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Assalamualaikum!

Hello Guys! Here I am again. Im trying to write here everyday starting from yesterday. haha..Lets see how long can I last! These few weeks, I have been watching videos on Youtube more than I ever have. Waking up from sleep, I straight away check my email and then I go to youtube. While my mouth is eating for lunch/dinner/supper, my eyes and brain eat as well through Youtube. Damn, it makes me sound like a supper nerd or supper lame is it not? haha.. Well, I have to admit, i kinda do feel like a nerd, eh.. I have always been a nerd. But this watching Youtube all day does make me feel like so lame. But its ok, Im in a phase of life where all I've got to do is watching youtube. haha.. Have you guys been in this phase? or is it just me? hurm.. Its just me right? Haha..

So, what have I actually been watching on Youtube? Orait.. Lets talk about that.. Since I watch Youtube really often lately, I need to watch creators who produce contents as often as they can and on Youtube, the Vlog trend is catching up. A lot of famous Youtubers from different genres are now starting to have a second channel where they make videos about their daily routine. That is actually where I got inspiration to write daily on this blog. I thought, if they can shoot and edit their video daily, why cant I write here daily too. Getting back to who do I watch on Youtube these days? Well, lets make a list of them. I'll just list a few alright?

First, I am following our own homegrown singer and now Vlogger Aizat Amdan on his channel, Official Aizam Amdan. Aizat started Vlogging if im not mistaken somewhere last year but I just figured out about his Vlogging this year. This year, his Vlogs revolve around his project called Gegar 2016 where he plans to GEGAR this 2016 by producing one song every month! That is pretty exciting right? So, go check him out! He also shares a lot of tips about life and stuff. We can definitely learn something from his vlogs.

Second! I also just found out about this one awesome Vlogger named Casey Neistat. He lives in New York and he has been on Youtube since forever but him producing daily vlogs just came about mid last year. What I like about his vlogs is that the quality is so freakin good! Its like watching a movie everytime I watch his vlog. Things really get crazier when he started to do drone shots and include them in his video. Freakin amazing. 

Third and Fourth, Vsauce and Crash Course. These two are in academic genre of Youtube. Their videos are very educational and informative as for Vsauce, its mindnumbing and mindblowing.  Vsauce is hosted by Michael Stevens where he has been discussing or explaining a lot of theories and questions of the universe to his audience. Most of the times, I dont understand what he is explaining but I love the feeling of knowing that the universe is so vast and there are so many things that we human dont know yet about this world, that is why I keep on watching his videos on youtube. As or Crash Course, it is hosted by John Green ( yeap. THE John Green and his brother Hank Green). They talk about..hurm.. pretty much everything, from history, economy, astronomy, psycology and so much more. I love how they present their topics with creative animation. You guys should check them out too!

So, there it is guys! Some youtube channel that I have been so actively following these days! They definitely worth the time. Go check them out! Assalamualaikum.

Assalamualaikum,

Salam muhibbah guys! I know it has been a really long time since I last posted here. So many things have happened since then. I finished my degree on february, I've applied to further my studies to masters level because I feel like I have not yet satisfied with the knowledge that I've got during my degree. and also because I feel like Im not ready yet to enter working life. I know I know, nobody is ready to work immediately after studies but they work anyway right but me, I particularly feel like I want to gain some more knowledge and explore more . I guess I just love to study. I'm a lazy person that love to study. That would describe me. So, yeah, that being said, I really hope that my dream to further my studies will come true. I am now currently just staying at home helping my mother to do some chores while waiting for the results of all the scholarships that I have applied for earlier this year to come out this Month. PLEASE. PRAY. FOR. ME. I really hope I'll get at least one of all 5 scholarships that I've applied. I applied for Yayasan Daya Diri, Erasmus Mundus, Turkish Government, Commonwealth and Khazanah Scholarship. Just hoping the best now. 

Well, Im not just staying in and not doing anything at all now. I do some freelancing job on graphic designing and editing from companies to keep myself occupied. This waiting for scholarship thingy is really eating me from inside because there's literally nothing that I can do about it. I can only pray. Thats it. So, to keep myself away from the idea of just "waiting", I do those freelancing job as graphic editor and also I write some songs.. I have some poems that I wrote when I was studying and I thought why not turn those into songs. I used Garageband in my Ipad to produce them (as of now, I have alread produced 2 songs). They sound very amateur because well, I am amateur. But its a good way to learn right? So, I'll keep finding things that I can do to occupy myself and writing this blog would be one of them. Hopefully, Im not just saying but this time really do keep this blog updated. If possible daily but if not, at least once a week. I hope whoever reads this entry pray that I'll have the perseverance to keep writing and also please pray that I'll get one of those scholarship. I thank you and pray that you will have a great and wonderful and happy life. Now, these two youtube videos down below are the songs that I have made using my poems and my ipad.. Do tell me how does it sound and what can I do to improve. and also, anyone who needs help with graphic editing (posters, banners, button, tshirt, logo) can email me at kimijamai@gmail.com. Until next time!

