Some English news/articles written by me:
Malay articles/news written by me:
Titled: Bayar yuran pengajian sebelum peperiksaan (Below)
Titled: Tren terkini: Media sosial atau interaksi bersemuka? (Below)
Monday, June 6, 2016
Friday, June 3, 2016
Magazine Publishing
Besides producing student newspaper, producing magazine is one of my final year projects too.
With a group of 8, my friends and I came out with a 80-page of magazine.
We visited places and restaurants to introduce places that we think are worth to visit around.
I've removed names and pictures of my teammates for personal data protection.
As showed below, my role in the magazine was to design and harmonise the layout design for the magazine (using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop softwares).
Our editorial team
Photoessay titled: Sembilan Maharaja dinaungi cahaya (Nine emperor Gods festival)
Written by: Au Tse En Nicole (Me)
Photographs by: Au Tse En Nicole (Me)
Layout design: Au Tse En Nicole (Me)
Titled: Gunung Lang - Syurga di sempadan Ipoh
Written by: Au Tse En Nicole (Me)
Photographs by: Au Tse En Nicole (Me)
Layout design: Au Tse En Nicole (Me)
Titled: Di Sebalik Nasi 7 Benua
Written by: Au Tse En Nicole (Me)
Photographs by: Au Tse En Nicole (Me)
Layout design: Au Tse En Nicole (Me)
Below are articles and photos by my teammates, but the designs are by me :)
Layout design: Au Tse En Nicole
Layout design: Au Tse En Nicole
Layout design: Au Tse En Nicole
Layout design: Au Tse En Nicole
Layout design: Au Tse En Nicole
Layout design: Au Tse En Nicole
Layout design: Au Tse En Nicole
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Internship Evaluation Form and Testimonial (22nd Feb - 21st May 2016)
Today's the official last date for my internship. As my internship company doesn't require us to work on weekends, yesterday marks the last working day of mine with Plexus Penang Riverside.
I've uploaded the evaluation form and testimonial from my ex-superior, as below.
Monday, September 21, 2015
What are we surrendering ourselves to?
Turn off all your gadgets and internet connection for one day. Have an outdoor walk. Look at the flowers and buildings around. Go to the library. Try to make new friends. Would you feel empty?
My birthday was about three weeks ago, one of my university friends sent me wishes and we promised to have a meal together as soon as university reopens.
I decided to meet up with her this weekend, before getting busier with tons of assignments, meetings and what not.
Thus, I tried to contact her and I realised I could no longer send her a text on Facebook Messenger.
There are two possibilities: She deactivated her Facebook account, or she blocked me.
The latter would not be possible, for I already knew her for three years and there was no issue between us.
It was not a big deal for me at first - I have her phone number.
Scrolled along my contact lists looking for her name, I called the phone number we used to text each other.
It couldn't reach her.
At the moment, I was thinking: Is there any other way to meet her, except social media or handphone?
When I was in primary school, those days without internet, we used to have mini address books. And I have a lot of 'em. I love to jot down my friends' house numbers and their addresses.
Even after I bought another nicer or fancier address books, I used to copy those contacts in the old book to new ones.
The advent of handphones and smartphones made us so dependent and handwriting notes are falling into disuse.
From sending handwriting letters to emails, jotting down notes into notebooks to snapping photos of the notes in our smartphones, drawing on papers to sketching on our iPads - Can we imagine one day where there is no electricity, WiFi or mobile data?
Back to contacting my friend, she sent me a Whatsapp text this evening, after I looked up for her closer friend and add her friend on Facebook.
Thanks to social media, I could get in touch with her.
The reason my friend gave was, there was no signal coverage on her phone last week when I tried to get in touch with her.
Certainly it was not her fault.
But this incident made me think and review of the current lifestyle I'm having, things that I am depending much upon.
All of a sudden, I miss those days I used to play hide-and-seek with other kids in my neighbourhood.
I miss those days where social media or online games do not exist, and my mum used to send me and my brothers for kids competition, say, the Malay traditional Congkak game competition, drawing competition, Snake-and-Ladder game competition, etc.
I miss days where we stay up late reading books we borrowed from the library, instead of sticking our eyes in front of computer monitors.
I could not deny that internet made my life easier and sometimes happier.
However, at the same time, we have given ourselves to technology and internet more than we thought we should.
Maybe some day, we should come up with an 'International no WiFi day'.
At least, once a year.
My birthday was about three weeks ago, one of my university friends sent me wishes and we promised to have a meal together as soon as university reopens.
I decided to meet up with her this weekend, before getting busier with tons of assignments, meetings and what not.
Thus, I tried to contact her and I realised I could no longer send her a text on Facebook Messenger.
