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Time Travel

2012-01-26T17:32:00.005+08:00

You might have seen in some movies and stories about people travelling to the past or future. This is known as time travel. Have you ever thought of travelling to the past or future as well? You may think that time travel is completely impossible. But actually, scientists have found a way to carry out time travel. In other words, they have found a way to travel to the past or future! So, time travel is not impossible. However, the steps to carry out time travel are extremely difficult and complicating.

Before I explain about time travel, I will first explain about something known as wormhole. A wormhole is similar to a blackhole. A blackhole is actually the remains of a very large star after the star dies. A blackhole has very strong gravity and very great density. It will attract everything including light into it. Then, the blackhole will focus everything to a point. Therefore, a blackhole has no exit.

On the other hand, a wormhole can be explained as a blackhole that has exit. A wormhole has two ends. It connects two time space. A time space is a location in the universe at a particular time. If you enter a wormhole from one end, you can exit from its other end. Since a wormhole connects two time space, you will end up in another time space after going through a wormhole. Therefore, wormhole can be used for time travel.

However, until now, scientists have not yet discovered any wormhole, nor they are sure if wormholes really exist. Although many blackholes have been discovered, a blackhole cannot be used for time travel because it has only one end and no exit. Even if wormholes exist, when you enter a wormhole, your body will be stretched when you go through the centre of the wormhole. But, scientists have came out with a way to create a wormhole which can be used for time travel. To create a wormhole, you will need a device known as time machine. A time machine is made up of three parts.

The first part of the time machine is used to create a wormhole. In this part of the machine, electrons are accelerated at very high speed in a tube. Actually, a similar electron tube smaller in size is also present behind a standard television set. When the electrons are accelerated at high speeds, a wormhole is produced. The longest electron tube in the world is 2 kilometres long, and is used to produce wormholes for scientific research. However, time travel requires a wormhole that is very large in mass. In order to produce a wormhole with a mass large enough for time travel, the size of the electron tube must be at least as big as the whole solar system. Based on our current technology, it is not possible to create an electron tube that large.

The second part of the time machine is used to expand the wormhole. Even if you succeed in creating the first part of the time machine, the electron tube can only produce a wormhole with a very small volume. A wormhole with very small volume cannot be used for time travel. Therefore, the wormhole must be expanded to increase its volume. In a blackhole, its very strong gravitational force causes anything attracted into it to shrink. So, if you do the opposite, by applying anti-gravitational force, this will cause the wormhole to expand. To do so, you need a 'special' substance that can produce anti-gravitational force. However, currently scientists have not yet discovered any substance that can produce anti-gravitational force.

The third part of the time machine is used to transport the wormhole. It is actually a spacecraft that can transport a wormhole. After the wormhole has been created and expanded by the first and second part of the time machine, this part of the time machine transports the wormhole to the correct location in space and makes the necessary calculations. After that, the time travel can be carried out. However, scientists are not yet able to create a spacecraft that can transport a wormhole.

Although the scientists have found a way to build a time machine to carry out time travel, our current technology doesn't allow us to do so. There are many great problems and difficulties that we have to face and overcome in order to create a time machine. So, currently it is surely impossible for us to carry out time travel. Maybe in the future, scientists are able to overcome these problems and successfully create a time machine.

Happy Chinese New Year

2012-01-23T00:00:00.000+08:00

To all the Chinese,
I wish all of you a happy Chinese New Year, Gong Xi Fa Chai. Hope you enjoy the most during the Chinese New Year. May all your wishes come true.

Tips for SPM Examination

2011-12-21T16:00:00.001+08:00

I have previously posted on this blog about my opinion on each SPM subject ( http://daniellimjj.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-opinion-on-spm-subjects.html ) . Now, I shall write about the tips on how to score in each SPM subject. This article is intended for all Form 4 and Form 5 students.

SPM Bahasa Melayu:

For Paper 1, there is Karangan Bahan Rangsangan and Karangan Respons Terbuka.
For Karangan Bahan Rangsangan, materials will be given. Read the question and materials carefully. The question will ask you to write an essay on a particular topic. If the materials given is relevant to the topic, you must use points from the materials given. In some cases, if the materials given is not related to the topic, then you should ignore the materials given and write your own ideas. You must write 1 Pendahuluan, 3 Isi and 1 Penutup. If only there are 1 or 2 points in the materials given, you need to add in your own ideas to make 3 Isi. If there are more than 3 points in the materials given, choose either 3 of them to write, or you can also combine 2 points in 1 Isi if they are related to each other. Make sure your essay is more than 200 words. To score, you need to read and write more. Attending tuition classes can also help.
For Karangan Respons Terbuka, there will be 5 questions. Choose the one that you are most confident. In your essay, there must be 1 Pendahuluan, 5 Isi and 1 Penutup. If it is formatted writing, make sure that your format is correct. Make sure your essay is more than 350 words. To score, you need to read and write more. Attending tuition classes can also help.
For Paper 2, there is Rumusan, Pemahaman, Tatabahasa and Novel.
For Rumusan, you must answer in 4 paragraphs, that is Pendahuluan, Isi Tersurat, Isi Tersirat and Penutup. Read the question and passage given carefully. The question will ask you to summarise on 2 points, the first one is Isi Tersurat and the second is Isi Tersirat. For Pendahuluan, begin with 'Petikan membincangkan...'. You must replace the keyword of the question with another word of same meaning. Write in one sentence only. For Isi Tersurat, look for the points from the passage given. You need not use your own words but sometimes you may have to make some changes to make your answer more suitable. For Isi Tersirat, you must give your own ideas. Do not look for points in the passage. You are advised to write 6 isi tersurat and 2 isi tersirat. You can write more isi if possible. For Penutup, you should write 1 Cadangan/Harapan and 1 Huraian. Write in 1 sentence only. Do not repeat any Isi or add in new ideas in the Penutup. Ensure that your answer is not longer than 120 words.
For Pemahaman, there are 4 parts, Pemahaman Umum, Prosa Moden, Prosa Tradisional and Puisi. Read the passage/extract given carefully. For questions on meaning of phrases, replace every word in the phrase with another word that has the same meaning. If that is not possible, you should explain it in your own words. For questions about the passage given, look for the answers from the passage. You do not need to use your own words, but you may have to make some changes to make your answer more suitable, especially for Puisi and Prosa Tradisional. For questions on your own opinion, give your own ideas and do not look for the answers from the passage given. Your ideas must be logical and relevant. For questions on KOMSAS, you must write the points and then give elaborations. You must understand all poems and stories in the Form 4 and Form 5 Antologi. You will need KOMSAS revision book. For all questions in Pemahaman, you must answer in complete sentences and not point form. The number of points you need to write depends on the marks allocated. You can write extra points in your answer. Only the correct points will be marked, and marks will not be deducted for incorrect points.
For Tatabahasa, there are 5 parts. For the 1st part, you must make sentences from the words given. Your sentence do not have to be long but your sentence must be able to show that you really understand the meaning of the words given. You cannot change the Imbuhan, add any Imbuhan or use the words given as a Kata Ganda, Peribahasa or Nama Khas. For 2nd question, it will test you on Tatabahasa. You should understand the components in Tatabahasa that you have studied in Form 4 and 5. You need a revision book. For the 3rd and 4th question, it will test you on the Ejaan, Imbuhan, Penggunaan Kata/Istilah and Tatabahasa. List down the mistakes then correct it. For each question, list only one mistake for each type of mistake. You should know all the common mistakes. For the 5th question, it will test you on Peribahasa. You have to explain the meaning, make a sentence, fill in the blanks or state a suitable peribahasa. You must know as many Peribahasa as possible, especially the commonly used ones. Reading revision books and attending tuition can help.
For Novel, it will test you on both the novels you studied in Form 4 and Form 5. There will be 2 questions. For the first question, you can choose to answer using either one of the novels. Choose the novel that you are most confident of. For the second question, it is based on both the novels. The question will usually ask you to compare the 2 novels. You must understand both novels very well. Make sure that you understand the Tema, Persoalan, Nilai, Pengajaran, Latar Tempat, Latar Masa, Latar Masyarakat, Watak & Perwatakan, Teknik Penceritaan and Plot for both novels. You will need KOMSAS revision book.
For SPM Bahasa Melayu, you should do more exercises. Buy more exercise books and do the exercises. You should also do SPM Model Papers and Past-year SPM Papers to familiarize yourself with the types of questions commonly tested in SPM.

SPM English:

Paper 1 is made up of Directed Writing and Continuous Writing.
For Directed Writing, materials will be given. Read the questions and materials given carefully. When writing your essay, you must use all the points given. If you asked to add in your own ideas, you must do so. If you are not asked to do so, then don't add in your own ideas. If it is a formatted writing, make sure that you write in the correct format. To score, you should read and write more. Attending tuition classes can also help.
For continuous writing, there will be 5 questions. Choose the one that you are most confident in. In your essay, there must be at least 1 Introduction, 3 Points and 1 Conclusion. Make sure your essay is more than 350 words. To score, you need to read and write more. Attending tuition classes can also help.
Paper 2 is made up of Stimuli & Graphic Material, Rational Cloze, Information Transfer, Comprehension, Summary and Literature.
For Stimuli & Graphic Material, materials are given. Read the materials given carefully then answer the questions. You may have to think because sometimes the answers are close to each other.
For Rational Cloze, it tests you on grammar. Choose the most suitable word to fill in the blanks in the passage. You may have to think because sometimes the answers are close to each other. To score, your grammar must be good. You should understand every component in grammar and know the common grammatical mistakes.
For Information Transfer, materials are given. You have to transfer the information in the materials given into another form or answer questions based on the materials. When answering, just copy directly. Make sure that your spelling is exactly the same as the spelling in the materials given. Sometimes, you may have to make some changes when answering to make your answer more suitable.
For comprehension, read the questions and passage given carefully. Answer all the questions based on the passage given. Usually, you can copy directly from the passage but sometimes you may have to make some changes to make your answer more suitable. You do not need to answer in complete sentences. If the question asks you to answer in your own words, then you need to use your own words. If the question asks you to give your own opinion, you should give your own ideas and do not look for answers from the passage. Your answer should be logical and relevant.
For summary, you will be asked to summarise on one or more topic. Look for the points from the passage given. You must give a total of at least 10 points. Do not write any elaborations, examples, own ideas, introduction or conclusion. Begin your summary with the 10 words given. Make sure that your summary is not longer than 130 words.
For literature, there are 3 questions, Poems, Short Story/Drama and Novel. For Poems and Short Story/Drama, an extract will be given. Read the questions and extract carefully. The question may be based on the extract as well as the whole poem/short story/drama. When answering, you can copy from the passage given but you may have to make some changes to make your answer more suitable. You must understand all the poems, short stories and drama that you studied in Form 4 very well. You need an English Literature revision book. For Novel, there will be one question. It will test you on the novel you studied in Form 5. You must understand the novel very well. Make sure you understand the Theme, Moral Values, Lessons, Characters, Settings and Plot of the novel. You need an English Literature revision book.
For SPM English, you should do more exercises. Buy more exercise books and do the exercises. You should also do SPM Model Papers and Past-year SPM Papers to familiarize yourself with the types of questions commonly tested in SPM.

SPM Mathematics:

There are 2 papers. Paper 1 consists of objective questions while Paper 2 consists of subjective questions.
The exam will test you on all topics studied from Form 1 to Form 5. You should have a SPM Mathematics revision book. I would recommend you the Success Mathematics SPM published by Oxford Fajar. If you have forgotten some of the Form 1 to Form 3 topics, then you need a PMR Mathematics revision book as well. Attending tuition can also help. I would recommend you my grandfather's tuition center (Visit http://pusattuisyentekad.webs.com ).
You need to understand all topics from Form 1 to Form 5 as well as how to answer each topic. Refer to revision books for notes and worked examples. You should do more exercises. Buy more Mathematics exercise books and do the exercises. You should also do SPM Model Papers and Past-year SPM Papers to familiarize yourself with the types of questions commonly tested in SPM. Do not memorise any explanations in revision or text books because it won't help you. Knowing how to use a scientific calculator is also important. Make sure that you know how to use the scientific calculator to make common calculations.
When you answer Paper 2, you must show all the workings for every questions. Marks will be given for the answers as well as the workings. Ask your teacher about which workings are necessary and which are not. For questions about drawing and sketching, use pencil. For other questions, you must use pen. For Paper 2 Section B, you can choose 4 of the 5 questions. Do not choose the question you are least confident in. If you have time, you can answer all 5 questions and in this case the lowest mark among the 5 questions will not be taken. For Paper 1, you do not need to show your workings because the questions are objective. Don't forget to bring along geometrical instruments and scientific calculator. You need the geometrical instruments for certain drawing. For scientific calculator, 350MS is always allowed but I am not sure about 570MS and 570ES (natural display). Ask your teacher for more information about this. Graph paper will be provided.

SPM Additional Mathematics:

There are 2 papers. Paper 1 consists of short subjective questions while Paper 2 consists of long subjective questions.
In the exam, it will test you on all topics you studied in Form 4 and Form 5. You should have a SPM Additional Mathematics revision book. I would recommend you the Success Additional Mathematics SPM revision book published by Oxford Fajar. Attending tuition can also help. I would recommend you my grandfather's tuition center (Visit http://pusattuisyentekad.webs.com ).
You need to understand all topics from Form 4 to Form 5 as well as how to answer each topic. You must also understand topics in Mathematics because Mathematics is the basic of Additional Mathematics. Refer to revision books for notes and worked examples. You should do more exercises. Buy more Additional Mathematics exercise books and do the exercises. You should also do SPM Model Papers and Past-year SPM Papers to familiarize yourself with the types of questions commonly tested in SPM. Do not memorise any explanations in revision or text books because it won't help you. Knowing how to use a scientific calculator is also important. Make sure that you know how to use the scientific calculator to make common calculations.
For both Paper 1 and Paper 2, you must show all the workings for every questions. Marks will be given for the answers as well as the workings. Ask your teacher about which workings are necessary and which are not. For questions about drawing and sketching, use pencil. For other questions, you must use pen. For Paper 2 Section B, you can choose 4 of the 5 questions. For Paper 2 Section C, you can choose 2 of the 4 questions. Choose the questions you are most confident in. If you have time, you can answer extra questions and in this case the only highest mark among the questions will be taken. Don't forget to bring along geometrical instruments and scientific calculator. You need the geometrical instruments for certain drawing. For scientific calculator, 350MS is always allowed but I am not sure about 570MS and 570ES (natural display). Ask your teacher for more information about this. Graph paper and mathematical tables will be provided.

SPM Chemistry:

There are 3 papers. Paper 1 consists of objective questions, Paper 2 consists of subjective & essay questions while Paper 3 consists of experiment questions.
In the exam, it will test you on topics you have studied in Form 4 and Form 5. I strongly advice you to get a SPM Chemistry revision book. I would recommend you the Longman Essential Chemistry SPM revision book published by Longman. Attending tuition may also help.
You need to understand all topics in Form 4 and Form 5. Pay attention in class and read the notes & explanations in the revision book. You must understand and not just memorise. Some facts, however, requires you to memorise. By understanding and memorising, you can answer most questions easily. For questions on calculation, you should understand how to solve it. Refer to worked examples in revision books. You must also understand all the experiments in Form 4 and Form 5. You must understand the aim, problem statement, hypothesis, variables, set-up diagram, procedure, observations/results, apparatus & materials, data tabulation & analysis and conclusion of every experiment. Refer to the experiments in the revision book.
For Paper 2 Section A, you need to write answers, give explanations and show workings for calculations. Your answer must be correct and complete and cannot contain incorrect information or otherwise your marks can be deducted. For Paper 2 Section B & C, you have to explain in detail. The number of points you have to write depends on the marks allocated for the question. Basically, 1 correct point gives 1 mark. You can write extra points in your answer. Only the correct points will be marked, and marks will not be deducted for incorrect points. For questions on 'Describe experiments', your answer should contain labelled diagram, procedure, apparatus & materials, observation/results, data analysis and conclusion. For both Paper 2 Section B and C, you can choose 1 between the 2 questions. Choose the one you are most confident in. You can answer extra questions if you have time. Marks will be taken from the questions with highest marks.
For Paper 3 Question 1 & 2, you need to write answers, give explanations and show workings for calculations. Your answer must be correct and complete and cannot contain incorrect information or otherwise your marks can be deducted. For Paper 3 Question 3, you must plan an experiment. Your answer must include every point that you are asked to write.
In Paper 2 and 3, for questions about drawing or sketching, use pencil. For other questions, use pen. Remember to bring a scientific calculator for all papers. It can help you in answering questions on calculation. You should also bring a ruler because it may be needed to make measurements.

SPM Physics:

There are 3 papers. Paper 1 consists of objective questions, Paper 2 consists of subjective & essay questions while Paper 3 consists of experiment questions.
In the exam, it will test you on topics you have studied in Form 4 and Form 5. I strongly advice you to get a SPM Physics revision book. I would recommend you the Success Physics SPM revision book published by Oxford Fajar. Attending tuition may also help.
You need to understand all topics in Form 4 and Form 5. Pay attention in class and read the notes & explanation in the revision book. You must understand and not just memorise. Some facts, however, requires you to memorise. By understanding and memorising, you can answer most questions easily. For questions on calculation, you should understand how to solve it. Refer to worked examples in revision books. You must also understand all the experiments in Form 4 and Form 5. You must understand the aim, problem statement, inference, hypothesis, variables, set-up diagram, procedure, observations/results, apparatus & materials, data tabulation & analysis and conclusion of every experiment. Refer to the experiments in the revision book.
For Paper 2 Section A, you need to write answers, give explanations and show workings for calculations. Your answer must be correct and complete and cannot contain incorrect information or otherwise your marks can be deducted. For Paper 2 Section B & C, you have to explain in detail. The number of points you have to write depends on the marks allocated for the question. Basically, 1 correct point gives 1 mark. You can write extra points in your answer. Only the correct points will be marked, and marks will not be deducted for incorrect points. For questions on 'suggest suitable characteristics', you should give at least 5 suggestions and the explanations for each suggestions. For questions on 'determine/choose the most suitable...', you should give at least 4 suggestions and the explanations for each suggestions then followed by a conclusion. For both Paper 2 Section B and C, you can choose 1 between the 2 questions. Choose the one you are most confident in. You can answer extra questions if you have time. Marks will be taken from the questions with highest marks.
For Paper 3 Section A, you need to write answers, give explanations and show workings for calculations. Your answer must be correct and complete and cannot contain incorrect information or otherwise your marks can be deducted. For Paper 3 Section B, you must plan an experiment. Your answer must include every point that you are asked to write. You can choose one between the 2 questions. Choose the one you are most confident in.
In Paper 2 and 3, for questions about drawing or sketching, use pencil. For other questions, use pen. Remember to bring a scientific calculator for all papers. It can help you in answering questions on calculation. You should also bring along geometrical instruments because it may be needed to draw and make measurements.

SPM Biology:

There are 3 papers. Paper 1 consists of objective questions, Paper 2 consists of subjective & essay questions while Paper 3 consists of experiment questions.
In the exam, it will test you on topics you have studied in Form 4 and Form 5. I strongly advice you to get a SPM Biology revision book. I would recommend you the Success Biology SPM revision book published by Oxford Fajar. Attending tuition may also help.
You need to understand all topics in Form 4 and Form 5. Pay attention in class and read the notes & explanations in the revision book. You must understand and not just memorise. Some facts, however, requires you to memorise. By understanding and memorising, you can answer most questions easily. For questions on calculation, you should understand how to solve it. Refer to worked examples in revision books. You must also understand all the experiments in Form 4 and Form 5. You must understand the aim, problem statement, hypothesis, variables, set-up diagram, technique, procedure, observations/results, apparatus & materials, data tabulation & analysis and conclusion of every experiment. Refer to the experiments in the revision book.
For Paper 2 Section A, you need to write answers, give explanations and show workings for calculations. Your answer must be correct and complete and cannot contain incorrect information or otherwise your marks can be deducted. For Paper 2 Section B, you have to explain in detail. The number of points you have to write depends on the marks allocated for the question. Basically, 1 correct point gives 1 mark. You can write extra points in your answer. Only the correct points will be marked, and marks will not be deducted for incorrect points. For questions on giving your own opinion, you should think based on your knowledge in biology then give suitable ideas. For Paper 2 Section B, you can choose 2 between the 4 questions. Choose the questions you are most confident in. You can answer extra questions if you have time. Marks will be taken from the questions with highest marks.
For Paper 3 Question 1, you need to write answers, give explanations and show workings for calculations. Your answer must be correct and complete and cannot contain incorrect information or otherwise your marks can be deducted. For Paper 3 Question 2, you must plan an experiment. Your answer must include every point that you are asked to write.
In Paper 2 and 3, for questions about drawing or sketching, use pencil. For other questions, use pen. Remember to bring a scientific calculator for all papers. It can help you in answering questions on calculation. You should also bring a ruler because it may be needed to make measurements.

SPM Sejarah:

There are 2 papers. Paper 1 consists of Soalan Objektif while Paper 2 consists of Soalan Struktur & Esei.
During the exam, it will test you on topics you have studied in Form 4 and Form 5. You should get a SPM Sejarah revision book. I would recommend you the Longman Essential Sejarah SPM revision book published by Longman.
You need to understand all topics in Form 4 and 5. Read the notes and explanations in the text book and revision books. You must understand and memorise. It is difficult to memorise if you do not understand. There are a lot of facts and explanations that you have to memorise. Understanding and memorising is very important in order to answer the questions. You must also know the Nilai Murni / Ikhtibar for the historical incidents that you have learnt. You should also do more exercises. Buy exercise books and do the exercises. You should also do SPM Model Papers and Pass-Year SPM Papers to familiarise yourself with the types of questions commonly tested in SPM.
For Paper 2 Bahagian A, you need to write answers, give explanations, give 'nilai murni' / 'ikhtibar' and give your own opinions. Your answer must be correct and complete in order to get full marks. For questions on giving your own opinions, make sure that your ideas are logical, relevant and suitable. For Paper 2 Bahagian B, you need to explain in detail and give your own opinions. The number of points you have to write depends on the marks allocated for the question. Basically, 1 correct point gives 1 mark. You can write extra points in your answer. Only the correct points will be marked, and marks will not be deducted for incorrect points. For questions about 'Nyatakan', 'Berikan', 'Namakan' and 'Tuliskan', you only need to write points without elaboration. For questions about 'Jelaskan', 'Terangkan', 'Huraikan' and 'Bincangkan', you must give points and elaborations. For questions on giving your own opinion, make sure that your ideas are logical, relevant and suitable, and you should give many ideas so that you have backups in case any of your ideas are incorrect. For Paper 2 Bahagian B, you can choose 3 between the 5 questions. Choose the questions you are most confident in. You can answer extra questions if you have time. Marks will be taken from the questions with highest marks.
Beginning SPM 2013, there is Paper 3 for Sejarah. In Paper 3, you have to write an essay on a given topic. A general topic is given one month before the SPM, while the actual topic is given on the examination day. You can ask your teacher for help during that month. However, this is a new format for SPM Sejarah beginning year 2013. Students taking SPM in 2012 are not affected.

SPM Pendidikan Moral:

There are 2 sections. Bahagian A consists of structured questions while Bahagian B consists of essay questions.
In the exam, it will test you on the Nilai and Kandungan Akademik for Form 4 and Form 5. You should have a SPM Pendidikan Moral revision book. I would recommend you the Longman Essential Pendidikan Moral SPM revision book published by Longman.
You must understand all the Nilai and Kandungan Akademik you have learnt in Form 4 and 5. You must nderstand and memorise all the Nilai, Penerangan and Kata Kunci exactly. By doing so, you can answer questions on Nilai easily. You must also read the notes and explanations in the text books and revision books. This will help you in answering questions on Kandungan Akademik as well as KBKK. You should also do more exercises. Buy exercise books and do the exercises. You should also do SPM Model Papers and Pass-Year SPM Trial Papers to familiarise yourself with the types of questions commonly tested in SPM. However, you cannot get actual Pass-year SPM Pendidikan Moral papers because it is Kertas Soalan Tertutup.
For Bahagian A, there are questions on Nilai, Kandungan Akademik and KBKK. For Nilai questions, look at the number of Nilai you have to write and the marks allocated. For 1N 1M, 2N 2M and 3N 3M, you only need to write the Nilai without Penerangan and you do not need to answer in complete sentences. For For 1N 2M, 2N 4M and 3N 6M, you need to write Nilai and Penerangan without Contoh and you must answer in complete sentences. For 1N 3M and 2N 6M, you need to write Nilai, Penerangan and Contoh and you must answer in complete sentences. Your Penerangan must always include the Kata Kunci for that Nilai. For 1N 2M, 2N 4M and 3N 6M, you must also relate your Penerangan with the question (kaitkan dengan soalan) after writing the Kata Kunci. Your Contoh must also be suitable for the question. (Note: N means Nilai and M means Markah). For Kandungan Akademik and KBKK questions, you need not answer in complete sentences. For Kandungan Akademik questions, your answers must be based on what you have learnt in the text book and revision books. For KBKK, you have to use your brain and think then give logical and suitable answers. You are advised give extra answers, but with a maximum of 4 answers for each question. By doing so, you have backups in case any of your answers are incorrect. Only your correct answers will be marked, and marks will not be deducted for wrong answers. However, you cannot give more than 4 answers. For Bahagian B, there are only questions on Nilai. For each questions, you have to give 2 Nilai, 4 Penerangan and 4 Contoh (2 Penerangan and 2 Contoh for each Nilai). Use different Kata Kunci for each Penerangan. Do not repeat any Contoh. For Bahagian B, you do not need to relate the Penerangan with the question. Write your answer in one paragraph only. You can choose 2 between the 3 questions. Choose the questions that you are most confident in. You can answer all questions if you have time. The marks will be taken from the questions with the highest marks.

SPM Information and Communications Technology (ICT):

There are 2 papers. Paper 1 is Written Assessment while Paper 2 is Coursework. Paper 1 consists of 3 sections, Section A, B and C. Section A consists of objective questions while Section B consists of Structured Questions.
In the exam, it will test you on all topics you studied in Form 4 and 5. ICT subject does not have a textbook. You need SPM ICT revision books. The most important book is the Score A ICT SPM revision book. Most schools offering ICT use this book. If you do not have this book, buy it from http://www.ictscorea.com/ . You need exercise books as well. Exercise books (Topical exercise and SPM Model Paper) for SPM ICT are available from this website, http://www.skygt.net/v3/news.php . Also, you should get some internet notes for SPM ICT. Free internet notes can be downloaded from http://www.ketam.pja.my/teknologi-maklumat/nota-ict-spm/ .
You need to understand all topics in Form 4 and Form 5. Pay attention in class and read all the notes and explanations in the revision books and internet notes. You must understand and not just memorise. Some facts, however, requires you to memorise. By understanding and memorising, you can answer the questions easily. You should also do more exercises. Get exercise books and do the exercises.
You should also do SPM Model Papers and Pass-Year SPM Papers to familiarise yourself with the types of questions commonly tested in SPM.
For Paper 1 Section B and C, you need to write answers, give explanations, give suggestions and give your own opinions. For questions about 'Write', 'State', 'Name' and 'Give', you only need to write points without elaboration. For questions about 'Explain', 'Justify' and 'Discuss', you must give points and elaborations. The number of points you have to write depends on the marks allocated for the question. Basically, 1 correct point gives 1 mark. For questions on giving your own opinion, making suggestions or making a choice, you should think based on your knowledge in ICT then give suitable ideas. For Paper 1 Section C, you must answer the first question and then choose 1 between the 2 other questions. Choose the one you are most confident in. You can answer all questions if you have time. Marks will be taken from the questions with higher marks. For questions about sketching, use a pencil. For other questions, you must use pen. Remember to bring along your scientific calculator because it can help you in answering questions on calculations.
For Paper 2, make sure that you complete all courseworks in Form 4 and Form 5 correctly. If you are not sure in anything, ask your teacher for help. You can download examples for written ICT courseworks here, http://daniellimjj.blogspot.com/2011/09/ict-and-moral-folio.html .

SPM Bahasa Cina / 华文 :

Paper 1 consists of Formatted Writing and Continuous Writing.
For formatted writing, the exam will test you on 4 types of writing, 公函, 通告, 启事 and 会议记录. You must know the format of all types of writing. You can choose 1 between the 2 questions. Choose the one you are most confident in. Make sure your format is correct. Do not write more than 120 words. The maximum you can write is 124 words. Try to remember the commonly used words and sentences for each type of writing and use them when writing. To score, you must read and write more. Attending tuition can also help.
For continuous writing, the exam will test you on unformatted writing. There is no format for the writing is this section. You have to choose 1 between the 5 questions. Choose the one you are most confident in. Your essay must be longer than 400 words. To score, you must read and write more. Attending tuition can also help.
Paper 2 consists of Modern Text Comprehension, Classical Text Comprehension and Idioms.
For Modern Text Comprehension, the exam will test you on Summary, Grammar and Comprehension. For Summary, read the question and passage given carefully. You will be asked to summarise on 1 or more points. Look for all the points from the passage. You do not need to use your own words but you may have to make some changes to make your answer more suitable. The number of points you have to write depends on the passage given, but the minimum is 4 points. Do not write any introduction, closing, elaboration or example. The maximum word limit is usually around 110 to 130. Your summary must not exceed the maximum word limit by 5 or more words. For Grammar, you must understand all the grammar components you studied in Form 1 to Form 5. You need a revision book. For comprehension, read the passage and questions carefully. For each question, look for the answers from the passage. Usually, it is not possible to copy directly from the passage so you have to answer in your own words. Sometimes, the answers are not direct so you have to think before you can answer. You need not answer in complete sentences. To score, you must do a lot of exercises. Buy exercise books and do the exercises. Attending tuition can also help.
For Classical Text Comprehension, the exam will test you on Comprehension and Translation. Read the passage and questions carefully. You have to understand the passage before you can answer. For each question, look for the answers from the passage. Because the passage is in classical text and you are required to answer in Modern Text, you cannot copy directly and you must use your own words. Sometimes, the answers are not direct so you have to think before you can answer. You need not answer in complete sentences. For Translation, you should translate word by word. Do not leave any classical words or phrases untranslated. To score, you must do a lot of exercises. Buy exercise books and do the exercises. Also, try to know the meaning of the commonly used words in Classical Text. You need a revision book. Attending tuition can also help.
For Idioms (名句精华), the exam will test you on all the idioms you have learnt from Remove Class until Form 5. It may ask you the meaning, author, source and category of idioms as well as asking you to make a sentence from an idiom or suggest a suitable idiom of a situation. There are a total of 230 idioms. You should not forget the idioms you have studied from Remove Class to Form 3. You need a revision book. Most SPM Bahasa Cina revision books contain all idioms from Remove Class to Form 5. Make sure you understand and remember all the idioms and their meaning, usage, category, author and source.
For SPM Bahasa Cina, you should do more exercises. Buy more exercise books and do the exercises. You should also do SPM Model Papers and Past-year SPM Papers to familiarize yourself with the types of questions commonly tested in SPM.

SPM Prinsip Perakaunan / Reka Cipta / English for Science & Technology / Bahasa Tamil / Pendidikan Islam / Tasawwur Islam / Bahasa Arab / Kesusasteraan Cina / Kesusasteraan Tamil / Geografi :

I do not take these subjects, so I cannot give any tips. Ask someone else who are good in the subject for tips.

Virtual Computer

2011-12-20T14:02:00.002+08:00

The computer that we usually use is also called a physical computer or real computer, because besides using it, we can touch and feel it, and it had its own hardware. Then, have you heard of a virtual computer? A virtual computer, also called a virtual machine, it a 'computer' running inside a physical computer. It is actually a program that has the similar functions as a real computer. A virtual computer is usually referred to as a 'guest', while a physical computer is referred to as a 'host'. Virtual computer and physical computer share the same hardware, where the virtual computer uses the hardware of the physical computer. However, virtual computer and physical computer use different software.

