Saturday, June 30, 2007
Friday, June 29, 2007
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Wishing u well
Something came up. I didnt have enough time to join them for the retreat. In my heart I wished them well. However, as I have reiterated before, I accepted that the spirit of togetherness burnt as strongly today as it had ever done.
I'll see you again, somehow, some day.
I'll see you again, somehow, some day.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Congratulations! Azila & Ezar!
Azila called yesterday. I thought it was another social call - to say hi and what not - since we have known each other for quite some time because she was actively involved in Kelab Penyayang UiTM. She is currently working in PJ. She was then a Mass Communication (?) student and had just graduated about a semester ago? (sorry Azila!) She invited me to her reception(July 7th, 2007) at Mambau, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.
Ezar is one of the key staff in Yayasan Budi Penyayang which I have known since 2005. And if you remember Roda Impian (hosted by the late Hani Mokhsin), Ezar was one of the participants who were 'that close' in winning the huge prize money had he answered 'hangit' correctly, instead of 'hangus'!
Never mind. They are going to tie the knot eventually... congratulations Azila, Ezar! (I couldnt get their photo uploaded. I will try again later!)
P.S I think, next on the list is...Lyn!!! (Am i right, Lyn? Haha! Im on my way to Melaka!)
Unity in Music - Program Gegar U!
UiTM is calling those who are interested in music to take part in our search for Malaysia's finest youth band. The event is on the July 11th 2007. The venue is UiTM Shah Alam. The definition of 'band' is not confined only to 'band' per se (with full instruments etc). It can be in the forms of singing group (e.g acapella, choir!), tradtional music group and the likes and performed either live or using minus one.
The band/group will have to perform only ONE song (4 minutes)(self-composed/cover version). Minimum group members is 3; and as many as a proper choir group!
Members must be registered UiTM students. Those who are interested can register for the contest by filing in a form which is available at HEP. Alternatively, the forms can be collected on the day itself at the committee table at Dewan Seri Budiman.
Have fun!
The band/group will have to perform only ONE song (4 minutes)(self-composed/cover version). Minimum group members is 3; and as many as a proper choir group!
Members must be registered UiTM students. Those who are interested can register for the contest by filing in a form which is available at HEP. Alternatively, the forms can be collected on the day itself at the committee table at Dewan Seri Budiman.
Have fun!
Monday, June 25, 2007
Cancelled!
Ram; Jack, So sorry about the cancellation. Something came up today. I will try to arrange another one not too distance a time; maybe next week. Sorry again.
Be back tomorrow (Wednesday)
Datt (and maybe a few others too), the outlet (Sri Murni Ikan Bakar) is located at Batu 19, Kampung Jawa, Hulu Langat. Happy hunting!
I will be away from office tomorrow. Should be back into office on Wednesday. See you then.
I will be away from office tomorrow. Should be back into office on Wednesday. See you then.
Law of Nature!
John Locke once said that no one shall violate any person's inalienable rights to life, liberty, and property.
I opted for a rather different menu last nite! Not bad!
Friday, June 22, 2007
Point to ponder
Read a lot about Hamas & Fatah recently. Very uncomfortable! Then I started to think about what the minister, Datuk syed Hamid Albar was saying last night (in a tv news) on the need for Muslims to look at this issue thoroughly and critically. He says, this has got nothing to do with "external Dalang" or whatsoever. Blame ourselves! said him.
I remember quite clearly how Syeikh Imran convincingly says this, "Israel is going to replace the US of America as the ruling state, with new currency, new world order."
He also cited Surah Al-Maidah (49:50), which goes something like "Do not take **** and ********** as friends."
What a contrasting view!
I remember quite clearly how Syeikh Imran convincingly says this, "Israel is going to replace the US of America as the ruling state, with new currency, new world order."
He also cited Surah Al-Maidah (49:50), which goes something like "Do not take **** and ********** as friends."
What a contrasting view!
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Democracy versus Kleptocracy?
I had a good laugh last night! (Had a meeting last night). Thank you to Ameena. She was refering to the current issue in Thailand politics (Thaksin is urged by the authority to come back 'home' or face the consequences!).
She then posed this question: "How about here? In Malaysia?", to which I responded, "I dont know!"
There is this terminology, known as "kleptocracy" which means "Rule by thieves, a label sometimes applied to authoritarian regimes in which corruption (there are many forms of corruption, mind you!) reaches extraordinary levels and enormous amounts in public funds are siphoned off by top officials for their own enrichment."
The scenario can be seen anywhere, not necessarily in terms of government regimes. Hence, a non-political organisation - including a public university - can be as mean as a corrupt government! Look who's who in the cabinet line up!
She then posed this question: "How about here? In Malaysia?", to which I responded, "I dont know!"
There is this terminology, known as "kleptocracy" which means "Rule by thieves, a label sometimes applied to authoritarian regimes in which corruption (there are many forms of corruption, mind you!) reaches extraordinary levels and enormous amounts in public funds are siphoned off by top officials for their own enrichment."
