:: Bye Malaysia.. settling down in Dublin ::

Assalamualaikum, hello there...

~ new challenges begin! ~

Yeay, dah lama tak berblog! hahaha. Alhamdulillah dah selamat merentas lautan dari Malaysia ke Abu Dhabi ke Dublin ok cerita dah basi. tapi tak kira, nak cerita jugak! haha. Err.. tp sebenarnya tak tau nak cerita apa pun untuk entry ni haha. 

Share gambar jela ye. Let the pictures tell the story yaw!

~ di awangan biru lagi gelita ~

~ bosan-bosan tengok lah Barney & Tom ~

~ bekalan dari Malaysia ~

~ first time shopping! ~

~ equals to giant & mydin *kot* ~

~ simcard baru yaw ~

Settling-down settling-down jugak, kelas ACCA dah lama start. Siap dah ada mock exam lagi beb! Oh ACCA please be nice to all of us! :)

 

Rasa macam still tak percaya that I was been given this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity by Allah. Alhamdulillah, setelah melalui pelbagai duri dan onak liku, impian aku untuk study over the sea dimakbulkan.

Syukur syukur syukur :)

Wassalam.

:: Sediakah aku? It's a mixed feeling ::

Assalamualaikum, hello there...

Oh my GOD! It's 13th August. A day to gooo!! Tak percaya rasanya.. Esok, insyaAllah will be going to KLIA. Hopefully jalan dah tak jam & sempat sampai on time. Flight ke Dublin, Ireland pukul 8.30 malam, so nak kena sampai around 5 jugak la for those check-in procedure. First time nak naik kapal ke luar negara ni..so agak keblurran tak tau apa nak kena buat kesian kan hehehe.. Alhamdulillah all those tix thingy was done by my agent. Naik kapal mana, harga & pukul berapa.. semua beliau yang uruskan. ETIHAD AIRWAYS KL - A.DHABI - DUBLIN. 15 hours of flight mau cramp satu badan hahaha.

Preparation?? Hmm..all those listing alhamdulillah dah 95% completed. Wish lists pun alhamdulillah dah tertunai. Luggage dah awal2 packing before balik kampung. I bawak 2 luggage tau uols. 1 yang besaq untuk baju and another one kecik sikit untuk makanan. Stok makanan nak bawak banyak tapi beg dah tak muat maa. Yang muat boleh lah bertahan untuk sebulan dua kot.. Takpe, my sedara said dekat Dublin ada je Asian market. So if nak cari barang2 rencah or things like kicap cap kipas udang tu insyaAllah ada. Cuma mahal sikit la kot if nak compare dengan RM hehe.

 

~ yeay! alhamdulillah sempat makan durian ~

Housemate aku sorang dah selamat sampai dah ke bumi Dublin tu. Dia pergi dengan mak dia..nak pergi jalan2 ke U.K. dulu katanya. So dia lah yang uruskan hal2 dengan landlord. Dia yang amik kunci rumah, sign contract & bayar first rental dan juga rasmi rumah tu hehehe. So alhamdulillah, our accommodation thingy dah settle.

Other things? Hmm... duit Euro dah tukar, passport dah aktif, related documents dah print.. so, insyaAllah aku dah ready to fly. Harap2 takde lah benda2 yang tertinggal especially benda2 penting. Aminn.. Babai Malaysia. Till we meet again, insyaAllah next year! Pejam celik pejam celik je insyaAllah dah setahun kan :)

~ most important to-do-list ~

Notakaki: Sedihnya tak sempat nak pergi majlis convo diri sendiri November ni. TT_TT Penat belajar untuk degree for 5 and 1/2 years, tup2 takde kenangan dengan scroll huhuu. Takpe, bak kata a friend of mine time sekolah dulu, go for things yang lagi penting.. So yeah! Selamat bergraduasi kawan2ku :)

Tunggu update as a perantau lah pulak ye and wish me luck!

Selamat Hari Raya Maaf Zahir Batin.
Ya Allah, berkatilah & rahmati niatku, permudahkanlah urusanku dan selamatkanlah perjalananku. Aminn..

