One Heck of a Week

Assalamualaikum

Okay, this post might be a bit crazy and pointless. But I've experienced one heck of a week lately. Yet, as I said, this is some pointless posts among others in my blog. So, I'm going to keep it simple and short as I can.

Alkisah Mengisi Borang UPU - Why I Choose TESL?

[Update: 19/4/2014]
I had an interview with UiTM regarding the TESL foundation which went well as you can follow it on this post. UPSI has turned down my application. So, it's down to three options. Oh, and the IPG, I'm not listed for the recent UKCG qualification test. And I felt relieved for that, as there were 'ujian kecergasan' to be done, and as far as you know, this boy hasn't even stretched a muscle for the a few months since the big exam.

[Update: 18/3/2015]
I'm already in Semester 2 of Asasi TESL UiTM! Kyaaaa~~~ How time flies. Sorry if there's not much about the program I'm doing right now here. I'm quite busy considering it's almost the end of the semester, thus the whole foundation program. I'll keep updating about it from time to time. Thank you for reading this blog, everyone!

[Update: 15/4/2015]
Hey guys! Alhamdulillah, I'm finally done with my foundation program! Wuuuhuuu! It has been a great year, and I can't wait to share some stuffs with you guys so stay tuned here. And good luck to those who are going for the interview this weekend!

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Assalamualaikum.

Hari ini (19/4/2014) menandakan langkah pertama aku untuk melanjutkan pelajaran ke pengajian tinggi. Hal ini kerana, hari ini ialah hari temuduga untuk Asasi TESL di UiTM Kampus Bandaraya Johor Bahru.

Semua ni bermula pada bulan Disember 2013, aku mula isi borang permohonan aku kat UPU sebagaimana kebanyakan lepasan SPM batch aku buat. Untuk bahagian pilihan kursus, aku dah set dalam minda aku untuk pilih bidang pendidikan dan perguruan (lebih kepada bahasa). Banyak faktor yang membuatkan aku pilih bidang ni.

Antaranya:

• ibu bapa dan cikgu-cikgu aku ramai yang cadangkan aku amik kos ni, sebab dorang nampak potensi dan kebolehan aku dalam menguasai bahasa Inggeris
• kehendak dan hasrat aku sendiri nak belajar bahasa Inggeris
• memang cita-cita aku nak jadi seorang guru / warga pendidik (tak kira lah kalau tak dapat jadi cikgu, boleh jadi pensyarah, cikgu tuisyen dll)
• majoriti orang yang aku jumpa (cikgu-cikgu, parents etc.) berpendapat yang orang lelaki ada peluang yang lebih cerah dan lebih besar kemungkinan untuk masuk dalam kos ni, disebabkan ratio antara lelaki dan perempuan di universiti yang amik kos ni kira-kira 30:70.
• majoriti orang yang aku jumpa juga berpendapat yang kos perguruan / pendidikan ni lebih mudah untuk dapat pekerjaan setelah habis pengajian. keluar-keluar je boleh dapat kerja jadi cikgu atau apa-apa pun.

So, I'm gonna stick to those factors and principles as I gathered all my confidence by filling the first 4 choices out of 8 provided, with TESLs and English courses.

First of all, for those who are unfamiliar about what does the TESL acronym itself means. It's
Teaching English as a Second Language

Firstly, there were three choice of field that we wanted to be enrolled into. There were couple of options, but I simply set my eyes on 'Pendidikan', 'Bahasa' and 'Pengajian Islam'. I wanted to choose linguistics because that's what I'm good at. The third one was a safe option because I'm not prefer to choose fields related to engineering, mechanical, medical, science etc. because I'm simply not good at it. Then, moving on to the courses...

Apparently, there were only 4 offers given:

• Asasi TESL - UiTM (Universiti Teknologi Mara)
• Asasi Bahasa Inggeris - UIAM (Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia)
• Diploma TESL - UNISZA (Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin)
• Diploma Bahasa Inggeris - UPSI (Universiti Perguruan Sultan Idris)

Dan keempat-empat tawaran itu lah yang aku isi kat dalam empat pilihan pertama. Kebetulan pulak, empat kotak pilihan pertama tu ditanda asterisk berwarna merah (*) means pilihan tu adalah pilihan-pilihan paling utama kau. Dalam empat-empat pilihan tu, pilihan pertama dilihat sebagai yang paling utama (main priority). Part tu, aku decide banyak-banyak kali, even sampai habiskan kuota kemaskini aku (setiap calon diberi kuota kemaskini borang UPU sebanyak 3 kali) untuk tentukan sama ada mana satu tawaran yang paling aku nak. Last sekali aku decide untuk letak Asasi TESL UiTM sebagai pilihan paling utama.

