Year of Rabbit or Year of disaster?

At first, was the welcome of the new year 2011, followed by the Rabbit year.
Then we have positive, encouraging year ahead in markets until the Egypt political  dilemma, followed by Libya.....never ending drama!

Next, not long we see how the disaster unfold in Japan which create fear all over the world just similar to the film of 2012 where world almost came to the end.


Then we have the giant moon moving near to our earth which also created some worries, but was over and nothing happen.  We are still fear of nuclear plant effect not in Japan but the goods as well.
What next?
Heard about the May 2011 and December 2012 which will be another blow to the people and the earth?

What can we do about it?  Nothing at all.  Pray and hope......life still go on as usual whether it happen or not.
Some positive comment earth will live for many years ahead, not as predicted as mentioned above.

What we can be is to be aware of the damages we did before and do at least some correction to it before it became worst.  Even though we can't really change much as everyone is working for better life they dream.We might not able to save it but will face the end of our world one day.

What else?  Some planning to enjoy more by joining the tours and spending more time with family members which I think are some of the positive out of the negative impact.
Some see life unpredictable and unsure of the safety any more in our earth and start to think of what type of damages done so far.

I see it as part of the life we needed to face due to our own doings for modernization and to have better lives in our beautiful planet after all. 

Form 6 Research Action(AC) or Kajian Tindakan sample for reference

Reading :
ReflectionAC         ChangingNatureinAC               PractitionerAC              ACin3countries                  AC&pengurusanSek           


References :
Eng1               Sci 1             BM1              Eng2                   Sci2               BM2

Financial crisis cases

Accounting scandals, or corporate accounting scandals, are political and business scandals which arise with the disclosure of misdeeds by trusted executives of large public corporations.
Financial scandal since 2000

Enron2001

Globalcrossing2002
World.com2002
Worldcom2

Tyco2002           Parmalat 2003            AIG2004            Anglo Irish Bank Ireland2008
Satyamcomputer2009


Lehman Brothers2010

Earning x tra

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My Father

Not really like to talk about him as still feel the sadness over his death recently.
Another not so good reason for not writing for so long, the worse as not getting the mood to do it yet.
Guess it's right time to do it and I am picking up again to continue what I like and having found a new direction of what to do after a few weeks resting.

However, this need to be done, to be part of my or our memory towards our parents at least.
Used to travel back during holidays to visit both and guessed that's the least we can do as children, to be with them.  That was the months before July this year....thinking of him and the usual days of what he did.
He loved to go Genting and I had managed to bring him a few times.  I knew he was quite happy but not mum as his hobby was once a disaster during their time.  He also loved seafood especially prawns.  Still remember him sitting on one the favorite sofa with some cushion below for comfort and can't really figure out his thinking. He also loved all the spicy stuff such as the black noodles (KL Hockien mee)  and curry of course or spicy nasi lemak.  Other type of food are such as 'pan mee' and 'loh mee'.  Besides, he loved watching 'bao kong' the black face but justice judge and of course 4D and toto or anything betting as long as he had some $.
The memory of having dinner with them at a shop under a tree, that's how we called it till now. It's not easy at all to not thinking about it some how and under control.  That was when everything is all right.  They went in and out of the hospital just like taking their turns quite often then.  They still wish they could be visiting some place, someone and doing something when they were young once together, how romantic!
It is always not easy to start a conversation with him as he tend to keep to himself.  And you need to be careful with the words so as not to create anger in him over unnecessary issues. 
I found learning so much around them not to mention the type of disease, medicine, palliative care and support, oxygen tank sources, nurses at home, doctors, different opinion on type of food to take for recovery and lots more in just barely two months plus even though we are learning all the time before the worst started off.
To see someone dear going off is not an easy task as we are so closed to them, hoping to help and yet they left us after all the suffering.  We need to see him suffering, either more or less and hardly able to do anything except to pray for miracles.  We saw what he still wish he could do and was so hopeful but we know the truth.  He was blur on his condition and frustrated as can't do much about it.  He was angry with the medicine that are hard to swallow for so many times a day and the tasteless food that was hoping to help him which did not.  We are lost at what to do best and how to do it.  Lots of plan but don't really know which was the best.
Seeing him provokes all that and knowing this will be one of the ways some of us will need to go through.
I don't really know how this experience have change the way I look at myself and my life but I know what I want to do when I can do so.  I went through once the painful experience with my grandmother but the feeling was so different.
They say, live each day like it's your last which is true of course. You need to get everything ready such as the will, your precious gems to be divided and etc especially when you have children or even if you don't have.  What about other dreams that you wanted to do it?  That triggers one's thinking in appreciating the breath that still functioning, our movements and freedom now before everything shutting off slowly. 
Some how, some day, everyone will need to go through the pain of losing the dear ones.  I just did and life still need to go on and hope for the best for all the human beings out there.  It is indeed one of the challenges we need to face whether we like it or not.  Do you agree with me? 
Do respect and love your love ones especially your parents before it is too late to do so!