The scenario can be seen anywhere, not necessarily in terms of government regimes. Hence, a non-political organisation - including a public university - can be as mean as a corrupt government! Look who's who in the cabinet line up!
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Flight Tee Box 11: with Capt Zaid (UTM); Zam (UiTM) & Chad (UiTM)
With Kamal (Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences), former Provost of Melaka Campus.
With PM Rashidah Mohamad, The UiTM TNC's (Academic) wife. During lunch at the Ballroom.
Participated in the PALAPES Golf Invitational, Kota Permai, yesterday. The YDP Agong was also playing. I have not played there for more than a year. The greens were so fast while the fairways were so good! I will be posting some of the shots taken during the event later this afternoon.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Seminar on Tun Razak's Legacy
Updated: June 17th, 2007.
I will be attending the seminar from tomorrow till Saturday. Should be home by saturday night. I'll look if there is wifi available there. Otherwise i will post new entries later in the evening. Or perhaps we can meet up there, at the Sime Darby Convention ... Kiara?
Shamsul & Mas, congrats. Well done!
Individualistic?
Had late supper (11.00pm - 12.00pm) with Posiah, Sally and Ziana last nite at one mamak's outlet in section 3. Talked about a few issues:
1. 3G (Gebu, Gemuk & Gempal's women) and perhaps, soon 3B (Boroi, Botak & Buaya's men);
2. ISO thing (the department is currently having its ISO certification reviewed);
3. Life-style and the current trend of urban community (clubbing, eat-out; etc.;
4. Someone's attitude in the faculty which has created much confusion and displeasure among members.
Yes indeed. It is uncomfortable to talk about individual or human rights when there is a clear sign that individual is considered or accepted as the core value of the present system. It is the belief that the individual should be at the center of any conception of society or politics. In other words, it is the idea that people should be be able to go their own way, and as scholars put it, "do their own things".
It is one of the core values of democracy that takes the individual as one of its main component, in opposed to Islamic conception, which gives equal importance to both the individual and the group.
So, one cannot simply says that she or he has the right to do this and that by basing his claim only on so-called 'we live in a democracy country'. Think collectivism! Think about the entire community.
1. 3G (Gebu, Gemuk & Gempal's women) and perhaps, soon 3B (Boroi, Botak & Buaya's men);
2. ISO thing (the department is currently having its ISO certification reviewed);
3. Life-style and the current trend of urban community (clubbing, eat-out; etc.;
4. Someone's attitude in the faculty which has created much confusion and displeasure among members.
Yes indeed. It is uncomfortable to talk about individual or human rights when there is a clear sign that individual is considered or accepted as the core value of the present system. It is the belief that the individual should be at the center of any conception of society or politics. In other words, it is the idea that people should be be able to go their own way, and as scholars put it, "do their own things".
It is one of the core values of democracy that takes the individual as one of its main component, in opposed to Islamic conception, which gives equal importance to both the individual and the group.
So, one cannot simply says that she or he has the right to do this and that by basing his claim only on so-called 'we live in a democracy country'. Think collectivism! Think about the entire community.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Life is not all about worldly gain (or is it?)
Zaemah forwarded me this nice speech two or three days ago. I wish to share this with fellow friends. Thank you Zai.
The speech was written and delivered by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Anna Quindlen at the graduation ceremony of at American university where she was awarded an Honorary PhD.
"I'm a novelist. My work is human nature. Real life is all I know. Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. You will walk out of here this afternoon with only one thing that no one else has. There will be hundreds of people out there with your same degree: there will be thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living. But you will be the only person alive who has sole custody of your life. Your particular life. Your entire life. Not just your life at a desk or your life on a bus or in a car or at the computer. Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank accounts but also your soul.
People don't talk about the soul very much anymore. It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit. But a resume is cold comfort on a winter's night, or when you're sad, or broke, or lonely, or when you've received your test results and they're not so good.
Here is my resume: I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my work stand in the way of being a good parent. I no longer consider myself the centre of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends and them to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today, because I would be a cardboard cut out. But I call them on the phone and I meet them for lunch. I would be rotten, at best mediocre, at my job if those other things were not true.
You cannot be really first rate at your work if your work is all you are. So here's what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger pay cheque, the larger house. Do you think you'd care so very much about those things if you blew an aneurysm one afternoon or found a lump in your breast?
Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze at the seaside, a life in which you stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles over the water, or the way a baby scowls with concentration when she tries to pick up a sweet with her thumb and first finger.
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an email. Write a letter. Get a life in which you are generous. And realize that life is the best thing ever, and that you have no business taking it for granted. Care so deeply about its goodness that you want to spread it around. Take money you would have spent on beer and give it to charity. Work in a soup kitchen. Be a big brother or sister. All of you want to do well. But if you do not do good too, then doing well will never be enough.
It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes. It is so easy to take for granted the colour of our kids' eyes, the way the melody in a symphony rises and falls and disappears and rises again. It is so easy to exist instead of to live.
I learned to live many years ago. I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned that it is not a dress rehearsal, and that today is the only guarantee you get. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and utterly. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned. By telling them this: Consider the lilies of the field. Look at the fuzz on a baby's ear. Read in the back yard with the sun on your face.
