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.

Sunday, June 28, 2015

My Ramadan 2014

It is the time of the year where I share the precious moments that I have over the years. For this year, it was somehow different that the previous year. But first, I would really like to speak in Malay for today's post.

Aku memikirkan untuk menukilkan kenangan Ramadan aku pada tahun lepas kerana tahun lepas lah merupakan ujian ramadan yang sebenar2 kepada diriku. Oleh itu, aku merasakan lebih baik untuk aku menerangkan setiap perkara yang berlaku dalam temoh tersebut.

Tahun lepas, cabarannya amat berbeza. Bayangkan, buat fieldwork FYP di tengah2 panas dan siang waktu bulan puasa. Bukan sehari dua, tapi lebih daripada 5 hari rasanya buat fieldwork masa tu. Mujurlah ada peneman dan rakan taulan di sebalik itu semua. 

Ceritanya bermula lebih kurang macam ni. Aku dan beberapa rakan yang lain memilih untuk melakukan FYP di Semester 2 dan 3, berbanding pelajar-pelajar lain yang buat semasa semester 1 dan semester 2. Pada mulanya, aku dah tau dari awal yang bulan Ramadhan 2014 memang akan jatuh pada bulan Jun dan Julai, tempoh yang sama aku akan berdepan dengan Seminar dan Viva dan juga Report Submission.

Namun, ianya tersasar dari study plan yang asal. Kononya, segala fieldwork akan disiapkan sebelum puasa, namun akhirnya terpaksa meleret ke bulan Ramadan. FYI, tajuk aku adalah Resistivity Survey. Walaupun nampak mudah, namun ia sebenarnya agak sukar untuk Pure Geologi student macam aku ni.

Kenangan melakukan fielwork di Putrajaya dan di Johan Setia akan sentiasa diingati sehingga bila2. Bagi aku, itulah pertama kali membanting tulang di bawah cahaya matahari terik, dan dengan keadaan yang berpuasa, aku berasakan macam mahu saja qada puasa pada hari itu kerana sudah terlalu dahaga dan haus. Yang paling menyedihkan, apabila melakukan fieldword, perkataaan "Error" yang sering terpampang di skrin mesin tersebut menyebabkan aku berasa semakin fed up dan ingin menyerah kalah sahaja. 

Itu belum masuk lagi Reader yang bagi aku "krik"2. Sori Dr Sam, tapi awak agaknya terlalu kasar untuk student lelaki dan awak tak boleh assume semua orang sama dari segi IQ dan knowldege. Bukan berniat nak kurang ajar, tapi saya rasakan Dr Sam ni mcm terlalu bersikap kasar dan sebenarnya tidak langsung membantu keadaan yang sudah keruh. 

Namun begitu, saya percaya Dr Sam mempunyai paternal sidenya yang tersendiri. Mungkin kerana aku jarang ke biliknya untuk bertanyakan sesuatu. Mungkin kaedah mendidik beliau agak unik berbanding yang lain, mungkin juga kerana faktor persekitaran beliau membesar. Kalaulah saya boleh tau segala sejarah hidup Dr Sam, mungkin saya akan lebih memahami kenapa dia bersikap sedemikian.

For my SV, Dr Islami sememangnya melayan segala karenah pelajarnya, dan bagi saya, saya memang banyak berhutang banyak dengannya. Mungkin satu hari nanti, saya berharap sangat dapat makan bersama2 dengan dua Dr ini dan juga Dr aftab, seorang lagi readerku.

Namun begitu, semua ini terbalas apabila aku berjaya mendapatkan A- untuk FYP aku ni. Aku sendiri berasakan aku tidak layak dianugerahkan A-, SEWAJARNYA hanya B+ dan ke bawah kerana banyak benda atau masalah yang aku hadapi dalam FYP ni. Ditambah dengan seminar yang suam-suam kuku dan viva initial dan final yang juga samar2 dan terlalu stress untuk dihadapi kerana ternayata aku tidak layak untuk mengambil FYP sebegini rupa.

