My D3D1 Students

These are my BEL311 students for this semester.. the girls from BMD3D1 (Diploma in Banking). They are very special because 1) I also taught them BEL260 last semester and 2) they are very obedient.

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I never get to teach the same group twice, but miraculously this is the first time. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. But the good thing is: I already know their names by heart. You might notice that there is not a single guy in this class. Initially, two guys wanted to enter this group but they had backed off when they saw that there are so many girls ;)

Students from UiTM Segamat will immediately know where were these two pictures taken ;)

To my D3D1 girls, choose only one picture from the two provided here (since I can't decide which is the best one), download it to your PC and then upload it to your blog entry. Write an entry about your classmates according to the given numbers (about 4 or 5 sentences for each person). And don't worry, I promise I will give the original pictures (all of them!) after the break.

Due date: 21 February 2010.

P/S: Happy holidays, everybody ;)

Live Like We're Dying

This is definitely my favourite song at the moment. Not because of the fact that he's coming to Malaysia, but the beautiful lyrics and the catchy music definitely stands out on its own.

It's currently played on this blog. Enjoy ;)

LIVE LIKE WE'RE DYING LYRICS by KRIS ALLEN:
From Kris Allen's new album, Kris Allen)

Sometimes we fall down and can't get back up
We're hiding behind skin that's too tough
How come we don't say "I love you" enough
Till it's too late, it's not too late

Our hearts are hungry for a food that won't come
We could make a feast from these crumbs
And we're all staring down the barrel of a gun
So if your life flashed before you
What would you wish you would've done?

[Chorus]
Yeah, we gotta start
Looking at the hands of the time we've been given here
This is all we got and we gotta start thinkin' it
Every second counts on a clock that's tickin'
Gotta live like we're dying
We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
To turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell 'em that we love 'em while we got the chance to say
Gotta live like we're dying

And if you plane fell out of the skies
Who would you call with your last goodbyes?
Should be so careful who we left out of our lives
So when we long for absolution, there'll be no one on the line

Yeah, we gotta start
Looking at the hands of the time we've been given here
This is all we got and we gotta start thinkin' it
Every second counts on a clock that's tickin'
Gotta live like we're dying
We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
To turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell 'em that we love 'em while we got the chance to say
Gotta live like we're dying

Like we're dying
Like we're dying
Like we're dying
Like we're dying

Yeah, gotta start
Looking at the hands of the time we've been given here
This is all we got and we gotta start thinkin' it
Every second counts on a clock that's tickin'
Gotta live like we're dying

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
To turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell 'em that we love 'em while we got the chance to say
Gotta live--like we're dying

[Bridge]
You never know a good thing until it's gone
You never see a crash until it's head on
All these people right when we're dead wrong,
You never know a good thing till it's gone

Yeah, we gotta start
Looking at the hands of the time we've been given here
This is all we got and we gotta start thinkin' it
Every second counts on a clock that's tickin'
Gotta live like we're dying
We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
To turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell 'em that we love 'em while we got the chance to say
Gotta live like we're dying

Like we're dying
Like we're dying
Like we're dying
Like we're dying

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
To turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell 'em that we love 'em while we got the chance to say
Gotta live like we're dying

Ceramah

Dear students, tomorrow there will be a talk by the famous Crime Analyst, Mr. Kamal Affandi bin Hashim. He will give a speech entitled “Hindari Daripada Menjadi Mangsa Seterusnya”

Date: 6 February 2010
Venue: Dewan Sri Temenggong, UiTM Johor
Time: 8.30 – 11.30 p.m.

It's open to all staff and students. So tell your friends about this event.

Sembah Takziah

kepada
Duli Yang Maha Mulia
Sultanah Zanariah binti Al-Marhum Tunku Ahmad
Sultanah Johor

Serta Kerabat Diraja, Kerajaan Negeri
dan Seluruh Rakyat Negeri Johor Darul Takzim

di atas kemangkatan
Al-marhum Duli Yang Maha Mulia Baginda
Almutawakkil 'alallah
Sultan Iskandar Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Ismail
Sultan Dan Yang Dipertuan Bagi Negeri Dan Jajahan Takluk
Johor Darul Takzim

Pada 22hb. Januari 2010 bersamaan 06 Safar 1413H

Semoga Allah S.W.T. Mencucuri Rahmat Ke Atas Roh Almarhum
Dan Dihimpunkan Bersama Orang Yang Soleh

To all students and staff of UiTM Johor, please show your respect by wearing a songkok with white linings (for men) and white tudung (for women) this week.

Ladies Night

Starting this semester, the Sports Unit of UiTM Segamat is organizing a Ladies Night every Wednesday night specially for female staff and students. So ladies, here's your chance to be fit without worrying about appreciative male eyes ogling your every move as guys are forbidden to be anywhere near the Sports Centre every Wednesday night.

Here are the details:

Date/Day : Every Wednesday night beginning 13 January 2010
Time : 8.45 p.m. until 11.00 p.m.
Venue: Kompleks Sukan, UiTM Segamat

For enquiries, please contact Cik Nor Ashikin (07-9352495) or Puan Azah/Cik Adilah (07-9352043).

P/S: Did you guys notice the new Sports Unit building built just in front of the gym?

Lightning Speed Connection

I learned something new today.

Last December, I had upgraded my Streamyx (512 kbps) to the new Streamyx Combo (1 mbps) package (with a free Aztech cordless phone). And after the upgrade, my Internet speed were no different and I began to get upset. The connection speed test says that the best download effort to my PC via the new connection is 0.92 mbps, which is very fast. (You can check yours here).

The thing is: each time I used the Internet, pictures and web pages took a very long time to load. Farmville took about half an hour to load fully. (Yes I do play Farmville). I was ready to scream my head off because it took so long. At first, I thought it has something to do with the hard disk (it's almost full!) but it's really not.

It so happened that I noticed my old friend who's currently online on YM. So I asked him about my PC problem and he simply asked to see my print screen. After sending the print screen of my desktop to him, he said that all I had to do was to remove some of the icons in the task bar tray. Simply remove the ones that I don't use; his exact advice is to remove my Winamp agent, Ares and uTorrent. After I followed his instructions, I clicked on Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome once again. The changes were truly shocking and really obvious. In an instant, my Internet connection is super duper fast!!

My friend said that when you are online, you really have to choose. If you want to download a movie, then do it while the computer is idle and you are not doing anything. If you want to surf the Internet, just remove the icons in the task bar tray that you did not use (in my case: Ares) uTorrent & Winamp agent). This just proves that we'll be learning from anyone about anything at anytime.

And oh, use Google Chrome because it's lighte.

Seminar for Young Lecturers

I just got back from attending a seminar. The name of the seminar is Higher Education Professional Training Programme for Young Lecturers.

The seminar was conducted at Hotel Grand Paragon (it's located right in the heart of JB city) from 7-10 January 2010. I met many lecturers from various fields during the seminar. Besides UiTM Segamat, UTM Skudai, UTHM and USIM lecturers were also present.

Basically, the seminar gives us young lecturers exposure to what we will face in the future, about our career, classroom management, research procedures and opportunities. The talk by experts in their fields were really enlightening.

All in all, I really enjoyed my stay in Hotel Grand Paragon (it's a 5 star hotel!) and the food served there were really delicious. I also enjoyed the swimming pool and the steam bath. If I have to attend more seminars like this, I am more than ready to attend them ^_^