Biasiswa Skim Pelajar Cemerlang(SPC) oleh Yayasan Pahang

As promised, I am going to write about Biasiswa SPC Yayasan Pahang. I hope this post will help those who will be searching about this info next year, precisely saying for SPM leaver who wish to further studies at UIA Insya-Allah.

So, how on earth I knew about this SPC thing? I would never acknowledge this opportunity if it wasnt because of my friend. You guys have to be alert for this scholarship thing because some of them, just show up on the internet without any notice and all we ever knew is, the dateline has passed by. It's quite hard to find scholarship which sponsor science courses like dentistry, medic and pharmacy. From my experience, sime darby, bank negara and other scholarships sponsor courses like accountancy, business and managament, engineering and much more. So you hit the jackpot if you intend to pursue your studies in such courses.

Penglaman interview Biasiswa SPC Yayasan Pahang;

SPC stands for Skim Pelajar Cemerlang. This year, YP made a collaboration with UIA only for Pahang-born students. There were 3 courses which YP offered and those were Medical, Pharmacy and Perbankan Islam. Yeah you may feel like 'ehh only 3 courses?'. So I decided to go for Medic even though I put Dentistry courses as the first choice in UPU. Oh yeah before I forgot, when you fill up the YP form, one of the condition stated that students who apply must put UIA as their first choice in UPU. Yeah YP will ask you to bring a copy of UPU form during the interview.

I thought the panellists will ask me something about medical field since I chose medic on the YP form,  but it turned out that they asked me why I want to take dentistry. Serious bro, I was quite speechless and bewildered at the moment. So to be concluded, they still give you the course you wanted even though it wasn on the list. But Im not sure as well, so you guys better ask YP before choosing the course on the form. There were 21 candidates who were called for interview.

The panellists came from UIA, and a mister at YP, you know En Airulamri, who is in charge of bantuan pendidikan at YP. I stumbled upon him when I was in Form 5, I recognised him from PISSA YP. I thought the interview will be in Malay since I read somewhere said the panellists ask her in Malay. It gave me shivers down my spine after the panellist uttered the English words from his mouth. Tuhan je tahu macam mana gundah gulana aku. Muka stay cool tapi aku just nak lari je. I aint a native speaker. I didnt practise how to speak in English fluently as I grow up in Malay society ; Malay family, Malay friends, Malay schools, Malay teachers. Yeah it's a disadvantage. So any students who read my post, please practise your English now. Start now even though there are lots of grammatical errors, no one even care so speak up as it will bring you good in the future.

But despite of it, I manage to speak in English and in fact I talked really fast because I just want to finish quickly and get out from there haha. There were 21 people during the interview but only 10 people will get the scholarship. They called 3 person at once and since my initial name start with D, I was the third person in the first group. I knew it. -_-

So what were the questions given?

What is your strengths/weaknesses?

"I will say my weakness is I dont have patience when it comes to winning. I want to win no matter what the circumstances are."

(If they ask your weaknesses dont state something negative, put on things more positive. Example as I said earlier. cehh padahal bukan betul pun haha)

So do you consider that as your weakness or strength?(He asked me after what I said earlier, perangkap)

"Both. It depends on the situation." *smile

Why do you want to take dentistry? (He asked after reviewing your form and copy of UPU)

Since I didnt expect this question, I said something that I shouldnt actually. haha. I was being way too honest back then.

"Frankly speaking I want to pursue my studies in medical field. I think being a doctor is a job which really need patience and endurance. And my sister is currently studying medic, so my mom suggested me to take dentistry."

(Expect the unexpected. Dont answer the question recklessly. If you did, put some ideas like, medical field is too mainstream nowadays so I have plan for my future ahead, and I look dentistry as a course that seeks more people. I need this to guarantee my job by the time I graduate. Besides, this job doesnt require us to be on-call/busy or whatever. This is more flexible and etc...)

So why did you pick medic? Why doctor?

Back then, my father passed away when I was a child, my father was sick and had to be warded. The moment I saw him on the bed in the hospital I just wanted to treat him. We had a conversation I once said to him that I wanted to be a doctor and treat him so he will get well. Basically he inspired me to be one.

You once said that your sister is a medical student. What do you think about her life?

 Since she's doing her practical in HTAA for a month, I will say a life of a doctor is busy and I hardly manage to see her at home.