Then, why is virtual computer used? There are 3 main reasons. First, virtual computer can be used to install other operating systems. Examples of operating systems are Windows 7, Windows Vista and Linux Ubuntu. Every computer usually has 1 operating system only. If you install another operating system, usually the current one is either upgraded to the new one, or the current one as well as all files in the hard disk are deleted and replaced by the new one. It is also possible to have 2 operating systems installed, but this requires dual-boot to be set-up. The process of setting-up dual boot is complicated, and may destroy all data if done incorrectly. Virtual computers can solve this problem. Second, virtual computer can be used to test new programs. If you are installing a new program in your computer, you may not be sure whether it is safe or not. In this case, you can install the program in a virtual computer first. If it is safe, you can install it in your real computer. If it is unsafe, only the virtual computer is affected, not the real computer. Third, virtual computer is used to run older programs that are not compatible with newer operating system. For example, some old programs are compatible with Windows XP but not Windows 7. However, if you are using Windows 7, you run them in a virtual computer with Windows XP installed.

In order to run a virtual computer, there are a few requirements. First, you must have a virtual machine software. VMWare Player is a free virtual machine software that can be downloaded at http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ . You also need an operating system for the virtual computer. You must have either an installation CD or an ISO file for the operating system. VMWare Player can run many operating systems like Windows XP and Linux Ubuntu. However, VMWare Player does not run Mac OS X since it can be installed on Mac computers only. VMWare Player can run Google Chromium OS but not Google Chrome OS because it is for Chromebooks only. Besides, your computer hardware such as RAM and hard disk should have high capacity because they are used by both the real computer and virtual computer at the same time. If your computer meet all the requirements, you can go ahead and install a virtual computer. You can have more than 1 virtual computers but you are advised use only 1 virtual computer at a time to prevent your computer's performance from being affected.

Of all the operating systems, the operating systems that are most suitable for virtual computers are Windows XP and Linux Ubuntu. Windows XP does not need high hardware requirements, and it is the version of Windows that is compatible with most softwares. Many older and newer programs are compatible with Windows XP, so Windows XP can be used to test new softwares and run older softwares. Linux Ubuntu should be your choice because it is the most widely used version of Linux. It is also the easiest to use and has the most features. Windows Vista and Windows 7 are not suitable to be installed in virtual computers because they need very high requirements and this may cause memory-swapping. In this article, I will tell you how to install Windows XP and Linux Ubuntu in VMWare Player.

To Use Windows XP in Virtual Computer:
(In order to do so, you must have a Windows XP installation CD.)

1. Download VMWare Player from http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ then install it.
2. Open VMWare Player.
3. Click 'Create a New Virtual Machine'.
4. Insert the Windows XP installation CD into the CD drive of your computer.
5. Click 'Installer disc' and select your CD drive.
6. When VMWare Player says that it will install Windows XP using Easy Install, click 'Next'.
7. Key in the Windows XP product key and your name. Then click 'Next'.
8. Click 'Next'.
9. Ensure that the 'Maximum disk size' is 40GB and 'store virtual disk as a single file' is selected. Then click 'Next'.
10. Click 'Finish'.
11. VMWare will automatically install Windows XP. Follow the on-screen instructions on continue. About 30 minutes is needed to install Windows XP.
12. After Windows XP has finished installing, it will automatically turn on.
13. On the bottom, there should be a bar about VMWare Tools. Connect to the internet and click 'Download Tools' or 'Update Tools'.
14. Wait for the download of VMWare Tools to complete.
15. In the virtual computer, open 'My Computer' and double-click the CD drive with the name of 'VMWare Tools'.
16. Install VMWare Tools in the virtual computer.
17. You have successfully installed Windows XP in VMWare Player.

To use Linux Ubuntu in VMWare Player:
(You do not need a Linux Ubuntu installation CD. Just follow the instructions below.)

1. Download VMWare Player from http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ then install it.
2. Download an ISO image of Linux Ubuntu from http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download and save it to the desktop.
3. Open VMWare Player.
4. Click 'Create a New Virtual Machine'.
5. Click 'Installer disc image file'. Click 'Browse', select 'Desktop' and select the Linux Ubuntu ISO Image file (that you just downloaded).
6. When VMWare Player says that it will install Linux Ubuntu using Easy Install, click 'Next'.
7. Key in your username and password for Linux Ubuntu, then click 'Next'.
8. Click 'Next' again.
9. Ensure that the 'Maximum disk size' is 20GB and 'store virtual disk as a single file' is selected. Then click 'Next'.
10. Click 'Finish'.
11. VMWare will automatically install Linux Ubuntu. Follow the on-screen instructions on continue. About 30 minutes is needed to install Linux Ubuntu.
12. After Linux Ubuntu has finished installing, it will automatically turn on.
13. You have successfully installed Linux Ubuntu in VMWare Player.
(If you see a bar on the bottom about VMWare Tools, just click 'Never Remind Me'. You do not need to install VMWare Tools for Linux Ubuntu. Also, the installation procedure is very complicating.)

To use the virtual computer, open VMWare Player, select 'Windows XP' or 'Linux Ubuntu' in the left panel then click 'Play Virtual Machine'. Some hardware can be used by both the virtual computer and physical computer at the same time. Other hardwares, like USB devices, can only be used on either one of the virtual computer or physical computer at a time. To connect it to the virtual computer, in the virtual machine window, click 'Virtual Machine' then 'Removable Devices', select the device and click 'Connect'. To connect it to the physical computer, in the virtual machine window, click 'Virtual Machine' then 'Removable Devices', select the device and click 'Disconnect'. Some hardware are automatically connected to the virtual computer when it is switched on. To connect the virtual computer to the internet, just connect the physical computer to the internet and the virtual computer will be automatically connected. To transfer files between the virtual computer and physical computer, use a pendrive.

Between Kulim and Subang Jaya

2011-12-20T01:14:00.002+08:00

Currently, I am staying in Kulim, Kedah. Many think that I was born in Kulim. Actually, I was born in Subang Jaya, Selangor. Subang Jaya is a city in Selangor that is located quite close to Kuala Lumpur. In many other posts of this blog, I commonly refer to Subang Jaya as Kuala Lumpur. Now, my brother and my parents are staying in Subang Jaya, while I stay with my grandparents in Kulim. You may have wondered, why I am staying in Kulim with my grandparents, instead of staying in Subang Jaya with my parents?

Actually, I have been staying with my grandparents in Kulim since when I was small. When I was born in Subang Jaya, both my parents were working. My grandparents were interested to look after me. Therefore, my parents sent me to Kulim and let me stay with my grandparents. Initially, my parents intended to let me stay in Kulim for a period of 6 months only. However, 6 months later, my parents decided to let me continue staying in Kulim. My grandparents were also willing to continue look after me. So, I continued to stay in Kulim permanently. At that time, I was not even one year old yet.

When I was 3 years old, my grandparents wanted to visit Australia for holidays. They wanted to bring me along. At first I agreed to follow along. However, later I asked my father about how aeroplanes and rockets fly. I misunderstood my father's explanations and thought that aeroplanes fly like rockets, which is vertically upwards. As a result, I was afraid of sitting aeroplanes and do not want to go to Australia. My grandparents tried to convince me to follow them to Australia but I insisted on not to go. When they went to Australia, I stayed in Subang Jaya with my parents. Since my mother was working, I had to go to a childcare center. I was quite happy when staying in Subang Jaya. When my grandparents returned from Australia, they brought me back to Kulim. My grandfather drove his car back to Kulim. I refused to return to Kulim. As a result, I cried all the way back to Kulim. When we reached Ipoh, I kept on asking my grandfather to turn back to Subang Jaya. After arriving in Kulim, I refused to enter the house for half an hour. At last, I calmed myself down and continued to stay in Kulim.

On the following year, my grandparents again wanted to go for holidays in China. They could not bring me along because the place they were visiting was not suitable for me. I was still small at that time but the place they were visiting require a lot of walking. Therefore, I stayed in Subang Jaya again. This time, my parents sent me to another childcare centre. This childcare centre was not as good as the previous one and I was quite naughty as well. I once broke a glass and was scolded. Still, my stay in Subang Jaya was quite happy. Again, I refused to go back to Kulim. When my grandparents returned from China and arrived at my parents' house, I were sitting at the back of the house. I refused to come out and meet them because I was afraid that they would bring me back to Kulim. Later, my grandparents returned to Kulim themselves and my father told them that he would bring me back to Kulim a few days later. On the day my father brought me back to Kulim, he lied to me that he was taking me to Johor Bahru, and therefore we had to use the north-south highway. On the way, he stopped at Kawasan Rehat Tapah to buy me some ice-cream. Because I usually had ice-cream at Kawasan Rehat Tapah on the way back to Kulim, I knew that he was taking me to Kulim. When we arrived at Bukit Mertajam, I recognised that I was in Bukit Mertajam. Finally, I arrived at my grandparents' house in Kulim. I did not say a thing as I was tired. I continued to stay in Kulim.

Later, I entered school. I liked to stay in Kulim very much and no longer wanted to move to Subang Jaya. Sometimes, I would go to Subang Jaya during the school holidays. Usually I would go to Subang Jaya if the holiday was 2 weeks or longer. I do not go to Subang Jaya during Chinese New Year. I always stay in my parents' house. Usually, my parents brought me there. There, when my parents were working, I had to go to childcare center with my brother. It was a different childcare centre than the one I went to earlier. That childcare centre was Smart Reader Kids, which was also my brother's kindergarten. Sometimes, I followed my mother to her office instead. However, starting from 2007, I no longer went to the childcare center. Instead, I stayed at home with my brother. This was because I was already big enough to take care of myself. I could remember my trips to Subang Jaya beginning year 2003.

At the year-end of 2003, I followed my grandparents to Bangkok, Thailand. Before that, I stayed in Subang Jaya for a few days. After returning from Bangkok, I stayed in Subang Jaya for another week before returing to Kulim. My grandparents went back to Kulim earlier. I went to Smart Reader Kids childcare center for 2 days. That was the first time I went to that childcare centre. During the mid-year school holidays of 2004, I went to Subang Jaya for a week. My parents came to Kulim and drove me there. I went to childcare centre for 3 days.

During the year-end school holidays of 2004, my grandparents and I moved to a new house. My grandparents had bought a new house in Bukit Kulim. We moved from Taman Berlian to Bukit Kulim. We held a house-warming. Before that, we also went to Langkawi for holidays. As a result, I went to Subang Jaya for a week only. During that week, I had the chance to follow my father to Johor Bahru for business. I initially wanted to go to Subang Jaya for another week before the school reopened but later I did not because my grandmother wanted me to study. At the mid-year of 2005, I again went to Subang Jaya for I week. This time, I went to Johor Bahru again. My father took our family to Johor Bahru for 1-day trip.

During the year-end school holidays of 2005, I visited Subang Jaya for quite long. I went to Subang Jaya for 2 weeks starting from 1 week before the school holiday starts. I had to skip school for a week. After that, I returned to Kulim for 2 weeks. During that 2 weeks in Kulim, I was quite boring. Therefore, I had many dreams when I slept, including my best dream (Read my post in http://daniellimjj.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-best-and-worst-dreams.html ). 2 weeks later, I went to Beijing, China with my grandparents for holidays. Before going to China, we stayed in Subang Jaya for a few days. After returning from China, I stayed in Subang Jaya for 1 weeks. Then, I followed my parents to Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China. After the trip, I stayed in Subang Jaya for another week before going back to Kulim. So, I went to Subang Jaya for a total of 4 weeks. At the mid-year of 2006, I again visited Subang Jaya for 1 week. My parents brought me there. My grandparents also followed along.

At the year-end school holidays of 2006, I went to Subang Jaya for 4 weeks continuously. My grandparents did not go to Subang Jaya. I went to Subang Jaya 2 weeks after the school holidays starts because there was school tuition for UPSR during the first 2 weeks of school holiday. I did not went to overseas on that year. During the mid-year school holidays of 2007, I did not go to Subang Jaya because I was sitting for the UPSR on that year. There was also school tuition at that time. During the year-end school holidays of 2007, I went to Subang Jaya for 2 weeks only. At first, my parents took me to Subang Jaya for 1 week. My grandparents did not go to Subang Jaya. I stayed in my parents' house. Then, we went back to Kulim. On the following day, we went to Subang Jaya again for another week. This time, my grandparents followed along. My uncle and aunt from Australia came back to Malaysia and they booked a hotel in Kuala Lumpur for my grandparents. My parents also booked and stayed in that hotel. Therefore, I had the chance to stay in that hotel for a few days. I also stayed in my parents' house for a few days.

During the mid-year school holidays of 2008, I went to Subang Jaya for 1 week. My parents brought me there. After I came back to Kulim, the school reopened on the following day so I was not very happy. At the year-end school holidays of 2008, I went to Subang Jaya for about 3 and a half weeks. At first, my parents brought me to Subang Jaya for 2 weeks. My parents took me to Genting Highlands but I was not interested because we spent most of our time waiting. After that, I returned to Kulim for 2 weeks. 2 weeks later, my father came to Kulim to bring my grandparents and me to Subang Jaya. A few days later, my grandparents went to Hong Kong for holidays. I did not follow them so I stayed in Subang Jaya. I went to Genting Highlands again although I was not interested because my brother wanted to go. 1 week later, my grandparents returned from Hong Kong. Then, my parents took me and my grandparents back to Kulim.

At the mid-year school holidays of 2009, I went to Subang Jaya for 1 week again. My parents brought me there. I could not really enjoy myself because the school exam was held after the school holiday. Usually the school exam was before the school holiday. During the year-end school holidays of 2009, I went to Subang Jaya for 3 weeks. At first, I went to Subang Jaya for 2 weeks. I grandparents did not follow along. During that time, I went to Singapore with my parents for 3 days. After 2 weeks, my father took me back to Kulim. On the next day, we went back to Subang Jaya. My grandparents followed along. A few days later, I followed my grandparents to Taiwan for holidays. After returning from Taiwan, I stayed in Subang Jaya for a few days before returning to Kulim.

During April 2010, I went to Subang Jaya with my grandparents for 1 night. My uncle and aunt from Australia came to Malaysia to watch the F1 in Sepang, Selangor. They invited my grandfather to watch the F1 and booked a plane ticket for me and my grandparents. We flew from Penang airport to KLIA. I stayed in my parents' house for 1 night. On the second night, my father drove us back to Kulim. During the mid-year school holidays of 2010, I again did not go to Subang Jaya because I was taking the PMR on 2010. I stayed in Kulim to study for PMR. During the year-end school holidays of 2010, I went to Subang Jaya for about 3 weeks. My parents brought me there. My grandparents also went to Subang Jaya. During that time, I again went to Singapore with my parents. 2 weeks later, we went back to Kulim to take my PMR results. On the following day, I went back to Subang Jaya to stay for a few more days. I returned to Kulim after a few days.

At the mid-year school holidays of 2011, I went to Subang Jaya for 1 week. My parents brought me there. My grandparents also followed along. I and my grandparents initially planned to take a train back to Kulim but at last my father had to drive us back due to a time-error on our train ticket. During the year-end school holidays of 2011, I went to Subang Jaya for 3 weeks. My parents brought me there. My grandparents did not follow along. I again could go to Singapore with my parents because my mother-side grandfather invited us to go. 2 weeks later, we had to go to Penang for 1 night to do some important task. On the next day, we went back to Subang Jaya. After another week in Subang Jaya, I returned to Kulim. For the mid-year school holidays of 2012, I will not be going to Subang Jaya because I will be taking my SPM on 2012. Moreover, the SPM trial exam will be on August 2012. I need to study for my SPM.

I am glad that I am staying in Kulim instead of Subang Jaya. If I were to be staying in Subang Jaya, I would not have studied in SRJK(C) Chong Cheng and SMK Sultan Badlishah. I would not have knew all my friends. You may not even know me. Now I am already in Form 5. Next year, I will graduate from secondary school. I know that I must leave Kulim in order to further my studies. The only way to continue staying in Kulim is to enter Form 6. I surely do not want to enter Form 6 because it is very difficult. So, I must treasure my every moment in Kulim.

Google Chrome OS

2011-12-18T19:31:00.000+08:00

Well, it is time for computer tutorial again! I am sure you should have heard of the Google Chrome browser. Google Chrome is an internet browser released by Google on 2009. Google Chrome is similar to Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Apple Safari, but it is faster. Not only it opens fast, it also loads web pages fast. I am using it all the time. Most users who have used it gave positive reviews on it. If you have not used it before, you can download it for free here. Google Chrome browser works on Windows, Mac and Linux.
https://www.google.com/chrome

Then, have you heard of Google Chrome OS? Soon after Google released the Google Chrome browser on year 2009, Google announced that they will be developing Google Chrome OS and Google Chrome OS will be released somewhere during 2010. Google Chrome OS is an operating system that is used to operate a computer. Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Mac OS X are other examples of operating system. Google created a blog about Google Chrome OS. Google said that they developed Google Chrome OS so that users who have no internet access can use their services. Google said that Google Chrome OS will be free and open source so that everyone can download it and install it in their computers. Google also wants to use Google Chrome OS to compete with Microsoft Windows 7. However, Google had not announced any features of Google Chrome OS.

At that time, I and most people who have heard of Google Chrome OS are looking forward to Google Chrome OS. I told myself that I will download and install Google Chrome OS immediately after it is released. I thought that Google Chrome OS will surely have many new and useful features. Also, it will surely be fast and safe, just like the Google Chrome browser. And, if it is comparable with Windows, Google Chrome OS will be a great challenge to Microsoft since it is free while Windows is expensive. At that time, Windows 7 is not yet been released. Google Chrome OS may affect the release of Windows 7. However, after months of waiting, even after the release of Windows 7, I have still not heard anything more about Google Chrome OS. Soon, it is the end of year 2010, where it is supposed to be released already. When I tried to look for Google Chrome OS on the internet, I have not found anything about it, not even a Beta or Preview version of Google Chrome OS.

On 2011, finally there is a official blog for Google Chrome OS. But when I go to that blog, I have not found any Google Chrome OS downloads. Instead, there is a Chromebook Pilot program. Chromebook is a laptop released by Google that have Google Chrome OS preinstalled in it. By joining the Chromebook Pilot program, I can get a Chromebook for free, use it and then give comments to Google about it. However, the Chromebook Pilot program is available for limited time only. It was no longer available when I tried to sign up for it. Then on 15 July 2011, Google officially released Chromebooks to the public. Two companies, Samsung and Acer have manufactured Chromebooks. Those who want to own a Chromebook can buy it for USD $300 (about RM1000). Of course I do not want to pay so much just to use Google Chrome OS, moreover Google earlier had said that it will be free. I tried to look for free Google Chrome OS downloads, but I could not find it. Instead, I found Google Chromium OS which is similar to Google Chrome OS.

I went to the official webpage of Google Chromium OS to download it. However, I could only find the source codes of Google Chromium OS but not the complete version. The webpage stated that to use Google Chromium OS, I had to download the source codes than use the source codes to build Google Chromium OS. I do not know how to do so because the steps are very complicating. I tried to look for Google Chromium OS on other places of the Internet. Then, I came across the webpage of Hexxeh. Hexxeh is a computer programmer in England that had successfully built a complete version of Google Chromium OS from the source codes. He had published the completed version of Google Chromium OS in his website. There are several versions such as Flow, Vanilla and Lime. I downloaded Chromium OS Flow and used it successfully. However, I was strongly disappointed by Google Chromium OS. First, it is slow and unstable. Hexxeh's website said that this is due to the lack of hardware support by Google Chromium OS. The actual Google Chrome OS in Chromebooks, however, is supposed to be very fast and stable.

Besides, Google Chromium OS only has very limited functions. In fact, it is only made up of a internet browser similar to Google Chrome browser. Other than that, there is only a battery level indicator, network settings and task manager. It does not support most of the software. No software can be installed in Google Chromium OS, except for add-ons and extensions that are designed to be installed inside Google Chrome browser. It also supports only very few hardware, and this is why it is slow and unstable. Therefore, other than browsing the internet, there is basically nothing else that you can do in Google Chromium OS. I thought that the actual Google Chrome OS in Chromebooks may be better. I looked on the Internet to find out about the actual Google Chrome OS. The actual Google Chrome OS is very much similar to Google Chromium OS and is not much better. The Google Chrome OS is very fast and stable because it is designed specially to work on Chromebooks. It is also very safe and secure. Actually, its security comes right from its hardware. Google Chrome OS does not need any security software as long as it is updated automatically. It is much safer than Windows or Mac.

But other than that, there is nothing else special about Google Chrome OS. It only contains a Google Chrome browser with a file manager, PDF viewer and media player embedded in the browser and some other features like sync and task manager. You can only install extensions and add-ons for the Google Chrome browser. That is all. No other software are supported. Even software developed by Google such as Google Sketchup will not work in Google Chrome OS. Also, it only supports some hardware. Some hardware that are not compatible with Google Chrome OS would not work in Chromebooks. Chromebooks do not have a CD-ROM drive, nor it supports external CD-ROM drive. When you use Chromebooks, you have to spend all the time entirely on the Internet. Whether work or entertainment, you will have to rely on online services. You have to look for online alternatives of any offline softwares that you wish to use. If you like to play games, you can only play online games that do not require any installation. Furthermore, most of your personal data is also stored online, because Chromebooks have limited storage capacity. So, if you do not have internet access or if the internet service is down, the Chromebook is practically useless. Also, Chromebooks does not support all kinds of internet connections. It only supports WiFi, LAN and some others. It is possible to install Windows or Linux in Chromebooks, but the procedure is very complicated, and you may even have to open the hardware casing.

Google Chrome OS really disappoints me. Google had earlier stated that Google Chrome OS would be free and anyone can download it. Google also stated that Google Chrome OS will have many features and wants to compete with Microsoft Windows 7. The real Google Chrome OS, is not free to download and can only be pre-installed in Chromebooks. To get Google Chrome OS, you will need to buy a Chromebook. Google Chromium OS is the open source version of Google Chrome OS. Google Chromium OS is very similar to Google Chrome OS except that it lacks a few features found in Google Chrome OS such as Verified Boot. It can be downloaded and used for free, but Google only released its source code but not the complete version. Actually, there is no use to download Google Chrome OS since it has so few features and is made up of merely an internet browser. How can it compare with Windows 7 or Windows 8? It cannot even compare with Windows 2000, Mac OS X or Linux Ubuntu. To use Google Chrome OS, I would rather just use the Google Chrome browser in Windows since it is only a browser. In fact, Google Chrome OS is like Windows 7 under Reduced Functionality Mode, since Windows 7 Reduced Functionality Mode only allows you to use the internet browser.

So, are you interested in Google Chrome OS? If you are still interested in it despite its disadvantages, you can get it through either one of the following ways:

Method 1. Buy a Chromebook with Google Chrome OS pre-installed. There are two types of Chromebook, Samsung and Acer. The price is around USD $300. Visit Chromebook home page for more information:
http://www.google.com/chromebook/

Method 2. Download Google Chromium OS source code at the Chromium OS home page. Then, follow the instructions to build a complete version of Google Chromium OS from the source code. You must be an advanced computer user in order to do this. Otherwise, try other methods. Visit Google Chromium OS home page:
http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os

Method 3.
Download a complete version of Google Chromium OS from Hexxeh's website. When downloading, choose the USB image version. After downloading, uncompress it (Right click and select 'Unzip' or 'Extract') to the desktop.
Then, use Image Writer (Download from http://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/trunk/0.3/+download/win32diskimager-RELEASE-0.3-r27-binary.zip ) to copy the USB image into a pendrive.
You must use a 2GB or greater pendrive that is empty (If your pendrive is not empty, you must format it to erase all data in it).
Plug in the pendrive into your computer then restart. Your computer will boot into Google Chromium OS. The default user name and password is facepunch .
(Note: You must plug in the pendrive everytime you want to use Google Chrome OS as it is not installed in your computer. Windows and all your personal data are safe and not affected.)
Hexxeh's website: http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/

Places that I have Visited

2011-12-09T12:08:00.001+08:00

Have you been to overseas for holidays before? I have been to a few countries before. Every time I went to overseas for holidays, it was during the year-end school holidays. I could not go at any other time because I have school.

I went Australia when I was 6 years old at the year 2001. My aunt's family is in Melbourne, Australia. I went there with my grandparents. We went to Australia for 3 weeks. We flew from Pulau Pinang to Kuala Lumpur. On that night, we flew from Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne, Australia. We took the Malaysian Airlines plane. There, I and my grandparents stayed in my aunt's house. We also visited Gold Coast, Brisbane and Sydney. We flew from Melbourne to Brisbane. Then, my uncle drove us from Brisbane to Gold Coast. We stayed in a hotel in Gold Coast for 4 days and 3 nights. Then, we flew back to Melbourne. On the way to Melbourne, we stopped at Sydney for a few hours. This time, we took the Qantas Airlines plane. After 3 weeks in Australia, we flew back from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur.

On the year 2002 when I was in Standard 1, I went to China. I went there with my grandparents. We went there for a week. We visited a few places, like Shanghai, Hangzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou and Nanjing. We flew from Kuala Lumpur to Shanghai. We took the Malaysian Airlines plane. After staying 4 days in Shanghai, we took a bus to Hangzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, Nanjing and back to Shanghai again. We stayed 2 nights in Hangzhou, 1 night in Suzhou and 1 night in Nanjing. Before coming back to Malaysia, we stayed in Shanghai for 1 more night. We came back to Malaysia at 3 January 2003. We had to rush back from Kuala Lumpur to Kulim at 4 January 2003 because the school reopened on 5 January 2003.

On the year 2003 when I was in Standard 2, I visited Thailand. Again, I went there with my grandparents. We went there for 4 days. We only visited Bangkok. We flew from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok. We took the Thai Airways plane. We stayed at the Intercontinental Hotel in Bangkok. We visited a few interesting places in Bangkok such as Dream World and Safari World. After 3 days in Bangkok, we flew back from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur. We again took the Thai Airways plane.

I did not went to overseas on the year 2004 when I was in Standard 3. I only visited Langkawi. My grandparents, my parents and all my other family members went there together. We went there for 4 days. I and my grandparents flew from Penang to Langkawi while my parents flew from Kuala Lumpur to Langkawi. We took the Malaysian Airlines plane. For the first 3 days, I stayed with my grandparents in Tanjung Rhu Hotel. For the last day, I stayed with my parents in Berjaya Hotel. We did not visit many places in Langkawi and instead we spent most of our time in the hotel because the hotel have many facilities. Still, I had the chance to sit the Langkawi cable car. After 4 days, we flew back from Langkawi to Penang.

On the year 2005 when I was in Standard 4, I visited China again. In fact, I went to China twice in that year. First, I went to Beijing with my grandparents. We went there for a week. We took the Malaysian Airlines plane from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. In Beijing, we visited many places such as the Great Wall of China. We also went to Tianjin by bus. A week later, we flew back from Beijing to Kuala Lumpur. One more week after I returned to Kuala Lumpur, I followed my parents to China again. We went to Shenzhen and Hong Kong. We went there for 4 days, 2 days in Hong Kong and 2 days in Shenzhen. We took the Shanzhan Airlines plane from Kuala Lumpur to Shenzhen. We took a train from Shenzhen to Hong Kong. After 2 days, we took a train back to Shenzhen. We visited many places like the Hong Kong Disneyland. After 4 days, we flew back to Kuala Lumpur from Shenzhen.

I did not visit anywhere at the year 2006 and 2007 when I was in Standard 5 and Standard 6. I only went to Kuala Lumpur during the holidays. My grandparents and parents also did not visit anywhere. At the year 2008 when I was in Form 1, I also did not visit anywhere. However, my grandparents went to Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. I did not follow them there because I had already been to Hong Kong and Shenzhen on 2005.

On the year 2009, I went to 2 countries, Taiwan and Singapore. First, I went to Singapore with my parents. We went there for 3 days. We took the Malaysian Airlines plane from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. We stayed at the Meritus Mandarin Hotel. We visited many places such as Orchard Road and Sentosa Island. After 3 days in Singapore, we flew back from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur. Less than one week after I returned to Kuala Lumpur, I followed my grandparents to Taiwan. We went there for 1 week. We took the Eva Airlines from Kuala Lumpur to Taipei. We went by bus on a tour around Taiwan. We went from Taipei to Wulai, Flying-cow Farm, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung and back to Taipei again. After 1 week in Taiwan, we flew back from Taipei to Kuala Lumpur.
Read this post on my 2009 year-end holiday: http://daniellimjj.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-2009-year-end-holiday.html

On the year 2010, I visited Singapore again. I went there with my parents again. We went there for 4 days and 3 nights. This time, we did not fly there. Instead, we drove there. My father drove us from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. We used the 2nd link to Singapore. We stayed at the Marina Mandarin Hotel. We visited several places like the Sentosa Cable Car, Singapore Flyer and Singapore Zoo. After 4 days, we went back at 22 December 2010. I had to rush back to Kulim because my PMR results was out on 23 December 2010. My father drove us all the way from Singapore to Kulim. This time we used the old courseway instead of the 2nd link. I did not fully enjoy this trip to Singapore because I was worried about my PMR results.
Read this post on my 2010 year-end holiday: http://daniellimjj.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-2009-year-end-holiday.html

This year, 2011, I did not plan to visit anywhere. I did not want to visit Singapore again because I had went there for the past 2 years in a row. However, my mother-side grandfather had booked the air ticket for my family to go to Singapore. Therefore, my parents said that I have to go. We will be going to Singapore on 12 December 2011. We will be taking a Silk Airlines plane from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. My father also thought of taking me to Brunei.

The Disadvantages of Taking Part in Uniform Units

2011-12-06T22:11:00.001+08:00

Currently, all secondary school students are required to take part in co-curriculum activities. Marks will be given for co-curriculum activities and 10% of the marks will be taken into consideration for the application of local universities and colleges. There are 3 categories of co-curriculum activities, that is Uniform Units, Clubs & Societies, and Sports & Games. Students are told that it is compulsory for them to take part in all the three categories, because the co-curriculum marks includes all the 3 categories. However, the truth is that many students do not know is that only the marks of 2 of the 3 categories will be counted. The marks will be counted from the 2 categories that has the highest marks, while the category with the lowest marks will be ignored. So, in other words, we only need to take part in 2 categories.

Among the 3 categories, I think that every one should take part in Clubs & Societies and Sports & Games, but not Uniform Units. The reason is that there are many benefits to take part in Clubs & Societies and Sports & Games. However, taking part in Uniform Units brings more disadvantages than advantages. The advantages of taking part in Clubs & Societies is that it improves your skills in the particular subject or hobby, gives you valuable experiences, helps develop leadership, trains you to be a responsible person and encourages cooperation. The advantages of taking part in Sports & Games is that it makes you healthy, improves your skills in the particular sports, gives you valuable experiences, helps develop leadership and encourages cooperation. However, for Uniform Units, there are many disadvantages. These are the advantages of taking part in Uniform Units.

First of all, it is a waste of time to take part in Uniform Units. For Clubs & Societies and Sports & Games, the minimum number of activities is 12 per year. But for Uniform Units, the minimum number of activities is 18 per year. Also, the duration of each activity is 2 hours for Clubs & Societies and Sports & Games. But, the duration of each activity is 4 hours 30 minutes for Uniform Units. So, you need to attend more activities if you take part in Uniform Units. Taking part in too much co-curriculum activities is no good. The reason is you tend to neglect your studies. Studying is very important for students, especially those who are sitting for PMR or SPM. You will also have less time to carry out leisure activities and less time to spend with families. You may also feel tired, especially if you have many tuition classes and homework. Many students also do not know how to plan their time wisely.