Yup, ramai orang akan tanya kenapa hanya isi 4 pilihan sedangkan boleh isi kesemua pilihan yang ada. Well, aku mengaku memang rasa bersalah sebab cuma isi 4 pilihan je. But that's the only choices I had. It's all related to my SPM result. Bila aku kandas kat subjek-subjek sains dan hebat kat subjek-subjek teras dan bahasa, that had me thinking. I'm no science man, I'm a language man.

And yes, sepanjang-panjang tahun aku belajar subjek-subjek sains (the killer trio: FIZIK, KIMIA, BIOLOGI) and not to mention, the ridiculously difficult ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS, I had but only one conclusion:

.... AKU TAK FAHAM SATU APA PUN.

Either aku malas nak belajar, atau otak aku dah tak mampu nak congak nombor dan hafal formula, ataupun mungkin subjek-subjek tu musuh ketat aku. Memang aku tak boleh terima dan tak rela lagi terseksa dengan kesengsaraan menelaah subjek-subjek ni. Kadangkala aku kesiankan cikgu-cikgu subjek tu yang ajar aku. Terpaksa berhadapan dengan seorang pelajar bermasalah yang tak boleh nak ngadap subjek ni macam aku.

Sorry teachers! -____-"

That's the main reason and only reason why I choose TESL as my utmost option to continue my studies in IPTA. Not only that, I even applied for the 'Institusi Perguruan' in the UKCG (Ujian Kelayakan Calon Guru) programme, and guess what I chose for the options: BM & BI. (although the UKCG is a programme where the graduates will end up becoming a primary teacher. but still. a TEACHER. heck yeah, i applied)

Now, I should tell you readers about my SPM result. It wasn't good afterall. No flying colours, except for 'colourful' grades on my result paper. It's like all the grades available in the system (except B, E & G) were there.

Official result: 1 A+, 1 A, 2 A-, 3 C+, 2 D

And that kids, is why I choose TESL as my primary option in the UPU. Well, hopefully I get to pursue my dream of becoming a teacher after this. For your information, as I pen this down, the UPU is still in process, so I don't put high hopes on the results, but I've seen some light shed and I think the chances are on my side this time.

Peace out.
Ikhmal Zikry

2014 - The Trilogy Continues...

Assalamualaikum semua!

Wow! Dah lama tak menaip di blog ni. Last entry pun pasal entah apa apa je. Sebenarnya buat blog ni cuma buat ada-ada je. Sekadar tempat meluahkan perasaan... But, it's good to have one. So, nanti I can brag to others about having one. Hahahaha. Aku ni dah lama malas nak menaip. Tapi nak luahkan perasaan. Ha, achaner tu? Sampai struktur ayat aku pun dah berbelit-belit... Pening nak baca lah!

Ok, back to the topic... As you can see the entry title above....

Yup guys, like it or not, it's 2014. (yeaaaahhhh...... in a hambar way)

Like seriously, it's 2013 2014. (tengok! sampai tersalah taip...)

Ok, I know the fact that it's already February 2014. 7th of it, the day I started this entry...
Dan aku rasa lifeless gila. By the fact that aku dah habis sekolah. Done. Finished.

Dan aku sekarang sedang menganggur.
Tanam anggur.
Kat rumah.
Lepak.
Uhhhh~~

9 Januari yang lepas birthday aku yang ke-18. So I'm legally 18 years old. Meaning that aku:

• eligible to enter any kind of adult events that limits to those who aged 18 and above; 
• eligible to enter that kind of event without even needing the permission of parents and/or guardian (although sebelum ni, memang tak pernah tanya pun...)
• eligible to enter any kind of website that requires you to be 18 before being able to view the contents (if you know what I mean)

Untung lah kan birthday awal. Well, it's actually not. It sucks. A lot. Like blueerrghhhh ..... ! xP
Early birthday does not make you feel happy. Orang tak ingat langsung birthday aku. Dan disebabkan itu, aku rasa unappreciated. Sobbing.... T_____T
(well, that's a sign of immaturity...)