 Assalamualaikum.

Assalamualaikum w.b.t

Apa habaq kalian sekalian? Lama sudah tuan empunya blog tak datang melawat blog ni, apatah lagi kalian sekalian kan? Kali ni aku terlintas untuk tulis sesuatu dekat sini setelah aku terbaca status seorang kawan aku tentang seorang youtuber yang memberikan pendapat beliau tentang perbezaan sekolah international dengan sekolah kerajaan. Tp jgn bimbang, tulisan ini bukan untuk menghentam sesiapa ataupun untuk mencurah minyak pada api yg sedang viral, cuma nak berkongsi cerita. Dalam banyak-banyak points yang disebutkan youtuber tu, aku tertarik dengan point "cincai work" yang ditujukan pada cikgu-cikgu sekolah kerajaan. Now, kita semua tahu yang dia tak tujukan tu dekat semua cikgu-cikgu dekat sekolah kerajaan, mungkin dia tujukan hanya kepada beberapa orang cikgu yang pernah dia jumpa (but its still wrong to say things like that about teachers tho), dan aku pun taknaklah further memanjangkan cerita tentang apa yang dia maksudkan dengan "cincai work" and berapa ramai cikgu yg dia jumpa yg tunjukkan such attitude. Apa yang aku nak buat cumalah nak berkongsi satu cerita tentang seorang cikgu sekolah rendah aku yang definitely did not do "cincai work".

Nama beliau Cikgu Fatimah. She taught me when I was in primary school. Standard 6 to be specific. Cikgu fatimah mengajar kami matapelajaran Bahasa Inggeris. Beliau kalau mengajar memang nak sampai kami semua faham betul-betul apa yang dia ajar. So, she did kelas tambahan, she did free tuition and she even spent money on us by giving us presents and stuff if we get "stars" for our homeworks. Beliau memang kerja keras untuk pelajar-pelajar beliau. Dan dalam banyak-banyak perkara yang terjadi masa sekolah rendah dulu, ada satu insiden yang aku masih ingat harini dan akan ingat sampai bila-bila because it has affected my life so much up until now.The story goes like this, We've just had our mid-year examination and result untuk setiap paper akan dapat waktu dalam class lah kan. So untuk subject bahasa inggeris, satu hari tu Cikgu Fatimah masuk dalam kelas dengan muka yang lain macam. Selalunya dia nampak happy bila masuk kelas tapi kali ni, muka dia marah, dekat tangan dia ada paper kami. We knew its not good and I had it coming because I knew how bad did I do for the exam. Then dalam kelas, she distributed the papers, and  after that, dia mula marah sebab takda siapa dapat A untuk subjek Bahasa Inggeris kelas tu, kelas 6 Arked. A little while after that, she started crying. Not just the "tears slowly falling down her cheek" cry but like really really crying while talking to us, trying to motivate us to do better next time. I can see frustration in her eyes, but she didnt say that we've disappointed her tho. Then when she couldnt continue talking anymore, she left the class. We , didnt know what to do so we just sat quietly, in regret. During recess, we went to her table to apologize and she just asked us to do better next time for she had done so much for us, to see us able to understand English. 

After that event, I worked so hard to improve my English. I even tried to memorize a mini dictionary that I have back then. I really did try to but of course la I didnt managed to memorize everything kan, nevertheless it really helped. I took what happened that day seriously, because I knew how serious Cikgu Fatimah was to educate us. I promise myself that I wont disappoint her again. Little that I knew, the efforts that I put to improve my English (so that I wont disappoint my teacher) back then has affected my life until now. First, Alhamdulillah I got A's for English subject for UPSR, PMR and SPM, then when I was a bit matured (just a bit),  I started to realize how big of an impact a hardworking and dedicated teacher could give towards a student's life and that has motivated me to become an educator as well. So, I further my studies in Asasi TESL still (after 5 years), having in mind that I want to be an educator like my English teacher, to give a positive impact on my someone's life. Then, after Asasi, a bit unfortunate for me because I didnt get to further my studies in TESL (Degree) but never mind, I can still be an educator, I then chose B.A English with an aim to afterward do Masters and PhD to become a lecturer, educator. Alhamdulillah now, I have just finished my Bachelor Degree and berkat didikan all the teachers in my life, I am graduating with a fairly good grade and planning to further my studies. One teacher, one event but the impacts resonate through so many years in my life.

