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Saturday, January 28, 2012

少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲

爸爸年初一上青山拿回了一本书-书名是灵光点点,智慧泉源。
这本书很赞,内容是日文,马来西亚语,英文及华语四国语文中的成语及谚语。这本书的确能让读者得到启发,净化心灵。我会把它读完并分享,让你们和我一样,能从中得到启发,感悟人生道理。第三十七页的‘少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲’我很喜欢。

每个人 都有青春,空过青春就可惜了。

这个道理有谁不知。可是却很多人不把握它,不珍惜,等失去了才来后悔。
英国人说:If you lie upon roses when young, you will lie upon thorns when old.

别让现在所犯的错成为以后的遗憾。年轻时辛苦没关系,好好珍惜我们的青春年华。

不要年轻时欢乐,年老时后悔
Rejoiced at in youth, repented in age

我会好好记住这句勉励的话:少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲,把握现在,为未来奋斗。
不要怕辛苦,因为你走的是自己的路。为的是自己以及身边人的幸福快乐。

Friday, January 20, 2012

Know more about MUET






For bananas and those who have a solid foundation in English would probably think Malaysian University English Test ( MUET) is easy as pie. But for us who don’t have enough exposure (or I shall say those who didn’t put enough effort in learning English) and adequate knowledge in English would be in deep shit. But then how would we judge on the knowledge level?  As at the end, there’s no international standard unit to evaluate or gauge it right? That’s why we need to take exam. Examinations will tell you what your level is. In MUET, the higher band you get, the better you are and eventually you’ll have better chance in entering university. That’s the reason why everyone of us ( STPM candidates) strives so hard and takes it  seriously. The minimum band in entering local university is Band 1 as stated in their requirements .However, based on my school record, there is no one that has successfully entered local university with that band- the lowest band. As a matter of fact, if you get 0 out of 300, you’re a band 1 scorer. haha.


It’s a must?


 It is undeniably extremely important if you intend to settle down in Malaysia. To be exact, it’s a requirement of entering and graduating from local university. So if you want to get a certificate from any local university, it’s a compulsory test.


Is MUET result really important?

It depends on the course that you want to enroll in. Some courses like law requires the applicant to achieve a high band but courses like BM and others are not. You just need to achieve at least a band 2 and of course band 3 will place you at a secured position. 

            Is it possible for me to achieve a good band if I didn’t do well in SPM?

Forget about your result in SPM ( English ) . Some candidates got good grades in SPM but screwed up in MUET and some the opposite.

Uh-huh why ?

It’s merely because different things will be tested in MUET. In SPM, you just need to read, write and analyze. On the other hand , you’ll have to listen, speak, analyze deeply, write, synthesize and a lots more in MUET.
CASE A: My best friend got B/C in SPM but got a high band 4 in MUET.
CASE B: Another friend of mine got A in SPM but only achieved band 3 in MUET.

An advice from me to my juniors: P
I know you are very busy with other subjects but just bear in mind, every subject is equally important.

Why should I believe in you ?

You have to because I am a special scorer of MUET.(I improved a lot) Please refer to the photos below and I bet you will request for tips after this OR you may think I should be feeling shameful. I don’t really care because I did really strive to brush up my English by widening my vocabulary, reading tones of novels and English materials and speaking to my reflection in mirror. 


I am proud of myself and my improvement.I am poor in English , even my English teacher thinks so(not good enough to achieve band 5).it was encouragement and self-believing that convinced me to re-sit. I am grateful and thankful for having great family, teachers and friends. After grueling hours of studying, I did it :) YOU CAN DO IT TOO !!

 Please be noted that the main purpose and the only purpose of showing these photos is to boost up your confidence and it served as an encouragement as well. I have faith in you and of course you should believe in yourself too. Every dream starts with believing.













DID,DOING.DO


December:
I sat for STPM exams and went to Kuala Lumpur. Before going to KL, I participated in Self-reliance camp at Chung Hua Middle School No.1. That camp was one of the requirements in getting King Scout Award. I felt very lonely at the beginning as I was the only one from my district while the others were all from Kuching district. On the first night, we only slept for about 1.5 hours as we had a 12km night hike. As I didn’t go for hiking for about 2 years, my muscles were very weak.  I had to bear the extreme pain throughout the hike as my leg muscles were cramped and yet the other hikers had very good stamina-we only rested for a few times and each of them lasted for less than 10mins). My legs were so painful that I could hardly feel them. It was determination that kept me going. In the morning (we completed the hike at 4 a.m) ,I couldn’t stand. I felt very scared and quickly texted my skip to inform him. What happened next was I found out my hand phone was not functioning. Wth! I reluctantly forced myself to walk wobbly and minutes after bearing the pain, I was able to stand and walk normally. Thanks heaven! Mental conflicts that happened didn’t stop me from going on and finally I went home happily and contentedly.
In Kuala Lumpur,I stayed at my sister rented apartment for about a week. We shopped a lot and I went to Midvalley’s Theme Park as well. It was a nice trip and I had mild homesick.
I received a call from Double U Network Sdn. Bhd or RTM ( I am not sure ,either one) on the first day of my trip. The caller told me that I am selected as one the fourteen finalists of sejarawan muda program. I was on cloud nine as that meant I will be representing my state to compete in Kuala Lumpur. Besides, the finalists will be on TV as well. There’ll be 14 episodes and commenced from the 2nd episode there’ll be one contestant that will be kicked out in every episode. I hope I will not be the first one to be kicked out eh. However, I am grateful for being selected-out of hundreds. We have been interviewed and given quizzes earlier on at selected universities and we were being judged based on those. My competitors ( Sarawak zone interviewees) were very strong ones -ranging from spm graduates to students who are taking master in history and lawyer-to-be. If the organizer merely judged on our historical knowledge, there was surely no chance for me to beat them. I guess I outperformed the other competitors in presentation part. BM was and is our main and only communication language. That served as a strong point to me as undoubtedly I can speak BM eloquently. The shooting crews encouraged me to be a reporter and told me that the salary of a reporter is very satisfying-6k. They asked me to go for an interview in any studio.
SCENE 1:
A:Saya baru je habis STPM
B:Har ?? Saya ingat kamu ialah cikgu.
A:Takdelah hehe
C:Awak baguslah.pergilah mana-mana studio dan try.
A:I replied: tengoklah nanti .
Eh I need to have a degree in mass communication lah. As if I can straight away storm to a studio.

Pray for me. Hopefully I’ll bring back victory for our state, for my hometown!
January
I am working as a personal tutor at my home at the moment. I am also a babysitter. I got nothing to elaborate in these parts-I have been doing these for centuries already and I am nineteen years old. Hehe lame joke.
February
I’ll be competing in Cyberjaya,Kuala Lumpur and having shootings.
March
I’ll be at my home doing the same things that I did in January. There’ll be butterflies in my stomach from the beginning of the month until after my result is being released ( STPM). I had nightmares-scene of me who was holding STPM slip that written 3.67. The urge of crying was so strong when I woke up.