Reset and Start All over

Me with my travelling cap making my way to Fio's house

Me without my cap

Hello people. It's me again. I consider this as my first blog post updated from my rent house here in Sebauh, Bintulu Sarawak. I'll get to that part later.

I took this photo with my two niece early in the morning before I made my move to Fio's house at 6.30 in the morning.

This would be one of the thing that I shall miss most of the time now that I am back at my workplace.

So, as we all are aware of, the Covid-19 Pandemic has affected us in every possible way and school is one of the party affected by it. We had our MCO enforced at the end of our last school break back in March 2020 and it has taken a long period till June. Teachers have been summoned by the Ministry of Education to be back to our schools by 9th of June 2020. So, we did. Me and my two other colleagues Fio and Afi made our way back to Sebauh, Bintulu on Sunday 7th June 2020. My two little brother sent me to Fio's house at 6.30 in the morning and we departed from Samarahan at around 8.00 in the morning. I had only about an hour sleep the night before so I felt drowsy the whole time. Not getting any dinner the night before and no breakfast that morning itself made things even worse. I wish I could stay awake the whole time we were in the car since I was not the one driving and to show courtesy of giving me a ride but I was feeling under the weather.

Upon reaching Sibu.

Getting our food at Marrybrown Sibu

Sibu mall

My food. Btw, I love social distancing. :)

And our dinner as we reached Bintulu town. I had this Bakso at Soto Nur, J5 Bintulu.

To be honest, the idea of going back to the workplace and get back to work isn't the best thing I had in mind but that's what we called as duty calls. And this job that we are given are not just a job but a trust and responsibility that we had to carry with respect. So, trying to not thinking bout the bad parts, I decided to look at the bright side of it.

The first steps in changing the whole vibes into a positive one is by planning on what is there to do and how things should work. So, I decided to come with a list of things to do to keep my sanity still. Not that I am insane, LOL.

So yeah, that is what I will be trying to keep up with for the next few days or weeks before things could finally feel normal.

It feels good to be back to this rent house where I get to have more space for myself but of course there are price to pay for. One of the biggest difference that I will surely miss is the time and chance for me to spend with my family and siblings. This MCO has given me such a great opportunity to be at home for almost three months which was the longest period I ever had eversince I started high school, went to uni and a working adult now. There was of course time when we will be caught up in arguments and stuff but that's okay because whatever it is, we are one big family. That's the true meaning of being a family.

Our front porch at our rent house

And the messy living room. PS: Those are all my clutters. hahaha

Anyways, going back to this whole get back to work part, the ministry had made an official announcement that the school will be back in business starting from 24th June 2020 for the Form 5 and the Form 6 students. So, our school is included too for the form 5 students. It means that we have about two weeks left before we get back to work. There will be a lot of things to do before the school will be finally ready. So, as for now we teachers shall be waiting for the next order from our superior. 

Being here at this rent house is a totally different thing but I am trying to get my feet on the ground and improve things for something better. I am so used to writing blogs and my novel back in our parents house in Kuching. I am so used to the routine of reading my books with the surrounding at home. So, everything is considered new that I shall learn to find the space and time here for my books reading and novel writing.

I guess that is all for now. Till next time. Adios.

With Love,

Adam Geordrey

(Author to be)

Another Scholarship Application Rejected

Hello and good morning.

As the title of this post speaks for itself, yes, I have checked my application for the scholarship and it was rejected. For this particular scholarship, it was my first time applying since the requirement was you need to have at least three years of working experience. Unfortunately, I am not one of those who have what it takes to be selected for the interviews as a first time applicants. 

This was shown upon checking for the result. :(

For the record, so far I have applied three different scholarships and this one is the third.

I applied for Commonwealth Scholarship to the UK in 2018 and I didn't get through. I made a post on this too last time. For the second trial I went for the Chevening Scholarship to the UK application but it was also declined. I applied for this one in November 2019 and got the rejection email in February this year (2020). So, for the third one, I applied for Hadiah Latihan Persekutuan (Cuti Belajar Bergaji Penuh Dengan Biasiswa) and it was also declined. So, now, I had officially applied for three scholarships and they are all declined.