STPM trial 2010

Refer to joshuatly
Melaka
Sabah
Klang Sel
WPersekutuan
Perak
Penang  

or direct download fast as I had changed the format into smaller  (thanks the source - cg Narzuki)

Melaka 1 Ans  2 Ans       N9 1 Ans  2  Ans           PerakGG  1  Ans   2  Ans   
Pahang 1 Ans  2  Ans        Johor  1  Ans   2 Ans    Perak   1  Ans    2  Ans

Latest SPM trial papers with answers

Refer to Ch'ng tuition or Joshuatly for more
Selangor       Perak         Johor          Melaka              SBP           Perlis

AddMaths
Johor          Kedah          Kelantan         Mahsa        N9        PerakGG1  GG2   GG3 

Perlis          SBP             Trengganu

Physics

Johor          Kedah          Kelantan         Mahsa        N9        Perak


Perlis          SBP             Trengganu       Sabah

Chemistry

Johor          Kedah          Kelantan         Mahsa        N9        Perak


Perlis          SBP             Trengganu

B Cina

Johor 1  2     LMS    LMS1       SPM setara  1    F5 1  2  Trengganu2    1

SPM trial papers 2010

Johor
Bio1  2  3    Phy 1  2  3     Chemistry 1  2  3   BM1  2  3     BI 1  2     AddMaths 1  2     Sej 1  2     Maths  1  2
PAkaun 1  2

Kelantan
Bio 1  2   3     Phy 1  2  3    Chemistry 1  2  3    BM 1  2      BI 1 2    AddMaths1 2      Sej      Maths 1  2
Sej 1  2


Trengganu
Bio 1  2  3     Phy 1  2  3    Chemistry     BM 1  2      BI 1  2    AddMaths 1  2      Sej 1  2      Maths 1  2
P.Islam 1  2   Sci 1  2

Melaka 
Phy     Chemistry     BM      BI     AddMaths      Sej      Maths

SBP
Bio     Phy 1  2  3     Chemistry 1  2  3     BM 1  2      BI 1    AddMaths 1  2      Sej  1  2    Maths 1  2
Est 1  2

PMR trial papers 2010

SCISabah       SCIKedah       SCIMelaka       SCISbt      SCITrengganu       SCIPerak

KHBTrengganu   KHBSarawak    KHBKedah   KHBSabah

MathsPahang      MathsPerak        MathsKedah      MathsMelaka     MathsSBP   MathsTrengg

Geo

Sej

BM

BI

BC

STPM trial exam previous year

Please go to the Blog archive on 2009 October on your right.

SPM 2010 mid year test

Prinsip Perakaunan
Kertas 1, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Kertas 2, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Add Maths
Kertas 1, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Kertas 2, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Biology
Kertas 1, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Kertas 2, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Kertas 3, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Chemistry
Kertas 1, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Kertas 2, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Kertas 3, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
BM
Kertas 1, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu
Kertas 2, Pertghn Tahun 2010 Ting 5, Terengganu

SOALAN PERCUBAAN SPM 2009

Melaka

Melaka Paper 1, Skema Paper 1

Melaka Paper 2, Skema Paper 2

Melaka Paper 3, Skema Paper 3

Kedah

Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3 , Marking Scheme

Trengganu

Paper 2,3 and Marking Scheme

Pahang

Paper 1,2,3 and Marking Scheme

Johor

Paper 1,2,3, and Marking Scheme

Perlis

Paper 1,2,3 and Marking Scheme

Kelantan

Paper 1,2,3 and Marking Scheme
Or go to Blog Archive on the right under 2009 Oct for more papers.