Apa yang cuba aku sampaikan kat sini adalah, impak yang sebesar itu yang telah diberikan oleh pada mulanya Cikgu Fatimah dan kemudiannya oleh cikgu-cikgu aku yang lain bukanlah datang dari "Cincai Work" seperti mana yang disebutkan youtuber berkenaan. Impak sebesar itu datang dari Kerja Keras, Kejujuran dan Ketabahan seorang guru yang mana hanya mengajar di sekolah kerajaan. She could have done "cincai work" if she wanted to and get away with it because we were only kids, we wont judge, we wont report to anyone, we knew nothing, but instead, she didn't. I believe there are so many more dedicated teachers out there that never tired of educating, motivating and changing lives of others. Jadi, jomlah kita berterima kasih pada cikgu-cikgu yang dah helped us through so many phases in our life. 

And to Cikgu Fatimah, if somehow, you happen to read this, I want to say Thank You so much. I hope you are doing fine and I hope you still inspire people.  Kepada semua cikgu2 yang dah kerja keras mendidik anak bangsa, keep it up! Anda semua ada dalam doa-doa kami para pelajar.Yang bakal jadi cikgu, be like the teachers who inspire you! 

Assalamualaikum.

Assalamualaikum,

Salam muhibbah! Masya-Allah blog.. Lamanya aku tinggal hg.. Walaupun baru tinggal for almost a year, tp rasa mcm dah tinggal blog ni seabad. Mungkin sebab hg pernah jadi salah satu benda terpenting dalam hidup aku kot noh..Jangan risau, hg masih penting.. Banyak yang dah jadi selama aku x update kat blog ni.. Sangat banyak sampai aku taktau nak start dari mana..Btw, before anything, hg apa khabar blog? Ada org dok singgah mai sini lagi ka? Daripada insight yg aku cek tadi, masih ada yg sudi datang ataupun mungkin dipaksa datang oleh google.. So, Alhamdulillah for that.. Oh me? Aku sihat walafiat ja.. Masih bernafas, masih diberi peluang untuk tengok dunia dan untuk ambil iktibar dari hal-hal yang berlaku kat dunia ni untuk perbaiki diri supaya ada bekal nak bawak ke alam selepas dunia ni.

Ok, moving on! Among the things yg jadi kat aku for all the time I was away from you is that aku pergi buat praktikal dekat cable car Langkawi. Praktikal tu xlama, dua bulan saja.. Tp ilmu and pengalaman yang aku dapat kat situ mmg banyak dan x ternilai sangat. Nnt aku buat satu post telling things yang ada kat cable car tu orait? Kerja kat situ penat tapi bila balik rumah, aku rasa mcm xsabar nak p kerja untuk hari berikutnya. Maknanya, I was happy there. Penat tapi sangat menyeronokkan. So, there'll be a post about that ok blog? 

Some other things that happen to me, erm.. Yeah, lupa nak bagitau, I am now in my final year! FINAL SEM, to be exact. It is not as fun as I thought it would be.. Bukan x best sebab apa, sebab memikirkan lepas ni dah xdpt nak p kelas dengan kawan2.. Xdapat nak lepak bilik kawan2, basically everything yg aku buat dengan kawan2 kat dlm Upm ni dah xdapat nak buat dah la lepas ni.. and also, final year project lah..Mmg spoil mood bila fikir pasal Final Year Project ni..Tapi xpa, everyone has to do it.. So, lets just suffer together ok? 

Actually, aku xberapa nak ingat sangat dah insiden2 yang berlaku dalam sem lepas sebelum aku p cable car.. Jadinya aku xboleh nak cerita..So, as for now until aku teringat balik insiden2 yang menarik untuk aku share, sampai sini dulu lah yer.. At least, kalau ada insan2 yang masih melawat blog secara sengaja especially, you now know that I'm still here and still want to write.

Damai pada kamu semua!

Assalamualaikum,

Salam muhibbah.. Entry ni ditujukan kepada adik-adik yang baru lepas duduki SPM pada hujung tahun lepas..Ditujukan jugak kepada adik aku yang sekarang ni dok menanam anggur (menganggur) sementara dok tunggu result SPM keluar nnt . Ni sekadar perkongsian daripada aku yang pernah menghadapi situasi yang sama, bergelut dengan dilemma yang sama. Remember, ni sekadar perkongsian cerita dan pendapat aku sahaja okey? Bukan paksaan ataupun rujukan utama kalau hgpa, adik2 sekalian nak pilih jalan hidup hgpa. 