It was indeed a sad thing to think of but at the same time I know that if it were to be an easy one then everyone shall get through for the scholarships right? Well, as much as we hate it but guess what? There is no such thing as free thing in this world. By hook or by crook, we would have to work really hard for it and it means that different people have it in different ways. So, at the end of the days all we have left to choose is whether we are going to find an excuse to be blamed on our failure or we could also take it as another obstacles in making our dream comes true.

I know myself well enough that things are not always going to be easy. Not that I had always had things easily coz obviously it never is but that won't stop me from keep on trying. As long as I live and as long as I have the strength to, I shall keep on trying. If God has his plans for me then I shall figured out what it is/was. So, giving up and stop trying surely not the answer to it though we all know how short life is that we may or may not be able to get what we want by the time we had to leave this world behind.

This should not be a post of expressing rage or disappointment rather it should be something to keep burning that oil of determination and kindle the spirit of hope.

Well, do drop me a message if you have any ideas or information on what other scholarships or opportunity that I could get to pursue my masters. For a little details on my education background, I hold a Bachelor of Education in TESL earned from University Malaysia Sabah and I am planning to pursue my masters in either TESOL, TESL or Applied Linguistics. Do contact me if you have any suggestions or ideas on how can I get my masters funded. Thank you very much.

Well, I guess this is it. So the search shall continues. In the meantime, I will be focusing on writing my debut novel, get it done and make it published! That's my 2020 biggest goal so far (apart from getting the scholarship that is now officially declined).

I am reachable via Instagram (mewziqbeads) or Facebook (Adamfi Dafi).

Till next time. Bye.

With Love,

Adam Jodrie

(Author to be / Believer)

Writing A Book in a Diary Form

Hello people, as I logged into this blog of mine, I realised that the entry that I posted before this one was not even read by anyone yet which means that this one may as well be unread but still, I chose to write up and get it posted.

So, as you all know I am currently working on my very first debut novel which is about 80% completed but still under the first draft. I know that I should put more time and effort in writing it up and finish the novel as soon as possible instead of working on the next one. However, knowing myself better I know that I should get the second project started while I am still having that drive in me. 

Just so you know, the second project I am working with is written in a diary form. Down below is the short paragraph I wrote on the first page before I even get the writing started. I wanted it to be clear that this is how it shall turn out to be, a diary.

I decided to write a story which shall be written in the form of a diary. I choose to make the story line remain a secret and let the whole writing journey itself reveal the story of the main character and what his diary was all about. Date and time used may be aligned to the present time but there may be some changes or flashback to be written in the future. So, bear with me.

I was so enthusiastic about it that I even come out with my own cover design along with how I shall call this book. For the time being I have no intention of changing the title of the book. So, that is how I should call it once it is ready to be published. It is so irony that I haven't even decided on the title for my debut novel and yet I have decided for the one that I myself are not sure when it shall be completed or ready to be published. However, since I want to choose the right title for my debut novel, then so be it. I am listing every possible title that later on will be chosen as how my debut novel should be called.

On the other side, since I have designed the cover for the new one I am working on, I am going to upload it here and share it with you guys. Let see how do you think of the cover. As for the cover, I am not sure too whether it shall be used as the real cover for once the book is done but for now I am going with the one I had designed. I loved it. Hopefully you do too.

This is the cover for my new book.

There you go. The cover that I designed myself. What do you think? The title of the book is Belial Gadreel. And it is a diary written from his point of view.

As you all know, diary or journal is something people keep to write down all they wanted which mostly are secrets in their own heads.We hold so many things underneath our mind and those are things called secrets. Since those information are highly secretive, it gets hard for us to keep it to ourselves but at the same time, spilling it out to everyone or even anyone would be the least favorable thing we would want to do. That is why, we ended up keeping a diary or a journal so we could have 'someone' who would listen to all that we had wanted to say not knowing writing it down is the first step to revealing the secrets and risking it to be known by those whom we may not want to.

That one paragraph is the extract of how the writing of the diary initiated by this one and only guy called Belial Gadreel.

