Be Prepared for Registration Day and First Day of New Semester

Assalamualaikum…

Hi there!

Happy New Year (2009) and Happy Ma’al Hijrah (1430).

It is good to see you again in a new semester after a long interval of holiday.

The new semester will resume on 2nd January 2009 (Friday). The Registration Day will also take place on 2nd January 2009 (Friday) at Dewan Cempaka (Part 4 and 5: 9.00 am to 10.00 am).

Have you prepared your money for the registration day? Our colleagues whom their family fully sponsors (FAMA), they would likely to have no financial problem at all to pay for the registration fee. Yet, for those who work to earn money, today:

*is the day on which they let their money goes for future/long-term investment
*is the day on which their savings decrease a bit (of course)
*is the day on which they start to loose their leisure on weekends (sob)
*is the day on which they apply 'togetherness' with peers in TESL class activities

Remember! Do not even waste your penny you consume to pay only to obtain failure in your study! Do struggle for your brighter future! There is no easy way to success, as Rome was not built in a day. Please think about what Assoc. Professor Hj. Mak Som Bin Sarakan used to say in his class:

“If you suffer for four years, you’ll be happy for forty years.”

Think again!

Wassalam…

P/S: “Where there's a will, there's a way.” (English proverb)

Congratulations! Bravo!

Assalamualaikum…

Congratulations go to all those who had achieved success (as tribute to our/their hard work) in the previous examination! Be grateful and appreciative to Allah for what He had granted to us!

For those who did not make it, do not be so miserable! Perhaps we should fix our weaknesses in study. As expected, students always put their fingers on lack of preparation as common cause for failure in study. Maybe we did not have (or know) correct learning strategies. Thus, we just learn what we want to learn the way we feel comfort. Well, it is not too late to fix it!

Probably, we habitually like to delay our work. I also procrastinate (postpone or delay) to my work as well as I procrastinate to my study – reading learning materials, doing assignments and researches, preparing for presentations, tests and quizzes and so on and so forth. Eventually, I ought to do my work in last minute – naturally, that is my attribute. Actually, the best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

For me, procrastination is synonymous to laziness. Nevertheless, procrastination has something to do with lack of time management. Lord Acton (1834-1902) English historian says:

“A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.”

Procrastination (as frequently mentioned by PM Hj. Mak Som Bin Sarakan during his lectures) refers to an act of putting off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness or an act of postponing or delaying needlessly.

Please do learn from these quotes of procrastination:

"Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried."
(Author Unknown)

“You may delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.”
[Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist and philosopher]

“Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the ‘someday I’ll’ philosophy.”
(Denis Waitley)

“Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.”
(English Proverb)

We could conclude that procrastination is an ultimate hostile that always attempts its best to put us off from achieving the ‘harbour of success.’

Hence, please put up your effort (so do I), struggle and strive harder, go all-out and bring all the best that you have to undergo this battle. Remember what Pappy used to say:

“If it's to be, it’s up to me.”

Congratulations once again!

Thank you.

Wassalam…