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Finally Sem1 is over!

2009-10-13T21:23:00.000-07:00

Hi, haven't updated my blog for AGEZ...
Finally all the examinations are over!
but...butt... i screwed up!

Here is a summary:
SAT (stupid american test)
section1 - writing the essay - didn't manage to finish in time... so that scores up a 2/6
section9 - CR - FUCK!
I hope to get 2000 for this first try...beat Sime Darby's record, set by Jason 'Harvard' Leong, scored 2010.

Jason 'Harvard' Leong (left) and Irwan 'Demang' Fikri (right), Sime Darbians.

2. Foundation exams - Financial Accounting.

FUCK!!! Why so difficult?

Question 1 - Income Statement + Balance Sheet. Last minute (literally) balanced.

Question 2 - Accruals and Prepayments + Bad debts - I think I can score 3/4 out of 20, worst is 1/2 out of 20. However I think I shitted.

Question 3 - Depreciation - Should be OK...

Question 4 - Bank Reconciliation - Woohoo!

Question 5 - Ratio - I forgot the formulas!

What does this means? byebye 4.0 flat!

Quantitative Analysis

EASY!!! I need 80 markss more to go! should be no problem...

90% of the question - SPM syllabus! wow!

So now, time for Sem break!!! Hooray!

My sem break is 5 long hours!that's right! 5 long hours!

SEM2 starts at 4.00Pm today! Wow! So 'lovely'! 'Can't wait for that moment'! (Yea right)

10 Words to describe my dynamic feelings towards other people

2009-09-30T06:16:00.000-07:00

Abhorrent - Conservative Muslims, especially PAS and advocates
Balance - The American culture
Bullshitters - Lecturer
Eccentric - MIT Faulties
Ironic - Institute of Liberal Studies
Legendary - Chin Hui Shan
Love - Vieranna
Nostalgic - Kolej Yayasan Saad (Secondary School)
Rejector - Wiena
Worship - Anushree Subramaniam

GACC - The Manager

2009-09-29T14:56:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone...
This time around, I have been appointed as the manager of 11 people for the Grand Asian Chess Championship in November. The training starts immediately, and will continue until the tournament day.

As manager, I will monitor the progress and growth of the players from time to time. I will also have to make sure they mingle and build the teamwork during this times.
If the club manages to take any cash home, the fund will be shared amongst the 12 of us.

Live Uniten Chess Club!

Calculus + Business Maths Next Semester?

2009-09-24T08:55:00.000-07:00

A financial engineer needs strong foundation in the following:
1. Calculus
2. Computing Skills

As a business student, I am only studying accounting, economics, finance, computing skills and all the other random subjects in the world [this includes academic study skills, Islamic studies, KOR Uniten (WTF?)].

Next Sem - Taking Calculus, 6 hours / week (not sure how many credit hrs).
Dropping a random worth 3 hrs.

3rd Sem - Continue taking Calculus 4 hours / week (not sure how many credit hrs).
Dropping 3 randoms if possible, these are adjusted according to priority:
1. KOR Uniten (No value)
2. Islamic Studies (Unpractical)
3. Academic Study Skills (C'mon man, it is already sem 3!)

Result:
Add Calculus: GRANTED
Drop Randoms: must talk to Dean, aka PA...

Sigh.

4 Most Common words uttered in the university

2009-09-23T10:31:00.000-07:00

1. BULLSHIT
-Rubbish, impossible, too ambitious
used by: lecturers, students, politicians.
Example:
1. When the lecturer wanders off topic, he is actually Bullshitting.
2. Dean: My phone is available 24/7. Students: Bullshit.
3. Student representative council: I will make sure no rules are broken in the university - BULLSHIT
4. Khalid Ibrahim : I will make changes to Selangor - BULLSHIT

2. LECTURE
-Babble, advice, long boring talk.
used by : lecturers, students, parents.
1. After my mother saw my dirty room, she started lecturing me.
2. My mother always lectures me about getting a girlfriend, I am only 30 years old!
2. After stealing my friend's girlfriend, I will expect more than a lecture.

3. ASS
-Assignments, a curse word , or the backside.
Used by: Students
1. I have lots of asses to do, what a tiring week!
2. Watch out, asshole! You will get kicked if you dare to say that again!!
3. My ass is so firm dear, please rub it! Don't mind my boyfriend!

