Hehe... this is a real nasty thing to do. Only those who are in desperate of saving money or those who think that they are bad should do this. Honestly, to be true, it's actually not my wrongdoing. My friend tried it and MIRACULOUSLY, it WORKED.
Okay, have you guys ever used PLUS highway? I bet you had. Have you guys ever exit at the Sg.Besi Toll Plaza ? The one with many cars every minutes and seconds? Always, always full of vehicles passing through the toll plaza.
So, my friend thinked of this "Why is that when we give the amount of money in cents, they counted it so fast, I mean it's like that they are not counting at all!". Well, I couldn't believe it at first, but it sounds logic. The way they counted the money was Godspeed, I tell ya.
So my friend was just thinking that if perhaps they were too honest that they didn't check the amount of money.
And my friend did an on-site testing. We entered the UPM Toll Plaza and exited at Sg.Besi Toll Plaza. The fare should be RM1.40. Instead, my friend gave the toll conductor 20 cents less than the exact amount, means RM1.20. At first, we thought that we are dead meat, since it took quite some time but eventually, it worked! Huhu~
Conclusion, if you think that you are bad enough and want to save your money, give the money in cents. A lot of cents, which the conductor can't count fast enough. Besides, the fare is getting higher but not our salary. Huh.
Friday, June 02, 2006
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Scholarship
The Information Age which we are living in forced us, especially the youths, to pursue greater heights as we grew older. In the 60s, it's easy enough to get and secure a job. There weren't many people, and the jobs were just limitless, or should I say near infinity. Yet, as time passes, the whole scenario changed. When the world left the Industrial Age and go into the Information Age, one of the main problem faced is the number of jobs available. Birthrate in many countries were as high as the exponential graph, while the number of jobs available were the same, or had fallen a bit.
Now, even a degree isn't enough. You have to obtain a Masters, or Ph.D, to secure a good job. Else, you could always refurbish your Personality Ethic and Character Ethic to be put in your resume. Communication skills, teamwork, leadership, and all other soft-skills are now important as they are looked as the no.2 aspect by all interviewers around the world, apart from academic performance.
That's perhaps why many people are seeking for the best place to further their studies. Not Malaysia, but United Kingdom, Germany, United States of America, and other better places than our Mother Nation. That's perhaps why the number of people demanding for scholarships are increasing without any full-stop. Yet, the seats available weren't the same with the number of applicants.
So, people get to their leaders, and begged them to appeal to the responsible to give their kids a chance to further their studies overseas. My question is, are they worthy of getting scholarships. This is just my personal point of view. Yes, their kids may be scoring 9-11A1s. If we look on the aspect of academic performance, yes, they do qualify for the scholarships. But, what about other aspects ? Communication skills? Leadership skills? That is why the PSD did interviews before giving out the scholarships, to the worthy ones. Imagine if you sent someone with 11A1s to UK who couldn't be independent. Surely he'll dies straight-forward before getting his degree.
To obtain great marks is easy thing. Concentrate in class, attend tuitions, special classes, summer camps, and InsyaAllah you'll score. Or some others would cheat or do a foulplay to obtain great marks. Still, it's not the same thing for the soft-skills. You can't cheat in displaying your soft-skills. Though you may say that you have great leadership skills, or great communication skills, your entire body shows everything. If you say the truth, they (the interviewers) know it, judging by your appearance and your body language. If you lie, they still know it, by the same judgement.
Yes, I agree, I am no man to say this thing. Well, at least I obtained my scholarship (MARA) through my pre-SPM results. And I didn't pursue universities such as Warwick, Oxford, Purdue. I just continued my studies in my own beloved country.
Now, even a degree isn't enough. You have to obtain a Masters, or Ph.D, to secure a good job. Else, you could always refurbish your Personality Ethic and Character Ethic to be put in your resume. Communication skills, teamwork, leadership, and all other soft-skills are now important as they are looked as the no.2 aspect by all interviewers around the world, apart from academic performance.
That's perhaps why many people are seeking for the best place to further their studies. Not Malaysia, but United Kingdom, Germany, United States of America, and other better places than our Mother Nation. That's perhaps why the number of people demanding for scholarships are increasing without any full-stop. Yet, the seats available weren't the same with the number of applicants.
So, people get to their leaders, and begged them to appeal to the responsible to give their kids a chance to further their studies overseas. My question is, are they worthy of getting scholarships. This is just my personal point of view. Yes, their kids may be scoring 9-11A1s. If we look on the aspect of academic performance, yes, they do qualify for the scholarships. But, what about other aspects ? Communication skills? Leadership skills? That is why the PSD did interviews before giving out the scholarships, to the worthy ones. Imagine if you sent someone with 11A1s to UK who couldn't be independent. Surely he'll dies straight-forward before getting his degree.
To obtain great marks is easy thing. Concentrate in class, attend tuitions, special classes, summer camps, and InsyaAllah you'll score. Or some others would cheat or do a foulplay to obtain great marks. Still, it's not the same thing for the soft-skills. You can't cheat in displaying your soft-skills. Though you may say that you have great leadership skills, or great communication skills, your entire body shows everything. If you say the truth, they (the interviewers) know it, judging by your appearance and your body language. If you lie, they still know it, by the same judgement.
Yes, I agree, I am no man to say this thing. Well, at least I obtained my scholarship (MARA) through my pre-SPM results. And I didn't pursue universities such as Warwick, Oxford, Purdue. I just continued my studies in my own beloved country.
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