Tronoh Laketown Resort??

Putrajaya Holdings tasked to develop Tronoh Laketown Resort

IPOH, March 22 — Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd is expected to begin construction work on the multi-billion ringgit Tronoh Laketown Resort, near here, anytime soon, said Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir (picture).

He said the new township facing Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) in Tronoh would cover 400 hectares of land.

“It is a matter of time before Putrajaya Holdings builds an impressive township for the area which will allow local and international students to study in a conducive environment.

“It will also be a catalyst for Perak’s efforts to turn Tronoh and Seri Iskandar as a new development area and education hub in the state,” he said after a working visit to the Darul Ridzuan Institute (IDR), here, today.

He said besides UTP, other educational institutions such as Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) and Mara Professional College are also located in the area.

Zambry also said the state government had identified several areas in Hulu Perak, Bagan Datoh, Lembah Beriah near Kerian and Gua Tempurung, near here, as new development areas in line with Perak’s aim of becoming developed state in the future.

Source: The Malaysian Insider

hey georgians!!

hey fellow georgians, check this out!

PUTRAJAYA: Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, sebentar tadi mengumumkan 20 Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi, membabitkan 10 sekolah berasrama penuh, empat sekolah menengah harian dan enam sekolah rendah seluruh negara. Sekolah terbabit adalah:

Sekolah berasrama penuh:

1. Sekolah Tun Fatimah (STF), Johor Bahru
2. Sekolah Datuk Abdul Razak (SDAR), Seremban
3. Kolej Melayu Kuala Kangsar (KMKK), Perak
4. Sekolah Seri Puteri, Cyberjaya
5. Sekolah Menengah Sultan Abdul Halim, Kedah
6. Kolej Tunku Kurshiah (TKC), Seremban
7. Kolej Islam Sultan Alam Shah, Klang
8. Sekolah Menengah Sains Tuanku Syed Putra, Perlis
9. Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah, Putrajaya
10. Sekolah Menengah Sains Muzaffar Syah , Melaka

Sekolah menengah harian:

1. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Perempuan Sri Aman, Petaling Jaya
2. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Aminuddin Baki, Kuala Lumpur
3. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultanah Asma, Kedah
4. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (P) St George, Pulau Pinang

Sekolah rendah:

1. Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Bintang utara, Kuala Lumpur
2. Sekolah Kebangsaan Zainab (2) Kota Bharu, Kelantan
3. Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail 1, Kuala Lumpur
4. Sekolah Convent Kota Taiping, Perak
5. Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur
6. Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Baru Uda 2, Johor Bahru

source: Berita Harian

congratulations SMK (P) St. George! keep up the good work and make us proud!

It

It

When it happened
the feeling is so fine
It could make you smile
It could make you blind

It fills your heart
with joy and wonder
Each time you feel it
your heart beats faster

It is mysterious
and full of riddles
If you could solve it
you’ll surely giggle

When you’re ready for it
make sure he’s an honest man
A man whom when you’re wary
will always lend you a hand

You’ll never miss it
You will take part
When you’re in it
you’ll never be apart



(“It” refers to “Love”)

Copyright©Zareen

p/s: this was written back when I was in form 4 for my english class.

p/s: how wonderful it was back then. Mdm Irene, how are you?

1 Malaysia, 1 UTP!

The mind creates division
And division is another name
For devastating pain.
The heart creates oneness,
And oneness is another name
For boundless happiness.

“ We Hold Up 1 Malaysia, 1 UTP!”
~A whisper by Simposium Anak-Anak Merdeka 2009 (FIRC UTP)~

Seachange

Check this event out!

Seachange

and stand a chance to win a trip to the Youth Engagement Summit (YES2009) worth USD 2000!!

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advance kids

kids nowadays are very advanced!

UTP is CLOSED

Dear all,
I wish to inform all of you, in view of the Influenza-like Illness (ILI) among our students, we have decided to close the university beginning 3.00pm today, Friday, 31 July 2009 until 3.00pm, Thursday, 6 August 2009. All students (UG & PG) without symptoms of ILI are to leave the campus starting 3.00pm onwards and latest by at 12.00 noon, Saturday, 1 August 2009.