You knew that life as a doctor is busy. Can you really manage time and educate your future children?(Soalan memerangkap)

Even though I saw how busy my sister is, it didnt distract me from taking this path. I knew once you be a doctor you need to put up a big commitment and bear responsibility but I certain that I can manage my schedule well and spend time with my future children.

(The panellist wanted to provoke me and cut my words, I was freaking anxious, and he just nodded and asked other candidates. Fuhh)

Why did you choose UIA?(I didnt choose UIA in the first place la, but YP asked to put UIA as 1st choice. -_- I expected this question but I was too ignorant that time.)

"Reasons why I choose UIA are because UIA is ranked on top for the best university in Malaysia, I like the environment in UIA, the bi'ah and Islamic environment really attract me. I want to be in that environment as I've never been in Islamic school. And my mom wanted me to study in UIA."

(please guys, dont answer your dad, your mom your family wanted blabla. It really shows how you arent firm enough on your own stand. Aku jawab camtu sebab sumpah aku blank giler. Selamba badak air je kan cakap mak aku nak aku jadi pelajar UIA. It's a big no. Dont do that on your interview)

How do you perform in your class? Are you an active student in the class?

"I will address myself as a really talkative person in the class. I will ask the teacher about the topics that I didnt understand. Since I sit in front, it makes me easier to ask the teacher directly."

So do any of you involve in debate competition? 

I just stated that I was in Forum Remaja competition.

Any last question?

Grab this chance! Ask the panellists anything so that it shows you how eager  you want this scholarship.

"When the results of the interview will come out?"

"How many people will be choosen?

(Only 10 candidates out of 21 who came for the interview)

Questions asked may differ from other candidates though.

One of  my acquaintances said the panellists asked her whether she will choose MARA or SPC? As for me, I will answer it will full of honesty. Of course I will choose MARA. And if you said you will choose SPC, be prepared for the next question. Why?  If you think about it, MARA give you quite amount of money to study abroad. So it does make sense if they ask you why do you choose SPC over MARA.

But in my case, I will take SPC over MARA because I dont have any intention to study abroad, and it has been my dream to study in UIA. Yeah some say, ridiculous, you have the opportunity to go overseas, the heck you choose to study locally? I've my own reasons.

In the nutshell, this is a bit of my experience. Oh yeah, did I ever mention that the panellists spoke Arabic with one of my group members? Shocked isnt it. I didnt understand at all so I ended up smiling like an idiot there. Well of course she was a debater for Arabic debate competition in KISAS. Cool ok pandai cakap arab. K k.

My advice is, prepare yourself and try to speak in English a week before the interview. Ahaks! Practise in front of the mirror and as for me, I called my bestfriend and ask her for a favour to act like the panellists and interview me. This may lower your anxiety level. Dont lie. I mean if you want to lie make it a flawless lie. HAHA. I dislike lying. I just say what's on my mind during the interview and it went well for me alhamdulilah. Dont keep thinking interview is hard and the panellists are going to eat you whatsoever, relax and just enjoy the moment. Smile a lot. It increases your hormone level and give you this serenity. Nahh, the interviewers are human, so dont panic and think of them as 'friends' who just wanted to know about you. Remember to shake hands with the panellists (for muslims, you guys know the boundaries right?) Express your gratitude and bow before leaving the room.

p/s : Other candidates were from SBP, cluster school, SBT( KISAS, INTEK, TKC) and here I am, from sekolah luar bandar. hehe inferiority complex turned on!

Regards,
Dahlia Binti Omar
lifeofburninggold.blogspot.com

Asasi UIA & Biasiswa SPC Yayasan Pahang.

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

First and foremost I really want to utter alhamdulilah 'ala kulli hal. This is just a lovely gift from Him. He is The Greastest. 

So 10th May 2014, finally UPU had finally came out! I was totally nervous thinking of this thing. I know 96's were making a fuss about how UPU came out late but I wasnt one of them though. Well, UPU was not at fault because they didnt tell the official date so I dont think we have right to make chaos ay?

I checked the result via SMS(yeah because I was at my cousin's wedding and literally I had to be in charge of photobooth and signing thing). It did take long time to get a reply, and syukur alhamdulilah I got Asasi Pergigian at UIA. My whatsapp was overflowing with messages, you know in just 2 hours, I got 1000+ notifications. Gosh, my classmates were crazy there. Haha

Alhamdulilah for my friends too and I was quite unhappy that my bestfriend didnt get the course she wanted. Are you kidding me UPU? A straight A's student with excellent performance in co-curriculum activities yet she got the 8th course? What more my other friends who do not even get the place in IPTA! I dont really get that part dear UPU. Please make du'a for my friends, may Allah ease their way to IPTA.