PMR SPM timetable 2010

STPM

PMR

SPM

PMR4U 09 for practice

  All subjects

PMR4U 08 for practice

BM1                  BM2Pahang             BM Melaka
BM1                  BM2Perak
GEO Selangor    GEO NSembilan      GEO Perlis     GEO Pahang     GEO Sarawak
MATH NSembilan      MATH2 NSembilan          MATH Asrama
SEJ Sarawak              SEJ Selangor                     SEJ N9                
KHB N9                KHB Pahang
SCI N9P2              SCI  N9P1           SCI PahangP2            SCI PahangP1    SCI KL   SCI Sel
BEng.MRSM         BEng Pahang         BEng SBSelP2           BEng SBSelP1    BEng
BCina PahangP2    BCina PahangP1   BCina P1 Ans              BCina P2 Ans

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Asparagus

Teachers' Day dilemma

Teachers' day which falls on 16th May every year, as usual did not bring much joy to teachers.  This is the day where teachers are ask to pay RM3 each without knowing where the money are spent to.  Even reluctant to pay, yet the teachers still pay as do not want to be consider as against the Head of school and district/state.  This year seemed worst as the teachers are order to have 'gotong royong' with good intention but do you think is  a joy to teachers?  Teachers are expecting to be pampered, rest and not asking to work again on weekends.  Teachers nowadays need to work six days a week when the other government servants are working five days a week.  Even though, the 'gotong royong' was said to be voluntary after getting lots of complaint, yet the school still carry out to please someone.  The good intention of the activities was said to draw closer all the races which falls on a not so suitable time.  Why?  This is because teachers need to rest too and the examination is just around the corner. Of course, the best reason is hey, it's teachers' day and not working day and it's Saturday! There will be again many absentees who also reluctant to carry out the good intention, how the good intention will turn out will be a question mark! Thus, the good intention just not going to work well as was fall on the wrong day and wrong timing.  Any way, my girls also complaint that how many 'gotong royong' going to be as they had had a few earlier and the exam is just next week.  The students also plan not to present but teachers still need to attend.
Hopefully, next year no more other types of good intention will again plan for the teachers.  A rest day will make the teachers so much happier, and please do not spoil it with some very good ideas.  How the weekends are used up for teachers?  Well, besides meeting, courses are to be attended, activities in schools or in district and states are to be done by teachers, who else?  Teachers had a hard time to look for weekends to fulfill the 7 days upgrade courses as almost every weekend some activities are on.  The courses are plan until Oct as could not fit in any earlier weekend.
Sad to say that some of the courses had nothing to do with the teaching and was just to fulfill the 7 days.  Courses are not available or if have are limited to a handful of teachers.  Learning is not to be forced or it will not be successful as teachers attended, just sitting around and can't focus as it's against their will.  On the other hand, the elder teachers are not encourage to further studies after 40s in masters and PhD with scholarships, as it was meant for the under 40s.  The system is not working as those who wish to further studies were not encourage and 7 days courses are not upgrading the teachers but only caused the teachers felt upset and tired.
Again, hopefully no more so call good intentions for teachers on weekends in the years to come.  As for the RM3, the KPPK or the one representing the teachers should raise up the rational behind it.  Looks like, other people are enjoying the meal which are being paid by the reluctant and angry teachers every year!  What a pity tale to be told during teachers' day!

Lower six joining the upper six soon!

It will be on the 10th of May, Monday.
A student approached me last week to find out what to prepare as he will be away in the NS.  I am glad we still have this type of students who care about what they are going to miss for about a month.  I passed to him some notes and exercises gladly.  So we will see if he really care when he is back later, that will be around after June holidays.
Anyway, the student highlighted what he wishes to take and I noticed he was quite reluctant to take up Maths S as he mentioned not scoring well in SPM.
Guess many of the students thought and did that every year.  However, do you all know that you will need to take up maths in university whether you are taking accounting path or the business management path.  I have seen students suffer in this subjects (there are two, compulsory to take) and scored low such as C and D or worst.  As for students who learnt up the Maths in form 6 like me, managed to score A easily as the level is the same as form 6 and so much easier as limited topic and questions.
So, do take up the Maths in F6 as you will take again in U (especially Arts stream).  Either "senang senang dahulu, and susah kemudian" or the other way around.  Make your choice wisely!

