October, 2005 | Ady's Blog

Pelajar MMU juga mahu skrol bentuk kertas

Today there’s one entry in the Utusan Malaysia forum, entitled Pelajar MMU juga mahu skrol bentuk kertas:

Saudara Pengarang,
SAYA pelajar tahun akhir Multimedia Universiti (MMU) ingin menyuarakan kebimbangan saya kerana MMU tidak menganugerahkan skrol berbentuk kertas, tetapi berbentuk CD.

Apa yang membimbangkan ialah apabila saya memohon jawatan di Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam (SPA) kelak sudah tentu saya akan melalui proses temu duga terlebih dahulu. Ini pasti menyukarkan untuk pihak yang menemuduga saya melihat kelayakan ijazah saya.

Saya faham MMU melaksanakan konsep `tanpa kertas’ tetapi saya cadangkan MMU beri dua skrol, kertas dan CD. Saya amat berharap Presiden MMU, Prof Datuk Dr. Ghauth Jasmon memahami keadaan pelajar apabila melalui proses temu duga.

Untuk mengepos ijazah (salinan) kepada pihak korporat bagi memohon jawatan secara pos pun amat sukar kerana skrol adalah berbentuk CD.

Untuk dipamerkan ijazah di rumah pun tidak boleh kerana skrol berbentuk CD. Jikalau CD calar atau rosak, sudah tentu ini akan menyebabkan kelayakan saya tidak dapat dilihat lagi.

Saya berharap Presiden MMU dapat memberi maklum balas mengenai kebimbangan saya ini. – PELAJAR, Ampang, Selangor.

Simply translated, the final year student is expressing his fears and is complaining that MMU is only giving away graduation scrolls as CDs (Compact Discs). My oh my. Did he ever tried to ask the student affairs first?

Yes, MMU has been awarding graduates with digital scrolls, as well as paper scrolls since the first convocation.

I know there must be a lot other things that are below student expectations and satisfactions, but the final year student does not know this is just simply idiotic. And the person approving the letter to be published is not that great either. 😉 Especially since the editors never want to publish the REAL complaints!!

I know, there’s a lot of bad things in the ‘TM University’ as I was there since 1998 and had my convocation this year – 6th convocation.

My advice to the student – at least do a research before complaining.

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Untuk mengepos ijazah (salinan) kepada pihak korporat bagi memohon jawatan secara pos pun amat sukar kerana skrol adalah berbentuk CD. Susah apa, burn je CD.

Untuk dipamerkan ijazah di rumah pun tidak boleh kerana skrol berbentuk CD. Jikalau CD calar atau rosak, sudah tentu ini akan menyebabkan kelayakan saya tidak dapat dilihat lagi. Habis kertas tu tak jadi pudar ke kalau kena cahaya tiap-tiap hari?

Kepada pelajar ni, jangan la ambil hati sekiranya anda membaca ni. Cuma perlu la selidik dulu sebelum membuat aduan di media massa. Bukan apa, MMU pun memang banyak benda tak baik. Tapi kalau kita pegang skrol MMU, dan orang tak pandang skrol kita tu, apa jadi dengan nilai skrol tu? Fikirkanlah…

Prime Minister’s wife dies

Malaysia was shocked by the news of the departure of the First Lady, Datin Seri Endon Mahmood. She passed away at 7.55am this morning because of breast cancer. All of Malaysia would like to express condolences to the Prime Minister and family.

Sad day for Malaysia, indeed.

I want one!

Lately I have an eye for SE phones… Sony Ericsson k750i, or Sony Ericsson W800. These two siblings are the exact same hardware, with difference in the software (and perhaps some accessories). W800 can behave like a Walkman, without switching the phone on. Tres cool!

W800 is great but looks kind of funky, and k750i looks professional. I am unsure which one I like better. For sure, W800 costs ~RM200.00 more.

Naah not gonna buy any of them. I just like them. 😉 Not the time yet.

Nov 2 will not be a public holiday

Well it looks like 2nd November will not be a public holiday. Many were expecting this.

Excerpt from The Star:

"KUALA LUMPUR: The Government does not plan to declare Nov 2 a public holiday.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said it would be too costly for the private sector to pay their employees to work on that day."

Read the original news here

Excerpt from Utusan Malaysia Online:

"Sementara itu, Presiden Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Agensi Pekerjaan Swasta Malaysia, Datuk Baharom Abdul Ghani berkata, rakyat negara ini tidak sepatut hanya berfikir tentang cuti umum yang kini terlampau banyak.

Beliau berkata, kakitangan yang terpaksa kerja pada hari tersebut perlu melaksanakan tanggungjawab mereka bagi memastikan sistem penyampaian terlaksana.

