it's the end of the semester!!!

it's the end of the semester..we've done with our 1st sem in UKM doing our Bachelor in Laws just after we were done with our English For Law paper just now...we've been through ups and downs throughout the semester...we've experienced what it takes to become a law student...with all those mooting,PBL thingy...it must be borne in mind,my dear friends..this is just the end of the 1st semester..we've another 7 semesters to go...past is past..let bygones be bygones...im praying 4 the best results 4 all of us...

To Madam Nuretna, i know we are the worst batch ever,super duper terrible and horrible disastrous batch ever since u started teaching here and on behalf of my classmates,i would like to offer the deepest apologies for what we've done...coming late to your class,the delays of the project submissions and presentation,so on and so forth,and the list goes on...thanks for everything and sorry for something...hope to see you again next sem!

last but not least,happy holiday to my dear friends!!go relax and refresh your mind before we start the 2nd sem with a lot more new cases and statutes to be memorised and a lot more new books waiting for us ahead....huhu...love yah!!muaxx2!!

p/s:john chan,i haven't treat u a cup of coffee yet,huh?next sem lorhh..hik2!thx!

4th entry

After problem based learning(PBL) i have to face one last test that is final examination for this first semester of first year.I don’t know how well i did for PBL of those 3 core subjects but they were all passed and now i have to focus on the final examination.Examination makes everyone so occupied on studies and for me,i have cool down and not to get stress or i’ll be down.This is the first examination that i have since i’ve been here in UKM.The format is different from those paper i took when i was in form 6 taking the STPM.But no matter what,i got to get used to anything that i have to in here from now on.

Muhamat Sapawi Bin Md Noh
A126940

thank you..

it's almost the end of the semester..
time does fly by..
all of my hope and all of my plans..
all the joy and the pain..
i give and takes..

but most of all..
i would like to thank you especially to my parents..
they really helped me..
without them i can afford to go to school and eventually end up here in
national university of malaysia....

i would also never should forget my dear friends..
being here so far away from the fence of my parents..
my friends are the one who listens to me...
entering here in national university of malaysia ..
really have moulded me into a better person...

but who am i here in national university without my lecturers....
oh dear, my dear lecturers..
i thank you so very much..
for sacrificing your time to teach us...
for spending time with answering our questions..
i regret to not really have appreciated the sacrifice of yours..

if only time can be turned back..
i would have been better..
correct what is wrong..
but now, i only can say;
'i am so sorry for not paying intention in class and being disrespect to you,
i am sory...
now i only can say..
i regret,
i regret,
i regret..
please forgive us..
and may your blessings be with us when engaging into our battle..
we might have entered into the battle but we have not won the war..
thank you for all...;)))

"school was intriguing, and filled with delights,
i played away day times and dreamed away nights,
you have assured me, i have nothing to fear,
and no matter what happened, you will always be near.."

thank you..

rush hour

tik tok tik tok
the time is ticking,
tik tok tik tok
time is decreasing,
tik tok tik tok,
time won't you come back??

natinal university of malaysia,
medium: malaysia language...

answering in english might be d bit difficult in examinations..
what more when it come to legal words..
phrases, sentences..
uh... any ways introduced??

ahh... english for law..
nice, cool, law??
english for law really help me to recognize more legal words than i ever imagine..
it really help me to familiarize myself with legal terms..
it is a good ways this university introduced it..

as for me...
we cannot leave english language behind..
it is a global language..
one cannot leave it behind..

now, the world is globalized..
almost everythings changing..
english so too necessary..
my friends, know your language..
know english,
we have to rush,
we have to rush,
we have to rush hour...

final.... OK or KO??

GOD..... Its final examination time. Too much to read and to cover. Especially contracts. Owh. I hate contracts. huhuhu. I cannot run and I cannot hide. After a while since the last final examination, now I will be seeing them again. Contracts is tomorrow, and as stated before I HATE CONTRACTS. My live has totally become law. My studygroup and I try to go out to eat and stuff also, but all we end up talking about is law. I can't get away from it. It's even been to the point where i'm waking up and the first thing i'm thinking about is "offer, counter offer, acceptance, consideration, blah blah blah"So I am posting a blog instead of reading restatements. I hope that I get over this apathy of mine since tomorrow is our contracts paper and that's going to be a killer. I'm least prepared for this exam, yet also probably have the least anxiety about it too. Odd? Not sure why. I would honestly be really happy with a C in the class. I spent the majority of the semester keeping up with bloglines and chatting on Facebook. We'd play games too, like farmville... hohoho... I just keep consoling myself with the thought that at 5pm on Monday I don't have to think about it again until 21 December. huhuhu... So friends, good luck for your finals!!!!

3rd entry meh!!!!!

So many things to do yet so little time!Well,actually if I only had planned earlier all my works I wouldn’t be as stress and depressed like now.However,my procrastination and lazy-ness did bring out the best in me. Examination is just around the corner. Thinking of that, my head will spinning around and I will turn nausea. huhu...

For one month we were busy handling our preparation for PBL ,Khidmat masyarakat, hubungan etnik and english assignments. I am no longer a relaxed students I really feel like im in a law school people!heck,I even skip meal to attend my group discussion! Owh.. I do not like this!!! God, help me please.. If all the members of the group discussions that I attended give good cooperation then it is fine. But not as I expected. Some of them just take it for granted. Owh.... I was so frustrated..

However, life goes ups and downs. The fun part of my life is my raya celebration. The crowd was awesome,the food was good and so was the ‘duit raya’.Not to mention I gain weight,serious diet is needed much!Before I forget,allow me to share something I learned during my holiday.First,some things should always remained as it is,for example family tradition.I just realized how important it is to be with our family because it is one the main component in life that made us who we are now. Our family is the one who taught us the right and the wrong so it is important to cherish them.Second, procrastination is never OK,if you want to do something,do it right away,don’t wait because by the end of the day the one who has to suffer is you and you alone.To wrap up my story,everything will turn up well if you choose to embrace every difficulty situation to your best instead of whining about it!

im dead....