Besides, you will also feel stressed. There are many activities to do when you take part in Uniform Units. For example, marching. You may have to march for several hours non-stop. Usually, you cannot rest unless the leader allows everyone to to so. There are also very strict rules. When you march, you must follow the instructions exactly. If you make a mistake, even a very small mistake, you can be scolded and punished. Some punishments are very harsh and in my opinion it should not be carried out. Also, you will be controlled by the head of the Uniform Unit. Worse is that, the leaders of many Uniform Units are students and not teachers. You will need to follow the instructions of the leader, or you you be punished. You cannot refuse to do what you are asked to do by the leader, even if it is something that you need not do or a very difficult task. So, you tend to be unhappy with the leader but unable to do anything against it. Some leaders also misuse their power and rights when they instruct or punish members. Actually, since the leaders are students, they are considered equal-standing with other members. So, they do not have the right to instruct or punish members.

In addition, taking part in Uniform Units affects your studies. Other than weekly activities during weekends, there are also additional activities which takes place during school hours, especially meetings. You will need to miss some classes to take part in it. Missing classes can bring negative effects. Even if you can borrow notes from other friends, it won't be as good as attending the lessons in class. For excellent students, missing a little bit of lessons can mean serious effects. You may not fully understand the particular topic you missed. There are also outside-school activities which can take place for days. In that case, you need to skip school and tuition for days. During that few days, you will miss out a lot. And, surely you will not be doing revision during those few days. These can affect your exam. Remember, academics make up 90% and co-curriculum make up 10%, so you should be quite sure about what is more important.

Moreover, you will burden your parents. When you attend activities, your parents you need to send you to the school or other locations. Most parents at work are quite busy. It will be difficult for them to spare their time. Even if you go yourself without being sent by your parents, you will be taking buses or other public transport. These will cost money. When you register for a Uniform Unit, you have to pay some money such as membership fee and uniforms. When you take part in certain activities like camping, you many need to pay. These fees can be quite expensive. This will bring problems to poor families. If you take part in outside-school activities, your parents can be worried too. I am sure you have seen news such as school bus accidents and student drown in river. The school may not have taken all the safety measures.

Furthermore, sometimes Uniform Units may be misused by naughty students to group among themselves. In some schools where the students are not disciplined, 'geng' activities are common. Some students may take a Uniform Unit as a 'geng'. Each 'geng' will take part in a particular Uniform Unit. As a result, many members of the Uniform Unit are members of a particular 'geng'. When other students take part in that Uniform Unit, they may be asked to join that 'geng'. If they join the 'geng', they will be negatively affected. They may follow that 'geng' to carry out immoral activities. This will affect their studies and even destroy their future. If they do not join the 'geng', they may be bullied. The 'geng' members may give them unreasonable instructions and punishments. Some naughty students may have good achievements in that Uniform Unit such as winning competitions. Therefore, they may be given high positions or even become leaders of the Uniform Unit. They may look low on other members. They may also bully other members.

Many say that taking part in Uniform Units can develop discipline, but I disagree with that. In Uniform Units, discipline is often seen as 'following rules and instructions'. Uniform Units introduce many rules for their members and punish members who disobey rules and instructions. The members obeyed the rules and instructions just because they are afraid of the punishments, and therefore they are considered as 'disciplined'. Well, is that really what discipline is? No. Take an example. A student often smokes and plays truant (ponteng sekolah), but he obeys all the rules while taking part in Uniform Units because he doesn't want to be punished. Can he be considered a disciplined student? So, obviously taking part in Uniform Units cannot develop true discipline. A truly disciplined person is someone who always does the right thing and is true from his/her heart. True discipline can only be developed by parents, and they have to begin when their children is still small. Moral and religious education (didikan moral dan agama) are also needed to develop true discipline. Uniform Units are not required to develop discipline.

Many people also say that we can learn new skills by taking part in Uniform Unit. In my opinion, we cannot really learn something by taking part in Uniform Units. Although the members may be learning a skill practically when they take part in Uniform Units, but the learning method is not effective. Usually, the leader will demonstrate in front of everyone, while every member watches the leader. A few members may be given the chance to do it, while others can only watch without doing it. Can we really learn something by just watching and not doing anything? Also, you must have interest in something before you can learn and understand it. Surely not all members of the Uniform Unit are interested in it. So, there is no use to learn it. If you are interested in learning something, there are other better ways to learn it. You can learn it first theoretically by reading or searching on the Internet, and then practically by doing it yourself. This is surely more effective than learning it in Uniform Units. The skills that you can learn in Uniform Units is also limited. You can learn only learn a few skills in a year. So, Uniform Units is not a good way to learn new skills.

In conclusion, there are many disadvantages to take part in Uniform Units. I never took part in Uniform Units. I only took part in Clubs & Societies and Sports & Games. If you are taking part in Uniform Units but you are not interested or unhappy with it, then you should not hesitate to stop taking part. As long as you take part in Clubs & Societies and Sports & Games, your co-curriculum marks won't be affected. If you are really interested in taking part in Uniform Units, I am not saying you cannot do so. You can take part in Uniform Units. But, you must know how to plan your time wisely. You must never neglect your studies. Also, if you are given unreasonable instructions or punishments by the leader, you should not accept it. Don't be afraid to go against the leader, since the leader is just a student like you. Do not join any 'geng' if there is any in the Uniform Unit. If you are a leader, you should not misuse your rights and always give only instructions and punishments that are reasonable. At last, I wish to apologize if I have insulted anyone in this article.

2012 is Not the End of the World

2011-11-21T15:57:00.001+08:00

Since a few years ago, people have been saying that year 2012 is the end of the world. At 2009, the movie '2012' was released. As a result, many people all the world know about that. I am sure that you know about it too. Then, is 2012 really the end of the world? No, it is not. The scientist have made explanations that are sufficient to prove that 2012 is not the end of the world. Basically, there are 5 theories which says that 2012 is the end of the world. However, scientists have proved that all these theories are not true.

Theory 1: The Mayan Calendar Ends on Year 2012

The Mayan is a civilization in the South America. However, after 600 years, the people of Mayan have disappeared completely. However, they left behind many things. One of the things left behind is a complete calendar that is full of pictures and symbol. Based on the study by the historians, this complete calendar only shows the date until year 2012. As a result, many think that the Mayans have predicted that the world will end on year 2012. However, the scientist Aveni disagrees with this opinion. He thinks that based on the calculation method of the Mayans, 5125 years is the time required for the solar system to complete one revolution. The Mayans calculated the calendar beginning year 3114 B.C. So, instead of being the end of the world, 2012 should be seen as a new year.

Theory 2: The Solar System Falls into the Center of the Milky Way Galaxy

On the year 2012, the whole solar system will be in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. This will happen only every 26000 years. 26000 years ago, humans have not yet fully developed, in fact they do not know what is Earth. Some people think that if the Sun falls into the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, it will cause serious and unpredictable effects on the Earth. It may cause the poles of Earth to shift, or even cause the Earth to be attracted into the Black hole. However, the scientist Morrison advice us not to worry. In his opinion, such thing will not happen on 2012. In fact, a similar phenomenon can be observed during the Winter Solstice of every year. During that time, the Sun appears to be in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. However, it does not cause any negative effects on Earth. The Earth's gravity, the Sun's radiation, the planet's orbit and other things are all not affected.

Theory 3: The Collision with other Planet

All the while, people are always worried of the collision between the Earth and other planet. Although at all times, there are a lot of meteoroids from other space colliding on Earth, but luckily, they are all very small. Therefore, before the meteoroids reach the earth's surface, they are burnt in the Earth's atmosphere, so when they land on Earth, they are too small to cause any damage. Thanks to the atmosphere! Some people predict, a very large planet known as Nibiru will collide on Earth on year 2012. Even if it only goes near the Earth, it can cause very great damage, causing the Earth to move out of its orbit. Actually, people are worried all because a woman in USA claimed that she had received an e-mail from aliens which gives warning to humans. Based on the opinion of the scientist Morrison, he is sure that nothing will collide on Earth on year 2012. This is because if any planet goes near the Solar System, we will be able to see it 3 years earlier, but nothing have been observed until now. In addition, if there is a planet large enough to destroy the Earth, we can see it long before it collides on Earth.

Theory 4: The Predictions by the Mayans

The question is, if the Mayans have known that the world will end on year 2012, why there are no pictures which clearly says what will happen? Many historians said that after researching for many years, they have not yet found any clear predictions regarding year 2012. On the last page of the book left behind by the Mayans, there are statements that the Earth will suffer damage from heavy floods. Similar statements are also found in the legends of other races. The scientist Aveni believe, based on the Mayan's culture, this statement is not a prediction, instead, it is actually symbolizing the punishment for the human's actions . The human's actions have caused pollution and many other environmental problems. Since 2012 is a new year for the Mayans (as stated earlier), the Mayans want humans to learn from their mistakes and have a new beginning.

Theory 5: The shifting of the Earth's poles

The Earth's poles is the two ends of the Earth axis. They are located in the North Pole and South Pole. If the Earth's poles shift position, there will be many great problems. The Earth's crust may move violently and the land of the seven continents may crack, just like an earthquake with magnitude 10. If an earthquake with magnitude 10 occurs, the whole Malaysia can be destroyed in just 10 minutes. If the crust of the whole Earth shifts at the same time, it can cause earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and other natural disasters. The damages caused will be unpredictable. But we should not worry. Based on the opinion of the scientist Adam Maloof, even though the Earth's crust is currently shifting, but the process is so slow that it takes several million years before it can cause any damage.

After reading this, you should know that year 2012 is not the end of the world. So, don't worry about it. Instead, we should protect the environment so that the Earth can live longer.

My Opinion on the SPM Subjects

2011-11-13T19:25:00.012+08:00

On 13 November 2011, all Form 4 students of SMK Sultan Badlishah registered for the SPM 2012. We are asked to choose the subjects we are taking. In SMK Sultan Badlishah, students are allowed to take a total of 9 to 12 subjects. Of all the subjects, Bahasa Melayu, English, Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Sejarah and Pendidikan Islam/Moral are compulsory. Biology, ICT, EST, Prinsip Perakaunan, Reka Cipta, Bahasa Cina and Bahasa Tamil are optional subjects that can be taken.

For SPM, I am taking a total of 10 subjects, that is Bahasa Melayu, English, Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Sejarah, Pendidikan Moral and Information & Communications Technology. There are also some other subjects that I once considered taking but at last I did not, that is Prinsip Perakaunan, Reka Cipta, EST, Bahasa Cina, Kesusasteraan Cina and Geografi. I am writing about my opinion on these subjects, in terms of difficulty, importance and interest.

Bahasa Melayu:

(Difficulty: High, Importance: High, Interesting: Low)

Bahasa Melayu is one of the most difficult among the SPM subjects. However, it is significantly easier to score in SPM Bahasa Melayu compared to PMR Bahasa Melayu and UPSR Bahasa Melayu. The reason is that SPM Bahasa Melayu does not contain the objective grammar questions that are found in PMR Bahasa Melayu and UPSR Bahasa Melayu. Objective grammar questions are very difficult. It mostly tests you on the usage of words. There are so many Malay words, so it is not possible to know all the words. Moreover, many words have very close meanings, so it is hard to determine the correct answer. It was because of those objective grammar questions that I always had problems with this subject during Standard 4 to Form 3. In SPM Bahasa Melayu, most of the marks are allocated for writing (130/240) and literature (41/240). Writing is not difficult because you only need to write on what you know and you can avoid writing what you do not know. Literature is not difficult because you can make full preparations on the stories and poems in the KOMSAS, and the exam will only test you on what you have learnt in KOMSAS. There are 2 papers in SPM Bahasa Melayu. Both Paper 1 and Paper 2 are equally difficult. Paper 1 consists of Karangan Bahan Rangsangan and Karangan Respons Terbuka. Paper 2 consists of Rumusan, Pemahaman KOMSAS, Tatabahasa and Novel. All sections are not difficult except Tatabahasa. Rumusan is the easiest of all sections while Tatabahasa is the most difficult section. Still, tatabahasa in SPM Bahasa Melayu is still easier than PMR and UPSR Bahasa Melayu, and it only contributes 30/240 (12.5%) of the marks.

SPM Bahasa Melayu is very important. In order to pass the SPM and enter Form 6, you must pass Bahasa Melayu. If you are applying local universities, matriculation or scholarships, you must score well in SPM Bahasa Melayu. If you fail this subject, you will fail the entire SPM and the SPM certificate will not be given. Bahasa Melayu is a boring subject, because it is a language subject. Language subjects are not interesting to me.

If I had the choice, I would not take SPM Bahasa Melayu because it is difficult and boring. However, surely it is compulsory for everyone so I had to take it.

English 1119:

(Difficulty: Moderate, Importance: High, Interesting: Moderate)

SPM English is not easy, but it is not difficult as well. In fact, the level of English for SPM is quite low. SPM English is about as difficult as PMR English but surely it is much more difficult than UPSR English. SPM English consists of 2 papers. Paper 2 is slightly easier than Paper 1. Paper 1 is made up of Directed Writing and Continuous Writing. Paper 2 is made up of Stimuli & Rational Cloze, Information Transfer, Comprehension and Literature. All sections are not difficult. However, only 1 hours 45 minutes is given for Paper 1, which is not sufficient. I always had to rush when answering English Paper 1. Information Transfer is the easiest section, except that many tend to rush and make careless mistake in this section. The Literature Component is not difficult, because you can make full preparations on it before the exam. The poems, short stories and drama are quite simple, but the novel is a bit complicated.

SPM English is very important. Now, in order to pass the SPM and enter Form 6, you must pass SPM English. If you applying for universities, scholarships or matriculation, whether locally or internationally, you must score well in SPM English. If you fail SPM English, you will fail the entire SPM and the SPM certificate will not be given. It is not very interesting because it is a language subject. But because I often speak English at home and I am quite good at it, I still liked this subject.

If I had the choice, I would still take it as it is not difficult and very important. But surely SPM English is compulsory for everyone.

Mathematics:

(Difficulty: Low, Importance: High, Interesting: High)

Mathematics is definitely the easiest among the SPM subjects. This reason is that it does not require studying. You only need to understand it and know how to apply it. SPM Mathematics is a bit more difficult than PMR Mathematics and definitely much more difficult than UPSR Mathematics. SPM Mathematics consists of 2 papers. Both Paper 1 and Paper 2 have the same difficulty. Although there is no need to show workings in Paper 1, Paper 1 is not easier than Paper 2 because only 1 hours 15 minutes is given, which is not very sufficient. The only thing is that SPM Mathematics will test you on Form 1 to Form 3 topics besides the Form 4 and Form 5 topics. Most SPM revision books do not have notes on Form 1 to Form 3 topics, and many students tend to forget the Form 1 to Form 3 topics.

SPM Mathematics is very important. Although you need not pass it to pass the SPM, most careers and fields of study requires knowledge on Mathematics. If you want to get a job or further your studies, you must score well in Mathematics. SPM Mathematics is very interesting. This is because I started learning Mathematics since when I was small and I am very good at Mathematics.

If I had the choice, I would definitely take it as it is easy, important and interesting. However, SPM Mathematics is compulsory for everybody.

Additional Mathematics:

(Difficulty: Low, Importance: High, Interesting: High)

SPM Additional Mathematics is quite easy. This is because it does not require studying. You only need to understand it and know how to apply it. Still, SPM Additional Mathematics is much more difficult than SPM Mathematics. SPM Additional Mathematics is made up of 2 papers. Paper 1 is easier than Paper 2. The reason is Paper 1 consists of short questions while Paper 2 consists of long questions. Although 2 hours 30 minutes is given for Paper 2, the time is not very sufficient. Many students think that Additional Mathematics is difficult because they do not know the correct techniques to study it.

SPM Additional Mathematics is very important. Although you do not have to pass it to pass the SPM, many careers and fields of study requires knowledge on Additional Mathematics. If you want to get a job or further your studies, scoring well in SPM Additional Mathematics is an advantage. Even if you do not take SPM Additional Mathematics, you still have to learn all the topics in this subject when you are in Form 6 or Matriculation. SPM Additional Mathematics is very interesting. The reason is I started learning Mathematics since when I was small and I am very good at Additional Mathematics.

If I had the choice, I would definitely take it as it is easy, important and interesting. Actually, SPM Additional Mathematics is not compulsory, even for Science Stream students. However, SMK Sultan Badlishah make Additional Mathematics compulsory for all students.

Chemistry:

(Difficulty: Moderate, Importance: High, Interesting: High)

SPM Chemistry is moderately difficult. It is difficult to understand but easy to memorize and easy to apply. SPM Chemistry is much more difficult than PMR Science. SPM Chemistry is made up of 3 papers. Usually, Paper 2 is the easiest while Paper 3 is the most difficult. Paper 1 is objective questions, Paper 2 is structured and essay questions while Paper 3 is experiment questions. For Paper 3, question 2 is easy as long as you have prepared for it but question 1 is quite difficult to score sometimes. Paper 2 is not difficult as the questions are direct, except for questions involving describing experiments. Paper 1 is not simple too because it has many calculation questions.

SPM Chemistry is very important. Among the 3 science subjects, Chemistry is the most important as it is the core subject for Science. Physics and Biology are related to Chemistry. Many science-related careers requires knowledge in Chemistry. Although you need not pass Chemistry to pass the SPM, you need to have good results in Chemistry if you want to enter Science Stream in Form 6, Matriculation or universities. SPM Chemistry is interesting because I am interested in Science.

If I had the choice, I would definitely take it as it is interesting and important. SPM Chemistry is compulsory for all Science Stream students. Since all students of SMK Sultan Badlishah is in Science stream, Chemistry is compulsory for them.

Physics:

(Difficulty: Moderate, Importance: High, Interesting: High)

SPM Physics is moderately difficult. It is difficult to apply but easy to memorize and easy to understand. SPM Physics is much more difficult than PMR Science. SPM Physics consists of 3 papers. Usually, Paper 3 is the easiest while Paper 2 is the most difficult. Paper 1 is objective questions, Paper 2 is structured and essay questions while Paper 3 is experiment questions. For Paper 3, section B is easy as long as you prepare for it because you can choose between 2 questions and you only need 3 steps for the Procedure, while section A is also easy because it involves very little explanations. Paper 2 is difficult because the essay questions involve choosing and making suggestions for the best characteristics. Paper 1 is not easy because most of the questions involve calculations.

SPM Physics is very important. Physics is slightly more important than Biology. Some science-related careers requires knowledge in Physics. Although you need not pass Physics to pass the SPM, having good results in Physics is an advantage if you want to enter Science Stream in Form 6, Matriculation or universities. SPM Physics is interesting because I am interested in Science.

If I had the choice, I would definitely take it as it is interesting and important. Actually, SPM Physics is not compulsory for Science-stream students, as long as they take Biology. However, SMK Sultan Badlishah made Physics compulsory for all students.

Biology:

(Difficulty: Moderate, Importance: High, Interesting: High)

SPM Biology is moderately difficult. It is difficult to memorize but easy to understand and easy to apply. SPM Biology is much more difficult than PMR Science. SPM Biology consists of 3 papers. Usually, Paper 1 is the easiest while Paper 3 is the most difficult. Paper 1 is objective questions, Paper 2 is structured and essay questions while Paper 3 is experiment questions. For Paper 3, Question 2 is not easy because the Procedure is usually quite long while Question 1 is quite difficult because each part of the question carries 3 marks. Paper 1 is quite easy because the questions are direct. Paper 2 is not easy because some questions are not direct.

SPM Biology is important. However, among the 3 science subjects, Biology is the least important. Still, some science-related careers requires knowledge in Biology. Although you need not pass Biology to pass the SPM, having good results in Biology is an advantage if you want to enter Science Stream in Form 6, Matriculation or universities. SPM Biology is interesting because I am interested in Science.

If I had the choice, I would definitely take it as it is interesting and important. SPM Biology is not compulsory for Science-stream students, as long as they take Physics. In SMK Sultan Badlishah, Biology is optional for students who take 9 subjects. SMK Sultan Badlishah made Biology compulsory for students who take 10 or more subjects.

Sejarah:

(Difficulty: High, Importance: Moderate, Interesting: Low)

SPM Sejarah is very difficult. This is because Sejarah have a lot of facts and explanations that you must memorise. However, it is not difficult to understand it. SPM Sejarah is much harder than PMR Sejarah. Form 5 topics are basically easier than Form 4 topics. The reason is Form 5 topics are mostly about Malaysia and we have learnt some of them during Form 3 or Form 2. SPM Sejarah is made up of 2 papers. Paper 1 is objective questions while Paper 2 is structured and essay questions. Paper 2 is much harder than Paper 1. Paper 1 is quite simple because the questions are objective questions. For Paper 2, the essay questions are easy to score but it requires a lot of studying and memorizing, while the structured questions are difficult to score as it requires thinking besides memorizing.

SPM Sejarah is moderately important. In order to pass the SPM and enter Form 6, you must pass Sejarah. If you fail Sejarah, you will fail the entire SPM and the SPM certificate will not be given. However, very few careers require knowledge in Sejarah. Having good results in SPM Sejarah will be an advantage if you apply for local universities, matriculation and scholarships. SPM Sejarah is a boring subject because it requires a lot of memorizing and the topics are not interesting. I disliked subjects which require memorizing.

If I had the choice, I will surely not take SPM Sejarah because it is boring and difficult. However, Sejarah is a compulsory subject for everybody.

Pendidikan Moral:

(Difficulty: Moderate, Importance: Low, Interesting: Low)

SPM Pendidikan Moral is moderately difficult. SPM Pendidikan Moral only has 1 paper. The Pendidikan Moral paper has two sections. Section A is structured questions while Section B is essay questions. Section B is easier than Section A. For Pendidikan Moral, there are 36 nilai murni plus their definisi and kata kunci to be memorised. Facts in the Pendidikan Moral textbook] also have to be memorised. All the essay questions and about half of the structured questions in the Pendidikan Moral paper are about nilai murni. There remaining structured questions about Kandungan Akademik and KBKK. Questions about nilai murni are simple because you only need to memorize the nilai murni, penerangan and kata kunci. Questions about Kandungan Akademik are not difficult because you only need to memorise facts in the textbook. Question about KBKK is the most difficult because you need to think. It is difficult to score on KBKK questions because your answers may not be accepted if it is not on the marking scheme.

SPM Pendidikan Moral is not important. You need not pass Pendidikan Moral in order to pass the SPM. Very few careers requires knowledge on Pendidikan Moral. Although scoring well in Pendidikan Moral is not required when you apply for local or international universities, scholarships and matriculation, but if you score well in Pendidikan Moral it can give you an extra A+, which is very useful when applying for universities, scholarships and matriculation.

SPM Pendidikan Moral is boring because it requires memorizing. I disliked subjects which require memorizing.

If I had the choice, I will surely not take SPM Pendidikan Moral because it is boring and not important. However, Pendidikan Moral is a compulsory subject for all non-muslims except those who wish to take Pendidikan Islam instead.

Information and Communications Technology (ICT):

(Difficulty: Moderate, Importance: Low, Interesting: High)

SPM ICT is moderately difficult. It is difficult to apply but easy to understand and easy to memorize. SPM ICT has 2 papers. Paper 1 is Written Assessment while Paper 2 is Coursework. Most people can get full marks for Paper 2 as long as they complete their coursework. Paper 1 has 3 sections. Section A is the easiest while Section C is the most difficult. Section A is objective questions while Section B and Section C are structured questions. Section A is easy because the questions are direct. Section C is difficult because the questions are about giving suggestions. Section B is not difficult because the questions are direct, but it involves some explanations.

SPM ICT is not very important. You do not need to pass ICT to pass the SPM. There are not many careers which require the knowledge in ICT. Although scoring well in ICT is not required when you apply for local or international universities, scholarships and matriculation, but if you score well in ICT it can give you an extra A+, which is very useful when applying for universities, scholarships and matriculation. ICT is useful if you wish to further your studies in Computer Science. ICT is very interesting because it is about computers. I am interested in Computers.

I chose to take ICT because it is interesting and not difficult. In SMK Sultan Badlishah, ICT is completely optional. Everyone can choose whether to take or not to take ICT. However, everyone can only choose one between Prinsip Perakaunan, ICT, Reka Cipta and EST.

Bahasa Cina / 华文:

(Difficulty: High, Importance: Low, Interesting: Low)

SPM Bahasa Cina is very difficult. It is one of the most difficult among the SPM subjects. SPM Bahasa Cina is much more difficult than PMR Bahasa Cina and UPSR Bahasa Cina. SPM Bahasa Cina is made up of 2 papers. Paper 2 is much more difficult than Paper 1. Paper 1 is made up of Formatted Writing and Continuous Writing. Paper 2 is made up of Modern Text Comprehension, Classical Text Comprehension and Idioms. Formatted Writing and Idioms are quite simple. Continuous Writing is not difficult. However, Modern Text Comprehension and Classical Text Comprehension is very difficult because for most questions you cannot copy the answer directly form the passage given. Modern Text Comprehension and Classical Text Comprehension make up 90/200 (45%) of SPM Bahasa Cina. Recently, the format for SPM Bahasa Cina had changed. In the new format, all questions in Paper 2 are subjective and there are no more objective questions. The new format is as difficult as the old format. The minimum marks for A+ in SPM Bahasa Cina is very high, usually higher than others subjects by 5 marks. The reason is that many students who are weak in this subject tend to drop it. As a result, most students who take this subject are those who can score quite well. This makes the performance graph of this subject to be high and therefore the minimum marks for A+ is high.

SPM Bahasa Cina is not important. You need not pass Bahasa Cina to pass the SPM. Not many careers require the knowledge in Bahasa Cina. However, this subject is useful if you want to study or work in China. Bahasa Cina can be taken as a 'matapelajaran tambahan' in SPM. However, if you want to apply for the JPA overseas scholarship, you need to score A+ in all SPM subjects including Bahasa Cina. Also, if you do not score well in it, when you go for an interview, your impression can be affected. SPM Bahasa Cina is not interesting because it is a language subject. Language subject is not interesting for me.

Initially, I took SPM Bahasa Cina because I am a Chinese and this is my responsibility. However, later I dropped Bahasa Cina because it is difficult and boring. I am also worried that it affect my SPM if I don't score well. SPM Bahasa Cina is completely optional. Howver, in SMJK Chio Min, Bahasa Cina is compulsory for all Chinese students who come from Chinese primary school.

Kesusasteraan Cina / 中国文学:

(Difficulty: Moderate, Importance: Low, Interesting: Low)

Kesusasteraan Cina is moderately difficult. SPM Kesusasteraan Cina is significantly easier than SPM Bahasa Cina. This is because you can make full preparations on it before the SPM and during the SPM this subject will only test you on what you have learnt. SPM Kesusasteraan Cina only has 1 paper. In this subject, you need to learn 3 books. One is anthology, one is novel and the other is drama. The same books are used in both Form 4 and Form 5. The books are not difficult, and the questions are not difficult to answer. For the previous year SPM, however, in the whole Malaysia nobody got A+ in Kesusasteraan Cina.

SPM Kesusasteraan Cina is not important. You need not pass Kesusasteraan Cina to pass the SPM. Not many careers require the knowledge in Kesusasteraan Cina. However, this subject is useful if you want to study or work in China. Kesusasteraan Cina can be taken as a 'matapelajaran tambahan' in SPM. However, if you want to apply for the JPA overseas scholarship, you need to score A+ in all SPM subjects including Kesusasteraan Cina. Also, if you do not score well in it, when you go for an interview, your impression can be affected. SPM Kesusasteraan Cina is not interesting because it is a language subject. Language subject is not interesting for me.

I once considered taking Kesusasteraan Cina to replace Bahasa Cina because it is easier than Bahasa Cina. However, later I found out that Kesusasteraan Cina can only be taken if Bahasa Cina is taken. Since I dropped Bahasa Cina, I cannot take Kesusasteraan Cina. SPM Kesusasteraan Cina is completely optional. However, one must take SPM Bahasa Cina before one can take SPM Kesusasteraan Cina.

Reka Cipta:

(Difficulty: Low, Importance: Moderate, Interesting: Moderate)

SPM Reka Cipta is quite simple. SPM Reka Cipta is more difficult than PMR Kemahiran Hidup. SPM Reka Cipta has 2 papers. Paper 1 is Written Assessment while Paper 2 is Coursework. Most people can get full marks for Paper 2 as long as they complete their coursework. Paper 1 has 3 sections. Section A is the easiest while Section C is the most difficult. Section A is objective questions, Section B is structured questions while Section C is essay questions. Section A is easy because the questions are direct. Section C is difficult because it involve long explanations. Section B is not easy because it involve drawing and some explanations.

SPM Reka Cipta is moderately important. You do not need to pass Reka Cipta to pass the SPM. There are some careers which require the knowledge in Reka Cipta. Although scoring well in Reka Cipta is not required when you apply for local or international universities, scholarships and matriculation, but if you score well in Reka Cipta it can give you an extra A+, which is very useful when applying for universities, scholarships and matriculation. Reka Cipta is moderately interesting for me.

I once considered taking Reka Cipta in SPM because it is easy and I could score well in PMR Kemahiran Hidup. However, I chose SPM ICT so I did not take SPM Reka Cipta. In SMK Sultan Badlishah, Reka Cipta is completely optional. Everyone can choose whether to take or not to take Reka Cipta. However, everyone can only choose one between Prinsip Perakaunan, ICT, Reka Cipta and EST.

Prinsip Perakaunan:

(Difficulty: Moderate, Importance: High, Interesting: Low)

SPM Prinsip Perakaunan is moderately difficult. SPM Prinsip Perakaunan has 2 papers. Paper 1 is easier than Paper 2. Paper 1 is objective questions while Paper 2 is subjective questions. Paper 1 is easy because the questions are objective questions. Paper 2 is difficult because it involves calculations, preparing accounts and explanations.

SPM Reka Cipta is important. You do not need to pass Prinsip Perakaunan to pass the SPM. There are many careers which require the knowledge in Prinsip Perakaunan. Although scoring well in Prinsip Perakuanan is not required when you apply for local or international universities, scholarships and matriculation, but if you score well in Prinsip Perakuanan it can give you an extra A+, which is very useful when applying for universities, scholarships and matriculation. Prinsip Perakuanan is useful if you wish to further your studies in Accounting. SPM Prinsip Perakaunan is not interesting because I am not interested in accounting.

I once considered taking Prinsip Perakaunan in SPM because it is important and useful. However, I chose SPM ICT so I did not take SPM Prinsip Perakaunan. In SMK Sultan Badlishah, Prinsip Perakaunan is completely optional. Everyone can choose whether to take or not to take Prinsip Perakaunan. However, everyone can only choose one between Prinsip Perakaunan, ICT, Reka Cipta and EST.

English for Science and Technology (EST):

(Difficulty: High, Importance: Low, Interesting: Low)

SPM EST is quite difficult. Although it don't seem to be difficult, the marking scheme of this subject in SPM is very strict. A little mistake can cause many marks to be deducted. SPM EST is much more difficult than SPM English. SPM EST is made up of 2 papers. Paper 2 is easier than Paper 1. Paper 1 is subjective questions while Paper 2 is objective questions. Paper 1 is difficult because the essay section may test you on what you don't know.

SPM EST is not important. You do not need to pass EST to pass the SPM. There are very few careers which require the knowledge in EST. Although scoring well in EST is not required when you apply for local or international universities, scholarships and matriculation, but if you score well in EST it can give you an extra A+, which is very useful when applying for universities, scholarships and matriculation. EST is useful when you do assignments in university. SPM EST is not interesting because it is a langauge subject. I am not interested in language subjects.

I once considered taking EST in SPM. However, I chose SPM ICT so I did not take SPM EST. In SMK Sultan Badlishah, EST is completely optional. Everyone can choose whether to take or not to take EST. However, everyone can only choose one between Prinsip Perakaunan, ICT, Reka Cipta and EST.

