Undang test... ACED!

Well guys I just took the JPJ KPP Ujian Teori untuk Motokar earlier today and I PASSED!

WOOTS WOOTS!

The only downside is I scored 49/50 which, don't get me wrong, is a freaking awesome score if I may says so myself but that means I was ONE POINT AWAY from FIFTY RINGGIT!! GRRRRR!!!!!

What am I talking about?

Well... the owner of my driving school offered the following amounts for perfect scorers: 

RM100 if you finish in 5 minutes

RM50 if you finish in 10 minutes        

RM20 if you finish at any time

ARGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! SO DAMN CLOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Only Study Advice You Will Ever Need

After 11 years of education, I have found that the most effective way of studying is...

Write notes then do questions. 

Lots and lots of questions.

Yup that's about it. 

You might ask me 

"What about tuition? Does that help?" 

Of course it does! 

But what do you do in tuition?

You

Write notes then do questions. 

Lots and lots of questions.

Right?

If you have the drive, you can do that at home by yourself. 

But...

If you're like me (a lazy vegetable), tuition is a good way to get you off your ass and on the table.

Conclusion:

A+  =  Writing lots of notes and doing lots of questions. 

For a more on what I think of tuition, read this post from a while back.

The Ultimate University Laptop Guide: Part 2

Here I leave you with some links I found useful and wish you best of luck in your search for a laptop.

Personal favourites

• http://www.lappylist.com/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestalaptop
• http://www.cnet.com/topics/laptops/buying-guide/

Further reading

• http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/laptop-buying-guide/
• http://www.bestbuy.com/site/buying-guides/laptop-buying-guide/pcmcat310900050007.c?id=pcmcat310900050007

Comparing prices

• http://www.pricepanda.com.my/computers/hardware/laptops
• http://www.lazada.com.my/shop-computers-laptops/

Miscellaneous

• http://www.laptopmag.com/laptop-finder
• http://www.productchart.com/laptops/
• http://portablepicker.com/parts/laptop/
• http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/all-day-strong-longest-lasting-notebooks

The Ultimate University Laptop Guide: Part 1

It's now time for both you and I to prepare for university so over the course of the next few months I'll be writing mainly about preparing for uni and today is no exception.

A good laptop is a necessity for any student but there are so many laptops in the market that it can sometimes get overwhelming. Fear not dear friends! For today I will be giving you all the information you need for buying a suitable laptop for your university needs. Do take note that I am a student like the rest of you and I am by no means an expert on laptops so I will be giving you my opinion plus a bunch of links to articles I have found useful while researching a laptop for myself. So without further ado, here are some things you need to consider first before buying a laptop.

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).