AMERZING: May 2017

In Personal,

Foundation year has gone so fast obviously, but it really takes a lot out of me. I always thought that foundation year is just like the spm year. Where I need to struggle day and night to sustain my pointer. Do revision every second because I only have 3 months for 6 hardcore subjects to score, but it's really not like that!

I think I had a lot of fun this year. I gained and learned so much. Every day was so packed with classes but we still have the weekend for some chilling. Went to Dataran Pahlawan until 3 am, stayed at the main field until Subuh.

I am gonna miss all that. A year felt like a month.

So short until I forgot to cancel the date on my calendar.

Now it is coming to an end, and last week was the last class for the foundation year and I don't cry. Hahahaha...but I was a bit touched not because of the ending, but because I've grown up.

So here let's recap some precious memories:

Honestly, I never thought that in university also have the house system like the primary and secondary school. What a joke! But hard to deny, our orientation week was the best. The best ever!

Thank you to all our OCs. You guys are rock! So many memories. Orientation night. Sapientia!!!!

My very first outing with this annoying buddy. I never know him until we went for an explorace in the town then we met. I think the thing that makes us started to talk was "SBP ke dulu?". Well, SBP brotherhood games strong. He is from STAR IPOH anyway and his name is Mail.

So classy, ikr. Hahah!

p/s: I know he won't read this for sure. Mail if you read this, please comment only good vibes. :)

I told you yes I told you, my face was .... I don't know which word can describe the best how tired were we back there. This was our first V7 "Jati Diri" camp. Can you imagine, we need to walk in the mud... I mean the "dirty and smelly" mud. People call it "longkang".

Then, we need to crawl into the "terowong bawah jalan" that has very very very nice smell with green smoothie gell-like wall and urghhh I don't want to describe more. They said a crocodile live in there but who care.

Just look at our fake smile.

This is Sophie. No hidden intention. She is my classmate and also jpamara scholar. I love this picture, that's all. Thanks Sophie for all your assignment and lab reports answers.

Btw, this picture was taken after our muet-like speaking test. First sem! Still young.

p/s: Sophie, if only you read this. Just keep it silent.

Can you see my face? I hope you will understand how fed up I was when it comes to the final weeks. When I lost my appetite, when I lost my hopes, when my heart is empty and also when my calculator was broken and I lost my favorite pen too. Pathetic...

This was in my 1st sem when the library was still my friend.

Now so-so...

Well, I would consider this as one of the best memory for this year. I can't imagine how hard my life would be, how pale my day would be and how dry my heart would be if I am losing you guys.

Ahhhhh, you guys don’t know how much you mean to me. You guys are the best and the worst. We set a gateway to the heaven Pulau Tioman after the 2nd sem has ended.

I have shared a lot in 3 Days 2 Night in Tioman Island. Have a read!

The second V7 camp. I also wrote this in Road to Uganda. You should read it too! It was not as bad as the first camp. More towards self-esteem development and completing our high impact project.

If you have read the Road to Uganda, fyi, we have decided to go to Kabong, Kuching in March 2018. May God ease everything.

...and this is the very first complete picture of my classmate. Yes, only 3 handsome men in the class. Thank you so much especially to the one that I always asked for the assignment answers and tutorial. Thanks because let me copy all your answers. I don't know what will happen to me if without you guys.

Thank you so much! Hope to see you in the first year degree. *showing love*

So, it is a wrap. I have finished my foundation year.

Now, let's strive for the final paper and end it with flying color!

Wish us luck!

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In Share,

Effect of Sleeping More Than 8 Hours

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In FeaturedPost,

That Messenger Bag!

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In Share,

4 Cancer Fighting Foods That You Should Take

Today, more than 95% of all chronic disease is caused by food choice, toxic food ingredients, nutritional deficiencies and lack of physical exercise. Not only is that, but the foods also chose them mostly pricey and fat-rich. Unfortunately, when they get sick, they go to the doctor and seek for an expensive medicine which is totally wasting money. So. Let’s avoid all those by simply choose our meals in the first place.

When selecting fruits and vegetables, aim to go for a variety of color, literally, and eat as much color as you can. By eating this natural product of a variety of different colors, one can get the best all-around health benefits.

In particular, the berry family is a potent source of antioxidants including blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries. The rich greens of leafy spinach, kale and lettuces are also chock full of fiber and vitamins. Scarlet tomatoes contain stores of lycopene while cantaloupe melons have vitamins A and C, minerals and hydrating water.

Among the most highly regarded cancer-fighting foods abundant in markets and supermarkets in our neighborhoods include:

Cruciferous vegetables – examples like broccoli and cauliflower are powerful cancer fighters with rich stores of Vitamin C and glutathione, a potent antioxidant. It’s also easy to serve as we can just fry it on a free pan.

