World Report

main website (rankings)

national universities : top schools

best graduate schools (PhD and Masters)

best undergraduate engineering (choose second box - school whose highest degree is a doctorate)

best undergraduate business (includes accounting, finance, etc)

* for undergraduate rankings, the rankings are limited, i have a copy of several parts of the book of the America's Best Colleges 2008 which offer more rankings. Therefore, if you want more info, please email me at friendfries89@gmail.com

and Many more rankings!!!...

there are few more links at the wikipedia website here and you can also read more information about university rankings there.

3. Requirements. Once you have the list of the universities that you want to go. Go check on their websites first. Look at requirements such as essay(s) (this is one of the crucial elements), SAT scores (whether you have to just take SAT 1 , or you need to take SAT 1 & 2 or you don't require to take both), TOEFL scores and etc.

4. Know about US admission exams. If you have not heard about SAT or TOEFL or know less about them. Quickly check on their websites. You can even try some sample questions. For SAT 1, you can subscribe for daily questions via email.

Simply go to http://www.collegeboard.org/ for SAT 1 and SAT 2 (SAT Subjects)

and www.ets.org/toefl for TOEFL

5. Just google what ever you want to know about US Education system or things pertaining to it. At least, you have a picture of it and it will be easier for you to come out with questions. The internet is a powerful tool, use IT!

Here are some useful websites that you can have a look regarding US Education.

http://www.recom.org/ , http://www.tinkosong.com/ , http://www.chenchow.blogspot.com/ ,

http://intlscholarships.googlepages.com/home

Am I (ammar faris) attending the US Fair???

Good question. I will say, 'yes', of course. Haha.. Meet you there.. Most probably, I will be at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign booth (near to Harvard University and Stanford University booth >> look at the floor map). I am also planning to sell some materials and books which will prepare you for SAT 1, SAT 2 and TOEFL and gear you towards EXCELLENT SCORES !!! Anyone interested, do email me.

You can also ask any question related to this topic.

Email me at friendfries89@gmail.com or just post your comment at this post. Thank you.

And if it does not burden you, do notify me (by email) together with some infos (such as prep place, name, previous school, course) if you kind of 'confirm' to attend this event, so that we can meet and discuss things at WISMA MCA..

Even though it will be held in WISMA 'MCA', it has nothing to do with politics, kay... :)

So, tunggu ape lagi. MARI JOIN!!!

WCIT 2008, What an Experience :)

2008-06-06T22:29:00.019-05:00

This is the event that i was talking about in my previous post. The one that i have to put a great portion of commitment. Why? Simply because it was a 'World Event'. And the Malaysia image had somehow be reflected during this event. So let us have a quick Q and A session.

Reporter = Ms. Secret

VVIP invited = Mr. AAF

What is WCIT 2008?

WCIT stands for World Congress on IT. Held once every two years, the World Congress on Information Technology is a premier global ICT forum that brings together global leaders in business, government and academia. Often billed as the Olympics of ICT, it impacts global economic and social development through the exchange of policies and ideas on technology.

In 2006, the event was held in Austin, Texas, US. Luckily, this year, Malaysia was chosen to host this remarkable event. And the next WCIT 2010 event will be held in Amsterdam, Holland. For more info regarding WCIT 2008 , you can visit the official website.

What drives you to be involved in this event?

At first, i didn't even know a single thing about this event. But then, during my Cornell University interview (there is a post about this), the interviewer asked me 'if you can bring a speaker to Cornell University, who would you like to bring?'

Nervous and stupified at that particular time, i spontaneously answered "Bill Gates" with my reasons to support my answer. Then, Mr. Chen Chow, inform me about the event, and that Bill Gates will come and give his speech. (even though eventually, he didn't come, but instead, he appeared in a holographic way for only 5 minutes!!! hahaha)

So, i started to look for the official website, applied to be a volunteer online, and had a short interview at the WCIT 2008 office at Damansara.

It is a world event, so what kind of preparation did you and the rest of the volunteers have prior to the real event (18 - 22 May)?

We had two training sessions. One on the 13th of April and one on the 10th of May.

It is a whole-day traning sessions. The former emphasized more on team work (there are a lot of games and such exciting stuffs) and the latter was more geared towards the real event and that means LECTURES and BOREDOM!!!...hahaha.. Anyway, the most memorable part was the food.. Luxurious and scrumptious meals... :)

The game below was called 'Towers of Breath" .. at first we had to stack the balloons of our team members and make a tall tower. The highest tower wins. Then, after that part, we combined all the balloons....

until it became something like this.....>>>

Oh! Forgot to mention... besides the meetings on the 13th of April and the 10th of May.. there were small-scale meetings as well. So, our team, The EC (Enquiry Counter) Team had a meeting in Bangsar once, and two meetings at the KLCC Convention Center (the place the main event was being held).

What was your job or role during the event? And what other jobs/roles were offered?