Well, I hope you are excited about the book as much as I am. For this one, there is no pressure in getting it done as soon like how I treated my debut novel but it would be really nice if I could finish it within this year too, along with my debut novel.

So, I guess that should be it for this post. Thank you for dropping by and read stuff on this humble and infamous blog of mine.

It's 4:37 am right now and here I am wide awake while everyone has gone to bed having their sweet dreams under their peaceful night sleep.

Till then, bye.

With Love,
Adam Jodrie
(Author to be)

My Infamous Life Updates

Hello readers! How is everyone doing so far? I hope everyone is feeling good. For this post, I shall be sharing some updates on how things has been doing so far. Bear with me.

Let's begin with buying more books part. So, as you all know I am a big fans of books. I bought some few weeks ago and those books has finally arrived. I am super thrilled as the parcel arrived at our doorstep. I know that the questions is whether or not I have enough time to read them all. Well, for me when it comes to books, its always good to have extra than to have less and facing miserable empty moments while waiting for the next book to be read or bought. So, why not buying more while you actually have more you haven't even read. I'd say why not? Especially when they appear at the right time with the right offer?

So, here are the newly arrived/purchased books I got from online store:

So, here are all three parcels I received and two of them contains books!

This is how the seller wrap the books! How kind and thoughtful he is right?

These are the books right after I have just unpacked them!!!

It's wrapping time! Never let them go unprotected!

Secured right?

I loved it that the seller gave free gift card and bookmarks for every purchase! Love it.

This book is from my favourite author! Love it!

So, as you can see I have three new books in my collection. The one entitled More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera was bought from an online bookstore called Bookurve. You can click this link here to check on their site https://www.bookurve.com/ This is a Malaysian site but impressively they are selling books from all over the world. Trust me when I say ALL OVER THE WORLD because even self published books are available here, perhaps the forbidden or banned books are also available here. Well, forbidden doesn't means it is bad, maybe it is too sensitive for some culture, people or country; that is why they are called forbidden. Also bear in mind, it may be forbidden in your area but not as bad in other places. So, if you have any interest in finding or buying rare books or genres, do check on the site! ps: they are offering free lifetime memberships that enables you to collect points or cashback so you will enjoy more benefits on your next purchase! And not to forget, they give cute adorable bookmarks too!

As for the next two, Every Exquisite Thing by Matthew Quick and Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick, I bought them from Instagram. It is an online book store selling brand new and used books. These two are used book but they looked quite new to me. I can still smell that new paper scent from the pages inside. Each book costs me RM15 (MYR15) and RM15 for the postage fee which in total I paid RM45 for the two books with postage fee. How cheap is that?! The seller has also gave a cute bookmarks with a sweet small note (Which I will use as a bookmarks too). So, if you are interested to buy books or view any offers they currently have, please go to Instagram and search for thespinesbookstore or just click here https://www.instagram.com/thespinesbookstore/?hl=en 

Enough talks about books. Now let's move on to the next thing; My Craving for cakes!

So, yesterday I suddenly have that feeling of eating something sweet like cakes so I said, why would I find any reason if I feel like eating one though there is no occasion or whatsoever right? So, I asked my lil bro to go and buy one whole cake for us and to not waste the space and candles, I told him to write my car's name on it, so there you can see how do I call my cute little car.

It's Tiramisu!

Next on, just now I went to the bus courier service to get the traditional pastry sold by my former student. He told me that he is selling a traditional pastry called Kuih Cap. So, to show some support and encourage him to do more stuff like this in the future, I decided to buy a big pack of it and asked him to send it over using bus courier. I love the taste! It tastes soooo good!

This is where I went to just now with Mr John

And this is how the food looks like. Yummy!

Now, I would like to tell more about my debut novel that I am currently working with. Last week, I had a serious issue with my laptop. I couldn't log in and that was my greatest nightmare! I was mad and sad at the same time. The first thing I had in mind was, what will happen to the novel I was working on? What will happen to all my personal files and documents inside the laptop? I tried to type every possible password but it was not accessible that I almost do something violent on it which I did not since I chose to go to sleep instead. 