All academic activities will resume on Monday, 10 August 2009.
International students and students from Sabah and Sarawak can remain in campus. However, please note that you are not allowed to leave the campus during the above campus closure period

Yup people, utp is closed. happy holidays but do take care ya.

p/s: die la after this with all the replacements. or there'll be no raya holiday?? nooo!!

popo tagged saya

1) "5" nama timangan anda

• - saya takde nama timangan kerana nama saya best dan xperlu ditimang2 lagi. ::sambil blushing2::

2) "5" sifat or tabiat buruk

• - sangat suka makan
• - kadang-kadang agak pemalas
• - kadang-kadang agak kedekut juga
• - sangat suka menonton tv atau movie sampai boleh duduk 24 jam depan tv
• - sangat addicted pada internet sampai boleh duduk depan laptop 24 jam juga

3) "5" makanan favourite

• - masakan mama saya yang sangat sedap
• - char kuey teow penang yang juga sedap
• - laksa kuala kangsar, laksa pokok janggus di balik pulau serta semua adik beradik laksa yang lain
• - burger jalanan especially di tgh2 malam bila kedai2 makan lain dah tutup
• - nasi ayam, cendol, rojak, mee rebus pakcik dekat rumah saya, mee goreng mamak juga dkat rumah saya, kuih muih tradisional yang dibuat oleh nenek saya, tomyam, satay, spagheti, steak abah saya dan macam2 lagi la --> saya orang penang, dan makanan di penang sangat heaven

4) "5" subjek pelajran paling suke

• - english, kerana kelas nye sangat menarik especially masa dgn Mdm. Irene
• - it, kerana saya suka pelajarannya dan Cikgu Shipa juga sangat best walau kadang2 kena cubit dengan dia sebab suka main2
• - kimia, sebab bleh main bakar2 lab macam masa form 5 dulu. wahaha
• - modern math, kerana Mr. Tan yang blushing2 bila dikatakan sama macam Tom Cruise
• - pjk, sebab boleh main2, menari gimrama (walau saya kayu) dan boleh selalu kena marah dengan Cikgu Pritam ngan Cikgu Mazida pastu pakai baju pjk sampai abes skolah sebab konon2 tak bawak baju la apela

5) ''5'' lime benda wajib dlm purse

• - duit
• - ic
• - lesen
• - kad matrik
• - kad atm

6) "5" topik yg biase dibual bersame pasangan or teman

• - kisah2 lucu
• - gosip hangat
• - memori silam
• - perbincangan mengenai makanan2 yang best
• - dan berbincang mengenai kenapa soalan2 ni ade 6 dan bukan 5 ??

7) "5" mangsa tag

• - ila rumet
• - waniii housemate
• - diyana schoolmate
• - cukup la tu

sudah lapuk

award ni tlah diberi oleh waniii sbulan yang lalu, tp sgt malas utk di letak. huhu. sori ye waniii.

1- Copy Award Diatas Untuk Diletakkan Di Blog Anda.

2- Nyatakan 5 Fakta Menarik Tentang Si Pemberi Award Ini.bukan 5 fakta..banyak fakta pon boleh..xpela.. bg 5 jela ek.. hehe..

• - budak perlis yg also merupakan housemate aku
• - sangat suka ber event dan juga sgt komited <--- sile la amek dia join event, tak nyesal punye
• - berhutang belanja makan tengahari dgn aku sbb aku baru je promote dia kat atas ni
• - walau single, sangat ramai peminat. gune jari kaki pun tak cukup nak kira. gune kalkulator mungkin boleh
• - otak amat genius. kira cam orang yg bg award dean's list tu pun da boring tgk muka dia

3- Setiap Blogger Mestilah Menyatakan 10 Fakta Atau Hobi Diri Sendiri Sebelum Memilih.