Geografi:

(Difficulty: Moderate, Importance: Low, Interesting: Moderate)

SPM Geografi is moderately difficult. In SPM Geografi, there are some facts and explanations that you must memorise. However, it is not difficult to understand it. SPM Geografi is harder than PMR Geografi. The topics in SPM Geografi are similar to the topics in PMR Geografi. SPM Geografi is made up of 2 papers. Paper 1 is objective questions while Paper 2 is structured and essay questions. Paper 2 is much harder than Paper 1. Paper 1 is quite simple because the questions are objective questions. For Paper 2, the structured and essay questions requires a lot of studying and memorizing.

SPM Geografi is moderately important. You need not pass Geografi to pass the SPM. Very few careers require knowledge in Geografi. Although scoring well in EST is not required when you apply for local or international universities, scholarships and matriculation, but if you score well in EST it can give you an extra A+, which is very useful when applying for universities, scholarships and matriculation. SPM Geografi is moderately interesting. Some of the topics are interesting while some of the topics are not interesting.

I once considered taking SPM Geografi to replace SPM Bahasa Cina because it is not difficult. However, later I decided not to because SPM Geografi has 3 essay questions to answer and requires memorizing like Sejarah. SPM Geografi is completely optional for everybody. However, SPM Geografi is not offered in SMK Sultan Badlishah.

These are my opinions on the subjects in SPM. Soon, I will write about the tips to score in each of the subjects in this blog. If you want to know the tips, visit this blog regularly.

My Birthday Parties (Updated)

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Until now, I have held six parties. Of all the six, five of the parties were birthday parties, and the other one was a farewell party. My birthday is on 23 March. All of the parties were held at my house, as I do not like having a party at any restaurant. Every time, my grandmother cooked most of the foods, but she would also order food from some stalls. Once, she ordered a catering service from a restaurant. Every time, I ordered a big birthday cake from a bakery for my birthday party. I printed the invitation card by myself every year except for the first year. During every party, my parents would come back from KL.

Before year 2005, I did not hold any party. During my birthday, I only celebrate it with my grandparents. Usually, my parents will come back from Kuala Lumpur to celebrate my birthday with me. However, at year 2005, my grandparents and I moved to a new house. One of my classmate is my neighbour. She held a birthday party on 17 March 2005 and invited me to go. Because of that, I decided to also hold a party for my birthday. I held my birthday party on 26 March 2005 (Saturday), as it was a weekend. My mother made photocopies of an invitation card included with a pack of balloons and sent it to me. At first I only thought of inviting 10 friends, but later increased to 30 over. Therefore, I had to make more photocopies of the invitation cards. During that party, more than 20 of my friends attended. However, because that was my first party, it did not run well. I played games like hide-and-seek with my friends, but the games did not go on smoothly. So, I decided to open the presents. I was too happy to receive a toy car but it requires self-assembly. I asked my friends to help me fix it. A lot of time were wasted 0n that, and the party ended leaving the toy car unfixed.

On the second year, 2006, I decided to hold a birthday party again. During that party, I asked my father to print out the invitation cards. The party was held on 17 March 2006, Friday. I invited a lot of people on that year. I invited most of my classmates, one of my teacher and also my mother-side relatives. My father side cousins, my uncle and my aunt also came to my house. At the same time, one of my relative staying beside my house is having a wedding two days later, so some far relatives also attended my birthday party. I invited a total of 60 over people, but only 40 over turned up. I chose a birthday cake which is exactly the same as the previous year. This party was much better. I did not let my friends play hide-and-seek, but we played card games and board games like chess. I received the most presents that year.

On the year 2007, I again wanted to have a birthday party but my grandmother opposed it because of my UPSR. Finally, she agreed to let me hold a party. My parents bought me a printer and I printed the invitation cards myself. This year, I invited most of my classmates but not any of my relatives. I held the party exactly on 23 March 2007 since it was a Friday. This was also the first year I prepared a cardboard for my friends who attended my party to sign their names. A total of 32 people attended. I wanted to choose the same birthday cake again but it was no longer available, so I had to choose another one. Again, I played card games and board games with my friends.

On the year end of 2007, I decided to hold a Farewell Party because my friends and I were graduated. I also want to celebrate my victory of getting 7A's in UPSR. I had no time to print and give invitation cards to my friends so I could only announce it on the classroom's blackboard. The Farewell Party was held on 24 November 2007, Thursday. This time, my grandmother ordered catering service from Libra Cafe. I did not order any cake, of course. Only less than 30 of my classmates attended, and my best friend did not attend. I again let my friends sign their names on a cardboard. This party did not ran well. I wanted my friends to sing our graduation song together but they refused to and kept on disturbing. We wasted about 45 minutes for that. The food provided by the catering service was not very tasty. Besides that, this is also the first time I allowed my friends to play my computer. My friends did not give me any presents because this was a Farewell Party.

On 2008, I entered Form 1 in SMK Sultan Badlishah. Most of my former classmates went to SMJK Chio Min. I wanted to hold a birthday party again and invite my former classmates. I wanted to use this opportunity to meet my old friends. At that time, 3 of my former classmates would sometimes come to my house to visit me. I printed the invitation cards and asked them to distribute the invitation cards to the other classmates. I also invited a few new friends in SMK Sultan Badlishah but they did not attend as I invited them at the last moment. I planned to hold the party during the holidays but they were having exam after holidays. Therefore, I postponed my party to 5 April 2008. During that party, about 30 people attended. I again let them sign their names and also let them play my computer. They copied some games and songs to and from my computer through their pendrives. They watched my brother playing a computer game and liked it very much. However, at that time I did not have that game on my computer.

On 2009 when I was in Form 2, I once again hold a birthday party. This was the last party until now. I again invited most of my former classmates. I went to one of my former classmate's house and asked him to distribute the invitation cards to others. I also invited some friends from SMK Sultan Badlishah. I only invited the Chinese not the Malays because the food was not Halal. The birthday party was held on 4 April 2010. This time, 32 people attended, and 3 of them were my new friends from SMK Sultan Badlishah. This party was much similar to the previous year's party. To avoid my friends from feeling disappointed, I installed my brother's game which my friends' liked very much during the previous year's party on my computer. I tried to introduce my new friends to my old friends but they weren't interested.

On this year 2010, I did not hold any party. My excuse is that I need to study for my PMR. Actually, that isn't the reason. After the 2009 party, I just realised one thing. Since I entered SMK Sultan Badlishah, I made many new friends. However, I did not really appreciate them. Instead, I always thought that my former classmates were more important. Maybe I had this thought because my friends didn't really entertain me during the 2009 party. I just realised that my friends in SMK Sultan Badlishah were more important, as they were much closer to me compared to my former classmates. I realised that my birthday parties will be meaningless if I don't invite my friends in SMKSB. However, most of them are Malays, so I can't invite them because the food is not Halal, unless I hold my party in Pizza Hut or KFC which I do not like. My grandparents did plan to hold a party on this year but I rejected it saying that I want to study for my PMR.

However, when I entered Form 4 in 2011, my grandfather organised Form 4 tuition classes for Mathematics and Additional Mathematics. Many of my former classmates attended the class. Of course I will be attending too. In this way, I will again be close to my former classmates. Because of that, I wanted to hold a birthday party again on the year 2011. I decided that date for my 2011 birthday party to be on 16 April 2011. I began the party earlier, that is from 5:00PM to 9:30PM. I printed out the invitation cards and asked my friends who attended my grandfather's tuition class to help me distribute the invitation cards to my primary school friends who are in SMJK Chio Min. I also asked them to distribute a form to the others to confirm whether they are attending my birthday party or not. I also invited my Chinese friends from SMK Sultan Badlishah. My grandmother cooked the food for my birthday party. However, this time only 23 attended my birthday party. Many who earlier said that they are attending my birthday party did not attend. Many of my friends also came quite late, around 6PM. During the party, they are no longer interested in my computer games, but more interested in singing. This party is the least interesting among all because very few attended and many were late. I was rather disappointed.

I am not sure whether or not to hold a birthday party on the year 2012. This is the last year I can hold a party because after that I and my friends will be graduating Form 5 and be separated. So, I thought of holding a birthday party again. However, I am disappointed by the 2011 birthday party. Also, 2012 is the year I am taking SPM and I do not want to be distracted. I will think properly before deciding whether to hold a birthday party or not.

My Daily Life (Updated)

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What do you do every day, other than going to school? For me, my activities are almost the same every day, but it changes from time to time. For example, my daily life changed when I entered Form 1 from Standard 6. I can remember my daily live from the year 2007 until now.

At the year 2007, I was in Standard 6. I was studying in SRJK(C) Chong Cheng. The school started at 7:25AM and ended at 1:05PM. Every day, I woke up at 6:45AM. I did not take my bath early in the morning, but I only brushed my teeth and washed my face. After that, I would have breakfast and then go to school. My grandfather took me to school with his car. Usually, I was just in time for school, but sometimes I was late. After coming back from school, I would have my unch. After that, I would take my bath. Then, I would do my homework and study. I usually do not sleep in the afternoon. From 6PM to 7PM, I would watch the drama series "The Spirits of Love" shown on Astro AEC every Monday to Friday. At 8PM, I would have dinner. After dinner, I would continue to study or do homework until 11PM. Then, I would take my bath and go to bed.

After I entered Form 1 in SMK Sultan Badlishah, I attended school in the afternoon. The school started at 12:30PM and ended at 6:30PM. I woke up at 9:30AM every day. After that, I would have breakfast. I did not take my bath at this time, I just brushed my teeth, washed my face and changed clothes. Sometimes my grandparents would buy home breakfast for me while sometimes I would follow them out to eat. After breakfast, I would study or do yesterday's homework. At 11:30AM, I would take my bath and then eat lunch. After that, I would go to school. Again, usually I was just in time for school, and sometimes I was late. After coming back from school, it was already 6:45PM. The drama series "The Spirits of Love" was still showing when I was in Form 1 and ended at 30 December 2008. Every day it showed from 6:00PM to 7:00PM and it repeated at 12:00PM to 1:00PM on the next day. Because of that, I could watch only 2 episodes per week on Friday, while for the others I could watch only a little part after coming back from school every day. After watching that little part, I would take my bath. I would eat dinner at 8PM. Then, I would do homework and study until 11.30PM. After that, I would brush my teeth, wash my face and then sleep.

When I entered From 2, most of my daily activities were the same as when I was in Form 1. I also attended school in the afternnoon. However, there were some changes. I took my bath in the morning every day when I woke up. Because of that, I could study until 12.00PM every day, then I would eat lunch and go to school. When I was in Form 2, the drama series "The Spirits of Love" had already over, and I did not have any new shows to watch, so I seldom watch TV. After coming back from school every day, my activities were basically the same as when I was in Form 1, except that I slept daily at 12AM, not at 11:30PM.

During the Ramadhan month when I was in Form 1 and From 2, the school started at 11:45AM and ended at 5:30PM every day. I woke up at 9AM every day, half an hour earliar than usual. I had to eat lunch early every day, which is at 11:15AM. When I was in Form 1, I could watch "The Spirits of Love" every day because it was only 5:45PM when I came home from school.

When I entered Form 3 on 2010, I have to attend school in the morning, as when I was in Primary school. The school starts at 7:20AM and ends at 1:10PM. For Sunday and Monday, it ends at 1:45PM. I wake up at 6:30AM every day. I do not take my bath because it was too early. I only wash my face, brush my teeth and change clothes. I eat breakfast and then go to school. I usually arrive at school very early. After coming back from school, I will eat lunch and then take my bath. Sometimes, I will take my bath before I have lunch. After that, I will sleep for an hour. After I wake up, I will do homework and study. Now, I have a new drama series to watch, which is "My Family My Love". It is shown on 8TV from 6PM to 7PM every Monday to Friday. I watch it every day. I have my dinner at 8PM every day. Then, I will continue to study and do homework until 11.30PM. After that, I will take my bath and sleep.

Every Friday and Saturday, I have no school. My daily activities are basically like other days and are the same from Standard 6 until now, but there are some differences. I usually wake up at 9:30AM every day. After waking up, I will follow my grandparents outside to eat breakfast, either in Kulim, Bukit Mertajam or even Butterworth. During Standard 6 and Form 1, I usually take my bath at 1:00PM but from Form 2 onwards until now, I take my bath when I wake up in the morning. During Form 1, I watched "The Spirits of Love" every Friday at 12PM to 1PM and at 6PM to 7PM. At every Saturday, usually I have no show to watch. At Standard 6 and Form 1, I usually sleep at 11:45PM while at Form 2 and Form 3, I sleep at 12:15AM.

Starting from June until one week before my PMR exam, I had to attended night classes at school every Sunday to Wednesday. My daily activities are basically the same like normal school days. However, I every afternoon I sleep only until 4:30PM. After that, I will do homework and study until 6PM. From 6PM until 7PM, I will watch the drama series 'My Family My Love'. After that, I will get ready to go for the night class. At 7:15PM, I will have dinner. I went to the night class every day at 8PM. The night class started at 8:15PM and ended at 10:15PM. My grandfather took me to the night class and back home every day with his car. When I reached home from night class every day, it is 10:45PM. At that time, I will take my bath. After that, I will do homework and study until 12:15AM, then I will sleep.

During exam, my daily activities also changed. I studied the whole day. Usually, I do not watch my drama series. At Form 1 and 2, I wake up at 8:30AM daily. At Friday and Saturday during From 3, I also wake up at 8:30AM daily. At night, I will study until 12:30AM. These will ensure that I have more time to study for my exam. However, in the afternoon I still sleep for an hour.

After my PMR exam, I spend most of my time enjoying myself, rather than to study. I used the usual studying time to play computer games, surf the internet and carry out other leisure activities. Of course, sometimes I would study for the Form 4 topics. Also, I will attend school every day and will not play truants.

When I was in Standard 6, I liked the Standard 6 life and was worried about Form 1 life. Then when I entered Form 1, I found out that it was quite good. However, at that time I disliked afternoon school, and I preferred morning school. Then when I was in Form 2, I began to like afternoon school. However, soon I had to study in morning school when I entered Form 3. Form 3 life is good, but I feel that Form 1 and Form 2 life is better, because I preferred afternoon school. I am hoping to go back to Form 1 or Form 2, but I know it is impossibble. The after PMR life is the best.

I entered Form 4 on 2011. My daily life is basically the same as my Form 3 life, but there are some differences. The school starts on 7:20AM and ends on 1:45PM daily. On Sunday and Monday, the school starts on 7:20AM and ends on 2:20PM. However, the Chinese class is held after school hours on certain days. Since I took Chinese for Form 4 so I had to attend the classes. In the beginning, the Chinese class was held every Thursday from 2:15PM to 3:15PM. Every Thursday after the school ended on 1:45PM, I would have lunch in my grandparents' car. My grandmother usually bring food for me. I would go home at 3:15PM. However, the time for Form 4 Chinese class had changed since June 2011. The Chinese class is held every Tuesday and Thursday from 1:45PM to 2:15PM. Therefore, I no longer need to have lunch in the car but I had to go home everyday at 2:15PM except every Wednesday. Later, I decided to drop Chinese but I still attended every Chinese class and will continue to do so.

At July 2011, my favourite drama series 'My Family My Love' comes to an end. The new drama series 'Family Harmony' replaced it. I liked the drama series 'Family Harmony' as well. So, every Monday to Friday from 6:00PM to 7:00PM, I would watch the drama series 'Family Harmony'. Since Form 4, I attended tuition classes for Malay, Mathematics and Additional Mathematics subjects. The Malay tuition is held every Friday from 8:30AM to 10:15AM. Every Friday, I had to wake up early at 7:30AM. I will have breakfast before going for the Malay tuition. The Mathematics and Additional Mathematics tuition was held every Wednesday from 3:15PM to 6:45PM and every Saturday from 2:30PM to 6:00PM. After returning home from school every Wednesday at 1:45PM, I will have lunch and take my bath. After that, I will go for Mathematics and Additional Mathematics tuition at 3:15PM. I cannot watch the drama series 'Family Harmony' every Wednesday because it usually ends before I return home from tuition.

After I finished my Form 4 Year-end examination which was held from 9 October 2011 to 20 October 2011, I had the chance to experience the life similar to my 'After PMR life' once again. I spend most of my time enjoying myself, rather than to study. I used the usual studying time to play computer games, surf the internet and carry out other leisure activities. Of course, sometimes I would study for the Form 5 topics. Also, I will attend school every day although most of the other students would skip school sometimes.

School Life and Friendship (Updated)

2011-11-11T00:30:00.001+08:00

Now I am studying Form 3 in SMK Sultan Badlishah and I have many friends from all classes in school. Most of my friends are in Form 3, some in Form 2 and a few in Form 1. I have friends from SMJK Chio Min too. I don't really know the reason how I made so many friends but I am glad and very happy to have many friends. I have many friends on the internet also, many of them are my friends on Facebook and Tagged.

My friendship can be divided into four period, Kindergarten, Standard 1, Standard 2 to 6 and Form 1 to 3. In each period, I have different friends and have different feelings on what friendship actually is. The friends I have depends mainly on where I am studying.

At the year 2000 when I was 5 years old, I entered Chio Min Chinese Kindergarten. There, I studied 2 years. During that time, I made some friends. However, I didn't have many real friends. I did not really like to study and always disturbed them. Several times I was scolded and punished by the teachers.

Two years later, I studied Standard 1 in SRJK(C) Chong Cheng. I have a number of friends from my class. All of them were Chinese except one is a Malay. I changed my attitude. I began to like studying and stop disturbing my friends as often as before. Instead I sometimes was disturbed and bullied by others. Many of my friends weren't true friends because they don't befriend me if I didn't follow that they said.

From Standard 2 onwards, the school divided the students in each class by the examination results. My good results enabled me to remain in the first class every year. Most of my classmates also could remain in the first class. Therefore, I had the same classmates every year. At Standard 2 and 3, I didn't have many friends. Most of my friends were girls sitting close to me. Sometimes I quarrelled with my friends. Starting from Standard 4, I began to friend with more boys and also made more friends. During Standard 6, I had a lot of good friends. Because I was studying in a Chinese school, all my friends were Chinese.

However, after I graduated Standard 6, I had to part with most of my friends. I wanted to study in SMK Sultan Badlishah but most of them wanted to study in SMJK Chio Min. After I came to SMK Sultan Badlishah, I seldom met them. I miss them a lot. Therefore, during Form 1 and 2, I held my birthday party and invited them. I used that as a chance to meet my former classmates. But after Form 2, I began to realize that my friends in SMK Sultan Badlishah are more important to me. I no longer miss my former classmates that much and in Form 3, I did not held any birthday parties. But i

Since I entered SMK Sultan Badlishah, I made many new friends. At first, I was shy and only friend with a few Indian students. But later, I also friend with the Malays. No long after that, I had made many Malay friends and became quite popular in school. However, at the beginning, I had very few Chinese friends due to unknown reason. When I entered Form 2, my classmates were the same people. Besides having Form 2 friends, I also had Form 1 friends. At the end of Form 2, I began to have more Chinese friends. I also created Facebook and Tagged to add friends. By Form 3, I had a lot of friends. I and my classmates are still in the same class. I also had some friends from Form 2 and Form 1. My friends consists of students from different races and genders.

When I entered Form 4, I and my classmates were no longer in the same class. The school rearranged all the students in different classes. Only a few of my classmates are still in the same class with me. Still, I could make new friends with my new classmates. I had made many new friends in my new class. I still friends with my former classmates during Form 1 to 3. Many of them still stayed in my school and I could meet them sometimes. However, some of them moved to other schools such as MRSM and SBP. Therefore, I seldom see them but still keep in touch with them through Facebook. At the same time, I attended my grandfather's Mathematics tuition class. Therefore, I could be with some of my primary school friends again because they attended my grandfather's tuition.

Now I have many friends, a mixture Chinese, Malay and Indian and also a mixture of boys and girls. And they are from different classes. This is 1 Malaysia! I hope my friendships will last forever.

Computer Learning (Updated)

2011-11-11T00:30:00.000+08:00

Now, using the computer and surfing the internet is one of my hobby. I am also very good in computers. But do you know when and how I started to learn how to use a computer?

I started using computer when I was 3 years old. At that time, I went to my father's house in Subang Jaya, Selangor. There is a computer in his house. That is a HP Desktop computer with Windows 3.1 . It was actually an old computer. I liked to play with it very much. Therefore, my father brought it back to Kulim for me.

At first, I don't know how to use a computer correctly. I played a few games but I just simply play because I don't even know how to play it so I always lost. Later, my parents tought me how to play the games, then I began to know how to play. Besides playing games, I didn't know anything else about computers. The games were only very simple games.

Then when my brother knew how to play computer, he always play with my computer when he came back to Kulim. This is because there were no computer at his house. Several times I fought with him just because of the computer. At the year 2002, he wants to bring my computer to his house. I tried to stop him. My father told him to give that computer to my brother and promised to buy me a new one. The new computer I have is installed with Windows XP and I used it until now. Now it is already 8 years but still working!

When I started using this computer, I only use it to play games. The games were much newer and more advanced that the old computer. My father also installed TM Net internet service at my house for me. I knew very little about computer at that time. I only used the internet to download games. However, the internet was very slow and most downloaded games have a trial. At that time I never knew how to crack and my mother only purchased one game for me. Sometimes my mother downloaded the games using Streamyx and wrote them into a CD for me to install.

However, later I moved house. In the new house it is very troublesome to use the internet because I had to connect the wire over the living room floor. At the year 2006, I read a comic. Behind the comic are computer teachings. On that year also, my computer got infected by virus. I tried many antiviruses to remove the virus but at last I failed. I had to send my computer for repair. But, I began to know more about computers. I began to be less-interested in computer games. I prefer to download and use different types of softwares.

In Form 1 and 2, I had the chance to use the computer and internet in school every week during the ICT class. I began to use the internet widely. I also signed up for Friendster, Tagged, Facebook and much more. But it is difficult for me to use the internet at home. The TM Net is very slow and I had to connect the long cable over the floor. Once somebody fell down because of the wire. My father had a Maxis Broadband but I could use it only when he comes back to Kulim. My phone could surf the internet but it is very expensive.

Finally, at the end of year 2009, my father signed up another Maxis Broadband for me so that I can use the internet easily. In order for the Maxis Broadband to function properly, I moved my computer upstairs and reformatted it. I could use the internet whenever I want. I also know a lot about computer now. I also upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7. But because of my PMR examination, I don't use the computer or go online too often.

After my PMR examination, I played computer very often for more then 2 months until the 2010 year-end school holiday is over. I went to Kuala Lumpur for holidays on December 2010. My parents bought me a new Acer laptop on 9 December 2010. It has Windows 7 Home Premium, Intel Core i5 CPU, 4GB RAM and ATI 512MB Graphics Card. It is very fast and good. However, the Maxis Broadband internet was very slow when I used it on the Acer Laptop. On 14 December 2010, my father took me to the Maxis store and replaced my Maxis Broadband modem. After that, the internet could work very fast. I concluded that the old Maxis Broadband modem was not compatible with Windows 7. Since then, I usually used the new Acer Laptop rather than my old Packard Bell desktop. I only used the Packard Bell desktop for testing purposes. On January 2011, the Acer laptop had a problem. The problem started after I attempted to install Microsoft Office. I tried to repair it but I failed. My mother took it back to Kuala Lumpur for repair. It was successfully repaired and I used it until now.

When I entered Form 4, I took the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) subject. The reason is it is easy and interesting. After I took ICT, I could learn more about computers. I was interested in ICT and could score well in it. In the 1st, 2nd and 3rd school exams, I got 96 marks for ICT. In the 4th school exam, I successfully got 100 marks for ICT. I could also complete most of the coursework for ICT. At the end of Form 4, all students are asked to choose the subjects for SPM. Some students decided to drop ICT because no one got A+ in ICT for SPM 2010. But, I will definitely take ICT because I am confident that I can score A+ as long as I work hard for it.

My Academic Achievements (Updated)

2011-11-11T00:00:00.000+08:00

Before I entered kindergarten, I know little on academics. I can speak in Mandarin and English language only but not Malay. But I have one advantage. My grandfather is a Mathematics teacher. He tought me Mathematics. Therefore, I knew some Mathematics.

At the year 2000 when I was five years old, I entered the Chio Min Chinese Kindergarten in Kulim. After entering kindergarten, I began to know Malay and some Science. I also learned more Chinese and English. At that time, I have understood all Mathemaics in kindergarten and they were very easy to me. However, I am not considered clever in kindergarten. I was quite playful and doesn't like studying much. My examination results were just satisfactory and I was often scolded by the teachers.

Two years later, I entered SRJK(C) Chong Cheng primary school. When I was standard one, my results improved if compared to when in kindergarten. My examination results were quite good but still not as good as others. I got 6th in class and 32nd in whole standard. I managed to enter the A class of standard two.

During standard two, my examination results further improved. However, I am not so good in Malay language. I have changed my playful attitude but I did not focus fully in class. Sometimes I had to borrow my friends homework to copy and sometimes I was scolded by my teachers. I managed to get two trophys, one for Mathematics competition and one for Chinese Writing competition. I got 19th in class and 19th in whole standard.

At standard three, my results were quite good. I managed to get A for all subjects in every exam. I got 8th in class and 8th in whole standard. I finally got top 10. This is because I focused a lot in class. However, I often quarrelled with my friend and several reports had been made to the teacher. I was also unlucky that I didn't win any competition.

At standard four and five, I began to study for my UPSR examination. I hoped to get 7A in my UPSR so that I can study in SMK Sultan Badlishah. In the school exams, a few times I got 7A but other times I got only 6A. Once, I got only 5A and once, only 4A! I am weak in Malay language and Chinese language while I am good in English, Mathematics and Science. I won many competitions in school.

At standard six, also the year I took my UPSR, my results wasn't very good. Of the four exams in school, I only got 7A once while the others I got only 6A. My weakest subject is Malay language Paper 2. But when the UPSR reaches, I felt that all papers were quite easy and I am confident to get 7A. Finally when the UPSR results were announced I really got 7A. I won the most competition during Standard Six. One of them was Malay Writing. I was surprised as Malay Paper 2 was my weakest subject!

I managed to come to SMK Sultan Badlishah. I had a new target, which is 8A in PMR. At form one and two, I got 8A 5 times, 7A twice and once only 6A. Usually if I got 8A, I will be able to get 1st in class and top 10 in the whole form. But if I get 7A, my position will not be the top. When I got only 6A during the Form Two third exam, I got 64th in form. That was a great fall. I was sick at that time and the H1N1 was attacking at that time. That must be the reason.

After that, I entered Form 3. The topics in form three is quite tough. I knew that must overcome it so that I can get 8A in PMR. In the 1st exam, 2nd exam and the PMR trial exam, I successfully got 8A. I got 1st in class and 4th in form for the 1st exam. I got 1st in class and 5th in form for the 2nd exam. I really hoped to get 8A in my PMR. After the PMR exam, I was 98% confident to get 8A's in PMR. The PMR result was out on 23 December 2010. I got 8A's successfully and I was so happy.

On 2011, I entered Form 4. I took 11 subjects, which are Malay, English, Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, History, Moral Education, Information & Communications Technology and Chinese. The Form 4 topics are quite difficult, much more difficult compared to Form 3 topics. During the 1st exam, I got 6A+ and 5A. I got 1st in form and 1st in class. This was the first time I got 1st in form. On the 2nd exam, I got 6A+ and 5A again. I got 5th in form and 2nd in class. Unfortunately, the Hari Anugerah Cemerlang 2011 of my school was based on the 2nd exam, which I failed to get 1st in class. For the 3rd exam, I got 10A+ and 1A. I got A for Malay. Again, I could get 1st in form and 1st in class. Soon after the 3rd exam, it comes the 4th exam. I decided to drop Chinese because it is too difficult to answer Paper 2. So, I took only 10 subjects. During the 4th exam, I got 9A+ and 1A. I got A for Malay again. This time, I got 2nd in form and 1st in class.

Now, I am in Form 5. I will be taking SPM this year. I am taking 10 subjects in SPM. My aim is to get 10A+ for SPM. Since the Form 4 and Form 5 topics are quite difficult, I will need to study hard so that I can get 10A+ in SPM. I really hope to get 10A+ in SPM.

ICT and Moral Folio

2011-09-01T18:12:00.010+08:00

All Form 4 students taking the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) or Pendidikan Moral subject are required to do folio. Marks given for the folio will added to the SPM examination. Do you have problems doing the folios? If yes, I can help you. Just download a copy of my folio and use it as a guide to do your folio. You are free to copy anything from my folio. For Moral folio, you cannot use computer to do and must be handwritten.

ICT Coursework (Antivirus):

http://www.4shared.com/file/MLzSRwJF/ICT_Project__Antivirus_.html

ICT Coursework (Antispyware):

http://www.4shared.com/file/eS7GpFGO/ICT_Project__Antispyware_.html

ICT Coursework (Phishing):

http://www.4shared.com/file/v2-7Q69E/ICT_Project__Phishing_.html

ICT Coursework (The Latest Open Source Software Available and The Latest Development in ICT):

http://www.4shared.com/file/GYyEG2_C/ICT_Project__The_Latest_Open_S.html

ICT Coursework (The Latest Development in Networks and Communications):

http://www.4shared.com/file/gal79vLt/ICT_Project__The_Latest_Develo.html

Contoh Kerja Kursus Pendidikan Moral Tingkatan 4 (Tugasan Harian):

http://www.4shared.com/document/0dZgH-jD/Projek_Pendidikan_Moral_Tingka.html

Just copy and paste the links above to the address bar and download them.

For Moral folio, the file is in .doc format and you can open it using any version of Microsoft Word.

For ICT folio, the files are in .docx or .pptx format so you need Microsoft Office 2007 or 2010 to open. If you are using Microsoft Office 2003, 2002 or 2000, you need to download Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for free at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=3 . After installing it, you can open those files using Microsoft Office 2003, 2002 or 2000.

PMR Examination Tips

2011-09-01T00:20:00.001+08:00

I got 8A's in my PMR 2010. Some people have been asking me for tips on how to score in the PMR. Since the PMR 2011 is near, I am sharing a few tips about PMR here. The tips depend on the subject. These tips are intended for Form 3, Form 2 and Form 1 students.

Bahasa Melayu (Difficulty: High)

Bahasa Melayu PMR is rather difficult. Basically, Kertas 1 is more difficult than Kertas 2. Kertas 1 consists of Tatabahasa and Pemahaman Komsas. Tatabahasa is the most difficult part. You will need to do a lot of exercises. You should pay attention when your teacher discuss about these questions. Try to take note on what your teacher says, especially regarding how words are used. Do revision regularly on this kind of questions and remember them. Some of the questions are often asked, so take note on them. Pemahaman KOMSAS is not very difficult but can be tricky. Make sure you understand everything in the Antologi from Form 1 to Form 3. A KOMSAS revision book is very helpful, so you should have one. Make sure you read and understand the Tema, Persoalan, Watak & Perwatakan, Latar, Nilai and Pengajaran for all stories. When answering this kind of questions, read the passage given and all the questions carefully before answering. Kertas 2 consists of Ringkasan, Pemahaman Umum, Karanagan Bahan Rangsangan, Karangan Respons Terbuka and Novel. Ringkasan is quite simple. Make sure you have at least 5 correct isi and make sure your tatabahasa is correct. Just copy if you cannot use your own words. Don't simply change the words until it is different from the original meaning. Do not add your own ideas. You can write more than 5 isi but make sure the 80 word limit is not exceeded by 5 or more. For Pemahaman Umum, there are 3 questions. For question 1, you will be asked the meaning of a phase. To answer, just replace every words in the phase with a word with same meaning. After that, insert your answer into the passage to see if it is suitable. For question 2, read the passage to find the answer. Copy the answer from the passage. You must give at least 2 answers. For question 3, you have to give your own opinion. You can write as many answers as you can, and only the correct ones will be marked. You should give at least 3 answers. Do not look for the answer from the passage. For Karangan Bahan Rangsangan, look at the question and the material given. If the material given is relevant to the question asked, then you must use it. If it is not relevant to the question, then you need to give your own opinion. You need to write 1 Pendahuluan, 3 isi and 1 penutup. Provide elaboration for each isi. Make sure that the 120 word limit is not exceeded by 5 or more. To score, you need to read and write more. For Karangan Bahan Rangsangan, there are 5 choices. Choose the question that you are most confident to answer. Read the question carefully and answer. You can write down the important isi first but this is not necessary. You need to provide at least 1 Pendahuluan, 4 isi and 1 Penutup. Elaborate in each isi as much as you can but do pay attention to the time to ensure that you have enough time to answer. Make sure that it is at least 180 words long. To score, you need to read and write more. For novel, it can test you on any novel, either Form 1, Form 2 or Form 3 novel. Sometimes, you may be asked to compare 2 novels. Therefore, you must understand all three novels very well. A KOMSAS revision book can help you a lot. Make sure you read and understand the Tema, Persoalan, Latar, Watak & Perwatakan, Nilai and Pengajaran for all novels. Answer in paragraph form and not point form.