Tak lupa juga semasa habis fielwork pada suatu hari, kononya saya dan kawan2 ni ingatkan sempat nak balik ke KL, akan tetapi tak sempat pun. Kenangan yang tak boleh lupa apabila sudah masuk waktu maghrib dan kitaorang masih tercari2 mana vending machine yang ada sediakan air manis. Last2, tuju balik ke tempat aku buat fieldwork. Memang x boleh dilupakan saat tu.

Selain tu, aku x akan lupa pengalaman naik jeep lama milik kawanku yang meredah pelbagai jalan yang berliku2 dan kadang2 sampai tersekat pun ada. Maaflah tapi kalau aku pakai kereta family aku memang aku x boleh pakai pun. All in all, bulan ramadan pada tahun lepas banyak mengajar aku tentang erti kesyukuran dan menghargai masa kerana dua nikmat itu hanya akan dirasai apabila kita kehilangan kedua2nya. 

Berbuka pun hanya di bilik tesis kerana sudah ketiadaan bilik pada masa itu, namun nikmat itulah yang aku gunakan untuk menghargai segala benda yang ada dalam hidup ini. 

Dan sekaran, Ramadan 2015 sekali lagi menjelma dan sudah setahun peristiwa tersebut berlalu. Semalam aku terfirkir di dalam benak sanubariku. Aku dihadapi dengan pelbagai ujian dari dulu sampailah sekarang. Cukup dengan aspek masa depan dan turning point hidup aku sahaja. Aku ambik time frame 2010-2015. 

Bermula 2010, aku sudah diuji dengan kegagalanku untuk mendapat biasiswa Jpa atau mana2 biasiswa untuk belajar ke luar negara selepas SPM. Salah satu fakornya adalah result spm aku yang terlalu average dan biasa untuk dibandingkan dengan calon-calon lain yang jauh lebih hebat. Pada tahun 2010 juga, aku muntah dan pening semasa peperiksaan Mid Semester 1 di Pasum, sehinggakan aku terlepas satu subjek daripada mendudukinya. 2011, aku diuji sekali lagi apabila aku gagal untuk medapat kursus perubatan yang menjadi impian ramai. Mungkin disebabkan aku gagal mendapat 4 flat. Dan bermula dari 2011-2015, aku gagal untuk mendapat Anugerah Dekan kecuali di semester terakhir. Dan yang terbaru, 2015 juga diiringi dengan kesukaran untuk mendapatkan pekerjaan di sektor Awam dan swasta yang established. 5 tahun sudah cukup mengajarkan erti kekecewaan dan kedukaan yang begitu perit untuk ditelan. 

Namun, aku berpegang pada prinsip hidupku, untuk setiasa berusaha dan tidak pernah menyerah kalah walau apapun yang berlaku kerana aku pasti di sebalik setiap kesedihan pasti ada sinar harapan yang akan mendatang. Untuk itu, aku hanya perlu berusaha dan berdoa sesungguhnya untuk mendapat apa yang terbaik untuk diriku di samping belajar segala kesilapan yang dilakukan pada masa lalu.


Sunday, June 21, 2015

Anugerah SPM 2013 Kebangsaan


MEXT INTERVIEW AND CH2M HILL INTERVIEW


There were 2 interviews last week. I did not know what to expect but I always thought that each interview would be a pretty intimidating one. Asking for my employer for extra leaves, I managed to do so by giving reasonable excuses and plenty of explanations of course.

Arriving in KL, I went to the stipulated area for the exact place a day before, to know its actual location. On the day of the interview, I arrived an hour early to get a parking space. I t was not until 2.00 pm that I started to get into the building. Once I entered the area, the officials requested that all mobile phones and electronic devices should be taken by the personnel. Thus, I could not take any picture and as such.

Then, I proceeded to the designated area before the interview. We had to wait there for about 20 minutes before going to another waiting room for the interview. After going to the waiting room, I met up with some candidates, asking their majors and their past career options and others. I just did that so that I could gather more info on what are the options for my type of major.

FYI, in that day, there were about 18 candidates(Tuesday) that were divided into different time slots. Not to mention the previous day, about 16 candidates(Monday) were called for the interview. I would assume that more candidates are being called upon on Wednesday and Thursday. This would result in an approximate total of 60-70 candidates before the final 20-25 candidates are being offered the scholarships.