• - sangat die hard fan Manchester United
• - baru kecewa atas pemergian si dia yang dijual 80 juta tu
• - suka mendengar muzik dan melayari internet di masa lapang
• - sangat sayang pada family
• - suka shopping !! mari la ajak saya kuar shopping
• - masih single and loving it
• - suka travel melihat keindahan dan mempelajari budaya2 orang lain
• - takde idea nak menghabiskan 10 fakta maka berhenti disini

4-Anda Perlu Memilih 10 Penerima Award Seterusnya Dan Describe Tentang Mereka.

• - amie: cousin aku yang baru mulakan kehidupan sebagai pelajar universiti
• - dira: juga cousin aku yang baru je habis cuti
• - kuyam: yang baru sahaja mula berblogging --> Selamat Datang !!
• - asraf hadzwan: sahabat lama, itupun jika dia baca blog saya
• - nadia jamaludin: warga georgian yang dah lama tak jumpa --> reunion jom weyh
• - sesape saja la yang rasa diri dia layak. boleh tak camtu? wahaha.

OBS Experience Part 1

it's been a few days after I came back from OBS but the experience I had there, I would never forget. I was sent there to attend the leadership development program for petronas scholars. I am in the petronas scholar 3/2009 batch.

actually, before I went there, I've already have a brief idea of how the place was and what activity I'm supposed to do because my brother has been there twice. I was thrilled and excited but was a bit nervous too.

in front of gym hall

Day 1 :: 11 June 2009

I arrived at utp as early as 6 am. the bus will pick us up to obs at 12 pm. I scratch my head not knowing what to do. haih. after perfroming my subuh prayer, I went to our house. luckily it's not locked, so i went into my room and sleep. at 10 something I woke up, eat my breakfast and wait for the bus. it came at 12 pm and after settling everything, we started our journey to Outward Bound Malaysia in Lumut. we arrived there at 1 something with everyone looking so nervous and hungry! after everyone's there, we were devided into watches. I got into watch Korbu with other 13 team members from not just utp but uitm and utm too. our instructor is M.J. who is indeed a great and funny guy.

on the first day, there's not much physical activities. after eating our lunch, we need to surrender our handphones, wallet, money, id and our electronic items because we nee to get back to basic where all this stuff does not exist. I stayed in Irau dorm with ulu sepat and my watch members. to get to the dorm, I need to go up 106 stairs!

Day 2 :: 12 June 2009

we woke up very early and gathered in front of the gym hall to sing negaraku. korbu, ulu sepat and camah was in the same group which is group 1. after breakfast, we learn to do knotting and then go to the sea for our water confidence. we were asked to put on our life jackets and float in the water. then, group 1 was thought about whalling while group 2 learned about kayaking.

whaler

that was my first time on a whaler and yes, it is not easy to navigate a whaler. synchronization is very important, if not, you can paddle for hours with your team members but the whaler wouldn't go anywhere.

"dip, pullllll, up"

"dip, pullllll, up"

"dip, pullllll, up"

Day 3 :: 13 June 2009

on the 3rd day, we begin our expedition, whalling to pantai syawal. at first, the weather was okay and our whalling was smooth. we whalled untill noon and stop for awhile to have our lunch. after lunch, we continued our journey. but at that time, everyone was already tired. luckily there's wind, so we sailed. in the afternoon, the weather suddenly turns bad so for safety reasons, all whalers was towed. after a day of whalling, getting towed was indeed great too. haha.

this is NOT pantai syawal

as soon as we arrived at pantai syawal, we need to set up our tent and start cooking for our dinner. pantai syawal is not a good camping site. huhu. there is no much place for you to set up your tent and there are only two wells for you to clean yourself up. more unfortunately for us, it was raining bad that night, so we slept in water. camping there was really back to basic.

