Scholars in a nutshell

This section serves as a guidance for those who want to apply for scholarships especially for SPM leavers (excluding state-funded scholars like FELDA,YT,YS and MAIK because it is state-specific and not open to students from other states/non-FELDA)

PNB
BNM
Khazanah

Petronas
YTN
YTM
UEM
JCORP
Sime Darby

JPA
MARA
YPPB

If you want to know the amount of allowance of each scholarship, you would have to comment or dm on my post in this blog before I give you the access link to it.

Monday, June 27, 2011

KCC

Pastinya ada ramai yang x begitu tahu pasal KCC ni. Sebenarnya KCC ni adalah singkatan kepada KUMON COMPLETER'S CLUB yang ditubuhkan pada tahun 2005 lagi. Kumon ni ibarat macam pusat tuisyen jugaklah, cumanya bayarannya agak mahal memandangkan kaedah pengajaran dan pembelajaran tidak seperti pusat tuisyen yang konvensional.


Di KUMON, tempat ini lebih menekankan kepada perkembangan individu melalui latihan dan penilaian yang berterusan dan boleh dikatakan agak berkesan jugaklah bagi sesetengah orang. Bagi aku, KUMON ni banyak jugaklah sumbangan kepada hidup aku sampai aku berjaya dapat A+ dan A1 GCE-O untuk Bahasa Inggeris. Tapi yang sedihnya, KCC NI DAH DITUTUP pada awal 2010. Baru je ingat nak join kelab yang menghimpunkan semua completer program Kumon ni dari seluruh Malaysia. Tapi entah macam manalahkan, mungkin sebab compeleter semua sibuk dengan aktiviti akademik dan lain2 agaknya. Aku tahu ni pun selepas aku dah e-mail salah sorang AJK dalam kelab ni. Tapi x pelah, KUMON centre kat Alor Setar ni masih ada. Kalau nak datang situ, boleh sahaja.


Lagi satu, aku berminat jugak nak berkongsi tentang cara2 nak melanjutkan pelajaran ke luar negara. Mungkin disebabkan aku x dapat scholar pegi overseas menyebabkan aku begitu terdorong untuk tahu cara2 permohonannya. Apa yang pasti, aku dah dapat kelaskan kepada 2 kategori iaitu Undergraduate dan Postgraduate. Memandangkan aku minat dengan UK, jadi aku tengok dulu mcam mana student2 UK dan antarbangsa ni masuk universiti yang ada di seluruh united kingdom ni. Setelah aku buat reseacrh dan google, aku tahu bahawa kemasukan ke universiti di uk akan diiuruskan oleh UCAS. UCAS ni ibarat UPU lah kalau kat Malaysia. Diorang ni akan uruskan permohonan universiti oleh pelajar2 yang memohon berdasarkan beberapa pilihan yang student2 ni isi. Lepas tu, barulah segala offer/tempat duduk segalanya akan berjalan. Itu untuk undergraduate.


Kalau untuk POSTGRADUATE, kita cuma perlu survey university yang kita nak, pastu tu tengok mcm mana nak hantar segala permohonan secara online dan juga dokumen2 yang perlu dihantar secara pos. Proses2 ni ikut keinginan universiti tulah nak tentukan. Macam Cambridge, diorang akan suruh pemohon isi secara online dan kena bayar untuk proses permohonan tu. Dan selepas itu, diorang kenalah hantar dokumen 2yang diperlukan macam result akademik, dan lain untuk kemasukannya jugak. Dari segi pemilihan nak duduk kolej mana, kita boleh pilih sama ada nak nak ambik pilih kolej yang kita nak ataupun biarakan pihak university yang tentukan kita nak duduk di kolej mana. Macam tulah lebih kurang permohonan untuk POSTGRADUATE. UKPASS ni macam UCAS jugak, cuma aku tak begitu pasti sama ada pemohon kena pohon melalui laman web ini atau x. Yang pasti banyak lagi lah yang kita kena tahu supaya senang nak merancang dan memohon.


Kalau nak masuk tahun Autumn 2012 contohnya, kita kena mohon dari Autumn 2011 lagi. Selalunya, kebanyakan program di uk atau semesternya bermula pada bulan SEPTERMBER. jADI, kalau berhajat nak sambung belajar pada tahun depan, tahun ni lagilah kena apply. Tapi, kita kena alert jugak dengan deadline atau tarikh akhir permohonan ke universiti2 di uk ni. Sebab tu kena rajin2 online dan tengok bila kena hantar borang permohonan,bila kena hantar dokumen, bila boleh buat visa/pasport dan sebagainya. Banyak tau benda2 mcm ni yang kena consider. Kena survey kos apa yang nak ambik dan juga university mana yang nak apply. Yang penting ambik dan catat tarikh2 penting untuk memohon kursus dan universiti tu pada tahun2 yang tertentu. Kalau program tu ada interview, kita kena tahu jugak bila kena interview dan boleh pilih lokasi sama ada nak ditemuduga di Malaysia ataupun di tempat universiti itu sendiri, iaitu di UK. Kena tahu lah bila time interview tu supaya tak terlepas pandang.


