due to popular demand, amin inspired is back for season 3

(Season 3: xyz: Where inspiration meets with the beauty of islam)

Season 3:xyz

arsenal new world-record signing...

London, 29 Jan - Arsenal opened the January transfer window by forking out 73.6 million pounds, a new world record signing, for teenage star Muhammad Amin from Tours FC. Despite denying that he'll sign anyone, Arsene Wenger suprised everyone by making the move for the young striker, who originated from Malaysia.

"Amin is a very versatile attacker, he is very two footed, and can play on the left, right, or even behind the main striker. He has excellent pace, good techincal abilties and an intelligent mind.

We have huge expectation from him, and we believe he can make a big impact on this year's title race"

Amin will share the No11 with Van Persie, and is included in the first 16 of Today's encounter with Everton.

Strive for excellence not perfection...

ever since Rapidshare came to my life, i've watched almost 30+ episodes of House...

and if there's one thing I've learned from House, is that it better to strive for excellence than perfection.

don't be afraid to take risks and to be wrong.. learning from mistakes can be a wonderful teacher...

Bonnes vaccances tout le monde!!! :)

ps: enjoy life... Life can be absoltelly phenomenal, and it will, only if you start believing it should be.....

Probably my best photo yet...

Me giving birth (jeu de roles)

application of "Don't reinvent the wheel..." studying en france

My dad is someone who's crazy with motivational books, and as his son who lived with him for 17 years (i never went to boarding school), each day i was stuffed with his inspirational quotes and life theories...

and one of his favourite was.... "Don't reinvent the wheel..."

Looking at the metafore, it means that you don't need to invent the wheel to use the wheel. As it has been invented by people before us, one does not need to go the long process of creating it, but simply learn what has been learnt and improve on it.

So, how to apply to real life? well, one easy example, as a student of the 8th batch, instead of making the same mistakes made by my seniors, I should learn from their experiences to make better choices in the future.

Almost every senior i meet, i have asked them to share thier experiences in France, especially regarding studying, and here what i know so far:

- we are sent to here to graduate with diplome d'inginieur, equilavent degree + masters

- after 2 years of the special preparation program, there will be limited 'back-door' opportunities to enter the prestigious grandes ecoles, as a result of a governement-to-governement collaboration.

- there's only 15-20 grandes ecoles to choose from and you need to score a minumum of at least 13

- if one misses out on the GE, one will enter IUT for 2 years

- to enter the GE after that, one will need to compete with les français and be among the top certain percentage of the class. There is no loss years taking this route.

- if there's one advantage of taking this route, is there are unlimited choice of GE to choose from.

- if after IUT, one fails to enter the GE, then they'll need to a licence and normal masters in a normal université

- Some students from the early batches failed in thier first or 2nd year of GE and had to drop into IUTs

Donc, the real question is, is it better to go straight to the hard-life of grandes ecoles after 2 or is it better to take the easier route of IUT??

Les vacances starts now...

think i flunked my exam, but who cares, it's all over now. and with Arsenal winning, what better way to start your holiday...

I can now peacefully enjoy watching the hightlights of yesterday's game and a whole season of House... grace à Rapidshare :)

Mardi : Cinéma
Mercredi : Marché (Did you know there are over 30 marchés à Tours???)
Jeudi : Pre-holiday celebration en class
Vendredi : Blois + Bus trip to Londrès

enfin les vacances!