ENTRY 4

I feel very frustrated of myself...lately i did not pay too much attention on my study..I was selected to represent UKM in a dancing competition,the Festival Tari Majlis Kebudayaan Malaysia where all 15 universities all over Malaysia participate in the grand event..we practised until 3am in the morning and it was very exhausting...I did not have enough time to study like before, and i woke up late and obviously I was late to class as well..especially English for Law class..I would like to apologise to Madam Nuretna for coming late to her class...the same thing goes to my assignments...I had so little time to spend on doing my assignments and i would like to apologise to my group members for spending quite a little time on doing our assignments together..but I think I did my part..it's just that we spent lesser time sitting and doing the assignments together...now it's exam time and I'm struggling to move on...but whatever it is, I learn to be responsible in whatever I'm doing...

Madam Nuretna, I would like to apologise again for not showing an improvement and effort in your class lately..i felt very disappointed of myself...

What happened to malays??

On last wednesday,i went to mini market in Kolej keris Mas,i bought some bread and cold drinks,during queing to pay the food,i saw metro paper with a picture of baby.Her face had so many bruise and wound.I read the headline, " 3 year old girl died because of her mom's boyfriend,she was abuse,raped and sodomized,"
My heart stop beating at that time.I buy the newspaper and quickly went back to my room and read it.The most unacceptable about the news was the baby's mother defended her boyfriend.She make a police report that her baby died because being abused by their maid.But the police detect something weird about the report when the post mortem from the hospital gives another brief.The result from the post mortem shows that the baby was being abused,raped and sodomizes for a few times.The police investigate more and they got new information that is the mother never have a maid since her old maid had run away.And now,the mother have being arrested including her beloved Sudanis boyfriend.
What is the relation of this story and my title?The relation is the mother of the 3 years old girl is a malay and we can hear so many news about malays have throw their child after having a sex with unmarried guy.What happened to malays?Have they gone their mind?especially woman nowadays?
Don't you have any thinking that you have done one sin,then you repeat the sin again by killing the child?Don't you have any fear towards what you have done?Any guilty feeling towards that unguilty child?they never asked to being born by you,i can bet that if all the child can choose their parent,they will not choose you as their mother.And i think they will rather choose a cat to be their mother.
To all malays,we are the worse in our own country but we never realise it.What happen to us??
Too happy because we know we have the special right?One days you will be realised that the right can be kicked away by another races with only one blow,at that time,we can't do nothing.
Malays,please realised that we do have our own specialty.The rumors about malays are lazy is not correct if we can prove to them that we are not lazy.We have our cleverness that we need to show off.Malays are very lucky because we are born as Islam.We have ou God that are very loving to us.So,we have to use the chance very good.
Malays,please wake up!!

what happen to myself?

First of all,i want to apologise to madam Nuretna because of my attitude in class and my commitment to all the assignment.
I don't know since when i become so irresponsible student towards my work,especially to this blog.
But the most important thing that i notice about myself is i have got so many problem from the first day i come here untul now.The bad things never leave my life since i study in Ukm starting from July 2009.First day i stepped in my hostel,the cupboard had gave a problem to me when the locker was broken and it is not fixed by the workers till now.Then i have got a bad flu and fever during the Orientation day.The disaster does not end there when i felt very pain at my waist and the doctor said that my urine was dirty.After a while,my life feel better.Not so long after that,i joined silat olahraga.The disaster come back.I was injured during the training.I can't turn my neck to the left because the nerve had swollen.I could feel that the nerve was big compared to the others.
After that the disaster knock over my laptop.My laptop had lost the sound device and i have to format it back because it also cannot detect the thumb drive.I lost rm30 for that.It tooks 2 days to fix it.But in about two hours after I format the laptop,the sound device lost once again.I am so mad to 'abang' who fix my laptop.I have paid Rm30 but i got nothing.All my files lost because he did not make any back up and in only 2 hours,the sound device lost again.I made decision to fix it by myself.Through windows help and support center,i know how to fix my laptop problem.I download the windows xp sound device using the windows updater and in an hour,my laptop can function well till now.
The raya day had come and i went back to my hometown 2 days before raya.Supposed to be my bus arrived at 9.30 but the clerk told me that the bus was broke down and i have to go to Puduraya.Only at 11.30 then the bus set off from the bus terminal.The bus run very slowly and i only arrived my hometown at 8.30p.m.The driver did not stop to open our fast.
Another promblem arose when my clothes or baju raya did not complete.The taylor had gone crazy i think because my kurung modern had become a straight cut kurung modern.It did not have any cutting.Just straight cut with a round neck.
The disaster had come to the peak when i got something like a tumor at my armpit.It calls lapoma and the doctor decided to make an emergency operation.Eventhough it is only a minor operation but the location of the tumor was dangerous and the doctor have to inject the anaesthetic to all my body so that i will unconcious during the operation.The tumor was quite big.My father paid Rm2000 for that.I feel very gulity because of that.I come back to UKM after 3 days operation took place and my mother forbid me from active in silat.Once again i fell very giulty towards my college because i am the athelete for Sukem.It turn more worse when the operation wound had infected.I have to go to the Pusat Kesihatan Ukm everyday to clean the infected wound.The doctor also give so many antibiotic to be taken until the wound recovered.
The infected wound recovered in a week but another disease come.
I can't eat!!If i eat i got stomachache and diarrhoe.
It goes around about three days and i did eat during the three days.I go to the Pusat Kesihatan once again and the same doctor treat me.when i told her what happened to me,she told me that that is because i eat too much antibiotic and it becomes gastric.
I took a deep breathe when she told me the cause of pain.What was run in my mind at that time was,my medicine becomes my pain at the same time.
And now,i hope this is the last disaster in my life because i will sit for my exam next week.This last disaster(may be) is my motorcycle.First,the motorcycle 'died' suddenly because the petrol was zero.The tank was dried.Then,a week after that,the engine broke down.Thank God it only a few meter from the hostel.I lost Rm50 for that.And in only 1 day,the chain make a problem.
I called my father and luckily he said, "send the motor back to home,"
The only problem right now is how to bring the motorcycle to the Kajang railway station with the bad condition of the motorcycle???
All this disaster happened in only 4 month i studied here.I'm wondering how much disaster i would have in the coming 7 semester??
Whatever it is,i hope all this disaster turns to a good result in future days.
May Allah bless me..only strong person will be tried by Him..