I had mentioned the phrase 'EC Team' just now.

There were only 8 of us in the Enquiry Counter Team. From the name of the team itself, you can guess what was the role all about. In summation, we had two booths (one in level one and one in level three of the KLCC Convention Center)... we kind of knew everything that was going on that time, and we sort of must-know.. where all the suraus , the washrooms, the ballroom, the conference hall, and the rest of halls are situated. And we must know how if the delegates (the people who payed a certain amount of money - the event fee in which was quite expensive, and they get to hear all the talks and whatsoeva things pertaining to the event), the VVIPS or the Speakers want to go back to their hotels, or are lost, or have problem with their flights, or want to find the nearest STARBUCK!! hahaha..

Maaan, Enquiry COunter..people ask stuffs.. what do you expect???

Other jobs/roles were like usherers, food and beverage people, those who have to standby at the airport for the arrival or departure of the delegates, registeration counter people and etc.

Really proud to be in the EC Counter Team :)

(from the right: Edlyn, Aisyah, Jian, Haizun, Sabrina, Naza, Denise and Me)

What advantages did you get from this event?

LEt me lists some of the advantages:

1. Get to meet people from all over the world as it is a world event.

2. Get to meet (or see) VVIPS, MOSTI and other Top government people, Top IT people and etc.

3. Get to brush up my english (speaking) and feel how is it like working at the enquiry counter (you will receive some unsatisfied customers, but thanks God, during the event, most of the delegates were happy with our services)

4. Learn to be more courteous with phrases like "Good morning, Sir/Ma'am. May I help or assist you?"

5. Get to meet people from IT companies ( i met one and still keep in touch with this guy from California USA) - if you interested in this kind of thing.

6. Learn soft skills and learn how to deal with problems.

7. Make friends with the volunteers who participated. Here are some pic of my new friends. Not new anymore.. hahaha..

8. You won't complain about the scrumptious meals that they provided for the volunteers.

9. Get to take pictures with CEO like the one bellow.

(picture of Dato’ Badlisham Ghazali, CEO of MDEC and Dato' Dr Ir. Ammar - hehehe)

10. Money!!! Hahaha.. we are paid per day...

Do you have any advice to give to anyone who hasn't tried volunteer work?

As long as the volunteer works are noble, beneficial, legal and do not contradict with your religious views (x bercanggah dengan syariat Islam sebagai contoh), and your country laws and you have some free time, Why NOT?

But you need to put a huge amount of commitment to the volunteer work that you will be doing. Don't do it just for the sake of money (if they give you some money lah).. but do it whole-heartedly for the experience and for the excitement. No fret! You can also put it into your resume and makes your resume look nicer...

And REMEMBER !!!, some volunteering services are not offer publicly, you might have to search for it yourself (like the case of volunteering for WCIT 2008)... Go and search for volunteering work starting from now!!! Before it's too late... IT's FUN!!! Good Luck!

GuRu2 Ku... EnGkAu PeNYuLuH HiDuPkU !!!

2008-06-05T09:22:00.006-05:00

Assalamualaikum...

16 Mei sememangnya merupakan tarikh keramat yang akan diingati oleh setiap insan yg digelar pelajar atau dalam loghat jawanyer 'student'...

Hari Guru tahun nih yakni pada tarikh 16 Mei 2008, disambut dengan penuh meriah di seluruh pelosok negara. Tidak lain tidak bukan untuk menunjukkan rasa penghargaan para pelajar kepada guru-guru mereka yang tersayang yang telah mendidik pelajar2 ini (termasuk saya) tanpa rasa jemu, serta penuh dedikasi dan kasih sayang. Didikan mereka terlampau tulus dah ikhlas sehinggakan ada yang merasakan bahawa guru-guru mereka adalah ibarat ibu bapa mereka yang kedua. How lovely!!!

Bertemakan 'Guru Cemerlang, Negara Terbilang'.. (yang semestinya disukai Pak Lah yg berpegang teguh dengan cogan kata 'Cemerlang, Gemilang, dan Terbilang'), sambutan hari guru di KISAS tahun ini yang diadakan pada 23 May juga sangat meriah dan bertenaga.

Sempatlah saya datang ke KISAS pada pagi hari, semata2 untuk saya sampaikan hadiah hari guru yg masih tersimpan erat di dalam kotak kecil yg diselaputi pelapik hitam pada saat dan ketika itu...

Saya bergegas sedaya mungkin daripada Rawang > LRT Stesyen Terminal Putra > LRT Stesyen Pasar Seni > Bus ke Klang > Klang > Bus dari stesyen bus kat kelang ke KISAS ...

