kenapa saya kurang gemar ke irc?

well, irc stands for information resource centre. it is a library. which is a place to study, and gain information. yeah right, well people, you definitely not reading my blog just to know the meaning of irc. daa?

UTP irc impressed me with its technology *wuhuu!* the many many racks of books which sometimes doesn't make sense *catering? which engineering students or bis/ict students need this?* well, maybe for the sake of knowledge. okay, i got it!

the air-condition which is freezing like hell. watch out skinny! you guys are just gonna froze like a frozen food, so don't forget to bring your thick sweater and cardigans and blanket if possible so you won't freeze like jack in Titanic! oh, sorry, i am exeggerating here.

and oh, the internet connection there is heaven! go google, go youtube, go myspace, go go go!!!!!

well, despite all this advantages which i very very very like, there also some reasons why i don't like to be in irc.

1. i have to struggle to focus since i am very very observant person.

it's so hard to focus since there are many many handsome, cute, and beautiful geeks here. i like to watch those wannabe geeks who think they are cool enough when wearing all those skimpy clothing and declared themselves as a fashion followers and very up-to-date lah sangat. well, bro we all know you are geeks! stay nerd because nerds and geeks are hot, okay?!

2. there are too much of love sparkling everywhere.

when talking about dates, not only taman bunga is full of those lovebirds. in here, these lovebirds really love to study very very much *oh, i could see that* but when you are giggling and making proud faces like you are the only person on this very earth have a boyfriend/girlfriend, it's really make me sick and makes me lost my mood to study. especially to the boyfriend, who behaved like hero trying to protect their girlfriend whenever people are looking or making noises in front or behind them *i've been that 'people'*

p/s : boys here are proud to have their girls around since girls are very few in here. well, to that particular boyfriend, i hope your girlfriend ditch you!

3. sometimes, silence is no good.

i love to hear to some music and noises. since my earphone doesn't look like one anymore, whenever i wanted to hear to some music, i have to use speakerphone with the slowest volume which would automatically amplify themselves in the silence surrounding like one in the irc. and people would go "shh..shh..shh" oh, sorry people! my earphone rosak lah!

4. freezing in air-conditioning room makes me hungry.

i always find myself end up being hungry and desperate. up to an extend i crave for food that belongs to someone i don't even know! and due to my nature, i would just stare at the food like malnutrition children who was abused by the stepmother and look out for sympathy just for a byte of it. and of course, it does scared away the food owner! maybe they would think that i am psycho bulimic person who eat and puke after that. oh, what the heck?!

5. silence your phone.

i only do that in class. well, who wanted to attract attention with the noise of your message alert? yeah, i know you are a fan of [insert a band here], but you don't have to tell it to everybody by using the loudest volume of your ringing tone and annoyed everybody there. hello, we know that song and it is lame! hello, we know that you are so hot that everybody is texting you and trying to flirt with you, and hello, i know everybody is calling you for some-very-important reasons, but silent your phone, please? don't be an attention seeker, could you? hee. well, all of this applied to me. i hate silencing my phone! pffffttt.

p/s : sorry, showing off is my nature. ;p

well, what more i have to say? i only been in irc for a few times during this study week. :) yes, i do love the scenery of loving couples planning their future together, but sikit sikit dah la kan? irc also one of the reason i fall in love with utp back in educamp. sometimes we crave for something that we couldn't have (applied to all educamp candidates), and when you have it, you don't really appreciate it.

exam this monday.

good luck amira!!!

