Our Study Habits

Okay so bukan our exam 'Habis' ya disitu tapi 'Habits'. I wish exams are over, but then it would only mean i'd never get to see my BIB friends again, since this is our last semester their last semester, everybody seems to be busy looking for places to do interns at while i'm still here waiting for another semester, a big SIGH~ disitu, although there's nothing much I can do about it, but here's a little bit of advice though, if you have plans to apply here at MSU, you'd best change your mind and just go elsewhere, by MSU I didn't mean Michigan State Uni up in the USA, go ahead if you want to apply there, but I meant this MSU, the very famous Mohd Syukri Uni down here. Why? just don't go, it's a long list of why's to write down. opps~ did i hurt anyone's feeling there? I sure hope i didn't Dato'?

my study kits: shisha, earphone and er.. tissue?

In any case, what's your study habits? I'd usually pick a place where everybody else is studying,  ironically here in section 13, students tend to study at cafes and restaurants (mamak pun kita sebat!) then i put on my cheap earphone and play instrumental musics up my ear before writing down notes to memorize. that's one habit, I have another that i'm not sure whether this only happens to me or everybody else as well. I NEED to be around people who's studying, but i can't study in groups, ( does that sound right?) i mean, i want them to be around me, but I can't have them asking me questions while Im studying, hmm~ do you think it's weird?

anyways, that's it, I should probably get back on the notes now, i got two exams coming up the day after tomorrow~

People as a blessing or Lesson

hmm, tgh-tghari ahad yang agak chill ni maybe boleh share kat korang sikit. so harini kita nak cerita pasal 'orang', lebih specifically lagi orang-orang yang ada di sekeliling kita. haa jarang en orang share? tatau la kalau sebenarnya banyak je orang lain share tapi  tak kisah la let me start hahaha.

selama hidup atas dunia ni, i've met many people, many are interesting, tapi yang paling penting is setiap seorang yang kita jumpa tu memberi pengajaran pada kita, nak kata pasal quote omputih 'Some People Come In Your Life As A Blessing, Some Come As Lessons' . diorg ni datang, samada hadiah buat kita, atau pun datang sebagai pengajaran. 

gambar hiasan acah lebih dengan dinie

1. ada yang datang, sebagai pembantu, certain benda yang kita tak reti, or tak mampu, tapi pernah kita doa untuk sesuatu tu, Dia jadikan seorang (atau berdozen-dozen) kawan untuk bantu kita dan mungkin not necessarily in the end tu kita dapat apa kita nak tu, tapi ini lah yang kita kata kawan yang membantu.
2. ada pula yang datang, sangat kontra dengan kita, langit bumi beza dia dan kita. mereka ni adalah yang dikatakan sebagai pengajaran, mungkin perangai dia buruk ke, atau mungkin perangai kita yang buruk, jadi diorg ni hadir dalam life kita ni sebagai pengajaran. its up to kita untuk ambil pengajaran tu dan belajar atau biarkan je lesson ni, after all, kita sentiasa ada choice. baik, buruk, kita tetap ada choice.
3. ada yang datang sebagai penyeri hidup, haa yang ni sangat related dgn bab jodoh. tapi this time ktia skip bab tu ea? haha sebab korang boleh baca banyak daa kat luar sana tu pasal jodoh. mereka yang penyeri ni datang sebab manusia ni sebenarnya tak akan boleh hidup sorang-sorang diri je. tak kira la terer mana pun berdikari seseorang tu,  tanya la dia, ada tak orang yang dia suka? tak semestinya crush or lover, certain orang tu kata ayah dia ke mak dia ke, kawan karib dia ke etc.
4. ada juga yang datang tapi sebenarnya untuk kita hindari, so mungkin korang tertanya, kenapa orang tu datang kalau sebenarnya kita kena jauhkan? sebabnya, tak semua benda yang datang tu adalah benda yang elok untuk kita, saya suka guna ayat ni, 'dalam sepuluh opportunity yang datang, mungkin cuma satu je yang kita betul-betul perlu kejar'  so kenapa diorg jenis jenis yang mcm ni wujud? sebab untuk ujian buat kita la.. semacam mana balancenya dunia ni ada malam dan siang, ada juga baik dan buruk, kiri dan kanan putih hitam, dosa pahala haa malas la  nak ulas semuanya (hehehe).