Day 4 :: 14 June 2009

we whalled back to obs in the morning today. somehow, my leg was swollen. on the way back, there were some funny incidents which I shouldn't mention here that I will never forget (i believe fellow Korbu know what I'm talking about. haha). as soon as we arrived at obs, we cleaned our stuff and prepared for the kayak lesson in the afternoon.

during the kayak lesson, everyone looked very tired. we did another water confidence test where our kayak is overturned. kayaking was easier and much lighter than whalling. we each got a partner and my partner was paklah (not the prime minister eyh). after dinner, I was brought to the clinic outside obs. the doctor wanted to cut my carbuncle but because i need to go camping the next day, he decided to give me medicine only.

eyh.. gotta go.. wait for part 2 eyh..

song virus

this is a response to: virus lagu

haha. well friends, don't blame me eyh. please!! haha. well, yes that song is from me. but ila send the virus to all of you. so blame her, not me. haha. that song was just too cheer her coz she was soo "tensed" not knowing what to study for SE paper tomorrow. she was really tensed you know, until there's tear in here eyes, all for the sake of Prof. Jubair. haha.

and as requested by che nah, I will mention her name here. I send that song to her too, to celebrate her joy coz she was sooo happy chatting in gtalk. after finishing a bowl of bihun tomyam, she was so generous to share her bihun tomyam through gtalk. haha. I know you understand what I mean right, che nah??

che nah and ila singing "kenangankuuuuu"

p/s: to all my friends who got the song virus, sorry if it spoiled your day or add to your tense. we just want to see a smile on you faces. gud luck for tomorrow!! last paper weyh!!

haih~

exam is TIRING!
especially when u study last minute.
and with so little time, u still can blog. haih~

I steal

I'm so tired of studying so I went through reading all the status in gtalk, and ym and stole this from my lecturer:

"Understanding proves intelligence, not the speed of the learning"

and it got me thinking and nodding at how true it is.

randomness

"Better late than never, but better never late."

- A chinese proverb-

I've heard and always use the saying better late than never. but I never knew there was a continuation to it. haha.

back from the dead

woahh! it's been a long time since my last post. I'm damn busy this semester plus the suckish internet connection in UTP, I couldn't update my blog frequent. next week is the last week for this semester before the study week and exam week. can't wait for the semester break. my head's about to explode. even though, next week is the last week, it is sure to be a hectic one. on monday, i need to upload my not-yet-done IP project plus I have AI presentation. on tuesday, I have DCN presentation, IP test and SE presentation and project submission on wednesday, HCI presentation and project submission plus SBE case study submission on thursday! crazy right?? luckily friday is a holiday.

even with all the workloads, I still managed to enjoy myself. I went to school this morning. they were having georgian fiesta today. it's sort of like a canteen day where classes sells food and we have concerts and stuff. I arrived at school with my handsome lil bro and cute lil sis at about 11 am. Walked here and there reminiscing my good old school days. the school have changed a lot. there was this new cafeteria like place in between the canteen and the class. the chairs and table in the canteen have changed too. and there is no longer 4 and 5 Vokasional. it seems that now there are 2 vocational classes so they stick to the name Topaz and Zamrud. quite sad though, cause I can still remember how proud these vocational students say that they're from 4 or 5 Vogue.

my first batch mate that I saw was Bawang. she still looks the same, still trendy but still short. haha. sorry ek Bawang. then I saw Mellisa and some of her friends. when I went to the canteen, I saw Zera! she's with M. she looks quite the same too, except that she got slimmer and looked more matured I guess. but inside, she's still the same person. my lil sis wanted to ride the horse, so I brought her there. that's when I saw Sharmeen and Zoe! they saw me and they scream my name, like the good old days. I ask my lil bro to look after my lil sis and when chit chatting with them. we talked a lot liked we never left school. Sharmeen still looks fabulous and still the drama queen we used to know. Zoe looked beautiful too. Oh, how I miss my school days.

I met a lot of my teachers too. they advised me to study hard and make georgian's proud. I definitely will! huhu. I left the school at about 2.30pm after I burned my RM30, but with a big smile on my face and thousands of memories I won't forget.

one great party!! yeah!!

it's che nah's birthday today. she's 20, and old. hehe. we throwed a party for her, and yeah! it rocks! Let's let these pictures speaks for themselves okay?