PETRONAS EDUCAMP hari kedua.

okayh. here come the scariest part of the EDUCAMP. it was THE INTERVIEW!!!!

everybody became very nervous including me of cz. we were divided into 4 session. there were A, B, C, n D session. i got D session. in each session, we were divided into panels. there were 25 panels altogether. i was in panel 2. in each panel, we were divided into sequences. sequence means turn. my sequence was 4.

so i was in session D, panel 2, sequence 4.

session A n B had their assessment (interview) during morning. session C n D had to seat for few tests at the morning n wud gone for their assessment during afternoon.

the tests started at 8.30 am. the tests were divided into three. 1st test is the english proficiency test. the test took one hour. the test was for testing our efficiency in english. for those who are good in english n are superb in that subject, u dun have to worry much cz u can answer the questions for sure. the test had 50 questions that must be answered in one hour.

after that, we were given the critical reasoning test. this test was a killer test for most of us. there were 60 questions that must be answered in 30 minutes. the questions were like we were given a passage n there were 4 statement bout the passage. we must state whether we agreed, not agreed, or cannot say anything bout the passage. so, u guys must think fast! very fast! most of us juz hentam the last questions. including me.heheh.

after those two tests, we were allowed to take some rest bout 15 minutes n had our refreshments.

after some rest, we went back to the main hall n seat for our iq test, i think.the test had 40 questions that must be answered in 20 minutes. as usual, u had to think fast n creative. the test is about diagrams. if u had ever came across any iq tests book, u wud found those questions.

we finished the test at about 11.30 am. we had our lunch n had some rest. at 2.00 pm we went to the block B by bus to had our assessment.

we were put at the waiting room while waiting for session C to finished their case study. after bout 30 minutes of waiting, we were called to go to the transition room. there each panel was placed at a round table. the environment was the same like u having any dinner at hotel or kenduri kawen dkt dewan.

my grup panel was mostly guys. i'm the only gal in the panel. the first sequence was a guy from kelantan. he studied in SMK Al-Amin before. before petronas, he was called for interview in MARA n he was applying for medics. his name is RAHMAN. at UTP, he was applying for geophysics.

the second sequence was a guy from terengganu. his loghat was so pekat.yet he was very funny. i liked him. his name is FARIS. he studied at MJSC YT before. n like rahman, he applied medics n MARA. he was applying for mechanical engineering under UTP programme.

the third sequence guy was NABIL. he studied in sains seremban. he was from gombak, KL. he had applied jpa for pharmacy n now he was appliying for mechanical engineering under UTP programme.

then the forth sequence was me.

we were given a case study which is under topics FOOD FOR THOUGHT. it was under genetic engineer knowledge. we were focusing on genetically modified(GM) food. each sequence had a different recommandation. so, we need to elaborate based on recommandation given. we were provided with research n some background bout the topics itself. so, u need not to worry much or doing some research in the internet bout any topics cz we were oredi provided with the facts.

we were given 30 minutes to think. there were papers for u to jot down anything u wanted. after 30 minutes, we were taken to the the waiting room to be interviewed by the panels.

we were called individually at first. during my individual test, i rate it as not gud enaf n not impressive. during individual session, u need to tell some facts bout ursef n ur backgrounds. then, u have to tell them bout ur elaboration n opinions bout the case given to u.

after all the members in the grup panels had been interviewed individually, we went fo grup interview. there, u shud discussed bout ur case study n ur recommandation. bout wut u shud do with ur case study. that's all.. nothing much.

so..i think i've given clear figure bout how the interviews is going on. for those who are going there, gud luck n best wishes from me..
=)


p/s : actlly, i dun really hope to get this scholar based on my performance. i wasn't that gud. but, people, when u heard anybody who got petronas scholars, believe me, they were super genius n had a super great leadership quality. so, if u've made it to get the scholar, cogratulation!! u were among the great people. however, the experience during the educamp is the experience i wud remember as the most valuable ones.

life must go on,

peace

♥

PETRONAS EDUCAMP 2008 hari pertama

Okay, I just wanna share with u guys about my fresh experience of going to PETRONAS sponsorship programme or known as EDUCAMP. Before this, I've attended JPA scholarship interview but I didn't write a post about it cause I don't think I'm good enough to give any advice to the you candidates.

BUT!!

It doesn't mean that I excelled in my PETRONAS' interview. It's just I wanna share some experience going through all the hardship. Believe me, this interview, is the most competitive interview I've ever attended. Like my batch, the guys are 4:1 compared to the girls. So, some of the girls got intimidated.