English (Difficulty: Moderate)

English PMR is not very difficult but not simple as well. Both Paper 1 and Paper 2 have equal difficulties. For Paper 1, there are 5 parts. The first part is about Information Transfer, second part about Grammar, third part about idioms and phasal verbs, fourth part about comprehension and fifth part about literature. To score in all parts, you should read more and do more exercises. Pay attention to grammar usage. For Literature in Paper 1, you also need to understand all the poems, short stories and drama (if any) in the Collection of Poems and Short Stories. A literature revision book can help as well. For Paper 2, there are 3 parts, Directed Writing, Summary and Novel. For Directed Writing, materials would be given. Read the question, instructions and materials given carefully. In your essay, you must have an introduction and a closing. If it is formatted writing, the format must be correct. Elaborate on each point given. You may need to at other relevant ideas if you are asked to do so. Make sure your essay is longer than 120 words. Pay attention to the time so that you have enough time to answer. To score, you need to read and write more. For summary, read the passage and instructions carefully. Begin your summary with the 10 words given. Give at least 5 points. You can give more than 5 points but don't add in your own ideas. Do not exceed the 60 word limit at all. For novel, you can choose between the novels you have studied. Make sure that you understand every novel fully. A literature revision book is very helpful. Make sure you read and understand the Theme, Setting, Characters, Lessons and Moral Values for each novel. When answering, choose the novel that you are most confident. Give your answer with elaborations and examples from the novel. Give your answer in paragraph form and not in point form. Make sure your answer is more than 50 words long.

Mathematics (Difficulty: Low)

Mathematics PMR is one of the easiest subject in PMR. It consists of Paper 1 and Paper 2. Paper 1 has 40 objective questions while Paper 2 has 20 subjective questions. Paper 1 is easier than Paper 2. For Mathematics, you need to understand every topic from Form 1 to Form 3. You must know how to answer the questions as well. You should pay attention in class and do a lot of Mathematics exercise to improve your skills in answering Mathematics. Do not memorise the definitions and explanations in the book. Most questions tested involve calculation but some involve drawing and sketching. For drawing and sketching, use pencil. For others, you need to use pen. You need to know how to use scientific calculator as well. If you don't have one, you should buy one. Scientific calculator is very helpful in Paper 1 but cannot be used in Paper 2. During PMR of my year (2010), both 350MS and 570MS are allowed. 350ES and 570ES (Natural display) is also allowed. Before the Mathematics paoer starts, make sure to bring pen, ruler, pencil, eraser, sharpener, scientific calculator and geometrical sets. For Paper 2, you need to show the workings. Make sure to write all important steps. Ask your teacher to find out which steps are necessary to show and which steps are not. If an important step is wrong or missing, the answer and other workings may be considered wrong, even if they are correct. Do pay attention to the time so that you have enough time to answer. After you have finished answering, check all your answers to make sure they are correct.

Science (Difficulty: Moderate)

Science PMR is not difficult but not easy as well. It has Paper 1 and Paper 2. Paper 1 has 40 objective questions while Paper 2 has 2 sections and 8 subjective questions. Paper 1 is generally easier than Paper 2. All topics from Form 1 to Form 3 will be tested. Form 3 topics are the most difficult while Form 1 topics are the easiest. You must understand all topics fully and do not memorise, except for facts that require memorising, such as examples of animals and plants. You need to pay attention when the teacher is teaching so that you understand all topics. Do more exercises to increase your skill in answering. Revise all topics regularly so that you don't forget. The science textbook doesn't contain all the facts, so you will need a revision book. Buy a revision book that is thick and contains all the facts. Scientific calculator can help you to answer some questions involving calculation in both papers, so don't forget to bring it for your exam. When answering Paper 2, read the questions carefully and write your answers as clearly as possible. Make sure the spelling for scientific terms is correct. If you are asked to explain or give a reason, explain it fully. You may need to explain in more than one sentences, depending on the marks allocated for that question. Certain formulas are provided in front of the examination paper, so refer to it if you forgot or unsure. For calculation questions in Paper 2, write the formula if it is not given and write down all important workings because some marks are given for workings.

Sejarah (Difficulty: Moderate)

Sejarah is easy to answer and easy to understand but difficult to memorise. It contains one paper only, which has 60 objective questions. All topics from Form 1 to Form 3 will be tested. Form 3 topics are the easiest and Form 1 topics are the most difficult. Unlike science, Sejarah requires both memorising and understanding. Certain topics in Sejarah requires understanding, especially those related to events. You need to understand before you can remember it easily. If you try to memorise everything, it will be more difficult to remember. Some topics, requires memorising, especially those related to names. For these topics, you can only remember them by memorising. To study Sejarah, you should not wait until the last moment before exam. This is because there are quite a lot to memorise. If you study only at the last moment, you will have problems memorising. To make memorising more effective, do your revision. You can also try using the imagination method (Refer to here: http://daniellimjj.blogspot.com/2010/10/tips-to-remember-names.html ) . The Sejarah textbook for all forms are good and complete, so you should read them. You should also do more exercises to familiar yourself with the questions. A few Sejarah questions are questions about Nilai murni, so you may need to think to get the answer.

Geografi (Difficulty: Moderate)

Similar to Sejarah, Geografi is easy to answer and easy to understand but difficult to memorise. It contains one paper with 60 objective questions. All topics from Form 1 to Form 3 will be tested. Form 2 topics are the easiest while Form 3 topics are the most difficult. Geografi has 2 parts, Kemahiran Geografi and Geografi Fizikal dan Manusia. Kemahiran Geografi is much easier than Geografi Fizikal dan Manusia but it only makes up 10% (6 questions)of the Geografi paper. Geografi requires both memorising and understanding. Some topics such as explainations requires understanding. It will be difficult to remember if you try to memorise them without understanding. So, you need to understand them. Other topics, like name of places, require memorising. Therefore, you should not wait till the last moment before exam to study Geografi. If you study at the last moment, you can't memorise well. To make memorising more effective, do your revision regularly. You can also try using the imagination method (refer to http://daniellimjj.blogspot.com/2010/10/tips-to-remember-names.html ). The Geografi textbook contains most of the facts but not all. You need a complete revision book to get all the facts. You should also do more exercises so that you are familiar with the questions. You also need a protractor and scientific calculator for the exam, as you may be asked to measure bearings and do some calculations.

Kemahiran Hidup Bersepadu (Difficulty: Easy)

Kemahiran Hidup Bersepadu has 4 types, Kemahiran Teknikal (KT), Ekonomi Rumah Tangga (ERT), Pertanian (PT) and Perdagangan & Keusahawanan (PK). Every student has to choose one of them. However, in SMK Sultan Badlishah, only KT, ERT and PK are offered. The Kemahiran Hidup Bersepadu has 2 parts, Teras and Elektif. Kemahiran Hidup Bersepadu has Paper 1 and Paper 2. Paper 1 has 60 objective questions, while Paper 2 is a project. As Paper 2 carries 40 marks for the PMR, it is very important to complete the project. There are 4 projects. Make sure you do all of them properly. Ask your teacher for help if you have problems doing the project. The projects are not difficult to do, and as long as you do it properly you already have 40 marks for PMR. Therefore, Kemahiran Hidup Bersepadu is considered as an easy subject. For Paper 1, all Teras and Elektif topics from Form 1 to Form 3 will be tested. Kemahiran Hidup Bersepadu mainly requires understanding and some memorising. It is difficult to remember the facts if you don't understand and just memorise. Some facts, like names of tools, requires memorising. It is not difficult to memorise facts in Kemahiran Hidup Bersepadu as long as you understand it. The Kemahiran Hidup Bersepadu textbook for all forms are almost complete. A complete revision book can help you. You should also do more exercises to familiarise yourself with the questions. Pay attention when your teacher is teaching so that you can understand all topics. You should do revision regularly. A scientific calculator can help you in your exam as there may be some questions on calculation, so don't forget to bring it.

Chinese / 华文 (Difficulty: High)

Chinese PMR is difficult. It consists of Paper 1 and Paper 2. Paper 1 and Paper 2 are equally difficult. Paper 1 has 40 objective questions and is made up of 3 parts. The first part is Modern Text Comprehension. In this part, there are questions about information transfer, grammar and comprehension. For information transfer, read the questions and material given carefully and answer the question. For grammar, you need to understand the topics in grammar. Grammar for PMR Chinese is quite simple except for Hanyu Pinyin. For comprehension, you need to read the questions and passage given carefully then answer the questions. Although modern text comprehension is easier to understand, the questions asked are often more difficult. The second part is Classical Text Comprehension. It includes comprehension and translation. You need to read the passage, meaning of words and the questions carefully. It is quite difficult to understand Classical Text, so you may need to read it several times and refer to the questions. For translation questions, try to translate word by word into Modern Text, then put it into the passage to see if it is suitable. The third section is idioms. You may be asked the meaning, author and source of idioms. You may also be asked to fill in the blanks with idiom or choose the sentence that used idiom correctly. You must know the meaning, usage, author and source of all the 150 idioms studied from Remove Class until Form 3. For the meanings, you must understand and not memorise. For the author and source, you must memorise. You can use the imagination method to memorise (refer to http://daniellimjj.blogspot.com/2010/10/tips-to-remember-names.html ). To score in Paper 1, you need to understand all grammar topics and all idioms from Remove class to Form 3. To do so, you need a PMR Chinese revision book. A number of PMR Chinese revision books are available at many bookshops. You also need to do more exercises to increase your skills in answering. For Paper 2, there are four parts. The first part is Caligraphy writing. You must know how to write medium sized caligraphy. Your writing must be nice in order to get high marks. It is easy to get 3/6 marks as long as all the words are correct and tidy. Try not to write wrongly and never use liquid paper or 'cut-and-paste', otherwise that word is considered wrong. You need to practice a lot to write caligraphy well. Remember to bring a writing brush and ink for the exam. The second part is summary. You need to summarise the important points in the passage into a few sentences, usually 2, 3 or 4 sentences. Do not write it in a paragraph and do not add in your own ideas. You do not need to use your own words but you can replace words with shorter words of same meaning. Do not exceed the word limit by 5 or more. You need a lot of exercise to score in this. The third section is Directed Writing. You are given a material and you need to write about the material given. You must include everything given and elaborate more. An introduction and closing is also required. Be sure to write more than 100 words. To score, you need to read and write more. The fourth part is continuous writing. There are 5 questions and you need to choose one. Choose the one that you are most confident of. Read the question carefully. You can write down the important points at a side but this is not necessary. Your essay should have at least 1 introduction, 1 closing and 4 points. If it is a formatted writing, make sure that the format is correct. Your essay must also be longer than 220 words. To score, you need to read and write more.

Pendidikan Islam

Bahasa Arab

Bahasa Tamil

I do not take these subjects, so I cannot give tips on these subjects. If you take these subjects, ask your teacher or someone good at these subjects for their tips.

My Life of Electronics

2011-08-31T12:59:00.000+08:00

I am sure you use electronic products in their life. Among the electronic products, some are completely yours, while others are shared by you and your family. The examples of electronic products are personal computer, mobile phone, electronic dictionary, scientific calculator and others. I have some electronic products that fully belong to me.

I had my first computer when I was 3 years old at year 1998. It was a desktop computer with Windows 3.1 . It has several simple games in it. I used that computer mainly for playing games only. I did not use Internet at that time. Then, when I was 7 years old in year 2002, my parents wanted to bring that computer back to Kuala Lumpur for my brother. The brought me a new Packard Bell computer with Windows XP. I used the computer mainly for games as well. Later, my parents installed TM Net for me. Since then, I could use the Internet. I used the Internet mainly to download games only. After my computer got infected with virus at year end of 2006, I begin to know more about computers. I began to use the computer for other purposes other than games, such as using software, typing documents, social networking and looking for information. This lasts on until now.

At the year end of 2009, my father bought me a Maxis Broadband. Since then, I could use the Internet very often. Maxis Broadband was much faster than TM Net, and I do not need to connect long wires. I used Maxis Broadband until now. At year 2007, my mother bought a new VAIO laptop with Windows Vista for herself. She wanted to give that to me but I refused to because I liked by Packard Bell computer. Later, it was given to my brother. At 2009, my father also bought a HP Netbook with Windows Vista. He also wanted to give it to me but I again refused. But at the beginning of 2010, I used that HP Netbook for some time because the Maxis Broadband failed to work on my Packard Bell computer. It could work later after I reformatted my computer. At July 2010, my parents bought a new Dell laptop with Windows 7 for my brother. The reason is that the Red Alert game he bought could not work on his VAIO laptop. However, the game also failed to work on the Dell laptop. My brother did not want that laptop. My mother wanted to give me that laptop and I accepted but my brother refused to let me have it. He wanted to share it with me but I refused as I hate sharing computers.

At that time, I began to want a new computer because my Packard Bell computer was getting worse and worse and Windows XP was already outdated. My brother's Red Alert game could later work on that Dell computer after bringing back to the shop. So, the Dell computer was given to him while the VAIO laptop was given back to my mother. I told my mother that I wanted to have a new laptop. She agreed to buy me a new laptop. On 14 December 2010, she bought me a new Acer laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium from a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur. Unfortunately, I could not enjoy that laptop until a week later because the Maxis Broadband was very slow. Then, my father brought the Maxis Broadband back to Maxis Center and signed up for a new one. The new modem was very fast. I found out that the reason was because the old Maxis Broadband modem was not compatible with Windows 7. Since then, I have 2 computers, the Packard Bell desktop and the Acer laptop. I usually used the Acer laptop and only used the Packard Bell computer for testing purposes.

I had my first mobile phone at August 2008. It was a Nokia mobile phone. It belonged to my mother earlier. At that time, my mother bought a new Sony Ericsson S500i phone from Jusco, Bukit Mertajam. Therefore, she decided to give me her old Nokia phone. She signed up a new phone number from DiGi Prepaid for me. I used the Nokia phone with DiGi from August 2008 until March 2010. That Nokia phone has little functions available. Then on 3 April 2009, one day before my 2009 birthday party, my mother bought me a new Sony Ericsson w580i. She wanted to give my Nokia phone to my brother but he refused to accept it as it was a 'third-hand' phone. So, I kept the Nokia phone and have 2 mobile phones. Unfortunately, at that time something happened to my DiGi Prepaid account. DiGi kept on deducting my credit after I accidentally subscribed to a service. On April 2009, I decided to switch to Celcom. I wanted to keep my original phone number but DiGi did not allow. At last, I had no choice but to use my father's additional Maxis Postpaid number and continue using the DiGi number until it expired. I used the Sony Ericsson w580i mobile phone with that Maxis number and the Nokia phone with DiGi number. This mobile phone has many functions like camera, Walkman, bluetooth and internet. My DiGi Prepaid number expired on August 2009. Then, at August 2010, my Nokia phone could not charge. I did not repair it. I used the Sony Ericsson phone with the Maxis number until now.

I had my first electronic dictionary on 17 March 2006. At that time, my brother's school sold electronic dictionaries. My mother asked him to buy two, one for himself and one for me. It was a Noah Tech electronic dictionary. It was not very good as it did not have many words and functions. A few months later, it had problems. It could work but there was no display. I could not send it for repair as the company was in China. At last, I stopped using it. Then on the next year, my brother's school sold electronic dictionaries again. He again bought two, one for me and one for himself. It was an E' Kamus electronic dictionary and I got in on 26 May 2007. It was better than the Noah Tech electronic dictionary as it had more words. It could work for more than 2 years. Then on July 2009, it had the same problems as the Noah Tech electronic dictionary. It could work but had no display. I also could not send it for repair as there were no information about the company. My parents decided to buy me a new one. We bought it on 8 August 2009 from Giant, Kulim. It was a Edupoint electronic dictionary. It was the best of all electronic dictionaries I had because it had the most functions and words. It had no problems yet but since last year, sometimes it turns on by itself. I could not find out the reason but I was a bit scared of that. I used it until now.

There were a few scientific calculator in my house since many years ago. However, all of them could not work. I was interested in owning one so I asked my mother to buy one for me. She said that she had one and gave that to me. At that time was December 2005 and I was Standard 4. That scientific calculator was an old style Casio calculator and was very different from the one we are using now. I mainly used it to check my Mathematics answers. At May 2007, it started having problems. Similar to the electronic dictionary, it could work but had no display. I asked my parents to buy me a new one. They bought me a Casio fx-570MS calculator and I got it on 26 May 2007 together with my E' Kamus electronic dictionary. I am sure that most secondary school students have the Casio fx-570MS as well. I used it a lot after I entered Form 2. Two years later, at 9 July 2009, a few weeks before the E' Kamus electronic dictionary stopped working, the Casio fx-570MS calculator was missing. I left it in class while I went to look for my teacher to ask something. It must be stolen by someone at that time. I asked my parents to buy me a new one. They bought me a new fx-570ES scientific calculator on 25 July 2009. The fx-570ES calculator is better than the fx-570MS calculator because it has a natural display. Some students use it as well. I was unsure whether it could be used for PMR but the invigilator said that it could be used. I used that fx-570ES scientific calculator until now.

I wanted to have a pendrive because many of my friends have it. My mother once gave me one on 24 November 2007. However, my brother knew that and snatched it. I did not ask for another because at that time I didn't really want it. Then on November 2008, I really felt like owing one. I told my mother to buy me one. She gave me the same pendrive without letting my brother know. It was a Kingston 1GB pendrive. Since then, I had a pendrive. At June 2009, my friend sold a few pendrives. I bought another pendrive from him. It was also a Kingston 1GB pendrive. I used those pendrives a lot. Whenever there was ICT class in school, I would save the files in the pendrives so that I could use it at home. For a time, I shared my older pendrive with one of my friend. Then, on May 2011, my mother told me that there was a 8GB pendrive on advertisement. I was interested to have one. My mother bought me a Kingston Pendrive in Kuala Lumpur from the same shop I bought my Acer laptop earlier at May 2011. Until now, I have used that pendrive only a little. Later, on July 2011, I got another Kingmax 4GB pendrive during the Hari Anugerah Cemerlang of my school as a reward for getting 8A's in PMR. I also used it only a little. Unfortunately, I lost both my Kingston 1GB pendrives. So, now I have 2 pendrives, a Kingston 8GB pendrive and a Kingmax 4GB pendrive.

I had my MP4 player on 26 January 2008. At December 2006 earlier, my mother bought my brother a MP3 player. I was not interested to have one because I prefer a MP4 player instead. So, on 26 January 2008, my mother gave me a Philips GoGear MP4 Player. It was a free gift from Citibank. This MP4 player can store and play music, videos, photos and recordings. I have stored more than 70 songs in it. I sometimes listened to it while doing my homework. Once, during August 2008, it failed to work. As it was still under warranty, my mother bought it back to Philips for repair. They could repair it and I got it back later. It continued working and I used it until now.

I had my first radio on year 2003. At that time, I was interested in owning a radio so I asked my mother to buy me one. It was a radio cassette. I sometimes used it to listen to radio and play audio cassettes. Then, on December 2008, when I was in Kuala Lumpur, I went shopping with my mother and brother in an electrical store. My mother and my brother had each bought an electrical appliance but I had not bought any yet. My mother wanted to buy me an electrical appliance. At last, I chose a Philips radio. It was a MP3-CD radio cassette. My older radio had no CD player. I mainly used this Philips MP3-CD radio to play music CD's and listen to radio. Later, I burned many of my favourite songs into CD's using my Acer laptop. I used that Philips radio to play those CD's.

I had my printer on February 2007. It was a Canon IP1600 printer. My parents bought it for me on February 2007 from Jusco in Queensbay Mall, Penang. I used it to print documents, such as exam results, party invitation cards, school folios and others. I changed the printer ink a few times. That printer do not have scanner. On year 2011, I wanted a scanner. My parents wanted to buy me a new printer with scanner but I wanted just a scanner. At last, we came to a computer shop in Nibong Tebal. That shop has scanner and printers. Strangely, a scanner itself is more expensive than a printer with scanner. So, my parents bought me a printer with scanner on March 2011. It was a Canon Pixma MP258 printer. I used it for scanning documents only but did not use it for printing. I still used the old Canon iP1600 printer to print. If possible, I wanted to disassemble the Canon MP258 printer with scanner so that I can keep the scanner only and sell the printer. However, I do not know how to do so.

I once had a Gameboy when I was 5 to 6 years old. My cousins were playing it so I was interested to have one. My grandfather bought me a Gameboy Color from The Store in Bukit Mertajam. It had 21 games in it. I played with it sometimes. However, after some months later, I lost interest in it. Instead, my grandfather played with it. After another few months, the Gameboy Color stop working. I did not repair it nor buy a new one because I was not interested in game consoles. I prefer computer games instead. Not only I never had any other Gameboy, I also never had any PSP, PS2, Xbox, Wii, Nintendo or any other game consoles until now because I was never interested in them.

I never had a camera that really belonged to me. At October 2007, my parents bought a digital camera. I used it to take many photos. However, I did not keep it in Kulim but I let my parents bring it back to Kuala Lumpur. I used it whenever they came back to Kulim. I do not have a camera because I am not interested to have one since I can take photographs using the camera of my Sony Ericsson w580i mobile phone. My mother once wanted to buy me a camera but I rejected.

My Best and Worst Dreams

2011-08-31T00:29:00.002+08:00

Surely everyone will sometimes dream while sleeping. Sometimes, the dream may be a nice dream while sometimes, the dream may be a nightmare or bad dream. Usually, it is difficult to remember everything in the dream after waking up. However, I can remember my best dream I have ever had, as well as the worst dream, although I had the dream many years ago. I am sharing my best and worst dreams here.

My best dream is about a maze and a house surrounded by nature. I had this dream during the year end holidays for year 2005. At that time, I consider a girl in my class, THS as my enemy. She was my friend earliar, but I hated her after she broke my ruler and pencil and she refused to be responsible. I had a habit at that time, I would try to find out the address and telephone number of the person I hate. So, I tried to find out THS's address. These really happened, and the dream I am going to explain is related to what I said above. I dreamt that one of my friend came and told me that THS was having a party and she invited everybody in my school to her house. My friend also told me that THS's house was surrounded by nature and there is a big maze in front of her house. My friend said that THS's house was actually behind our school but we cannot directly go to her house from behind the school because her house was separated from our school by a small private office. The owner of that office strictly prohibits anyone from entering that office and he would shoot anyone who enters the office.

I was interested to go to her house. My friend told me that to go to her house, we had to pass through Kulim town and turn a big round to her house. After that, we also need to find the correct way through the maze in front of her house. I followed my friend to THS's house. When we arrived at her house, there was really a big maze and there were a lot of people there, including my friends and classmates. I decided to pass the maze by myself. However, after an hour, I still could not find the correct way through the maze. At last, I asked one of my friends for help. She lead me through the maze easily and I finally came to the entrance of THS's house. The entrance was small, allowing only one person to go through at one time. After entering the entrance, I saw that there were trees surrounding her house. Her house also had two swimming pools. Many people swam in there. I was interested to swim. I swam at the swimming pool, first at the shallower one then at the deeper one. The water in the swimming pool was warm, so it was actually a hot spring rather than a swimming pool.

After swimming for some time, I decided to come out of the swimming pool. I can see her house just beside. Around her house, there was many trees. The wall of the maze was made of stones. There were animals such as birds flying around. I liked her house because it was surrounded by nature. My friends asked me to enter her house but I refused to because THS was my enemy at that time as I mentioned earlier. I decided to go out of her house and back to school. I had to pass the maze again. This time, I decided to keep to the right at all times, hoping that this could let me out of the maze. This really worked. It took less than a minute to get out of the maze and end up in the entrance of the maze. I walked back to my school. I tried remember the way to her house. It was already around 5pm at that time. After I reached my school, I went up to the toppest floor tried to look behind my school. I could really see the maze of THS's house and a office.

I suddenly felt that if I could pass through that office, I could get to the house easily. My friend had told me that any one who enters the office would be shot. I still felt like taking the risk to silently creep though that office. One of my friend came to me and told me that he had the same feelings with me. So, we decided to pass through that office silently. Another friend warned us not to do so but we did not listen to him. We climbed over the fence. We tried to pass through the side of the office but there were guards. We had to enter the building through the door of one end then exit at the other end. The door was made of transparent glass. After we entered the door, a guard in the office knew about that and walked towards us, carrying a gun. We were so frightened and we hid behind a door. Unfortunately, the guard still knew that and walked nearer and nearer us. He finally saw us and wanted to shoot us with the gun. We were so frightened and shouted. I woke up from my dream because of this. So, this is the end of my dream.

I consider the dream above as my best dream although it ended very scary because it was very interesting to be in a house surrounded by nature and with a big maze in front. I never had any other dreams as wonderful as that.

Now, I am explaining the worst dream I have ever had. This dream is about I being attacked by ghosts. I had this dream during the year end school holiday of 2004. All the while, I sometimes go to the Pacific hypermarket with my family. I always think that the upper floors of Pacific is full of mystery because it is always quite dark and not many people are there. As a result, I had this dream. I dreamt that I went to Pacific hypermarket with one of my teacher, with unknown reason. We were walking through the upper floors of Pacific hypermarket. Suddenly we saw an escalator going down. I was curious and looked under. Below the escalator was very dark. I saw that there was another escalator in front from below. I thought that if I go down the escalator, I could come back up in front.

My teacher warned me not to go down the escalator because he had heard that there were ghost below. I did not really believe and took the risk. My teacher refused to go down so I had to go down the escalator by myself. The escalator was not working so I had to walk down by leg. After I walked down, the strange thing was that I could not see any escalator going back up. I walked forwards to see if there was any but there was none. I was a bit frightened and turned back. I could no longer see the escalator I went down just now. In fact, I could not see anything as I was in completed darkness. I was very scared and just shouted. Suddenly, a few ghosts appeared and they attacked me. I fought with them but I lost. My body was destroyed by them and I fainted.

When I woke up and still in my dream, I found myself in a nice house. A fairy came to me and told me she had saved me. She said that she would recover my damaged body but it required some time for her to do so. The fairy said that anyone who go down that escalator could not go back up again and I was lucky that she was near that place at that time. When my body was completely recovered, I was brought back to my house. Then, I suddenly woke up from my dream. Even though I have woke up I was still very frightened and refused to go to Pacific for some time. This dream is the worst and scariest nightmare I have ever had. I seldom had nightmares especially about ghosts. This is one of the few. I could not forget this dream.

These are my best and worst dreams I have ever had. Can you remember your best and worst dreams? But remember, whatever dream you have, it is just a dream and is not true.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

2011-08-30T00:00:00.000+08:00

To all the Malay,
I wish all of you Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir Batin. Have a safe journey balik kampung. Hope you enjoy the most during the Hari Raya.

My Tuition Classes

2011-08-29T22:54:00.002+08:00

Do you go for tuition? Nowadays, most people go for tuition because they think that going for tuition can help in their studies and help them get good results in examinations. If you are close to me, you may know that I had not went for any tuition before Form 4. The reason is that in the past I always think that I can score in my examinations by myself without the need of any tuition. However, starting from Form 4, I begin to think that I really need tuition, so I started going for tuition classes. Actually, I have went for tuition before Form 4.

I went for my first tuition when I was in Standard 3. I went tuition for Arts subject. You may be surprised of why I went for Arts tuition, as Arts is not a UPSR subject and I was never interested in Arts. I went for Arts tuition because all the while my drawing is very bad, and I could not draw at all during Arts lesson in school. The Arts tuition center was located near the old Nola supermarket in Kulim. I went there every Saturday from 10:30am to 12:30pm. However, the teacher was not good at teaching arts. Instead of teaching everyone together on the board, he lets everyone draw their own. He would go from one table to another and teach each person for a while. He was also a fierce teacher. Once, someone accidentally spilled the water in her bottle, and she got a terrible scolding from the teacher. Whenever someone couldn't draw properly, the teacher would scold. I went there for a few months, but it did not improve my drawing. The only thing I learnt from the Arts tuition was how to colour using poster colour. I stopped going for Arts tuition after a few months, and I never went for any other Arts tuition. Until now, I am still very bad at arts.

My grandfather is a Mathematics teacher and he is giving tuition for Mathematics and Additional Mathematics at his tuition center. He gave tuition for Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5. My grandfather's tuition center is located at upstairs of the old Cosway in Kulim. When I was in Standard 5 and Standard 6, sometimes during the holidays I would follow him to the tuition center for Form 3 Mathematics and sometimes even Form 4 and Form 5 Mathematics and Additional Mathematics. He would ask me to go if he felt that I was able to understand the topic he was teaching. I usually had no problems understanding what he thought. However, I would go there only sometimes during school holidays.

At Standard 6, I had my UPSR. The school made it compulsory for all students to attend school tuition for every subject. Instead, we did not need to take part in Clubs & Societies for cocurriculum. The tuition was held daily from 1:30pm to 3:00pm, one day for one subject. I was not happy to attend the school tuition at first because I thought that I only need to attend tuition for Malay and Chinese but not the other subjects. However, I had no choice but do attend it. Everyday, I had to eat lunch in school. The school tuition was also held during the school holidays. During the school holidays, it was held daily from 8:00am to 12:00pm. Later, I began to get use to attending the school tuition but I was still unhappy to do so. If I had the choice, I would have attended the tuition for Malay and Chinese only. We did not need to pay for the tuition.

At Form 3, for the later half for the year, the school organised night classes for the PMR. All Form 3 students could choose whether to attend the night class or not to. Those who wanted to attend the night class had to pay RM50. Since I was given the choice, I decided to attend the night class for all subjects except Mathematics which was my best subject. The night class was held daily from 8:15pm to 10:15pm, one day for one subject. One night, I mistaken the time table and attended the night class for Mathematics. Then, I felt that it was fun to attend night class for Mathematics so I decided to do so for every night class of Mathematics. During the night class, the teacher would let us do exercises then discuss the answers. The night class was held for 2 months, from June until one week before PMR. However, there was no night class during the Ramadhan month.

At the end of Form 3, November 2010, my grandfather started his tuition class for Form 4 Mathematics and Additional Mathematics. Some of my friends and former primary school classmates went for his tuition. The tuition was on every Monday and Wednesday. In the beginning, I did not want to go for his tuition because I wanted to watch my favourite drama series 'My Family My Love' from 6:00pm to 7:00pm, while his tuition was until 7:00pm. I did not want to miss my show, moreover it was after my PMR. Later, my grandfather changed his tuition to Wednesday and Saturday. I could attend his tuition and only need to miss one episode of the drama per week. Starting from the beginning of Form 4 until now, I go for my grandfather's tuition for Additional Mathematics and Mathematics every Wednesday from 3:15pm to 6:45pm and every Saturday from 2:30pm to 6:00pm.

