Let me start by saying I honestly felt like I have achieved nothing throughout 2017 but when I look back, there are number of events that I should be thankful and grateful about. 2017 was the year of self-improvement and so do 2018. From a person who was hesitant to take the lead in anything to a person that can be trusted in handling programs at the university level, it taught me a lot of lessons and I had to move out from my comfort zone.

One of the events that I handled this year was the Biotechnology Interaction Day. There was nothing grand or mega about the event, however it was my very first event managing experience and I was proud of myself. (Lol) Some of you might have greater responsibilities or being chosen to be the president or the director of a club, while I am still doubting my ability to be like one of you but I would love to volunteer myself  and take the lead in 2018. Also, one of my resolutions this year is to take part in a humanitarian project because I feel that investing in life of others matters more than any other achievement, and it is more honorable.

Being on the dean list was one of my resolutions for 2017 and I thanked God that I was able to pull it off in the examination and passed with distinction in Semester 2 of 2016/17 session. It was my first time too getting a dean list in the university and it was not easy as I had to put a lot of effort and gone through sleepless nights. Unlike other public universities in Malaysia, to be on the dean list award at the University of Malaya, students have to obtain a GPA of 3.70 above. Thus, this has to be in my 2017 review because I thought it was a miracle. Now I'm anxious waiting for the results to be announced at the end of January! Wish me luck. 

I was and still am leading a Christian students' ministry under  SIB Life church, called Multiply where I was responsible for reaching out to the Christian students in the university, and we had a weekly gathering around UM. It was fun and I personally have grown so much in my faith. Leading a student ministry was not even on my to-do-list but God has called me for this responsibility and I shall obey Him. Besides, I learned so much by just taking part in ministries. I was and still involved in the worship and media team in church. All these allowed me to expand my capability and creativity in worship, and serving in church in total, though I still have tonnes to learn but I will do my best in improving myself.

Part of our Multiply family.

Hello guys, I am terribly sorry for being away from blogging for months. I started to get really busy with studies as I am now in my 3rd year, added with the research project that I am currently doing about oil palms. (Will blog about it later!) The project that has made me lost kilos, which is a good thing.

To idle, I was doing some online shopping for some a new gadget and to save some money I decided to browse to mudah.my where they sell secondhand items. It was my first time to actually purchase from the site, and I thought the drill was the same with purchasing from Lazada or Zalora. Little did I know, mudah.my was a platform FULL of online scammers though some are genuine sellers.

When I found the item that I wanted, it was offered at a lower price than other sellers so I contacted the seller. The item was negotiated and dealt at RM850. Moments later, he started to ask for RM500 because the item was put on hold by the custom, and another RM650 for parcel's stamping. He said these additional fees will be refunded once the item has arrived. I was naive and stupid to believe the scammer, and i paid an additional RM1150 for the RM850 item, making it a total of RM2000. 

Long story short, I did not report the scam to the police as the possibility of getting back my money was really thin. I called the bank which I deposited all the money, and the only thing they said that they cannot do anything to return my money, as it was my willingness to deposit the money and the least I could do was to report to the police. It was as if I was the stupid ones to not realize it was a scam, how would I know if it was a scam or not? However, I am still thinking whether or not to report it to the police because RM2000 is not a small amount of money. 

Not long ago, the scammer then told me he was scammed by the owner of the bank account which I deposited the RM2000. I was speechless, and i refused to believe. He was asking me file a police report, because he was not in Malaysia at the moment. This was interesting because I was scammed by a scammer that has been scammed by another scammer. HAHA. I should have gone straight to the store and purchase from there rather than online. 

I totally understand that the living expenses are hiking up day by day, but scamming someone's money is NOT the way. That someone also needs money to live, the additional fees that I paid was meant to pay for my college fee but for now I'll just surrender everything to God. I will see how it goes, if I decide to proceed with the police report. I'll put the account and phone number of the scammers below, i hope that others will not get cheated by these scums.