Exams are over

12/11/2009

This is a date I would remember that I have finally finished Semester 2 of my 1st year. It is time to reflect on how I did during exams.

Malaysian Studies:
-Well, I can say that the questions are OK
-Internal assessment: 36/50
-Exam: 37/50 (based on how I felt I did)
-Total: 73/100 (Distinction)

Marketing Theory & Practice:
-The questions were really spot on with what I studied based on the review slides given by Ms. Crystal
-My only regret is not answering STP in Section A
-Internal assessment: 40/50
-Exam: 40/50 (based on how I felt I did)
-Total: 80/100 (High Distinction)

Introductory Macroeconomics:
-Well, I slacked badly in the run up to this exam, which is not a good sign as I had became complacent at that point
-Questions are doable, but whether the answers are correct remain to be seen
-Internal assessment: 26/30
-Exam: 50/70 (based on how I felt I did)
-Total: 76/100 (Distinction)

Business Law:
-I can explain so many things by practical, and yet, when it comes to the theory, I simply went blank
-I didn't know what to do
-I hate open book tests, it really messed up my mind
-Internal assessment: 20/30
-Exam: 40/70 (based on how I felt I did)
-Total: 60/100 (Credit)

Introduction to Financial Accounting:
-As Ms. Mohana said, 70% of the questions would come out based on practice exam questions
-Well, most of the questions are seriously doable, but I think I screwed up one of the questions, which is theoretical
-I haven't thanked Mr. Eu-Gene for teaching me Accounts
-Internal assessment: 25/30
-Exam: 55/70 (based on how I felt I did)
-Total: 80/100 (High Distinction)


Now I can calculate my predicted GPA and WMA:
GPA = (4 + 3 + 2 + 4)/4 = 3.25
WMA = (80 + 76 + 60 + 80)/4 = 74

Compared to my last semester, my GPA is predicted to be better, but my WMA would be worse because of my Business Law potentially pulling down my average marks significantly.

Oh well, as goes the saying, "I reap what I sow".

The only effort I can do now is to pray to God and hope that I can get real good results for my exams. Insya-Allah.

Macroecons

Today, I had my Macroeconomics paper, which is already the 3rd paper of my exam so far. I must say the questions are real tricky. I can't even determine my exact answer for each question. It seems I've been outgunned by my best hope for a HD.

Internal: 26/30
Exam (based on what I did): 45/70
Total: 71/100 (Distinction)

Based on how I felt I did during the exams so far, that leads to 3 Distinctions out of 3 subjects finished. Another 2 coming up, Business Law and Financial Accounting. So the marks below are how I felt I did so far:

Malaysian Studies - 73%
Marketing - 78%
Macroeconomics - 71%

Although there is a possibility that I may have done better than expected, I prefer to feel pessismistic for now. Only Allah knows the real results. So, I have to pray hard for success after a lot of effort being concentrated for the exams. As the saying goes: "You reap what you sow."

Yup, sounds like a fair proverb. Even if the results does not reflect the hard work you put in, just remember, life is always a challenge.

Exam progress

I've done 2 papers so far, which are Malaysian Studies and Marketing. I hope I can get at least a distinction for Malaysian Studies and a high distinction (HD) for marketing. Although I answered Section B and C quite well, I cannot be certain about their perfect-ness. It is unlikely that I can get a full 10% and 20% from Section B and C respectively, although I can hope for at least 8% and 19% respectively, which totals up to 27%. My internals were 40% out of 50%, so that makes my total 67%. Thus, I need another 13% from Section A, which carries 20%. However, I forgot to answer STP, which cost me 6% overall, thus leaving only 14% up for grabs, in which I doubt I can get mostly perfect, although I can hope for 13%, but nothing is certain for sure. All I can do now is pray to God that I can get HD for marketing, or it may well be another near miss like last semester.

My prediction (based on what I've done):
Malaysian Studies = 36/50 (IA) + 37/50 (exam) = 73/100 (Distinction)
Marketing = 40/50 (IA) + 38/50 (exam) = 78/100 (Distinction)

Now, I have another 3 papers to go. Macroeconomics, Business Law, and Financial Accounting. From the 3, I think Macroeconomics is my best hope for a HD, but I haven't really put an effort into studying for Macroeconomics exam tomorrow. Oh well, the most important thing for me is that I don't panic.

Exams has begun

At 9.04am, I had started my Malaysian Studies exam and was done at 10.50am

20 MCQs and 4 essay questions (answer 2)

How confident was I with my answers?
MCQ - 13%/20%
Essay (Q1 - Origins of Chinese and Indians) - 11%/15%
Essay (Q2 - Parliamentary democracy) - 13%/15%

Total exam % = 37%/50%
Total internal assessment % = 36%/50%

Total % = 73% (Distinction)

Oh well, at least based on what I did, I am currently surpassing my target of just 65% for Malaysian Studies. But I tell you, nothing is easy in Malaysian Studies. I'm just glad I'm over with it.

