Valorous Halcyon

I think most of my friends knew that I have attended BNM interview 2 days ago. Due to over-tiredness that overwhelming me for these two days, only now I posted up my brief experiences on that particular day. Oh, wow, I did enjoy myself on that particular day and I was really glad to know my group members. Coincidently, i was at the same group as Jia Rong, a friend that i knew from Cheryl days before the interview day. My Purple Group consist of 9 members, which were Jia Rong, Huey Yuin, Sze Yun, Wai Yee, Niniey Daud, Shahir, Afif Asyraf, Hanis Suhaila and me. Every single one of them was great and awesome, and definitely I can't put too much hope on this prestigious BNM Scholarship Award. But hey, I was considered as damn lucky to be selected as one of the 150 shortlisted candidates, out of 10,000 applicants! Whether I am able to secure the scholarship or not, it's not that important but the most important thing is, the experiences gained for the interview sessions. Most of t...

Thanks to everyone who advised me to have my back up plan, if I failed to secure any scholarship in the end. For these few days, i have planned to study A-Levels as my back up plan. After searching for various well known colleges, finally i came out with Methodist College Kuala Lumpur (MCKL) as my choice for me to study A-Levels. One of my reasons for me to choose it is that the total cost for me to study is relatively cheap, as compared to Taylor's, HELP, INTI, Sunway, etc. With my humble result, i can still get 100% tuition waiver scholarship from the college itself, and because of that, here is my calculations on the total cost for overall A-Levels program with and without scholarship from the college;                    With scholarship:  = Miscellaneous fees(RM3,040) +  External A-Levels exams fee [RM4,500 (4 subjects)] + IELTS class and test fee (RM1,150)  = RM8,690 #  Without scholarship: = Mi...

We need to get a good job upon graduation, mainly is to afford our life, and improve our lifestyle. Graduate without any effort to find a suitable job, is totally wasting 18 years(approximately) of studies, time, efforts and parents' money. Our parents spent a lot on us, making investment on us, care about us with invaluable love for such a long time since we were born, and it's time for us to repay them once we are graduated, by working. Working is the source of money, and unless you were to build up your own business, eventually you would still need a job to gain income. Besides, we would have to work to build our career, to gain precious experiences and to fulfill our materialistic mind. I believe, everyone would have desires to buy things, to fulfill their materiality world, for example luxurious cars, huge bungalow, stylish watch, fashionable handbags, etc. When our desires are being fulfilled, we would feel the sense of satisfaction, and might be happy. Rome was not bui...

Hey everyone! Sorry for almost forgotten this memorable event that fulled of happiness and joy, and i think it's time for me to post it up here in blog, to be shared with everyone. Ah, yes about the car driving test, it was done on 31th of March 2010. Early in the morning, i woke up at 5.45am and prepared myself for everything, with an extreme nervousness overwhelming me. Well, i bet everyone would be as nervous as me, in that particular situation. That day, we seemed to arrive at the driving school in Bangi a little bit earlier than as usual, because my car instructor told me that he would let me and 3 other candidates to practice first, before the test. And well, at 6.30am, we reached that place and started our practices. Due to the limited car available, which was only my instructor's car, i have to share the car with the other 3 candidates for our practice. Three of them were girls, so as you might have expected, i was the last one to practice. Ladies first. Everything se...

Well, as the topic above, i guess i have to find other alternatives then. Wasted my 6 bucks, and made me sad due to the pathetic rejection for the whole night yesterday , the only paths for me now are A-Levels on my own, waiting for JPA and BNM scholarships applications, or maybe Form 6 STPM in the end if my parents still resist me to study A-Levels due to the risk i would bear upon graduation. Well, after spilling out all my miserable sadness yesterday night, on Facebook, MSN and the blog now, thanks to my friends who consoled me yesterday and today, I feel much better now. Oh, and thanks to Nicola, who made me laugh by sending 15 funny messages to my inbox this morning(3-4am), and constantly tried hard to console me with a huge hope that I would be feeling better soon. Thanks again! =) Well, Matriculation is not everything, and i did post up at Recom, stating that i won't accept it anyways if i get it(Well it was just a consolation to myself!). My hopes to study overseas on my ...

Well, sorry for neglecting this blog and the readers, again. =.= I have to admit that, I felt really sad for these few days due to the continuous rejection over my scholarship application. However, thanks to Glassylicious, a caring approachable big sister in Recom family, she helped me to get rid of  my miserable sadness, give me precious advices and support me from every aspect. As the most unforgettable advices from her, she said that, scholarship is like a lotteries, and don't put too much hopes on it. For every place of scholarships available, its like 10 other students with the same excellent criteria with you, battling for the only one place. Inevitably, there'd be 9 other students who fail to get the place, and that person might be you. It's not that you are not great enough, but there's other people who are greater than you. It's the loss of the scholarship corporation for losing you, so stand up now and proof them that they are wrong for not choosing you as...

Course Applied: Science (Actuarial Science) Date: 9th April 2010 Time: 8am Venue: PICC, Putrajaya Experience part: Well, I reached there at 7.45am, which the hall had already full with potential scholars. I went to the board nearby and checked my name, and signed it to confirm my attendance. Later, i went straight to the panel, which i had leave my mom outside(only interviewees allowed to go in). Then, i went to search for my panel, Panel 3, and sat there. I met this guy, which was at the same group with me, applying for Science local. We chatted a lot but nothing much important. Later, a JPA officer called my name, and ask me to hand in all the certified documents (IC, birth certs, ...), as well as the clear holder fulled with every document needed. Well, fortunately i was able to get know of my group members, 3 girls (Michelle Phoon, Emily Cheah, Jasmine Yeoh) and 2 boys (me and Soon Yew). Well i know, all Chinese. Michelle is applying for Chemical Engineering, which she ...

Hey everyone, sorry for neglecting this blog, and readers for quite a long time. Anyways, as almost everyone knew, i have got shortlisted for JPA interview that would be held on 9th April, at 8am in Putrajaya. Oh, and i have got Panel 3 for that session, as stated in the interview letter this morning, not really sure about it though. Frankly speaking, for these few days, besides reading for the interview experiences shared by ReCommers in the forum, i have basically did nothing. Here are some favourite questions asked by the interviewers around the nation in JPA interview 2010: 1) Introduction [Name, previous school, family background, co-curriculum, course applied and reasons(Make sure you do adequate researches on the course/major selected)](Mostly in BM, but if you're lucky, you will get to speak in English.) 2) Country selected and reasons. (Make sure you don't say about foreign education is better, or else it might be offensive!) 3) What make you special that deserve t...