There are two possibilities: She deactivated her Facebook account, or she blocked me.
The latter would not be possible, for I already knew her for three years and there was no issue between us.
It was not a big deal for me at first - I have her phone number.
Scrolled along my contact lists looking for her name, I called the phone number we used to text each other.
It couldn't reach her.
At the moment, I was thinking: Is there any other way to meet her, except social media or handphone?
When I was in primary school, those days without internet, we used to have mini address books. And I have a lot of 'em. I love to jot down my friends' house numbers and their addresses.
Even after I bought another nicer or fancier address books, I used to copy those contacts in the old book to new ones.
The advent of handphones and smartphones made us so dependent and handwriting notes are falling into disuse.
From sending handwriting letters to emails, jotting down notes into notebooks to snapping photos of the notes in our smartphones, drawing on papers to sketching on our iPads - Can we imagine one day where there is no electricity, WiFi or mobile data?
Back to contacting my friend, she sent me a Whatsapp text this evening, after I looked up for her closer friend and add her friend on Facebook.
Thanks to social media, I could get in touch with her.
The reason my friend gave was, there was no signal coverage on her phone last week when I tried to get in touch with her.
Certainly it was not her fault.
But this incident made me think and review of the current lifestyle I'm having, things that I am depending much upon.
All of a sudden, I miss those days I used to play hide-and-seek with other kids in my neighbourhood.
I miss those days where social media or online games do not exist, and my mum used to send me and my brothers for kids competition, say, the Malay traditional Congkak game competition, drawing competition, Snake-and-Ladder game competition, etc.
I miss days where we stay up late reading books we borrowed from the library, instead of sticking our eyes in front of computer monitors.
I could not deny that internet made my life easier and sometimes happier.
However, at the same time, we have given ourselves to technology and internet more than we thought we should.
Maybe some day, we should come up with an 'International no WiFi day'.
At least, once a year.
Monday, August 31, 2015
Movie Review: The Prince in darkness
What does a Dracula mean to you? If you think a Dracula is an antagonist who sucks blood like what a vampire does, Dracula Untold might make you change your perception on that.
The Dracula in the film is more a hero than a monster. At the beginning of the film, it exposes audiences with the fact that the Master Vampire is entombed in a cave. The film does a good job in establishing the setting and characters. It introduces us to the life of Vlad Tepes (the Dracula), who spends his young life serving in the Turkish army. Raised by his enemies, the Turks, Vlad learns to be a great warrior. He is then the prince of Transylvania and is a vassal to Mehmed, the Sultan of Turkey. He seems to live a happily-ever-after life with his family. However, the peace and harmony is not eternal. War begins when the Sultan demands additional 1000 boys from Vlad for his army, including Vlad’s son, Ingeras.
Realising the fact that he does not want to give his son up to slavery, and that he could not defeat the predominant Turkish army with his people, Vlad seeks supernatural aid in the cave where the Master Vampire is there. He accepts the power of damnation which gives him extraordinary power to cover long distances as a flock of bats.
Cinematography plays a crucial role here to impress and gives audiences a clearer picture of how powerful Vlad is with computer-generated effects. In the scene, Vlad successfully protects his people from 1000 soldiers with his power. Nevertheless, his people betray and try to kill him when they know Vlad has become a Dracula. He has to seek for his people’s understanding and acceptance of who he has become.
At the same time, Vlad has to resist his desire to suck blood for three days as he fights Mehmed, so that he can revert to his former self. His power will be weakened if he is exposed to sunlight and silver metal.
On the other hand, Mehmed does not give up in the war and he manages to catch Vlad’s son. Vlad’s supportive wife, Mirena dies as well. Vlad has both mental and physical stress when his family leaves him at the time he needs them the most. Struggling to save his son and to resist the desire to suck human blood, how could Vlad and his people survive? This film definitely challenges you to watch it till the very end.
The Dracula in the film is more a hero than a monster. At the beginning of the film, it exposes audiences with the fact that the Master Vampire is entombed in a cave. The film does a good job in establishing the setting and characters. It introduces us to the life of Vlad Tepes (the Dracula), who spends his young life serving in the Turkish army. Raised by his enemies, the Turks, Vlad learns to be a great warrior. He is then the prince of Transylvania and is a vassal to Mehmed, the Sultan of Turkey. He seems to live a happily-ever-after life with his family. However, the peace and harmony is not eternal. War begins when the Sultan demands additional 1000 boys from Vlad for his army, including Vlad’s son, Ingeras.