bila kata kita kena appreciate sesuatu yang datang  tu (certain orang kata benda depan mata), bukan lah bermakna kita kena amek semua, kaut bawak balik, tapi makna appreciate ni kita tak minta lebih, tak persoal kekurangan sesuatu tu.

okay hmm.. tadi cam nak cerita lebih lagi, tapi cam dah lupa plak tetiba.... oke la sampai situ je la dulu kot bye bye

taking MUET ~ adoi..and some guidelines

haa since kita nak cerita pasal MUET, so kena convert storyline dalam BM la ni haha, BMix la saya panggil, hahaha! Okay, sebenarnya saya da amek da MUET ni sebelum ni, tapi sebelum korang fikir nak membahan pasal betapa noob nya saya kena retake MUET ni, biar saya explain dulu ek? okay last year saya da amek da MUET ni sebenarnya, cerita nya masa tu Saya terlepas Reading test, pagi exam tu terbangun lambat (ni la akibat pandang remeh kat MUET.. hmm~) bila sampai je kat test centre tu tinggal lagi 2 minit sebelum exam habes, which turns up rupanya the test i was  late for (the reading test) tu rupanya ialah the test yang paling banyak markah! demm! boleh pulak kan?

ha this is the best part. masa tu i was running like hell pergi kat invigilator tu dan tanya dia, boleh tak saya masuk? ni memang paling best lah jawapan dia! tergiang2 sampai harini! dia kata " awak nak masuk sekarang ke? tinggal lagi 2 minit je ni, apa kata awak masuk next test je, if u can score high, u might get a chance to get Band 2 or Band 1. 

(untuk cam penerangan lebih sikit kat korang yang baru nak amik MUET, walaupun member2 korang kata band 1 tu fail, some private college doesn't really care pun, asalkan ada amik MUET, mine happens to be amongst college yang mcm itew lah.. Uni of Choice la katakan...)

so there's this clever invigilator influence me untuk fikir "hmm, baik x yah masuk je terus, confident je ah nak score speaking test sebelum ni, so just score lagi 2 paper lah, paling haram pun ada la kot above 100 so band 1  tu mesti da confirm da. setakat  kat emesyu nih xde hal lepas sgt la ni~" Which turns up NOT like how i was expecting masa surat sampai rumah a few months later, dia tulis "Total marks - Nil" perghhh! meaning dia, kalau satu paper tak datang consider semua FAIL! utk miss invigilator tu mana tau kot-kot terbaca ke blog ni kan, terima kasih ye miss! best sangat amik MUET byk2 kali! muahx!

okay la okay la, yang lepas tu dah lepas la (dah cerita lepas geram bagai baru nak past is past la kan? haha)

anyway let me give you some guidelines utk future MUET takers nih, if it's worth something googling MUET (kaaan, pasal tu la korang kat sini kan? korang google how to score MUET ennn? en? en? en? en?)

MUET ni ada 4 bahagian test:

Speaking   (800/2)- 45 m

Reading     (800/3)- 120 m

Writing      (800/4)- 90 m

Listening  (800/1)- 45 m

Speaking

First time je korang sampai kat sekolah tu, ni la first test korang nanti, muka blur habis, tanya-tanya park guard MUET hall katne bagai, pastu korang akan di kumpulkan kat satu tempat ala-ala waiting room, kat situ korang akan di panggil 4 orang setiap lebih kurang 30 min dan 4 orang ni dipilih mengikut nombor index 

'e.g. INDEX NUMBER : MB7017/3535'

nampak yang last tu 3535 kan? ha yang tu maknanya awak orang yang ke 3535 utk test centre tu la, kalau diorg panggil korang dulu, seterusnya 3536,3537,3538 akan ikut sama dengan korang utk first test tu. untuk first test korang, setiap candidate (dia panggil candidate A,B,C,D) akan diberi satu statement, macam contohnya: 'Newspaper is important to impart knowledge and plays a big role in educating the public' and masa tu  candidate lain dapat la statement lain macam 'Newspaper plays a big role in advertising' ke, centu2 la. so korang ada lebih kurang 2 minit nak digest, nak hilang kan cuak korang yang dari waiting hall tu , pastu korang diberi chance utk terang kan kenapa statement korang tu betul one by one. then baru dia bagi masa untuk bahas each other dan mesti come up with an agreement dengan which statement korang setuju.