Cruciferous vegetables

1. Leafy Green Vegetables – Rich supplies of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and enzymes, yet very low in calories, fats, and sodium. Think spinach, kale, romaine, and watercress. Isothiocyanates (ITCs) found in leafy greens, which are made from glucosinolates, have been reported to help detox your body at the cellular level.

2. Herbs and spices – even the humblest natural ingredients hold the key to health such as turmeric that contains curcumin, proven to decrease tumor size and fight breast and colon cancer. A single teaspoon of turmeric powder consumed daily helps or in the form of supplements.

3. Berries – renowned antioxidant-rich with vitamin C, vitamin A, and gallic acid, a powerful antifungal/antiviral agent that increases immunity. Berries are rich in proanthocyanidin antioxidants, capable of lowering free radical damage.

Also read: 6 Amazing Facts About Berries

Berries

Together we fight for our health, men!

“Every time you eat or drink, you are either feeding disease or fighting it.“

CHERISH YOUR BODY. Take healthy meals every day!

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In FeaturedPost,

7 Style Tips For Men

Men are always having the dress up issues since they rarely think about their look. Here are the best seven things that you can start working on it, right now.

1. Ready to spend more money for a cloth.

For the reason being, quality plays the biggest role when it comes to purchasing something. Quality endures longer than quantity. It can make your look better in it. You can start to shop for a suit even if you do not need them.

Take your measurements and put it in your wallet or wardrobe. So they can always come in handy when you are shopping.

2. Invest in some small accessories.

This is the time to own a watch that you can wear with the suit. Go and get a new classy wallet. People always think that the thicker the wallet will get more attention. Truth be told, the slimmer, the better. It’ll make you look more pleasant when you haul it out to pay for things. A small accessory can extraordinarily elevate your apparent.

3. Belt, necktie, and bag are included.

Wear a necktie when you don’t have to, just for fun. Expand your belt collection by looking for some vintage buckles. Forget your basic school belt. You can also try to wear a suspender, but never both at the same time.

4. Hairstyle must be on point.

Watch hairstyle tutorials or the 2017 trending hairstyle for men. Get some product for your hair. If you already use a product, try a different product. Make it more stylish, shining, wet and neat. Grab the one that is trusted, okay. Let they see you as a high paid model.

5. Own more shoes.

Two pairs are never enough. Get some more and vary the styles. You should have at least 5 type of shoes every man should own which is the casual shoe, cool sneaker, dress shoe, casual office shoe, and boot. Shoes are the most underrated tools for a guy.

6. Read.

Go and read some book of style, a magazine or an article. Read something about fashion and men. Either it is outdated or updated is not a big deal. Just get exposed to something new that can generate brilliant ideas. By reading, you can enhance many things and improve your skills.

7. Try some new store.

You can start visiting a menswear store that you have never been to. See what you like. Attempt not constrain yourself to a few your most loved brands. You can subscribe to their e-mail list if you like the store and receive updates about their sales and promotions that your friend might miss it.

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In Personal,

The Greatest Gift

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In BlogTips,

How to Speed Up Blogger

Everyone hates waiting. We are living in a busy world and we don’t have time to waste.Since most of us spend time online, it’s necessary that our websites load up quickly.

But, most of us (blogger) don't have good skills in coding and programming. So do I. Therefore, there are only some things we can do to speed up our blogger blog.

But before that, you should check your web page speed score before and after implementing these suggestions. Thus, you can know whether each suggestion is worth considering.

Here are some link that I use to test my site speed;

1. https://www.pingdom.com/
2. https://website.grader.com/
3. https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/

Here are 7 tips that I could share with you guys on how to speed up our blogger site.

1. Compress codes

An uncompressed code may be good for your eyes because it is very well arranged and full of colors but not for the user. You can use HTML compressor to compress your HTML, Javascript, CSS, etc. Once compressed, you will know how much size you have saved and believed me, you won't understand any word of your HTML unless you are a programmer.

Unfortunately, I can't find the right site that can compress my HTML better and I don't prefer this step. All sites that I have been just giving me disappointments but you can still read about this on https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/insights/MinifyResources

2. Limit number of posts on homepage

Changing the number post on blogger homepage can have a significant effect on the site’s load time. For my blog, I only put 2 posts per page instead of 4 posts. This could be the best step for a blogger that love to use images in their posts like me. You can go to the Layout tab and click the edit button next to “Blog Posts” section. You will see an option to change the number of posts there.