Realising the fact that he does not want to give his son up to slavery, and that he could not defeat the predominant Turkish army with his people, Vlad seeks supernatural aid in the cave where the Master Vampire is there. He accepts the power of damnation which gives him extraordinary power to cover long distances as a flock of bats.
Cinematography plays a crucial role here to impress and gives audiences a clearer picture of how powerful Vlad is with computer-generated effects. In the scene, Vlad successfully protects his people from 1000 soldiers with his power. Nevertheless, his people betray and try to kill him when they know Vlad has become a Dracula. He has to seek for his people’s understanding and acceptance of who he has become.
At the same time, Vlad has to resist his desire to suck blood for three days as he fights Mehmed, so that he can revert to his former self. His power will be weakened if he is exposed to sunlight and silver metal.
On the other hand, Mehmed does not give up in the war and he manages to catch Vlad’s son. Vlad’s supportive wife, Mirena dies as well. Vlad has both mental and physical stress when his family leaves him at the time he needs them the most. Struggling to save his son and to resist the desire to suck human blood, how could Vlad and his people survive? This film definitely challenges you to watch it till the very end.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
News: LHP456 to be registered manually
Students of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) who would like to take LHP456 Spoken English as one of their courses have to go to the School of Languages, Literacies and Translation (SoLLaT) to register the course.
Different from previous semesters, this semester, LHP456 is not available on campusonline for students to register before semester reopens. Students have to go to SoLLaT to register themselves during the first week of semester.
According to the Dean of SoLLaT, Prof. Dr Tengku Sepora Tengku Mahadi, the reason they decided to make such move is due to the online system which could not allow students to choose the group and time they wanted.
“This causes many students to add and drop courses early in the semester because they realised the timetable clashing with another courses, or the group is already full”, she said.
“This further makes teachers difficult to confirm the number of students early and they will have difficulties to find classrooms if the students requested to change the time”, added Dr Tengku Sepora.
She does not encourage students to register the course at SoLLaT on behalf of their friends.
“This is because we would like to avoid students who did not attend the lectures, claiming that they did not know they’ve registered the course, when in fact their friends registered for them”, she added.
Asking about whether the same registration procedures continues in the coming semester, Dr Tengku Sepora said the school has not decided yet.
“It depends on the efficiency of the procedure. If registration at SoLLaT found to be more efficient, we’ll make the same thing in the coming semesters. If registration through campusonline and SoLLaT has no much difference in efficiency, we’ll allow students to register through campusonline again”, she explained.
Different from previous semesters, this semester, LHP456 is not available on campusonline for students to register before semester reopens. Students have to go to SoLLaT to register themselves during the first week of semester.
According to the Dean of SoLLaT, Prof. Dr Tengku Sepora Tengku Mahadi, the reason they decided to make such move is due to the online system which could not allow students to choose the group and time they wanted.
“This causes many students to add and drop courses early in the semester because they realised the timetable clashing with another courses, or the group is already full”, she said.
“This further makes teachers difficult to confirm the number of students early and they will have difficulties to find classrooms if the students requested to change the time”, added Dr Tengku Sepora.
She does not encourage students to register the course at SoLLaT on behalf of their friends.
“This is because we would like to avoid students who did not attend the lectures, claiming that they did not know they’ve registered the course, when in fact their friends registered for them”, she added.
Asking about whether the same registration procedures continues in the coming semester, Dr Tengku Sepora said the school has not decided yet.
“It depends on the efficiency of the procedure. If registration at SoLLaT found to be more efficient, we’ll make the same thing in the coming semesters. If registration through campusonline and SoLLaT has no much difference in efficiency, we’ll allow students to register through campusonline again”, she explained.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
News: Choose2Protect clears sex myths
Choose2Protect workshop has been held on the 30th April 2015, at 8pm at DKM Universiti Sains Malaysia by Durex, in partnership with AIESEC in Malaysia, Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO), and the Federation of Reproductive Health Associations, Malaysia (FRHAM).
Aimed to educate young Malaysians about the dangers of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), the workshop was carried out by three peer educators. The peer educators are AIESECers who have received sex education from WAO and FRHAM.
The Project Director, Jessie Yong Qian Mei, as one of the peer educators, during the ice-breaking session, showed students a video that emphasised on the message “Sex is not a stigma. Ignorance is”.
She then presented the facts and statistics in Malaysia.
“Based on the report of the Ministry of Health Malaysia, 51 cases of teen pregnancies have been reported each day. However, this figure only represents those who have been reported, imagine teens who feel ashamed and dared not admit that they’ve pregnant. Also, 45% of the Malaysian youths had their first sex without the protection against STIs. This is then leads to the fact that 21% of Malaysians have been infected with an STI in their lifetime”, said Jessie.