Reading, Writing, Listening

Untuk tiga paper ni, korang akan ambil exam beramai-ramai berbeza dengan speaking test tadi, korang akan ditempatkan dalam hall, kalau tak silap satu paper satu jam, ada 30 min break utk setiap paper. since reading haritu saya tak datang, so meh la kita sama2 tengok reading test mcm mana 20th july ni ek? haha, haa yang paling penting, 

JANGAN jawap secara pendek, padat dan tepat JE. kalau korang tau ayat-ayat bombastic tebabom tercampak-campak tu sile lah gune time ni! bila lagi next korang nak poyo maut? ha! time ni la! but make sure you know what you wrote and what it means lah ya?

Writing

untuk writing, korang akan kena macam zaman SPM dulu, (well, semua pun mcm SPM dulu anyway) korang kena tulis essay, panjang kan cerita  and all those kinds of things la, senang je lah, chill je ;)

Listening

masa listening tu diorang akan play tape (or mp3 ke depending on kemajuan technology masakini), i suggest u guys sila lah dengar betul-betul demi kebaikan anda time ni,  dia akan play dua kali, so amek pencil 2B yang korang beli semata MUET tu, remember to jot down benda yang korang bajet penting masa the first play tu siap2, and kalau bajet korang tu tak mengena, beri extra perhatian masa second play. macam mana nak tau mengena atau tak? ha, the moment dia play first time, korang terus tengok soalan, cari jawapan siap-siap ikut turutan, kalau terlepas jawapan tu jgn gundah-gulana (eh, betul ke eja?) korang tunggu second play tu korang cari balik jawapan sambil check yang korang da jawap tu.

Band 1-6 ranking explanation

Band 6 - mimpi disiang hari, x penah ada orang dapat

Band 5 - boleh buat kenduri kesyukuran dah

Band 4 - Habes power dah ni! mulut da senget2 da masa speaking test

Band 3 - uuw power siot~ power siot~

Band 2 - okay ar ni~ okay pe~ eleh muet je pon

Band 1 - *diam dan x ckp byk kalau org x tanya x bagitau (don't ask don't tell) 

haha okay tu was how i look at the ranks la tapi the real marking system is:

Band 6  260-300 

Very good user 

Penggunaan bahasa terbaik. penuh expression, lancar, tepat dan  berpatutan. tak ada silap langsung. pemahaman bahasa dan konteks yang sangat baik. berfungsi dengan baik dalam bahasa.

Band 5 220-259

Good user 

Fasih, bahasa yang tepat dan sesuai expression tapi ada silap kecil. Pemahaman yang baik terhadap bahasa dan konteks. Berfungsi dengan baik dalam bahasa.

Band 4 180-219

Competent user 

Memuaskan expression dan fasih, bahasa yang sesuai tapi sekali-sekala tak tepat. Pemahaman yang memuaskan mengenai bahasa dan konteks. Fungsi memuaskan dalam bahasa.

Band 3 140-179

Modest user 

Sederhana bahasa. Sederhana expression dan fasih, bahasa yang sesuai tapi ketara sangat kantoi salah guna perkataan. Pemahaman sederhana bahasa dan konteks. Dapat berfungsi dengan sederhana dalam bahasa.

Band 2 101-139

Limited user 

Limited sangat. kurang expression, tak fasih dan penggunaan bahasa tak tepat yang menyebabkan kerosakan  communication. Pemahaman yang terhad bahasa dan konteks. Keupayaan yang terhad untuk berfungsi dalam bahasa.

