Centralized Academic Staff Recruitment

Don't throw all ur knowledge away, yes we are hiring people now. Interested? READ ON!

The Ministery of Higher Education (MOHE), has rendered a policy to increase the number of academicians with PhD qualification or equivalent degree to 60% by the year 2010 in all public universities. Therefore MOHE and all Institutes of Public Higher Education (IPTA) will be holding walked in interview sessions for the Centralized Academic Staff Recruitment Programme.

Where? When?

DATE : 26-28 May 2007

TIME: 9.00 am -4.00 pm

VENUE: KL Sentral Terminal

PROGRAMME: Opened interview for all public varsities (employ direct to lecturer post); interview sessions for MOHE Scholarships (Master & PhD candidates)

and IPTA exhibition.

Please bring along copies of your IC, past degrees and qualifications, CV, latest passport size photographs. (2 copies each). So what are u waiting for? Get prepared now! Gud luck!

A sad wedding

My cousin just got married last weekend. The wedding ceremony was supposed to be a celebration. People get excited, happy and all. But that was not the case. The truth is, it was not a dull event nor a disaster occured during the ceremony. So why's the title sad wedding? Simply becoz I was not there to experience the event. I was not invited.

A lot of things happened lately. As I can recall, the wave of change struck us right after my grandma passed away. Now everything is haywire. Blood is no longer thicker than water. We are no longer a family. We are on our own.

Most of my uncles and aunts including my dad were offended by my "uncle" action for not inviting us to his daughter's engagement day. From there on they were not satisfied and planned not to attend the wedding. Not suprised, he did not call or showed up at our door step to invite us to the wedding. He did send the invitation card though but there was no spirit in it, just like ajak2 ayam only.

So on that wedding day, me and my family just stayed at home, pretending nothing happened on that day, one of my aunty continue her business as usual, some of my uncles went on a holiday. There was no special occasion on that day, well not on our calendar of course. So in the end how would the bride and the bridegroom feel when their closest relatives did not attend their wedding?

I don know when will this ends? I'm hoping that this sick cycle carousel will eventually stop spinning. I really missed those days where we gathered together and have a lot of fun... as a family.

Tribute to Prof Azizan

Maybe most of u all are not familiar with this name. He passed away peacefully on the 3 May 2007. When I told my father bout it, he was also shocked, we've met his daughter a few months back in Taiping and asked bout Prof Azizan. And never in our mind would expect that he would pass away this soon. So the question is, who is Prof Azizan? Sure he is not my lecturer. The truth is, I dont know him personally but I have known him for sometime due to his products.

Prof. Dr. Azizan Ismail started his business in homeopathy in 1978 then he sets up the first homeopathic clinic in Jitra,Kedah. At the same time he also formulated over the counter homeopathic and herbal product. The first product Examo CKM (a special combination of biochemic tissue salt) was formulated by Prof. Dr. Azizan in the same year. With increasing demand in homeopathic and other alternative medicine product (it started in the Northern side of Malaysia and spreaded throughout the nation) , Prof. Dr. Azizan Ismail set up Darulaman Homeopathic Laboratories (M) Sdn. Bhd. or Homeolab in short, in year of 2000. Homeolab is a fully GMP facility and being licensed by the National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau,Ministry of Health of Malaysia. Homeolab is the first Homeopathic Manufacturer in Malaysia and the South East Asia.

Way back in early 90's I was introduced by my Pak Long to Examo CKM, which is a homoepathy product for the mind. (I never heard or knew of homoepathy b4 that). Examo CKM along with its booster was formulated by Prof Azizan for a supplement for the brain, acts like a substrate and it improves the mind, the nerve system so that we feel refresh, relaxe and revitalize. Thus having the perfect condition for the brain to concentrate and focus on study.

I can still remember clearly, during that time I was in standard 6, preparing for my UPSR. My Pak Long said that this product is very good and can increase the creativity and the awareness of the mind. Well short version of the story, me and my siblings started taking the examo. I did experience the difference. I felt a bit clever if not much.., it did hightened my concentration skills and improved my memory. How does it taste like? something like glucose. Sound good to be true? But it does have some limitation. While taking the examo there are certain food that we need to avoid, there are pantang larang. But after awhile we stopped taking the examo. Just becoz we were matured enuff to self train ourselves.

