I thought that I would certainly feel relieved as soon as I key in all the marks into the system.
Not!
Early morning, there was a call from Azu asking me if I'd read her sms message. No.
Her Great-Grandmother passed away during the night.
Her Grandfather is my father's cousin.
So, I asked my father if he wanted to do ziarah.
He said yes.
Jr refused to go to school.
He wanted to go to the cemetery.
By 8:30 am, the solatul Jenazah was offered.
By 9 am, we were at the cemetery.
Tok Teh, my grand uncle was buried here too.
We went to the house and was really surprised to see many long lost relatives that we haven't met for years and years.
MakSu Ani, AyohNGah n CheNgah, MakTeh Jah & Asmida, AyahCik... but kak na wasn't there!
After dropping off Bat, Ibu n Jr at home, I went to the office.
It was after 12pm.
After coffee, I had a briefing from kak pah on 2:30pm meeting which I have to chair.
Sir Rosdi was there.
When asked about the 3rd intake n if the quota has been met, a heart wrenching story came up.
With limited facilities, we can only afford to take a number of students every year.
To put it short, the demand is higher than what we can supply.
But there are still cases where when the students don't come to register and we called them to know if they are still interested to continue their study at our institution but we get sad stories as the reason why they are still not here and register.
If they tell us that they are not interested for various reason, then we understand.
But when they tell us that they want to come but they don't have the money to pay the RM300+ registration fees let alone having the money to make a journey from their town to our campus.
We have two such cases.
Sir Rosdi was livid.
I was holding my tears.
Words from Sir Rosdi - Where are the JKKK? Do they really do their work? How come they don't know their kampung folks situation?
Both students are from Kedah.
USA with "No pupils left out" - we still have the stories from the 60s being replayed in the 21st century.
Ya Rabb! Asser! La Tu'Asser!
Sunday> July 1, 2012
ps: going home now! :)
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Friday, June 1, 2012
Book Building
Pak Jamil suggested that we start 'Book Building Project'.
Until today, I am still wondering what he meant by it.
When asked further, Pak Jamil mentioned that his professor started a book building project long time ago.
I was still in the dark as what he meant by it.
My initial construct about book building came from my friend Sue Halaweh when she was talking about book building project his son was having in school.
She explained it as a handmade book project from special parchment with writing, drawing and sketches just like the old Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn books.
Off course, she was an interlibrary loan personnel at Ellis Library at University of Missouri - Columbia back then.
The image that we both had in our mind about the word at first was more like the tower of books or hundreds of books being arranged to look like buildings.
A thick book does resemble a red brick albeit bigger in size!
Later on, I learned a different meaning for the word 'book building.
I was in Finance 101 class.
That was when I started to link the words 'book building' with investments, IPO, funds and whats not!
Perhaps, for a layman the term 'book building' simply refers to a building with full of books inside it - The Library! El Biblioteca!
Could it be that what Pak Jamil meant was that we ought to start collecting books, seeking book donations, or conduct a book drive and make all these books available at every nook and corners of the buildings at Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin campus be it the hostels, cafeteria, hallways, classroom buildings and faculties?
I like the idea! :)
Lets start a book drive!
Get our students to read more and more!
Off course, the books written in English language were what we have in mind!
Now, do we need to write a proposal and submit it to the faculty for approval?
Y.E.S.
wait till I come back from Sabah. :)
Happy Holidays!
Don't forget! Please prepare early for final examinations!
:)
Until today, I am still wondering what he meant by it.
When asked further, Pak Jamil mentioned that his professor started a book building project long time ago.
I was still in the dark as what he meant by it.
My initial construct about book building came from my friend Sue Halaweh when she was talking about book building project his son was having in school.
She explained it as a handmade book project from special parchment with writing, drawing and sketches just like the old Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn books.
Off course, she was an interlibrary loan personnel at Ellis Library at University of Missouri - Columbia back then.
The image that we both had in our mind about the word at first was more like the tower of books or hundreds of books being arranged to look like buildings.
A thick book does resemble a red brick albeit bigger in size!
Later on, I learned a different meaning for the word 'book building.
I was in Finance 101 class.
That was when I started to link the words 'book building' with investments, IPO, funds and whats not!
Perhaps, for a layman the term 'book building' simply refers to a building with full of books inside it - The Library! El Biblioteca!
Could it be that what Pak Jamil meant was that we ought to start collecting books, seeking book donations, or conduct a book drive and make all these books available at every nook and corners of the buildings at Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin campus be it the hostels, cafeteria, hallways, classroom buildings and faculties?
I like the idea! :)
Lets start a book drive!
Get our students to read more and more!
Off course, the books written in English language were what we have in mind!
Now, do we need to write a proposal and submit it to the faculty for approval?
Y.E.S.
wait till I come back from Sabah. :)
Happy Holidays!
Don't forget! Please prepare early for final examinations!
:)
Friday, May 25, 2012
Syllibafication - Bananasplit...
Can syllabification improve pronunciation by analogy of English?
YANNICK MARCHAND
and ROBERT I. DAMPER (2007).
Natural Language Engineering, Volume 13,
Issue 01, March 2007 pp 1-24
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?aid=722648
Estuary English (EE) vs RP / C - Never underestimate the power of passion. Eve Sawyer
Never underestimate the power of passion. Eve Sawyer
Originally uploaded by UmmAbdrahmaan @Alhamdulillah!
Singaporeans' reactions to Estuary English
Chia Boh Peng
and Adam Brown (2002).
English Today, Volume 18,
Issue 02, April 2002 pp 33-38
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?aid=120849
Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love. Erich Fromm
Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love. Erich Fromm
Originally uploaded by UmmAbdrahmaan @Alhamdulillah!
Margaret Thatcher's pronunciation: An exercise in ear-training
Luke Van Buuren (1988).
Journal of the International Phonetic Association, Volume 18,
Issue 01, July 1988 pp 26-38
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?aid=1797740
Received Pronunciation - Black Bitter Coffee - after Iftar sips
Received Pronunciation - Black Bitter Coffee - after Iftar sips
Originally uploaded by UmmAbdrahmaan @Alhamdulillah!
The nature and significance of English as a global language
Keith Davidson (2007).
English Today, Volume 23,
Issue 01, January 2007 pp 48-50
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?aid=684784
Gutenberg n bbc English learning today...
Learner autonomy: a guiding principle in designing a CD-ROM for intonation practice
GUNTHER KALTENBÖCK (2001).
ReCALL, Volume 13,
Issue 02, November 2001 pp 179-190
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?aid=89635
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