Band 1 <100

Extremely limited user 

kau balik tanam sayur, kalau tak nak pegi masuk cambridge cuti sem ni

hahaha, okay lah,sorry kalau marah ke kan, main main je last tu, i wish i can you tell more, but sampai situ je idea ni ada, kalau ada pape sila lah tanya ye? untuk siapa yang amik exam kat TTDI Jaya this coming July, see you there and Best of Luck!

People with expectation, their decision and our limitation

there used to be an ashtray and a box of marlboro lights accompanying  me every night,  yay to  a successful  quiting!

So here's what happened this morning, wait.. better yet let me tell it beginning from what happened yesterday. I was a few minutes late for my first class of DMG3143 ( from now on i'll let you find out yourself what subjects these codes are just for the fun of it~ haha) and there was only  three students already inside the class with the lecturer, they were Riq, Dinie, and Komathy. the class was so small in number madam didn't even call it a class, she calls it a club meeting session (haha take that MSU). Madam said she was glad the three of us was in her class and welcomes Dinie (since it is Dinie's first Major subject and first time meeting her).

In another subject DRS3023 (taught by the same lecturer) we were told to form a group of three and to conduct a research on a topic of our choice. now, here's where my story of  "life's complication" begins.... 

Since yesterday madam kept asking me who i chose to be my group member, today after i told her the names of my members she immediate said "that's your group member?" shooks her head, and added " i do not approve!". I was taken aback a little, confused and my defensive side piqued out, thinking "why won't you approve? isn't that my decision to decide who ever i want to group with?" Madam was a bit angry and went on explaining to me that this particular group will drag me and slow me down, i began to notice that madam had high expectation on me, ( well I didn't know how high her expectation is, but judging from the tone of her voice~ i can imagine) 

i swear Lord, do this lady know how to read people better and at the speed of 10 times faster than i thought i do. (probably because she's a bit old and she's a hell of a critical thinker). When everyone left, and there was only me and Dinie left, she explains why she was being overprotective and lost her cool before, she said she used to have a son, who's real smart and have a bright future, but had passed away (now I'm not making up a sad story bullshit here, this is real shit) she didn't mention how old was her son, but again, judging from the look of things, i kinda get the idea that somehow I seem to remind her of her son.

which explains why since last semester she was being all super protective over what i ate in class (yeah, we ate in class and she was okay with it, small snacks tho, we're old enough to figure that a full course meal is a big no-no). anyway she began reading over the nutrition labels, asking me who my team members are, double checked my assignment submissions, kept asking me to redo and stuff. all kinds of stuff a mother perfectionist mother would do to a son.

now just for the record, I have my own mother, she's in KL, i love my mom very much like how i believed everyone else loved theirs and i do understand how a mother would be, if she had lost a son, but this... look, I was  trained by my parents to live on my own since secondary school , so i'm pretty much uncomfortable with someone suddenly trying to rule over the decisions i made in life.

some weird start of a semester....

Smartphones, an unsystematic Digital Lifestyle

every now and then I'd like to express my thoughts on other things than college or love life, so here's another thing I thought of and I'm sure, you guys would be noticing too, here's a picture I took off fox news.

smartphones getting too big they don't fit in your pocket anymore

I've seen one of many memes a friend posted on Facebook he found on one of the meme fan pages in Facebook a few weeks past ( i think it was from 'kaki video' or something), and that one post really got me, got me thinking as well, i chuckled a bit when i saw it, it was a picture of an Indian guy (looks like Indian to me) holding three different sizes of smartphones. here let me show you the picture:

the last bit made me laughed my ass off

now, i believe we dont really have to use giant tablets to answer our calls, i mean come on! i was amongst those dudes who used nokia 3310 back in the early 2000's and we went through the age where phones gotten smaller over time, (and now bigger). i believe we should properly manage our digital lifestyle, i think for me, it would be great if i could just carry a phone that is just for calls and (in case of emergency.. sms-texting) and then probably having a tablet for all those internet uses like browsing, photo sharing, socializing, etc, without having to use it as a phone device. 

currently left in the display in my kitchen for backup phone

I imagine myself carrying a small basic Nokia phone around, with a monthly commitment of RM30 (like the contract I had on with maxis back then before i changed to U-mobile because maxis had been secretly charging me nonsense  hidden charges) and then probably having around RM70 monthly commitent for data plan for the tablet just to use the internet. ( not sure if there is even such a price offered from our service providers out there tho) i did checked recently with celcom and maxis the data plan they had for the new blackberry Q10 it's about RM88 per month or so for 1GB and forgot how much the other one offered.