    Lepas habis SPM, Mana nak pergi? Terasa macam hgpa tengah berada atas sampan tanpa pendayung ditengah tengah lautan yang dilitupi kabus yang tebal nokhayam kan? Taktau apa nak buat.. Taktau apa nak jadi.. Terasa macam masih awal untuk tetapkan hala tuju hidup hgpa.. Kalau ada yang dah nampak jalan sipi2 tu, alhamdulillah.. Kalau hgpa masih blur, masih belum kenal faham diri hgpa dan apa yang hgpa betul2 nak jadi ataupun nak capai dalam hidup hgpa, jgn risau.. Itu normal. Aku pun macam tu dulu. No. Kami pun mcm tu dulu.. Tapi disebabkan aku dulu dah buat kesilapan tu (being blur and didn’t make everything clear) masa lepas SPM dulu, aku harap hgpa xulang kesilapan aku tu. Kenali diri hgpa, bakat hgpa, minat hgpa. Fahami diri hgpa pada masa sekarang terlebih dahulu dan kemudian aturkan perjalanan diri hgpa di masa hadapan. Bila dah betul-betul kenal diri hgpa dan bila dah atur secara kasarnya apa yang hgpa mahu capai inshaAllah, sampan yang hgpa naik akan ada pendayung dan kabus yang tebal tadi akan hilang dan hgpa dapat pulak seketul kompas untuk hgpa jadikan panduan. Jangan fikir “eh, aku baru abis spm ni.. Awal lagi.. Nanti nak masuk dergree aku set la betul2 nak jadi apa”. No! jgn buat macam tu.. Sebab mula2 hgpa rasa macam masih awal, tp nnt tanpa hgpa sedaq, dah tinggal lagi satu sem nak habis belajar degree dan hgpa masih xdak hala tuju hidup. Time tu nnt menggelabah. Menggelupur. Trust me.

   So. Apa minat hgpa? Sains? Sastera? Kulinari? Accounting? Etc? Dah dapat bayangkan walaupun secebis belum apa yang hgpa nak hadap lagi 5 atau 6 tahun? Banyak betoi soalan aku kan? Hgpa kena tanya soalan2 ni sekarang agar satu hari nanti hgpa takkan tanya diri hgpa “ Kenapa aku pilih course yang aku xminat ni?”. So before you make any move, think. Give it a ponder. No, you are not that little kid yang dok main aci ligan duduk dekat kantin sekolah anymore.. Hgpa semua dah besaq.. Dah kena belajaq make life decision.. Sebab apa? Sebab dunia yang menanti hgpa lepas hgpa dah habis belajaq nanti akan jadi sangat dahsyat, sangat kompetetif dan boleh sampai ke tahap kejam.. Mcmmana aku tau? Aku taktau, tapi melihatkan keadaan dan dunia sekarang, kita boleh agak dah mcmna keadaan pasaran pekerjaan pada masa akan datang.. So, pilih langkah yang betul sekarang. Pilih bidang yang hgpa betul2 minat, garap betul2 kemahiran dan ilmu yang perlu hgpa ada.. Dan jadi yang terbaik.. InshaAllah anda ada tempat dalam dunia yang bakal rancak nanti.. 

  Dah kenal diri hgpa? Dah tau apa minat hgpa? Ok sekarang kita boleh cakap pasal ways to get yourself into colleges and universities. Kita bahagikan ikut bidang ok? First, bidang sains. Bila cakap bidang sains, sangat banyaklah cabang dalam bidang ni.. Yang paling femes, ofkos la Medic kan? Dan yang xfemes ada beribu lagi cabang yang hgpa boleh further dalam bidang sains ni.. Untuk further studies hgpa dalam bidang sains lepas SPM ada plenty of ways yang hgpa boleh guna.

1. UPU (ASASI) – Time isi upu nanti hgpa boleh letak keutamaan kepada program program asasi sains yang ada kat certain universities kat Malaysia ni.. Antara universiti kerajaan yang ada pusat asasi sains adalah:

• · UIA 
• · UiTM
• · UM
• · UPM
• · UNIMAS

Mungkin ada yang aku terlepas pandang, tapi itu antara yang aku pasti mmg ada pusat asasi sains. Setiap ASASI universiti2 tu ada kelebihan dan kekurang masing-masing yang aku rasa xperlu la kot nak dicerita kat sini sebab terlalu banyak kan. Nnt lain kali kita cerita ok? Btw, UPU tahun ni boleh diisi starting from 19 Januari 2015.. Pergi ke BSN dan beli number pin UPU ok? Jangan ralik!http://upu.moe.gov.my/web/