X lupa juga, kelayakan bahasa inggeris mcm IELTS dan TOEFL jugak kena ambik. Sebab kalau x ambik test bahasa inggeris ni, memang x kan dapat sambung belajar ke luar jugak walaupun kelayakan akademik amat membanggakan sekali pun. Dan yang paling penting, buat yang terbaik bila dah masuk program degree ni dan try untuk dapat anugerah dekan dan best student award. Bila dah dapat anugerah mcm tu, peluang untuk dapat placing akan lebih cerah sebabnya universiti2 kat uk ni sememangnya nak calon2 yang mempunyai academic background yang solid ditambah jugak dengan penglibatan dalam ko-kurikulum dan juga aktiviti kemasyarakatan. Tu penting sebagai extra package untuk dapatkan tawaran ke universiti berkenaan.


oFF course, penaja pun kena ada, kalau x ada penaja, x mampu lah nak bayar semua yuran pengajian. Silap2 pihak universiti tu tolak awal2 sebab dah tahu budak2 mcm ni x kan dapat bayar yuran pengajian dan yuran2 yang lain. Lagipun Malaysian students yang fly overseas semuanya ada penaja mostly, kalau x self-funded atau loan-lah jawabnya. LOAN tu paling menakutkan sebab kena bayar balik jumlah yang digunakan sepanjang tempoh pengajian dan jugak bunga2nya sekali. Jadi, ada BIASISWA ,adalah jalannya nak study overseas.


Mungkin banyak lagi yang kena ditulis pasal artikel ni. Tapi x pelah buat setakat ni, yang pasti aku akan buat lebih banyak google pasal benda2 mcm ni. Kita cuma boleh berusaha tapi Allah jugalah yang menentukannya, iaitu segala perancangan kita.


Amer Azmi

Alor Setar

West Malaysia

(nak sangat pergi belajar overseas, walaupun program postgraduate sekalipun)

Saturday, June 18, 2011

JPJ,SIJIL SPM dan lain2













Today I would really like to start my post with assalamualaikum for those who are muslims and also a very good day for others. It has been 2 weeks since I have left my laptop because I had gone to some places for a few events that really caught my attention.







Let me begin with MY SISTER departure to UK for furthering her degree in Pharmacy. I would say this is quite fulfilling for my family as I am not going for overseas degree program in the following years until my graduation hails. But, I was lucky enough to see other people with their baggages travelling to another land in pursuit of studying. It has been a long time since I last stepped in the very building of KLIA. Back then, we travel back to our home in the northern part of Malaysia.










As we headed back home, I recollected that the SPM certs have arrived at the school's office. So, without wasting any thoughts, we just drove off to SERATAS, my last school throughout my whole education years. I brought my IC and the school's clerk gave me a cert that looked just above this post. The GCE-O certs are not at school yet, so we just have to wait for at least another 6 months or so. It was a school holiday and as a result, nobody was at school except a few teachers/wardens and some office's staffs.










The consecutive week, I had this so-called JPJ test. So, I had nothing to expect as I drove quite badly and horribly during the practice session. With the extremely, negative-thoughtful driving school instructor had just make my day even worse. On the day of Thursday, 16/6/2011, I walked to the driving school for the test after arriving at the spot with my school intsructor. Technically, he sent me to this school and he left. I had to wait for long hours before I received the forms that was handed to the JPJ officers. I got NO 27 for the waiting list of the test. The JPJ test basically consists of two parts, which is the circuit session and the road session. When The JPJ people mentioned that I can get into the car, I was so freaking out till my last breath. It was this slope hill test. I made a few prayers and lastly, I made it at the top of the hill. At that moment, I had just pressed my clutch and the foot's brake, but he simultaneously instructed me to raise my hand, indicating that my car was at the right position. I was about to panic at that time, and calmed myself before I put on the hand brake, pressing the clutch and the fuel pedal and manages to move the car downhill successfully. The parking and the turn-about test was ok, because I did not really have problem with those.










The final test arrived when I had the car moving from the school to the road nearby the school. I definitely recounted every moment that I went through. The most apparent mistake that I made was I went to the wrong road. The jpj officer had earlier mentioned jalan satu, but I was so confused with all the 3 roads that I have taken. So, in the end I found out that I had taken jalan dua. But, I guessed the jpj officer was kind enough to me eventhough the car's engine went off suddenly when I was at the junction, realising the fact that I made a lot of mistakes such as turn-around with high gear mode and driving at right lane despite moving on the road quite slowly. I mean the "right" lane is the most right lane at the road that is used for speeding and crossing other vehicles on the left side of the road.


As you can see, the test's slips are on the above of the post. So that's all. I have to make full use of these 2 years of sijil memandu percubaan before I can get the SIJIL MEMANDU KOMPETEN.


amer azmi

always at the edge of glory

alor setar

kedah


oh,btw i should include my overall result for the semester 2 of my asasi session.



  1. FJAX 0113- B (the only subject with b, it is algebra and statistics)

  2. FJAX 0114- A

  3. FKAX 0113- A

  4. FKAX 0114- A- (organic chem, lots of memorizing and understanding the organic stuff)

  5. FMAX 0113- A- (quite weird, for mid sem test, I got an A, i GUESS there are mistakes)

  6. FMAX 0114- A

  7. FQAH 0113- A

  8. FQAH 0114- A

I don't really want to say much about this result because what matters is the PASUM overall result not this one. But, I can say and prove to you that I did poorly in semester 1 due to my health problem during the one week test period. From 2A- in semester 1 to 7A'S and 1B in semester 2. From 3.08 to 3.80 in semester 2. WELL, the CGPA WAS QUITE AVERAGE as the semester 2 GPA has to be combined with semester 1's. So, the overall CGPA is 3.44.