Wassalam. 

:: Biro Tata Negara 18-22 Julai 2013 ::

Assalamualaikum, hello there…

Yeay! Akhirnya hutangku pada BTN dah selesai! Since MARA and other government related agency mewajibkan BTN, ‘hutang’ would be appropriate, right? hehehe.. It was tanggal 18 Julai yang lalu.. pakej 5 hari 4 malam tau uols - hahaha gedik - . The one that I joined was practically called BTN - Program Transformasi Pegawai ke Luar Negara. So bagi rakan-rakan yang nak pergi overseas tu, kena lah hadirkan diri ke sini ye :) And as the word ‘Pegawai’ suggest, jangan haraplah nak jumpa kanak-kanak riang or anak-anak lepasan SPM kan. 

~ goodies ~

As in my case, the participants are either insan-insan yang bakal further under MARA or kakitangan kerajaan yang dihantar untuk melanjutkan pengajian dalam sub kepakaran masing-masing. Dan baruku tahu yang rupa-rupanya program ni diadakan every months setiap tahun. Tinggal nak pilih je sesi yag sesuai dengan jadual tahunan. 

And biasanya kalau sebut je pasal kem, mesti korang terbayang dorm dan hutan belantara kan? Tenggg salah! Lokasi BTN untuk program ni dekat Akademi Kenegaraan Jalan Bellamy, Kuala Lumpur. Di tengah bandaraya tau..siap boleh nampak KL Tower and rasa jerebu kota lagi. Dekat je dengan Jalan Istana Negara yang lama tu silalah google ye. Rumah ala-ala apartment tu beb, with 3 rooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 toilets. Plus, air conditioned hall and bedroom! Kalau tak reti bersyukur jugak, tak tau lah apa masalah korang hahaha. Memang superb wa cakap sama lu.

Program ni lain ok dengan program BTN yang aku pernah join masa zaman sekolah dan universiti dulu. Yang ni boleh tahan leisure jugak tau. Plus, bulan Ramadhan pulak tu..aktiviti riadah takde, siap ade break 1-5pm kau jahh..tengok gayanya memang sesuai sangatlah kan untuk membuta di siang hari. Untung kan di situ? hahaha. First 2 days dengar ceramah je dalam auditorium. And seperti biasa, speaker nya memang pelbagai lah kan..ade yang best, yang boleh mengundang mengantuk pun tak terkecuali hahaha. Then another 2 days ade Latihan dalam Kumpulan. Nothing much pun. Just a few discussions, lectures and activities depending on the facilitators. Ada yang sambung lecture, buat discussion on few issues, debate, dan pelbagai aktiviti lah.

~ sesi ceramah ~

~ kuliah Subuh ~

Oh haa..kena buat persembahan nyanyian lagu-lagu patriotik in group tau. So pandai2lah practice among group members. On the last day pulak, just ada ujian and majlis penutup. Ok jangan cuak dulu. Test dia takde lah susah mana. It was open book. Tapi ade jugaklah yang macam takde dalam buku, then hentam keromo sajalah labu.. 

~ performances - lagu2 patriotik ~

 

~ ujian ~

The program was basically trying to instill our semangat jati diri especially Malays so that kita berpijak di bumi realiti dan tak lupa asal usul. Most people think that it brain-washes the participants, especially to make them support the government. But in my modest opinion, it would least likely to affect your political stand. Well yeah, since BTN is a program sponsored by the government, so ideology pembangkang memang takkan berkumadang lah dalam kem ni kan. Got what I meant, rite? Pengisian program cuma banyak mengulas hal-hal rasional yang termaktub dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan, sejarah negara dan isu semasa negara, which at the end of the day akan membuat kita sedar tentang few things yang selama ini kita mungkin leka dan tak pernah nak ambil peduli. 