The next day, I woke up at 4 in the morning and tried my luck. After trying the same thing for more than 10 times, I violently pressed on the touch-pad and keyboards, guess what? Miraculously it was accessible. Without wasting any seconds, I went into the room and transferred everything starting with the novel draft. I uploaded them to my email, in case the files got corrupted. Once everything was transferred, I asked my lil bro to format the laptop but I never had the courage to use it or keep any files in it, it was too risky. So, not having my own laptop for the past few years (the one with the issue mentioned was a laptop I borrowed), I decided to go and buy my own laptop. I did not want to spend too much money on buying an expensive one but at the same time I would love to have a small in size and light in weight while good enough for me to do my works. Well, of course there wont be any that is small, good and cheap because usually if its cheap, it will be big, heavy and poor performance while the one in smaller size, lighter weight and good performance will surely be expensive. Fortunately, after going ups and downs the whole building at the mall, I found the one I was looking for, not too big, not too heavy, good performance and affordable price. It costs me RM1399 (price shown is just for self reminder) and I got some free gifts from the shop. The sales assistant was so friendly and I love it! 

The size is just nice right? I love it!

Hopefully, with this new laptop, I would be able to keep on writing and finish the novel as soon as possible since the biggest goal is to get it published within this year. Do support me once I did publish it okay?

And for self records too, I have written 63,943 words so far and going to end the story real soon I hope. I am expecting the total words counts for the complete novel is somewhere between 70,000 - 80,000 words. Need to keep it within that range. Do pray for me.

Last but not least, I think I had mentioned it before that this year I am applying for a scholarship under the government to pursue my masters. I had submitted two applications for a scholarship to the UK but both was rejected, this year I am giving it a shot for locals. The lists of candidates who will be called for an interview will be announced this coming Monday and I am super nervous. Please pray for me so that I would be in the list and hopefully would be able to pursue my masters under the scholarship within this year.

This is the one I applied for. Do pray for me, please.

Well, I believe that would be all for this entry. I hope you enjoy reading though I believe that my life isn't as interesting as any celebrities or your crush that you would rather read into but I truly appreciate your time and kindness to drop by and read my post. Please pray for me for the scholarship and also, do support me once I have got the books published. I am super excited and nervous at the same time.

With Love,

Adam Jodrie

(Soon-to-be-Author)

Love you all!

Bye!

BEING PRODUCTIVE

Hello people! I am back for another entry. For this one, there will be several things that I will be sharing on. It would not be a long one I suppose.

Before I begin, I would like to thank you for dropping by and double thanks to those who leave your comments. I love reading your comments because it keeps me motivated. Thank you.

So, let us begin.

On May 10, 2020 (Sunday), we had the Mother's Day celebration but I think it is not too late for me to once again wish all the mothers out there, a happy blessed Mothers Day! I actually found out about it on Saturday morning when I woke up early and bumped into people's post on social media wishing a happy Mother's Day for their mom. I am so bad with dates and numbers. So, I considered myself lucky because I get to know about it a day before. I was thrilled, so I discussed with my other siblings on what we should do for the celebration. I actually messaged one of the cake seller on Facebook asking for the price of the cake. I was interested to buy one with the supermom cartoon sketch. Unfortunately, when he told me that it will cost me RM80 for a 1 KG cake, I think that it would not worth the amount of money that I will be paying for. I do want to support local businesses but there will be more than ten mouth to feed with the cake later that I think spending that amount for a small cake would be a waste of money. Thus, we agreed on buying the Chocolate Indulgence cake from Secret Recipe. It costs us RM95 for a +- 2KG cake. See the difference in terms of price and weight, not to mention the heavenly taste. We bought the cake on Saturday and celebrated on Sunday evening since my sister was fasting. It was a pleasant one. 

By the way, my siblings and I managed to get the ceiling and main gate painted white. We dd it! That is one of the productive activity we did for the week. 

Are you ready for the BIG NEWS?!

