List of Bloggers in ‘My Virtual ESL Classroom’

No	Name/Username	CS	Remark(s)
1	JOYCE CHIAM	CS3	GOOD JOB!
2	NORALAWIYAH /NORMALA	CS1	GOOD JOB!
3	STEPHANIE CHONG	CS2	CAN’T VIEW BLOG
4	ESTHER K. DONNY	CS1	GOOD JOB!
5	EUNICE MALIBIN	CS2	GOOD JOB!
6	AMY TIA	CS2	GOOD JOB!
7	TREVIS JAP	CS2	GOOD JOB!
8	ALEXANDER @ LEXY	CS2	GOOD JOB!
9	ABIGAIL PHEOBE	CS2	GOOD JOB!
10	RAECHEL KOH	CS3	GOOD JOB!
11	JASON	CS3	GOOD JOB!
12	CHOU EN-I	CS3	GOOD JOB!
13	PEE CHING	CS3	GOOD JOB!
14	ANGEL	?	UNKNOWN – PLS INTRODUCE YOURSELF ASAP B4 30 SEPT, 2009
15	ABIGAIL	CS1	GOOD JOB!
16	CHIM MUI HAN	CS1	GOOD JOB!
17	SUMARTI MAGARI	CS2	GOOD JOB!
18	RACHAEL MITHELLE	CS2	GOOD JOB!
19	AH TEE /I’M TEE	CS1	GOOD JOB!
20	BRENT JOHN/DDRM	CS1	NO POSTS JUST A PIC. DO UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
21	HARYATI MAYUDEH	CS3	GOOD JOB!
22	SUHAIMAH JUKIM	CS3	GOOD JOB!
23	LAURA CHUNG/LAURELCROWNED	CS2	GOOD JOB!
24	HA CHIEW	CS2?	BLOG’S COMPLETE BUT PROFILE IS UNKNOWN- PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF BY 30 SEPT, 2009
25	AI MOON THIEN	CS2	GOOD JOB!
26	KHALID	CS3	GOOD JOB!
27	MD ALI	CS3	GOOD JOB!
28	ALLEN GIPIT	CS3	GOOD JOB!
29	GEOFFREY AARON	CS2	ONLY ONE POST..UPDATE YOUR BLOG ASAP!
30	JUSTINE CHONG	CS2	NO POSTS AT ALL. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
31	EDSEL RANDALL	CS3	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
32	KIONG/BILLGATEKIONG88	?	NO POSTS AT ALL. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009- INTRODUCE YOUSELF!
33	DAY_DESTINATION	?	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009- INTRODUCE YOURSELF!
34	MICHELLE_YEE18	CS1	NO POSTS AT ALL. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
35	EJAI89-E66SKATERFOR LIFE	?	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009- INTRODUCE YOURSELF!
36	EFFY1410_PUNKD	?	NO POSTS AT ALL. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009- INTRODUCE YOURSELF!
37	LEE WEI JIIN	CS2	GOOD JOB!
38	EUNICE CHIN	CS3	GOOD JOB!
39	TERYY LAW	CS3	GOOD JOB!
40	CYP/CHONG YEE PIN	CS3	GOOD JOB!
41	MARCELIZA	CS3	GOOD JOB!
42	MARIE FLORENCE CABATO	CS1	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE
43	MARIANNE FUNK	CS3	GOOD JOB!
44	BLUREgG	?	PLEASE YOURSELF INTRODUCE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
45	XIRA ANDREA	CS3	GOOD JOB!
46	SANDRA FUNG	CS3	GOOD JOB!
47	DORIS KUNG	CS1	GOOD JOB!
48	SAGE	CS1	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
49	ELMA EYRA	CS1	GOOD JOB!
50	MALCOM MARWIL	CS1	GOOD JOB!