And believe it or not, each time aku join BTN, air mata aku ni mesti berebut-rebut nak keluar - ish, tak paham betul lah!- . Kalau yang dulu sebab terlampau menghayati filem 1957: Hati Malaya yang ditayangkan, kali ni sebab video keadaan negara yang tidak bersatu dan kurang benasib baik. Impaknya, ia memberi kesedaran betapa bertuahnya kita di bumi Malaysia ini dan pentingnya kita mengekalkan keharmonian yang ada ayat cliche, yes I know thehehe...  And in my case, aku MAKIN sedar betapa pentingnya Melayu untuk terus berusaha segigih-gigihnya supaya standing dengan bangsa lain. And, aku takde lah pulak terasa nak sokong mana-mana parti bila dah join kursus ni.

So Malays out there, jom kita lebih gigih dalam memajukan bangsa! Enough being in the comfort zone, ye Melayu sekalian…

Notakaki: Sebak pulak dengar sajak Perjuangan Belum Selesai by Tun Mahathir tu.. tak pernah dengar?? haa pi cari kat Youtube nuh.. and Alhamdulillah, baru je settlekan agreement MARA..fuhh penat tau!! Now, let's counting days fellas :)

Selamat berpuasa.

Praise be to Allah!

Wassalam.

:: Lagi tentang PTPTN ::

Assalamualaikum, hello there...

There's an update with regards to our beloved PTPTN :) Alhamdulillah, masih diberi peluang untuk kotakan janji untuk update pasal PTPTN ni. Bak kata, JANJI DITEPATI! never means harm, tak bermaksud pun nak berpolitik hehehe.. Ok, let's straight to the main point here.

Few days ago, a friend of mine said that we could simply ask for a letter mentioning that PTPTN gives permission to seek/accept Pinjaman from other body. Just go to the nearest PTPTN branch, then ask them for a letter called or should I say..with the title 'KEBENARAN MENERIMA PINJAMAN/PEMBIAYAAN DARIPADA PENAJA LAIN'. And the good news is..you could get this letter on the spot! hurrrayy!! alhamdulillah..nampak sangat dorg copy-paste-edit kan? hehehe..but allowable in this case.. 

~ surat tersebut ~

But then, you still need to apply for it officially. Simply follow the steps in the previous entry, ok! But to simplify it, here are the documents you need:

1. Surat rasmi penangguhan
2. Borang permohonan penangguhan bayaran balik PTPTN
3. Surat tawaran universiti
4. Surat tawaran daripada penaja baru (jika ada)

Once you provide them with these documents, insyaAllah..the expected letter will be yours in a minute never forget to say alhamdulillah ye kawan-kawan.. 

NEW UPDATE:
 I went to PTPTN cawangan Kuala Terengganu hari tu and asked for that "Kebenaran Menerima Pinjaman.." letter. I gave all 4 documents mentioned above but the officer said that to have surat Kebenaran tu, I need to provide additional surat. Dah penat merayu pun dorg still reluctant unless I provide it. boleh tahan degil jugak dorg ni kan. Sorry I can't remember and provide contoh surat tu sebab I did that letter on the spot pegawai tu ade tunjuk contoh and so, dan dan tu jgk aku pn tiru la..tulis pakai tangan je hahaha. And if I remember it correctly, the letter tak lain tak bukan, just to mention yang kita nak mintak surat kebenaran tu. And so, selepas menunggu selama few minutes, akhirnya dapat jugak surat yang diingini tersebut.


Sekian terima kasih.

May Allah ease everything for us!
Wassalam.

:: Penangguhan JPA & PTPTN ::

Assalamualaikum, hello there...

It's been time to pray extra hard than before. Yup it's approaching. Soon. Keputusan MARA akan diumumkan, insyaAllah akhir Mei. Which is someday in this week! Ya Allah..semoga hasratku tercapai dan diberi peluang keemasan ini..insyaAllah..Aminn ya rabbal alamin :) 

So in the mean time, it's about time to give away another useful info hehehe. Hope it helps some clueless people out there :) Kali ini aku akan update pasal penangguhan kontrak atau pinjaman iaitu JPA & PTPTN. For sure ramai yang still terikat dengan these things, rite? Tapi untuk yang bukan JPA & PTPTN, sorry aku kurang arif lah..but they might be the same though. So feel free to take it as a guide.