Yesterday, I managed to find my time (midnight as usual) to continue with the novel writing. I am always excited and nervous about getting the novel done and the most nerve wrecking part was to reach my minimum words count goal of 50,000 words count. I managed to add 4270 words yesterday. I started writing at around midnight while enjoying my Korean drama about doctors. It was a distraction because I obviously incapable of writing and watching at the same time. So, I literally spent more time watching than writing. With that 4270 words added up, I finally reached that 50,000 words count target! I stopped at around 7.30 in the morning with 50,675 words. I felt super excited and proud of myself for the achievement. This is one of the most serious project and wish list that I have been putting into my current life priority. I am serious about getting it done and published. I felt drowsy so I went to bed at 7.30 till 10.00 am this morning and woke up to entertain my cousin who visited us, asking for help with his laptop. I had my nap before dinner and here I am now, blogging about it and everything. 

I am truly proud of the achievement on writing up to the 50,000 words count goal but of course the novel is not yet finish. I will keep on writing and try my best to get it done before the end of the latest 5th MCO (9th June 2020). Since I have written up till 50,000 words, I am giving myself a new challenge to write about 10,000 more words and make it 60,000. I may be writing more or less than 60,000 words but the goal for now is to finish the novel, that is the biggest aim of this project. I really hope that you are as excited as I am with the novel. I am not sure if the genre, characters and story lines will suits everyone's preference or interest but I wanted to write a sincere novel as my very first debut. If it goes well then more will be coming under the same genre. If it doesn't then I am still fine with it. As I said, I am writing it with sincerity. For the next project, I may want to write a non-fiction or another fiction on fantasy or romance or anything. Time will tell. Please bear with me and support me once I have got the book published. You may like or dislike the way I wrote the book but of course you are all welcomed to share an honest review and critics on the novel, once I have it published. Calculating the days, weeks and months spent on working with the novel, since I actually wrote the first three pages back in early February, I had actually spent about four months, working with the novel writing. I had no serious intention when I first wrote the first three pages because I just want to write something I feel like writing, something like journal writing and it was buried in my laptop for more than a month when I finally decided to spent my Movement Control Order (MCO) by finishing the novel writing. I am glad that I decided to treat it more seriously because that determination has driven me to go this far (50,000 +) words in approximately four months. I am proud with this achievement considering I spent years with the Malay novel I had been trying to write and after some years, I had only written 55,186 words and it is not even finished yet. Can you see the difference of time spent and words count written? That is why I am proud of myself for being able to take it up this far.

Right now, I should be spending time to add some more stuff to the novel but I am not really in the right mood to do so and if I force it, I may commit more mistakes or worst, write something that might not be favorable to my readers. So, I am writing a blog post instead.

After this post is uploaded, I will be watching the final episode of the Korean Drama (Doctors) and later on watch some videos on books and novels publishing, just to give myself some motivation to keep going.

I guess, that would be a wrap for the post. I did not keep my words when I said this is going to be a short one. Sorry, and if you read from top till this very word, I thanked you very much for dropping by and spending time reading my thoughts.

Till next time,

Adam Geordrey

(Soon to be Author)

New Normal Pros and Cons - COVID-19

Hello readers! I am back for another entry. I was supposed to sit before the laptop to continue with the novel writing but I am not so sure if I have the strength needed for that matter at the moment. Well, not because I am tired of writing or thinking but I do believe that in order for me to have the strength to start/continue writing, I should be in my most comfortable state. Well, I believe every writer would have said the same thing. I mean, I can just push it but that may not be the best thing to do for it will surely affect the way each word are typed and of course the way every ideas are arranged. Getting the novel done is of course the main goal but I do not want to do it just for the sake of doing it. I want to write something that I myself would love and hoping that my readers would love it too. How would I expect the readers to enjoy what I write if I myself are not enjoying what I wrote, right?

Going back to the topic as mentioned in the head above, I believe we all are now having our new normal due to the impact of the Pandemic that we are mostly staying home and adapt to the new normal of doing everything from home. Workers are working from home, students are studying and learning from home and there are also front-liners who may have to work extra hours due to the pandemic. This is our new normal. To me personally, there is a pros and cons in the new normal caused by this pandemic.