So that'll be like RM100 a month, since we hardly SMS'ing or MMS'ing much these days, RM30 should do just fine for me as a student, and just download social tools in the tablet for what's app or video calling or calling over WiFi apps they have these days, (plus i heard BBM is going on all platforms on August this year, you can get that too) 

I don't really need the 1GB since I have WiFi most of the places i spent my time at, and you had to use WiFi to download apps right? so you don't really use too much data on the go, unless you watched streaming videos (which hardly most people do on the go, unless they're show offs or just plain stupid using up their data plan like that)

anyway, Afiq is calling me up, buying Nasi Lemak Jati for us, being all nice all the sudden which is weird (probably just wanna hang out or something coz we hardly hang out these days ever since he started working in Proton), anyways i'll post something up whenever next time, it's MSU's semester break this for 2 weeks, been planning for a camping trip in Berkelah or Kenyir (we haven't decided yet) let's look forward towards that and hopefully if we managed to get the trip going, i'll post some pictures up! 

Movies: haven't been to cinemas for months

Vehice 19 versi Melayu

So i haven't been to cinemas for months, betul ni! last movie i watched was 'prometheus' back in october 2012 before the latest ni 'hummingbird' a few days ago. so nampak x gap di situ berapa lama? lama en..? terasa kuno... jap wait.. oh yeah i did watched 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' dengan fellow classmates and Einaz, but that was really impromtu, cam x plan tetiba pegi je, betul2 buat plan nak pegi was 'prometheus' la dengan Mayor ( real name afiq but i call him mayor sbb back then masa dia student dekat MSU he used to hang out under the bridge depan MSU checking-in dekat foursquare sampai jadi mayor kat situ :p) 

okay i was saying pasal movie en tadi? haa, cerita pasal nak plan tgk movie ni.. honestly kalau nak tgk movie, i'd rather watch it with someone special, too bad.. niat tu x penah pula berjaya di realisasi kan :( so until one day ada someone special, i'd keep all my movie plans on hold! haha, plus there will still be impromptus every now and then kan? so cam x apa sangat lah~ nak tanya korang ni~ bg korang does "movie-date" membawa apa-apa special meaning?

i mean, when u called her up, or he calls u up, and then korang plan movie, after that makan, maybe a little shopping or window shop or i dunno maybe hitting games or kalau orang- orang subang main ice skating or disco skating or heck maybe ada yang go for karaoke ke tetiba?

tell u what? how about this? what's the best arrangement that u planned for a date? sorry eh kalau ada yang kata "han ni asal blog je cite lovey dovey, tak ada benda lain ke?" hahaha well screw yew! it's my blog! :p

okay not that i've ever been in one or planned one, but for me, if i ever will plan for one dalam near future, i'd put the movie plan tu cam last sekali! so that kalau da penat da seharian tu, in the end ada nice cozy seat with cold aircond u can enjoy (since sekarang ni shah alam da panas gila da, that sounds like a real treaty!) anyway, exam's coming, this sem without Rezo, classes are like paradise, less stress, and tak ada lecturer emo-emo and better yet, there's one beautiful angel amongst fellow classmate whom always made my day! i'm thinking.. 'eiffel, i'm in love'~ (^_^)

Means to an end

as much as there is an end to a beginning, there too is a beginning after an ending

Now, i believe for a new start, one must put an end to something. kadang-kadang it may not be an easy thing to do, may not be a thing you are used to doing, but that's the reason why it doesn't end. stuck in a never ending cycle of the same thing happening again and again makes you knew what's going to happen next. it's not that we are a cover-of-a-book judges, but really, things are happening as you used to see it. im sure you'd be 100% agreed to this.

