Love Your Life

Life is a wonderful miracle. It is not only the reason that we are alive, but also lets us to stay alive and in this fantastic world, letting us experience what we never experienced and feeled before. Everybody should cherish it and live their life to the fullest. Only by then, they can fulfil the purpose of being alive.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Warwick English Proficiency Essay: Holiday Activities




   Today I will be sharing the essay that I had wrote a month ago to the undergraduate admissions team of the University of Warwick, describing in brief what I had done during my holidays. They requested me to write this in order for me to prove them my proficiency of English. At first I thought I screwed up the whole essay, but luckily they like it and in the end I got accepted by the university in the end! Without further ado, here is it:      


To:   The Undergraduate Admissions Team



First and foremost, I would like to give my appreciation and thanks for the admissions team for considering my application and at the same time would like to apologize for submitting this important document late. 


Yesterday, I just came back from the 2 days Entrepreneurship: Startup and Design Workshop organized by a non-profit government organization called IM4U. I was thrilled to learn about the key features of entrepreneurship, steps in planning systematically and thinking out of the box to create an Avant Gard product which is highly demanded. I even got a chance to present the ideas to people from all walks of age and got their feedbacks in order to improve my product and make it better.


After graduating from my A-Levels at December, I spent most of my days during January and February with my family at home, polishing my soft skills while enriching my thoughts with a couple of self-help books. In order to familiarize and prepare myself towards pursuing law in the university, I enrolled myself in an online environmental law course and accomplished with distinction. I retook the course in order to get a better understanding and to revise what I learned before. From cases as simple as a neighborhood nuisance as mentioned in Slairds V. Klewers to a trans boundary pollution such as Georgia V. Tennessee, this course gives me an insight of how the law serves as a tool to govern the management of the environment in the hands of human, and to prevent the exploitation of nature and its resources without considering the possible dangers it may impose to the well-being of mankind and the environment.


March follows as a reminder of how long I had spent at home and alerted me to go out and try new stuff. Eventually, I ended up as a day care tutor in the day care near my primary school. Acknowledging the fact that it has no immediate connection with my degree subject, I still embraced it due to its uniqueness and simplicity compared to other part time jobs. Teaching primary school kids trains me to improve my information expression skills and language flexibility as I constantly need to rephrase and reform my statements in order to make them understand.  


Currently, I am reading a book called “Learning the Law” by Glanville Williams, a birthday present from my uncle whom was a solicitor in Kuala Lumpur. Weeks ago, I spoke with him and expressed my desire to learn more about the legal profession that I was going to embark on and had a meaningful discussion with him. He urged me to start chartering my course and have a rough idea of the direction that I wished to go after my studies. He even encouraged me to spend my pastime reading books that are related to law to sharpen and broaden my mind. 


Next week, I am taking a week’s leave to attend a compulsory camp organized for the national scholars. Well, this is roughly what my holiday looks like hitherto. Should the admission team require any further additional information, please don’t hesitate to contact me and I will do my best in providing relevant information in assisting the team in assessing my application. I hope to hear good news from the admission team soon.

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