Untuk yang ada buat pinjaman dengan PTPTN dan nak tangguh bayaran balik, prosesnya agak mudah if nak compare dengan JPA. Sebab korang just kena sediakan hanya beberapa dokumen. Just make sure korang dah ada offer letter dari universiti, tulis surat rasmi untuk inform yang korang nak tangguh and lastly, isi form. Offer letter tu kira sebagai bukti lah. Then surat tu karang je sesedap rasa. If tak reti jugak and nak tengok contoh, sila email ye. As for the form, it would be available if you search in the website or just google it okay. Semua ni by pos ye. Ke alamat PTPTN. Time aku ni dorg belum guna khidmat email2 lagi. So, that's it! Lepas tu tunggu jela berita dari PTPTN. Paling lama nak proses dorg cakap dalam sebulan. But it's better for you guys to call them bila dah pos untuk pastikan dorg dah terima & start proses permohonan tu.

Then korang akan dapat surat kebenaran/penolakan dari PTPTN. In my case, as for now I only got a letter mentioning that the application is accepted but it can't be processed yet. Sebab jadual bayaran balik belum dijana, yang biasanya akan dijana slps 6 bulan tamat belajar. So kena tunggu 6 bulan tu & apply lagi skali. Bila dah sampai step tu insyaAllah i'll update again ye. Walaupun time apply tu maybe dah selamat further hehehe.

Ok now, untuk JPA pulak. A bit tedious than PTPTN. Mula-mula kena lapor diri. Yela, dah nama pun ada kontrak perkhidmatan kan. Lapor diri boleh thru online and manual. Both are quite the same, actually. Then dah lapor diri baru boleh proceed apply penangguhan. Guna point-form la ye senang sikit.

A. LAPOR DIRI
1.  Apply jobs to SPA -online- sebab slip tu diperlukan untuk lapor diri JPA.
2. Isi/update maklumat peribadi, pengajian, etc. website JPA-something called Modul Pemantauan Pelajar. If tak boleh or ada masalah, you're welcomed to do it manually. Either by email/hand/post/fax to the person in charge.

B. PENANGGUHAN

Pos/email kan these few documents which are: 

• Surat rasmi penangguhan
• Offer letter from university
• Surat sokongan daripada penjamin
• Borang J5 - borang permohonan penangguhan

It is advisable that korang contact JPA as soon as korang dah pos/email sebab dorg might be busy. Kadang-kadang the staff in charge takde, pergi kursus lah. So just to make sure your application isn't KIV-ed. Then if everything settled, you'll get a reply and copies of new Perjanjian Tambahan. Lebih kurang sama macam perjanjian time pinjaman dulu. Kena sign saksi, matikan setem hasil, etc. These are serious matters! Dengan government la katekan hehe. But no worries, at this rate insyaAllah you'll be guided by the staff. Bila dah submit balik perjanjian tu, THE END. Yeay! InsyaAllah you'll be given sufficient time to postpone your service. Tapi lepas dah habis further tu, bawak-bawaklah lapor diri kembali berbakti kepada negara ye :) 

~ yang pink tu lah Perjanjian Tambahan ~

Sekian. Tu jela proses dan prosedur nya. Sounds simple? Wait until you deal with them yourself. Boleh tahan pening jugak lah especially if korang tak dapat contact the staffs hahaha. These steps are what I've gone through. In the year 2013. Tahun-tahun lain mungkin berlainan. So without being 100% following this guide, you should directly contact the staffs both JPA & PTPTN in case the requirements are different. Because sorry, I won't & shouldn't be held responsible if problem occurs thehehe :)

All the best!
Sorry for the un-Italic words.
Wassalam.

:: Psychometric Test MARA ::

Assalamualaikum, hello there...

