Thx Friend!

Salam.
This post is specially dedicated to Adilah a.k.a Add for the post on her blog.

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Thx thx thx thx thx thx thx!!!
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Eheh...
It was great working with you too!
Let us pray that the outcome of the magazine will be superb and fantastic.
Eh, can we call ourselves The Fantastic 4?
Hahaha....
Joking!

Good Luck for trials!
One week left...
Then hols!
=)

Demanding kah?

Salam....

Well, whose who knows me, or at least read my previous post, will know about the latest project i am involved in.


Frankly speaking, I pity my fellow teammates i.e. the designers, the money collector, and the leaders. Leaders here, i am actually talking abt AMM and HH (those who know will know). One is a former leader while the latter is the current leader.

I am trying my best not to disturb other people's life, not to burden other people, not to worry other people neither to bug other people.

But when some students refused to pay, I need the do something.

Hence, i contacted the former leader thus the former leader told the current leader.

Now, i bet the current leader is very much in stress for what is happening now.

The designers, sorry!

I know u guys worked so very much hard (trying to make it sound real though grammatically wrong sentence) for the magazine. With trial exams just around the corner. I hope u guys can handle it all.


To those who may concern, i am not that wicked.

I dont want you to be in any trouble, but some situations are unavoidable.

So pls, forgive me.

Lets forget our differences and work together for the same cause, the ALManac.

Salam...

Help!! ALM9 students!

Assalammualaikum wbt.

I am now bearing the responsibility as the editor of ALM yearbook a.k.a The ALManac.
It may sound great to some but honestly speaking, I am starting to feel the burden of it.

Some of the few problems faced:

1. The juniors i.e ALM 9 refused to pay.

~hey hey, come on ALM9 students. This is not a single batch annual magazine. This is a magazine for all, i repeat, ALL and every single ALM student. Why aren't u guys supporting our very own project? All the seniors i.e. ALM8 students paid, and I only hear some minor sighs from them but still, they paid. Honestly speaking, i am very very frustrated with those who do not want to pay. RM15 is expensive? Yes, if u're comparing the price with your previous school magazine. My school magazine was only RM10. But there are some important factors you need to bear in mind:

~First, the school is printing thousands of copies of books. Any of you bought anything in bundle before? Buying in bundle, ie huge amount, u'll get a cheaper price. This project of ours, will only print ~430copies. That is 5times less than the school's!

~Second, the school charge RM 1000 for every advertisement page. And usually it is the tuition centres that will give such an advertisement. This magazine of ours, can only charge less than RM500. Can see the VERY BIG difference here???


If i want to be harsh here, i definitely can. But i wont. Because i know, we need to build up healthy relationship and be kind to other people. So people pls, be kind to me?

2. Printing company changed their price out of a sudden

Ok, this is a bad scenario. First, they called me last week, telling me a price, which i agreed with. It was very cheap. And if everyone paid, and we received a lot advertisement contribution, we might be able to give some refund to the students.

Yesterday, they called me again, saying that their staff gave me the wrong price. It is supposed to be a lot more expensive. They said they'll email me the quotation.

Guess what? I juz received the quotation, and the price has been TRIPLED. I received the email half an hour ago and now i am still cracking my head on how should i find the money to pay them.
The money collected and will be collected, is only half the money we should be paying. Can imagine the situation if i suddenly ask the cls reps to collect more money from the students? If i really did that, i think i would really have to walk with very stern and fierce face in INTEC because i am distorting a lot of money from my fellow friends, and i am sure i'll get a lot of curses, whether directly or indirectly from the students.

The reason why this magazine is so expensive is that we are trying to publish a 70% coloured 100 pages magazine. Remember our school magazines? Were they colourful? No, they weren't! Most of them only have certain coloured pages.

3. The authority is not cooperating.

Well yes, this is a very common problem.
To get something done in this full of bureaucracy world, we really-really need to see really-really lots of people before we really-really get the really-really exact answer @ approval.

Sounds great?

Ok, thanks for reading my moderately-emotioanlly-affected rantings. I know i can be more emotional than this. That is a girl's power.

I know i have some ALM9 readers, so please, i hope you guys are not in the refusing-to-pay group. If you were, i hope u understand what i am talking about here, and please do persuade ur friends to pay for the mag?

Your cooperation is very much appreciated~

Last Day... Again?

Salam...

Why do i have two "Last Day" posts in less than a week?

Simple, first "Last Day" is last day with housemates. Second "Last Day" is last day being regarded as INTEC student. So, today is the second "Last Day".

