Friday, 27 November 2015

The Frustrations of An SPM Candidate

Hey guys. Sorry I haven't been able to post much lately. I've been pretty busy with my SPM(Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia) exams and I actually still have one paper left.

I wasn't planning on posting until my exams were over with but recently a serious incident came to my attention which is the death of an SPM candidate from SMK Raja Abdullah. He had committed suicide immediately after Paper 1 of Additional Mathematics because he was frustrated about being unable to answer the questions. He came from a single parent home and was upset that he would not be able to receive a scholarship and that he would be putting a financial burden on his mother to send him to university.

I heard about this suicide case through Twitter when I was scrolling through the #spm2015 tweets which is basically where the SPM students go to vent their frustrations after every exam. I have heard of many suicide cases like this when I was younger but to be really honest, most of the time, the news just passed through one ear and left out the other. I would think to myself about how sad it was but I was not personally emotionally affected by them.

This time, it was different. I could relate to him. I felt completely hopeless and dejected after that very same paper that he had killed himself over. Right after the Additional Mathematics paper, all the students in my school left the examination hall in a very uncharacteristic silence. Dejected, depressed, frustrated and suicidal. I felt all those emotions during every single one of my exams for SPM but the stress really came to its height after the Add. Maths paper. The questions were so hard and completely different from the years before. I felt like all that hard work doing past year questions were for naught. Questions that had consistently come out every year for SPM suddenly disappeared(Circular Measures).

Monday, 16 November 2015

Pendidikan Moral 2015(Form 4 & 5)

Notes I took during a "Teknik Menjawab Moral" held by my Form 5 Moral teacher, Pn. Tan. 
It shows how to answer both the subjective questions and the essays. 

Sunday, 12 July 2015

Copycatting Tips

We've all done this before. You forget to do your homework/project and in essence, leech off your sympathetic friend. Sometimes though, for some strange reason, nobody wants to lend you their blood,sweat and tears. So for those times you can't find a willing conspirator, here are some simple and completely legal ways you can get your former friend to help you.

Thursday, 25 June 2015

How to Ace ANY Kerja Khusus

1. Google it


2. Don't Give Up
Know that to finish a proper kerja khusus, you will probably have to go through about 5-6 pages of  Google Search. Yup. You read that right, 6 fudging pages.

3. Seniors
No! Not those seniors. *facepalm 
Haiyooo... Your school seniors la! 
Your teacher usually keeps all the old kerja khusus or folio that your genius seniors decided to leave behind. What if they didn't? Well then, just ask any senior you know for their old kerja khusus cause they probably don't want it anymore anyway. That's great news for you cause that means that you'll be able to copy and paste their entire folio! HELL YEAH! So, get going before anybody else gets their hands on it!


4. Copycat time!
Come on. Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about. You've done this a thousand times before. Heck you just did it yesterday. Yes, you read that right buddy. I'm telling you to copy the shoe outta whoever the fudge lets you!
For some tips on how to get your copycatting done, read my Copycatting Tips post.

Thursday, 4 June 2015

Googling like a Boss


We use Google for almost everything but do we really know how to use google? Go through this list of Google Search hacks to find out.

  • site:search only within a specific sitesite:www.stanford.edu
  • filetype:find a type of file: PDF, DOC, TXTfiletype:PDF
  • define:find definitions for a worddefine audacity
  • intitle:find words in the title of the webpageintitle:inspirational
  • ..get ranges of numbers, dates, or pricespresidents 1800..1900
  • word * wordfind other combinations of words between wordscreative * writing
  • - wordsearch for homer, but NOT simpsonshomer - simpsons
  • "word"find exact words - no synonyms or plurals"peace" "freedom"
  • "set of words"search for exact set of words, quotes or phrases"I have a dream"
  • +-*/add, subtract, multiply, divide12+68
  • % ofpercentage of a number12% of 68
  • cos() sin()trigonometry: cos, sin, tan, arcsin…cos(68)
  • km to milesconvert units: temp (C to F), weight (kg to lbs)100 km to miles
  • weatherget weather for a regionweather honolulu
  • moviesfind movies & theaters nearby (zip or city)movies 94043
  • flight statusget flight status with the airline & flight numberHA 124

So, how was it? If you didn't know most of them don't worry, I only knew about... 4. Anyway, I hope this post helps all you Googles Googlers out there to well, google stuff.