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Follow-Up on the Open Letter to HEP

No Ruj : PPOU07/05002 Tarikh : 26 MEI 2007

Perhatian : Badan Hal Ehwal Pelajar, Universiti Tenaga Nasional

Tan-Puan Sri/Datuk-datin seri/mataseri/badanseri/semuaserilar/mereka yang tak ada seri/KPC yang tersangat busy dengan badannya (entah lar kenapa...)

Per : Pindaan ‘Proposal’ Berkaitan 'Big G-Day' PPOU Sesi 2006-2007

Merujuk surat berdaftar PPOU07/05001 dan berhairybulan 24 Mei 2007 yang telah saya (siapa lagi kalau bukan saya?) kirimkan, saya ingin memaklumkan kepada pihak Hal Ehwal Pelajar (HEP) akan beberapa pindaan yang telah dibuat terhadap bajet yang telah dibentangkan pada tarikh tersebut. Pindaan-pindaan ini terpaksa dibuat (aih...apa nak buat..bajet dahlah tak cukup, ada pula pihak lain yang ingin claim a sizable portion of our already-small economic pie) atas sebab-sebab yang telah 'dilarikan' dan 'disorok' pihak pentadbiran. (maklumlah, 'sebab-sebab' begini suka main hide and seek dengan budak-budak PPOU)

2. Berikut merupakan butir-butir terperinci pindaan bajet yang telah dibuat dengan kehadiran senat-senat PPOU (walaupun memerlukan seorang saja untuk luluskan, yang lain..popek-popek sahaja......).

Tarikh : 23 Jun 2007 bersamaan 08 JamadilAkhir 1428H (tiada perubahan)

Bil Jeputan : 140 + manusia hidup (bucks bunny dan mickey mouse tidak akan dijemput memandangkan kos berlebihan yang akan ditanggung untuk melayan kerenah mereka yang suka bermanja-manja. Kami sedang dalam proses untuk menjemput cicakman atau keluang man dalam usaha menjimatkan kos selain terselaras dengan usaha kerajaan untuk mempromosikan barangan tempatan)

Lokasi : Tengoklar dulu...mana-mana pun boleh, sebab VC bersama denga VIP-vip lain tidak akan hadir disebabkan ada hal yang lebih menarik dan mengasyikkan daripada sidang graduasi kelas PPOU ini. (maklumlah, sebahagian bajet telah 'dimakan' pihak lain disebabkan rasanya yang begitu lazat dan enak)

Aturcara :
Petang (ditukar daripada pagi disebabkan prestij petang lebih daripada yang pagi) - Upacara Pemberian sijil bersama dengan ucapan serta minum petang. (to minimize opportunity cost, we have decided to cut every decoration to the very minimal)

Butir-butir Perbelanjaan :

Bil.	Butir	Folio	Perbelanjaan (RM)
1	Belanja Lembaga Akreditasi Negara (LAN)	100.00 seorang (inilah butir yang suka main hide and seek)	1 900.00
2.	Bayaran Makan dan Minum (buffet)	RM 20.00 seorang (ahla, tak baik makan banyak-banyak, nanti dapat diabetis, tak baik untuk kesihatan)	2 800.0
3	Belanja Perhiasan Pentas	Tidak dimestikan	50.00
4	Sewa Dewan	Terima kasih atas 'keprihatinan' UNITEN untuk membenarkan kami menggunakan dewan secara percuma (walaupun tak, bagilar free sebab i dah tulis kat sini, kita orang tak cukup duit)	0.00
5	Graduates' Gifts	Butir-butir ini dilindungi oleh Akta Rahsia Kerajaan (OSA)	1 710.00
6	Belanja Am	Program Book berserta dengan kad-kad jemputan (leceh lar tapi kena buat juga untuk jemputan khas kami seperti labah-labahman)	50.00
	Jumlah Pengaliran Kewangan		6 510.00

Jumlah yang telah diperuntukkan : RM 300 x 19 orang = RM 5 700.00
Jumlah yang akan 'disumbangkan' : RM 805.00
Jumlah yang telah dibelanjakan : (-)RM 6510.00
Kurangan Bersih : (-) RM 5.00


3. Disebabkan kurangan bersih ini, kami terpaksa membatalkan 'post-outing' kami ke KLCC ataupun Chow Kit (bergantung lar kepada pelajar samada mereka mempunyai 'etika' ataupun tidak). Kami ingin meluahkan rasa sedih kami kepada pihak HEP agar pihak HEP akan bersimpati dengan kami dan dengan rela hati meluluskan permohonan kami untuk menambahkan peruntukkan kami sebanyak RM5.00.

