Seemingly unhappy with the question of their listening test for Malay and English subjects earlier on Monday (21st February) morning, a holiday resort located in Pulau Tioman, Pahang suddenly got attacked by a bunch of SPM 2021 candidates online!
For those who are curious, the drama started after most of the candidates claimed that the word “Salang Sayang Resort” (the name of the resort in question) mentioned in the tape were not heard clearly, causing them to not be able to answer the question well.
Speaking to mStar about the recent commotion, resort owner Nadiah Tuan Rozaimon Azam revealed that she was initially shocked after finding the resort getting flooded with comments from the SPM 2021 examinees. “It started at 1pm on Monday, beginning with the comment, ‘Salam layang resort’. It appears that they are mad, as seen in the comments and messages left by them,” she revealed.
Due to the overflowing messages and comments, Nadiah also said that she first thought that there were customers who were dissatisfied with the service provided at his resort. “I checked with my team on WhatsApp on whether there were any problems they encountered with the customers. It was strange at first. But when I saw one of the SPM candidates message on Instagram, only then I knew it has something to do with the exam question,” the 28-year-old was quoted as saying.
Nadiah added, “The student said that the name of the resort was included in the Listening Test for the SPM exams. According to them, the question reads, Iman and his family went on holiday to Tioman Island (and) stayed at Salang Sayang Resort.’ But they heard it as ‘Salam Layang Resort’, ‘Salang Layang’, ‘Sembahyang Resort’, and so on.”
Not only that, Nadiah also responded to the claims made by SPM examinees saying that she made a “deal” with the exam question makers from the Ministry of Education. “I was stunned when some of them asked me, ‘Did you seal a deal with the MOE due to the name of my resort?'”
The 28-year old clarified, “Salang Sayang Resort has been in operation since 1981, and our resort not only provides accommodation, we also offer island hopping trips for tourists. ‘Salang’ actually refers to the name of a village, there are several resorts here, and one of them is our resort.” Amidst the drama surrounding the listening test, Nadiah was seen posting an update on IG, wishing the Batch ’04 SPM candidates the best of luck, apart from inviting them to visit her resort in Pahang.
In the meantime, a Form 5 student known as Ayien shared that the characters that became trending on Twitter were the names used in the test. He told mStar, “Rasyad was interviewed about his hobby which is mountain climbing. But he was laughing and talking at the same time, how could we understand? The interviewer even gave a what seemed to be a forced laughter.”
The SPM candidate then added, “He asked Rasyad on what he usually eats before going for a hike. ‘People would assume I eat chocolates or sweets, but I actually eat biscuits,’ Rasyad responded with a laugh. As for Peter, he was talking about his camera. But he spoke too fast, like rapping. I couldn’t hear it clearly because it was too fast.”
“Another name mentioned in the listening test was Iman. He went on a holiday trip with his family. Some heard it as, ‘Salam sayang’, ‘Salam layang’, and even ‘Salam dayang’, but actually it’s ‘Salang Sayang Resort’,” Ayien further revealed during the chat with the local portal, before adding that he was frustrated with the English Listening test, which he claimed was “too fast”.
Source: mStar.