Actually, I was quite surprise that I got the chance to go to this EDUCAMP thingy in UTP, Tronoh, Perak. Cause I don't expect that I would get shortlisted. I thought I'd never met their requirement. But, alhamdulillah, thank GOD, ALLAH is almighty HE gives to those who HE wants and I'm one of the lucky people who got the chance. I was very thankful for that.

EDUCAMP was held for two days. i was in the first batch. so, our EDUCAMP starts on 15th April to 16th April.

I arrived at UTP around 7.55 am. At that time, I saw lotsa people there. I was like 'wowed!!' I was looking for my friends from MJSC BESERI, but I saw no one.

I went for some briefing about the hostel. We were given the map of UTP. Believe me, the map and the actual road are quite different. My hostel is at village 2. My room was at the highest level which is at 4 or 5..something like that, I can't remember. My roommate was also an ex MJSC student. She was from MJSC KOPU. She came all the way from Terengganu which is well, quite far from here.

After we've checked in, we are required to go to the Chancellor Complex. Believe me, you would be impress by the architectural design. I dunno how the architect could imagine to build such place. I'll tell u bout the libraries later.

We need to register everything all by ourselves as the parents were required to enter the hall first. We're required to give all the documents asked together with the akujanji and the bank receipt. i dunno that we're required to bring the bank receipt, so i told the officer that I didn't brought them (in fact, I lose it!!) the officer said that it was okay as long as I've made my payment. I got my EDUCAMP ID NO. which is 100129.

After the registration, we went upstairs straight to the hall. There, at the hall, I saw REVATHY, NADIA LDP, and ROSMIZA 5K. But, we didn't talked much cause everybody seems to have their own cliques but me. :( But, thank god, I met my roommates. So, I just stay with her.

At the hall, they gave us some briefing about UTP and PETRONAS instituition itself.

After the official perasmian, parents were allowed to leave the hall and went back but if some who wants to remain, they're allowed to do so.

During the second session, there were 2 UTP students who told us about their experience studying in UTP. One from Malaysia, and one from South Africa. The way they told us bout their experience being a student there make us excited plus,like what the officer told us that almost 80% of job employment are guaranteed.

After the session ended, we went for our lunch at the place where we first arrived. After that, there were buses waiting for us to take us back to our hostel.

At about 2.30 pm, we were taken by bus to the Main Hall. There, we were required to took a PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST. It was to check what personality we have, I think. The questions were quite different from the psychology test that always held by the caunselors at maktab before. (according to my friends, this test was actually to be submitted to Petronas for sponsorship purpose. wallahualam)

After we finished our test, we're taken to the Chancellor Complex again and were divided into groups according to the course that we applied.



I was in the group of mechanical engineering 2. In our group, there were only 4 girls including me and there are almost a hundred guys with us. The seniors (our facies) took us to the IRC (library) in front of the Chancellor Hall. The library is very big. They have 6 stairs of racks that are fully loaded with books. We were told that there were almost 190 000 books in the IRC. But, we noticed some of the racks were empty, imagine if all the racks are all full with books, by then, they wud be almost a million of books there!

UTP has broadband wireless internet connection as well as 3G. So, it wud be very convinient for those who study there. After we enjoyed ourself at UTP, we went to the labs. It was gorgeous. At first, I wasn't excited about the idea of continuing studying in UTP. But, after I saw all the facilities and their multinasional study culture I think those who get to study here are very lucky.

During the night, we were taken to the chancellor hall to get some briefing about tomorrow's interview. Here, u should listen very carefully all the instructions bout the buses, the timing, and the places. Or else, u wud not know what u have to do. they were some briefing bout the documents that have to be certififed. So, u dun have to worry if u dont bring enough documents cause u can fax it to them later. Wuteva it is, just listen carefully to what they're talking bout.

the students were moving out to get back to the hostel to pepare for tomorrow's interview.