Help Psychology Challenge 2009

i participated in tis competition last month when i accidentally came across their ads in the newspaper.. wat u have to do is write an essay with title "how can psychology help young people to achieve their full potential in life?" n ans some simple ques then email it to them. 30 candidates will be selected n move on to the final round which was held in Help University itself. kinda suprised when they called me n say u have been chosen to be the top30. im drivin tat time. haha.. a big THANK YOU to my dear kawan baik ni-ko-la-tong for checkin my essay for grammatical errors yang teramat banyak lebih dari sekali (normal is lebih banyak sekali :P) n also to shaun tamiya for his effort to look thru my essay n commentin on it. i think if it wasnt for his comments, i wont be in the finals.

the final is on sat..so i went up to kl on fri after skool...alone~ luckily i have a place to stay...thanks alex~~~~ for guidin tis kampung boy alone in kl..haha.. he fetched me from somewhere then go makan n balik to rest.. woke up at around 7smtg n get ready to go to Help uni..met alot of ppl dere..from around malaysia..one was from Sri Lanka.. so we sat in the lecture hall..ermmm can i say kinda proud to be in mhs bcuz when the lecturer introduce me, he mentioned my skool n say "hmmm..a very famous skool"...so we have to stuff 1 yr of lecture in a 4hours lecture into our brain.. it was tirin....

the test was...diff.. its an open book test based on the notes u have taken down urself.. 3rounds, each round wil be have a series of ques. they wil display one ques at a time on the screen n ur given 10sec to raise ur ans (they gave us 5 cards wit labels A-E). the trick is there might be more than 1 ans or no ans at all. some ques wil have 3 correct ans n ur suppose to raise all 3 cards to earn points.. 1 wrong ans wil cause u one point. if dere r no ans, ur suppose to raise ur card wit the blank page showin up. well i managed to get to round 2 only..cuz most of the time i raise 1 ans only when they are 2 or 3..

in round 3, top 3 wil be chosen n they r suppose to present their essays to the judges.. eric bryan was one of the judge..hail lasallian! so after the competition, its prize givin ceremony n finalist from diff rounds wil get diff prizes..luckily im in round 2.. round 1 wil leave u wit a plastic bag and a book..round 3 wil leave u wit 3books (accordin to my fren its 3 exercise books). n ROUND 2 wil leave u wit this

it was a fun n informative experience to me.. i get to know more bout psychology n im considerin to take tis course after stpm....but im stil considerin :D n ya..terima kasih teramat banyak to shaun again..he came n get me to the bus station.. so tar-ched.. terima kasih banyak banyak!!

First Prize Winner : Millie Ong, SMK (P) Sri Aman

Second Prize Winner: Mohd Khair Amsyar, SMK Datok Lokman

Third Prize Winner: Lynnette Oon Yi-Xian, SMK Damansara Utama

Round 3 Finalists (Top 10)

Gwyneth Liew Hui Xin, SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (4)

Michelle Chee, SMK Sultan Sulaiman

Sia Shu Li, SMK USJ 13

Chong Xin Yi, SMK USJ 12

Nadia Amirah, SMK Abdul Rahman Talib

Cheng Li Yang, SMK (L) Methodist Kuala Lumpur

Ruth Chua Chu Ming, Methodist Girls' School Penang

Round 2 Finalists (Top 20)

Lim Chun Yian, SMK Tinggi Melaka

Harvinder Singh, Advance Tertiary College KL

Justine Tan, Grace Resource Homeschooling Centre

Evelyn Teoh Gaik Xian, SM Convent, Ipoh

Lim Shu Yoong, Methodist Girls' School Penang

Yap Wai Meng, SMK Damansara Jaya

Fathima Imara Fahim, Elizabeth Moir School, Sri Lanka

Chong Mei-Lynn, SMK Convent Bukit Nanas

Eugene Lau Ing Yew, SMK Damansara Jaya

Round 3 Finalists (Top 30)

Jasveena Kaur Gill, SMK Convent Klang

Ezza Melina, SMK Convent Bukit Nanas

Natasya Falina, SMK Bandar Baru Sungai Long

Rachel Liu Jia-Hui, Home School

Reuben Liu Jia-Jun, Home School

Chow Jian Vern, SMK Bandar Baru Sungai Long

Tan Wen Zhong, Disted College

Kok Hou-Yi, SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (3)

Lau Mun Yee, Sunway University College

Heng Cheng Hua, KBU International College

Sunday, August 23, 2009