Friday, May 21, 2010

Gembira + Sedih....

Syukur...alhamdulillah

Rezeki

Syukur.....

First of all....aku just nk gtau...ape yg aku post ni bukanlah brtujuan nk membangga2 diri...apatah lg nk tunjuk hebat or whatever...i just tell the truth dan aku rase mmg ada yang akan trasa hati baca post nih...especially budak2 mara and jpa yang xberjaya...so....be neutral...i juz want ur opinion...ok..cheer up! =)

GEMBIRA

pe dia berita gembira tuh?? alhamdulillah doaku makbul...aku menerima beberapa tawaran scholarship utk melanjutkan pelajaran...n semestinya da dapat byk2 msti lg rumit...kne wat pilihan yang tepat...jd aku rase agk runsing bler memikirkan hal nh....

1) Yayasan Tenaga Nasional


Biasiswa UNITEN
Bidang : Kejuruteraan Mekanikal
Universiti : Universiti Tenaga Nasional Kampus Putrajaya
Program : Asas Kejuruteraan Mekanikal
 
2) Petronas
 
 
Program : Pra Universiti (Luar Negara) / Ijazah Pertama (Luar Negara)
Kursus : Kejuruteraan Mekanikal
Negara : Jepun
 Persediaan : INTEC / Asia Bunka Kaikan


3) Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA)



Tarikh Pendaftaran : 22.6.2010
Kursus : KEJURUTERAAN
Program / Tempat : INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) / KOLEJ MARA BANTING (KMB)

4) this one is not officially announced....Bank Negara Malaysia




erm...nk cter sket pasal bank negara ni...

pada pagi tadi lebih kurang pukul 11 pagi.....aku sjela kol bnm ni...nk tye pasal kputusan bank negara nih..sbb aku akan daftar utk prsediaan petronas di INTEC pada hari isnin nih...24 mei...jd knela tau cepat rslt...jd sket prbualan antara aku dgan Encik Suapi (officer BNM yang handle scholarship nih)

Aku : Assalamualaikum....
En. Suapi : Waalaikumsalam....ye saya bahagian scholarship...
Aku : ye saya...saya ni candidate untuk interview bank negara scholarship for pre-u....jd disbabkan mslah trtntu...boleh x saya tau bler kputusan akan dikeluarkan?
En. Suapi : sbnarnya kami masih memproses sgala dokumen....jd it would take time....tp kami akan announce scpat mgkin...mgkin isnin dpan ke...btw siapa nama kamu?
Aku : nama saya zharif...
En. Suapi : muhamad zharif bin habil?? course IT ye?
Aku : yes....sy juz nk tye sy dapat ke scholarship nih??ada x nama sya dlam snarai yg dapat?
En. Suapi : ok...ur name in the list....
Aku : ohh...mksudnya sya among 45 students yg trsenarai dapat bnm scholar ni??
En. Suapi : yes.....btw awak ada tawaran mane2?
Aku : ye...sya dapat tawaran petronas...
En. Suapi : oh...bila deadline nye?
Aku : hari isnin nih....sbab tu sya prlu taw segera kputsan bnm nih...
En Suapi : oh...i see...yes..ur name in the list...insyaAllah kami akn confirmkan...buat mse skrg nih kami tgh finalised...
Aku : ok...trima kasih
En. Suapi : Sama2...

erm....actually aku still xcye aku dpat offer bnm nih...sbb juz mlalui prbualan...aku msih xdpt kol n emel lg...mybe hari isnin ni kot...tp....mse tu aku kt INTEC!!!