Interview wise, it was quite ok although the interviewers were not that much of friendly bunch. There were 5 interviewees in total. (1 MALE from JAPANESE EMBASSY(He was there during the 1st written exam too,sitting in front with Japanese Embassy staffs), 2 MALES FROM UM(I knew them because they are lecturers in Ambang Asuhan Jepun in UM), 1 MALE FROM UPM(Presumably because I could see a business card that stated "UPM" in front of him on the interview table, and 1 FEMALE (from JPA or Malaysia Governement or Universities I guess, because she was the most interviews that asked much about my research thingy). I did state about my topics, my aims and the repercussions that I could use from the study for both Japan and Malaysia. It went for about 10-15 minutes for each candidates, although some might exceed 30 minutes due to interesting researches that caught up the interviewees' attention. After the interview was over, I went home feeling somehow elated that the interview had ended.

For CH2M Hill interview, I went to the office in Mont Kiara. I would say it a more relaxed and enjoyable type of interview because the interviewers were so casual and yet full of expertise that takes years of practice. The interviews had 2 interviewees, one local manager, and another one foreign worker. All in all, they just looked at your academics,ko-k, your working experience, life expectations and etc. It went for about 1 hour plus.

It was good to know there are companies that are willing to take you eventhough you are just fresh graduate. Most importantly, you need to have good values within yourself so that you could become a good worker for the organisation that you are working with.

JAPAN EMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR

Saturday, June 13, 2015

the art of choosing

It was not meant to be something that we would thought of in our crossroads of life. But, it does happen occasionally. It is these unlikable moments that teach us the ordeal of life. It should be noted that some people in the past had suffered the difficulties before they become into where they are today.  

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

What have I learned in university for 4.5 years?

This is going to be a very short post. Some things that you and I need to ponder upon. It was quite surprising to note that 4.5 years had gone by just like a lighting bolt of thunder. You could not resist nor dampen it strong enough. That is why people always say, live life to the fullest and never let the time fading away without doing things that you cherish most. As for me, I have lived my life of 23 years with not just academic studies and results, but also a myriad of co-curricular activities, talks, swimming, debating, doing Summer Exchange Program in Taiwan, visiting to many countries, you name it.

But, I still utterly feel that I have not done much yet, most probably of the lack of financial capacity that I have yet to obtain in a quite stable position. There are things that don't require money but most of them do. Thus, I just keep on looking various ways that I can explore so that I will grab the chance whenever it comes. 

Back to the topic, HERE are the 5 THINGS that I have learned from my university years:

  1. Every people is unique and each has different personality
  2. Lecturers can be quite friendly and hostile at the same time
  3. CGPA is not everything, but still, it is very important plus with kok and other stuffs that you want to add to your self-value
  4. You reap what you sow
  5. Grab as many opportunity as you can for any events/program/activities that might interest you
All in all, I could say that my batchmates are extremely pluralistic with different attitudes and characters. Some of them are too conscientious and diligent while others can be very indolent, sluggish and slothful people. Being in a competitive environment previously, I have faced with many chinese counterparts during my Primary and Lower Secondary years, incredibly genius girls during my Upper Secondary and Pre-University Pasum years. Thus, that could explain the reason that I always take things very seriously. I don't blame them for their own sluggishness but I just hope that they can change for the better because I do want to share the success with the people and friends around us.

As far the opportunity is concerned, it is true that you won't have much free time once you are working after your graduation. It is a fact of life. Thus, enjoy your time in you uni just as your school years had been previously. Those moments will never come back for certain. It just occurred to me that I wanted to be involved with many more activities, joining competitions etc, but at least I had been given the opportunity for a summer exchange and a few thousand bucks for winning a music composing competition. Not to mention, the certs and trophies that I have collected so far.

p/s: Hoping for something is not enough, putting an effort in getting what you want will definitely make your hopes few steps closer to the dreams that you always wish for. Plus, with God's blessing and our parents' blessings of course.
My first ever "Umrah". Hoping for a second one if I get my ovc scholarships or ptd offer. Keep on praying and putting self effort towards it

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

MEXT EXAM 2015


It was pretty OK I guess. As a matter of fact, the moment I started to flip over the pages, I quickly scanned the questions and find the keywords. That explained why I answered backwards, scribbling through all the lengthy articles. The feeling changed however when I started to answer Japanese paper. I could not read Japanese, especially the katakana and hiragana part. There were some kanji that appeared to me as coincidentally similar with the chinese characters. So, I could barely answer the Japanese paper until the time was over.