4. COFFEE
-short break, staple drink in the university
Used by: Lectures, students
1. OK Class, let's get some coffee. Please be back after 20 minutes.
2. God, I have so much asses, I need to take some coffee. Might not sleep at all tonight!

My Bad Day, moments before the Eid Part 2 (18th September 2009)

2009-09-17T23:16:00.000-07:00

Today, took maths test, but a bunch of questions failed to answer, risking 20 / 100 marks
Other students do well xcept for me,
lecturer sends to the Mosque at 12.30,
took a quick nap,
woke up to find out that people are already doing their prayer,
rush to the line to find out that the prayer has finished,
walk back to the apartment under heavy rain,
went home experiencing traffic jam,
food at home not sufficient to break fast,
nearby good food outlets closed

My Bad Day, moments before the Eid (17th September 2009)

2009-09-17T05:26:00.000-07:00

Today is a bad day...

took accounts test, but didn't manage to balance off my accounts.

got lots of homework from Writing lecturer, spoiling my raya mood,

failed my pre-test by 10 points (490 for critical reading),

got scolded by Yu Jin ( the CR lecturer),

want to go to upten (the nearest food court, 10mins walking distance) but it is raining so heavily,

an umbrella won't help,

so wanted to break fast with maggi, but out of water supply.

cannot even do a simple milo.

room8s went home, all alone in my apartment,

neighbours all out,

tomorrow is maths mid-term exam, not prepared!

Solution: Listen to Bad day - Daniel Powter

UPSR Essays : Creating critical thinking.

2009-09-13T06:32:00.000-07:00

This is taken from http://just-4or-fun.blogspot.com/

A couple of days ago, Yu Jin had us to debate about the KBSM syllabus and the SAT. Interestingly, we had a couple of advocates for the Malaysian KBSM. The rest of the class were pro-Americana. After some fiery exchanges and a great deal of yelling, the majority was firm on the stand that SAT was a better test, despite its flaws. I was one of them. However, what I did not know was that at the primary school level, the UPSR test did what the SAT is doing to us now. Can you believe it? Indirectly, the UPSR challenges critical thinking, debating on controversial issues, and also promotes an eye-catching first line where we have to 'grab it and don't let go.' (inside joke, that :P) The UPSR test is in fact an avenue for young, creative minds to express themselves without the restriction of formatting, language, and formalities.
If you're blur, confused, and asking yourself, "What on the good earth is he talking about?!", it is time to read these two great UPSR karangans. Malaysia Boleh.
Got this from a forwarded email. It may be familiar to some of you. :)

KARANGAN 1
Ceritakan peristiwa yang paling ngeri dalam hidup anda.

This morning is a weekend morning. The weather is so cold it reaches the freezing point. That is why I do not take my morning bath because the water became ice and the water does not want to come out because it is frozen in the pipes. That morning, I am having breakfast with my family in a camp fire because I cannot stand the coldness. After that, my mother asks me to accompany her to the market. But I do not want to.

After my mother stabbed me with a fork on my stomach many times then only I reluctantly follow her. We walked about 120 kilometres because the market is 128 kilometres from home. About 8 kilometres from the market, I met a truck container speeding fast from the back.

The truck hit my mother. My mother is thrown to the canyon. She shouted “Ouch!” After that my mother went up and chases that truck. I too had to run behind my mother because I am afraid my mother will hit the truck. The truck driver saw us speeding towards him. He speeds faster, equivalent to the speed of light. We are forced to chase the truck even faster, which is twice the speed of light. My mother managed to kick the front part of the truck. The lorry skidded and then hit the divider and then hit the ferry. The ferry split into two.

All 100 ferry users on that ferry died. The ferry driver is mad. He then transformed into Ultraman and fires the truck driver. The truck driver presses a special button in the truck and the truck changes to a Transformer robot. They fought in the air. My mother wasn’t satisfied. She then rent a chopper in Genting Highlands and straight away go to the accident venue. She hits the ferry driver who transformed into Ultraman.

The ferry driver became scared and changes back into a ferry driver, crashing onto the road. The ferry driver broke into pieces. The truck driver is so scared witnessing the incident. He apologizes from my mother. He offers his hand to shake with my mother. But my mother is still angry. She slanted the chopper and cuts the hand of the truck driver with the choppers’ fan. The truck driver shouts “Ouch!” and fell to the Earth. My mother sent the chopper back to Genting Highlands. When she came back to the incident point, she straight away hit the truck driver with her handbag wile scolding the truck driver in English.