I remembered when I was a junior, one of my INTEC-mate (actually i don't know her) was being suspended because she criticised INTEC administration, the rule where students need to wear long sleeves and even the fierce security guards.

So, since I am no longer an INTEC student after this, can I do the same thing now? INTEC can't suspend me, I graduated! *Evil grin, but not as evil as the isray-hellist*

First Week

I remembered my first day registering in Cemara. There were a lot of guys and girls helping out.
At that time, stories of new girls getting into school, grabbing the attention of seniors (guys) were playing in my mind (can't help it, most western stories are like that, a proof that we eastern people have been contaminated with the western lifestyle).
Will I grab any attention from any senior there? It's funny to remember what I felt then. I was so "gatal" back then. I'm sure Atikah dearie will say the same thing.


That night, we were introduced to some RS, Cikgu Hassan, and security personnel if I'm not mistaken. Was too blurred to even remember who gave his speech. My MMS week was fun. My facilitator was Kak Nadirah, we called her Kak Nad. I met Ain, my roommate during our activities in the group. Tell you, Ain was reallly totally different 18months back!

During our first few activities, we were brought to ALM block. It was so very sophisticated, (i thought back then, and still now) The architecture was nice, eventho i dont know how exactly to evaluate it. MMS week was fun, and it is still fresh in my mind now. The Penghulu for the week was ALMEC's Vice President, Abg Khalil, or better known as K. Undeniably, tat time i thought he was handsome. Remember the senior-junior story? But of course, no more now. And yes, he is now one of my close friend's special. Mira, sorry that i admit this in public, tp u dont have to worry abt me anymore now. Hahaha...

This was the spot i thought is fascinating. A walkway, without roof!

ALM square hot spot.

It was ok once, now? ALM students are aggresive! Who says we are nerd? We can break floors u know? *Suddenly i remembered the phrase groundbreaking thinker*

ALM block from front

This is where I go to if i skipped cls. Well, need to admit, i do skip cls. But not the whole hour of it. Only 10 or 15mins. When i am too sleepy. So i'll go to the surau, and take a nap. Then, i'll wake up fresh, and go back to cls.

Closed and almost forever-closed ALM cafe. I heard lately it's been opened again? Sad i don't have much opportunity to eat there.

My Involvement

I am pretty sure i get this gene from my mum. It's called the "can't sit quietly" gene. I get myself involved with LOADS of activities. My first was a zapin dance during the closing ceremony of INTEC INPRO. Friends, don't be surprised. Yes, i do dance. Hahaha.. But Atikah always can't believe I can dance. Mean nye... Hahaha... *Sorry Kah!*

After the dance, I went for ALMEC HICOM election. I was interviewed by our very own President at that time, Kak Izza Arsyika. In a cls room... Not like what my batch did to ALM9, we were so sempoi, kt marble chair pun blh interview.


After the election, my name was shortlisted. We didnt have time, and was not asked to do a campaign for ourselves as we were given (if i'm not mistaken) only two days to prepare for the big day where we need to deliver our speech. I was in the same cls with Afiq at that time. On that day, Afiq was surprised that i prepared a whole text for my speech. Afiq was really simple, not preparing much, unlike me.. Well, boys...

I narrated a story on that day. And was laughed by Ah Siong, until now. He said, "the girl who narrated a story when everyone else was giving speech". Whatever i did on that day, I was elected to be the secretary of ALMEC. And so we started doing our own tasks, dutifully. Discussing on upcoming activities, excitedly...

ALMEC

Our first projectw was majlis berbuka puasa ALMEC HICOM. From there, i communicated a lot with Andrew, ALMEC's former secretary. I got a lot of advises and teachings from him. Andrew, thanks!

Under ALMEC, i helped in organising the biggest event, a grand dinner for our seniors whom had finished their A-Level exams. The dinner was held in Grand Blue Wave Hotel, Shah Alam and yes, i am the dancer for a performance, again.

CATS (Culture, Arts and Theatre Society)

I didn't only join ALMEC but CATs as well. I was personally elected by Kak Zizi for the post ALM Publisity Bureau. Sadly, the posts have been terminated by CATs committee this year. Do you know that the person holding that post is responsible for all the fliers for any upcoming activities? If you don't have that post, who's gonna distribute all the infos to every program? Tp, i have no right on it anymore now. So, let the new committee settle that. I'm sure they have their own reasons for terminating the post.

Under CATs, i became the coordinator for choir by ALM students. Faced a lot of problems at that time. With the HEP on dresscodes, with the Facility Unit on the usage of the hall, with the Transportation Unit on requesting for bus for my choir singers. But all of that only made me more determined to get the best out of the choir performance. And to sharpen my living skills, to understand people more. I learned that we need to be patient to handle activities.