“Our reproductive organs, like penis and vagina, are just like our eyes and mouth. They are parts of our bodies and there is nothing to be ashamed of”, explained Jessie when showing photos of reproductive organs of both sexes to let students understand their reproductive organs.
The workshop also cleared some myths on sex that are normally perceived by majority of people.
One of the myths is that most people think that women cannot get pregnant when she is having menstruation during the sexual intercourse. In fact, according to Jessie, there is no time of the month that is completely safe for unprotected sex.
There is also another common myth where people think if a male draws before ejaculation, a woman would not get pregnant.
“This is not true because before a man ejaculates, there might be some leaking of liquid which contains thousands of sperm. Do bear in mind that it only takes a sperm to fertilise an egg”, explained Jessie.
The second peer educator, Ngoo Xiao Wei, shared knowledge about STIs. There are basically four types of STIs, which are either caused by bacteria, fungi, parasites or viruses. Among these four types of STIs, only STI caused by viruses could not be cured. However, according to Ngoo, prevention is always better than cure. Prevention methods suggested by Ngoo are abstinence and the usage of condom.
Ngoo told students that STIs could only spread through unprotected sex, sharing of needles and syringes and sharing of sex toys. Sharing the same toilet seats, kissing, bitten by a mosquito that has bitten a person with STI, and spitted by a person who has STI do not spread the infection.
Meanwhile, the third peer educator, Erica Seng Ee-Su gave talk on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). AIDS is the disease caused by HIV, the virus. According to Erica, having HIV does not mean that one infects AIDS. She also said that HIV test could be done through a specific blood test in hospitals and clinics.
Even though there is no cure for AIDS, Erica said there are antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that help stop the HIV from spreading. However, one has to continue taking the drugs throughout his life once he starts taking it.
The workshop ends at 9.30pm. Students who attended the talk were given a brochure, a notebook and a badge. They were also required to fill in a questionnaire to assess their knowledge of sexual and reproductive health.
Aimed to educate young Malaysians about the dangers of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), the workshop was carried out by three peer educators. The peer educators are AIESECers who have received sex education from WAO and FRHAM.
The Project Director, Jessie Yong Qian Mei, as one of the peer educators, during the ice-breaking session, showed students a video that emphasised on the message “Sex is not a stigma. Ignorance is”.
She then presented the facts and statistics in Malaysia.
“Based on the report of the Ministry of Health Malaysia, 51 cases of teen pregnancies have been reported each day. However, this figure only represents those who have been reported, imagine teens who feel ashamed and dared not admit that they’ve pregnant. Also, 45% of the Malaysian youths had their first sex without the protection against STIs. This is then leads to the fact that 21% of Malaysians have been infected with an STI in their lifetime”, said Jessie.
“Our reproductive organs, like penis and vagina, are just like our eyes and mouth. They are parts of our bodies and there is nothing to be ashamed of”, explained Jessie when showing photos of reproductive organs of both sexes to let students understand their reproductive organs.
The workshop also cleared some myths on sex that are normally perceived by majority of people.
One of the myths is that most people think that women cannot get pregnant when she is having menstruation during the sexual intercourse. In fact, according to Jessie, there is no time of the month that is completely safe for unprotected sex.
There is also another common myth where people think if a male draws before ejaculation, a woman would not get pregnant.
“This is not true because before a man ejaculates, there might be some leaking of liquid which contains thousands of sperm. Do bear in mind that it only takes a sperm to fertilise an egg”, explained Jessie.
The second peer educator, Ngoo Xiao Wei, shared knowledge about STIs. There are basically four types of STIs, which are either caused by bacteria, fungi, parasites or viruses. Among these four types of STIs, only STI caused by viruses could not be cured. However, according to Ngoo, prevention is always better than cure. Prevention methods suggested by Ngoo are abstinence and the usage of condom.
Ngoo told students that STIs could only spread through unprotected sex, sharing of needles and syringes and sharing of sex toys. Sharing the same toilet seats, kissing, bitten by a mosquito that has bitten a person with STI, and spitted by a person who has STI do not spread the infection.
Meanwhile, the third peer educator, Erica Seng Ee-Su gave talk on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). AIDS is the disease caused by HIV, the virus. According to Erica, having HIV does not mean that one infects AIDS. She also said that HIV test could be done through a specific blood test in hospitals and clinics.
Even though there is no cure for AIDS, Erica said there are antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that help stop the HIV from spreading. However, one has to continue taking the drugs throughout his life once he starts taking it.
The workshop ends at 9.30pm. Students who attended the talk were given a brochure, a notebook and a badge. They were also required to fill in a questionnaire to assess their knowledge of sexual and reproductive health.
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