On the positive side, as I have mentioned in the previous entry, I get to be at home as this is the longest period I ever spent at home while having no extra needs of waking up early to go to work or even to spend extra hours in the afternoon on the weekdays or weekends as I always would since I am officially working from home. I will normally prepare my online quizzes generated using the google form for my students to learn my subject while staying at their respective home. I have shared one of the quiz I prepared for them in my previous post too. I purposely prepared maximum of 20 Multiple Choice Questions because I want them to learn in a more flexible and less pressured atmosphere. I know that their other subject teachers have been giving them works to do too, so I do not want mine to be a stressful subject or a burden on top of the other subjects. Now that is one of the new normal as an impact of this pandemic.

I was really happy when the book has arrived safely in my hand!

Another thing that I would feel really grateful as an impact of this stay-at-home trend is, I get to read more on Wattpad, my novels (including Chicken Soup for The Soul - the one I least favor) and of course working on my very first English novel. On the writing part, I was super excited when I first began and trust me I still am. I may felt a little tired having the same routine daily which felt exhausting of working the same thing everyday and all are done at home. I kind of blame the 'being at home' all the time while trying to manage everything from works to personal stuff is a little too overwhelming. I am saying this because I literally feel that the only source of my connection with the outside world is by scrolling through my social media account or watching the television. It does not feel as great as compared to meeting real people in the real outside world. But then again, I know that this quarantine and lock down is for the sake of everyone. I am just expressing what I feel personally and it has no intention of blaming anything or anyone. I do not want to be too stressed out with what's happening, so I believe by sharing it on my blog writing like this is one of the way for me to avoid from being stressed out, or worse go nuts. Government offer counselling services if we need someone to talk to. So, if you feel stressed out and have no idea on who to talk to or how to deal with your emotions, please go and seek for their help. Do not be skeptical to see the word HELP because HELP in this sense does not means you are problematic or what, you just need someone to trust, listen to you and understand your situation, there is no harm in that. We all need that someone right? If we could not find one from our circles of family, friends or even social media friends, there are counselors who are more than willing to help. Who knows it may turn into a real friendship? We never know right? So, do not hesitate to call for help if you have such problems or issues. Or you can try to write a journal or just blog it like I am doing right now. You shall feel better after you have done so.

Open it as fast as I could as I was super excited to see how it looks like!

Anyways, I would like to share on the books I purchased online from Bookurve. I have received the parcel and as they mentioned in our WhatsApp messages, they will be sending the first two and the other one shall be delivered after the MCO is ended. Now, on the two novels that I have received. I was so happy when they postmen stopped at our gate and delivered them to me. Being a book lovers much, I could not wait to open the books and so I did. As usual, I never dig into the book before getting them wrapped. Thanks God that I found all the stuff needed for that matters. So I did. 

I never let the book go unwrapped, not reading before wrapping!

Actually, I do not want to start with a new book for my reading routine but I just can't help it. So, I grabbed the one of the book that I purchased online and started reading. To be honest, I do not feel the price RM89 paid for this book worth the quality of what I have received. I am not so sure why; it could be since USD converted into MYR that I have to pay so much for such a thin book. Not only that, the font was terrible to the eye of the reader (me in this case). There are too many repetitive words and narration which seems to be done purposely to make the story longer but obviously not as interesting. The cover was a little to exposing that I have to make it covered with something so it would not seem to be too erotic because the story was not that kind of erotic. Well, can't help it but people do judge the book by its cover. I read about two or three chapters and almost approaching the middle part of the book. I had to stopped before I ended up finish the reading and regret over my RM89. I still have the Chicken soup book and I am still reading one or two stories daily to make it more sense in my reading and of course in the effort of finishing the book.

This is the one I mentioned. Thin, terrible font and sad paper/book quality with the price of MYR89

Now, here's a little update on the English novel writing that I am currently working on. As I typed into this entry I have written about 40,487 words so far in the novel I am working on. The goal is to reach 50,000 words at least or making it goes till 60,000 or 70,000 or 80,000 the maximum I should be writing. It's actually almost there but I am kind of not into into writing as much lately but I must keep writing if I want it to be published as soon as possible. Finish the writing then editing and more works after which is more fun I suppose. Do pray for me so I could have the strength and ideas to keep on writing.