*To Madam..i hope you will forgive me..i know i am a bad student,a lazy student,but i hope you can give another chance to me to change.

please forgive us....

do we realise that this is our last week before exam. I hope all of us realise that we dont have much time to study and to cope with all the note that need to read for exam. I dont think Im prepare much enough for the exam. i dont read more cases, i dont look for past year question and I dont really study. Is the time enough for me. I need to work hard. Especially for MLS. I've got only (*secret*) mark for the test. Its frightened me. once again ,I need to study more and more and more. But I do think study is not the only way to succed. forgiveness from the teacher is also important. Last week we have made our EFL lecturer mad at us because of our attitude. I do hope Pn Nuretna will forgive us for all our wrongdoing towards you. We need your blessing to succed especially in EFL subject.

*maafkan kami....

Personalities of mankinds…

Entry 4

Personalities of mankinds…

There are various type of humanbeings in the world.Everyday,anywhere we will meet different types of people.How do we get to know more about one people?Besides talking to them,mingling with them,another option for us is working together with them.As we work together with them,it is a chance for us to get to know one’s personality no matter is good or bad.

Throughout these few weeks since the Hari Raya holiday,I do believe all of us have to strive hard in order to make the best job for all the nonstop coming presentations.Frankly speaking,to make a good job for these presentations is not a easy task for one,that’s why it is a group task whereby we need all group members’ commitment on this time.Since it is not only preparation for the presentation on that particular day but also studies before presentation and submissions after presentations.It can be a heavy burden if the obligations just fall on one’s shoulder especially the leader of group.Not only the leader need to distribute the tasks for group’s members but also need to makesure tasks given to them are in progress.

Over these few weeks,we get to know more about ones.It is very grateful to have teammates to work hard together and have common aims which is just want to do the best to have a great job.However,if it is that unfortunately you are in a group which don’t have much contributions and lack of commitments,what can we do?Are we suppose to cover up his or her part in the group task by ourself?It sounds unconscionable and unjust.Well,what can we do?It seemed to be a signal to tell us that “Welcome to the REAL world”.

LEE SEAN YANG

Entry FOUR




I just realised that everytime it's time to post a new blog entry, I'll be doing it in the comforts of my home back in Taiping, Perak. It's the end of week 14 now. The end of assignments and presentations and on to the Finals.

Though most would say that the past 2 weeks was busy and stressful as hell, for me it was surprisingly manageable. Yes it was pretty busy but the stress was manageable. During that period, many problems occured in and between the students. Some called others lazy, irresponsible and not committed while others called some selfish and arrogant. If you readers want to know about this kind of stories, just read the other posts in this blog and in the other EFL sets' blogs.

I am going to talk about certain people who are all stressed up and worried about nothing logical. These people go all crazy and emotional when they get to know they have this number of work to be done and that amount of work to be accomplished. They do not think logically that there will be enough time to complete each work on time nor are they confident that they are able to. Maybe it's in their lifestyle or schooling culture. I don't know. They just go all crazy and emotional before even starting the work.

My high school days, not only academically but co-academically, have taught me to be calmed and confident. Take one thing at a time. There is no point for you to be all worried and tensed about projects you actually can handle. Being all tensed and emotional for ALL your coming projects will only affect your most upcoming project and followed by the next one. And when your mind is all worried and tensed, your body will end up weak and sick, getting flu, fever, sore throat, etc.

Some will counter me or us by saying, "Oh you are smart, so you can do last minute work". No, nobody is smart or stupid in this world. It's just how you choose to think about things. I'm not promoting working at the last minute. I am saying work should be done early and with planning, but there is no need to get all worried and tensed. Being all worried and tensed will make the quality of your work worst than the quality of last minute work, even if you had started way earlier. And you complain that your work is bad because you did not have enough time. And when the assignments for the next semester or year comes again, you worry and get tensed even more. The cycle continues.

As mentioned above, I'm not trying to promote laziness or doing last minute work nor am I stating that I am all that great. I am just saying think positively and logicaly. There is no need to shout out "I hate UKM" or "I hate PBL" when the only problem is the way you think. The gates of UKM is never closed and nobody is holding a gun to your head threatening you to stay. Also, there aren't even any gates to close the main entrance of UKM, literally.

Apologies for the long post. I may have talked round and round about the same thing. Stress is good and it pushes you to accomplish things. But when you are stressed for no logical reason and it only does harm to you than good, then thats just plain suicide.
I may sound harsh but that's just my opinion. You don't have to agree with it. You know who you are.

"Clap your chest, ask your appetite"
(tepuk dada, tanya selera)

Well, Happy Deepavali to all Hindus. I'll be going in a convoy of cars with my friends from house to house for Diwali visits tomorrow. Major swallowing of curry, tosai, chapati, chicken, mutton and cookies. Swallowing of Contracts Act will have to wait. Until next time, goodbye.

=)


Entry FOUR

u saw everyone true colours.....

as most of our friends had mentioned in their own blog,we all has know,PBL has over.our first year first ssemester of our university life has come to the end....times really flies.....u seemed like last week only i received my STPM result,and yesterday i received my offer letter from UKM.....

