SAT & TOEFL BOOKS FOR SALE !!!

As I have mentioned before... I'm not a salesman... Except when it comes to TOEFL and SAT Books.. hahaha...
So, for all my juniors in UNITEN, INTI, INTEC or those who are really intrigued in buying SAT or TOEFL books, here (CLICK HERE to download the PDF file), you can have a look at various types of books that i'm selling at very reasonable and CHEAP prices!!!

the file is in PDF.. so make sure you have an Acrobat Reader or a PDF reader !!!

Once you have decided on which book or books you are interested in or if you have any question, do email me friend at friendfries89 'at' gmail 'dot' com or we can chat online (My Yahoo Messenger ID is: cool_2guyz - even MSN people can add me :)

THE BOOKS ARE LIMITED, SO, HURRY UP!!! BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!!
-priority goes to those who email me earlier...

YOU MIGHT WANNA HAVE A LOOK AT THESE PREVIOUS POSTS:
US Education & US Fair - here
UIUC (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and its ranking) - here
PPOU/ATU - Where everyone can fly!!! - here
Yale Interview (part1) - here
Cornell Interview - here
Yale Interview (part2) - here (but you need to scroll down a litte bit)
- sorry for the mix language...

4th of July ~ The Secrets

[SPECIAL BIRTHDAY EDITION - MUST READ]

*[No intention to sell or promote books (except SAT &TOEFL books) - i'm not a salesman ;]

Conundrum

Hi there, have you seen books with the date '4th of July ' as part of the title of that reading materials?

Have you been wondering why? (you r not going to ponder upon this Q if you are staying or studying in the US or if you are a US citizen)

Independence day and Hancock

Guess what? 4th July is the independence day for the USA. That is why an author of a book, when choosing a date to be the title for his or her book might be choosing 4th July as his or her first choice.

Anyway, let's look at some facts about US Independence Day.. YOu like history, right? hahaha :)

In the United States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain (sape kata US x pernah di jajah???).

What about Hancock??

Some more history...
Congress approved the wording of the Declaration on July 4 and then sent it to the printer. Whether John Hancock, as the elected President of the Second Continental Congress, or anyone else signed the document that day is unknown, because that document has been lost — presumably destroyed in the printing process. However, Hancock's name and that of a witness do appear on the typeset broadside that was published within a few days.

So, actually Hancock, is a prominent guy gak lah. Bukan sekadar superhero..haha.. and yg menarik gak ialah Hancock juga merupakan satu nama bandar or county (a sub-unit of regional self-government within a larger jurisdiction) di ILLINOIS (state),USA (country). Menarik...menarik...

What drives me to write about 4th July huh?

Haha.. simply because there were memories behind it. First, cuba bayang kan kalu korang macam di lahirkan pada 30 ogos di Malaysia.. Mesti macam rugikan sebab x dpt lahir pada hari kemerdekaan itu sendiri.. Bukankah anda melihat bayi2 yg dilahirkan pd 31 ogos di sambut dengan meriah sekali...??Siap keluar akhbar...Anak merdeka kata mereka!

Hehe.. and that happened to me lah.. i was born in The States on the 4 minus 1 July... on Monday during the evening.. berusaha my mom tunggu.. but takdir ALLAH x boleh di halang.. Alhamdulillah, lahirlah seorang bayi yg sihat pada petang ISNIN 3 Julai 1989. That's all about it. It's HISTORY.

CREDITS

Special thanks to my family members...

Abah (thanks sebab menyara ku and menjagaku dengan baik) and Ummy (thanks sebab lahirkankuand menjagaku dengan baik) - TQ for everything!

Kak Huda - Superduper thanks for the present....

Anas - Thanks for the wish kat gmail.

Muaz, Zubair and Salman - Thanks bros...

My ayah sedara - Ayah Supi

My mak sedara - Acik Yang

and my beloved teacher...

Ms. Lin - thanks a lot for the SMS wish.

