1 Malaysia Book Voucher a.k.a Baucar Buku 1Malaysia

Upon receiving "Baucar Buku 1Malaysia", every university or college student will scramble their awfully packed time to quickly spend these Baucar Buku 1Malaysia worth RM200 for each student before the end of 31 March 2012.

Baucar Buku 1Malaysia (RM50 per piece, awarded RM200 in total for each student)

In every different bookstore, we can see students of different ages lining up buying books with these vouchers. In certain circumstances, some store managers will be there to 'assist' on how to use the Baucar Buku 1Malaysia properly in accordance to the store's policy. As said, every store's policy differ.

It is not that the cash registering machine will not allow checkout of any item we buy with the Baucar Buku 1Malaysia, but it's the rules by the store manager, following the policy.

For this case as experienced in Kinokuniya Malaysia this evening (16 January 2012), The Baucar Buku 1Malaysia can be used to buy books and other statinoneries. However, the policy stated by the store manager is that we have to buy books worth at least at the price at par with the stationeries.

For example, we are eligible to buy stationeries up to RM50 if we are purchasing books or magazines worth RM50.

Other bookstores may have different policies for the use of Baucar Buku 1Malaysia. So called 1Malaysia Book Voucher~

Of course, purchases exceeding RM200 of the Baucar Buku 1Malaysia is possible by topping up with our own cash. Remember to calculate before paying, else the long queue will be a waste of your time. Also to highlight, any purchase below RM50 for one voucher of Baucar Buku 1Malaysia will not be refunded with any cash or sorts like that.

Some questions in my head:

> Why secondary school students get RM100 cash while students pursuing tertiary education are stuck with RM200 book voucher in the sense of Baucar Buku 1Malaysia?

- Isn't cash more flexible to use? Maybe the government wants some boosts in the book printing industries?

Hope you guys enjoy the spending the Baucar Buku 1Malaysia on materials that will help you all out!

Too free during Exam times?

Certain friends asked me if I have full confidence in examinations that I never really study during examinations study week? They kept seeing me online in Facebook especially.

To my own horror, I was fighting intense pressure of couldn't finish studying the syllabus but it actually doesn't matter to others~ and so, it's rather more fun to enjoy the 'stun' we can provide to our friends when they ask us this kind of questions.

I can't finish studying and so what... Sleep in peace and score in pieces tomorrow! Ignorance bliss sometimes~ Life is good. Whether it's getting harder or worse the next moment, to me, it shall be for the better good.

A little advice to those who can't take examination pressure:

1) The bad feeling usually not because of getting lower-than-expected marks but it is due to the feeling when we couldn't answer the questions during examinations.

2) Learn to nap 15 minutes, spread your body at the most comfortable posture and think nothing that you will get stressed with. Best to go with those you have hopes on (such as family, cars etc)

3) When you're stressed, remember, without stress, without improvements. No pain no gain, in other words. We are ALIVE!

Report for Occupational Safety and Health

It's great to have changes during study life such as those involving the moving of machines and restructuring of human resource etc. Pursuing a degree in local university probably has lesser opportunity for these as most of the universities are quite established and expansions will come slower in phases. However, for Engineering Faculty in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), we get to experience the change of new laboratories between last quarter of the year (2011) to this year (2012).

Being a Bachelor of Engineering student requires a lot of exposures to the machinery. We, with conjunction to our subject, Occupational Safety and Health, were required to study on the laboratory safety analysis which involves the knowledge in HIRARC (Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control) and HAZOP (Hazard and Operability Study).

When there is space constraint and forgetful/lazy students doing their laboratory works, messy scenes are well expected.

And sometimes, wastes or faulty machines will be isolated and waiting to be discarded (for a long time already still there)

We were in the process of moving the instruments to the new laboratories, therefore we can see all these equipment come handy these times

How many times in studying life that you get to compile a 100-page report excluding appendices? To me, this subject is one of the most mind-opening ones among the others that I don't know what was I studying about usually...