Apart from that, I joined 2 dramas; Othello and Memoirs of A Geisha. These 2 plays, although not as good as PGL, but is satisfying, remembering the fact that almost all the actors had nvr been in any play b4. In Othello, I was a guy, a knight serving the King while in Memoirs of A Geisha, I was mother, the boss of an okiya (or in short, place where customers come and get served by a geisha). 2 different characters, in one year. How can i say INTEC is meaningless to me?

INTEC from the main gate.

INTEC

INTEC library.

IThe Library. I spent a lot of time in the library during my 3rd semester as I need to study for my trial at that time. It is always cold in the library. My fingers often get crammed that I can't write properly. The computer lab in the library is one of the main attraction there, for me. Being someone who is always "near" the computer, I can't resist the internet connection provided by the library.

INTEC library from inside

Bus station. Or, bus site? I spent quite a lot of time waiting for bus. Usually, the bus driver will only start driving when the bus is full. Until now, I nvr know the exact timetable of the bus. But, since I've been driving my own transport last 2 months, I started to miss the bus. Honestly...

These two places, for me are really beautiful. But we INTEC students rarely use it. Perhaps that's the reason it can stay beautiful? Who can guess where are these?

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The Security Guards 

- better known as pakcik and makcik jaga

It's not that I had been looking down on security guards, but whenever I see a security guard, I won't have the feeling of secure, unlike when I see a policeman. Security guards have always been somebody who can't get a job elsewhere, from my point of view. But the security guards in INTEC completely changed my outlook towards them. They look professional, dedicated to their job, and gave me a secure feeling.

Yes, they do stop us, students, when we break the rule eg, not displaying or student cards, driving car into the campus compound (i'm addressing this to myself) or not wearing long sleeve. But, we can't blame them, they are supposed to do that. It's their job to make sure the students follow the rule. Or else, who will?

And the best thing, most of them look like a parent. Perhaps that's the reason i felt secure? Their figures resemble a father or a mother figure to me, and i know a parent will always protect their children in all circumstances.

Complaints

I think I said earlier in this post that I am trying to do what my INTEC-mate did rite? To be frank, I can't bring myself to talk bad about INTEC. Eventhough there are some things I do not agree with INTEC, that do not stop me from keeping my sweet memories there. Living in INTEC for about 18months, gave me experiences i'll never get elsewhere.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

I started writing this post on Wednesday, before I sit for my last paper, continued it after my last paper before I go to Penang, and end it today, Friday 30th Jan after I reach home from Penang.
INTEC did not pay me any money to write this post. This does not involve political money, and not a political post. This is just an experience i want to share with my friends. After all, Sharing is Caring, in some ways.


Assalammualaikum w.b.t

Mr Allan

This post was originally created on December 24, 2008. As I had transferred my blog here, I decided to copy this post as well. Somebody suggested to me that this post "will have contributed to some degree to outlook on life".

Last Chemistry Class

Today, our last Chemistry cls with Mr Allan. After almost 1 year studying with him, undeniably Chemistry had nvr been more interesting (Mr Allan, I'm not trying to get more marks for my trial. But I really dun mind if u wanna show ur generosity ;p). I was transferred to his class, the so-called “fast-track cls” somewhere in Jan this year. I heard abt him from other classes b4 that. And i was like, “Cool, they hv an English man teaching them”. But when i started in his cls, i was damn blurr. Chemistry had nvr been worse. I hadnt had the chance to hv a chem cls b4 that with my previous lecturer. And he taught his cls a few topics ahead “Hess’s Cycle” to be exact.

Disastrous First Semester & Scary Lab Sessions

My 1st class with him was disastrous. He came into the class, started scribbling on the whiteboard, talked English non-stop, with his accent, and I sat at the back of the cls trying to adapt to what’s going on. Abt 10mins after, I was handed a name list, where I was supposed to sign, it was an attendance sheet. My name was nowhere in the list, so is Hui Fong’s. We didn't know what to do. We asked the student in front of us (i can remember who, i didnt know them back then) and they simply shook their head. They were just in total shock as i am.

Second, third and fourth classes didnt get any better. He scribbled his notes on the board, us trying to copy exactly what he wrote though we didnt understand, and he started talking abt weird and looked-complicated equations and I started scratching my head and I was almost certain I prefer Ms Shanti a lot more.

Practical sessions in the lab were sessions I dreaded the most every week.