jadi alhamdulillah aku dpat gk tiga offer ke oversea...n pling brmakna...aku dpat tawaran bnm (wlaupon xofficial lg)...kiranya lpas jugak intview bnm yg susah tu ye...alhamdulillah

disebabkan BNM still xgtau lg prsediaan n negra pe...aku cme agak aku akan dpat US...persediaan di UNITEN setahun under program ADFP (American Degree Foundation Program)....but of course...ade gk possiblity xdpat...yelar...skrg mane maen ckap2 je...takut yg atas aku cter juz angan2 kosong...haha


berita gembira>> tahniah wat rakan2 yg dpat offer jpa n mara....brsyukurlah dgan rezeki dan peluang yang ada...jangan dipersiakan...ingat...korang antara yg trpilih drpada bribu2 yg berebut tempat ke oversea...jd korg kira antara yang bertuah...jd jangan lpe tnggungjawab untuk tros blajar n berjaya pda masa akn datang...

SEDIH

agaka sedihla tgok rakan2 yang xdapat offer jpa...cuma di sini nk nasihat...scholarship ke luar negara bukan segala-galanya...anda masih boleh berjaya di sni...lbih cmerlang drpada mereka yg g oversea...ada HIKMAH di sebalik semua ni...mybe dugaan kt luar negara xmmpu kita tnggung...ada baik study dlam ngra je...smua snang...dkat dgan family...snang makan....snang jalan...rmai kawan2...snang contact...jd byk sgat klbihan study dalam negara sbnarnya....so don't be too sad if u are not offered the scholarship....


lastly....gud luck for all of you....be the best of yourself! gambatte!!



p/s : i need opinion here...mana patut ku pilih antara 3??

Friday, May 14, 2010

Malay's Proud....

Assalamualaikum....

Selamat bersua! Lame dh xupdate blog nih...tp bila fikirkan rasa malas nk update...ntah npe...huhu

Malay's Proud?? apa yang dibanggakan tuh?? mungkin tajuk ini sdikit racist ataupun brsifat prkauman....namun saya tidaklah mnyentuh isi sensitif perkauman..juz nk bangga sbagai orang melayu dan pling utama...bangga sebagai seorang MUSLIM...

Malaysia International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) 2010 team :

1)Tham Ying Hong — SMJK Katholik, Selangor
2)Joshua Lim Kai Tsen — SMK Tinggi St. David, Melaka
3)Muhammad Aqil bin Kamarudin — Kolej MARA Seremban, NS
4)Muhammad Faiz bin Zulbadli — Kolej Yayasan UEM, Perak
5)How Si Yu — SMK USJ 12, Selangor
6)How Si Wei — SMK USJ 12, Selangor
 
Alhamdulillah...tahun ini sramai 2 orang pelajar melayu trpilih utk mewakili Malaysia dlm IMO di Astana, Kazakhstan...jika sbelum ini biasanya sorang je melayu...yg lain smuanya bangsa cina...jd adalah mmbanggakan kerana mereka brjaya mmbuktikan melayu + islam juga boleh berjaya dlam bidang matematik yg pling sukar ini....
 
Apa itu IMO?? IMO merupakan prtandingan matematik yg melibatkan negara dari seluruh dunia. Setiap negara yg mnyertai perlu mghantar maksimum 6 orang peserta utk pertandingan ini...dan semestinya...ini adalah pertandingan matematik paling SUKAR di dunia...soalan diberi hanya 6...namun masa diperuntukkan adalah 9 JAM!! jadi boleh bayangkan bgaimna sukarnya??
 
Jika sebelum ini anda pernah mnjawab soalan matematik tmbahan (yg korang kte sush sgt tu) dlm masa 2 jam setengah...itupun blom tntu dpat jwb smue soalan...inikan pula soalan IMO yg kalau bce soalan pon xphm....apatah lg nk mnyelesaikan...maksimum markah bgi stiap soalan IMO adalah 7...jd markah penuh (perfect score) adalah 42....untuk mendapat gelaran Honourable Mention (title pling low dlm ptandingan ini) anda perlu skurang-kurangnye mndapat full mark utk salah satu soalan...misalnya
 