51	ENN	?	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
52	FATIMAHAV	CS1	GOOD JOB!
53	SITI ABDUL RAHMAN	CS1	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
54	EDMOND LO	CS2	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
55	LEONARD_SOZAI	CS2	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
56	JEREMIAH LIEW	CS1	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
57	VINCMONKEY	?	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
58	KUTURPAHA/JUDY BEA WONG	CS1	UPDATED ON 29 SEPT, 2009
59	MARILYN_LOV3	CS1	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
60	QURAYE_ERA90	?	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009- INTRODUCE YOURSELF!
61	CAROLINA PAULUS	CS2	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
62	EMMA BECKS	CS2	GOOD JOB!
63	VIVIAN WONG	CS2	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
64	IVAN LIM	CS3	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
65	SDRA_89	CS3	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
66	LY_CASTRO/CHONA	CS1	GOOD JOB!
67	STENELE GRACE PADUA	CS1	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
68	ANN VOON	CS3	GOOD JOB!
69	NOEL DEXTER	CS2	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
70	AL-NASHDIN	CS1	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
71	VON KERWIN	CS1	GOOD JOB!
72	SNOW-CRY	?	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009- INTRODUCE YOURSELF!
73	LEE GUOHAN	CS2	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
74	CHRISTOPHER LOPEZ	CS2	GOOD JOB!
75	ABD HADI	CS2	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
76	YVONNE SHIM	CS3	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
77	LADY BUGS	?	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009- INTRODUCE YOURSELF!
78	MLIM_1987	CS3	GOOD JOB!
79	EVELYN_0131	CS3	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009
80	EUNICE YANG	CS1	GOOD JOB!
81	FORMULRON/JONATHAN	CS2	GOOD JOB!
82	TPS_TINY	?	NO POSTS, ONLY PROFILE. PLEASE UPDATE BY 30 SEPT, 2009- INTRODUCE YOURSELF!
83	SHAROLZEE ERLEEZA	CS2	GOOD JOB!
84	MELISA LOMODI	CS3	GOOD JOB!
85	EMMA ROMMELE PARAISO	CS1	GOOD JOB!
86	JUNE TAN PEI SIA/MY CORNER	CS3	GOOD JOB!
87	AMANDA LEE	CS2	GOOD JOB!
88	RACHEL KIMBERLEY	CS3	UPDATE YOUR BLOG
89	ADELINA JOSEPH	CS3	GOOD JOB
90	ROBINSON KISIL	CS1	DONE ON THE 28 SEPT,2009
91	SANDRA	CS3	GOOD JOB!
92	IVAN LIM	CS3	GOOD JOB!
93	JULIAN	CS3	NO POSTS
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· Update your pics & posts on your blogs by 30 Sept, 2009