so anyway we still should ask why right? here's why, we did not like things we did not like, (jap, asal macam ulang-ulang?) anyway, u read that right, we prefer things to our hearts content. kita suka benda yang kita suka la kan? if you love white, you will always love white, BUT, it's not like we will never love other colours kan? we can learn to change our taste and preference. as an example, dulu, i used to love white shoes, kalau beli kasut tu memang semua putih je la, kata orang "mang tak laa nak beli colour lain" hahaha, so for years i've been buying white-only shoes..

then one day, i went for shopping, (ha, cerita shopping ni) i posted a picture of a pair of reebok in my early post zaman entah bila tu, THAT was my first not a white-only shoe, really, it was, few months after that, i bought a black bronx with haneem and since that day onwards, im okay with any colours for shoe! tapi bukan la colour merepek-repek or the ones yang ada sayap bagai tu. those still "mang tak laaa" haha.

so ceritanya, you can embrace change, you can put an end to something, i know i did, okay maybe my example was shoes, but please, jangan kata "im doing this so that i can shut u guys up" heck, sometimes that works too! miraculously.....

The aftermath of stress

So thaipusam was yesterday, having a straight long break from thursday (which was Maulidur Rasul) really puts us in a relaxed mood. so we all online malam semalam borak-borak gelak-gelak macam biasa, tapi tiba-tiba common sense jogged in, sedar-sedar ada tiga presentations nak kena buat, all in 3 days in a row, hari ni, esok and the day after tomorrow.

dah kelam kabut buat kerja ada yang tak tidur malam, ada yang tak boleh handle, macam- macam la.. okay anyways that being said, this is what happens pagi tadi, presentation was supposed to start at 8.00am in the morning, about 8.30am i asked everyone to take pictures of their POVs (point. of. view)  of their whereabouts and post in our IM group chat and this is what i get.

theres only a few students that turned up at 8  so you might wonder where's the rest right? keep scrolling~ haha

some stucked in the morning jam (a common experience in Klang Valley)  mind you foreigners  

Alan taking his time having his coffee (i laughed the sh*t out of me when i saw  this pic)

some group arrived and went ahead to present

riq who's still got stucked in a jam, saw something interesting and showed us a BMW  trying hard to look like a Proton Saga :p 

so i figured, i hadn't  printed out the slides and all, and being 8.30 with no print shops opened yet might as well i take my time~ ;p

But no worries, in the end we all managed to present just in time (oh kami ni memang pengamal concept J.I.T pun ;p) walaupun cuma melibatkan sedikit kejar mengejar dan babak mengampu sedikit sebanyak hehe.. okay so sampai sini dulu, next up, 2 presentations to go, 

My Shah Alam makan List

So i figured that in shah alam there's loads of students, young adults, basically people la,  and kalau students wondering, nak makan tapi mals nak pergi jauh-jauh ke, nak sekitar shah alam je, some pula  nak makan tapi tak nak tempat yang pack dengan students ke kan? okay sekarang ni i'm trying to list down every single restaurant, warong, stalls, every corner every sections yang ada kat shah alam ni, let us start with the 'prime area' dulu ( masak la den kalau nak explain semua terus... -_-") gimme some time, i'll get back to you guys with pictures ;)

Exam days closing-in

so i thought i probably haven't posted us in college during the days when exams are closing in, so this is  how i see them going through it during the exam days with pictures ~  enjoy :p

semua studying outside of the hall before exam memang confirm!

some baruuuuuuu nak beli buku! (beli, photostat, pinjam, etc)

some doesn't even give a sh*t

but then some managed to find sifus utk ajar diorg sampai faham

some doesn't know what the hell is going on????

some bother others like.. damnn.. tak boleh jauh sikit ke?

some said, chill bro, 'redah jer..."

some can 'gayut' while studying (yang ni pros je lah yg buat)

me? i care about pictures and blogging  je, exam ni apadahal? :p 

 So there goes us dudes and how we study, how do you study?(if you're a student lah...)