And one more thing, alhamdulilah for this ya Allah. I got a call from my mom this morning telling me that I got Biasiswa SPC (Skim Pelajar Cemerlang) from Yayasan Pahang for UIA students only. There are only 10 people who got this out of 21 during the interview last month. In a nutshell, Insya-Allah I will be one of UIA students at CFS Gambang. (dekat dgn rumah T..T I couldnt be happier that this). Yeah of course, Im waiting for MARA Ijazah Luar Negara, but oversea is not my forte. I really want to know when the result from last interview will come out. Waiting is such a pain. But I cant leave my mom alone, so I dont think I will further my studies abroad. I want to cherish my time with my mom here, Insya-Allah if I could.

So these 3 weeks will be hectic, preparation to go university, all those documents and medical check-up. Fuhh semoga semua berjalan dengan lancar dan dipermudahkan Allah SWT. 

Regards,

Dahlia Binti Omar (UIA students)

p/s : Im gonna update about SPC yayasan pahang soon iA 

Judge people over and over again

Bismillahirrahmanirahim.

Thanks to Allah for giving me chance to live and forgive me for all wrongdoings.

This past few weeks I had been busy with those walimah, interview things and birthday celebration in Kuala Lumpur. I have been back and forth from Kuantan to KL for about 2 months already. My brother's reception, my another cousins' walimah and etc. Basically I did not get to spend my weekends in Kuantan, you know the things like just sleeping for whole day in the weekdays going to pasar malam at Sg Isap, hang out with my friends and my lazying day has gone now. It's definitely tiring, and I didnt unpack my things because I know next week we will be going to KL again. And what more, I didnt get to do chores and tidy up the house because of tiredness. Well u see, there is a mountain of clothes behind me now. Sigh.

Ok that's not the thing that I want to highlight.

I am sick of people who like to make jokes on others, who always badmouth and mock people, who always love to make fun of everyone, who always say something vulgar, who dont have the slightest empathy in their heart, who feel that they own the world, who treat others like a trash, who dont even think the consequences behind it.

I refer this to the people above.

Kau ada hak ke nak kutuk orang lain? Kau ada hak ke nak 'nerakakan' orang lain? Kau ada hak ke nak mengata dia macam-macam? Kau ingat kau tu maksum sangat? Kau ingat hidup depa seteruk kau? Kau ingat kau kutuk-kutuk orang lain boleh mengubah hidup kau yang teruk tu? Kau hidup ni untuk cari salah orang lepastu kau mengumpat dia kawkaw punya eh?

Aku tak suka tengok page2 politik dekat facebook ni. Group pro-bn dan pro-pembangkang masing-masing duk bertelingkah. Yang satu, post gambar persendakan Dato' Sri Anwar,yang satu lagi upload gambar menyindir isteri PM. Sungguh mata aku sakit sangat baca komen-komen orang yang kononnya 'bijaksana' dalam hal2 macam ni. Aku sedih. Sedih sebab seteruk ni bangsa Malaysia? Seteruk ni kata-kata yang dilemparkan? Allah, pemikiran mereka ni sesempit-sempit yang boleh.

Kenapa gambar PM berselfie pun nk judge bagai? PM, TGNA, DSAI, kau, aku, kita semua manusia. Allah beri kau akal, guna ke jalan yang betul. Teruk sangat aku rasa minda orang Malaysia sampai suka mempersendakan orang lain. Mungkin seronok la, tapi kau boleh jamin ke yang kau takkan merangkak-rangkak cari orang yang pernah kau fitnah dekat padang Mahsyar nanti?

Kepada sang alim, aku mohon, setulusnya mohon supaya tidak terus-menerus menghukum dan menerakakan ahli politik. Mungkin bukan semua bersikap begitu, tapi aku dah jemu melihat post2 atau komen2 dari mereka yang berkopiah, berniqab, bertudung labuh yang asyik menghukum PM. Kau sedar tak yang kau tu melambangkan agama Islam? Rasulullah pun berhati perut dengan puak penentang Islam, bahkan memilih untuk memaafkan mereka yang berbuat jahat kepada baginda. Indah sungguh sifat baginda SAW. Islam sendiri tak ajar dakwah secara memaksa dan melemparkan kata-kata kesat. Jika diri tu betul-betul maksum, baru kau layak nak mengkritik manusia lain.