3. Use line breaks

Use line break even if you are using auto read more. The line break feature on blogger posts ensures that only the content before the line break gets loaded. Thus, a post summary can be displayed on the home page. While auto read more function loads the entire post and then displays its post summary which doesn’t help you reduce page load time. Therefore always add a line break.

4. Remove background images

Background images but they take up a ton of bandwidth. Try changing the background images of your site, widgets, etc. to solid colors or to repeating patterns. This can reduce the loading time.

5. Compress images

Other that background images, images in our posts also take up a lot of bandwidth to load. Therefore, it’s important to compress your images before uploading them to your site. I personally prefer photoshop to compress any images to significantly reduced sizes.

Here aI give you 2 links to reduce the image size that I always use before:

1. https://tinypng.com/
2. http://compressjpeg.com/

6. Minimize the number of widgets on the home page

You should make sure that only the most important widgets stay because some widgets take up a lot of bandwidth to load. Some widgets may be locked and can’t be deleted, learn how to delete the locked blogger widgets. There is a lot tutorial on youtube on how to unlock widget in out layout. This number of widget also associated with our HTML length that will make it longer and longer. This is not good. Our page will take a longer time to load too.

7. Avoid too many ads

Too many ads could slow down your site, therefore, reduce the number of ads on each page. Because when you put too much link in your blog, there will also load the link/URL that has been embedded with the ads. Thus, our readers will also indirectly load the link when they visiting our site. This is not good.

NOTE: Blogger has a size limit of 1 Mb on the homepage. Try your best to not exceed that limit :)

I also had encountered this problem last week. A lot of my readers complained about my page loading. It was too slow that make the readers feel bored and stop reading on my blog. I hope that this benefits you.

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In Personal,

Blue Sky Tag : 33 Shades of me

Last days, while I was struggling rescheduled my posting, someone told me in my cbox that I was tagged in her post. Then suddenly, one more person tagged me in their post.So, I have 2 people in total and unfortunately, I need to answer 22 questions lol. Can I change the title to Q&A with Amer? Hahahaha I think this is a challenge that more to enhance blogger engagement. Why not I give it a try. Let's start!

UPDATES: Suddenly, I was asked by one more amerzing person, SAGHAH!

RULES

- Thank the person who tagged you (Big thanks to FARAH and FATINA and SAGHAH for tagging me)

- Answer their 11 questions

- Tag 11 people

- Give them 11 questions to answer

QUESTIONS

From Farah:

1. How do you start a conversation?

Mostly, when I met a stranger, Uber or Grab driver especially, I will ask."Abang dah lama ke buat kerja nih?" and the conversation will continue. But if I met an anonymous which literally my uni-mate that I never know I will just hi and smile. I am an outgoing person but based on mood. Hahahaha...

2. Best compliment you've received?

When my friend said my face is a bit same with Shawn Mendes + Justin Bieber + Korean guy, I forget his name hahaha..actually, that friend is my imaginary friend :')

3. What was the last picture you took with your phone?

Okay, let me check first. Lol, my latest pictures are my friends' assignment hehe...

4. What was the last lie you told?

I told my mom that I'm studying but actually I was in the movie with my friends. Bad boy. :')

5. If you could wake up tomorrow in the body of someone else, who would you pick and why?

Tzuyu from TWICE. Damn... she's hot! (Allahu... )

6. Who is your hero?

Do I have one? I don't have any hero but I do have someone that I adore the most, our Prophet Rasulullah s.w.t. :)

7. What have you always wanted?

I wanted to be a model. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!! Gelak lah!! Hahaha... but until now, it is just a dream.... T^T.

8. What was your first thought when you woke up this morning?

Maybe modeling agency might send me an email this morning, Check! Check! Check! (I'm serious)

But if I have class at 8 a.m., the only thing I hope is "Please.... tell me that now is 7.30 a.m" but every time I wish, it always be 8.15 a.m =="

9. What cheers you up?

When I ask my friend to borrow their assignment and they are willing to give. Then, when I met my buddy that I miss so much and of course when I get an email from the modeling agency. Lol.

10. What question do you hate to answer?

Where to eat? What to eat? Why eat? When to eat? How to eat? Can we just stop from eating?

11. What is your biggest fear

I am afraid of losing. I have lost something that I love but not for the second time hm...

From Fatina:

1. Between baking and cooking, which one do you prefer?

I love both, but I prefer cooking because I can create assorted things. When I cook I will put put put whatever near me like chef always does tho. Well, I'm expert in making omelets.

2. Do you enjoy cooking?

Hmmm... No. I hate washing plates and stuff.

