SPM 2015 - A past to be remembered, a journey never forgotten.

Me after last paper haha !

Assalamualaikum and good evening, everyone !
It is 2330hrs and I am still awake. heehee, been watching some old Malay movies to release some stress. ( I am not that stressed but hahaha just for fun )
Biology and English CAL Test this week makes me gdhsdgjksdh ><

well, tonight I'm going to talk about last year's SPM. Alhamdulillah, all praise to the Almighty Allah, I managed to achieve 9A+ in my exams and I am now a bursary scholar under JPA.

um, I know it is already September and it is kind of too late to share some tips. But I'm going to share anyway because if it gives a good impact to my juniors then it is okay lol //what am I talking about? 

First, I sat my SPM in Sekolah Menengah Sains Muar or also known as SAMURA, a fully residential school. In two years, there is a lot of memories, tears, laughter with everyone, friends, seniors, juniors, teachers and staffs.

I want to share some of the little things that might be overlooked by students out there. I am not perfect but I think I want to share a thing or two about it lol.

I am actually a very lazy person, I didn't really do homeworks and I slept and ate all the time in class. Teachers actually knew me too well and my chemistry teacher who is also my class teacher once said, "I'm going to cut off my fingers if Ellia do her homeworks!"

I'm a very bad student, huhu I'm so sorry teachers ><"
I think it is better if I write this in point form so it is easier to be read lol.

WHAT I DID AND TIPS I CAME UP FROM MY EXPERIENCE :

• If you feel sleepy, go for a walk, move, drink water
• Look at the eye of your teacher when he/she is talking so that he/she know that you are paying attention, and he/she will look at you thus you will feel like he/she is talking to you only, so you will understand better, if God wills.
• Come early to class/workshops, sit in front, so you can focus better.
• Obey school rules (I know this is like so hard to be done, but I am a nerd, I was a prefect and I really obey school rules haha except doing homeworks)
• Participate in extracurricular activities but not too much okayyy?
• Find your own strength and weakness, do not copy what people do.
  If someone stay up late to study, you might be someone who doesn't suit that style so yeah, do it your style.
• Ask if you do not understand.
• Find a friend(s) who can teach you or you can study together.
• Spend time to read the Quran at least once a day, a page a day. esp. Surah al-Waqiah and etc
• If you are smart, please do not be too 'lokek' and just help your friends. From my experience, I really help my friends (until sometimes I don't even have enough time to study on my own) but it's okay, God will help you back. At my school, I was a facilitator for Additional Mathematics and Physics and during programmes, I have to talk for about 5 hours non-stop to help everyone else but I guess it was worth it, so yeah, do not be too arrogant, ehehe.
• After exams, just calm down and surrender yourself to God. You have done your best and God will give the best result to you.
• And I am the type who did not really pay attention to any gossips and stuff so yeah, just stay low, and kill everyone with your success hehehe. 
• Work together. In my class, our Physics for trial exams was bad and I was the class rep for Physics. We came up with the idea of holding tuition class for Physics. Everyone is assigned a sub-topic and each person had to teach everyone the sub-topic. The programme kinda worked because our class got #1 for SPM Physics (I think hehe, but yeah my class is #1 throughout our whole journey in SAMURA, I am proud of my classmates, I love them very much for the support and hard work //cries). but overall, it is better to work together.
• the sessions on the day before exams are crucial too, if you can't study on your own, you must pay attention during classes
• do not rely on any SKOP (idk what is it in english lmao) because we don't know what might come out right >< so yeah pls don't take the risk.
• tips for each subject
  1. BM - latihan, cara menjawab (kertas 2 ;; novel)
  2. ENGLISH - basic grammar, no need for bombastic words for essay but simple and no grammatical mistakes would do, master the cara menjawab for paper 2 ;; novel )
  3. MATHS - practice!
  4. P. ISLAM - hafal, cara menjawab
  5. SEJARAH - hafal, cara menjawab, kbat tu tulis je apa yang kita terfikir pastu sesuai, jangan takut utk tulis sbb pemeriksa akan cari markah kita, kan?
  6. CHEMISTRY - faham, hafal, practice
  7. ADDMATHS - faham, practice, application (kbat)
  8. BIOLOGY - faham, hafal, application, cara menjawab (keyword)
  9. PHYSICS - hafal, faham, application, practice
           

(I am not sure whether there are some changes on the formats but this is what I did last year. I don't really hafal everything but yeah, just read, read, read like that lol)

I also write on a paper that I want A+ for every subject and one big 9A+ on another paper and I stick it at my bed. so when I read it always, it became a prayer. so you can try it too hehehe.

Hmm actually in my school I'm not popular and people don't really know me. I only held a position as a prefect and a bureau vice president and that was it. I didn't have much commitment so I think that was why I can focus better. Being the school's high achiever, I am quite proud because yknow people don't know me but suddenly poof! everyone knows me lmao jk

Another important thing is that, the blessings from your parents.
You guys are all nothing without your parents. Always call your parents (if you are in boarding school) and if not, please, just abandon your phones or gadgets and talk to them everyday even if you are busy or tired, bcs they need your love too.
My parents rarely visited me in school and I actually felt sad about it. But, it costs a lot to come over to Muar from KL so I just shook the feeling off my mind because I don't want to trouble them.
So, if your parents always visit you, please appreciate them and not play with your phones when they visit you. They want to see you and talk to you, not seeing you play with your phone.

For my trial, I only managed to achieve 3A+, 3A, 2A- and 1B+.
So for my adik-adik out there, especially my Pujangga 7 juniors that I am missing like crazy,
it is never too late to continue your efforts!! Doa banyak2, solat hajat banyak2, buat je latihan selagi mana yang mampu! You all can do it! All the best to all SPM 2016 candidates especially from SAMURA Batch 33! SAMURA BANGKIT! You all must do better than us!

My dormmates Pujangga 7 on the first day of SPM <3

Transportation Bureau High Committee Members <3

My Ceri babes <3

I bring this everywhere <3 Cekalourful

OKay I think that is all for now.. hehe
Thank you for reading till the end (phew it is a long post)
And sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings hehe..

BYE AND GOODNIGHT <3