Hidup ni tak sempurna yang disangka. Jangan ingat mereka yang tidak bertudung, berjambul tu hina. Have you ever felt to be in their shoes? Mungkin kau fikir hidup ahli politik berlandaskan rasuah, makan duit rakyat semata-mata, itu sebab hati kau telah dibutakan oleh hasutan. Minda kau dah bercampur-baur dengan perasaan, emosi dan kebencian kepada politik sampai kau rasa mereka semua salah dan semuanya haram. Open your mind please. Aku pilih untuk bersangka baik terhadap orang lain. Sehingga ada bukti yang kukuh aku takkan menuduh membabi buta, menabur fitnah atas nama mereka.

Aku yakin, sejahat-jahat mereka yang kau fikir, ada sesuatu baik dalam hati mereka. Mungkin akan ada yang kata aku ni tak cakna dengan politik, tak kisah dengan apa terjadi dengan Msia. Hey, nak cakna perihal Malaysia dengan mengutuk2 politicians eh? Aku tak tahu pun ada termaktub dalam buku macam tu. Dulu pun aku suka judge orang. Bila tengok je orang tak pakai tudung, aku terus rasa mereka semua ni teruk, tak sedar diri. Aku pun dulu selalu kutuk2 PM, isteri PM dan seangkatan dengannya, tapi lama kelamaan, aku sedar benda aku buat tu just menambahkan dosa aku je. Aku terus unlike page2 yang lantang merpersendakan dan membuka aib orang lain. Aku rasa diri aku ni baik sangat sampai orang lain pun aku tak bagi peluang nak tunjukkan sifat baik mereka. Naudzubillahiminzalik, semoga Allah mengampunkan dosa aku dan kau, dan berikan cahaya hidayah dalam hati kita semua, hamba yang hina.

Kesian. Kesian kepada mereka yang dipersendakan oleh orang2 yang berhati kotor ni. Aku tak rasa dengan meng-edit gambar PM/ahli politik menunjukkan kepandaian kau, bahkan kebodohan yang terserlah. Sorry to say tapi kau pernah tak fikir kalau ahli keluarga kau yang kene kutuk, lepastu orang lain duk edit gambar kau secara hina? Kau nak rasa apa? Aku dah tengok macam2 gambar PM dan isteri yang di-edit scr melampau oleh golongan yang ignorant ni. Gelak, ye semua duk gelak bila tengok gambar tu, tapi aku bersimpati. Simpati kepada dalang kerana semakin ramai yang menyebarkan gambar berunsurkan keaiban/menghina tu, semakin berlipat kali ganda dosa yang ditanggung. Aku khuatir jika dosa2 ini kau harus merangkak2 mencari orang yang pernah kau hina dulu untuk memohon maaf. Mungkin banyak kesalahan mereka sehingga kau pun boleh nak sebarkan aib mereka yedak? Jangan asyik mengaibkan orang sedangkan aib kita belum tentu boleh dijaga.

Aku risau melihat afal golongan melayu Islam terutamanya yang gian menyebarkan aib orang lain. Aku risau jika aku juga terjebak dalam hal ni. Ya Allah, jauhkan kami daripada membuat dosa tanpa sedar, berikan kami hidayah-Mu, jadikan kami orang yang sentiasa bersangka baik dan sentiasa memajukan diri untuk ummah.

Aku juga berazam untuk memberi peluang kepada mereka yang kononnya dicop 'warga neraka' oleh orang lain. Aku inginkan kehidupan yang bebas daripada prasangka buruk, hidup yang bertelingkah membuka aib manusia, yang sentiasa menghukum orang lain. Aku yakin, Allah sahaja yang Maha Mengetahui segala sesuatu. Aku serahkan semuanya kepada Allah, yang layak untuk menghukum hamba-hamba-Nya. Jika aku terlebih menghukum, seolah-olah aku mencabar kuasa Allah sebab hanya Dia Yang Berkuasa. Aku ni hamba yang hina sangat, cetek ilmunya. Tapi setidak-tidaknya aku tidak menggunakan kecetekan aku ni untuk menghukum manusia lain. Everyone has their own stories, to be shared or not, it depends on them. It may be their life are much closer to Allah, and here we are, keep finding fault in others. Whilst other are moving forward seeking for Him, you keep looking back and go astray.

I insult people, make their life in hell and then hide behind a private account. - Cowardice