Tips for MUET from Nurly

Why MUET?  I had seen too many students scoring band 2, some in band 3, so few in band 4 /5 and not at all at band 6.  Came across this article and wish those who are still taking MUET will take note on how easy it is.  That also if you are trained from young in English through reading, listening.  My advice is, learning language is not like learning history or science where some good memory kids can remember in a short period.  Language takes time, so it is not going to be easy if you don't have the back ground on that and pitiful even how hard you tried in that two years.  However, not to worry, band 2 or 3 doesn't mean you will lose the chance to enter U, but you will need to brush up in U.  So don't worry that much, you will be skillful once you are in U due to the environment where all books are in English and you read so much that some how you will pick up, better than ever before.  Just try your best and at least get a band 3.  Read up how people scored easily just like reading up how people are successful in their business and etc.
Good Luck!  Thanks to Nurly on behalf.

Posted by Nurly

People have been telling me that MUET is JUST MUET. Contaminated by the thought that MUET is EASY, I didn’t put much effort when I sat for the end of 2009 MUET. I perceived MUET as just another English test to sit. I simply thought that as long as I pass the minimum band requirement for my college, it is good enough. I only spent a few hours the night before the test by going through several essay questions to kick-start my brain and that was it. Despite my little effort and much to my astonishment, I scored a Band 6 in MUET. J I am very grateful that Lady Luck was on my side. However, some of my friends weren’t very lucky. They had the same mindset as I did – no need to do preparations, just achieve the minimum band and rejoice. Sadly, quite a number of them had to re-sit the test as they scored below the required band for our college. Hey, MUET IS A HIGHER LEVEL ENGLISH TEST. If you screw it once, you’ll have to pay and re-sit for another. And because I don’t want others to face what my friends faced, I wish to help everyone out there who is eager to perform well in their upcoming MUET. So here are some brief introduction and tips on how to ace MUET based entirely on my experience.

Firstly, there are 4 papers to sit for MUET: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. The Speaking test is conducted on one day, while the Listening, Reading and Writing tests are held altogether on a different day.

Speaking Test

What to expect: You’ll be placed into groups of 4 according to your candidate number. 2 sessions will be conducted beginning with Individual Presentation and ensued with Group Discussion. A main topic will be given, for example, ‘There are many ways of obtaining information today’. Each candidate will then receive one suggestion to elaborate on. For instance, ‘the Internet’ for candidate A, ‘the mobile phone’, ‘newspapers’ and ‘radio and television’ for candidates B, C and D respectively. Candidates will be given 2 minutes to prepare their points and another 2 minutes to present their views individually. Once the Individual Presentation session is done, the second session begins. 2 minutes will be given for all candidates to discuss and decide as to which of the four suggestions is the best.

My experience: I was very lucky as I was the fourth candidate and the last to present my points. I had more time to jot down my ideas while other candidates were presenting theirs. I am fluent in English thus I had no problem elaborating my points. As for the Group Discussion session, everyone in my group voiced out different views and hence made the session a lot more interesting. We didn’t fight or debate, we simply said what we believe was right. We also helped each other throughout the session. We were tolerant to one another in which each person had almost equal time to speak. Everyone had their say and none of us conquered the discussion.

Tips: If you are competent in English, there is nothing for you to worry. However, if you are not fluent in this language, I suggest that you practise speaking English with your friends beforehand. It helps if you warm-up your brain before the test by having a discussion with your friends. Use simple words and speak at a normal pace. Speak clearly. Don’t rush your words or mumble. Also, if possible, try to give out-of-the-box views. This test does not only assess your fluency in English. The invigilators will give extra marks for mature, wise and sensible ideas. Furthermore, make full use of the 2 minutes duration time by elaborating in details or giving more suggestions. 2 minutes sounds short, but when you’re out of words it can be very long. Most importantly, avoid saying ‘uhm’, ‘err’, ‘well’ repetitively as this clearly shows how nervous you are.

Reading Test

What to expect: A total of 45 objective questions; 10 are True/False questions. The questions are based on several passages. Duration of 90 minutes.

My experience: Honestly, this paper was the most difficult for me. The passages were difficult to understand as a broad range of vocabulary was in use. The MCQ choices were very tricky and time constraint made it even worse. I didn’t even have the time to recheck my answers.