What have we learned in the past nearly 5 months?.....is it only the knowledge from the books??.......

many peoples seemed to be unhappy in the process of PBL and the other groups work annd assignments....Everyone complains this and that.....now and then.....Some said the PBL is really touture us because it is beyond our syllabus,which is understandable..But,some are frustrated because of no commitment among the group members....Many things had happened in the week of PBL....

You will see some of your 'friends' just left you without any hesitation when you really need their help...and some 'friends' were acting in front of you....
self-fish,no responsibility,only think of theirselves,never turn up of meeting,discussion,or never hand in submissions.....

you will know who you can trust on,who you can rely in,who you cant share with on certain things......
there are all sorts of people in this very 'reality'world....you will only realize who treat u the most sincere at in the very last of your life...Some even realize it too late ,and miss the chance to appreciate in eventually....

i hope i am not the one who doesnt know how to 'treasure',and i feel i am actually considered as lucky,as i hv met a few friends quite close and mean a lot to me....i am thankful and i appreciate it....

life is short,we should share,and care,each other....dun treat your friend badly,you wouldn't know,when will you need their helping hand.....

Finally,we have finished our PBL...

"what a relief",that's what we could hear from every law faculty's first year student after they have completed their contract PBL.I too have finished my contract PBL on wednesday,and I have gained a lot throughout the PBL.

PBL inculcates a sense of independent learning among many groups.Every group has to rely on its group members to finish the work.Every member's dedication and diligence are essential en route to finish the PBL.

From the beginning till the end,from preparation till presentation,every member must have commitment towards its group.I am the leader for our group for the Contract PBL and I know the hardship of being a leader.I have encountered many problems in my group as well.I face the problem like member reluctant to attend meeting,reluctant to submit submission and reluctant to co-operate.I was really pissed off by member who reluctant to submit submission. As a group leader,my priority is to do my best to repay the trust that my group members have entrusted on me,and I believe I have tried to.It is hard for me to tolerate when somebody's action is going to jeopardise the performance and well-being of the whole group.

Adversely,I too have group members who are really dedicated and committed towards the task entrusted on them.They know the importance of PBL because it consists 30% of our CGPA.They strive to complete their task and I really admire their dedication and perseverance throughout the PBL.I would like to thank them for being so cooperative with me.Being a group leader is not easy but I have learned a lot from this PBL.I learn how to communicate well with group members and learn how to shoulder responsibility.The responsibility is big but I believe it has matured me and has helped me to become a more responsible person.

I think PBL is a good learning platform and it has also widen my horizons.

Finally....mid-sem result

4th Entry

It is coming to the end of the semester and the final examination is just around the corner and waiting for us. However, there is another terrible things waiting for me, that is the result of the mid-sem.The first result that I obtain is the Malaysian Legal System subject. It may looks like easy to others, however, it do not happen on me,it is because I hate the subject history a lot and this subject mainly is about law history. Once I looked at my result, it tells me that it is not enough and I have to put more effort on it.

For me ,the most useful experience that I gain was I have to set aside all the attitudes that might not have any use to obtain good result in exam. This learning resulted from the action that I have done from the past. Previously, I did not notice that what the lecturer has taught us when in class is a sort of knowledge that we have to give extra attention on it.This is because every time when I attending the class of MLS, I will do my others assignment without giving any attention on it.

Having experienced what I have gone through ,I now realize that I have to change my attitude when attending classes. Furthermore, I have learned that hardworking is the only way for me to improve and getting higher marks for next time.This understanding could be important to me as a leaner . Through all the circumstances ,I have slightly improve myself on how to arrange my time frame well.\

I'm sure that I have learned something that might be useful for my near future. Hopefully I will obtaining a better result as I have made a major changes.

HOPE AND CHANCE??

When there is no hope, why people always give a chance to someone else? when there is no chance, just admit that there is no chance at all... please do not become a fool by cheating everybody around you. When there is something that you need or really have to say, just expressed it to that person no matter how hard it is... one day, you will be regret if you did not expressed your feeling.. And i know how its feel if you are in that condition.. it is really hurt and no one can really understand the true meaning of this feeling...

It is really hurt when person that you loved had ran far away from you..
really hurt when that person have someone else instead of you (who had been waiting for a long time)..
really hurt when that person had already gave you some hope in your relationship with him,
but then it just flew away from you, like there is nothing will happen after that..
what will happen?
>?????????

I AM A SICK PERSON RIGHT NOW (DEEP INSIDE)

BUT, still, life have to go on.. I will SURVIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!
tHANK YOU INTAN SARAH for giving me this quote.. hahaha

Finally......here comes the begining

After I gone through all the presentations and assignments, finally I can have some time for a good rest, but it just a short while. The final exam for my first ever semester is just around the corner.
Although the first semester is going to end soon, but before it end, there is always a toughest task for me. I rewind back what I had gone through. I gained a lot of knowledge, I built up my confidence and many more. I know that I must do well in the final examination.
What actually the final exam required? For sure, is my general knowledge on Malaysian Law. It is the time to proof myself. This is because I done badly in my mid semester examination, and even some of the presentations and assignments. This time I must get myself readily for the toughest task. But I wonder how much effort I should put in to be succeeded. Every time I had any successes, me myself will remind me of my failures. I do not wish to fell the depression again. But It is better to learn from my successes than my failures. All I had learned during the whole semester is a lot to me. I wish I can do well. There is only one week left for me before the final exam. Everything seems over but it just the beginning. The final exam will test me in every aspect and how I implement what I had learnt. I am the one who should guide and teach myself. I wonder how I could do that.
The exam in university is much more different than high school. I can’t survive without a proactive attitude. I experienced a lot in the first semester. Whatever error I did, I wish to correct that for a better next semester.

PBL.... FINISHED EVERYTHING

After struggling for about a few weeks, i had finished all the task given by my lecturer. This is including my mock trial, mooting for contract and consti law.