Learn to be happy. And think of life as a terminal illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived".
The speech was written and delivered by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Anna Quindlen at the graduation ceremony of at American university where she was awarded an Honorary PhD.
"I'm a novelist. My work is human nature. Real life is all I know. Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. You will walk out of here this afternoon with only one thing that no one else has. There will be hundreds of people out there with your same degree: there will be thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living. But you will be the only person alive who has sole custody of your life. Your particular life. Your entire life. Not just your life at a desk or your life on a bus or in a car or at the computer. Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank accounts but also your soul.
People don't talk about the soul very much anymore. It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit. But a resume is cold comfort on a winter's night, or when you're sad, or broke, or lonely, or when you've received your test results and they're not so good.
Here is my resume: I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my work stand in the way of being a good parent. I no longer consider myself the centre of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends and them to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today, because I would be a cardboard cut out. But I call them on the phone and I meet them for lunch. I would be rotten, at best mediocre, at my job if those other things were not true.
You cannot be really first rate at your work if your work is all you are. So here's what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger pay cheque, the larger house. Do you think you'd care so very much about those things if you blew an aneurysm one afternoon or found a lump in your breast?
Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze at the seaside, a life in which you stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles over the water, or the way a baby scowls with concentration when she tries to pick up a sweet with her thumb and first finger.
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an email. Write a letter. Get a life in which you are generous. And realize that life is the best thing ever, and that you have no business taking it for granted. Care so deeply about its goodness that you want to spread it around. Take money you would have spent on beer and give it to charity. Work in a soup kitchen. Be a big brother or sister. All of you want to do well. But if you do not do good too, then doing well will never be enough.
It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes. It is so easy to take for granted the colour of our kids' eyes, the way the melody in a symphony rises and falls and disappears and rises again. It is so easy to exist instead of to live.
I learned to live many years ago. I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned that it is not a dress rehearsal, and that today is the only guarantee you get. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and utterly. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned. By telling them this: Consider the lilies of the field. Look at the fuzz on a baby's ear. Read in the back yard with the sun on your face.
Learn to be happy. And think of life as a terminal illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived".
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is all about preseverance, energy, total fitness, determination, will & tenacity... give it a try and regret it for the rest of your life!
Friday, June 08, 2007
Provoked!
Somewhat in a fury, I sent two emails to the authorities. My tone was, I felt, very reasonable and was based on the rather unquestionable assumption that the particular person would repeat her stupid and arrogant actions. It was hard work before the emails were actually written and sent. But then it became apparent that I was moving a little more easily as I began to receive, perhaps hidayah(?) gradually.
In so many occassions, I actually wanted to ask this question, "Why am I doing this, alone?"
I hope to get answers wihout having to wait for so long.
In so many occassions, I actually wanted to ask this question, "Why am I doing this, alone?"
I hope to get answers wihout having to wait for so long.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Sleep
Sleep is a natural periodic suspension of consciousness...
But a sleeper is someone or something unpromising or unnoticed that suddenly attains prominence or value...
Awaking - is to bring back to consciousness after sleep. Has your soul back home?
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
UiTM's New DVC - Academic & Internationalisation
Congratulating PM Dr. Mustafa Zain for being appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic & Internationalisation. Wishing him all the best in is endeavour in helping UiTM realising its national mission.
Fruitful morning gathering
Had breakfast with Suzi and Sally. Talked much about current political situation. What a fruitful morning!
Monday, June 04, 2007
Monday Morning Discourse
Had breakfast at the Kedai Kopi, Shah Alam Lake Garden, with Dr. Nooraini (Dean, FSPPP), Dr. Posiah (Director, i-Learn), Ziana (Coordinator) & Sally (Assistant Registrar).
As usual, DR. N talked about Palestinians sufferings; Dr. Posiah talked about Vietnam (she was in Vietnam two days ago) while Sally and Ziana didn't say much!
Wasn't at all negative
Got a message from *--------* and it was the same negative story. I was unaware that on that particular date she had sent quite a constructive message to Ba'in saying that it was up to Renie and me to decide if we should carry proceed with the plan.
I, in fact, never received this message, and although Renie never gave approval for for a 'go', she didn't try to stop everyone else either until it was too late!
I certainly cannot blame her for what had happened!
have a nice day!
I, in fact, never received this message, and although Renie never gave approval for for a 'go', she didn't try to stop everyone else either until it was too late!
I certainly cannot blame her for what had happened!
have a nice day!
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Life's like that
Met Dato' Sahol today in a bookshop in Shah Alam. We had a fairly long conversation and ended with a rather casual gesture, "I'll see you around."
He looked great, healthy as usual. I know he is happy there, the new place where he is entrusted in taking care of some important issues such as ICT, Quality, and giving ideas pertaining to the development of higher education. I wish him well.
He looked great, healthy as usual. I know he is happy there, the new place where he is entrusted in taking care of some important issues such as ICT, Quality, and giving ideas pertaining to the development of higher education. I wish him well.
Friday, June 01, 2007
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