Alhamdulillah!

I've just checked my result. and phew! thanks to Allah S.W.T, I got an ok result. Alhamdulillah. it's not what I expected actually. I thought I'm going to screw up because of all the things that had happen to me during the final exam. I blanked during one of the papers, I found most of my papers are hard, and a pair of my favourite shoes was stolen which causes me a few hours of emotional wreck.

it's true they say that everything happen for a reason. even thought my result is slightly lower than last semester, I'm still very thankful and satisfied with what I got. let last semester be a lesson to me and hopefully I'll get better gpa this time. I would like to thank those who had supported me, my mom and dad for their endless prayers, my grandparents, as well as all my teachers and friends. I'll keep up the good work. Insyaallah.

'Save The Palestine' Campaign

from utpress.blogspot.com

UTP - A new campaign has just been jointly organised by MPPUTP, Rakan Masjid, Sekretariat Rakan Muda, RCSU, FIRC, and ISC in UTP. The campaign is known as "Save The Palestine" Campaign, targeted to increase awareness among UTP students about what happened at Palestine and at the same time helping our brothers and sisters at Palestine. Up to date, there are 428 people dead, 2220 wounded and 300 more are dying because of massacre by Israel.

Therefore we would like to seek assistance from clubs' and organisations' presidents to collect donation from your respective members. The donation should be submitted to Mohd Hakim Bin Mohd Nor, the president of Rakan Masjid before 12.00 noon on friday, 9th January 2009. The fund will be submitted to Aman Palestine at 4.00pm the very same day and Aman Palestine will pass the money to the Palestine people.

Reference:
Mohd Hakim Bin Mohd Nor
President, Rakan Masjid
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
019-4505360
mohdhakim@rakanmasjid.com

aut viam inveniam aut faciam

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam is a Latin motto that if were directly translated would mean, ‘I will either find a way or make one’. Generally, the motto is expressing that if there’s a will, there’s always a way. I’ve been holding to this motto for a long time. Coincidently, it’s also my school’s motto.

Why I hold on to such motto? Well, I believe, will is a very strong word. When you have a will, if Allah allows it, nothing could stand on your way. When doing something, will is very important. If you need to study for your exam but you hesitate, you will find many ways to not study. But if you have the will for it, nothing could distract you from doing it. Even if you came from a poor family and couldn’t afford to buy books, with the will you have, you wouldn’t mind going to the library to borrow some books for you studies.

Someone who is handicapped could do the same thing that the normal people do. If they don’t have any hands, the paint with their legs. If they don’t have any legs, they walk using their wheelchairs. If they don’t have any eyes, they see with their hearts. They play sports, they become people’s friend, they do craftwork, they do basically whatever we’re doing. And what do you think helps them overcome their weaknesses? It’s their will. Their will to be normal, to do things they’ve always wanted to do. And what we should have is the will to help them.

When you have the will, there’s also no room for giving up. People who are really willing and determined in doing something would never give up. They will find all the possible ways so that they can succeed in what they’re doing. Cause if there’s a will, there’s always a way. And when they have tried they’re very best, the outcome doesn’t matter anymore. Cause if they succeed, congratulations! But if they don’t, they’ll always try again.

By holding on to this motto, I have done much in improving myself. I like to do charity works, cause I like to put a smile on someone’s faces. There’s one time, I joined an event organized by my university. It’s a homestay program where we live with the villagers and help them with their daily chores that was held during the past Ramadan. I’m a city kid who’s very close to my family. I couldn’t stand being far apart from my family for so long. But for this event, I had to come back early, and can’t go home for more than a month (which is a long time for me as I usually go home every two weeks or so). But with the will I have to join this event, I put all of these aside. And it went well. I really enjoyed the event and never regret my decision.

Remember that I’ve told you about how bad I wanted the DVD that I’ve been looking for so long? I’ve been trying to buy it since a few years ago but I’ve never found it in the DVD stores. But my will to have the DVD is so strong, I didn’t given up looking for it till know. And hey, I’m only a few steps away from obtaining it. I took the barcode from a local DVD store website and gave it to the store’s worker. And he’ll order it for me. Yeay! I just don’t know why I haven’t thought of it before this. Huh!