Since Form 4, I also attended tuition for Malay language. Although it is slightly easier to score A in SPM Malay than PMR Malay, I still think that I need tuition for Malay as it is quite difficult and very important. I asked my friends for recommendations, and they recommended me to go for Malay tuition in Pusat Tuisyen Inisiatif Utama, where Cikgu Yazid is the teacher. My father registered my name at that tuition center. I started going for Malay tuition after the 2011 Chinese New Year. I felt that Cikgu Yazid is really good at teaching Malay. He helped me in writing my Malay essay. The tuition was held every Friday from 8:30am to 10:15am. Pusat Tuisyen Inisiatif Utama is located near my school. I go for that tuition until now.

I also planned to go for tuition for Chinese language because it is a very difficult subject. I was recommended by my friend to go for a tuition center at Keladi, Kulim. However, the tuition was held at Wednesday night after my grandfather's tuition. I felt too tired to attend that tuition after studying for the whole day. So, I decided not to go. There are no other Chinese tuition centers I know in Kulim so I could not attend tuition for Chinese. Later, at June 2011, I decided to drop Chinese in SPM because I am not confident to get A+, not even A, as Chinese Paper 2 is very difficult. Therefore, I am not attending tuition for Chinese anymore. My friends also suggested me to take tuition for Chemistry in Puan Yeap's tuition center but I did not want to. The reason is that I think that my Chemistry teacher is good enough and I want to depend on myself for Chemistry. I do not attend tuition for any other subject except Malay, Mathematics and Additional Mathematics.

2011 Chinese New Year Diary

2011-06-08T22:53:00.009+08:00

The Chinese New Year of this year is already over for a few months. However, I could still remember it very well. The Chinese New Year fell on 2nd February 2011 (Thursday). The school provided 10 days holiday for Chinese New Year, that is from 28 January to 6 February. This is the my dairy during the Chinese New Year.

28 January 2011 (Friday) - 31 January 2011 (Monday): Pre-CNY

These few days were school holidays. My parents and my uncle's family were not back from Kuala Lumpur yet. I just did some revisions.

1 February 2011 (Tuesday): Day before CNY eve

I went to my grandfather's tuition centre in the afternoon. The tuition ended on 6:30PM. My parents had arrived in Kulim in the afternoon. They picked me up after my tuition. After going home to take my bath, they took me for dinner in a Japanese restaurant. That night on 12AM, my uncle's family arrived in Kulim. I played with my cousins for a while before going to sleep.

2 February 2011 (Wednesday): CNY eve

Today was Chinese New Year's eve. I woke up early on 5AM to follow my grandparents to the market in Bukit Mertajam to buy the ingredients needed for the reunion dinner at night. My father followed along. We bought breakfast as well. After returning home at 6:30AM, I slept until 8:30AM before waking up and had breakfast. After that, we went to a temple to pray. Then, we went to the Kulim market to buy some fireworks. Next, my parents went to RHB bank to do some work. We returned home next. For lunch, I had noodle soup cooked by my grandmother. Then, I played with my brother and cousins. My parents, uncle and aunt went for shopping in the afternoon, leaving me, my brother and my cousins playing at home. At 7PM, we had steamboat for reunion dinner at home. After dinner, we enjoyed lychee and longan. Later, we played fireworks. At 12AM, my grandparents, my uncle and my father went to another temple to pray but I did not follow along.

3 February 2011 (Thursday): CNY 1st day

I woke up at 8:30AM. I greeted my family members Happy Chinese New Year. I also received ang-pows from them. I let my mother keep all my ang-pows. We had a Chinese New Year meal for breakfast at home. At 11:30AM, we went to McDonald's Kulim for lunch. Then, we went to visit one of our relative's house for a few hours. We returned home at 4PM. I played with my brother and cousins. At 7PM, we had dinner together at home. Then, we again enjoyed lychee and longan. Later, we played fireworks again. Then, we went to a nasi-kandar restaurant to eat roti-canai.

4 February 2011 (Friday): CNY 2nd day

In the morning, we had breakfast at a Chinese restaurant. Then in the afternoon, we went to Penang. We had lunch at a roadside stall. However, most of the stalls were close because of Chinese New Year. Therefore, after that we went to Gurney Drive to eat more. Then, at 4PM, my parents and I went to my mother-side grandmother's house in Penang. I wished my relatives staying in her house Happy Chinese New Year and got ang-pows from them. Next, at 6PM, we went to a Chinese restaurant in Penang. My mother-side grandfather held a dinner there. After dinner, we went back to Kulim. I played fireworks before sleeping.

5 February 2011 (Saturday): CNY 3rd day

In the morning, we went to a Chinese restaurant in Bukit Mertajam for breakfast. After that, my uncle's family went back to Kuala Lumpur. I stayed at home in the afternoon. My grandfather's students visited my house. At night, we went to a Western food restaurant in Penang for dinner. After that, we went home. I played fireworks again before sleeping.

6 February 2011 (Sunday): CNY 4th day

I had breakfast at home in the morning. After that, I went to Penang. My mother-side grandfather held a lunch in a Chinese restaurant in Penang. Then, on the way home, my father visited a tuition centre to register Malay tuition for me. My parents also took me to a bookshop to buy me some revision books. In the evening, my parents returned to Kuala Lumpur after dinner. This was the end of the 2011 Chinese New Year. The school reopened on the next day.

I really like the 2011 Chinese New Year very much. Every year, I would be very happy to celebrate Chinese New Year.

From Good Friend to Enemy

2011-06-08T00:02:00.004+08:00

Just think and see, is it possible that someone who was once your good friend, turned to become your enemy? Well, everything is possible. This is exactly what had just happened to me. And this is already the second time. If you are my classmate in class 4SC1, you may have noticed that I was a good friend of someone, an Indian boy in my class just a few months ago. However, recently we seemed to be enemies, as we often had quarrels and even fights in the class. I now take him as my enemy, and we are unlikely to be friends again. Are you curious of what had happened between us?

Who is him? If you are a student in class 4SC1, then you should know who he is. I won't hesitate to say his name. He is Thinnesh Kumar. There are several reasons on why I hated him, took him as my enemy and often quarrel with him. I will explain all this here. But before I say why we became enemies, I would say first about how I knew him and how we became friends.

This dates back to year 2008. At 2008, I entered Form 1 in SMKSB. I did not know most of the students in SMKSB. However, many of them started talking to me by asking questions about me and my family. He was one of them. He liked to ask me this question 'You are not working?' in Hokkien Chinese. He must have learnt that phase from a Chinese friend. Actually, I disliked this. I look this as an act of destroying Chinese language, as he could not speak well. Then, in March 2008, I had my first Moral lesson. It was held in my class. As there were no other vacant places, he sat with me. Then, we talked to each other a lot and we started becoming friends. I then knew that he name is Thinnesh Kumar and he was in the next class.

After that, during every Moral lesson, I would sit with Thinnesh Kumar, as my class and his class always had the Moral lesson together in one class. Although we were friends, he liked to disturb me, such as taking my things and poking me. There was another Chinese boy who also liked to disturb me. Thinnesh was a bit strange. Sometimes he would join that Chinese boy disturbing me but sometimes he would support me saying that Chinese boy was naughty. Sometimes I would quarrel with Thinnesh but that didn't affect our friendship. The same thing goes for year 2009. He would usually sit with me during every Moral lesson.

At year 2010, he seldom sat with me during the Moral lesson. He had many other Indian friends so he did not want to sit with me. As a result, our friendship was no that close as earlier. Still, I took him as my friend. At the year end after the PMR exam, we sometimes played chess together. Then, on the following year 2011, we were in different classes at first. Then on February 2011, the school rearranged the students in school. As a result, Thinnesh entered my class. When I knew that, I was quite happy in the beginning because I had one more friend in my class. He sat behind me, but he would come and sit beside me whenever the classmate beside me is absent. I often talked to him and we became good friends.

However, our friendship started having problems since April 2011. Before that, there are several reasons that causes me to dislike Thinnesh Kumar. First, he liked to tease me very much. One day after our PMR, a teacher asked us to create a gadget. I purposely said the word 'gadget' wrongly. He often used that to tease me for not pronouncing properly after that incident. Whenever I said something in class, he liked to repeat what I said in a strange way. He was trying to say that I spoke strangely.

Thinnesh also had the habit of looking low on the Chinese. He liked to tease a culture commonly practiced by the Chinese because the Indians don't practice that culture. He would also say that Chinese people are useless and selfish. He also said that he hated the China Civilization and the Buddhist religion. Therefore, I hated him.

He was a restless person. He liked to move around at all times, even when he was punished by a teacher. I consider this as 'hyperactive'. Besides, he also liked to speak loudly in Tamil. He liked to talk to Indian girls very much. Whenever he was talking to an Indian girl, he didn't seem to care anything else other than talking. I disliked him to speak loudly in Tamil as this was a disrespect to those who don't understand Tamil. To me, if he wanted to speak in Tamil, he should not speak loudly and only when necessary, and if he wanted to speak loudly, he should speak in English or Malay. He liked to sing Tamil songs loudly as well. All the other Indian boys in my class were not like him.

He also liked to tease me, especially since April 2011. He would call me 'big head' or 'kepala besar' very often. To me, there is nothing wrong to have a big head and my head isn't really that big. My Biology teacher once told him that it is good to have a big head filled with knowledge but he just ignored it. He did not respect teachers very much. In my opinion, he was only treating the teachers as someone same age as him. He also like to ask me to fight in the field and threatens to kick a ball to smash my glasses. Moreover, he likes to tease the students who take ICT subject because he himself takes Prinsip Perakaunan. He liked to say that the ICT certificate is useless and Prinsip Perakaunan is much more useful.

In addition, he liked to disturb me such as touching me and taking my things. He also liked to take my things. Once, he took my name card. I did not want to give it to him as he was my enemy so I insisted that he return it to me. When he finally handed it back to me, he tore off a corner of the name card. He is a good friend of a Malay boy who is also naughty. At first, that Malay boy seldom disturbed me but after Thinnesh came to our class, that Malay boy joined him to disturb me. Thinnesh also liked to disturb the Malay girls in my class, especially those who were my good friends. His intention is to make me angry as I hate seeing my friends being bullied.

On April 2011, we started becoming enemies. The immediate reason that causes this to happen is because a Malay girl from another school transferred to our school. That girl was placed in my class, 4SC1. After the new girl entered my class, I wanted to be friends with her. Most boys in my class could easily start a conversation with her. However, I was shy so I was afraid to do it. When Thinnesh knew about it, he purposely stopped me from being friends with that girl. He said to the new girl that I was a psycho and I liked her. Although what he said was completely not true, he had destroyed my impression. As a result, it was even difficult for me to be friends with that girl. I was so angry with Thinnesh that I stopped being friends with Thinnesh and started taking him as my enemy. Straight away I told Thinnesh that I won't be friends with him anymore. At first, I decided that I will be friend with Thinnesh again after the new girl has become my friend.

After that incident, the quarrel between me and Thinnesh starts. He disturbed and teased me even more than before. One day, I returned to my class after recess. It was Physics period and we had to go to the Science lab. I took out my Physics books from my bag. Suddenly, Thinnesh came and he took away one of my book. I chased him to get back my book. However, he kept on running and I could not run after him. Then, another boy in my class also did the same by taking another of my book. Some other boys in my class also supported Thinnesh. Thinnesh and all the boys in my class then ran to the Physics lab. I had to chase them until the Physics lab. I told the Physics teacher that Thinnesh and another boy took my book. But, both of them denied. Thinnesh secretly put back my book on my table and he told the Physics teacher that I was accusing him. Luckily, the Physics teacher didn't quite believe him. As for my other book, I had to snatch it back from the other boy who stole it.

One week after the new girl entered my class, I finally could talk to her. Thanks to the few other girls in my class who helped me by introducing me to the new girl. I started to be friends with the new girl. I was not shy anymore. Earlier, I had decided to be friend with Thinnesh again after the new girl has become my friend. However, due to Thinnesh's poor attitude and his consistent teasing and disturbing, I decided to continue taking Thinnesh as my enemy. After that, a few other incidents regarding Thinnesh had happened.

Once, Thinnesh sprayed my hair with a liquid. I did not know what the liquid was but I saw the container of the liquid writing 'Flammable'. Since it is a flammable liquid, Thinnesh should not have played with it. I was also afraid that my hair may catch fire. So, I took revenge by throwing his book on the floor and pushing down his table to the floor. All his things in the drawer dropped to the floor. As a result, Thinnesh nearly started a fight with me. One day during May 2011, the place beside a Malay girl in my class was empty because the girl sitting there was absent. Thinnesh purposely sat there. That Malay girl was my good friend. I told Thinnesh to get out because that wasn't his place but he refused to. Instead, he put his hand near the shoulder of that Malay girl. This incident shows that he liked to disturb the Malay girls in my class. One day during June 2011, I said to other people that Thinnesh was smelly. Earlier Thinnesh had several times teased me by saying that I was smelly. I wanted to take revenge. When Thinnesh knew about that, he was angry. He denied that earlier he had said that I was smelly and he wanted to start a fight with me.

On 7 July 2011, a fight broke out between me and Thinnesh. At that time, the Mathematics period had just over. Thinnesh purposely bang me while walking. So, I bang him back. He was angry then bang me again. I was angry with him so I pushed him. He shouted at me and challenged me to fight with him. I replied 'Come on'. He pushed me backwards. I then hit him. As a result, he pushed me very hard then smacked on my face. I tried to defend myself but I failed. My glasses fell off to the ground. Luckily it did not break. The other boys in my class came to stop the fight. They told me that I should smack Thinnesh rather than just defending. I told them that I can do so but I don't want because if I do so Thinnesh might get hurt and I may be punished. Later, another boy in my class intentionally disturbed me by throwing a glue-stick on me, giving me a 'second-defeat'. Due to this incident, I posted on my Facebook wall 'I HATE THINNESH KUMAR !'.

On 14 August 2011, another incident happened. At that time I was collecting the class fund because I was the treasurer of my class. A Malay boy paid the money but he said that he didn't trust me. He wanted to tick his name on the name list by himself. So, I gave him the name list. I saw him taking my name list and walked to the front of the class. Later, I asked the Malay boy to return the name list. However, he said that he did not take it. I pulled hard on his hand and forced him to return the name list. He was weak and could not fight back but he insisted that the name list wasn't with him. Then, another boy came and pulled my hand away so that the Malay boy can escape. It was English period and we had to go to the multimedia room. The Malay boy and all other boys ran to the multimedia room. I walked there and told my English teacher about that. After the English period, the teacher asked the Malay boy to return the name list. However, he still denied that he took it. He ran back to the class. I caught him and forced him to return it. He said that Thinnesh took the name list. The Malay boy and a few Indian boy told me to get the name list from Thinnesh. I refused to do so because since the Malay boy gave the name list to Thinnesh, he should get it from Thinnesh, not me. I insisted that the Malay boy get the name list from Thinnesh. It was ICT/Prinsip Akaun period after that. The other boys then asked me to wait until the ICT/Prinsip Akaun period was over, then Thinnesh would return the name list to me. They said that Thinnesh had to pay attention during the Prinsip Akaun class so he could not return the name list until after the Prinsip Akaun period ended. I refused to wait because the name list belonged to me, so I have every right to get it back immediately. The Malay boy then ran to the ICT lab. I chased him to the ICT lab. I then told the ICT teacher about the incident. The teacher asked another boy to get back the name list from Thinnesh. Thinnesh had no choice but to return it to me. After the incident, that Malay boy explained to me that actually he did not give the name list to Thinnesh but Thinnesh snatched the name list from him. So, I forgive the Malay boy and put all the blame on Thinnesh because he should not have took the name list which did not belong to him.

One day during September 2011, I quarrelled with Thinnesh again. It was Physics period at that time. Our Physics teacher was teaching and he asked us to copy down some notes. However, he had collected an Indian boy's exercise book and had not returned it. The Indian boy had to copy the notes in a foolscap paper. He did not have foolscap paper so he borrowed from me. I lent him my test pad. While copying the notes, Thinnesh could not see a part of the blackboard. So, he asked that Indian boy what was written on the blackboard. The Indian boy gave Thinnesh my test pad to let Thinnesh copy what he had written. I did not want Thinnesh to take my test pad due to the 14 August incident earlier. I tried to take back the test pad from Thinnesh but he stopped me from doing so. Therefore, I took his book. He was angry and he hit his table. I then snatched back my test pad and returned his book to him. However, I was angry because he hit the table although it was him who took my test pad. So, I threatened to tear his book. He then challenged me for a fight. I scolded him 'stupid'. Immediately, he stand up and wanted to fight with me. The Physics teacher saw that and stopped our fight. Due to this incident, the Physics teacher was unhappy with both of us.

These are the reasons on why Thinnesh Kumar became my enemy. We often had a fight in class. Our teachers do not want to care much about this because they think that we are big enough to solve the conflicts between us. I asked the students formerly in his class for tips on how to go against Thinnesh but they had none. I wanted to report this to his parents but later I found out that his father had passed away. Some suggested that I move to another class but I will never do that. Why should I leave my friends when he is in the wrong? Instaed, I really hoped that he move to another class. I do not know when our conflicts will be solved but it is impossible for me to friend with Thinnesh Kumar again. I won't friend with Thinnesh again, not now, not in the near future or probably never will at all.

My 2010 Year-end School Holiday

2011-03-17T17:21:00.005+08:00

I am sure that most people will like school holiday, especially the year end school holiday which is very long. However, for the year 2010, I do not like the year end school holiday. The main reason is that I could not play with my friends in school. After my PMR examination and before the year end school holiday starts, I enjoy going to school very much. In school, I can play games like chess with my friends and I don't have to study. At home, I could only go online and play computer games. Also, starting from the next year, I and my classmates will no longer be in the same class and will be seperated. Therefore, I did not want the school holiday to start.

The 2010 year-end school holiday started on 16 November 2010. In should start at 17 November 2010 but the school made the school holiday start one day earlier. On 17 November 2010, I went to Kulim Landmark Central for a gathering with my classmates. There, we ate at Pizza Hut. After that, we went to play Bumper Car and bowling. Some other classmates went to watch a movie in the cinema. The purpose of the gathering is to give the classmates of my class a chance to be together before we are separated next year.

For the following days, I stayed at home in Kulim until 5 December 2010. I played computer games, surfed the internet, watched television, studied Form 4 topics and attended my grandfather's Maths tuition class. My holiday life is basically the same as before the school holiday and after my PMR examination, except that I do not go to school. It is quite fun, but I preferred going to school.

On 4 December 2010, my parents came back from Kuala Lumpur. On the next day, 5 December 2010, I followed them back to Kuala Lumpur for holidays. There, I stayed at my parents' house in Subang Jaya. My mother bought me a new Acer laptop. I occasionally visit my parents' new house at Kota Kemuning, Shah Alam.

On 19 December 2010, I went to Singapore with my parents for 4 days and 3 nights for holidays. We went there by my father's car. We stayed at Marina Mandarin Hotel. I went to a few places such as the Singapore Flyer, the cable car of Sentosa Island and the Singapore Zoo. I had been to Singapore a year earlier but I did not go to these places.

On 22 December 2010 afternoon, my father drove us back to Kuala Lumpur. We rested for a few hours. At night on the same day, my father drove us to Kulim because I had to take my PMR results on the following day. I expected earlier that the PMR results will come out on 28 December 2010 but it turns out to be on 23 December 2010. That is why we had to rush back to Kulim from Singapore. We arrived at Kulim on 1:00AM.

On 23 December 2010, I went to school in the morning to take my PMR results. My father took me to school. My grandparents did not go because at that time they were in Kuala Lumpur for holidays. My mother stayed at home with my brother. I was very worried of my PMR result. I was so happy to see that I got 8A's for my PMR. Many of my friends also got 8A. For the whole school, more than 200 students got 8A and the percentage of passing the PMR examination is 100%. This year's PMR results is the best among the previous years. After taking my PMR result, I telephoned my mother and my grandparents to tell them about this.

That afternoon, we went to Penang to visit my mother-side grandparents. We had dinner with them in Penang. After dinner, my father drove us back to Kuala Lumpur. I will stay a few more days in Kuala Lumpur since the school had not reopened yet. We arrived at Kuala Lumpur at 12:30AM.

For the following days, I stayed at Kuala Lumpur for a few more days. My grandparents were also at Kuala Lumpur. They went there a few days before we went to Singapore. On 28 December 2010, my father took me back to Kulim with his car. My grandparents followed us back to Kulim. On 29 December 2010, my father went back to Kuala Lumpur. I had a few more days of holiday before the school reopened on 3 January 2011. The school should reopen on 2 January 2010 but the government announced that 2 January 2011 to be a public holiday because Malaysia won the football match against Indonesia.

3 January 2010 marks the end of my 2010 year-end holiday, as well as my after PMR life.

Teenage Changes

2010-12-28T00:09:00.004+08:00

Everyone will face some physical and mental changes when they become teenagers. Of course, I also face these changes. Two of the most obvious changes I had are having pimples on my face and having short-sightedness. Although having short-sightedness is not a change in teenagers, most people started to have short-sightedness when they become a teenager.

I started growing pimples on the year end of 2005. At that time, I was just about to begin my journey to Kuala Lumpur for holidays when a few pimples grew on my face. My grandfather said that those were pimples but I didn't believe him. However, more pimples began to appear from time to time. I didn't really cared about it as I was never very concerned of my outward appearance. By January 2006, my pimples were quite serious so my father bought me a pimple cream, OXY 5. I applied it every night and it had some effects. However, pimples did not disappear from my face. By the end of year 2006, my grandmother bought me a face wash to wash my face. My father also bought me another type of pimple cream, Nu Skin.

After that, I used the two pimple creams together. I used Nu skin in the morning and Oxy 5 at night. On the year 2007, my father bought me another type of face wash which is made for people with pimples, Oxy Wash. I use all these 3 items to ged rid of my pimples. They could really remove most of my pimples. However, the pimples continued to grow back after a few days. It continued like this all the time. On August 2008, my father decided to buy the whole set of Nu Skin products for me. It contains a day cream, a night cream and a face wash. I began to use them, hoping that they could help in my pimples. I stopped using Oxy5 and Oxy Wash.

The Nu Skin products could really remove my pimples quite effectively, but the pimples would still grow back after a few days. Besides that, I was not very persistent. Sometimes I did not use them if I was busy or lazy, especially when there are not many pimples on my face. I also disliked eating fruits and vegetables, and I liked to sleep late, causing pimples to grow. I continued having pimples until now, but it is always under control because I used the Nu Skin products. Sometimes, I have very few pimples and sometimes I have quite a number of pimples but not very serious. As I am not very concerned about my outward appearance, I do not worry or fell sad of my pimples. I also refused to seek a doctor for advice as suggested by my family members and relatives. Sometimes some people liked to tease me my I did not really cared about it.

I did not know exactly when I started having short-sightedness. I believe that I had short-sightness since 2005. At that time, I attended a Mathematics camp in Penang. I realized that I could not see the writings on the white board in front clearly. I thought that it was because the white board is too shining due to the reflection of light. In school, I could see the blackboard quite clearly. Therefore, I thought I did not have short-sightedness. However, starting from year 2007, I found it difficult to see the writings on the blackboard when I sat at the back. I had to borrow from my friend or sit in the front seat in order to copy from the blackboard. I kept it a secret from my family members because I didn't want to wear spectacles. I was afraid that I will be teased by my friends.

When I entered Form 1 on year 2008, the same thing happened. I could not see the writings on the blackboard and had to borrow from my friend. At the same time, my family members began to realize that I had short-sightedness. They kept on asking me to test my eye but I refused to and denied that I had short-sightedness. At last, I had no choice but to agree to go for a eye-checking. On 29 December 2008, I checked my eye in Optical 88 in Kuala Lumpur and found out that my short-sightedness is 250 degree. I chose a pair of spectacles and collected it on 30 December 2008. My family members said that I look better with spectacles. I found out that it is not as troublesome as I expected to wear spectacles. I think that I had short-sightedness because I do not switch on enough light when I study in my study room.

When the school reopened, I wore it to school but I was worried that my friends might tease me. Surprisingly, my friends did not tease me. Many said that I look more handsome with spectacles but a few said that I look better without spectacles. In the beginning, I wore my spectacles only when I needed it. Soon I get used to wearing spectacles. I wore it more often and eventually all the time except when I sleep. I could not see clearly without spectacles. After one year had passed, I began to notice that I could not see very clearly even with spectacles. I believed that the degree of my short-sightedness had increased. On February 2010, my mother took me to Optical 88 at Sunway Carnival Mall, Butterworth to make a new pair of spectacles.

The new pair of spectacles looked better than the old pair. I could see clearer with my new spectacles. However, I disliked wearing it. It is quite loose so I had the push it often to prevent it from dropping off from my head. The end of the spectacles touched my ears. My ears is a bit allergic to its material so I often felt pain. It is even more painful when I pushed my spectacles to secure it on my head, but if I don't do that it will fall off from my head. I asked the optical shop to tighten it but it is still loose. The paint on the spectacles also faded off due to my sweat. Because of that, I preferred my old spectacles. I could still see quite clearly with it. Usually, when my ear feels pain, I would wear the old pair. When my ear is no longer painful after a few days, I would wear the new pair. Anyway, I do not think that it is troublesome to wear spectacles.

Similarities of Chinese Calendar and Muslim Calendar

2010-12-27T00:46:00.007+08:00

Our country, Malaysia is a multi-nation country. 4 types of calendar systems are used in Malaysia, which are Western Calendar, Muslim Calendar, Chinese Calendar and Hindu Calendar. Generally, everybody in Malaysia uses the Western Calendar. At the same time, the Muslims use the Muslim Calendar, the Chinese use the Chinese Calendar while the Hindus use the Hindu Calendar.

If you compare the Chinese Calendar and Muslim Calendar, you may notice that they both have some similarities. This is because both the calendar systems follow the cycle of the moon, while the Western Calendar follows the Sun. These are the similarities between the Chinese Calendar and Muslim Calendar.

First, both calendar systems have 12 months in a year. They are the same as the Western Calendar, which also has 12 months in a year. In the Muslim Calendar, every month has its own name, such as Muharram, Syawal and Zulkaedah. In the Chinese Calendar, there are no name for every month. The months are just called as 1st Month, 2nd Month etc. However, in the Chinese Calendar, not every year has 12 months. There is a leap year every 3 years. During a leap year, the Chinese Calendar adds 1 month. Therefore, a leap year of the Chinese Calendar has 13 months instead of 12. The Muslim Calendar has no leap year, so there will always be 12 months in a year.

Second, in both calendar systems there are either 29 or 30 days in a month. The number of days in any month will never be less than 29 days or more than 30 days. Every month does not have a fixed number of days, it will have either 29 or 30 days. For example, for the first year a month has 29 days, then on the second year the same month may have 30 days. In the Chinese calendar, a month with 29 days is known as a 'small' month, while a month with 30 days is known as a 'big' month.

Third, both calendar systems follow the cycle of the moon. In both calendar systems, the 15th day of every month is the full moon day, where the moon is the brightest and biggest among all other days in a month. As the same time, the first day and last day (day 29 or 30) of every month are new moon day, where the moon cannot be seen on the sky. For the Chinese calendar, the 15th day of the 8th month every year is the Mooncake Festival.

Fourth, for both calendar systems, there are about 355 days in a year. Because the Western Calendar has 365 days in a year, the Chinese Calendar and Muslim Calendar are slower than the Western Calendar by 10 days every year. Therefore, for festivals like Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Aidilfitri, their date will be earlier than the previous year by 10 days. However, the Chinese Calendar have a leap year in every 3 years, where one additional month is added to the year, making a total of 385 days in that year. Because of that, during a leap year, the Chinese Calendar is faster than the Western Calendar by 20 days. This causes the Chinese New Year to always fall between 20 January and 19 February. The Muslim Calendar does not have leap years, so it is always slower than the Western Calendar by 10 days, and festivals like Hari Raya Aidilfitri can fall on any month.

Fifth, the date of both calendar systems are always close to each other. The Chinese Calendar is always faster than the Muslim Calendar by 1 or 2 days. For example, if it is day 7 on the Chinese Calendar, it is definitely day 6 or day 5 on the Muslim Calendar; if it is day 8 on the Muslim Calendar, it is definitely day 9 or day 10 on the Chinese Calendar. It is not possible that the dates in both calendar systems to be exactly the same. It is also not possible that the difference of the dates in both calendars to be 3 days or more. This makes it possible for Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Aidilfitri to be on the same date. This happened on year 1995, 1996 and 1997. Starting from year 1998, they were no longer on the same date because of the Chinese leap year. On year 2031 and 2032, they will be on the same date again.

The Chinese Calendar and Muslim Calendar have some similarities as well as differences. As Malaysians, we should understand and respect the cultures of other races and religions so that people from all races and religions can unite together to form 1 Malaysia.

Watching Television

2010-12-26T18:36:00.004+08:00

I am sure everyone likes to watch television. Like everyone, watching television is one of my hobby. I have been watching television since I was still very small.

When I was 4 years old, my grandparents watched two Chinese drama series on NTV7, one at 6PM and the other at 9PM. I followed them watching these drama. Besides that, I watched some shows that my grandparents usually watch. I also watched some cartoons but only a little. At that time, my house still doesn't have Astro.

When I was 7, my grandparents installed Astro in our house. There are many cartoon channels in Astro but I was not interested in watching them. Instead, I liked to watch Star Movies. At first, I watched it because I liked the Star Movies logo. After watching it many times, I began to like english movies. Besides Star Movies, I also watched other english movies channel.

Later, Astro added a new Chinese channel, TVB Xing He. With no reason I hated it in the beginning. Later, I began to like it because my grandfather watched it very often. That channel features a lot of Hong Kong drama series. I often watch that channel with my grandfather. TVB Xing He became my favourite channel on Astro. At the same time, my grandmother liked to watch Singaporean dramas shown on Astro AEC. Therefore, I also liked to watch it. At that time, I no longer liked to watch english movies as before. I preferred to watch Chinese dramas much more than English movies. I usually watched TVB Xing He and Astro AEC.

However, starting from year 2006, TVB Xing He channel kept on repeating old dramas, so I did not watch it very often anymore. I and my grandmother also no longer watched Singaporean dramas. Instead, we liked to watch a Hokkein drama series, The Spirits of Love, shown on Astro AEC every Monday to Friday at 6PM to 7PM. This drama series had over 1000 episodes. Before we started watching it, many episodes had been shown. We watched that drama for about 3 years. Besides that drama, I hardly watch other shows.

At year 2008, I entered Form 1 and went to school in the afternoon. Everyday I could watch only a little part of the drama The Spirits of Love because it was already 6:45PM when I arrived home from school everyday. I could watch the whole show only on every Friday. For a time, I also watched Chinese drama series on Astro AEC every night at 8PM. However, later I no longer had this habit. The Hokkein drama series I was watching, The Spirits of Love finally ended on 30 December 2008. I was able to watch the ending as it was during school holidays. My grandmother couldn't watch the ending of the drama because she went to Hong Kong for holidays at that time.

After the drama The Spirits of Love ended, I had no new shows to watch. This goes on for more then one year. During the year 2009 and January 2010, I very seldom watch television. At the year end of 2009, I went to Taiwan for holidays. There, our tour guide introduced us a Hokkein drama series, My Family My Love. I watched 2 episodes there and liked it. Then on February 2010, my mother told me that the drama My Family My Love is showing in on 8TV. It is shown every Monday to Friday from 6PM to 7PM. Because of that, I started watching television again. I watch the drama series My Family My Love every day.