Problem 1 : 7/7
Problem 2 : 0/7
Problem 3 : 0/7
Problem 4 : 0/7
Problem 5 : 0/7
Problem 6 : 0/7
 
anda hanya mndpat markah pnuh utk soalan prtama (yg laen smue zero!)..nmun anda layak utk mndpat Honourable Mention...utk menjdi sorang yg berjaya dlm IMO mmerlukan ilmu yg luas dlam bidang matematik, kepakaran myelesaikan masalah dan cara berfikir yg luar biasa...rekod trbaik bg Malaysia adalah pingat perak...Malaysia blom mncapai taraf pingat emas utk prtandingan ini...
 
haha...citer byk psl IMO lak...lari tajuk....sbnarnya dua org melayu tersebut (Aqil n Faiz) aku kenal smasa kem olimpiad di Semesti...yg diconduct oleh Suhaimi Ramly (ketua kontinjen IMO n pmnang gangsa IMO 1999)...dan sudah smestinya mereka boleh dikatakan "genius"...dan alhamdulillah berkat usaha gigih diorang...dpat jugak wkil malaysia IMO nih...aku jugak brangan dlu nk wkil malaysia ni tp sbb malas + tiada inisiatif...OMK pon da sangkut...hahaha (teka markah OMK aku bper???)
 
melalui prtandingan inilah...lahir saintis dan pakar matematik yg terkenal dr seluruh dunia...dan aku brasa sgt sedih sbb Malaysia msih ktingglan dlm prtandingan yg berprestij ni...xseperti ngara jiran seperti Thailand, vietnam, singapore...jika xpcya cuba lihat kputsan 2008...tgok sket kt mne Malysia???
 
http://www.imo-2008.es/results.html

contoh soalan imo....

 Problem 2. Let ABC be a triangle with circumcentre O. The points P and Q are interior points of the sides CA and AB, respectively. Let K, L and M be the midpoints of the segments BP, CQ and PQ, respectively, and let l be the circle passing through K, L and M. Suppose that the line PQ is tangent to the circle l. Prove that OP = OQ.
 
 
masa diberi...1 jam.....selamat mencuba!!!!
 
p/s : masih menunggu result MARA

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Secebis pengalaman hidup....

Aku suka pglaman nih....jd spe nk bace...bacelah.....hahahaha


Suhaimi Ramly....MIT class of 2005...major in mathematics.....


Let me reminisce a little about my undergraduate days.


I attended high school at MRSM Jasin, where I met Khairul, Alif and Akmal. After that, I did a prep course at UiTM Section 17 Campus, known as the International Education Centre (INTEC), where I met Iznan. After a year at INTEC, I went abroad to do my undergraduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

MIT is the place where math nerds and hacker kids go to school, or so the stereotype goes. The reality is more complicated; MIT is famous for its engineering and science departments (the most popular major is computer science) but MIT also have decent humanities and arts departments. But stereotypes exist for a reason, and MIT is awash with nerds who can solve triple integrals in their head, and dweebs who think that staying up all-night coding in assembly language is more fun than frat parties. MIT students and administrators try too hard to suppress their nerdy side, giving out shiny, colorful pamphlets to potential students showcasing our “diverse”, “lively”, and “vibrant” student body. Yes, MIT have its share of archetypical college types, the Euro-Asian girl with a Ukranian father and a Korean mother, who lived in Senegal and Paraguay, who shaves her head for charity and wears goth fashion, who double-majors in Nuclear Engineering and Anthropology, who spends her summer break trekking Himalaya, who listens to emo rock and plays intramural curling (you get the idea). All those pretensions aside, MIT is a big place for big nerds.

I am one of the math nerds, so I majored in (surprise!) mathematics. At MIT, math majors like to think that people in engineering look up to us. We, symbol-jugglers who think up deep theorems that could never find any use in the real world, did our part by thumbing our collective noses at people who applies knowledge to solve real-life problems. This is just harmless snobbery. The same goes to people in theoretical physics. They pooh-pooh the lower rung of scientists who actually do experiments in a lab. And let’s not talk about them engineers, with their three significant digits and real life approximations. Leave us physicists alone with our spherical cow.