Anyways, I was thinking that I should do book review on the one that I have read. Was thinking of making a vlog for the review. Should I? Well, see how thing goes.

That would be all for now. Till next time.

Love.

Adam Geordrey

(Author to be)

LEARN ENGLISH LANGUAGE VIA ONLINE QUIZ - SOCIAL DISTANCING - MCO- TASK 14

Hello peeps! How are you today? Hope that everyone is in the best state of health. As promised, I will be trying my best to keep updating stuff on the blog So, in this post I will be sharing the task I gave to my students via Google Form.

I believe that there are a lot of teachers out there who did the same, delivering classes as normal as possible despite of having to do it during the quarantine period. This is what we often called as Work From Home (WFH). I also believed that there are many ways that we can keep delivering our teachings and I am using Google Form because I believe it is the easiest way that my students can access the materials since there should not be much internet data needed for that matters.

So, here you are... I am sharing the passage and questions I did today. I have given out the link to my students to answer them. You may go and try to answer it too. Just click on this link CLICK HERE . Remember to write down your name, school (if you are no longer in school just write anything to refer your current place or the last school you attended), and class. I have did 14 Online Quizzes so far and below is materials I used for Task 14 for today. There are 3 passages and 20 questions altogether. Feel free to use them. Do leave me your comments. Follow me on my instagram: mewziqbeads and Facebook: Adamfi Dafi.

Enjoy!

QUESTION 1 - 7 ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE.

I used this photo as to picture the character named Joe.

A high school student called Joe

Joe is a student in a high school called SMK Sebauh. He lives with his parents in a little town far away from the city. Being a student, it means that he really need to study hard and excel in his study. Joe wanted to be an English Language teacher. He know that in order for him to be able to achieve his dream, he needs to master English language well. One of the methods that he used to enhance his English language proficiency is by reading more books written in English. His most favourite book is Harry Potter series written by J.K Rowling. He love reading this book because of the magical elements in the novel allows him to have endless imagination. This also helps him to be more creative. Apart from that, Joe also loves to write. He started writing something short like posting something on his WhatsApp status or Facebook and Instagram post. He writes those posts in English. This is a great start for him to train himself so he could be better in mastering the English Language. Joe loves going to school. Being a hostel student, he gets to spend most of his time around his friends and teachers. In the afternoon, will be spending his time playing football with his friends. At night, he will be studying for at least two hours. Joe knows that he must study hard if he wants to achieve his ambition to be an English Language teacher. Dream is something that everyone must have and work for it is compulsory if we want to change the dream into a reality. Joe hope for the best for his education and future.

1. Who is Joe?

A) A student

B) A teacher

C) A Writer

D) A reader

2. What is Joe’s ambition?

A) to be a writer

B) to be a student

C) to be an engineer

D) to be a teacher

3. What is Joe’s favourite book?

A) JK Rowling

B) Harry Styles

C) Harry Potter

D) Magical

4. How does Joe learn to be more creative?

A) by writing a story

B) by reading a book

C) by selling a magical story

D) by selling a magical book

5. Joe is using English to post on all of these social media platform except?

A) Instagram

B) WhatsApp

C) Tik Tok

D) Facebook

6. Which of the following statements about Joe is false?

A) He always read horror stories

B) He writes his posts in English

C) He wanted to be an English Language teacher

D) He spent at least two hours to study at night

QUESTION 8 - 14 ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE.

This photo was used to picture the character named Jessy

How Jessy cope with MCO?