As how much as I hoped for hints for the test, hopefully this would be beneficial. So, it's time to talk more details about MARA huh.. Yup, the so-called nerve-wrecking Psychometric Test. Untuk program Pasca Siswazah 2013. Well, I got an invitation to sit for this test last month. 30th of April 2013 to be exact. 

~ the details from Semakan Online ~

How was it? Hmm...it was so-so lah. The questions weren't that tough. If you ask me whether or not you have to prepare beforehand, I would say...it probably won't give you any advantage unless you know which consultant company did MARA referred to thehehe. The test generally comprises of 3 sections. A: 50 MCQs in English - B: 50 MCQs in Bahasa Melayu - C: 50-words length of Essay (was asked in English). And oh! Only 1 hour was given to answer all!

Still wondering how the questions were? Nah, silakanlah baca sampai habis ye. Sorry sebab panjang sangat. Just bear with it, ok :)

Rasanye this test is designed to evaluate your..everything?? Sebab MrGoogle bgtau yang ada some employers guna this to substitute interview session. So, it might test your IQ, personality, attitude, leadership, etc. And as for MARA, YES.. I could feel that I was tested on these things. Examples are as follows:

Logical thinking

> If ABCD=2143, what is D9EJ?

Teka-teki pun ada..

> Encik Ali, bapa Siti, ada 4 org anak. Nana, Nini, Nono. Apakah nama anak ke-4?

Leadership

> A good leader is ______.

(among choices: people-centric/work-centric/principles-centric. no right/wrong answers. it depends on your preference)

Entrepreneurship

> An entrepreneur is responsible for ________.

Personality/Attitude

> Apakah yang anda lakukan jika ternampak budak membuang sampah merata-rata?

Problem Solving

> Apakah yang perlu dilakukan terhadap gadis yang mengandung anak luar nikah?

Simple Maths

> 10,000 plus 500, add another 500, minus 20, times 5, minus 1,000 and add 10 is _____?

General Issues 

> Apakah punca utama perceraian? (also depends on your own priority)

General Knowledge

> Bagaimanakah cara untuk mengubah saiz windows pada desktop?
*NEW INFO!! Abstract reasoning

 

Essay

> How did you see yourself in the next 5 years?

See! They aren't as tough as you thought they would be, rite? 70% daripadanya simple je. Tapi tak dinafikan, ada jugak lah soalan yang mencabar. Undeniable. That 30% lah. But mostly, they are just about you being yourself. That's how they judge you. Some questions might look the same. Are they testing on your consistency? Maybe. As well as your tahap kepekaan jugak.

Piece of advise? Answer as fast as you can. There's no time to even bite your nails or to look pretty/handsome hahaha. Seriously. Kalau tak dapat jawab, better skip je dulu then come back to it later. Ramai yang suggest jawab yang BM dulu sebab lebih senang. But if you understand English better than BM, maybe you should go for English dulu kot. Whichever yang menyenangkan lah. As for the essay, takyah bgtau pn anda tau kan. You could do a draft beforehand. Rileks. Jangan gelabah sangat ok. You could bring a calculator. Just in case. Mana tau kot2 blank. tambah tolak pun boleh salah nanti thehehe. I asked a friend whom went for program Lepasan SPM 2013. The questions are more or less the same. I mean, the scope of the questions. They tested him on the same elements as well.

So, just be yourself. Don't try to look good by choosing the most angelic answers. You'll be busted somehow. Believe me :)

~ sekadar hiasan ~

Best of luck!

Wassalam.

:: Route to the Dream ::

Assalamualaikum, hello there...

As the title suggests, this entry is regarding steps to be taken to fulfill the my dream might be applicable and be of a little help to you as well. Things that you have to do if you're interested  to further up your study post-graduate, overseas. It may not applicable to those lepasan SPM since the route is a lot different, I guess. 

 Anyway, hope it helps. 

 1. Consult lecturers, university's agents, Mr. google, etc.  

note: studying overseas isn't easy. make yourself clear of your decision.

ask for their opinion about everything. the course, country, university, etc.

 2. Survey & apply to the university 

note: check all the requirement needed. passport, IELTS, full transcript, etc.