3. What time do you usually wake up in the morning to get ready to work?

Always 15 minutes before my class starts. Take my bath for 5 minutes, dress up 3 minutes and walk for 7 minutes. Just nice. :)

4. Besides your family/husband/wife/children, share 5 things you cannot live without.

Phone.

5. Which book genre do you enjoy to read?

If comics, I prefer action. If novel I honestly love romance hm hm... I am Nicholas Spark number one fan!!!!

6. Do you have a crush on fictional characters?

No. I only crush on Tzuyu huhuhu..

7. Can you share your most and least favorite books (if you are not into books, you can share on movie/drama)?

I have the full collection of Maze Runner and Divergent novel series. All Nicholas Spark novel except Note Book. I try to find this book everywhere but still, I don't get it hm.

8. Have you ever experience anything supernatural?

I always wish that I am a power ranger. Lol, I'm serious!

9. What kind of animals have you kept as your pets?

For the time being, I only have cats. I love hamster but during my primary school, every time I bought them, I will be so happy but my happy story always ends with sadness. They died. I don't know why. Then, I buy another one and died again hahahha.. R.i.p buddy.

10. If you been given a chance to travel into a new dimension, would you take that chance?

No, thanks. My mother will ask me many questions. I'm lazy to answer them.

11. What would like to tell your another version from another dimension?

If he is 10 years old. I will tell him don't play truants during evening class because dad will find out. No allowance for a month. No toys. No life. Don't be like me.

From Saghah:

1) Kalau ada banyak duit, benda paling penting korang nak buat apa? Ceritakan.

I want to go Hajj, travel around the world, buy iphone 9, buy a car, buy a house, and get a wife. :)

2) Siapa idola korang? Kenapa?

Prophet Muhammad S.W.T.

3) Dah berapa crush korang pernah ada ahahagagaga setakat ni.

A lot hm... Uncountable.. Please don't ask about this.. sedih hm... T^T

4) Subjek paling killer time sekolah menengah dulu?

BAHASA MELAYU! I get B in my SPM trial. Allahu hancur hati...

5) Perkara paling jahat korang pernah buat masa zaman sekolah?

Almost expelled out. I don't need to tell why. Malu hm hahahha.

6) Ada pengalaman bekerja di mana-mana? Senaraikan.

For now, I am a full student, plus I have a contract with the government. So, for now, I have no working experience except group work assignment hahaha

7) Paling suka baca buku genre apa and senaraikan buku-buku best yang korang pernah baca.

I love to read romance and action. I am a Nicholas Spark fan. I love action but not anime. For exmaple the Maze Runner etc.

8) Apa impian korang yang dah lama dipendam tapi sampai sekarang masih belum tercapai or hampir tercapai?

I am always dreaming to study abroad but takde rezeki lagi.

9) 5 facts tentang diri sendiri.

Shy, Not Handsome, Manja, Book Worm, Amerzing

10) Target nak pergi haji tahun bila? *ni doa ni jgn memain hahaha

Insya Allah, kalau tak ada apa-apa, akan pergi umrah next year. Haji tu insya Alalh tak tahu bila.. tapi one day I will be there!

11) Rajin bukak apa je? (email/twitter/blog/fb/insta/youtube/etc) *bagi link/username sekali huhu

Email for work for sure. Twitter too, Fb not so active, Insta every second. Youtube yasye-yasye je hahahaha..

Instagram: ameridzuan (https://www.instagram.com/ameridzuan/)
Twitter: (https://twitter.com/ameridzuan/media)

TAG 11 OTHER PEOPLE

Since I have been tagged by 3 persons. So, why not... 22 persons for me! *evil smile
I picked randomly.

Claudia / Tashira/Mrs Pip / Elsa /Fairuz Aqilah / TQA London/ Siti Syilah / Noor Azlan/Eeca/Sii Nurul / Anies/Sofie Adie / Yana Jie / Qbal Ramlan / Ana Jingga / Bella Jamal / Mrs.A / Siqah Hussin / Cik Kaella / I am LZ / Nour Adieb / Mimpi Aria

QUESTIONS (You are free to answer in both language)

1. If you suddenly found yourself turned into woman/man. How would you spend your day?

2. Tell me the most awkward moment in your life?

3. What are the best and worst purchases you have made?

4. If you have a chance to change your name, what will it be and why??

5. Who is the messiest person you know?

6. What are the most useless talent do you have?

7. Who is the fourth person n your missed call list?

8. What is your favorite TV show? (Tell me Suri Hati Mr. Pilot, please)

9. What was your first thought when you woke up this morning?

10. What are you completely give up and done with?

11. Do you think my questions are ridiculous?

I can't wait for your answers!!! Have fun :P

p/s: anyway, as you can see I have changed the cover photo and that is my bloglist segment teaser :)