A few months back me and my dad went to Taiping for a work visit to contaminated sites. On the PLUS highway we saw this billboard with the Examo ad on it. My father asked me to write down the numbers. So we called and went to the shop in Taiping, and bought a few box of the examo. So currently my lil sis is taking the examo, she is very clever but she is quite lazy in her study and lacks concentration. I hope that she will get benefits from examo. Only time will tell.

If anybody is interested u can go to era edar website to know more, just type it on google. I'm not an agent and I'm not promoting their product. But I know one lecturer in USM that is an active agent. So for arwah Prof Azizan, I hope that Allah will bless him and placed him among the soleheen. Amin.

Visa?? I prefer Mastercard

I have been refused a UK visa. They say they cannot process the application due to the date on my offer letter has already past. My offer letter was effective as in 1 Apr therefore they don’t intend to process it. A fren of mine, Nana told me b4, that visa will issue based on our offer letter. So the 3 years was supposed to initiate on the 1 Apr. I’m very disappointed with the agent coz the offer letter is NOT an undergrad’s offer letter that we need to enroll on the specified date. PhD offer letter valid for 1 whole year. They can just issue a visa starting from 1 April. Woo… I was so pissed off. But they don listen to reasons. Tis was one bad April fool joke for me. My mom and my sister previously don’t have any problems with UKvisa. Lately everyone complaint bout the UKvisa application as they oredi outsource the task of accepting application to a Malaysian agent. So it has becoming more stringent. So I’ve contacted the Uni and asked for a new offer letter.

Ok so that’s done, just got the new offer letter from the University. The prompt reply was sumthin that I did not expect. B4 tis I asked for a scanned offer letter for my scholarship application, they didn’t reply. So tis time I contacted my svisor and he chased the registry so that they will hasten the process of sending in the said documents. There is another prob though, that the new offer letter that I recently received stated that my PhD would commence effectively on the 1 July. The University ensures me that the date (I asked for 15 May) was not an official date for PhD enrolment. My scholarship and study leave starts on the 1 May. So for 2 months I will be sitting ducks. So basically I will have to finish my PhD within 2 years and 10 months. The only gud news is I got my scholarships, allowance and my salary for the coming 2 months.

RC

RC. It is a common term in civil engineering. It is a well recognized notation for Reinforced Concrete in structural engineering design. For me, RC is one of the killer subjects during my study time when I was in undergraduates. I never like structural design not until the end of the second year. Well that was all in the past now. I’m not talking bout tat RC in this entry. It was not until recently that I was so passionate over RC. Remote control that is.

This is how the story began.. I was straying all day long in KL when I came across a shop which displays a lot of RC. And I mean a lot. From RC cars, trucks, tanks, heli, planes, saucers, speed boats and even hover crafts.. and the list goes on. Wat caught my attention was the heli. Small yet practical. These things never existed and wasn’t around when I was just a kid. These babies can really fly. Seriously. As I watched them demonstrate them closely I felt I’m acting like a child.. wanted to have tis toy so badly. The difference is, now that I am working, I can afford to buy them myself. Hehehe.. So wat the heck. I bought a small one for a try. Only few centimeters long, no bigger than my palm. Brought it home and straight away test it. It flew great. My lil sis was thrilled and wanted to play as well. So I decided to give the small one to my lil sis and head back to the shop the day after.