“Saya tidak setuju (berikan cuti umum) kerana kerajaan telah melaksanakan kerja lima hari seminggu, kalau asyik cuti umum bila hendak fikir fasal kerja.

“Gaji pula hendak 13 bulan setahun, cuti tahun banyak ambil, tidak payah lagi cuti umum,” katanya."

Read the original news here

The bold text is the best part. 😉 Translation: When it comes to salary you demand 13 months per year, no need to add more public holidays.

Very pedas indeed. It’s true. Government servants have enjoyed 13 month’s worth of salary per year and yet they failed to provide better service to the public. If you don’t like a private service, you can stop using them. But this case, you’ll still have to pay tax. Hmm…

Zakat!

Nowadays, there’s a lot of programmes in TV showing how poor citizens suffer. I wonder what the government have been doing with the BaitulMal money?

Here’s the total collection for September, taken from the Pusat Pungutan Zakat Wilayah Persekutuan website:

Hmmm… 8 million. Maybe PPZ officers need to go out, and not just rely on applications from poor citizens. Sometimes the old ladies taking care of 7 grandchildrens are not educated at all to know that such funds exist.

Ramadhan Is Here

Ramadhan is here again. Here’s an output from iprayertime for my township area (Putra Permai). Please take note that these are calculated by a software and may not be accurate. Provided only as a rough guide.

Additionally I have created a web-based generator at my home server: http://ady.homelinux.net (However I can’t guarantee that the server will be on 24 hrs, sorry)

(Debian users: apt-get install itools)


Prayer schedule for,
 City             : Putra Permai
 Latitude         : 002 59' 17 N
 Longitude        : 101 40' 25 E
 Angle Method     : Umm Al-Qurra University
 TimeZone         : UTC+8.0
 Qibla            : 067 23' 17 W of true North

     Date         Fajr    Shorooq   Zuhr     Asr    Maghrib   Isha
--------------------------------------------------------------------
 [05-10-2005]     5:46     6:59    13:02    16:14    19:04    20:34
 [06-10-2005]     5:46     6:59    13:01    16:14    19:04    20:34
 [07-10-2005]     5:46     6:59    13:01    16:14    19:03    20:33
 [08-10-2005]     5:46     6:58    13:01    16:14    19:03    20:33
 [09-10-2005]     5:45     6:58    13:01    16:14    19:03    20:33
 [10-10-2005]     5:45     6:58    13:00    16:15    19:02    20:32
 [11-10-2005]     5:45     6:58    13:00    16:15    19:02    20:32
 [12-10-2005]     5:45     6:58    13:00    16:15    19:01    20:31
 [13-10-2005]     5:44     6:57    13:00    16:15    19:01    20:31
 [14-10-2005]     5:44     6:57    12:59    16:15    19:01    20:31
 [15-10-2005]     5:44     6:57    12:59    16:15    19:01    20:31
 [16-10-2005]     5:44     6:57    12:59    16:15    19:00    20:30
 [17-10-2005]     5:44     6:57    12:59    16:16    19:00    20:30
 [18-10-2005]     5:43     6:57    12:58    16:16    19:00    20:30
 [19-10-2005]     5:43     6:57    12:58    16:16    18:59    20:29
 [20-10-2005]     5:43     6:57    12:58    16:16    18:59    20:29
 [21-10-2005]     5:43     6:56    12:58    16:16    18:59    20:29
 [22-10-2005]     5:43     6:56    12:58    16:16    18:59    20:29
 [23-10-2005]     5:43     6:56    12:58    16:16    18:59    20:29
 [24-10-2005]     5:42     6:56    12:58    16:17    18:58    20:28
 [25-10-2005]     5:42     6:56    12:57    16:17    18:58    20:28
 [26-10-2005]     5:42     6:56    12:57    16:17    18:58    20:28
 [27-10-2005]     5:42     6:56    12:57    16:17    18:58    20:28
 [28-10-2005]     5:42     6:56    12:57    16:17    18:58    20:28
 [29-10-2005]     5:42     6:56    12:57    16:17    18:57    20:27
 [30-10-2005]     5:42     6:56    12:57    16:17    18:57    20:27
 [31-10-2005]     5:42     6:56    12:57    16:18    18:57    20:27
 [01-11-2005]     5:41     6:56    12:57    16:18    18:57    20:27
 [02-11-2005]     5:41     6:56    12:57    16:18    18:57    20:27
 [03-11-2005]     5:41     6:56    12:57    16:18    18:57    20:27
 [04-11-2005]     5:41     6:56    12:57    16:18    18:57    20:27
 [05-11-2005]     5:41     6:56    12:57    16:18    18:57    20:27
 [06-11-2005]     5:41     6:56    12:57    16:19    18:57    20:27

May all of us are granted blessings from the Almighty.