Whatever it is, I just hope and pray that my name will be shortlisted for the interview because I hope to get so. Plus, I was rejected by the Turkish Government for its scholarship this year. I guess no rezeki for me then to go to Turkey.

P/S: The marks for the english test will not be disclosed and the result would be within 2 weeks.

Thursday, May 21, 2015

SBP/MRSM FORM 4 DAN 5 SAHAJA

This serves as a guidance for those who want to enroll to SBP/MRSM that offers form 4 and form 5 only.

  1. KISAS-Sains Sosial Agama and Sains Tulen Agama,Preferably from SMKA/Maahad etc,Co-ed
  2. SAMURA-Sains Teknikal and Sains Tulen,Co-ed
  3. SESTER-Saina Tulen,Co-ed
  4. SASER-Sains Tulen,All boys
  5. ASIS-Sains Tulen,All boys
  6. SESERI-Sains Tulen,All girls
  7. SGS-Sains Tulen and Sastera?,All girls

  1. MRSM Pengkalan Chepa
  2. MRSM Tun Ghafar Baba/Jasin
  3. MRSM Taiping
Do search their websites as changes might occur from time to time.

P/S: Lain kalau masuk Form 4 ke sekolah yang ada F4-5 sahaja dengan yang ada F1-5.In what sense? Well,only the experience can tell that.

PASUM 2015/2016 Total


A little bit info for those who want to know the number of students for this batch.

Seramai 1898 orang pelajar baru asasi akan mendaftar di UM pada 23 dan 24 Mei ini. Mereka akan ditempatkan hampir di semua kolej kediaman.

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Future vs reality

Funny how we used to act in the past, stating each ideal ambition that we will ultimately pursue in the picture. It seemed that there was no boundary that could ostensibly make our dreams come true. For that reason, we dreamed loads of things, including our future occupation. But then, 10-20 years along the pathway, we started to realize that life was not that idealistically simple. We might had encounter some ups and downs in our life, be it the exam results, the loss of someone whom we cherished so dearly and some disappointment regarding our self-behavior that had indirectly hurt other people's feelings. 

But, that is life. As a matter of fact, we can only dream but the dream can only stay as the way it is. It is true that some dreams do come true, but it is not easily attained by all means. It will take hard work and sheer effort in order to obtain it. That is completely ironical when we were all kids, we we didn't even bother to to pay rent for monthly utilities' bills, car loans, housing loans etc. Now, all that we could think of is to lead a decent life with enough wages that can barely support our life for one month. See how different life is when we were to compared with our childhood dreams. 

WE definitely cannot blame God for whatever reason is as it is us who change our course of life. Neither our elderly or our colleagues are put to blame for this. This is all just the fact of life that we need to deal with. 

People come and go in our life. But, the memories will still remain in our minds and thoughts as long as we are alive on this short-lived earth. The same thing applies as for the dreams, ambitions, futures that we used to have as children. Those were all our past, leaving behind nothing but a trail of memories about us. 

In conclusion, we can only do the best of what we have in the present state. The outcome might be otherwise, but as long as we have the faith that we need to keep moving as humans, that will surely make us aware that regardless of our age and how hopeless life is despite the fact that life is filled with countless possibilities and turning points. 

p/s: Life is short. So make full use of it for the things that you admire most.

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

INFO: Trial SPM Scholarships

I am just going to write a very short note in this post. 

For most you, you might be wondering why some of the students got into college in January in the following year right after SPM. This is because they are the scholarship recipients of some GLC's "special scholarship scheme". What did I say so? Those are selected based on their trial SPM's results and after going some interviews either at their school or at the company's HQ. Well, I did know about BNM and Khazanah Nasional. Therefore, I am just going to write these two entities.