Now, my next target for tomorrow: Marketing exam

Exam mode

I couldn't update my voting pattern analysis because the http://undi.info/ website was somehow deleted by an unknown source. Malaysiakini had took over from the government in 2008 for running this website. I think that hackers closed this website down in a move to ensure orang Malaysia lupa.

Oh well, my exams will start on the 29/10/2009 (Thursday) and ends on 12/11/2009 (Thursday). Marketing (29th), Macroecons (2nd), Biz Law (5th), and Accounting (12th).

My targets:
Marketing - 80 (HD)
Macroecons - 90 (HD)
Biz Law - 80 (HD)
Accounting - 80 (HD)
Malaysian Studies - 65 (C)

I hope I'm gonna work towards achieving my short-term goals between now and the exams.

Voting patterns (Part 7)

Well, 110 parliamentary seats have been predicted up till now. From Johor to Melaka to Negeri Sembilan to Selangor to Pahang to Terengganu and to Kelantan. Now, from Kelantan, I'll be moving to Perak now. Before I start listing down the Perak parliamentary seats, let's recall that PR is leading by 24 seats over BN. Thus, the score so far is 67-43 in their favour.

P54 - Grik
Incumbent: BN(GERAKAN)
2004 majority - 8,397 (UMNO)
2008 majority - 5,573 (GERAKAN)
GE13 Prediction: GERAKAN to retain the seat comfortably

P55 - Lenggong
Incumbent: BN(UMNO)
2004 majority - 5,632
2008 majority - 4,919
GE13 Prediction: UMNO to retain the seat comfortably

P56 - Larut
Incumbent: BN(UMNO)
2004 majority - 7,608
2008 majority - 1,911
GE13 Prediction: PAS may pull off an upset

P57 - Parit Buntar
Incumbent: PR(PAS)
2004 majority - 4,689 (UMNO)
2008 majority - 7,551 (PAS)
GE13 Prediction: PAS may retain the seat comfortably

P58 - Bagan Serai
Incumbent: PR(PKR)
2004 majority - 5,618 (UMNO)
2008 majority - 3,413 (PKR)
GE13 Prediction: PKR may retain the seat

P59 - Bukit Gantang
Incumbent: PR(PAS)
2004 majority - 8,888 (GERAKAN)
2008 majority - 1,566 (PAS)
2009 majority (by-election) - 2,789 (PAS)
GE13 Prediction: PAS may retain the seat

P60 - Taiping
Incumbent: PR(DAP)
2004 majority - 2,172 (PPP)
2008 majority - 11,298 (DAP)
GE13 Prediction: DAP may retain the seat comfortably

P61 - Padang Rengas
Incumbent: BN(UMNO)
2004 majority - 4,772
2008 majority - 1,749
GE13 Prediction: PKR may pull off an upset

P62 - Sungai Siput
Incumbent: PR(PKR)
2004 majority - 10,235 (MIC)
2008 majority - 1,821 (PKR)
GE13 Prediction: PKR may retain the seat

P63 - Tambun
Incumbent: BN(UMNO)
2004 majority - 17,360
2008 majority - 5,386
GE13 Prediction: PKR may pull off an upset

P64 - Ipoh Timor
Incumbent: PR(DAP)
2004 majority - 9,774
2008 majority - 21,942
GE13 Prediction: DAP may retain the seat comfortably

P65 - Ipoh Barat
Incumbent: PR(DAP)
2004 majority - 598
2008 majority - 15,534
GE13 Prediction: DAP may retain the seat comfortably

P66 - Batu Gajah
Incumbent: PR(DAP)
2004 majority - 7,927
2008 majority - 24,627
GE13 Prediction: DAP may retain the seat comfortably

P67 - Kuala Kangsar
Incumbent: BN(UMNO)
2004 majority - 5,557
2008 majority - 1,458
GE13 Prediction: PAS may pull off an upset

P68 - Beruas
Incumbent: PR(DAP)
2004 majority - 4,564 (GERAKAN)
2008 majority - 1,828 (DAP)
GE13 Prediction: DAP may retain the seat

P69 - Parit
Incumbent: BN(UMNO)
2004 majority - 4,696
2008 majority - 2,873
GE13 Prediction: UMNO to retain the seat comfortably

P70 - Kampar
Incumbent: BN(MCA)
2004 majority - 9,474
2008 majority - 2,697
GE13 Prediction: DAP may pull off an upset

P71 - Gopeng
Incumbent: PR(PKR)
2004 majority - 14,260 (MCA)
2008 majority - 7,368 (PKR)
GE13 Prediction: PKR may retain the seat comfortably