In the moot for constitutional law, i have a chance to be a counsel for the plaintiff. Thanks to all of my friends who had really help me throughout the whole moot While. in the moot for contract law. i am the judge (which is quite hard and difficult to me). By the way, few weeks before that moot, Mdm Sakina had told me about something that had to do with my attitude. She told me that i really had to change my attitude. Yes, i admit that i have a lot of problems when its come to commitment!!! i REALLY HATE THIS STUFF!!! bUT STILL, I HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT!!!
Luckily, mdm sakina says that i had doing well in my pbl.. I know..her aim is me.. hahahahahahah.

Alhamdulilah.. i had finished all of it and i want to thanks all my friends ( especially my gorupmate- fairul, addlin, yong chin, hannah, sing ghee, and azriff) and also my lecturers. MMMMMMUUUAAHHHHH.

I am the judge...

Finally it had over…It makes me feel so tired for the last few weeks busy preparing for the problem base learning (PBL). Actually it is a very useful program. It help us to explore more about the law subjects we are studying. We were divided into group and every group has judges, counsel for plaintiff and counsel for defendant. I was so lucky as I had the chance to become judge for the contract subject and counsel for plaintiff for the constitutional subject.
Every group was given a case and we were required to find out the solution by ourselves. We learnt a lot during the process of finding the solution. We had to explore more about what the lecturers had mention during the class. Everyone was fighting for the 30 marks of the PBL. We kept argue and argue whenever we were having a meeting. This helps us to make ourselves clear about the topic we are going to discuss during the mooting.
It is difficult to become the judge if compared to the counsel. What the counsels need to do is to argue for the point and make the judge believe that he is the innocent party in the case. However, being a judge I need to analyze whose submission is stronger and which party should win in the end. There are a lot of things need to be prepared compared to the counsel. I think it is really a very nice experience. I gain a lot from this PBL program. Hopefully can get a good result in the PBL…

I don't like being busy actually

Muhamat sapawi bin md noh
A 126940

After celebrating Hari Raya Aidilfitri,i’ve to return to UKM after a week of study break.there are a lot of assignments waiting to be prepared thoroughly and have to be presented in week 12 to 14. All these assignments are in group work and i thought it would be quite hard to get full commitment from other group members but i’m so fortunate to have all commited group members.I guess i got to put more effort in this week to ensure that those assignments will run smoothly.i’ve never been in busy situation before maybe i got o get myself busy from now on.

third entry

What a great escape. (Actually it was a bittest ever journey)

I am writing this blog while I am on my way back to Kuala Lumpur from my lovely charming hometown, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. So many car and so many peoples on the road make my head feels so dizzy and start to asking how was the government of Kelantan especially the leadership of our respectful Dato’ Nik Aziz handle on the fast development of Islamic City of Kota Bharu. Traffic jams are everywhere, from the main roads even to the remote village’s roads. This is not happening for the first time. You can expect when each time there are school holiday especially during the Hari Raya, the roads in Kelantan were undoubtedly will be filled with thousand of car that you cannot think where does all this cars comes from. I clearly can see from my right and left windows different number’s plate of the cars. What I can tell that the traffic jams in Kota Bharu are even worst compared to Kuala Lumpur. Can you imagine a one hour trip can suddenly changed to 3 or 4 hours trip just because of traffic jam? I myself had experienced that moment when I was on my way back to my house from one of my best friend’s open house in Tanah Merah. In normal day it only takes 45 to 60 minutes to reach there from my house in Kota Bharu but in Hari Raya time it changed to 2 hours! If my experience about the traffic jam is still meaningless for you or you had experienced that before (maybe worst than me), I will tell another story that have happened to me during this Hari Raya’s break. It is only a 45 kilometers and about one hour journey from my house in Kota Bharu to Kuala Krai in a normal day but this time it takes 3 hours for me sitting at the back with the cars speeding around 15-20 kmp/h only! With the high temperature outside makes me who is sitting at the back feel like in a microwave and this is happening during the time I was typing this blog. If you think that this is cool or something usual, I would say that you are out of your mind.haha..
What I can say here is that the government of Kelantan needs to do something about this matter. When the time Hari Raya comes, all the Kelantan’s peoples will suffer in traffic jam. First of all, the roads have to be broadened and the flows of the traffic have to be managed systematically. For the reader information, the roads in Kelantan are only available in single lane/way road, different in many other states that their roads are mostly in two lanes. There are no single number of highway in Kelantan that made the traffic even worst and cannot move easily. Even me (the origin peoples of Kelantan also get confused with the traffic in Kota Bharu). But at the same time we cannot put the problem only on the state government. As the state government do not have enough budgets to enhance the traffic structure. Even to repair a damaged road it will take time to a month for the authorities to do something or the people of Kelantan have to wait for the nearest election then their voice will be heard, especially for the villagers. I would like to share something with the readers some information that have been hidden by the central government for almost 5 years ago. If you had come to Kelantan within this year you would probably found so-many signboard telling that Kelantan is the one of the oil and gas producer. (I am not sure whether this is true or not but from what I have heard, the petroleum had been found in Tumpat, Kelantan but then the central government said that the oil does not belong to Kelantan as it has become a disputation between the state government of Kelantan and also the Government of Thailand who had claim that the oil was in their territory.). But if this is true, it would some sort of discrimination and abuse of right for the people in Kelantan. The central government should take over or handle the argument between the state government of Kelantan and Government of Thailand as it is an international disputation. (The same way like the federal government takes part in a mission to get the Pulau Batu Putih in Johor even though the argument was between the state government of Johor and the Government of Singapore). In my opinion, if it is true that Kelantan owned the petroleum (like its neighbor do, Terengganu) the Kelantanese would be very happy and the development of the state will become more healthier thus the state government can use the money from the profit to improve the traffic and enhance the roads into two lanes or maybe changed all of them into a highway.
Back to the situation of traffic in Kelantan during Hari raya time. It is true that is a common thing when hari raya comes, people’s excitement to celebrate hari raya in hometown will arise. So, in other perspective, whether we want it or not we all have to accept the dilemma of traffic jam during the Hari raya especially for the people in Kelantan.
But in my own opinion (truly deep in my heart), I would say that this problem of unsystematically traffic should not be happened when the Hari Raya comes. As I think when there is improper management on the roads, it will bring bigger problem for the users of the traffics. For example, the drivers will easily become impatient (because they had stucked/stranded in the traffic for hours) and start to drive-like-crazy thus and accident could be happened.
As a conclusion, in what-so-ever problems or difficulties during this Hari Raya, my family and I had enjoyed much of our best moments. It is normal to be stucked in the traffic especially when all people back to their hometown. As for me, the biggest challenge is the time when I arrive at Kuala Lumpur, when the time that I have to face the week of challenges where I have to face the PBL’s presentation weeks. That’s all. Thank you~