2. Matrikulasi- Matriks ni mmg sangat terkenal sebagai pusat foundation sains kat Malaysia ni.. Setiap negeri pun ada Matrikulasi masing2 kan.. Aku tak pergi ke Matriks dulu jadi aku taktau sangat kondisi dan atmosfera dalam matriks tu macammana, ada yang kata susah nak score, tapi dalam pada masa yang sama ramai kawan2 aku yang keluar dari Matriks dengan pointer 4 rata.. Apa maksudnya? Maksudnya, memang susah nak score dekat Matriks tu, tapi hgpa boleh score kalau hgpa pulun.. Duduk mana mana pun kena pulun! Ingat tu! X pulun mmg xkemana, xkiralah hgpa belajaq kat mana pun. Lepas dah keluar matriks nnti, kalau pointer hgpa ok, InshaAllah pilihan kat tangan hgpa nak sambung ke cabang yang lebih mendalam yang mana. 

3. UPU (Diploma)- Ramai jugak kawan2 aku dulu yang further ke diploma dalam bidang yang depa minat. Ingat ni, xdak apa yang kurang pun kalau hgpa sambung diploma..Kenapa aku cakap cmni, sebab nanti one day lepas hgpa dah pilih nak sambung diploma dalam bidang yang hgpa minat and tiba2 hgpa tengok kawan sebaya hgpa yg dulu buat asasi tengah further degree. Don’t feel bad about yourself.. As long as hgpa buat benda yang hgpa minat, and hgpa buat btoi2, toksah dok compare apa2 dengan siapa2! Ok? Belajaq sunggoh2 kasi dapat 4flat and shove it on everyone’s face! *don’t. So kalau ada yang nak sambung diploma maybe dalam bidang Sains, engineering dan sebagainya, silakan. Do it proudly. 

4. Form 6 – Orang2 yang sambung Form 6 ni selalu orang lain dok being skeptik dekat depa by saying that “depa ni xdapat sambung belajaq mana2 sebab tulah depa sambung form 6 jaa”. Form 6 ja hgpa kata? Form tu punya silibus susah nokhorom hgpa tau dak.. Orang2 yang dok buat andaian mcm tu mau kena penampaq dengan buku teks form 6 baru depa nak beringat. In fact, kalau pilih jalan form 6 ni, maybe it will take more time than the other means, tapi bila nak sambung ke degree nanti, these form 6 students yang akan diberi keutamaan. Hgpa akan faham betapa bernilainya istilah “diberi keutamaan” bila hgpa nak isi UPU untuk degree nanti.. Kalau nak apply untuk form 6, selalu2 lah tanya cikgu kaunseling hgpa k.. They can help, they will help.

5. Foundation Swasta- Lastly, kalau hgpa ber-u-wang sikit. Boleh lah sambung ke universiti swasta. Xbanyak yang aku boleh cerita tentang ni.. Tapi I have friends yang sambung ke foundation universiti swasta ni, then depa belajaq sunggoh2, and they managed to get decent grades then depa dapat biasiswa from MARA to further studies overseas.Ada yang dapat sponsor from that universiti swasta sendiri.. 

   Ok, itu pilihan cara yang ada kalau hgpa nak sambung bidang sains, kalau nak sambung bidang selain dari sains? Sebenaqnya cara dia lebih kurang jaa.. Untuk sambung bidang sastera, komunikasi, multimedia, perakaunan dan sebagainya. Pilihan cara yang boleh hgpa gunakan sama ja macam kat atas tadi tu, cuma tukar dekat bidang sahaja. 

   Kalau ada bidang yang hgpa nak aku perincikan lagi, dipersilakan tinggalkan komen kat bawah ok? So, macamna sekarang? Kalau belum mula fikir, silalah mula fikir dan rancang.. Jangan pilih sesuatu bidang tu sebab bidang tu femes atau sebab ramai kawan2 yang amek bidang tu, pilih bidang yang hgpa tau hgpa memang minat sebab nanti hgpa bukan nak menghadap betapa femesnya bidang tu, tapi hgpa akan hadap betapa susahnya bidang tu.. Setiap cabang bidang pengajian tu susah, tapi kalau hgpa minat, yg susah tu akan berjaya hgpa atasi and hgpa akan rasa puasnya menuntut ilmu. Oklah, rasanya ni dah panjang gila dah aku tulis. Semoga berjaya dalam membuat pilihan. Ok? Kalau ada aku terlepas cakap apa2 yang salah atau terlepas pandang apa2 yang sepatutnya dimasukkan dalam entry ni, aku susun sepuluh jari mohon maaf ok.. Baik, jumpa di lain entry! :)

Assalamualaikum.

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