Covid-19 has affected us in so many ways. It  is hard for us to keep our sanity during this Movement Control Order (MCO) but if we look at it from a positive perspective, we will find that this MCO is actually an opportunity for us to do everything we had wanted to do when we claims that we do not have enough time. Take this for an example. Jessy often busy with school works and other stuff during the school days. She often complains that she did not have enough time to do what she like. So, she is making full use of this MCO to do everything that she never had the chance to. During the first week of the school break, Jessy was still busy doing her school works given by the teacher. She completed everything without knowing that the school will be closed for the next few weeks due to the MCO. She was glad that she had finished all of her works. Since she did not have much school works to do, she decided to spend her MCO by reading all the novels she had always wanted to put in her hand. So far she has read more than ten books and novels during the MCO period. Apart from that, Jessy is also spending her time during the MCO to learn how to weave. She love to see her parents and grandparents weaving product such as basket, mats like tikar mengkuang or beads based products like the amazing necklace called tangguk. She tried her first time doing the basket made out of rattan and she did well for a first timer. To Jessy, MCO means that she get to spend more time at home with her family. It may be torturing sometimes, to not be able going out but she know that this may not be an opportunity that will come again anytime in the future. What keeps Jessy sane is she always tries her best to think positive and make full use of her time during MCO doing all she could to kill the time.

7. What is MCO?

A) Moment Contagious Order

B) Meat Cherry Orange

C) Movement Control Order

D) Movement Calculation Order

8. Why did Jessy complains about not having enough time?

A) She was busy playing netball

B) She was busy with school works

C) She was busy sleeping in class

D) She is lazy

9. What did Jessy do during the first week of school break?

A) Learn how to weave

B) Finish all her school works

C) Watch her parents making baskets

D) Read more than ten books and novels

10. How many book have Jessy read during MCO so far?

A) Five

B) Seven

C) Ten

D) Thirteen

11. Apart from reading, what else did Jessy do during MCO?

A) Learn how to cook

B) Learn how to weave

C) Learn how to make onion

D) Learn how to sell tangguk

12. What is the first craft she tried making?

A) basket

B) mat

C) necklace

D) tangguk

13. What does MCO means to Jessy?

A) She can sleep all day

B) She can eat all day

C) She can spend more time reading her books

D) She can spend more time with her family

14. Which of the following best represent the meaning of “to kill the time”?

A) To waste her time

B) To spend her time

C) To plan her time

D) To earn more time

QUESTION 15 - 20 ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE.

This one was used to picture the character named Edwin

Edwin’s biggest dream!

Edwin has a big secret. It is actually not a secret because there are some who know this secret that he have kept for so long. He has a big dream of becoming an actor. He was inspired by most of the videos he watched on the internet. No one really knows what he actually watched but obviously those videos has made him enthusiastic to be an actor. When their English Language teacher, Mr. Dashon entered their class for the first time, they were asked to write about their life goal and what they wanted to be when they grow up. Mr. Dashon was really helpful to assist them in writing out their essays. This was the time when he actually told Mr. Dashon that he wanted to be an actor. Mr. Dashon has always been supportive towards his students ambitions and life goals. To be an actor, Edwin should be able to communicate professionally in front of the public. Being an actor means that he will have to do interviews on the television or the radio. There will also be meet and greet with the fans. One of the way he could improve his communicative skills is by taking parts in the activities at school One of the example of activity he had conducted was being one of the Recess Deejay in school. From this activity, Edwin learns how to control his nervousness and stage fright. Besides, he has also learned how to communicate with the audience. His teacher, Mr. Dashon told him that he belief in him and that he is confident that Edwin will achieve his dream of becoming an actor one day. Edwin will keep his teacher’s advice and work hard to achieve his dream.

15. Which of the following best describe Edwin’s profession?

A) A student

B) A teacher

C) A Writer

D) A reader

16. Who is Mr. Dashon?

A) A student

B) A teacher

C) A Writer

D) A reader

17. The followings are correct about Mr. Dashon, except

A) He is always supportive of his students

B) He teaches English Language

C) He is the school principal

D) He always give advice to his students

18. What is Edwin’s ambition?

A) He wanted to be a singer

B) He wanted to be an actor

C) He wanted to be a teacher

D) He wanted to be a model

19. What did Edwin learned from the activity such as the Recess Deejay?

A) He learned to sing in public

B) He learned to control his anger

C) He learned to control his stage fright

D) He learned to act in front of the public

20. Why is it important for us to set our life goal?

A) To know where are we heading in life

B) To know when are we going to be rich

C) To know when will our life end

D) To know how much money we can earn

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Adam Geordrey
(Author To Be)