4. Kami teramat berharap (memang dah parah ini) bahawa permintaan yang (begitu) tidak seberapa ini dapat diluluskan pihak tuan/puan secepat mungkin untuk mengubati hati-hati kami yang begitu terseksa). Segala perhatian, pertimbangan dan maklum balas daripada pihak tuan/puan kami dahulukan dengan ribuan terima kasih (sejuta lar kalau boleh, tapi kami dah penat sebab KRB ini) .

Sekian.

~ UNITEN Penjana Profesional ~

Yang Terpaksa Dikorbankan,

Budak-budak PPOU 2006-2007

This is about the exact budget that has been presented this afternoon. What really terrifies me is that the budget above does not include the payment incurred from the Door (and VIP-if needed) Gifts. If we were to increase our expenditures, I'm afraid that more revenue must be generated or some expenses have to be cut.. ....

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Freaks of Nature

just to digress a little before the midterm calculus exam.

ps : no harm/ill feelings intended...just plain entertainment .............................

An Open Proposal to HEP for G-Day

No Ruj : PPOU07/05001 Tarikh : 24 MEI 2007

Perhatian : Badan Hal Ehwal Pelajar, Universiti Tenaga Nasional

Tan Sri/Puan Sri/Dato’/Datin/Tuan/Puan/ siapa-siapa /mereka yang "busy-body" nak ambil tahu yang tidak dialu-alukan

Per : ‘Proposal’ Berkatain Malam 'Big G-Day' PPOU Sesi 2006-2007

Merujuk perkara di atas, saya (takkanlah tak tahu) ingin meminta jasa baik pihak Hal Ehwal Pelajar (HEP) untuk mempertimbangkan 'proposal' ini yang tidak seberapa (tak cukup duit lar, tuan. Minta lebih sikit, boleh ?) untuk melaksanakan malam graduasi pelajar-pelajar PPOU sesi 2006-2007. Seperti yang sedia maklum, seramai 19 pelajar (1o BNM + 9 YTN) akan menamatkan program ini pada tanggal 23 Jun 2007. Saya telah dimaklumkan bahawa setiap pelajar akan menerima RM 300 seorang sebagai bajet upacara tersebut.

2. Berikut merupakan butir-butir terperinci perancangan program tersebut.

Tarikh : 23 Jun 2007 bersamaan 08 JamadilAkhir 1428H

Bil Jeputan : 140 + manusia hidup (segala haiwan lain tidak dikira termasuk bucks bunny dan mickey mouse)

Lokasi : Mana-mana dewan, asalkan VC dapat hadir untuk menyampaikan sijil-sijil yang telah dibayar pihak kami.

Aturcara :
Pagi - Upacara Pemberian sijil bersama dengan ucapan serta minum pagi (cukuplar..tak payah lama-lama, bajet tak cukup)

Butir-butir Perbelanjaan :

Bil.	Butir	Folio	Perbelanjaan (RM)
1	Belanja Lembaga Akreditasi Negara (LAN)	RM10.00 seorang	190.00
2	Bayaran Makan dan Minum (buffet)	RM 25.00 seorang	3500.0
3	Belanja Perhiasan Pentas (kenalah cantik sikit)	Riben, bunga dan lain-lain	50.00
4	Sewa Dewan	Dalam Uniten pun kena bayar..aih	200.00
5	Door dan VIP Gifts	Ada banyaklar...tapi tak pasti lagi	300.00
6	Belanja Am	Program Book dan gaji pelajar yang buat persembahan (takkanlar tak bagi hadiah)	200.00
	Jumlah Pengaliran Kewangan		4440.00

Jumlah yang telah diperuntukkan : RM 300 x 19 orang = RM 5 700.00
Jumlah yang akan 'disumbangkan' : RM 640.00
Jumlah yang telah dibelanjakan : (-)RM 4 440.00
Lebihan Bersih : RM 1 900.00