~busy week~

This week is very busy, not for me only but for the all students. we need to prepare for the PBL....so tired, many works need to finish up within this week..... the discussion, video and the other things. as addition, i also need to prepare for my it's presentation. i'm the leader for the it's group....for the whole week, i need to stay up to make thing works. luckily, i manage to do it......all my group members give whole support and full commitment.however, i could not make it.....my father call me a day before my presentation, telling me that my grandfather is sick. He was attacked by strock and half of his body is paralyzed. So, i need to go home, his condition is become worst, if anything happen i will regret for the whole of my life. i went to see Dr Suzanna to get the permission and luckily she understand that and give permission to me. after that i went to Damansara to pick up ucu, my auntie.....so, that night i went back to my village and hoping my grandfather will be alright...so, please pray for my "tok ayah" k????

What Can I Do?

Entry 3

What Can I Do?

Hearing the song of “What can I do” by The Corrs,my heart suddenly seemed started to lost.Lost in the sense of direction,mission,…etc.Where are we heading to?This is the question always on my mind after all these time we have been gone through.

“That is something wrong with this badge of students.”,this is one of the critics from lectures towards us.As they keep on reprimanding, condemning about our attitude of learning,I am wondering what else can we all do to enhance our qualities of learning.No matter what happen here,one things for sure that I know is we will try our best to not ever let our lectures down.

Furthermore,when I heard lecture saying that “come on guys,show us that we are wrong at this time on selecting this badge’s students”,my heart is in sorrow.Sorrow is not in the sense that I am annoyed when I heard these kinds of statements,but deep inside my heart I am clearly understand we might have disappoint our lecture.

“Over the past few years,I never see students do like this before.” In order to avoid these kinds of statements coming out again,hopefully all of us will work out something at the coming moments for the greatest gift for all of our lectures in the celebration of Hari Raya Aidilfitri.As the saying goes,"We do our best and let the god do the rest",sincerely I wish all the critics can inspire myself to be a better law student.

LEE SEAN YANG

"Perjalanan Jauh Tak Ku Rasa"

ENTRY THREE

I am now typing this at the comforts of my home back in Taiping. Suddenly everything seems heavenly – the bed, tiled flooring, television, driving, grapes, soup, sleeping, everything.

Like I said, a few blinks of an eye and we’re done with our first semester syllabus. Three more weeks of assignments and presentations, one week of study break, three weeks of exams and we’re done with semester 1. Damn that supersonic hybrid nuclear-powered jet plane called time!

Reflecting back on the past week, I would like to thank the members of my MLS PBL group for their commitment and hard work during the shooting of our PBL video. You know who you are. It was a first time for me directing a video, not a big budget motion picture video but a video nonetheless. We were running all over UKM at night to shoot the video, from dark streets to parking lots. It was really like a Spielberg shooting, from backup lightings to car chases to special effects. That experience was really fun, it thought us a lot and brought us closer as team members. As for me, I have had a passion for photography and expression of art since high school, so it was really pleasing to hear my friends saying that the shots of the video were good when they saw clips of them. But somehow I still felt that we could have done more to make the video better. Well, there’s always next time.

Tomorrow is the beginning of Syawal, will be invading my friends’ houses for lemang and rendang throughout the week starting tomorrow.

I would like to wish all my muslim friends a Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. I would also like to wish everybody Happy Holidays. And to the kiasus and kiasis of the First Year, happy studying your brains out!!!

ENTRY THREE

holiday,can you please don't end so soon........

typing this post,using my home desktop,but not my laptop....
ya,Iam home....the sweet sweet home.....

I believe we all had been looking forward for this holiday very much....so do am I....
The days we can temporary put our burden aside....no lectures,no tutorials,no discussions,no meetings,no the word'PBL',no need to wake up early and no need to rush for buses....
coming back to my beloved hometown,everythings seem to be rather slower than campus life...
relax....enjoy.....rest......

But,holiday can you pleasa don;t end so soon....one week is enough for me to adapt to the 'lazy' lifestyle at here....can i not to adjust my mood to 'hectic' again???
What is the hectic lifestyle means to us?
to get good result?to have a better future?to earn more money?i wonder...i confuse...

sometimes Ireally envy the other faculty friends,their life is much more emjoyable to us....
But...i couldn't change the world,i can not run away from the real life....FACE IT!be brave...i believe i will and i can.....everyone can....and everyone 'kampateh'!!!

NOT BECAUSE OF IT IS HARD MEAN THAT U SHOULDM'T TRY,BUT TO TRY MORE TIMES;
CALM SEA WONT MAKE A SKILLFULL SAILORS

I should be grateful to have this one week holiday.....to come back to my beloved hometown....

Problem-Based Learning(PBL).....

3rd Entry

Today is Saturday,I have been coming back from UKM to my hometown for 2 days.I still have 8 days left for me to enjoy,but unfortunately there are too many obstacles.I do not intend to exaggerate,but that are too many things for us to do.'US' here refers to all first year student of UKM Law Faculty. I believe all of them will agree with me that we are all in the similar predicament. Why would I say that?I would explain it in the next paragraph.