For BNM/Central Bank of Malaysia, they only conduct interviews in selected premier schools such as Fully Residential School and High Performance School. Two examples will be Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah(SAS) and SM Sains Tuanku Munawer (SASER). As it is not an open application, you cannot search it online regarding the application. The sponsor will get into touch with the schools' authorities before conducting the interviews and reviewing those students based on their Trial SPM and co-curricular activities. Simply said, out of all the interviewees that go through the assessment, BNM will only select around 5-15 students as its scholarship recipients. Then, they will proceed with their A-Levels at certain colleges like Taylor's, Kolej Tuanku Jaafar and Epsom College (opened last year). The most important thing you need to know is that you need to constantly ask your councilors at school so that you are prepared even before the start of Trial Spm itself. 

I want to write this in BM. Apa2pun, banyakkan bertanya dengan cikgu kaunseling dan kerjaya di sekolah kerana cikgu-cikgu ada akses maklumat yang agak banyak mengenai biasiswa-biasiswa untuk Percubaan SPM. Tapi, pastikan yang kita buat research dulu as if kita dah search online mengenai apa biasiswa yang ada untuk lepasan SPM ni.

Secondly, it is about Khazanah Nasional "Early Harvest Programme". Again, this scholarship is only given to students of Fully Residential Schools and MRSM's if I am not mistaken. The process is almost the same with BNM, with the exception that they have many stages of interviews (about 4-5 stages) and the interviews take place at their HQ at KLCC or at Mercu UEM,KL Sentral. The sponsorships are only for about 10-20 students. Those selected students will continue A-Levels at certain colleges which are more or less like BNM's. This programme is also a closed application.

Closed application-only certain schools can apply
Open application-all schools can apply, either through email/wesbite portal/manual application

Here are the list of scholarships which can be applied by using Trial SPM Results. (Last updated for SPM 2015)

Yayasan Khazanah-(Closed application)

Bank Negara Malaysia-(Closed application)

Tenaga Nasional/YTN-Open application, but have certain conditions like SBP/MRSM students,Sabah/Sarawak schools

Yayasan Pelajaran Mara/JADYPM-Open application

Malaysia National Reinsurance Berhad/MNRB-Open application

Yayasan Terengganu Tunas Saintis Islam-only for Imtiaz or Terengganu Islamic Stream Students

The link for the open application provided later.

P/S: Do ask your teachers at school and keep searching on the internet regarding the trial SPM scholarship. One of the websites I strongly recommend is AfterSchool.

Previous scholarhips that used Trial SPM, but no longer applicable:
Yayasan Sime Darby/YSD
Exxon Mobil/Special Internship Programme

Sunday, May 10, 2015

My lecturer's similar face


Little did people know that one of my lecturers look almost the same with this prominent actor. Who would agree that their faces look almost the same?

p/s: It is an honour to have someone who look the same as you who becomes famous in other fields especially in the acting industry.

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Senarai Penerima Biasiswa Nasional/National Scholarship Recipients 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010

Congrats to those who received this prestigious scholarship from the government. Hope all the pictures explain the joys and excitements the recipients felt up until now. Also to 4 Kijang Emas scholars who received the scholarship at BNM HQ last week.

For your information, you will need to get straight A+ with an average marks of 93% and above to get this kind of scholarship. I said this based on my findings from other bloggers who receive this scholarship as well. Therefore, start focusing on your study now to get that kind of achievement in your SPM. However,that does not mean that you cannot participate in your ko-k and enjoy your high school life.

KEY POINTS BIASISWA NASIONAL

  1. STRAIGHT A+
  2. AVERAGE SCORE OF 93% AND ABOVE
KEY POINTS BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA BIASISWA KIJANG EMAS

  1. STRAIGHT A+
  2. ACTIVE IN KO-K(INTERNATIONAL LEVEL INVOLVEMENT)
  3. OUTSTANDING AND VISIONARY PERSONALITY

Of course, Kijang Emas is tougher to get than Biasiswa Nasional. However, you just need to keep on striving for your own success and your own future. That is why only 20 are selected for the interview after receiving application from some 300-400 straight A+ applicants. Only those who are academically and kok excellent can get this scholarship. 

P/s: Spread the joy to all around you even it is for a short while.
As promised I will keep you updated with the previous recipients.

2015 National Scholarship


2015 National Scholarship

2015 National Scholarship

2015 National Scholarship


2014 National Scholarship 1

2014 National Scholarship 2



2013 National Scholarships

2012 National Scholarships

2010 National Scholarships