After few hours of testing and listening to demonstrator's explanation I've decided to take home the VOGUE AH-64 II which was bigger and meaner that previous chopper that I bought the other day but still, the heli is a 2 channel model. It means that the heli can go up and down and turn left and right. The helicopter was made by simulating and downsizing the Apache AH-64 LONGBOW helicopter. 390mm in length, 150 mm in width and approximately 200 mm in height. This helicopter applies high quality materials with good stiffness that enhances its anti-break capability (hit the wall and dropped from 6 meters height once with no problem =P). The funny thing bout this heli is the box is affix with the word toy heli, but in the instruction manual, it is a different story. There is a warning sign which stated that tis is NOT a toy. Well this heli was made in China after all. U get wat I mean.
Powered by twin brushed motors, the twin propeller is very powerful. On full speed, tis heli can fly really high, higher than a 5 storey building therefore it is not advisable for indoor use. The excellent part is that tis heli can simulate basic acts of Apache such as hanging, advancing, retracting, yawing, and etc… and the flight is very stable. So no regrets there. Flying this baby can be really tricky for a 2 channel heli, as it is very powerful. It is very useful to understand about the basic theory of helicopter aerodynamics and the influence of wind on the heli.

The gud thing it is that it can be upgraded and have loads of spare parts. I’m thinking of upgrading it soon. Having a RC helicopter is really great. I’ve become an enthusiast myself. But I’m considering of buying more powerful 4 channel of even 6 channel heli that can even fly upside down. In the future maybe. For those of u who want to join the club, ur most welcome. But be warned though, heli requires a lot a space to move freely and again.. it is not a toy. Hahha..

The Last Game

Now that I’m working, I gain extra weight and extra fat. Got less time to exercise (tis is just an excuse). But the gud thing is my office mates are all active sportsmen. They do a lot of activities such as playing badminton, futsal, and some other sports. I joined them once in a while to loosen some muscle and removing extra fat. Lately I have to concentrate on both my work and my PhD preparations. So I got occupied by these 2 and got lesser time to exercise. I haven’t played anything with these guys for the past 2 months and so last month they asked me to play futsal, a frenly match between the bachelor and the married team. Both of the teams are from my very own faculty. This is the first time in history that they conducted a frenly match among ourselves, usually we play against other departments and other faculties. Some may say that is not fair. But to be frank the married guys are our main player and the best that we have for our main team. So the next paragraph was taken from the official UMP memo published the day after.


Kuantan, 24 April 07: Team Power menerima kekalahan yang memalukan dalam sejarah hidup berkeluarga mereka apabila dibelasah 5-13 oleh Team Sabun di Padang Futsal MPK, malam tadi. Kata-kata cemuhan dan cacian daripada Team Power sebelum perlawanan malam tadi telah dijawab oleh Team Sabun tepat pada waktunya. Pujian harus diberikan kepada Team Sabun yang diketuai oleh Asman Gonzalez, yang menjanjikan persembahan terbaik penuh bersemangat dan tidak gerun dengan sorakan penyokong-penyokong Team Power (isteri & anak-anak).

Team Power yang memulakan sepak mula tetapi Team Sabun pantas mengatur serangan walaupun agak tenggelam pada awal perlawanan. Dengan strategi menghantar bola tinggi ke kawasan lawan, jelas menimbulkan masalah kepada pertahanan Team Power yang dibarisi Idris & The Gangs.
Dengan memenangi pertarungan bahagian tengah, Team Sabun melancarkan serangan pantas terutama di sebelah kiri yang dikawal Suhaimi dan Fadzil yang kepenatan. Kehebatan Team Sabun malam tadi banyak dibantu dengan ketangkasan serta keimanan yang tinggi penjaga golnya, Leman Seaman yang banyak berborak kosong dengan pertahanan yang tak takut mati seperti Noram Ferdinand, Amir Campbell dan Syamsul Maldini. Ditambah pula dengan pemain tengah yang kreatif lagi inovatif seperti Yuhyi Hagreaves, Muzamir Giggs dan Mizi Carrick. Kehebatan penyerang Fendi totti dan Asman Gonzalez seperti gandingan Maradonna dan Pele amat memikat hati pengunjung-pengunjung gerai makan di sebelah jalan.
Kekecewaan Team Power jelas terserlah yang nyata gagal menyaingi ketangkasan Team Sabun. Apa-apa pun pujian harus diberikan kepada komitmen mereka walaupun sibuk menguruskan keluarga yang tercinta tiap-tiap hari. CINTAILAH ZAMAN BUJANG ANDA.........

So tis is probably the last game I will be joining b4 I set off for Cardiff. I’m surely going to miss these guys.