After Hari Raya,we have several vital tasks ahead.We would have to present our Contract PBL,Constitution PBL and MLS(Malaysian Legal System)PBL,PBL here refers to Problem-Based Learning,which means we are given a task by each of our 3 core subjects lecturers,then we have to try to solve it in a group,which means this is a group task.

As each of us is given a task to perform in that group,I am also included.I am in the 12th group of the Contrat PBL and I am bestowed upon a task as the respondent's counsel,and we are going to perform our task in a moot court,which means we are going to present it like real lawyers,but of course,the whole process would not be as professional as them!This is the first time I am doing this thing and I am so nervous and happy.The nervous part is that I have not been exposed to this kind of stuff before because I was a STPM student.The happy part is that I get a chance to present a case like a real lawyer in the first year,for me that would definitely be a marvellous, impeccable and outstanding experience.But life is not a bed of roses,before we march into the 'court',there are still many preparations await us.We have to find cases to substantiate our arguement,we have to photocopy them. We also have to get authorities from other sources as well,such as books or articles,and the list goes on.I would say this is a transition period from secondary-style education at Form 6 to tertiary education in UKM!That's a really big difference that I could perceive,but I believe I will get used to it gradually.

For the Constitution PBL,we are doing the similar thing like PBL Contract.But for the MLS PBL,we are doing in a different way,we are doing video shooting which I think is very interesting and educational.We have to pick a case and we are going to react the case,which means that we are going to make a video based on the happenings of the case.We have our own roles in the video and we are actors within the video.I personally think this is an interactive learning because we got to learn a lot of things throughout the whole process.We got to learn to communicate well with teammates,learned interacting skills and mooting skills as well.After all,it was a wonderful learning experience.

As a conclusion,I enjoy every moment of my life in UKM,but I have to gradually get used to this hectic lifestyle.

Ng Kee Way
3rd Entry

Happy Holiday!!!

Selamat hari raya and happy holiday!! Finally can go back to my hometown (although I had went back three weeks ago.) It was so tiring and boring for the last three weeks as I had been waiting to go back since the moment I reach UKM. Tire because there were a lot of assignments need to be settled before the holiday and boring because my life was full with study, study and study. I learned a lot of things in the process of completing my assignment. Teamwork is very important. We cannot complete a work without the help from others. With the cooperation from others, we can complete the assignment in a short while. If not it will burden us. We need to complete his or her part ourselves. So it is very important for us to choose a good partner. Hope that I can complete my others assignment with peaceful mood and there would not be any more argument for the other discussion.

happy or not

while writing this post ,im listening to raya song.It is very sentimental and remembering me to my hometown and my beloved parent. But that was not the issues here. I want to tell everyone that im not very happy toward raya celebration this year. It is not because I didnt have any raya clothes or else but it is because im so worried about oul PBL(problem based learning) assignment especially PBL contract and Malaysian Constitution. The question is problematic and very confusing. It also have the topic of next sem. Very confusing and hard to answer. Luckily Prof Sakina has given me some tips when I meeting her last tuesday. But it not enough, I have to ask help from the senior . Still lucky ,my college senior Muhammad Faiz Zahadi there to help me. He giving me advice how to approch the question, how to react in the moot court, etc. Without his help maybe I now is one of the suicide statistic. Allah still love me, praise to lord.
but im still not happy. It is because I dont put much effort in studying for the final exam. But maybe after this raya break I can put more effort in reading more cases,memorising it and answering past year question.May God help me so.

The Week of Death

The week is getting near,it's the week where each and every person in this world who is called a student are fear about.It's the examination week.Just one from the examination,we get two samples of past year papers.Both looks hard and I am thinking how about this time.Like or not, happy or sad,yes or no, the time will come and I got to pass through it.So,what I do is just to try my best to do the exercises in the class.On this same week we also get a piece of mind from our lecturer.She so angry that my class did not post our writing in the blog.Wow not bad,she look calm but have the power to shake the whole world I think.The whole class remain quite as it had come to the end of the world day.

Times keep on running without a moment of mercy to anybody.So the examination day arrived.I woke up early,just to make sure that I am not late.Late means problem and problem means death.Just not to take the risk,I went early on that day. Incredible the lecturer enter the class sharp on 8am.Lucky for the others she is kind hearted and wait for about 15 minutes for others.Now it will began just in 15 minutes and I am thinking on how difficult is the question. Cheating or copying? No,it just out of mind to do that.Get caught and its end of the day.

Finally the time had began.I am so and so relief that it is not very difficult as I taught but not difficult doesn't means it's easy.There no such things of easy in exam.If it's easy then just call it an exercise.So as usual time never give mercy and it's always an enemy for everybody in this entire world.Ting,tong times up and I still have some question where I am not very sure about the answer.Whatever,I just make sure there is no question without any answer and just fill up the empty spaces with whatever I am thinking of that moment as the basic rule state "if there is questions,then there is answers."So it's just I have done.After passing up the answer sheet the lecturer ask about the ranking of the question and finally called it a day.

So,it's end for the mid semester exam but for sure it's not the end of the exam.The result will be known next week after the holiday.Only God and the lecturer know whatever my mark is.Good or bad,it's not the end of world,live have to get moving.So just let it move.