Anyway!

That's the first part of this entry... which is now we're in 2014. I'm a lifeless unemployed ex-high school student. That's fine.

Now, why is it dubbed "The Trilogy Continues"?

Let me put it straight for you readers here.....:

1996-2002 : this is my childhood moments. 
starting from the day I was born to the day I finished preschool. I can't remember very clearly about anything that happened to me between these years, though.

2003-2008 : I started attending to primary school and a lot of things happened to me,
although there were not much photo-graphical moments to be kept as memories.

2009-2013 : these years meant a lot to me,
where I spent my teenage life living in both high school hostel and fully-residential school hostel. I made a lot of friends who would turn up as brothers for the whole period. yang mana doranglah tempat aku menumpang kasih, berkongsi saat pahit manis suka duka. peneman di kala waktu malam. sama-sama kena denda dengan warden, dengan cikgu. hahahaha, sweet times~~

Thus, the trilogy. Three different periods that I have spent my life so far. 2014 marked the beginning of a whole new chapter of my life, now that I'm 18 and about to go to college. This is going to be exciting.

Meeting new friends,
New teachers,
New b*tches and haters,
New tricks and tips,
New stuffs that I'll wear and tear

Much more things that will lost and found,
Much more idiotic moments...

Tak sabar rasanya! Wuuhuu~~~

Ok. So, that's all for this entry. Sorry panjang sangat. Maklumlah dah lama tak berblog.
Until then, stay awesome~! (ayat siapa entah, main rembat...)

P.S: Kalau ada masa jenguk-jenguklah channel YT kita. Hehehehe :D (self-promote.... boo! lame...)

Movie Review: Tanda Putera

Assalamualaikum.

Hari Ahad lepas (8 Sept), aku dah pergi tonton cerita Tanda Putera, cerita yang orang kata racist dan banyak kontroversi. Memang aku ada baca sikit sikit gosip dan khabar angin pasal cerita ni. Tu yang buat orang ramai tak tengok sangat cerita ni. Even aku pun tak terkejut bila pergi wayang, tengok cerita ni, cuma ada tak lebih 10 orang yang tengok. Tapi aku tabiklah ada satu pasangan Cina ni yang dapat tengok sekali cerita ni. Kalau yang ni, aku agak terkejut dan kagum, ada juga orang Cina yang suka tengok cerita Melayu. Mungkin peminat sejarah?

Selamat Hari Guru!

Sempena Hari Guru pada 16 Mei 2013 ini, kami warga ASPUTRA SMK Tinggi Batu Pahat ingin mengucapkan Selamat Hari Guru kepada semua guru dan tenaga pengajar di SMK Tinggi Batu Pahat dan sekolah-sekolah di seluruh Malaysia. Terima kasih atas pengorbananmu, cikgu!

Bersempena dengan Sambutan Hari Guru peringkat sekolah juga, warga ASPUTRA telah bersama-sama menyumbangkan ucapan mereka menerusi persembahan multimedia. Berikut merupakan video ucapan-ucapan asramawan sekalian.

Selamat Hari Ibu~!

Selamat hari ibu saya ucapkan kepada semua orang yang bergelar ibu, bonda, ummi, mama, mak, omma, mummy, mami, dan sebagainya. Andalah ratu hati kami~!

Terutamanya ibu saya, Pn. Rozita. Love you ibu~~ :)

A Talk About Couple~!

Assalamualaikum....

Hari ni aku tergerak hati nak buat post ni sebab aku concern dengan apa yang berlaku pada kawan-kawan aku sekarang. Bukan apa, dorang ni aku tengok banyak sangat masalah yang tak sepatutnya ada pada remaja zaman sekarang.

Mungkin korang tak familiar dengan frasa 'cinta monyet', tapi korang selalu dengar perkataan 'couple' atau 'in relationship' kan?

Dah lama aku dok perhati dan tengok perangai kawan-kawan aku dari form 1 lagi.