Sometimes math majors are actually useful. This is because every undergraduate has to take freshman calculus and freshman physics, and if you belong to the rare breed who gets admitted to MIT but is no good in math, you can always rely on the math majors to differentiate your inverse trigonometric functions for you.

What struck me when I first arrived there, was how MIT people always put function over form. MIT have shabby buildings compared to the lush, sprawling suburban campuses in Malaysia. The campus is located on the ugly, industrial side of Boston, and there is no place on campus worth taking pictures at. That does not stop tourists from clicking away with MIT buildings as background, to let other people know they have been to MIT.

The hacker culture at MIT is legendary. The is a student group on campus called the Student Information Processing Board (SIPB, pronounced “sip-bee”). According to their official website, SIPB is “MIT’s volunteer student group dedicated to computing”, but really, these are some of the best hackers in the world. The is a (perhaps apocryphal) story about SIPB people hacking government computers at a top secret facility. Truly believable story, if you ask me. I still remember a SIPB guy who is blind, and used a special Braille computer. I can’t even write a single line of code in any programming language, but this guy can *hack* using Braille. “Dedicated to computing”, indeed.

At MIT, there is this really long corridor connecting the east and west sides of campus, and being nerds that we are, the corridor is named the Infinite Corridor. When I first arrived on campus, I stayed temporarily at the west side, and I learned that I have to cross the whole length of Infinite Corridor to get to the math department. I felt that the trip is too long, so to save time on daily commute, I applied for an east campus dorm before semester started. It turned out that the Infinite Corridor is not that long, after you crossed it about four thousand times. Wikipedia told me the Infinite Corridor is 251 meters long.

In terms of politics, the conventional wisdom on campus is left of center, thanks to the East Coast location and the liberal, educated population of the Greater Boston area. Noam Chomsky, famous left wing thinker, is professor emeritus at MIT.

Due to MIT’s proximity to that other school (I can’t remember the name, it starts with an H and rhymes with Barvard), often comparisons are made and good-natured rivalry between the two schools are fostered. However, the rivalry is somewhat mild. MIT can’t match Harvard in sports, so the rivalry is about who has the bigger brains.

MIT student body are constituted somewhat differently from that of Harvard. Because Harvard have the Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard Law School, Harvard tend to attract a higher percentage of “leaderly” types compared to MIT. MIT breed technocrats: people know their technical stuff well. There is a saying (I’m paraphrasing), that MIT people can be very smart, but they’ll end up working with some idiot with a Harvard MBA. People who go from Boston to Washington are usually from Harvard, not MIT. Although MIT have a faculty member who served as the director of CIA.

MIT truly sucks at sport (surprise!). I pity the football team. They don’t have cheerleaders, and nobody goes to see their games. MIT students are not willing to sacrifice precious coding time to watch our proud football team, the Engineers (heh) getting trampled by some hick college team from rural Massachusetts.

One thing I enjoyed at MIT is the view. MIT is situated along the Charles River. The MIT president at the time was Charles Vest. People call him Chuck Vest. Naturally some people call the river Chuck River. During winter time, the river is frozen so people can walk on it. It is said that in the old days, many MIT students fell into the Charles and drowned. That’s why MIT put a requirement that all undergraduates must pass a swim test in order to graduate. During nonwinter months, there are many activities you can do on Charles: yacht, kayak, crew. I tried crew once, and it ended up with my shoulders aching for a few days. Better stick to doing math.

The downside of MIT (and Boston in general) is the winter season. To give you an idea of how bad it is, it snows in *April*. I don’t mind the snow but I hate the windchill which feels just slightly better than locking yourself in a fridge. And I can do without the slippery sidewalks. After some time, I would fall on the sidewalk so many times, that I can take a walk with a girl and fall many times without feeling embarassed at all.