THANKS to my frens for delightful wishes:

via SMS

KISAS

Ihsan Roslan @ Egypt, Hakim Lattepi @ Jordan, Afiq Muiz @ Jordan, Firdaus a.k.a PDOS @UiTM, Mutheerah @ UCSI, Amirah Yaakob @ UCSI, Syafiqq Al Hakim @ Med School, Rasydan @ INTEC, Syahir @ KYUEM, Nurafiqah Azizi @ UIA, Syamel @ Taylors

PPOU/ATU/SPC/PPC

Hazrool BNM, Hamdi MOE, Ajim MOE, Farah MOE, Adibah MOE, Azirah SPC

KYUEM

Ainaa SSP

AL-AMIN

Asma' Nabihah @ KMB, Mu'az Shaharom @ USIM - Ireland

Via the NET

Din paiman KISAS @ UTP, Syaimaa (junior kat KISAS) @ INTEC, Nadiah amalina SPC, Faizza PPOU, Baby 0309 (from tagged), Ridhwan Ismail @ Jordan

From UIUC

Mardhiya Yassin

Bakal frenz - Ye lin from China and Atul from India

From WCIT '08

(kak) Sabrina

and yg laen2 yg wish secara langsung atau tidak langsung :)

AND WANNA SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY kepada yg berkongsi bufday date yang same:

Sahrul Fadzlin KISAS

Syahrol Fasya KISAS

Ridhwan Ismail KISAS

Sepupuku, Adlan

Mu'az Shaharom AL-AMIN

Semoga dipanjangkan umur, dimurahkan rezeki dan mendapat kejayaan di dunia dan akhirat.

UIUC - Where I Belong

I BELONG

Finally, I managed to finish this one. Yeah! Alhamdulillah...

[Ini bukan post untuk promosi.. :]

I belong?
What’s that?
Simply, it is the university where I belong. The place where I will be sparing my precious 4 years time studying and of course having fun (hope so)! The community that I will be mingling with - a serene community in which I belong to…

Why 'I belong'?
It is one of their trademarks. Even the first offer letter that I received had ‘I Belong’ at the back of the envelope…cool huh?
It looks something like this >>>

UIUC? [ If you want to look at the rankings scroll down ]
Because the name of this public University is quite long, there are quite a few names that you can use to refer to this University…

This is the official name:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

*Note that Urbana and Champaign are the names of town and city in which UIUC is situated and Illinois is the state.

Another name:
University of Illinois

*There are two other Universities which share the name University of Illinois. Therefore, calling the name University of Illinois might raise some confusion if you want to refer to only one specific University.

The duos are:
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS)

The famous name amongst the community:
U of I

This is a quite common, easy to utter and a simple ‘nick’ name for the University. The U of I community really prefer it and use this name more frequent.

Why choose UIUC?
They have good rankings in Engineering and Business, both for undergraduate and postgraduate.

Rankings? Are you sure?
(Beneficial for those are planning on which Universities to apply - UIUC is good choice!)

Let me prove it to you.

US News 2008
No #38 – Best National Universities (Top 100)
No #8 - Top 50 Public National Universities

Business
Overall
No #12 - Best Business Programs

Specific
No #2 - Accounting
No #5 - Actuarial Science/ Insurance/ Risk Management

Engineering
Overall
No #5 - Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
(after MIT, Stanford University, University of California-Berkeley and Caltech)

Specific
No #1 – Agricultural
No #2 – Civil
No #3 – Engineering Science/ Engineering Physics
No #3 – Environmental/Environmental Health
No #4 – Electrical/Electronic/Communications
No #5 – Computer Engineering (My course)
No #5 – Materials
No #5 – Mechanical
No #5 – Computer Science
No #6 – Chemical
No #7 – Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical

The Times Higher Education Supplement QS – World University Rankings
No #73 – The World’s Top 200 Universities
No #19 – Top 50 Universities for Technology

Gourman Report
Not much difference with US News and Report 2008

How to get in?

1.Make sure you have taken or will be taking the SAT and TOEFL exam (for international students only)

Academic Profile for 2007 Admitted Freshmen – Middle 50%
SAT - 1250 – 1430
ACT - 27 – 31
High School Class Rank – 85 – 96%

TOEFL requirements – most colleges – 550(paper)/ 79(ibt)
College of Engineering – 600paper/100(ibt)

2. Apply and pay the fees online.

3. Write two simple application essays.

4. Fill in all your extracurricular activities and volunteer work that you have participated, work experience that you have gain together with the awards and honors that you have received. (some significant extracurricular activities will be sufficient)

For more info visit : http://www.uiuc.edu/

THAT's ALL FOLKS.. GUD LUCK!!!

p/s: I'll be pursuing electrical and computer engineering there in UIUC.. wish me gud luck.. TQ