I have seen a review of My Family My Love on the internet. The website said that it has 200 episodes. the 200th episode was shown on 17 November 2010. I expected it to end at that time but surprisingly it continued showing until now. Recently it seemed to be about to end but new characters and events appeared in the drama. I think it will continue for a long time more before it ends, maybe more than 300 episodes. I am still watching it currently and will continue watching it next year. However, I cannot watch it every Monday as I have tuition.

My PMR Examination

2010-12-23T21:58:00.000+08:00

5 October 2010 to 12 October 2010 was the PMR examination week. All Form 3 students in the whole Malaysia sat for the examination. I wish everyone and I can score good results in the PMR examination. I am writing the dairy during my PMR examination week.

4 October 2010:
Today is the last day before the first day of PMR. The subject on the first day of PMR is Malay. I was very busy preparing for it. At night, I was very worried as I was not 100% prepared. I had to leave it to fate.

5 October 2010:
Today is the first day of PMR. The subject is Malay Paper 1 and then Paper 2. After finishing the Paper 1, I was worried as it was quite difficult. I predicted to get 28/40. Later, I sat for Malay Paper 2. It was not difficult and not very easy, of course. I estimated that I have 98% chance to get A in Malay. In the afternoon I have no exam, as it is Pendidikan Islam. After going home, I studied for English and Geography.

6 October 2010:
Today is the second day of PMR. The subject is English Paper 1, Paper 2 and Geography. Both English Paper 1 and Paper 2 are easy, but not very easy. I am very confident to get A. Geography is in the afternoon. It is very easy, easier than all the school exams and the PMR trial exam. Of course, I can get A. After I go home, I studied for Science and History.

7 October 2010:
Today is the third day of PMR. The subject is Science Paper 1, Paper 2 and History. Science Paper 1 is very easy, but Paper 2 is quite difficult. Still, I am confident to get A. History is in the afternoon. It is very easy, easier than all the school exams and the PMR trial exam. Of course, I can get A. After I go home, I slept because there are 3 days break for PMR. At night, I start studying.

8, 9 and 10 October 2010:
On these 3 days there are no exam and no school. Only 3 subjects remain, Mathematics, Chinese and Living Skills. I spend most of the time studying for Chinese and Living Skills. I also asked my grandfather to teach me Mathematics. I am worried of Chinese only as I am good at Mathematics and Living Skills.

11 October 2010:
Today is the fourth day of PMR. The subject is Mathematics Peper 1, Paper 2 and Living Skills. Both Mathematics Paper 1 and 2 are easy. Living Skills is in the afternoon. It is easy but not very easy. I definitely can get A in all these 3 subjects. After that, the Malays can enjoy themselves because they have no more exam but I still have to study for the Chinese tommorow. I am quite worried of Chinese.

12 October 2010:
Today is the last day of PMR. The subject is Chinese/Tamil Paper 1 and Paper 2. Only some Chinese and Indians go to school. Chinese Paper 2 starts first. It is quite difficult and I am quite worried. However, I am lucky because the Chinese Paper 1 is quite easy. I think I can get 39/40 for Chinese Paper 1. My chance of getting A for Chinese is more than 99%. After that, I have lunch in OldTown WhiteCoffee. After going home, I start to enjoy myself for the whole day, and for the rest of the days until 2 January 2011.

This is the arrangement of the PMR subjects from the hardest to the easiest:

1. Bahasa Melayu Paper 1

2. Bahasa Cina Paper 2

3. Science Paper 2

4. Bahasa Melayu Paper 2

5. English Paper 2

6. English Paper 1

7. Bahasa Cina Paper 1

8. Mathematics Paper 2

9. Kemahiran Hidup Bersepadu (Kemahiran Teknikal)

10. Science Paper 1

11. Mathematics Paper 1
12. Sejarah

13. Geografi

The PMR is now over, after 3 years of hard work. I expected the results to come out on 28 December 2010.I have 98% chance of getting 8A. I really hoped to get 8A in my PMR. Later, I found out that the PMR results will actually come out on 23 December 2010, not 28 December 2010. I was quite worried about it.

On 23 December 2010, I was so happy when I saw all A's on my PMR results slip. I really got 8A. This is what I hoped for since 2 years ago. Now, my next mission is to get 11A's in SPM.

Zip Archive

2010-12-16T16:16:00.002+08:00

Nowadays, a lot of computer users like to share files with their friends, especially pictures, music and video. I am sure you do that too. The most common ways to share files are sending them as attachments in e-mail, uploading them to file sharing websites and tranfering them in pendrives. However, I am sure you may face the following problems.

1. The file size is larger than the maximum file size for e-mail attachments. Therefore, the file cannot be sent as attachment in e-mail.
2. The file size is larger than the maximum file size for uploading. Therefore, the file cannot be uploaded to file sharing websites.
3. The file is very large, causing the time to send, upload and download the file to be very long.
4. The file is too large to be saved in pendrives.
5. The file saved in the pendrive uses up a lot of disk space of the pendrive.
6. You want to share a folder that contains many files, but usually it is not possible to send or upload a whole folder.

To solve the problems above, it is quite simple. You just have to zip or compress the file. After zipping it, the file size will be much smaller. A zip folder that contains many files can easily be sent and uploaded. Computers with Windows XP or later have a file zipping feature that allows you to zip files.

To zip a file, just right click on the file, select 'Send to' then click 'Zipped (Compressed) Folder'. The file will be zipped and the zipped file will be saved in the same folder. The zipped file will have the same name as the original file. To zip more than one files, press and hold 'Ctrl' key, select the files you want to zip, right click, select 'Send to' and then 'Zipped (Compressed) Folder'. The zipped folder will be saved in the folder that contains all the original files. The name of the zipped folder is the same as the folder that contains all the original files. When files are zipped, the original files are not deleted, changed or moved.

A zip file or zip folder that contains all the original files is known as a zip archive or compressed archive. To open a zip archive, just double click on it and you can see all the original files. You can open them but not change or modify them. Also, if there is a program in it, the program may not work correctly.

To edit files in a zip archive or to use programs in a zip archive, you have extract or unzip it first. To extract all the files in a zip archive, just right click on it and select 'Extract to'. Choose a location to save the extracted files. To extract just a few but not all the files in a zip archive, first open it, press and hold 'Ctrl', select the files you want to extract, then right click and select 'Extract to', finally choose a location to save the extracted files. The extracted files are exactly the same as before they were zipped. When a zip archive is extracted, the zip archive is not changed, deleted or moved.

The file zipping feature in Windows only allows you to create, open and extract zip archives in .zip format. If you often zip files, then you can download WinZip or WinRar to use. They allow you to add files to a zip archive, split a zip archive, set password for a zip archive, create a self extractor, use software in a zip archive without extracting and much more, besides creating, opening and extrating a Zip archive. WinZip and WinRar are also more convenient to be used. You can download them from the following websites:
WinZip: http://www.winzip.com/downwz.html
WinRar: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

Zip archives created using Windows are in .zip format. Besides .zip , there are many other formats for zip archives such as .rar , .zipx , .7z and many more. You can only open zip archives with those formats using WinZip or WinRar. To ensure that you can open and extract all kinds of Zip archives, you must have both WinZip and WinRar installed. Besides that, WinZip allows you to create Zip archives in both .zipx and .zip format, while WinRar allows you to create Zip archives in both .rar and .zip format.

WinRar comes with a 40 days free trial, but it will continue to work fully after the trial had expired, even if you do not buy or crack it. WinZip comes with a 45 days free trial, but you can continue to use it after the trial expires by changing the date of your computer to a date where the trial had not yet expired. Both WinZip and WinRar features a Wizard interface for beginners. It has less functions but is easier to use.

Download A File Easily

2010-10-29T19:37:00.007+08:00

Do you often download files from the internet? If yes, I am sure you may face the following problems:

1. The download takes a long time to complete, especially when the file is large and the internet connection is slow.
2. The internet connection is accidentally interupted when the download is halfway done, and you need to redownload it from the beginning.
3. You want to pause the download and resume it later, but Internet Explorer do not let you do so.

If you face the problems above, you may hate downloading files. But don't worry, these problems can be easily solved. You just need a free software, Download Accelerator Plus. It is a program that you can use to download files. These are the advantages of downloading files using Download Accelerator Plus.

1. It splits a downloading file into 5 parts, then it downloads them at the same time. Therefore, the download speed can be increased to 5 times the original speed.
2. It allows you to pause a download and resume it later.
3. If a download is interupted, Download Accelerator Plus pauses them. You can resume the download after you reconnect the internet.
4. It allows you to preview certain types of files while downloading them.
5. It scans the file for viruses after downloading it.
6. The download is more stable.
NOTE: Most download servers support resume, but a few do not. If a server do not support resume, you can't pause the download and the download speed can't be increased even by using Download Aelerator Plus.

To use Download Accelerator Plus, download it free at http://www.speedbit.com/dap . After downloading, install it on your computer. While installing, select the free version. You can choose not to install SpeedBit Video Accelerator or other softwares that are promoted by Download Accelerator Plus. Set it as your default download manager.

Download Accelerator Plus will run every time you turn on your computer. Whenever you click on a download link, it will display a download dialog box. Click 'Open' if you want to open the file automatically after downloading or click 'Save' if you want to choose where to save the downloaded file. The default saving location is the 'My DAP Downloads' folder in 'My Documents'. To pause a download, open Download Accelerator Plus, select the file, then click 'Pause'. To resume it later, open Download Accelerator Plus, select the file, then click 'Start'. After the download had completed, click 'Open' to open the file.

Besides that, Internet Download Manager is a program similar to Download Accelerator Plus. Unlike Download Accelerator Plus, you may use Internet Download Manager free for only 30 days. However, you can freeze the trial using Time Stopper. Refer to my post 'Ways to continue using expired trial softwares' for more details about this:
http://daniellimjj.blogspot.com/2009/08/ways-to-continue-using-expired-trial.html
If you want to try Internet Download Manager, you can download it at http://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/ . After that, install it on your computer. Set it as your default download manager.

Internet Download Manager will run every time you turn on your computer. Whenever you click on a download link, it will display a download dialog box. Click 'Start Download' to start downloading. The default saving location is the 'Downloads' folder in 'My Documents'. To pause a download, open Internet Download Manager, select the file, then click 'Pause'. To resume it later, open Internet Download Manager, select the file, then click 'Resume'. After the download had completed, click 'Open file' to open the file.

Both Download Accelerator Plus and Internet Download Manager have advantages and disadvantages. Internet Download Manager is faster but is less stable and has lesser funtions compared to Download Accelerator Plus. Some downloads work better with Download Accelerator Plus, while others work better with Internet Download Manager. You can use both of them. However, you can only set one as your default download manager.

Tips to remember names

2010-10-26T22:00:00.004+08:00

I know it is now to late for me to write this, as the PMR 2010 is already over, but it may be useful to the Form 1 and Form 2 students, also for the form 3 students when they are entering Form 4 next year. In many PMR subjects, especially Geography, you need to memorise names of places or people. I am sure most people will take it very difficult, since there are so many different names, and sometimes people may get confused. How do you usually remember them? I can give you a tip, that is to relate the names with something you are familiar with. Use your imagination fully. Don't understand what I say? Then look at the example below.

Lokasi Perlombongan Arang Batu di Malaysia:
Batu Arang, Bukit Arang, Silimpopon, Merit-Pila, Mukah dan Silantek.

To remember Batu Arang and Bukit Arang, I am sure everyone knows how. Just remember the word 'Arang'. But what about the others? Its quite easy.
I just think of this story: Ada seorang sedang bakar arang batu. Pembakaran arang batu banyak mengeluarkan asap yang mencemarkan alam sekitar. Disebabkan itu, dia telah kena d'merit. (d'merit > merit > Merit-Pila). Orang lain marah dia padan muka (muka > Mukah). Mereka kata kat dia , "Arang batu hanya orang zaman silam saja yang guna!" (silam > silan > Silantek).
For Silimpopon, I think of this: Kereta yang bakar arang batu selalu berjalan lambat, jadi orang lain asyik hon dia. Kedengaran bunyi pon-pon. (Pon-pon > Silimpopon)
The story above sounds funny and not logic, but never mind, most important is that it helps me to remember the places easily. You can learn my method.

I have another two examples below.

Example 1 -
Telaga petroleum di luar pantai Terengganu:
Dulang, Semangkok, Tapis, Guntong, Tiong, Duyong, Bekok, Sotong, Pilong dan Pilai

To remember these, I memorised only the first one, which is Dulang, then I came up with a story to remember the rest:
Seorang pelombong telah melombong bijih timah dengan kaedah mendulang. (mendulang > Dulang). Hasilnya sebanyak satu mangkuk. (satu mangkuk > semangkuk > Semangkok) Dia telah menapis bilih timah yang diperoleh. (menapis > Tapis) Selepas itu, dia menggantung bijih timah di atas bumbung. (Menggantung > gantung > Guntong) Anaknya yang nakal telah menuang bijih timah tersebut ke dalam sungai. (menuang > tuang > Tiong) Sungai itu ada banyak duyong. (Duyong) Sungai yang berliku-liku itu menyebabkan bentuk bijih timah menjadi bengkok. (bengkok > Bekok) Bijih timah itu nampak macam seekor sotong (Sotong). Ia dibawa ke satu tempat yang bernama Pilong. (Pilong). Di sana, seorang budak yang bernama Pilai ingat bijih timah itu sotong, jadi dia telah memakannya. (Pilai)

Example 2 -
Telaga gas asli di luar pantai Terangganu:
Pilong, Lawit, Damar, Noring, Jerneh, Tangga Barat, Bujang, Angsi, Telok, Bintang, Inas, Resak, Bedong

I only memorised the first one, Pilong, then I came up with this story: Bapa Ali ialah seorang guru yang mengajar di satu tempat jauh yang bernama Pilong. (Pilong) Bapanya berjanji untuk pulang ke rumah pada masa cuti sekolah untuk membantu Ali dalam pelajarannya. Tetapi, bapanya lewat pulang selama seminggu. (lewat > Lawit) Ali marah lalu bergaduh dengan ayahnya. Ibunya berjaya mendamaikan mereka. (mendamaikan > damai > Damar) Sepanjang cuti seminggu itu, dia berasa sangat boring. (borong > Noring) Ilmu pengetahunya sangat cetek kerana bapanya tiada di sisinya untuk mengajarnya semasa cuti. (cetek = jernih, jernih > Jerneh). Akibatnya, Ali telah gagal dalam SPM dan tak dapat masuk universiti di Malaysia. Bapanya menghantarnya ke negara barat untuk masuk universiti. (negara Barat > Tangga Barat). Di sana, Ali enggan berkhawin dengan perempuan barat. Oleh itu, dia masih bujang, sedangkan rakan-rakannya dah berkhawin. (Bujang). Akhirnya, dia terpaksa mengkhawini seorang perempuan yang bernama Goose. (goose > angsa > Angsi) Malam itu, dia pergi ke sebuah teluk. (teluk > Telok) Dia tengok bintang di atas langit (Bintang). Bintang-bintang membentuk perkataan 'INA'. Dia tiba-tiba teringatkan girlfriend dia dulu yang bernama Ina. (Ina > Inas) Dia berasa sedih lalu menangis teresak-esak. (teresak-esak > esak > Resak) Oleh sebab terlalu sedih, dia lompat ke dalam air untuk membunuh diri. Pada masa itu, kedengaran bunyi be-dom. (be-dom > Bedong)

So, this is the way I memorised the names of places in Geography. I also used this method in History (Form 2 Chapter 6 and 8), Chinese (Authors of ming-ju-jing-hua) and Living Skills. You can try to use this method to memorise. For you, you can come up with your own stories or use mine as above. This may help you in memorising. However, you must not depend fully on this method. Basic understanding is also very important.

Recover deleted files

2010-09-05T18:28:00.004+08:00

Have you ever deleted a file by mistake? If you have, you can restore the files from the recycle bin. But what if you have also emptied the recycle bin or deleted the file from the recycle bin? In addition, a file deleted from a removable drive is straight away deleted without first being moved to the recycle bin. Will the file be lost forever? The answer is no.

All files on a disk drive have a directory. Windows read a drive using its directory. When a file is deleted, it is removed from the directory so that Windows ignores it. However, the file is actually still in the disk. By using special softwares, you can find them and restore them.

To recover deleted files, you will need a software named 'PC Inspector File Recovery'. It can be downloaded from http://www.pcinspector.de/default.htm?language=1 . After downloading and installing it on your computer, run the software. This software works with hard disk drives, USB pendrives, floppy disks and memory cards (you must use a card reader). However, it does not work with any types of CD.

First, select a language and press tick. Click the button beside 'Recover deleted files'. Next, under 'Logical drive', select the disk drive where your file was deleted. Then, click the green tick button. The software will scan the disk drive and display a list of deleted files. Find your files inside the folder 'Deleted'. (The files in the folder 'Root' are the files which are not deleted. If you cannot access the disk from 'My Computer' you can try to access it here) When you found it, right click on it and click 'Save to'. Select a location to save the restored file.

Notice:
1. When a file is deleted, you should begin the restoration as soon as possible and do not create or save any new files. This is to prevent the deleted file from being overwritten. If the deleted file is overwrited, it will be lost forever and nothing can help you!
2. There is no 100% guarantee that the deleted file can always be restored. Therefore, you should always be careful.
3. If the disk drive is physically damaged and cannot be read by the computer, it is useless to use this software.

4. If the disk had been formatted or is corrupted, you may not be able to restore the files. PC Inspector File Recovery claims that the 'Find Lost Data' function can restore files on a formatted or corrupted drive, but I have tried it and it doesn't work. However, you may still give it a try.

If you want to delete a file permanently and make it completely impossible to restore it, then you should shred it. By shredding a file, the file is permanently deleted and cannot be restored using PC Inspector File Recovery or any file recovery software. Freeraser is a software that allows you to shred a file. Freeraser can be downloaded from http://www.codyssey.com/products/freeraser.html . After downloading, install it on your computer. To shred a file, open Freeraser. Right click on it and click 'Select file to destroy'. Select the file you want to shred and click 'Open'. Follow the on-screen instructions to shred the file.

Kem Kecemerlangan Matematik

2010-08-22T21:43:00.010+08:00

While I am studying in primary school, I took part in a mathematics camp known as the Kem Kecemerlangan Matematik. I took part five times, twice in year 2005 when I was Standard 4 and trice in year 2006 when I was Standard 5. Most of my friends thought that I was very lucky to be able to take part in it but I don't think that way. You will know why if you continue reading this post.

When I entered Standard 4, my school made it compulsory for everyone to take part in at least one co-curricular activities. Of the three categories, I knew I could only take part in Clubs & Societies, because I was not active in sports, and I was not able to take part in camping or marching. Finally, I chose to enter the Mathematics Society, as I had the interest in Maths.

At first, I faced some problems in the Mathematics Society. I was not able to answer many of the Maths questions, because those were secondary school questions. However, I was lucky that my grandfather could teach me, and the teacher in charge never gave up on me. A few months later, there was a state level mathematics quiz. It was held in SRK Tunku Abdul Malik, Kulim. The teacher wanted three person to go but there were only two. The teacher decided to let me go and I accepted.

My grandparents were happy that I could go. My grandfather tought me a lot before I went. After the quiz, my grandfather checked my question paper and said I got 15 out of 21 questions right. On the second day, I could not believe when my teacher told me that I was the first in the whole district. The principal announced about it during the assembly. However, I did not get any prizes. Instead, I was asked to go to Kem Kecemerlangan Matematik for 4 days and 3 nights in Tanjung Bungah Beach Hotel, Penang.

My grandparents followed me there. There, I had to train for the first 3 days and take part in a competition at the last day. I did not like it there as I had no friend and the whole day Maths training made me boring. I usually had to sit at the back so I could not see the whiteboard clearly. The teachers usually taught in Malay but at that time I still could not understand Malay well. Before I went there, I thought that I had some time to swim in the hotel. It was almost a year earlier since I last swam. However, there were no time for me at all to swim. In the training room there was a glass window. The swimming pool was just outside the window. I admired the people swimming outside very much because they could swim and do not need to go for the boring training. One day during breaktime, I stood in front of the window to watch people swimming. I thought the training will continue after a while but I didn't know that it will continue only at night beacuse I did not bring along the timetable and I saw all the other students leaving their bags in the training room. I also did not notice that there were only a few students left in the training room so I continued to stand near the window and did not come out of the training room. My grandfather who was waiting outside came in to call me. My grandparents scolded me even though I told them I did not know the training was over.

Two months later, I was asked to go for another Kem Kecemerlangan Matematik held in Langkasuka Hotel, Langkawi for 4 days and 3 night. I did not want to go but my grandparents kept asking me to go. At that time my aunt and my cousin sisters from Australia came to visit us. I was very happy because I missed them a lot. I told I grandparents that I will for the if they agree to my three conditions. My aunt and my cousin sisters must follow along, my cousin sister must sit the training with me if the teacher allows, and they must stay in Kulim for another one week after returning from Langkawi. My grandparents agreed with this, so we went there together. However, there were no vacant rooms in Langkasuka Hotel. My grandparents booked the Continental Hotel located next to Langkasuka Hotel but my aunt and her family booked the Langkawi Lagoon Hotel which was very far away. Also, my cousin sister did not sit the training with me as promised. Then, my aunt and her family told me that they will go back on my 3rd day of training. I was very unhappy because they did not keep their promise. My grandfather told me that he lied because he wanted me to go. He said that it could help my future. I wanted to go home but he refused to take me home.

In that competition, I did not answer well so I was knocked out. A few months later, I got a certificate for taking part in that camp. On the second year, when I was Standard 5, I did not want to take part in the Mathematics Society anymore. Instead, I took part in the Chinese Chess Society. However, soon the Chinese Chess Society was closed and I had no choise but to take part in the Mathematics Society. Again, I took part in the Kuiz Matematik. One of my friends went with me. However, this time I did not done as well as the previous year. Still, I and my friend had the chance to go to the Kem Kecemerlangan Matematik held in Cititel Hotel, Penang for 4 days and 3 nights.

There, again I was not happy. I stayed with my friend but my grandparents still followed. We need to insert the room card before we can use the lift. We also need to insert the room card to have electricity in our room. One day, I could not use the lift because I left the room card in the room, while my friend has his card with him. My grandfather said that I was stupid to do so for my friend just to let him leave the air-cond on. On morning, my grandfather telephoned me and I told him that my friend is still sleeping. I did not know that my friend already went for breakfast. Later, my friend told my grandparents that he already had breakfast. My grandfather thought that I was lying. Due to the two incidents above, I was scolded badly by my grandfather.

After that, I and my friend were asked to go for another Mathematics camp in Berjaya Hotel, Penang and again for 4 days and 3 days. I did not want to go and I brought up the earliar issue happened in the previous camp, saying that I should not be scolded. Instead, I was scolded again and was forced to go. This camp can be considered to be the happiest of all camps. I again stayed with my friend in the same room. For the first night, my parents followed along while for the rest of the nights, my grandparents followed along. Still, some small issues happened. My father was dissapointed with me because I was not independent enough. Besides that, my mother accidentally placed my wet towel in my bag, causing a few clothes to become wet. My grandmother was unhappy with that. Even though I explained to her, she didn't completely believe me. However, compared to the other camps, this was the happiest one.

Later, my friend and I again were asked to go to a mathematics camp in Langkasuka Hotel, Langkawi for 5 days and 4 nights. My grandparents did not force me to go but I wanted to go just to avoid being scolded by my teacher (I lost the book I borrowed from the school library). This is the last and the worst camp I have went. Many unhappy events happened there. My grandparents followed along again. This time, I stayed in my grandparents' room. When our ferry arrived at the jetty in Langkawi, I wanted to go to the toilet, so I followed my friend there. My grandfather came to look for us. He said that I was just wanting to accompany my friend. When we returned to where everyone was waiting, everyone had gone except my grandmother still standing there. My grandfather was asked me to follow him to look for the others. He did not see my grandmother and I was not quite sure what was happening so I just did so. My grandmother was angry as she had to carry all the bags by herself and she had to walk fast to catch up with us. When we arrived at the hotel, my grandparents scolded me. My grandfather said that I was stupid to accompany my friend while my grandmother said that we shouldn't have leave her alone. They also scolded me for complaining about the food when I went to my mother-side grandfather's dinner 2 days earliar.

One afternoon after a few days, I went to the training room but I found no one there so I went back to the hotel room. My grandparents asked the hotel worker and the hotel worker said that they had went on a tour around Langkawi. Luckily, the bus waited for me so we could go along. I did not know that there was a tour. I did pay attention to what the teacher said but I did not know that the teacher told us about it. Maybe she told us when I went to the toilet. My grandparents scolded me because of that. They were also angry because one night I forgot to take my bag back to the hotel room. After we went back to Kulim and reached home, we left one of our bags in the taxi. They blamed me for not helping them to take a bag. I did not take any bag because my grandfather already took my bag.

After that, I did not want to go to any camp anymore. I thought I would be knocked out. However on the next year, my friend and I was called again. I did not want to go because it was held during Chinese New Year. My grandparents did not force me but they want me to write 'Yes' in the parents' permission letter before deciding. I did not want to do so so I wrote 'No' and stick a tape on it so that nothing could be changed. My grandparents again scolded me saying that this is impolite to the education department. At last, I did not go.

Since then until now, I continue to take part in other competitions but I will never take part in a camp like that anymore. Now you know why I was not happy to take part in the camp. I now knew I was not suitable to take part in such camps.

Geography and History Folio

2010-07-01T12:52:00.007+08:00

All Form One to Form Three students are required to do folio for the Geography and History subject, once every year. The marks given for the folio will be added to the PMR examination. Do you face any problems while doing your folio? If yes, I can help you. I have uploaded my completed folio to the internet, so you can download it. Use it as a guide for you to do your folio.

To download the file, copy and paste the links below to the address bar and open the web page. To start downloading, click on 'Download Now' button. All these files are in .doc format and can be opened using any version of Microsoft Word. Below are the download links:

Contoh Kerja Kursus Geografi Tingkatan 3 (Amalan Kitar Semula):
http://www.4shared.com/document/GlU3NhG0/Folio_Geografi_Tingkatan_3.html

Contoh Kerja Kursus Geografi Tingkatan 2 (Dinamik Penduduk):
http://www.4shared.com/document/SM210P_x/Folio_Geografi_Tingkatan_2.html

Contoh Kerja Kursus Geografi Tingkatan 1 (Bentuk Muka Bumi):
http://www.4shared.com/document/8u9AG74Y/Folio_Geografi_Tingkatan_1.html

Contoh Kerja Kursus Sejarah Tingkatan 3 (Sejarah Tahun Baru Cina):
http://www.4shared.com/document/SuRuax3Q/Folio_Sejarah_Tingkatan_3.html

Contoh Kerja Kursus Sejarah Tingkatan 2 (Sejarah SMK Sultan Badlishah):
http://www.4shared.com/document/plm2bVpR/Folio_Sejarah_Tingkatan_2.html

For Kerja Kursus Sejarah Tingkatan 1, I did not do it correctly and I only got very little marks for it, so I am not uploading it.

Type in Chinese, Jawi and Tamil Languages

2010-03-19T12:32:00.003+08:00

I am sure you often use computers to type words. If you want to type in English or Malay, this shouldn't be a problem to you. But have you ever wanted to type in your own language, such as Chinese, Jawi or Tamil? Do you know how to do so? Well, it is not difficult to type in these languages. You just need to install the language input on your computer. No additional programs are required.

To do so, your computer must be Windows XP or newer. However, this is fully functional only on Windows Vista or 7. If you are using Windows XP, there may be some limitations. These limitations are:
1. Sometimes, you may be required to insert the Windows XP installation CD while installing Chinese or Jawi language input on Windows XP computers.
2. Not all Windows XP computers support Tamil language input. If your computer does not support Tamil language input, you won't be able to type in Tamil language.
If you use Windows Vista or 7, you won't have any of the problems above. If you are asked to insert Windows XP CD, remember that any Windows XP CD may be used, even it is labelled differently from the requested disc. For example, if your are asked to insert Windows XP Professional SP2 CD, you may insert Windows XP Home SP1 CD. If you don't have any disc, you may borrow it from your friends. Don't worry, it only copies some files from the disc, it won't reinstall or change your copy of Windows.

To install Chinese/Jawi/Tamil language input, follow the steps below:

For Chinese language:
1. Click Start > Control Panel > Date, Time, Language and Regional Options > Language and Regional Options.
2. Select the Languages tab.
3. Tick "Install files for East Asian languages" and click Apply.
4. You may be asked to insert the Windows XP CD. If so, insert the disc and click OK > Browse > OK > OK.
5. Click Details.
6. Click Add.
7. Under Input Language, select "Chinese (PRC)".
8. Under Keyboard Layout / IME, select "Microsoft Pinyin IME 3.0".
9. Click OK > OK > OK.
10. You will see "EN" on your taskbar. To type in Chinese, click on it and select "CH".
11. You must know the Han Yu Pin Yin of the word you want to type. Enter the Pin Yin and press enter. A word will be displayed. If it is the correct word, press enter to confirm. If not, press Left key and select the word you want. Press enter to confirm. (Note: Use letter "v" to replace the u with two dot on top)
12. Whenever you want to type alphabetical letters, click on "CH" and change to "EN".

For Jawi language:
1. Click Start > Control Panel > Date, Time, Language and Regional Options > Language and Regional Options.
2. Select the Languages tab.
3. Tick "Install files for complex suite and right-to-left languages" and click Apply.
4. You may be asked to insert the Windows XP CD. If so, insert the disc and click OK > Browse > OK > OK.
5. Click Details.
6. Click Add.
7. Under Input Language, select "Arabic (Saudi Arabia)".
8. Under Keyboard Layout / IME, select "Arabic (101)".
9. Click OK > OK > OK.
10. You will see "EN" on your taskbar. To type in Jawi, click on it and select "AR".
11. You must know the layout of Arabic keyboards. Type according to the layout. If you do not know, go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > Accessibility > On-screen Keyboard and see the layout.
12. Whenever you want to type alphabetical letters, click on "AR" and change to "EN".

For Tamil language:
1. Click Start > Control Panel > Date, Time, Language and Regional Options > Language and Regional Options.
2. Select the Languages tab.
3. Click Details.
4. Click Add.
5. Under Input Language, select "Tamil (India)". If Tamil could not be found, your computer does not support Tamil language input.
6. Under Keyboard Layout / IME, select "Tamil".
7. Click OK > OK > OK.
8. You will see "EN" on your taskbar. To type in Tamil, click on it and select "TA".
9. You must know the layout of Tamil keyboards. Type according to the layout. If you do not know, go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > Accessibility > On-screen Keyboard and see the layout.
10. Whenever you want to type alphabetical letters, click on "TA" and change to "EN".

Send & Receive Email Using Email Client Software

2010-03-15T17:36:00.017+08:00

I am sure that your computer have either Outlook Express or Windows Mail installed. Windows Mail comes with Windows 7 and Vista, while Outlook Express comes with Windows XP and 2000. Have you ever wondered what these software are for? Well, they are known as Email Client. Email Client allows you to send and receive emails using your email address.

But before you can do so, you need to set up the Email Client software. POP is the mail server used by the Email Client software to access your email. It is not hard, just follow the steps below. The steps differ according to the e-mail service you are using.