Untuk pengetahuan rakan2. Itu lah pertama kali saya naik bus dari Pasar Seni ke Klang.. And saya actually macam agak2 jer lah yang ader bus ke Klang dari Pasar Seni (saya rasa Rasydan ader pernah bgtau saya kot). Alhamdulillah dengan berkat doa, tuk mencari bus ke Klang tuh x susah and yang buat saya lebih bersyukur ialah dalam 7 minit bus tu dah bertolak.. SO, maknanya?? Cepatlah saya sampai..

Memang risau... takut2 lah hadiah itu x sempat di tayangkan kat cikgu waktu majlis kat Dewan kat KISAS, Klang. Dorang first2 cakap majlis kat Dewan akan habis pukul 9.30 pagi untuk membuka peluang kepada guru2 tuk test bakat2 mereka and skills mereka dalam games di luar dan di dalam dewan.

Tengok jam. Dah pukul 9.15. Sempat ker nih???.. alhamduillah lepas tuh
dapat tahu yang peluang diberikan sampai pukul 10 pagi... (walaupun sebenarnyer acara kat dewan habis dalam pukul 10.30 - 10.45 pagi.

Alhamdulillah. Dalam kul 9.45 sampai kat pintu gerbang KISAS.. pe lagi.. LARI!!!! dah x ku penduli pun pak guard kat gate..hahhaa...

Maka sempat lah saya tayangkan 'hadiah' yang berada di dalam 'kotak hitam (hark disk sebenarnyer)' saya pada ketika itu ... SAKSIKAN...

sambil tuh nak ucapkan "SELAMAT BELATED HARI GURU" kepada guru2/lecturer2 di

Mark Twain Kindergarten, US
Tadika Amal, Lembah Keramat, KL
Sekolah Rendah Islam Al-Amin, KL
SMU(A) Maahad Muhammadi Lelaki, Kelantan
Kolej Islam Sultan Alam Shah (KISAS), Klang, Sel
ATU (American Top Universities) Prog, UNITEN, Bangi, Sel

(tuk tengok video nih..korang juga boleh gi ke link ini http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpSxv9DaBTI )

Yang sedeynyer.. ader problem sket dengan hadiah nih.. gambar x lengkap.. ader gambar yang laju and x seimbang... salah maklumat ...

So, first nak mintak maaf sebab x sempat nak letak semua org punyer gambar (batch 51 punyer gambar) - ader yang x kasi gambar.. so sorry yer...

Then, nak mohon sepuluh jari kat dak2 egypt KISAS especially yang muslimat... actually camni, dalam keje meng'edit' video and animation nih.. lepas semuanyer dah selesai, kena wat satu proses yg nama dier 'render' tuk combine semua element supaya video tuh smooth.. so lepas dah rendering yg makan masa agak lama gak.. baru sedar yang transition tuk gambar2 dak2 egypt muslimat agak laju sket.. So, sorry yer fathiyyah, aimi, radin and the rest of the geng... NIH akibat last minute punyer keje lah ni..kalu x boleh render sekali lagi...

Next, nak mintak maaf kalu ader salah maklumat..
contohnyer yang gambar Farehah tu terletak under Diploma but actually ko baru lepas wat program matrikulasi kan?. and maklumat pasal hasbullah yang wat prog persediaan kat KTT (kolej teknologi timur) tuk wat medic kat Indonesia and bukan kat India.. dan laen2 kalu ader silap...

Last, sorry x wat ruangan penghargaan...
So kat sini jer lah saya wat..

SPECIAL THANKS TO :
Asyuhada - pengumpul gambar tuk muslimat and beberape gambar muslimin

Muzakkir and Syamel - sumber gambar tuk gambar2 muslimin

Baie - pencetus idea bernas tuk present video dari bekas pelajar - cikgu farhana puji sebab we are the first batch to do this...

Student2 medic muslimin Jordan - menyumbangkan video khas - dengan suara2 mantap

Those yang bersusah payah menyumbangkan dan memberikan gambar korang sama ade secara rela atau paksa rela.

Those yang ader niat nak kasi gambar tapi x berkesempatan atau terhalang atas sebab2 tertentu.

Those yang terlibat sama ada secara langsung atau tidak langsung...

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

NANTIKAN Video ini dalam updated version... but first korang yg belum menyumbangkan gambar korang harus berbuat demikian secepat mungkin. TQ. ~ UKHWAH FILLAH ~

p/s:
Oh lupa nak bagitau korang..nih maklumat tambahan.. yang pada asalnya ingatkan nak dirahsiakan but alang2 terus bagitau jer lah..

actually bahan telah dikumpul agak awal... cuma atas sebab2 tertentu aku start wat video nih secara betul2 agak lewat.. sebab aku de komitmen laen pada 16 - 21 May. Anway aku mengaku sendiri lah yang salah aku gak sebab bertangguh and wat keje last minute.. mintak maaf ye semua.. and sebagai akibatnya, malam jumaat tuh aku x tido langsung sampai lepas sembahyang jumaat baru de peluang tuk tido...pengalaman yang agak pahit campur manis..hahahha...