I didnt even dare to look into his eyes. I was even trembling when he came anywhere near my table to see what am I doing with my samples and substances.
I was even scared to take tissue papers on labels on his table in front of the lab. I was practically imitating whatever Hui Fong, Siew Huan, and August were doing. I wondered, “how come they look so confident in doing the experiment?”

Towards the end of 2nd sem, which was somewhere on May 08, Pn Rita was discussing with us abt our Bio lecturer 4 d next semester. And suddenly it struck me! Why don’t we discuss among ourselves and request 4 a change in Chem lecturer? We can request 4 Ms. Shanti. I thought she is better than Mr Allan. At least she doesn't teach out of the syllabus. We sort of discussed abt it among ourselves but no one actually went to Mdm Rita and voice it out.

And that was exactly how we got Mr. Allan again for our 3rd semester.

Wavelength Equalising

But, things started to turn the other way around. Were 3rd semester Chem topics are a lot easier, or I am beginning to understand Mr. Allan’s way of teaching?
Am I getting better in his cls because I had somehow been successful in tuning myself to be in the same frequency as his? Am I up to his level of teaching now? Am I used to him already?
Or had I been very motivated during the semester break that I can juz absorb anything he’s teaching? Whatever happened to me, happened to Hui Fong as well.

She found it easier to understand Mr Allan’s cls this sem. She was the one who came out with the “same frequency” theory.

As time passes, we started to study more on organics and being an organic chemist, Mr. A sure knows what he is talking abt. Although undeniably sometimes, he will get excited explaining abt a topic and started to use difficult and unknown terms and at the end of it, he’ll say “But of course, Edexcel doesn't require u to know all these” or “U r lucky this is not in A level” and I started to breathe again. Fuh!

There is one stage, where I came to realise a very important way not to get confused in his cls. Listen to him well, and when he started to give really really really weird equations or facts or mechanism etc, take it lightly. There is 85% probability that is not in A level syllabus. And so far, I had got it all correct.

So, that is the end of my experience being in a foreigner’s class. Foreigner? Still considered foreigner? Hurm, maybe not… Rephrase.. So, that is the end of my experience being in an English man’s class. I would really miss his cls… But, life goes on…

Last Day with INTEC Housemates

Yesterday was the last day for me to spend time with my housemates (Ain, Atikah n Fatin) as their housemates. After 28th Jan, I am no more an INTEC student, which also means, no more their housemates. :-(

We were lucky that Atikah's brother can't fetch her early.
Hence we had more time to be spent together. For the first time in these 1.5 years, we went to the TV room, to watch tv.
Well, we were supposed to watch tv but we didn't.
We snapped a lot of pictures, and we chatted. Next, we went to Al-Rafi Bistro for a drink.
We had never went out juz for a drink b4. That was the 1st time.

Once upon a Time

I met them in Jul 07. To be exact, 1st July 07.
Since then, I stayed with 3 strangers, not knowing them at all before this, trying to know them better, and tried to compromise on a lot of things.
If P.Ramlee can say "sedangkan lidah lagi tergigit, inikan pula suami isteri", i'll say "sedangkan lidah lagi tergigit, inikan pula kwn serumah". Oops.. X kena rhyme pulak.. But nevermind, the important thing is the content.
During the early stages, I was happy that I managed to find good housemates. But undeniably, after some time living together, I came to realise that nobody is perfect. They have their own attitude, which some times I can't agree with.

Conflicts and Fights

Sounds controversial?
Well... It's unavoidable. Nobody is perfect.
There are times where we didn't talk to each other.
But all the fights taught us to be better friends.
Taught us to tolerate each other.
And tell us more about each other.

Love and affection

Though we tell each other off, we still love each other.
Not to forget, how Atikah always bullies Fatin, they are the ones who always cheer up the house.
Fatin, no matter how she was bullied and kept saying "aku benci r kt kau", she still agrees not to close the room door at night.
No matter how a bullier she might be, Atikah will always be the first one to emerge from her seat if any of us is hurt or injured. She'll be the one who feel our temperatures if we have been laying on the bed for a longer time than usual.
Ain? No matter what she forgot, I know she won't forget me. Eheh...And am sure she is trying her best to overcome that problem of hers.

Wrapping Up

Out of all 3 of us, only Atikah reads my blog. Hahaha..
So Ain and Fatin will not know the existence of this post until somebody tells them.
What I want to say is... I Love You Guys!! Though I am no more ur housemate, don't find a new one to replace me k. I'm irreplaceable. *perasan sorg*

Us in TV room

In Rafi Bistro

*ini adalah iklan free utk Rafi*