I didn’t drive in Boston because I did not have a license, so I took the subway (known as the “T”) everywhere. The T is not much better than the subway system in KL. In fact some of the stations are dirty and dangerous, and you would find there beggars and creepy old men in trenchcoats. My female friend told me she was flashed at a subway station once. Although Boston is safer compared to, say, Detroit or Chicago, I didn’t go out alone after midnight.

Bostonians are proud of their sports teams, and deservedly so. Boston Red Sox won the World Series 2004, after last winning it in 1918. Some people believe the long winless streak is caused by the “Curse of the Bambino”. As expected, the resulting celebration quickly turned into a riot. If I remember correctly, one student got shot during the riot. The football team is New England Patriots (but really a Boston team), which won the Superbowl in 2001, 2003 and 2004.

Another thing MIT is famous for is the Hacks. Basically, a hack is a cool engineering feat done by anonymous “hackers”, often in the middle of the night, for the public to see and enjoy during daylight. Sometimes hacks require an incredible amount of engineering ingenuity, but the result is worth every effort. Hacks are thought-provoking, funny, and most importantly, do not cause damage to property. You can read more about MIT Hacks at http://hacks.mit.edu/.

I spent four years at MIT, and graduated in 2005 with a degree in mathematics and writing (although I’m not very good at both). I still keep in touch with my college friends, especially those from the Senior Haus and the math department.



Now I miss my MIT. Who wants to go to Boston with me?    =)



MIT : place for professional hackers???

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

UNITEN - next 'backup' destiny.....

MUHAMAD ZHARIF BIN HABIL
No.256, Taman Terus Maju
32000 Sitiawan
Perak

92072614****

PENAWARAN BIASISWA YAYASAN TENAGA NASIONAL - BIASISWA
UNITEN 2010

Sukacita dimaklumkan bahawa anda telah berjaya terpilih bagi mengikuti program biasiswa UNITEN tajaan Yayasan Tenaga Nasional (YTN) bagi tahun 2010.

Berikut adalah butir ringkas tawaran :-

Bidang : Kejuruteraan Mekanikal
Universiti : Universiti Tenaga Nasional Kampus Putrajaya
Program : Asas Kejuruteraan Mekanikal

Butir-butir lanjut tawaran akan dimaklumkan secara terperinci di dalam surat tawaran yang akan dimajukan kelak.

Sila balas(reply) email ini dalam selewat-lewatnya ISNIN (3 MEI 2010) , SEBELUM JAM 5.00 PETANG DENGAN MEMBERIKAN JAWAPAN PENERIMAAN atau PENOLAKAN TAWARAN BIASISWA INI. Jika pihak kami tidak menerima sebarang jawapan selepas tempoh tersebut, tawaran akan dianggap terbatal dengan sendirinya dan tawaran tersebut akan diberikan kepada calon lain.

“60 TAHUN PENGGERAK KEMAJUAN NEGARA”

Syabas dan tahniah !

Pengarah
Yayasan Tenaga Nasional 
 
 
Keratan emel kat atas telah kuterima pada petang 30 April lepas. Mula2 trasa bgitu excited sbb dapat emel drpada tenaga nasional...dah bukak2....
 
BIASISWA UNITEN???
 
aik??mnjadi persoalan...semasa intrview ytn aku xde pun mintak uniten...aku cme mntak biasiswa oversea dalam bidang kejuruteraan mekanikal....mungkin tiada rezeki utk ditawarkan biasiswa luar negara...jadi dpatlah dalam negara....mybe jugak sbb TNB kurang tawarkan biasiswa oversea utk bidang nh...yg dapat maklumat banyak yg dapat oversea dlam bidang electrical (power) engineering...
 