Then again, aut viam inveniam aut faciam. If there’s a will, there’s always a way. Till then. Tata!

Read my original post for Real Voices here.

the tens that top my chart

I've been tag by Youthsays' Today's Top Ten. Let’s have a look at my chart, shall we?

Top 10 things I can’t live without

• Handphone: I need it to call my family, take pictures, etc.
• Mp3 Player: my day will be dull without the sound of music
• Laptop: I can’t sit still without my laptop
• My external hard disk: cause it has a lot of movies and important stuff in it
• Internet connection: I’ll start itching when my gtalk says “Failed to connect”
• TV & Movies: I need entertainment, duh?
• Selected novels: what else to do at night before you go to sleep?
• Car: It keeps me moving.
• Money: I hate to need this but who can live without money these days?
• House: I wouldn’t want to crash at my friends’ place all the time

Top 10 must haves

1. Luerd Kattiya a.k.a. The Princess Box Set: I’ve been looking for it about few years already
2. My own car: Can give back daddy’s car
3. A bigger gig and RAM on my laptop
4. Sony Cybershot: I like taking pictures and be in pictures as well =p
5. A pair of Nike: To replace the one being stolen during the exam week. Huhu
6. An iPod: If my bro have one, I should have one too. Right? Haha
7. New handphone maybe
8. More and more clothes and apparels: Fashion never dies. Haha
9. Another PSP for myself: Tired of quarrelling about who gets to play with it
10. An all expenses paid around the world trip: Ya right! Like that could happen.

Top 10 favourite movies of all time

1. A walk to remember: English
2. Heart: Indonesia
3. Love Story: English
4. Sydney White: English
5. Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam 1 & 2: Malay
6. Transformers: English
7. Saw I till V: English
8. High School Musical 1 till 3: English
9. Gol & Gincu: Malay
10. Tentang Dia: Indonesia

Top 10 favourite music of all time (or should it be Top 10 favourite band of all time ?? )

1. The Beatles
2. KRU
3. Westlife
4. The Police
5. Peterpan
6. Backstreet Boys
7. Duets: I really like to listen to duets. Don’t know why.
8. Aerosmith
9. The 80’s and 90’s song: English or Malay, any will do.
10. When I’m crazy or wanted to release my tension, I listen to dangduts and songs in foreign language like Spanish, Thai, Korean though I didn’t understand. Haha.

Top 10 favourite hang out places

1. Queensbay Mall, Penang
2. Golden Screen Cinemas, anywhere
3. Gurney Plaza, Penang
4. Mamak Stall, anywhere
5. Sunway Carnival Mall, Seberang Prai City
6. Sunshine Square, Penang
7. Jaya Jusco, Ipoh
8. Any food stalls will do
9. McD Medan Gopeng, Ipoh: That’s the best McD nearest to UTP.
10. A friend’s house: What?? It’s free, the food’s free too.

Top 10 brands (In terms of apparels)

1. Diesel
2. Adidas
3. Nike
4. Wild Channel
5. Reebok
6. Tropicana Life
7. Levi’s
8. Goggles
9. Body Glove
10. Fila

Top 10 junk foods I love

1. Burgers: Especially the ‘tepi jalan’ one, with the stalls and the long haired bro cooking it.
2. Maggi Mee and those in the same category
3. Instant Cucur, Paratha, etc.: All this instant stuff makes me look like a good cook =p
4. Potato Chips: Doritos, Mr. Potato, Chipster and the list goes on.
5. Ice Creams: Baskin Robbins and all but my favourite is the 50 cent ice cream the apek sells on his bicycle
6. Sweets: I eat sweets after every meal
7. Lot’s of chocolate
8. Soda’s: What’t junk food without soda right?
9. Fries: but very lazy to fry it la
10. Bubble Ice Blended

Read my original post for Real Voices here.