APPLYING SCHOLARSHIP

so.. it has been a long time i haven't updated this blog.. :P
well, too busy i guess.. ahaha.. but seriously..  0.0 life as an university student is FUN, but it is not easy!!
 you have to know your limits, control yourself, manage your time!! cause being a young, wild and free 18-years-old teenager and a student at the same time is very hard to do!!  
just imagine STUDY VS ENTERTAINMENT.. so hard to maintain the academic side huh?? :/

err.. okayy.. enough complaining.. :) so, its SPM season huh... GOOD LUCK SPM CANDIDATES!!
 hehe.. can't believe it was just last year i was sitting for it.. glad its over.. :D

well, after SPM you guys may enjoy a short 'merdeka' break.. have fun! be wild! enjoy your last year of being a 'budak sekolah' i'll say.. hehehe...

for them who are excited to continue to the next stage, you guys might planned on applying for scholarship to help you to further your studies.. there are many types of scholarships that you can apply for.. but..
make sure that you guys do some research on the company or organization that offering the scholarship..(e.g. MARA, JPA and others)

get to know the terms and conditions and also the requirements to apply.. so that you know which offer scholarship that you are qualified to apply for..

for MARA scholarship, there are 2 types : PRA-SPM(for MRSM students, using trial MARA results) and POST-SPM(open for any students, using SPM results)
 
for both of these scholarships, you will be required to write an essay to convince MARA to support your studies.
To make your life easier.. :)
 Below is an essay that i wrote when i was applying for MARA PRA-SPM scholarship... it is not that great but i hope it can help you as your reference to write your own essay...

my advice?
write sincerely, do not make up any stories, tell nothing but the truth..
and make it simple but do show them you are really interested and make them believe that you will appreciate their support by working hard to achieve success..
ohh.. and don't forget to show them that you have done your research on the course and university where you are planning to further your studies.. include your study planning :)

so.. here you go..

Given the name Izatty Lim, I was born at Hospital Beaufort, Sabah on 11^th May 1994 and now aged 17 years old. I come from a family of 6, consists of my parents and 4 siblings. I am the eldest daughter of Danny Lim and Selistinah Serungin, followed by two brothers and a sister. Being the eldest taught me to be more a responsible person. I always give my very best in everything I do especially on my study as I am trying to be a role model for my siblings.

I started my first education at Tadika St Paul, Beaufort when I was 3 years old but I moved to Tadika Kung Ming, Beaufort when i was 6 years old as I wanted to learn Mandarin Chinese .I continued my primary study at SRJK(C) Kung Ming, Beaufort. Next, I had my secondary study at SM St Paul Beaufort until I receive an offer from MARA to continue my study at MJSC Kota Kinabalu on 2007. The first time I enter the school, I was very confused with everything that goes in that school as it is different than my previous schools but after a while I managed to adapt myself in this institute. Along the time I was in MJSC Kota Kinabalu, I have managed to be selected as a representative in many kind of competitions; either in sports or in academics stuff, such as Basketball State Competition 2009 and 2011, All-Malaysia MJSC Mathematic Carnival 2011, All-Malaysia MJSC Robofair 2010 and 2011. Moreover, I am also the vice president of Student Representative Council in MJSC Kota Kinabalu for the 2010/2011 session.  

Since I was a child, I looked at doctors like some kind of superhero. They work hard to save people’s life, to give people a second chance to live and spend some more time on this earth. I am a big fan of them. Looking at them working confidently with their stethoscope around their neck always make me excited. My desire to become a doctor became higher when my grandfather died of colon cancer, pneumonia and some other diseases in 2008. Once diagnosed with cancer, the doctor said that my grandfather had only a few weeks as my grandfather's cancer is at critical stage. It did broke my heart to hear those words from the doctor because if only there’s a cure for cancer of course I can still see my grandfather today. The last word from my grandfather was he wished to see me to make my family proud by becoming a doctor who is able to save the life of a person. Since then, I have promised to work hard to make the last hope of my late grandfather become true.

 I am aware that the journey to become a doctor is not easy but I believe that I am able to face all difficulties and obstacles with the support of my family. Besides, I believe all the hard work and times would be worth to spend if it is to save a one’s life. In addition, my interest on science subjects such as biology and chemistry also increase the confidence in me to take medical course for my further study and become a doctor one day. Through my view, working as a doctor is not just a job. It is a gift and also a responsibility as well. If an engineer’s job is to repairs machines, doctors do the same repairing job too. The only difference it that a doctor repairs alive machines, a doctor repairs human. That’s a very big responsibility there.

I have carved my path to become a doctor. I have done well in both of my academics and co-curricular activities to achieve my ambition. I have done well in my Trials SPM Examinations and qualified to participant in the SPC programme. At Taylor’s University, I am interested on the Foundation in Science programme. Upon successful completion of the Foundation in Science, I am planning to pursue my study at Taylor's School of Medicine. I am also looking forward to continue my study in overseas university especially at University College Dublin (UCD) in Ireland that mainly expert and focus on medical courses. My dream is to be a cardiologist.

For me, heart is a very important organ in our body. It is the central organ of the circulatory system which act as a force and suction pump in relation to the blood vessels. It directs blood to the lungs to be oxygenated, then around the body to help human being to function by sending oxygen to each of the cells inside our body. I am very interested to learn more about heart and circulatory system, that is why I wanted to be a cardiologist.