Tips: Truth be told, you need to practise answering some MUET sample questions as preparation. I didn’t try any questions and oh my, I was so stumped that it took me a long time to understand the passages! The passages are very difficult to comprehend but I suppose that if you’re used to reading newspapers it wouldn’t be a problem. When answering the paper, read the excerpt first (understand the main idea), then go through the questions briefly and finally read the excerpt again. Underline or highlight sentences that are related to the questions. Most importantly, FOCUS! Don’t bother looking at other candidates or build castles in the air. Trust me, the 90 minutes is not enough!

Writing Test

What to expect: 1 summary (comparison) question based on a graphic. The graphic can be tables, graphs, short excerpts or even bar/pie charts. You are required to makecomparison based on the graphic provided. Also, 1 essay question; usually argumentative. 90 minutes.

My experience: The night before my MUET, I sat with my roommate and we brainstormed on points for the essay, new words, idioms, quotes and the like. I’ve always loved writing so I wasn’t very worried for this section.

Tips: For the summary question, familiar yourself with comparison words. Use words like ‘better than’, ‘higher’, ‘rise’, ‘elevate’, ‘levelled out’, ‘equal’, ‘reduce’ and ‘lessen’ to give your essay a boost. Concentrate only on the main points as you are to write a very short 200 words summary. You should first compare on the statistics/graphs/etc given, then add 1 or two points based on your understanding of the graphic. Or in other words, write a few lines on your inference on the graphic. As for the argumentative essay, try to memorise a number of bombastic words and idioms to beautify your essay. You shouldn’t simply memorise them but you ought to know how and when to use them. Also, check out a thesaurus to find synonyms for useful words that you may want to use repetitively. For instance, alternatives to ‘thus’ are ‘therefore’, ‘hence’, ‘consequently’ and ‘as a result’. In addition, to defend your stand, use words like ‘justify’, ‘strongly belief’, ‘affirm’, ‘emphasize’ and et cetera. If you are weak in writing, avoid composing a lengthy essay. The longer you write, the more grammatical errors you’ll make. Try to write a short but compact essay.

Listening Test

What to expect: 20 questions consisting of both MCQ and subjective questions. The tape will be repeated twice and extra time will be given for you to answer all the questions.

My experience: I have to say that I am very lucky for MUET. I was seated in the first row and the radio was right in front of my desk. Unlike my friends who sat far behind and could only hear whispers of voices, I could hear loudly and clearly – word by word. Very lucky, weren’t I? *grins*

Tips: Frankly speaking, the questions for listening test are pretty easy and straightforward. You just have to listen attentively and take your time in answering the questions. I have to warn you that the questions are not in sequence with the dialogue so you should first brief through the questions before the session starts. Don’t panic if you missed a point asthe tape will be repeated for a second time.

Well, I hope that I’ve made MUET easy for you. May you have a great MUET experience and score one of the high bands. MUET is rather tough if your English isn’t strong but fret not because practice makes perfect. JBuy a MUET exercise/sample papers/past year compilation book to have a better grasp of this test. If I can score a band 6, why can’t you? I am neither a debater nor a public speaker. I speak in my mother tongue (which is not English!) 24/7 at home. So if I can ace a band 6, I’m pretty sure you can too.

The A+, A and A- matters for SPM

Well, the first result with new grades are suppose to settle the too many As issue were out.
Did it manage to settle the issue?  No, again.  Why?
There are certain subjects that do not follow the A+ of 90% and above.  Just ask some of the students in schools with good results.  Some of them will tell you that they had never passed the subject in school and yet they still manage to score A or A- if not A+.  As for those with higher marks they scored A+ just like their friends who used to score 90% and above. 
There is one subject however, seemed to follow, which is the Mandarin as the A+ are so few.  One of the school I know with a student scoring A+ out of 400+ students taking.  What is wrong again?  Guess only the one who did it will know better, and the rest of us will just end up being confuse at what ways to implement again, just like the number of subjects allow to take.
Guess that is also another issue that are confusing.  At the moment, the subjects allow are 12 instead of 10 mentioned earlier.
We will see how the scholarships being distribute fairly this time and how many will make the head line of not getting any again!  Hopefully this would not happen again or will it?
Wait and see, soon!