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"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it. -

Oscar Wilde" My name is Valerie Song Zi Yun and im a Year 2 nursing student of Unimas. You can call me

Val. My close friends usually call me Song. Im from Kuching, Sarawak. I was born in the year 1990, July, the

20th. Im the eldest among three siblings. I have a sister, aged 15 and a brother, aged 8.

I am a very down to earth person, easygoing and love to laugh and make people happy. I am not a

judgmental person and I take people as I find them and I hope people take me likewise. I accept that there are

good and bad people in this world - no matter where you are.

What do I dislike? There are a few but not many. I dislike social injustice, dishonesty, angry people and

people who take advantage of vulnerable people. Life is too short to be angry. We should all be able to talk to

one another and be open and honest. There are nearly always two sides to every story; so I always look at both

sides before passing judgment. I dislike people who brag about their success and dishonest people. I mean one

should be humble with their achievements. They can share about their success stories to others but not necessary

need to blow their trumpet or show off their material stuffs.

I like to do the simple things in life - take walks, spend time with family and friends and to be with

special people whom I loved. I enjoy all kinds of music and books. I like to crack jokes and do silly things when

I have my friends around. We should try to laugh always because it heals your heart and prolongs your life span.

I have a big interest in green issues and I do care about people especially the children who are the leaders of our

future.

I like to go for a cup of coffee or a walk in the garden, holding hands with someone special. I like

shopping but I am definitely not a slave to fashion. I admire fashion but do not believe in spending by the

thousands just to look or feel good. I don't mind pampering myself with buying something for myself for some

of my personal achievements in what I do. We are only human and some treats would certainly be nice once a

while.

I love to be out in the open air, meet new friends and socialise. It takes all sorts to make this world. I

value friends very much as they are the ones who encourage and give us moral support through good and bad

times. I don't appreciate people who try to be friends or who are your friends but not being very sincere. I

believe in fairness irregardless of gender and race, but this is not happening in our society which is rather sad.

Whenever I'm stress, I will a have a cup. I love sitting having a cup of coffee with a blank mind and

light music being played. I like nature; to hear the birds singing, to smell the earth and find a rainbow after it has

rained, and to see a beautiful sunrise and sunset is a gift only humans can appreciate fully. I love watching kids

laugh when they play in the park or gardens because they're so natural and not so conditioned by the society or

the environment. They're so carefree. It's amazing how they talk and respond to you; quite intelligent I must say.

I'm a coffee addict and always insist to have 2 cups of coffee a day. I'm trying to reduce my caffeine intake but

don't think I'll be successful in doing so for a very long time.

I love artspainting, drawings, photography, and digital graphics. I have artistic talents and can draw

pretty well. Back then when in secondary school, my artwork is always getting the highest ranking and everyone


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loves my drawings. I used to be my school magazine Graphic Designer and had been involving in designing

banners, flyers, posters, events invitation cards as well as the schools T-shirts. Currently, Im also coming up

with a T-shirt design for Unimas Faculty of Medicine and Health Science.

Academically wise, Im proud of my academic performance so far. Being a straight As student from

UPSR, PMR to SPM and an excellent cGPA scores in my STPM as well as in both of my semester results

throughout my first year of studies in the nursing programme. I know that my parents pin very high hopes on me,

so I cannot just be satisfied of my achievement so far. I have to work harder at the tertiary level as I am aware of

the many challenges and obstacles ahead in life. Now, I am using this top notch university education to my

advantage and strive to perform well in all my classes no matter the difficulty. Being raised under strict

standards, I understand the importance of setting goals to provide guidance and confidence when shooting for a

goal that is far off. Being an excellent or a top student in class, however, stress me out at times, as the lecturers

and my classmates usually put a very high expectation on me.

I am always seen and elected as a leader during any group discussion or group work in class. As a

leader, I usually face some minor problems. One of which is that my group members rely too much on me as

they thought and knew that I can do most of the tasks. Despite not being judgemental, however, sometimes, its

also very hard for me to fully trust their capabilities as I knew some of them do not perform well academically.

That is the reason why sometimes I feel that Im the one doing most of the jobs or tasks for the discussion.

However, what I have learned from being a leader is that by delegating tasks according to each members

strength and abilities so that they can perform their best out of it and nobody is left out from the discussion. This

is when I began to learn trust from others.

When I have any problem, I always talk it out with my best friend. When you talk it out, somehow it

feels better inside out. Thus, I dont usually write out my problems. However, due to the need to fulfilling this

essay writing task, Ive been assigned to write out my problems. Currently, I am facing the problem of having

too many assignments. One of our lecturers gave us three assignments in just one lecture. We have three lectures

of that course per week, so we have nine assignments per week. This is rather a burden on my shoulder as I

dont have extra time to review my other subjects. All my time is spent on those assignments instead. It would

be preferable and tolerable if it is a once a week assignment rather than nine assignments per week. It is hectic.

I hear complains from my classmates daily regarding this issue, however, none of us dare to raise this issue up

with the lecturer concerned. There was once afternoon last week when the lecturer asked how did we enjoy theclass so far. It was quite pathetic when everyone pretended by telling the lecturer that they enjoyed it. Another

related problem that really frustrates me is that we have to submit our assignment to Unimas Morpheus web

page, which is very lagging. We face server error most of the time trying to logon to that web page; and it is not

one assignment that we are submitting but nine of them to be posted. I want to tell the lecturer so badly

regarding this burden but I just do not have the gut to do so.

This semester is rather hectic compared to that of the previous semesters. We have lectures everyday

from 8am till 4pm; sometimes till 5pm and 7pm. We even have to attend lectures for our co-curriculum this

semester as the sengang system had been slashed off by the Ministry of Higher Education. It is rather ironic to


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the definition of co-curriculum whereby people participate in leisure activities instead of attending lectures

which I feel that this is not enjoyable at all. After I reach home from class, I will feel tired and sleepy.

Whilst my weekdays are packed with lectures, then comes the weekends completing my running lists

of assignments. This is rather depressing as I rarely have the time to catch up with friends these days. I have to

turn down their invites so as to complete my assignments every weekend. I really hope that I could get my

weekend back. I guess none of my classmates could tolerate nine assignments per week. I hear daily complaints

from all of them but no one dares to voice it out to the lecturer concerned. I assume that most of us are afraid of

our marks been deducted if we were to raise this issue up.

Despite this, I try to be optimist about this issue and I believe I would be able to gain new knowledge

by completing those assignments. What I can do now is to do my best in those assignments and pray for

someone brave enough to voice out this issue to the lecturer concerned.

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