With MARA scholarship, I hope it can reduce my expanses to take medical course at Taylor’s University. Studying at Taylor’s University sure will get me one step closer to my dream. I would be very grateful to be accepted in such a great university and promised myself to work hard to achieve great results in my studies. I will try hard to achieve my dream to become a doctor with the name Dr. Izatty Lim.   

 

 ALL THE BEST :)

REALITY :)

When I first heard about the community service that we have to conduct as our Islamic study project, I was very excited. I remember the last time I participated this kind of activity was on 2009. Before we conducted this project, our group first made a group discussion about the project. We decided to conduct this project at Raudatul Ikhwan. This place was a home for the girls aged 16 and below who have lost their parents or have family problem. I was egger to lend a helping hand to these girls.

Around 9 o’clock in the morning, we started our journey to this home. At the beginning of our journey, we already faced some difficulties. The night before we start our journey, we already made some research on the routes and the bus that we will take to get to go the place. However, we faced problem when the bus driver cheated on us. He didn’t drop us on the right place. We have to wait for another bus. It was a long journey before we get to the community house but when we arrived there, seeing the smile on their face, I know it worth it.

The first activity was the ice breaking session. I was so shock to hear that some of them were the form 3 student but they would not take the PMR exam. Besides, some of them already aged 16 years old but still didn’t have the confidence even just to introduce themselves. In my opinion, it is a bad thing. I was informed that they cannot stay in that community house forever. They have to move when they reached 17. I was wondering how are they going to survive in this challenging world if they can’t even speak for themselves. This makes me think how lucky am I to born in a loving family, to be educated since I was a child. I also realized the importance of gaining as much knowledge as we can to secure our future. For me, education is a way to improve ourselves. Nobody in this world can take knowledge from you.

Another thing that makes me appreciate what I have is when I see them having their lunch in a tray. They served us nicely but they, themselves, sharing their lunch in a tray while we were having our lunch in a plate. I was so touch to see how they are willing to sacrifice themselves just to give the priority to us as the guests in their house. I also felt a bit shame that it seems like they were the one who were conducting the community service. I always respect them as they were still applying the moral values in their daily life even if they were in the middle of hardship themselves. They act so differently compared to some rich people who is usually be so proud of themselves and their richness and they never portraying any moral values like respecting others, being polite and also being humble.  

The rest few hours we spend our time playing games with them and sharing our life experiences. We also spend some time teaching them mind maps. I enjoyed watching how excited were them learning mind maps. Besides, I am also happy that we were able to share some knowledge with these kids.

Overall, I am very satisfied with our project. I have learned a lot from this community service project. This project gave us the chance to see the other side of this world. From this project, now I know that not everyone in this world is as lucky as we are. Some of them do not have a place to call home, some of them even starving and crying for food, but us, who have all these things that they don’t, never really appreciate what we have. Sometimes we like to complaint everything that we have is not perfect, not enough or maybe not like what we have expected. From my point of view, this unsatisfied feeling isn’t wrong for us to have, but it is a must for us to appreciate what we have and be thankful to Allah for His Rahmat. Maybe we can use this “unsatisfied feelings” as the booster for us to improve ourselves to be a better person. Either we realize or not, we are actually surrounding by a lot of wonderful thing showing how much Allah love us. It is us that sometimes didn’t take a chance to actually see Allah’s bless for us. 

(have some problem transferring picture during this project. will upload it later)

wait a..... 

I don't know why but while writing this blog I remember of someone telling me that everything happens for a reason. 

This girl > Norfaezah Suhaimi <

 She really believe in this statement. As i go through with this life, i now know that its true. No matter what happened to us ( either it is a good thing or a bad one ) there's a reason for it to happened to us. Sis, i know that biologically, we are not related at all. But please know that for me you already like my big sis that i never had :) . You teach me that no matter how hard the world knock you down, you can always get up back and try harder to succeed. The choice is yours. Always been yours. Your are the only one that can decide. You have proved it Sis, really. I don't have to mentions all the things that you have been through right, you know it yourself. Just wanted you to know that you are really that amazing. Thanks to you, i learned to never give up on myself. I learned to believe that hope is always there when we really DO believe. And here I am, in Taylor's university, taking foundation in science, hoping to further my studies on MBBS (medicine for my degree) , dreaming to become a doctor. Thanks a lot, really. I always keep your words in my mind. Im writing this as an appreciation to you for always be there for me. And I wish all the best for you in your studies too. Hope someday we'll made it to open a clinic together a... hehehe.. :) 

THINK POSITIVE TTY_LIM !!

A winning mindset is one of positive confidence. You never see successful people acting the victim or looking depressed, right? They understand that success is a direct result of their attitude.Im trying to be lyk them..

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond to it." - Lou Holtz. 

Our attitude is a decision we can all make. We always have a choice in how to respond to any situation. This is very empowering – we are no longer victims of situations reacting automatically. We control how we respond both in our thoughts and our actions. We decide whether a situation is going to upset us, anger us or hurt us – or not.

Im trying to motivate myself here... 

trying n0t to judging others...

be mature... accept their critics as an advice..

KEEP HOLDING ON GIRL!!