An evening in a hotspring; a strategic outing - Mr Allagan is seen here comforting himself in one of the hotsprings somewhere in South Perak.
KEY RESULT AREAS
The entire faculty - including representatives from the branch campuses (Terengganu, Sabah, Sarawak, Melaka, and Kedah) - turned up at the Felda Residence, Perak for a three-day Strategic Planning workshop. It was not really a strategic plan workshop. Rather it was a follow-through action of a strategic plan already sketched by the government (National Key Result Areas) later ministry (Ministry Key Result Areas) and re-defined and modified thereafter by the Strategic Planning Centre (UiTM Key Result Areas). What the faculty was doing was simply identifying activities/strategies, determine the duration of each of the activities, sets the projection, states the activities progress status, and identify risks, where relevant.
Overall, the brainstorming sessions were good. Issues were addressed fully and all activities - according to four dedicated groups - were presented very clearly before all participants. It should set the faculty right on track for the next 5 years at least. Details of the blueprint is accessible at the faculty.
A ROAD NEVER TOO LONG
A road is never too long when the journey is ever an interesting one. I took the old trunk road from Sungkai to Kuala Lumpur early this morning and it was indeed a correct decision of driving alone along the route. The discussion I had with Datuk Ramlah, coupled with a few more hard and serious talks with a few other colleagues, were prolonged by series of monologue which I had while driving. There are times when silence supercedes anything else that comes out in the form of sounds; when hearts and minds are conflicting against each other; when reality has to negotiate with myths; and when courage is chicken out by selfishness.More often than not, it normally happens only once. But by the time one realises it, it was already too late for a turn-back. The radio was playing James Ingram's Just Once anyway. Thats where I got the turning point, I guessed. Again, it was only a guess.