 3. Response from the university 

note: you'll get the Offer Letter -unconditional/conditional/provisional offer-

 4. Look for sponsor(s) 

note: be extra-alert for the application date, you don't want to miss it. believe me.

as for MARA, the scholarship programme opens on March every year.

self-sponsored? skip this step. ohh you're so lucky.

 5. Apply for postponement of previous study loan/contracts 

note: if applicable only. this includes PTPTN/JPA/MARA contracts during your undergraduates.

 6. Accept the offer 

note: fill in relevant acceptance form. payment of fees -by you yourself or sponsor(s)-

 7. Apply for a visa 

note: the process may take some times. follow requirements from the authority. 

lucky enough, some countries doesn't require a visa. :)

 8. Book for a flight ticket, look for accommodation, etc. 

note: you could also ask the sponsor/agent to help you in settling these matters.

 9. Congrats. Wait for your flight. Yeay!  

note: ok dah boleh la beli makanan, baju & stuffs yang ingin dibawa :)

 10. Don't forget to study hard! 

note: set your aims and goals there. so that your time & money spent there won't be a waste.

contribute to the world.

That's it. Quite a lot to do, huh? Hmm wait until you come to the details and requirements of each step. You'll get crazier more stresses hahaha. Nauzubillah. You should always remember that these steps might be different, depending on your choices of university or country or even sponsor. But no worries, take it slow. Provided you have plentiful of time :)

All the best!

:: Dream Wisely ::

Everyone has their own dream

A dream to own thousands of things

Valuable properties, good career, great family 

Big or small, it doesn't matter

What matters more is the way you deal with it

For some people, it would change as time passes

While for some others it won't

But please...

Neither dream too much nor be like mat jenin

This is pathetic, seriously

Set a clear goal for your own dream

It should be the #1 rule in dreaming

As a base, a foundation

As long as it is for a good reason, a good niyyah

You should go for it

And then try your very best to make the dream comes true

Never dream endlessly

Since endless dream would make you even more confuse

And endless dream means you are never in reality

There should be times where you wake up

You determine it

And as Muslims, blessings from Him and Jannah is our ultimate dream

Let's dream for both this world and the Hereafter

Let's together we strive for it

Aminnn...

:: Iklan ::

 - Kejayaan bermula dengan impian. So, Let's Dream High! - 

Assalamualaikum, hello there...

Hmm since it's the 1st entry, it would be better for me to do a brief iklan introduction, rite? -yeah sure, you can call it an iklan (advertisement) if you want- Well as you could clearly read, the headtitle is "Let's Dream High".. So high chances are, I would be talking about dreams.(precisely, my dream lah kan.. theehehe). And by saying that, I could possibly relate it to, my current dream..that is..I'm currently chasing after studying-abroad-dream.

Well actually I had been dreaming this as I completed my SPM few years back, which was to study medicine in Ireland. Tetapi, result tak berapa nak straight As, so niat tu terkubur. In fact, I've been off-tracked from medicine! Why?? Because...I took the opportunity to study Accounting in one of IPTAs in Malaysia sahaja. But no regrets, fellas! Everything has it's own hikmah. o yes,i believe in that. So takyah nak touching2 sedih2 ye disini :) And to add to it, I managed to fall myself in love with it. I've even completed my Bachelor of Accounting recently (Alhamdulillah) and now...I'm in the process of chasing after my another-half-dream (study abroad). 

I'm applying for ACCA (a professional papers in Accounting) and the selected countries are United Kingdom & Ireland! And to begin with, the process....MasyaAllah.. they are quite tedious. Sometimes it might be nerve-wrecking, especially if you're bonded with tons of contracts (oh yes, hyperbola disitu haha). In my case, I'm bonded with JPA as well as PTPTN (pinjaman before dapat JPA). Seriously, there are whole lots of things to do..which I would, InsyaAllah, share it with you guys in some other time hopefully by then, i'm still interested to blog lah wahaha.. till then, Assalamualaikum...

~a notebook & sticky notes would be very much helpful :) ~