P72 - Tapah
Incumbent: BN(MIC)
2004 majority - 9.586
2008 majority - 3,020
GE13 Prediction: PKR may pull off an upset

P73 - Pasir Salak
Incumbent: BN(UMNO)
2004 majority - 8,547
2008 majority - 2,688
GE13 Prediction: PKR may pull off an upset

P74 - Lumut
Incumbent: BN(MCA)
2004 majority - 11,614
2008 majority - 298
GE13 Prediction: PKR may pull off an upset

P75 - Bagan Datok
Incumbent: BN(UMNO)
2004 majority - 12,539
2008 majority - 2,692
GE13 Prediction: PKR may pull off an upset

P76 - Teluk Intan
Incumbent: PR(DAP)
2004 majority - 9,836 (GERAKAN)
2008 majority - 1,470 (DAP)
GE13 Prediction: DAP may retain the seat

P77 - Tanjung Malim
Incumbent: BN(MCA)
2004 majority - 14,536
2008 majority - 5,422
GE13 Prediction: PKR may pull off an upset

There are 24 parliamentary seats up for grabs in Perak. 13 are currently held by BN, while the rest are under PR. However, this is a possible opportunity for PR to wrestle more seats from BN come the next GE. We'll see what happens by then.

Current score in Perak: BN 13-11 PR
Prediction score in Perak: PR 21-3 BN

Total prediction score: PR 88-46 BN

Voting patterns (Part 6)

Now, I will visit Kelantan, where PAS has ruled since 1990. The parliamentary seats are as below:

P19 - Tumpat
Incumbent: PR(PAS)
2004 majority - 1,820
2008 majority - 9,377
GE13 Prediction: PAS may retain the seat comfortably

P20 - Pengkalan Chepa
Incumbent: PR(PAS)
2004 majority - 6,222
2008 majority - 11,311
GE13 Prediction: PAS may retain the seat comfortably

P21 - Kota Bharu
Incumbent: PR(PAS)
2004 majority - 1,723 (UMNO)
2008 majority - 11,288 (PAS)
GE13 Prediction: PAS may retain the seat comfortably

P22 - Pasir Mas
Incumbent: BEBAS (Datuk Ibrahim Ali - UMNO stooge)
2004 majority - 1,251 (PAS)
2008 majority - 8,991 (BEBAS)
GE13 Prediction: PAS may retain the seat

P23 - Rantau Panjang
Incumbent: PR(PAS)
2004 majority - 732
2008 majority - 4,486
GE13 Prediction: PAS may retain the seat

P24 - Kubang Kerian
Incumbent: PR(PAS)
2004 majority - 5,627
2008 majority - 10,642
GE13 Prediction: PAS may retain the seat comfortably

P25 - Bachok
Incumbent: PR(PAS)
2004 majority - 3,272 (UMNO)
2008 majority - 2,901 (PAS)
GE13 Prediction: PAS may retain the seat

P26 - Ketereh
Incumbent: PR(PKR)
2004 majority - 2,888 (UMNO)
2008 majority - 400 (PKR)
GE13 Prediction: PKR may retain the seat

P27 - Tanah Merah
Incumbent: PR(PKR)
2004 majority - 2,527 (UMNO)
2008 majority - 1,584 (PKR)
GE13 Prediction: PKR may retain the seat

P28 - Pasir Puteh
Incumbent: PR(PAS)
2004 majority - 3,810
2008 majority - 3,968
GE13 Prediction: PAS may retain the seat

P29 - Machang
Incumbent: PR(PKR)
2004 majority - 135 (UMNO)
2008 majority - 1,460 (PKR)
GE13 Prediction: PKR may retain the seat

P30 - Jeli
Incumbent: BN(UMNO)
2004 majority - 7,353
2008 majority - 4,436
GE13 Prediction: UMNO to retain the seat comfortably

P31 - Kuala Krai
Incumbent: PR(PAS)
2004 majority - 2,416 (UMNO)
2008 majority - 4,984 (PAS)
GE13 Prediction: PAS may retain the seat

P32 - Gua Musang
Incumbent: BN(UMNO)
2004 majority - 6,598
2008 majority - 4,394
GE13 Prediction: UMNO to retain the seat comfortably

From what I observe so far up to this point, Kelantan may retain status quo come the next GE. No seats gained, and no seats lost. 14 parliamentary seats, 12 controlled by PR and 2 by BN (I call the Minister of Trade Datuk Pa while my only favourite UMNO politician, Ku Li, holds the Gua Musang seat. Why do I call him Datuk Pa? Well, let's just say my mom is good friends with his wife. That's why.)

Current score in Kelantan: PR 12-2 BN
Prediction score in Kelantan: PR 12-2 BN

Total prediction score: PR 67-43 BN

I'll continue with Part 7 another time. In the meantime, let's sit back and enjoy the upcoming show in Bagan Pinang on the 11th of October.