tapi syukurlah....aku dapat gak scholarship utk YTN....maknenye aku brjaya juga terpilih dalam interview YTN tu...bayangkan...yang pergi utk intrview ada 700 orang (yg hebat2)...TNB hanya plih 20 orang utk oversea n 50 orang utk UNITEN...jadi...brtuah jugak aku ni yer...=) cme yg sdihnya xdpt yg oversea...mybe sbb bidang aku amek....klau aku amek electrical...insyaAllah bleh dpt...hehehe
 
so....mgiringi tawaran UNITEN ni adalah :
 
1) Kolej Matrikulasi Melaka (daftar 10 mei)
2) Asasi Sains Hayat UM (daftar 23 mei)
 
so....mlihatkan rakan-rakan batch 22 yang lain sudahpun mmbuat kputusan samada ke matrik atau upu...n ader gak yg dpat ke oversea..(congratz to maba sbb dpat JAPAN)...jadi spatutnya aku sudah pun mmbuat kputusan.....aku akan pegi UNITEN  jika tdak mndapat tawaran scholarship MARA, Petronas dan Bank Negara....
 
this is because...
 
1)Aku sudahpun mndapat biasiswa utk mlanjutkan pelajaran...tidak perlu meminjam wang asasi (utk program asasi) mahupun ptptn (after msuk degree nti)....this is mean my education is free in charge....
2)pluang kerjaya sudah pun trjamin skiranya melepasi syarat klayakan smasa wat degree nti....xpayah susah2 cari kerja
3)skiranya cemerlang...aku boleh smbung wat master mahupun phd di luar negara....klau trasa malas nk jd engineer boleh further wat phd jd lecturer kt UNITEN...
4)my only task is to STUDY...xperlu pikir pasal nk pinjam duit ptptn ker...if u score n succeed...u will get benefits...
 
mgapa tidak ku pilih MATRIKULASI mahupun ASASI UM???
 
1)matrik is for those who are not sure what field they want to pursue...maknenye di matrik anda akan blajar asas2 sains (math,chemist,biology or physics) n then baru dcide nk pilih bidang pe nk smbung degree nti...jd agak BERISIKO la matrik ini sbnarnye...sbb jika anda cmerlang..anda akan snang dpat bidang ape yg anda inginkan...jika tidak...anda akan 'dilelong'..(lelong!lelong!)
2)bile dah g matrik pada 10 mei nti...jd satu masalah jika dapat tawaran scholarship pape...dahle bayar 300++ pstu lpas sminggu nak kuar dh...xabs mggu orientasi dh kuar...ahaks
3)jika aku pilih asasi um...it means i'm on the right track to achieve my ambition...but yet it's more difficult compare to UNITEN...pilihan asasi um sbnarnya lbih baik dari matrik....sbb aku dah tau apa cita2 aku...tapi lbih sukar...sbb kne study hard utk asasi...lpas tu kne compete dgn students laen dptkan tmpat dlam UM...lpas tu kena struggle maintain pointer tggi swaktu degree kat UM...lpas tu after grad kene cari keje lak...(banyak tul 'lpas tu')
4)sudah semestinya aku prlu pinjam wang ptptn (utk degree nti)...jadi sudah semestinya kne bayar blik lpas keje nti (satu hal lak)
 
tetapi...
 
keputusan aku masih TIDAK MUKTAMAD...aku perlu tggu utk dpat surat drpada TNB n PASUM...nak mnilai manakah pilihan trbaik...yang kutulis di atas cuma gmbran drpada tawaran yg ku terima....
 
now....
 
waiting for MARA, Petronas n Bank Negara scholarships...brangan pulak nk jadi "BNM scholar"...haha
 
xperlu prepare pape lagi....(xbli barang2 utk prepare ke u...haha)
 
waiting for TNB n PASUM letters....
 
doa agar dapat ke luar negara...amin....
 
but yet from now...UNITEN - my next 'backup' destiny.....
 
p/s : surat UM bru sampai!!!