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Methodist College Kuala Lumpur, Brickfields is a college that provides only pre-university courses. My A- levels commenced at the beginning of July. A month has passed since and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say I’m officially a KL boy. As a scholarship holder, I’m required to join a minimum of two clubs and have at least 80% attended meetings.   Being excited at the fact that I’m living the ‘college dream’, I signed up for 7 different clubs. Ranging from a variety of interests, these were the dance club, Leo club, debate, football, editorial club, athletics and the Model United Nations club (MUN). The booths set up on the all-clubs-open-day were too alluring that my conscious self couldn’t resist my hands from jotting down details repeatedly on the registration sheets. But, alas! I had to forego some clubs as they fell on the same day. Though given a chance, I would have loved to join more! Residing in Klang, I commute to college using the Komuter service. Classes st...

Strange buildings of all shapes and sizes stood boasting the magnificent exterior of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as I sauntered around the enormous campus.   It was a pleasure to have had my footprint in the world’s first ranked University, but what made the whole experience even more fruitful was the chance to meet Malaysian MIT students. I was there on a holiday for 3 weeks. The rendezvous gained me vicarious insights of what a Malaysian undergraduate MIT student experiences, including the gruelling yet fulfilling process of getting into an American University. Thus, this blog narrates the life of a Malaysian student who wants to get into MIT and other universities alike in the States.  Since this blog displays tonnes and tonnes of words, I thought it would be easier if I could group them into four main steps. It can be a tiring read, but after skimming through (eats up around 10 minutes), I can guarantee you one thing. You would be a tad richer (intell...

           As the tyres of the plane screeched to a halt on the runway of Logan International Airport (Boston, MA), I was mentally and physically exhausted. But not surprisingly, the novelty of seeing snow for the first time kept me wide awake. I was on cloud nine (more like snow heaps on the ground) as I posted a picture (below) on FB and IG before calling it a night. US in Bullet points - the food comes in a portion that is big enough for two adults to eat and suffer a stomach ache due to over-eating - people strolling down the streets randomly shout profanities and sometimes it scares the heck out of you - the places are exactly the way hollywood movies portray them : the classic country look facing a beautiful lake, the buildings that spiderman jumps from one to another, the way people dress up from their 👠 to the 🎩 they wear, etc.  - every night, right after 10 or 11 pm, cartoon network airs adult-themed cartoons, which i...

Using the details from the novel, write about an important moral value that you have learnt. (15 marks)           The allegory Dear Mr Kilmer from the hands and mind of Anne Schraff brings its readers on an emotional roller coaster, as it explores friendship, love, patriotism and many other quintessential elements a story needs. Based on this novel that I have studied, there is one moral value that no reader of this story fails to interpret. It is none other than standing up to your own principles .        Anne Schraff has beautifully made this moral value tangible in the protagonist, Richard Knight. Richard though is just a 15-year-old teenager, is mature enough to stand for his right and to be able to juxtapose the good and the bad. One example that shows this moral value in Richard is when Gus oppresses Richard by ill-treating him with nicknames such as 'Small Fry' for failing to shoot a dear. Gus also asks Richard to leave his...