Critical moment

Day after day, the moment we are waiting for is just around the corner. It might be Hari Raya, holidays..etc..but it is actually the week for Problem Based Learning (PBL). I thought I can lay my burden down after the last of all those tutorials, but PBL is a heavier burden that I am going to carry.
There are many other assignments I am going to do. I hope i can have more than 24 hours a day, or I can sleep less than maybe 4 hours a day. At this time, I am totally lack of sleep. I found out that time management is not work at all. My time is not flexible and everything come unexpected. I have to deal with many tasks at the same time. Although I have many group members together with me, but everyone seems to be frustrated with the tasks given. We must find the solution.
We have been divided into groups and we have different of races and gender in a group. I found out that conflicts always occur among people when they work together. This is not the matter of different races, gender, background, etc..but it is because of lack of experiences, failed to tolerant with others, and the most important : emotional management and the respect to others. I understand that there might be someone you dislike and he or her is actually has a bad attitude, we still have to cooperate with them instead of criticize them. This is the time for us to learn to mingle with other people when we are going out to the society in the future. It is undeniable that conflict cannot be avoided. Even plants will fight against each others for the sunlight, minerals or something. No one can explain on this. The most proper way is be optimistic i think. One thing for sure is conflicts will affect our relationship and the progress of our tasks.
The final exam is coming soon and I have not started my revision yet due to those PBL assignments. Hopefully, we can all do our best in this critical moment.

i feel like going back to sarawak NOW....

my bestfriends....

this is 2008 raya picture..i miss my frens..they came to my house at 1a.m in the morning as the next day,i went back to shah alam..

i miss my frenssss.....

and this is my brother AIMAN...my naughty,chubby little bro!

and somehow,i miss my brother too.. :(

this is 2008 raya picture..i miss my parents..they are very jovial and they show their tenderness and love to me and my brother. it rely shows that they love each other very much...

This is my beloved mom and dad..somehow,i miss them so much and i feel like flying without wings to Sarawak.. :(

my flight to sarawak is on this coming thursday...i just can't wait to be home,in my lovely room....

wait 4 me yah!!!

by,

~eChAh PeAcHy~

JUST FOR FUN!

Busy......

Entry 3

Is the time passing faster and faster? Or my thinking is slower and slower? Why my schedule become pack and pack until I cant take a deep breath. How can I get off from this suffering so that I can having an ordinary life whereby I have enough time to rest, have enough time to have my dinner, even have enough time to take my wonderful shower. Just only 1 minutes I wish I could having it to refresh my mind.

Now I am wonder how can I handle all the things that are pending on me to settle it. What I talking about is not about academic, but is full of programme that I take part. E.g: Pesta tanglung, family day, jaksa, and so on..... Can I just leave it and assume nothing happen? I'm regret on why I want to taking part in so many activities. Why I do not plan it properly since I have registered on it. I have been so busy in my law subject and I cant even manage it well. Now the present of programme have made me worse . I do not even know what will my final result be if I still busy on those programme. Is that the university life that I want ? Busy....

Is my time management that I have not suitable? Do I have to plan again my schedule? Everytime when I have met any problem sure I will realize something that might enhance my performance . But now, time will be my first enemy where I only have limited time to do my unlimited tasks. I should arrange my timetable well in order to have ample time to complete my tasks even in studies. Desperation definitely will not be my way to overcome my problems, in fact, I should give my 100 % effort on it .

Therefore, I wish that I could finished all my activities in order to have enough time for me to do revision, and for me to rest as well. Now what I wish is that I can sleep early ......

AGAIN, BLACK AND WHITE..OR COLOURFUL?AND THE RESULT IS........

LAW IS COLOURFUL~~

ENTRY 2

It's colourful...It's not only black and white...so I've decided to write in many colours as this blog's layout is already in black and white..I don't want it to look dull and cold...the same thing goes to law..let us as the 25th batch of law students in UKM to colour it and to enjoy learning law here..in my previous entry,I've mentioned that I was pondering whether law is all about black and white...I think, I have the answer by now...

it's true that as lawyers,we have to wear black and white suits, make black and white agreements, so on and so forth...see..even our blog is in black and white...it symbolises law...law,black and white are synonims...I know law looks dull and boring and my friends from other faculties said, "you're wearing black and white again...like tahi cicak!"...and my reaction was,laughing insincerely...however, they do not know, and some of us,as law students do not know that as we go through every topic,with different interesting and fascinating cases, it colours the whole learning process... some of the cases even make us laugh, as the facts are humorous and ridiculous..and some cases are pathetic.. and some are surprising...do you learn the story of a daughter sueing her own mother for not giving her money as in the case of Jones v. Padavatton, daughter held after killing 3 in his family, in other courses in the universities??you can only learn these fascinating cases in LAW STUDIES...I want to share with you a ridiculous case of a horse..

Turnage v. Christy Brothers Circus
144 S.E. 680 (1928)

Nevermind the Monkeys, Watch the Horses!! The plaintiff, an unmarried lady, while attending a circus performance as a guest of the circus, was seated in the front row. During the show, "a horse, which was going through a dancing performance immediately in front of where plaintiff was sitting, ... caused to back towards the plaintiff, and while in this situation the horse evacuated his bowels into her lap, that this occured in full view of many people, ... all of whom laughed at the occurrence, that as a result thereof the plaintiff was caused much embarassment, mortification, and mental pain and suffering ..."

it's ridiculous, isn't it? everyone knows that i'ts not the fault of the Christy Brothers Circus..it's the horse itself who jumped at the plaintiff..could she sue the horse?put the horse in jail or claim money from the horse,instead??haha...Do you get to learn this in Chemical Engineering, Nuclear Science, Mass Communication, or in Computer Science?the answer is NO...you can only find this in law studies..that's why, LAW is very interesting..that is the reason why I said, LAW IS COLOURFUL...

as we all know, reading law is very interesting...however, it doesn't mean that we have to take it for granted..all of the cases need to be memorised, it includes the parties to the suit, the counsels, the judges, the facts of the case, the court held, and the opinion of judges...so, what we should do is we should take it seriously, give 100% commitment and never give up...

Don't just dare to dream, dare to live your dreams. Successful people don't do extraordinary things but they do ordinary things in an extraordinary way. I dare myself to do ordinary things in extraordinary ways to prove that I can get extramarvellous results...and my friends, let us do it together....ALL THE BEST!!

SUCCESS is not FINAL, FAILURE is not FATAL...it is the courage to continue that counts...

By,

SITI AISHAH LATIFF

-Echah Peachy-