Thread by @DrAmalinaBakri

Tonight, I'll tweet about a few facts that you probably don't know about me, my childhood and what motivated me to strive for excellence 😊

So stay tuned! 👊🏽

I'm out and about at the moment, when I get a moment, I'll start tweeting!

To start of, when I was a kid, I moved schools quite a lot due to my mum's job. I was born in Kota Bharu but I grew up in Johor Bharu.

Initially, I went to SRK (P) Zainab 1 when I was in Standard 1, spent a few months there and moved to Johor Bharu and went to SK Taman Suria

from Standard 1 to 3. Followed by SK Taman Daya from Standard 4 to 5. I also spent half a year in Convent Girls School Bukit Mertajam,Penang

when I was in Standard 5.

Alright, I need to pause for now. Got something to do!

I missed my stop due to tweeting! 😂😂

Ok I'm back! So right then I moved to SK Ulu Tiram for Standard 6.

I remember when I was in Standard 1, one of my teachers threw away one of my classmate's book out of the window for not finishing her

homework and from that day onwards I promised to myself that I would study hard and get first in class every year.

My mum used to teach at Maktab Perguruan Temenggung Ibrahim, so when I was in primary school I used to follow her around in class and

sat at the back and listened to her lectures and tried to solve all the mathematical problems by myself as I got bored with my homework.

I even helped her to mark the exam papers! 😂😂😂 (and those students were training to become teachers)

Because of you guys, I missed my stop again, haihhh 😂let me just settle at home and I will start tweeting again 🙌🏽

I need to unpack and pack again, flying to Milan tomorrow, I know I'm flying again but it's for work and meetings.

I'll tweet once I finish with that!

Ok back to this.When I was 13, I got bored with the school syllabus,so I asked my mum to buy lots of add math and physics books especially.

I love solving problems. I would sit hours and hours doing add math questions because I found it fascinating and fun.

And also drawing diagrams for biology and chemical structures. I didn't like playing video games, those things were fun for me I guess.

When I was studying for SPM, I would do 50 questions a day after school. Practice makes perfect.

After UPSR, I got offered to go to MRSM and Tunku Kurshiah College. Because I didn't want to be too far away from home,

I requested to be transferred to Sekolah Tun Fatimah, JB. I spent a few months there and decided to go back to normal state school.

So I went to SMK Ulu Tiram, sat my PMR- got 8As. Again, I was offered to go to MRSM and Sekolah Tun Fatimah.

I knew at that point I wanted to be different. I wanted to take 17 subjects because I wanted to challenge myself. I expressed my thoughts

to the teachers at Sekolah Tun Fatimah, and they were very supportive and wanted to arrange extra coaching for myself.

I was very grateful. However, I knew that I wanted to do it on my own. I didn't want any extra coaching or privileges.

So I decided to leave STF and went back to a normal 'sekolah harian' school. I believe that no matter I am, if I have the motivation

to do it, I will still succeed. So I taught myself 7 extra subjects. Never in million years, I would have thought it would be such a big

thing on the news and that I would be where I am today. My mum is my main motivation, I would like to make her happy,

and that is why I always aim high and strive for excellence. People say 'Syurga itu di bawah tapak kaki ibu.'

I also believe on merit and equality. I don't believe that people should get special treatment and more opportunities because of their race

or where they come from. It's a big world out there. If you want to compete internationally, you just have to be good at what you do and

you'll survive. No one will help you, only you and yourself. Don't be dependent, don't rely on other people.

Only you can decide your own destiny.

It has been a long journey for me and I'm still learning and I still have a long way to go to achieve my dreams.

However, these are the values that I will always keep in my mind, keep your feet on the ground, stay true to yourself, respect other people,

be kind and treat other people the way that you want to be treated, you will go far. Remember to say 'thank you' and 'please'. Be polite.

They are simple things in life but that will make you a better human being. 😊

And obviously have some fun too. Work life balance is very important to me and that keeps me sane with the amount of stress that I have

to deal with at work. Work hard, play harder 😘