You-Want's Life

Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar is organising its first TEDx talk in history two days from now, which is 21 October 2018 (Sunday).   There's no need to guess my reason of making this mention. I am one of the 13 event speakers, addressing the issue of youths' misuse of social media as a platform of building a perfect image. I am sharing personal experience of my own, as a heavy user of Facebook and Instagram. I have started using Facebook since 2010, Instagram started 3 years later. The very first thought of joining was merely to connect with friends and express my love for photography. However, my way of using such platforms over the years had changed so much.   I realised I was building a certain image for myself-- one who shares his exciting encounters and achievements; one who associates success with popularity derived from the number of 'likes' I received. There had been too many pictures where I looked 'overjoyed', or seemed to be having fun in life, even though...

Never have I  mentioned that I am currently in a 2-year course of A Levels at Kolej Tuanku Ja’afar. I have finished my AS level back in June and am now preparing for my A2 examinations. My summer was spent reading and doing researches for my Personal Statement, which is a key in the application requirement set by universities in the United Kingdom.   As I aim to pursue Economics as a degree in the near future, I maximise my time of reading during my free time to enrich my exposure to the economic phenomena around me. I have selected a few universities that I am interested in. The list consists of a mix of schools in London, which offers a an exciting lifestyle and of course a range of social networking opportunities to aid in future career, and in country towns, which slower pace of life is of advantage when you prefer a more tranquil lifestyle in wide beautiful campuses.   Having sent off my UCAS application, I felt a great relief. I had spent a hu...

I have been awfully busy. As I returned to my school, Kolej Tuanku Ja ’afar, after my 6-week Summer break, my housemates and I were tasked to manage the house singing performance. We had started discussing our performance before the long break started, picking the songs to sing and trying to find some catchy dance moves. However, things are all easier said than done. Discussing choreography and dance moves orally did not help much when it came to teaching juniors how to sing at the right keys, or synchronising their dances. Having only 10 of us to manage the rest of the house of approximately 70 teens was not easy. A brief info about the KTJ House Singing, it is the first interhouse challenge of the year, for its advantage of bringing the entire house together and compete with the other houses regardless of gender and age. In KTJ, there are 8 boarding houses (4 senior boys, 3 senior girls and 1 junior house). My house, Naquiyuddin, the Green house which mascot is sheep, select...