Nur Farhana: You've Got To Believe In Yourself - MRSM Alor Gajah @ World Scholar's Cup TOC Yale 2014

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The World Scholar's Cup! A journey to greatness. This is the stuff dreams are made of. In this video, a young scholar Nur Farhana from MRSM Alor Gajah talks about what they've enjoyed throughout and the doubts that developed along the way. The main goal of this competition is for the students to enjoy the experience and get new idea of the world that surrounds them. One of the doubts, obviously is that are you good enough for this competition? Is the school sending the best? Am I the best? Can you be better than these 3000 participants? But Nur Farhana said that, "If you really believe [in] yourself, you can be the best!" This entire journey has taught her that doubts will always be there but you have got to believe in what you do. This competition has made them more mature and expand their mind to the new surroundings. She highly recommend this competition to all her friends because it's the most inspirational things that ever happened in her life. Nur Farhana Rusli is the youngest of the six scholars in the junior division from MRSM Alor Gajah Malaysia, who qualified to compete in this year's Tournament of Champions. She's only 14 years old. Her other schoolmates, all of which are 15 years old are Damia Amani, Mohd Nafis, Ellesya Myra, Mohd Jazli and Arisya Umaira. The World Scholar's Cup Tournament of Champions 2014 was held on Nov 21-24 at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America. The World Scholar's Cup or better known as WSC is an international team academic tournament with students participating from over 50 countries. These participants are not your ordinary students, but are considered future scholars and leaders. WSC is known to be one of the most prestigious competition for students throughout the world to compete against. It consists of 4 main competitions: The Scholar’s Bowl (a team quiz), the Scholar’s Challenge (an individual exam), the Debate and a Collaborative Writing task. This year, out of over 3000 students from over 50 countries who participated in the global round in Singapore, 500 best scholars were qualified and selected to participate in Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Yale University. Among these scholars are 6 students from MRSM Alor Gajah Melaka, 3 students from MRSM Kuantan Pahang, 3 students from MRSM Batu Pahat, a number of students from KYSM Melaka, and a few student from Garden International School Malaysia. Last year MalayUSA had an opportunity to do a coverage on KYSM during TOC at Yale. This year we are truly honored to be able to spend a considerable amount of time with these very bright young scholars from MRSM Alor Gajah. Maktab Rendah Sains Mara or MRSMs are considered the best public secondary institutions in Malaysia. For three days these students made their homes at Yale, the world-famous university. Even though many of events are held at several locations around Yale, this year's participant are able to enjoy some of the competitions at the brand new $50 million 242,000 square-foot state-of- the-art School of Management building known as Evans Hall. During the opening ceremony, Consul General of Malaysia New York, Abdul Razak Abdul Wahab was invited to give a speech. Vice Consul Mohd Fadly Amri Aliaman was also in attendance. Last year, the outgoing Consul General Syed Bakri Al Jufri was invited to give a speech during the closing ceremony. This year's awards dinner will be keynoted by Guy Djoken, Executive Director of the UNESCO Center for Peace. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) will also be joining them during the closing ceremonies. According to the MRSM participants, the competition was intense, and it was the toughest challenge any of them had faced during the entire year. Despite hauling several medals and commendations, the team said that it wasn't entirely about winning or losing, but rather it was the trip of a lifetime, an experience they would never forget. These 6 students were accompanied by their coach Puan Normahyatur Mas, a brilliant yet cool-headed Cikgu. When this video was recorded, the competition was over but they're still awaiting the results which will be announced at the closing ceremony later that night. They still don't know if they would win any awards at all. While they sincerely hope their team would win top prizes, just being here is already a dream come true for each of them. So let's congratulate each of these young scholars regardless of which school or what country they came from. It is not about the destination, but the journey... [To see more pictures of these young scholars, please visit https://www.facebook.com/MalayUSA and for more videos, please visit https://www.youtube.com/user/MalayUSA]