The truck driver failed to answer my mother’s question because my mother is talking Western. So the truck driver died. After a short while the cops came. She made her statement at the headquarters about the frightful accident. Every cop in the building became shocked and died. The crowd surrounds the incident area to know what actually happened. The cops in action tried to calm the crowd and then shouted using the speaker. The crowd became shocked and then died.

After that my mother asks me to go to the market to avoid more people from dying. At the market, my mother told what happened to the butcher. The butcher and the other entrepreneurs nearby who heard the story became shocked and then died. I and my mother straight away ran home. Because we are too tired once we ran home, we straight away died. That is the most frightening accident I had ever seen before I died.

This week is NOT my week

2009-09-12T07:27:00.000-07:00

Author : Ryan

What happened to me? I dropped points by a big margin. Last week I scored 590 in CR test, but I only scored 480!

Maybe this week is NOT my week...
bad day :(
*and all sorts of excuses*

Reasons:
1. I had problems with vocab. cannot understand the question, even the passage reading
2. My first impression could be wrong...maybe last week my first impression towards the passage, the main idea, is right... so not lucky this time
3. I tried to read in smaller bits instead of a whole big chunk...is this technique a failure technique?
4. I might be on a bad mood...

A little story about the Eid

2009-09-08T05:51:00.000-07:00

The Eid is always described as one of the grandest celebration for the Muslims all over the world. This celebration is always associated to the Eastern culture practices for those who are not so familiar with the celebration. In my opinion, this perception is no longer valid in Malaysia compared to a generation ago, which is what people usually interpret. I will illustrate my point of view of the change for the fasting month, clothing and the culture and behavior during the Eid.

Let’s start from the beginning, the fasting month. The common perception is Muslims will usually restrain themselves from eating, control themselves from anger and emotion, smoking, and also sexual lust. After they open fast, they will go to the mosque to do prayers for about 2 hours in total. However, what is seen today is totally different from this. It is true that Muslims will still restrain themselves from eating, but not from emotion and sex. They still vent their anger whenever they feel they would do. Of course they don’t do sex during the day, but they will do something else that is ‘less’ obvious such as watching pornography, peeping into the girls’ dormitory, or wearing sexier clothes. During the night, most of them will party at bars or organize one. These parties will often include alcoholic drinks and loud discoid music. In short, Muslims in this case becomes an angel during the day but a devil during the night and it is simply all right to do so.

Secondly, note the difference between the dress code for the Eid between the two times. Usually men wear ‘baju melayu’ for men, a long shirt with pockets at the thigh with bottom and women wear ‘baju kurung’, a loose shirt until the knees with their bottoms from their belly until their legs, all these with various colors. This costume, which looked fine once upon a time ago, is now outdated. Conversely, men wears tuxedo and girls would usually wear a ‘baju kebaya’, a tighter and more fashionable dressing, with a cut at their bottoms like a cheongsam, except for the cut only reaches a maximum of the knee. If it is not the kebaya, then usually something else which is not casual will be their choice. Cheongsam, sari or a simple blouse will be a good alternative. The girls’ clothes will be usually tight and sheer, and revealing. My theory for the change is that both the former clothing are out fashion and no longer presentable, probably because they are loose. Girls, realizing that they will become fat and gaining weight due to birth, want to show off their beautiful and sexy body figures to the guys before they lose their youth. In fact, kurung literally means confine, or constrain, to show that their body shape is constrained or closed for others to see. I, as a guy, am sexually attracted to that kind of clothing as well! In brief, this fashion change is of course for the better.

Thirdly, the culture and ethics have also dramatically changed. We are used to the thought of girls at a corner chatting amongst themselves, and guys at the other corner doing the same thing. Somehow, none of them dare to meet each other with the presence of other people. This traditional practice is completely abolished. Guys will usually greet girls with a handshake and then a kiss at the cheeks. For those who haven’t seen each other for a long time, they will usually hug each other. There is no such thing as shyness or sexism today which formerly exists in the Malay culture. If there is an open house which only relatives attend, the practice of open kissing exists, just like Valentine’s Day. Therefore, this culture should be maintained, and possibly improved.

To come to a conclusion, these are the three major changes noticeable in my country, or my culture at least. This change has been for the better to me. I hope that the change becomes more drastic during the next generation.