For Gmail:
(Gmail always provides free POP access but you need to activate POP before you can use it. Also, you can receive Gmail on only one email client.)
1. You need to activate POP in Gmail first. To do so, go to www.gmail.com and sign in to your account.
2. Click the Settings button and select the 'Forwarding and POP/IMAP' tab.
3. Under POP Download > Status, select 'Enable POP for All Mail'.
4. Under POP Download > When Messages are Accessed with POP... , select 'Keep Gmail's Copy in the Inbox'.
5. Click 'Save Changes'.
6. Open Outlook Express or Windows Mail.
7. Click Tools > Accounts > Add. For Windows Mail, select 'E-mail account' and click 'Next'. For Outlook Express, click 'Mail'.
8. Type your name and click 'Next'.
9. Type your full Gmail email address and click 'Next'.
10. Under 'My incoming server is a __ server' or 'Incoming mail server type', select 'POP3'.
11. Under 'Incoming mail server', type pop.gmail.com and under 'Outgoing mail server', type smtp.gmail.com .
12. For Windows Mail, tick 'Outgoing server requires authentication' and click 'Next'. For Outlook Express, click 'Next' straight away.
13. Under 'Account name' or 'Username', type your full Gmail email address and under 'Password', type your Gmail password, then click 'Next'.
14. For Outlook Express, go to step 15 straight away. For Windows Mail, tick 'Do not download my e-mail at this time'.
15. Click 'Finish'. Select 'pop.gmail.com' then click 'Properties'.
16. For Windows Mail, go to step 17 straight away. For Outlook Express, open 'Servers' tab and tick 'My server requires authentication' under 'Outgoing Mail Server'.
17. Open 'Advanced' tab.
18. Tick 'This server requires a secure connection' under both 'Outgoing mail' and 'Incoming mail'.
19. Type '465' under 'Outgoing server' and type '995' under 'Incoming server'.
20. Click 'OK' and then click 'Close'.
Setup is successful. To receive Gmail, open Outlook Express / Windows Mail and click 'Send/Receive'.

For Yahoo Mail:
(Yahoo only provides POP access to users who pay for Yahoo Mail Plus. However, you can receive Yahoo Mail on Email clients for free by using YPOPs.)
1. You need to download and install YPOPs first. It can be downloaded for free at http://downloads.sourceforge.net/yahoopops/ypops-win-0.9.7.1.exe .
2. Open YPOPs, then open Outlook Express or Windows Mail.
3. Click Tools > Accounts > Add. For Windows Mail, select 'E-mail account' and click 'Next'. For Outlook Express, click 'Mail'.
4. Type your name and click 'Next'.
5. Type your full Yahoo email address and click 'Next'.
6. Under 'My incoming server is a __ server' or 'Incoming mail server type', select 'POP3'.
7. Under 'Incoming mail server' and 'Outgoing mail server', type localhost . If this doesn't work, type 127.0.0.1 instead.
8. Click 'Next'.
9. Under 'Account name' or 'Username', type your full Yahoo user name (your Yahoo email address without @yahoo.com) and under 'Password', type your Yahoo password, then click 'Next'.
10. Click 'Finish'.
Setup is successful. To receive Yahoo mail, open YPOPs, then open Outlook Express / Windows Mail and click 'Send/Receive'.

For Windows Live Hotmail:
(In the past, Microsoft allows all users to receive Hotmail for free using Email clients through HTTP server. Later, Microsoft only provides POP access to users who pay for Hotmail Plus. Recently, Microsoft again provides free POP access to all Hotmail users)
1. Open Outlook Express or Windows Mail.
2. Click Tools > Accounts > Add. For Windows Mail, select 'E-mail account' and click 'Next'. For Outlook Express, click 'Mail'.
3. Type your name and click 'Next'.
4. Type your full Hotmail email address, then change 'hotmail.com' to 'otmail.com', then click 'Next'.
5. Under 'My incoming server is a __ server' or 'Incoming mail server type', select 'POP3'.
6. Under 'Incoming mail server', type pop3.live.com and under 'Outgoing mail server', type smtp.live.com .
7. For Windows Mail, tick 'Outgoing server requires authentication' and click 'Next'. For Outlook Express, click 'Next' straight away.
8. Under 'Account name' or 'Username', type your full Hotmail email address and under 'Password', type your Hotmail password, then click 'Next'.
9. For Outlook Express, go to step 10 straight away. For Windows Mail, tick 'Do not download my e-mail at this time'.
10. Click 'Finish'. Select 'pop.live.com' then click 'Properties'.
11. Open 'General' tab and correct your email address by changing 'otmail.com' back to 'hotmail.com' .
12. For Windows Mail, go to step 13 straight away. For Outlook Express, open 'Servers' tab and tick 'My server requires authentication' under 'Outgoing Mail Server'.
13. Open 'Advanced' tab.
14. Tick 'This server requires a secure connection' under both 'Outgoing mail' and 'Incoming mail'.
15. Type '587' under 'Outgoing server' and type '995' under 'Incoming server'.
16. Click 'OK' and then click 'Close'.
Setup is successful. To receive Hotmail, open Outlook Express / Windows Mail and click 'Send/Receive'.

Besides Windows Mail and Outlook Express, there are another two email client programs that your computer might have, that is Windows Live Mail and Microsoft Office Outlook.

Windows Live Mail is a free program that comes with Windows Live Messenger. If your computer doesn't have Windows Live Mail, you can download it free at http://explore.live.com/windows-live-mail?os=other .

Microsoft Office Outlook comes with Microsoft Office Home & Business and Microsoft Office Professional. If your computer doesn't have Microsoft Office, you can download its 60-day free trial from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/try/ .

To receive email using Windows Live Mail and Microsoft Office Outlook, you will also need to set up them. The steps are similar to Windows Mail and Outlook Express, but there are some differences. These are the steps to set up:

To receive Gmail or Hotmail using Windows Live Mail:
1. For Gmail, activate POP for your account (see above- Gmail step 1 to 5). For Hotmail, go to step 2.
2. Open Windows Live Mail.
3. On the left pane, click 'Mail', then click 'Add e-mail account'.
4. Under 'Display name', type your name.
5. Under 'Email address', type your Hotmail/Gmail email address.
6. Under 'Password', type your password.
7. Untick 'Manually configure server settings for e-mail account'.
8. Click 'Next' and then click 'Finish'.
Setup is successful. To receive Gmail or Hotmail, open Windows Live Mail and click 'Send/Receive'.

To receive Yahoo Mail using Windows Live Mail:
1. You need to download and install YPOPs first. It can be downloaded for free at http://downloads.sourceforge.net/yahoopops/ypops-win-0.9.7.1.exe .
2. Open YPOPs, then open Windows Live Mail.
3. On the left pane, click 'Mail', then click 'Add e-mail account'
4. Under 'Display name', type your name.
5. Under 'Email address', type your Yahoo email address and under 'Password', type your Yahoo password.
6. Tick 'Manually configure server settings for e-mail account' and click 'Next'.
7. Under 'My incoming server is a __ server', select 'POP3'.
8. Under 'Incoming server' and 'Outgoing server', type localhost . If this doesn't work, type 127.0.0.1 instead.
9. Under 'Login ID', type your full Yahoo user name (your Yahoo email address without @yahoo.com).
10. Click Next > Finish > Close .
Setup is successful. To receive Yahoo mail, open YPOPs, then open Windows Live Mail and click 'Send/Receive'.

To receive Hotmail using Microsoft Office Outlook:
1. Download Outlook Connector from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=39db2b89-af2e-41f9-a175-f93e1377959f&displaylang=en . Then, install it on your computer.
2. Open Microsoft Office Outlook.
3. Click Outlook Connector > Add a new account .
4. Under 'E-mail address', type your full Hotmail email address.
5. Under 'Password', type your Hotmail password.
6. Under 'Name', type your name.
7. Click 'OK' and then click 'OK' again.
Setup is successful. To receive Hotmail, open Microsoft Office Outlook and click Actions > Send/Receive All .

To receive Gmail or Yahoo Mail using Microsoft Office Outlook (2007 & 2010):
1. For Gmail, enable POP for your account (see above- Gmail step 1 to 5). For Yahoo Mail, install YPOPs (see above- Yahoo Mail step 1) and then open it.
2. Open Microsoft Office Outlook.
3. Click Tools > Account settings .
4. Open 'Email' tab and click 'New'.
5. Select 'Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP4 and HTTP' and click 'Next'.
6. Under 'Your name', type your name and under 'Email address', type your full email address.
7. Tick 'Manually configure server settings or additional server types' and click 'Next'.
8. Select 'Internet Email' and click 'Next'.
9. Under 'Account type', select 'POP3'.
10. Under 'Incoming mail server', type pop.gmail.com (for Gmail) or 127.0.0.1 (for Yahoo Mail).
11. Under 'Outgoing mail server', type smtp.gmail.com (for Gmail) or 127.0.0.1 (for Yahoo Mail).
12. Under 'User name', type your full Yahoo or Gmail email address.
13. Under 'Password', type your Yahoo or Gmail password.
14. Click 'More settings' and open 'Outgoing server' tab.
15. Tick 'My outgoing server requires authentication'. For Yahoo Mail, also tick 'Use same settings as my incoming mail server', then go straight to step 20.
16. For Gmail, open 'Advanced' tab.
17. Under 'Incoming server', tick 'This server requires an encrypted connection'.
18. Under Outgoing server > Use the following type of encrypted connection , select 'Auto'.
19. Type '465' under 'Outgoing server' and type '995' under 'Incoming server'.
20. Click OK > Next > Finish.
Setup is successful. To receive Gmail, open Microsoft Office Outlook and click Actions > Send/Receive All . To receive Yahoo Mail, open YPOPs, then open Microsoft Office Outlook and click Actions > Send/Receive All .

Surf Internet On Your Mobile Phone

2010-03-14T16:18:00.003+08:00

Nowadays, most mobile phones have internet function where you can surf the internet on your phone. Do your phone have internet function? If yes, can it work? If it can work, then it is all right. But if it cannot work, it may be wasted. The price of the phone includes everything, including the internet function.

So, how to activate the internet function? It is not hard, as you just need to subscribe for internet services from your mobile service provider. Don't worry, subscribing it is 100% free. There are no monthly charges either. You will only be charged when you surf the internet. Just follow the instructions below.

For MAXIS users:
1. Dial *100#
2. Select 6 (Phone Settings).
3. Select 1 (GPRS Activation).
4. When your request is being processed, close the window.
5. Wait until you receive a SMS saying GPRS will be active in 2 hours.
6. Dial *100# again.
7. Select 6 (Phone Settings) .
8. Select 2 (Phone Settings) .
9. Provide your phone's manufacturer and model number.
10. Select a setting that contains GPRS or WAP or Internet.
11. When your request is being processed, close the window.
12. When you receive the internet settings, follow the on-screen instructions to save and activate them.
13. You may use the internet after 2 hours.

For DIGI users:
1. Dial *128#
2. Select 6 (Mobile Services).
3. Select Data Plan.
4. Select 1 (Activate Data Plan).
5. When your request is being processed, close the window.
6. Wait until you receive a SMS saying Data Plan will be active in 10 minutes.
7. Dial *128# again.
8. Select 6 (Mobile Services).
9. Select Phone Settings.
10. Provide your phone's manufacturer and model number.
11. Select a setting that contains GPRS or WAP or Internet.
12. When your request is being processed, close the window.
13. When you receive the internet settings, follow the on-screen instructions to save and activate them.
14. You may use the internet after 10 minutes.

For CELCOM users:
Call the Celcom customer service number 1111. Request for GPRS Activation and Phone Settings for Internet. When you receive the internet settings, follow the on-screen instructions to save and activate them. You may use the internet after GPRS is being activated.

Usage Charges:
For Maxis/Digi/Celcom -
1 sen per 1 KB (Kilobytes) of data transferred.
Data transferred = Data Sent + Data Received.
No activation, subscription and monthly charges.

Advice:
To avoid expensive charges, do not open web pages straight away, including this page. This is because the pages may be large. Before you open a page, go to www.google.com , search for the page you want, and enter the page from the search results. Google automatically adapts the page for your mobile phone. Besides that, you may check the amount of data transferred in your phone.

My 2009 Year-End Holiday

2010-01-08T23:04:00.001+08:00

Everyone likes a long school holiday, especially the year-end holiday. I really enjoy a lot during my 2009 year-end school holiday. I went to many places and did many things for my holiday. The holiday starts at 20 November and ends at 2 January.

From 20 November to 5 December, I stay at home in Kulim. I studied some Form Three topics, learned Mathematics with my grandfather, read books, watched television and played computer games. I also went shopping and eating with my grandparents.

At 6 December, my parents came back to Kulim and took me to Kuala Lumpur for holidays. At there, I stayed in my parents house at Subang Jaya. I visited some places such as Genting Highlands.

At 14 December, my parents took me and my brother to Singapore. We went there by aeroplane. We sat Malaysian Airlines and flew from KLIA to Changi Airport, Singapore. At Singapore, we stayed at Meritus Mandarin Hotel. We visited places such as Orchard Road, Sentosa Island and Raffles Place. Singopore is a very nice city but the things there were very expensive. We stayed there for 3 days and 2 nights.

At 16 December, I went back to Kuala Lumpur and stayed there for a few days. At 19 December, my father and I went back to Kulim and took my grandparents to Kuala Lumpur. They will be going to Taiwan with my uncle and aunt.

At 22 December, I followed my grandparents to Taiwan. We sat Eva Airways from KLIA to Taipei Chongshan Airport. We went around Taiwan. We started from Taipei and went to Wulai, Flying-Cow Farm, Kaoshiung, Sun-Moon Lake, Tainan, Taichung and back to Taipei. At Taiwan, I get to visit many places and taste new foods. Taiwan is not as nice as Singapore but the things there were much cheaper and the people there were very friendly. We stayed there for 6 days and 5 nights.

At 28 December, I went back to Kuala Lumpur. A few days later at 31 December, my parents took me and my grandfather back home in Kulim. They went back to Kuala Lumpur at 3 January. 2 January was the last day of school holiday. The school reopen at 3 January 2010.

Get Free Windows 7

2009-12-16T18:18:00.007+08:00

Windows 7 is now the newest version of Windows. However, install it in your computer you will need to purchase it. The price is expensive and not everyone can afford it. However, you can install Windows 7 theme on your computer so it looks like Windows 7 for free.

To do so, you will need a software "Seven Transformation Pack". It can be downloaded for free at http://www.winxsoft.com/7tp . After downloading, install it on your computer. Follow the following procedures while installing:

1. Run Seven Transformation Pack Setup.

2. Untick 'Set Windows X's Live as default home page' and click 'Next'.

3. Tick 'I accept the terms in the license agreement' and click 'Next'.

4. click 'Next' again.

5. Select 'Install Seven Transformation Pack' and click 'Next'.

6. Keep the default settings under 'Screen resolution' and 'DPI Setting', then click 'Next'.

7. Select 'Express mode' and click 'Next'.

8. Tick 'Apply system files transformation for closer Seven UI' and tick 'Install essential Seven components'. Then, tick 'Hide Shutdown/Logoff buttons text for slim buttons'. Untick all the others and click 'Next'.

9. Tick 'Sevenlize basic desktop theme components' and tick 'Use Superbar's taskbar item'. Click 'Next'.

10. Tick 'Save the current setup Sevenlization into setup information file for later uses'. Untick the others and click 'Transform'.

11. Wait for the transformation to complete.

12. Click 'Finish' then 'OK' to restart your computer.

13. After restarting, your computer will look like Windows 7.

14. If Seven Transformation Pack Welcome Center appears, tick 'Do not show this welcome screen after restart' and click 'Exit'.

15. Delete 'Seven Transformation Pack Welcome Center' icon from your desktop.

Besides that, if you are using Windows XP and don't want to upgrade to Windows 7, but you want to upgrade to Windows Vista, you can download Vista Transformation Pack from http://www.winxsoft.com/vtp . The installation procedures are similar to Seven Transformation Pack as above.

Advice:
Your computer must be Windows XP or Vista and have at least 512MB of RAM to install Seven Transformation Pack or Vista Transformation Pack. Please follow the installation procedures exactly as above. You are advised to use System Restore to create a restore point before installing. There will always be a chance of your computer getting corrupted. If your computer get corrupted after installing it, open Seven Transformation Pack Welcome Center and select Repair System Files.

Convert a Casio fx-350MS Calculator into 570-MS

2009-12-16T18:05:00.009+08:00

In the lower secondary school period, the scientific calculator usually used by students are Casio fx-350MS and fx-570MS. Casio fx-570MS has more functions than fx-350MS. Students who had bought Casio fx-350MS may regret. However, it is possible to convert a Casio fx-350MS into 570MS.

After the conversation, however, not all 570MS functions will be available. The keys layout will change, some following 350MS, some following 570MS and some different from 350MS and 570MS. You have to find it out by yourself. These are the functions added to the 350MS after conversation.

COMP, SD and REG mode: Added CONST and CONV function only. Other 570MS functions are still unavailable.

CMPLX and EQN mode: All functions will be available.

BASE-N mode: All functions will be available except some LOGIC functions.

MAT and VCT mode: No function available. Matrix and vector cannot be used.

To convert, follow these steps:

1. Press [MODE] and select 2 (SD).
2. Press 1.
3. Press [M+] eighty-two times until it displays "EditOFF ESC"
4. Select 2 (ESC).

5. Press ^ (UP).
6. Press 131313131... until no more numbers could be entered.
7. Press [=] two times. It should display "EditOFF ESC"
8. Press [0] followed by [1]. Note that you must press [0].
9. Press [AC].
10. Well done! Press [MODE] and you will notice that your calculator has the 570-MS functions.

To cancel and return to 350MS, just press [ON]. Start over from step 1 to convert again. So if you want to remain in 570MS, you can only press [AC].

My Enemy

2009-12-14T10:51:00.005+08:00

In school, I have many friends. But do you know that actually I have an enemy too? Yes, I have. My enemy is a Chinese girl in 2A12 class. I am not going to mention her name, but just to let you know the reason I hate her.

I hated her since I was in primary school in standard two. At that time, there are 49 students in my class. However the seats in my class have 8 columns and 6 rows which in enough for 48 students only. Therefore there is an extra table behind the class. She sat in that table. Then at May, someone transfered to another school. The teacher rearranged the tables in the classroom. She sat beside me. I started to know her at that time.

At first, I am willing to be friend with her. Instead, she always disturb me but she often tell the teachers that I disturb her. The teachers were very unfair. I was always wrong when she made any report about me. But when I make a report about her, she is not wrong. The Chinese teacher punish me without allowing me to explain. The Malay teacher force me to admit by saying she won't tell the principal. While the English teacher says that no one will make a report if I didn't do something.

At standard three, a teacher came to our school to teach us Chinese for three months. During that period, the teacher carried out group activities. I am in the same group with her. She was a bad group member. She wasn't the leader but she always make all decisions for our group. She often thinks I am incooperative and often reports to the teacher. The teacher was also unfair. The teacher don't allow me to make small reports but she can. At last our group got the second last.

However, at standard four and five, we became good friends. This is because we have common friends. She stopped disturbing me and make reports to the teacher. Our houses are also quite close to each other.

At standard six, her mother asked my grandmother to take her home everyday because we were friends and our houses are close. At first I agreed with that and hope our friendship can become better. However, she became a "blackmailer" . She is in the same class as me so she knew exactly what I did in class. She often threaten to report my sins to my grandparents if I don't follow her instructions. For a few times I was scolded by my grandparents because of her reports. My grandparents believe her very much. Because of that, I began to hate her again.

At form one, she came to the same school as me. I immediately rejected her mother's request to let my grandparents take her home again. In school, a few Chinese students liked to disturb me for no reason. I was often bullied then at last I took revenge by destroying someone's bottle. They were her friends so she reported that to my grandfather. My grandparents did not believe my explaination and scolded me badly.

Since then, she became my enemy until now. I would never friend her again and cannot forgive her. Besides me, many people also hated her because of her attitude.

My Contact Details

2009-09-23T18:06:00.012+08:00

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Making Your User Account More Secure

2009-09-01T13:48:00.004+08:00

You should have a user name on your computer for your own. However, any people can change your account settings. To prevent this, you should protect your user account. To carry out these steps, go to User Accounts under Control Panel. Follow the steps below:

1. Set User Account Password:
You should set a password for your user account. This prevents anyone from logging in your account at the Windows Welcome Screen.

2. Protect Computer Administrators:
A computer administrator can make any changes to the computer, including removing user's password. Only create an Administrator for a user you trust, and you should protect them with a strong password.

3. Protect Administrator Account:
Administrator is a hidden user in the computer. Hackers may use it to control your computer. Therefore, you should set a password for it. At the welcome screen, press CTRL+ALT+DEL. Type Administrator at user name and leave password blank for this time. Go to User Accounts under Control Panel to set a password for Administrator.

4. Create Limited Users:
If you want to let others use your computer, you should create a Limited User for them to use. A limited user cannot make changes to the computer, so your User Account is safer.

5. Set BIOS Password:
If you don't want to let anyone else use your computer, you can set the supervisor password in the BIOS Setup. This can prevent anyone from booting a hack tool by a CD-ROM. To access the BIOS, press F2 or DEL upon startup and set the supervisor password. Change Password Request to Always or change Password on Boot to Enabled.

Ways To Extend Expired Trial Of Softwares

2009-08-24T21:59:00.008+08:00

Many software can be downloaded from the internet for free. However, some free software is only a trial version, which means that you can use it for a limited time only. After the trial period, you will have to buy to continue using it. Typically, there are 3 types of trial, day trial, time trial and usage trail. It is possible to continue using an expired trial software for free, you just follow the methods below. Do not uninstall and reinstall the software as this won't work. Different softwares have different ways to do so. This are the few methods:

Method 1: Change System Date
If the software uses day trial, you may try to change the system date to a date where you had already installed the software and the trail had not yet expired. To do so, double click the clock at the lower-right part of the screen. However, this may work only on some day trail softwares but not all of them.
Example of softwares that work with this: WinZip, AVG Antivirus Trial, Kaspersky Antivirus, Microsoft Office 2007, Windows XP Activation, Giant Antispyware, TuneUp Utilities
Example of softwares that doesn't work with this: AVG ID Protection, Internet Download Manager, Norton Antivirus Trial, Adobe Photoshop

Method 2: Create New User
Some software are designed that every user of Windows have an individual trail period. If so, you can reset the trail by creating a new Windows user. To do so, go to User Accounts under Control Panel. Use the software in that new user. After the trail had expired, delete that user and create a new one. Only a few softwares works with this.
Example of softwares that work with this: WinZip, Internet Download Manager, Microsoft Office 2007

Method 3: Use System Restore
This is done by using System Restore to restore your computer to the state before you install the software. To do so, go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore. Select restore computer to an earlier time. Select a date before you install the software. After restoring, reinstall the software.
This works on most softwares but this will also cause you to lose all softwares, drivers and settings installed after the restoration date. However, all documents and other files are not deleted.

Method 4: Use Revo Uninstaller
Revo uninstaller can uninstall a software and erase all its records. Therefore, it may be used to usage data of the software and thus reset its trail. Revo uninstaller can be downloaded at http://www.revouninstaller.com/revosetup.exe . Use it to uninstall the software. When uninstalling, select Advanced mode and erase all the software data. After that, reinstall the software.
However, this works only on some softwares.

Method 5: Use Time Stopper
Time Stopper is a software that could 'freeze' the trial of softwares so that its trial can last forever. Time stopper can be downloaded from http://timestopper.blinkweb.com/ . After downloading, install it on your computer. While using it, first select the trial software. Then, select a date where you had already installed the software and the trail had not yet expired. If by tomorrow the trial is not yet expired, then you are recommended to select tomorrow's date. After that, click 'Create Desktop Shortcut'. Whenever you want to use the software, run it from the desktop. Do not run it from other places like quick-launch or start menu. If the software runs automatically at system startup, you should disable it. Time Stopper works with most day-trial softwares but sometimes you may have do this before the trial has expired.

Method 6: Use Crack Softwares
Most trial softwares have cracks to get its full version for free. Different softwares works with different cracks. Those crack softwares may be found from the internet. Search it using search engines such as www.google.com .
But remember, using crack softwares is illegal and may cause your computer to be infected by viruses or malware.

Be Alert On The Internet

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I am sure most people enjoy surfing the internet. The invention of internet does bring many advantages to us, but it can also be dangerous if you are not careful enough. There are several things that you have to beware of.

1. Malware:
Malware is the short form for 'malicious software'. Malware are softwares that can harm your computer. Malware threats usually infect your computer through infected e-mails, websites, programs, files, pendrives, memory cards and diskettes. There are many different types of malware, different types of malware harms your computer in different ways.

a) Virus: Viruses can damage your computer and destroy files stored in the computer. It can even format your hard drive and cause you unable to start your computer.

b) Spyware: Spywares can spy on what you are doing on your computer and steal personal information. It can even see you through your webcam.

c) Adware: Adwares display unwanted advertisements on your computer. It can ruin the appearance of your computer. The contents of the displayed advertisements are usually inappropriate.

d) Worm: Worms can cause your computer to have problems. It can cause your computer to slow down and often hangs. It can even cause programs and Windows features to stop working properly.

e) Trojan: Trojans can control over your computer. It secretly makes harmful changes to your computer and also steal personal informations.

f) Hijacker: Hijackers change the home page of your internet browser. It can even force your internet browser to enter a specific web page. The web page usually contains viruses.

g) Dialler: Diallers secretly connect your computer to the internet, causing you to be charged for the internet connection fee.

h) Enabler: Enabler does not harm your computer, but it is used by other malware threats to harm your computer. Enablers cannot function by itself without other malware threats.

i) Rootkit: Rootkits are hidden threats in your computer that can provide other malware threats with administrative access to your computer. It is difficult to be detected by ordinary security programs.

j) Hacker/Hack tool: Hackers can bypass a password protection and steal the password. It can even attack security programs on your computer in order to deliver malware threats.

k) Scareware/Fake Antivirus: Scarewares are fake security programs. It tricks you by saying that your computer is infected with malware and wants you to purchase it in order to remove the detected malware threats.

2. Spam and Junk Mail:
Spam and junk mails are unwanted emails that contains unwanted advertisement. It may even contain viruses and fraud. Some companies send spam to people's email address in order to earn a profit. They get the email addresses by searching for them on the internet and by tricking people to give them their email address. Spam and junk mails can use up the storage space of your email inbox and can be very irritating.

3. Fraud and Phishing Sites:
Fraud and phishing sites are fake websites. It looks the same like a particular website but actually it is not. The purpose of people creating fraud and phishing sites is to steal passwords. When other people arrive on the fraud or phishing site, they may not be aware of that, so they will just sign in to that website with their user name and password. If this happens, their password had been stolen by the creator of the fraud or phishing sites. Fraud and phishing sites are commonly used to steal passwords from social networking website like Facebook, but some even steal passwords of bank accounts.

4. Bad People:

Bad people is everywhere on the internet, especially in social networking and chat programs such as Facebook, Friendster, Twitter, Tagged, MSN, Yahoo Messenger and Skype. They uses fake identities like name, gender, age, address and photo. For example, a 30 year old man may say that he is a 15 year old girl, and uses a 15 year old girl photo. They use the fake identities to interact with other users on the internet, mainly children and teenagers. They will trick the other person to give them their personal information like address and telephone. After that, they will disturb the other person and the family through calls and visits. Some bad people even trick a person to go alone to a particular place to meet each other, then use that change to kidnap that person.

Above are all the dangers on the internet. So, how to stay safe on the internet? There are several things that you have to do in order to keep yourself safe on the internet. These are the ways:

1. Install Anti-virus Program:

Anti-virus program protects your computer from viruses, worms, trojans and other malware threats. A good anti-virus program is able to scan your computer for viruses, remove detected viruses, prevent virus attacks and update virus definitions. If you do not have a good anti-virus on your computer, or if the trial version of the anti-virus had expired, you should download and install one of the free anti-viruses below.

a) Microsoft Security Essentials: http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials

b) AVG Anti-virus: http://free.avg.com/

c) Avira Anti-virus: http://free.avira.com/

d) Avast Anti-virus: http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

If you already have a anti-virus program on your computer, you should uninstall it before installing the anti-virus program above. Using two anti-virus program at the same time can slow down your computer. You should update your anti-virus and scan your computer at least once in a week for maximum safety. If a virus is detected, you should remove it.

2. Install Anti-spyware Program:

Anti-spyware program protects your computer from spyware, adware and other malware threats. A good anti-spyware program is able to scan your computer for threats, remove detected threats, prevent malware infections and update definitions. Windows Vista and Windows 7 computers come with Windows Defender, which is a good anti-spyware program. If you are not using Windows Vista or 7, and you do not have a good anti-spyware on your computer, or if the trial version of the anti-spyware had expired, you should download and install one of the free anti-spywares below.

a) Windows Defender: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx

b) Spyware Doctor with Anti-virus: http://pack.google.com/

c) Ad-Aware: http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php

d) Spyware Terminator: http://www.spywareterminator.com/

If you already have a anti-spyware program on your computer, you should uninstall it before installing the anti-spyware program above. Using two anti-spyware program at the same time can slow down your computer. You should update the anti-spyware and scan your computer at least once in a week for maximum safety. If a malware threat is detected, you should remove it.

3. Install Firewall Program:

Firewall program protects your computer from hackers and other malware threats. A good firewall program is able to block hacker attacks and unauthorised access to your computer. Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 computers come with Windows Firewall, which is a good firewall program.

To turn on Windows Firewall, go to Start > All Programs > Control Panel > Windows Firewall . Select 'On (Recommended)' and click 'OK'. If a hacker attack or unauthorised access to your computer is detected, you should block it.

4. Install Netcraft Toobar:

Netcraft toolbar protects you against frauds and phishing sites. It displays the risk rating of every website that you are visiting. If the risk rating is high, that means the possibility that the website is a phishing site is high. To download and install Netcraft Toolbar, go to http://toolbar.netcraft.com/ .

5. Install McAfee Site Advisor:

McAfee Site Advisor tells you whether the website you are visiting is safe to visit. It blocks a website if the website is dangerous to visit. To download and install McAfee Site Advisor, go to http://www.siteadvisor.com/ .

6. Turn On Automatic Updates:

Automatic Updates is a Windows feature that can automatically download and install updates for your computer. The updates can fix Windows loopholes and correct errors, which can reduce the risk of hacker attacks. To turn on Automatic Updates, go to Start > Control Panel > Automatic Updates . Select 'Automatic (Recommended)' and click 'OK'. When new updates are available, Automatic Updates will automatically download and install it on your computer.

Note: If your Windows is not genuine, you will be periodically informed of that after you turn on Automatic Updates. Also, you can only get access to some of the updates, but not all.

7. Good Internet Surfing Habits:

You should have good habits while surfing the internet. First, do not give your personal informations such as telephone number, address and photo to anyone else on the internet. Next, never meet with your internet friend alone. Besides that, don't simply click on any link given by your friend on the internet. Also,you should scan a download file or program for viruses and malware before opening it. In addition, scan an email attachment for viruses and malware before downloading it.

My Family

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I am staying with my grandparents in Kedah. My brother stays with my parents in Subang Jaya, Selangor. My uncle and aunt also stays in Subang Jaya. My godmother and godfather are staying in Melbourne, Australia.

My grandfather is a teacher. He teaches Mathematics and Additional Mathematics in is tuition center. My grandmother is a housewife. She does housework at home. My father is an architect while my mother is an office manager. Both of them works in Subang Jaya.

My brother and cousin brothers are studying primary school in Subang Jaya. My cousin sisters are studying secondary school in Australia.

About Me

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My name is Daniel Lim Jhao Jian. I am a boy and is 16 years old. I have a younger brother. I am a Chinese and a Buddhist. I live in Kulim, Kedah, Malaysia. I was born in Subang Jaya, Selangor at 23 March 1995.

I am currently studying in SMK Sultan Badlishah at Form 4SC1. I am the treasurer of my class. I took part in Chinese Society, Mathematics Society, Chess Club and Basketball Club. I loved Mathematics, Science and Information Technology subject. I am active in academics but not in cocuriculum. I usually got top 10 in form and straight A's.

My hobby is reading, watching television and using computers. My ambition is to be a doctor. I speak Mandarin, Malay and English language. I love eating Chinese, Western, Malay and Indian food.

Introduction

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