· Change your nickname so I can recognise you.

New Semester 3/09 Calendar

Month	Date	Events
October	5	1st day for Semester 3 Academic Session
	5 – 9	Semester 3 Orientation Week
		ATI College Dinner & Dance
	17	National Holiday – Deepavali
	29 – 31	Re-sit exam days for Semester 2, 2009
November		Sabah Fiesta
	20	Last day of Semester 3 Academic Session
	21- 29	Final Exam Study Break
	27	National Holiday – Hari Raya Haji
Nov / Dec	30 – 4	Final exam week for Semester 3, 2009
Dec / Jan	5/12/09 – 3/01/10	College Break (4 weeks)
December	18	National Holiday – Awal Muharam
	25	National Holiday – Christmas Day
January 2010	4	1st day for Semester 1 Academic Session

**SUBJECT TO CHANGES..

*SOURCE: http://www.ati.edu.my/pdf/AcademicCalendar2009.pdf

Make sure you are mentally & physically prepared for the 3rd Semester. It is going to be the shortest and busiest moment in your entire life for this year! Enjoy your holiday.

How to Face Exams!

For those of us who are studying at school or college, the time of exams is very stressful and difficult. Some people find exam time so bad they become ill, because:

They are afraid of failing. They are afraid of letting their parents and family down The hard work of study and revising* damages their health. (*learning again from your notes and books - going back over what you have studied Don't ever follow this way no matter how desperate you are: If you are a student and are restless and nervous about the Board examinations, you are probably overcome with anxiety and fear. You find it almost impossible to concentrate, worrying that you might forget whatever you have studied so far. I want to share with you a booklet entitled 'Letter to a Student', by Swami Purushottamananda who discusses the crucial problem of examination fear. He says fear of exams is the biggest enemy of students. Under its stress, some even fall physically ill. The word 'examination fever' has been coined in this context. Even students who have put in long hours of study become nervous at the time of exams. So, the Swami says, don't lose heart, you can definitely gain control of the situation. To get out of the fear psychosis, Swami Purushottamananda requests students to ask themselves what they would gain by feeling afraid. For, fear brings sickness. But by being bold and brave, even an average student can do reasonably well in exams. But if a student shelters fear, it will deprive his mind and body of strength. "The only results can be this: You will 'forget' all that you have studied while writing the exam. It is this fear that makes you write confused answers". He says, "Root out the fear complex lurking in your mind by combining self-confidence with disciplined study; have faith in your own strength and faith in your studies... The strong conviction that you would write the exams well, with a calm mind, is self-confidence. If you can develop this, fear vanishes and enthusiasm springs up in its place". Students can draw inspiration from the encouraging words of Swami Vivekananda, who had great faith in the power of faith. He exhorted the youth to first have faith in themselves. He said: "The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves. That faith calls out the divinity within. You can do anything. You fail only when you do not strive sufficiently to manifest infinite power". On different occasions Swamiji emphasised that "whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be". He would say: "Never say, 'I cannot', for you are infinite. Even time and space are as nothing compared with your nature. You can do anything and everything, you are Almighty". Vivekananda's prescription for success is: "To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. 'I will drink the ocean', says the persevering soul, 'at my will, mountains will crumble up'. Have that sort of energy, that sort of will; work hard, and you will reach the goal...". He further said: "If there is one word that you find from the Upa-nishads, bursting like a bomb-shell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.... Strength is life; weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal; weakness is cons-tant strain and misery...". For students who cultivate fearlessness, and who face the exams boldly, success is waiting round the corner. True, sometimes, unfortunately, even the most hardworking and dedicated of students find that the results are not good. However, even in the worst-case scenario of failure you should not think that it is the end of the world. Swami Vivekananda has taught that there is success and failure in every work. In fact, failures make us even wiser. Constant practice makes one perfect, so no one should lose heart in the process of trying. For "tomorrow is another day" — with fresh hopes and opportunities, and you should look forward to taking up new challenges and responsibilities. HOW TO GET THROUGH EXAMS Here are 10 top tips by educational psychologists: Get help: ask a teacher or tutor about how to revise, and exam skills - how to work when you are in an exam. Take short rests during your time of work and revision. If your mind is tired, it will not remember well. Plan your work: revise at times when you know you will work at your best. Stay healthy: get enough sleep, eat sensibly. Exercise: you need exercise to work well. Walk, run, play sport - whatever you enjoy. Be positive: stop thinking about the future and failing. Do your best: no-one can do more than this. Be alert: if you feel ill, talk to someone about your worries. But don't be too relaxed! Some stress over exams makes you work hard for them. Be sensible: if it upsets you to talk to your friends about an exam when it is finished, don't do it! In fact, don't even think about the exam you have finished. What is done is done. You cannot change what you have written! To this advice, I would add: If you are studying in the evening, don't go straight to bed afterwards. Your mind will still be 'going round and round' - thinking too much. Do something else, maybe walk or get exercise. Choose something that will relax you, and make you think of other things. You do not need to face exams alone. God can help you. Search for Him. He can be a friend to you. BREAK A LEG IN YOUR FINAL EXAMS MY STUDENTS !