3. Walaupun terdapat lebihan, pihak HEP perlu sedar akan 'post'-outing yang akan kami jalankan selepas sesi formal tersebut. Untuk pengetahuan pihak tuan, pelajar-pelajar PPOU memerlukan peruntukkan untuk membeli cenderamata buat diri kami sendiri agar kami akan senantiasa kenang-kenangkan waktu kegembiraan kami selama 1 tahun di Universiti Tenaga Nasional apabila kami berada di luar negara nanti. Justeru, mengikut lebihan yang telah diperuntukkan (sebenarnya, kami lah yang memberi peruntukan), seorang pelajar akan menerima RM 100 untuk membeli apa-apa atau dibelanjakan sesuka hati.

4. Namun begitu, pihak tuan perlu sedar bahawa sebuah "beg" Gucci ataupun "wallet" Pandani mempunyai kos RM 150 + setiap satu. Untuk mengelakkan tabiat membeli barangan 'tiruan' dalam kalangan pelajar-pelajar 'elite' ini dan seiring dengan usaha membendung kegiatan taksub yang berleluasa terutama di Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, saya ingin mencadangkan agar pihak tuan menambahkan peruntukkan kami sebanyak RM 1 000.00 .

5. Sesungguhnya, kami telah mendapatkan kerjasama seluruh member kami (kononlah) dan kami sedang 'ghairah' menunggu keputusan daripada pihak tuan/puan untuk meluluskan permohonan ini selain memberi peruntukkan yang sewajarnya kepada kami.

6. Kami amat berharap bahawa permintaan yang tidak seberapa ini dapat dilaksanakan pihak tuan/puan secepat mungkin untuk mengelakkan kejadia-kejadian yang tidak diingini daripada berlaku. Segala perhatian, pertimbangan dan maklum balas daripada pihak tuan/puan kami dahulukan dengan ribuan terima kasih.

Sekian, Terima Kasih.

~ UNITEN Penjana Profesional ~

Yang Melaksanakan Tugas,

Sebenarnya, tiada sesiapa.......

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The Good, Bad and Ugly

Sorry for keeping you guys (and gals) waiting. I have other priorities which have taken up most of my time, preventing me from updating my bloggy.....

For the last 10 months or so, like most of you are well informed, I have been slugging it out at Universiti Tenaga Nasional undergoing the PPOU (Preparatory Program for Overseas Universities). A program, on paper, worth RM 50 000 (yes, I could have fed 2 000 African orphans for a day) is said to be the most prestigious, revered etc at least in UNITEN itself. And it definitely lived up to its monetary credibility.... literally, if you know what i meant.

The Good.................

You can't 'blame' the program, the administration etc, whether you like it or not..since it has constantly producing students fit for top universities in the States (Ivies, MIT, Stanford, the Big 10 etc, although i still believe that these students deserve most of the credit). Education wise, the program has an amalgamation of lecturers who are proficient and passionate in their respective fields, whether its a projectile motion, an endangered-rare-almost-extinct-word (read:SAT verbal velocity) or how mathematics and calculus is used in real life (remember those Ms Nanda's stories.....). Uniquely, PPOU is probably the only ONE preparatory program in the world which offers 3 simultaneous courses, the SAT, AP and the Foundation in Engineering (UNITEN) - well what did you expect, considering the $$$ spent by the sponsors........

The students here are amazing and uniquely diverse, each coming from a different background right from Bintulu till Bangi consisting of students from top schools in the country...the historical Sekolah Alam Shah (now SSAS), Aminuddin Baki, St. Teresa, the revered Royal Military College, the legendary MRSM Jasin - Tun Ghaffar Baba, and other top government, MRSM and SBP schools in the country. The notion cre'me' de' la cre'me' does ring true in this sense that each and every student strove for excellence in every quiz/exam and payed full attention in classes...well of course with the exception of someone..+ hint +...+ hint +
Accommodation, though may not be of 5-star status, is more than sufficient and pretty much comparable to those at Kolej Yayasan Saad, Kolej Tunku Jaafar..etc (will post some pics later, if i can get hold of a camera)

The Bad.........

Well..with the glossy picture i painted above, you probably would have thought that this was a boot-licking or a sucking-up post. Well, you are all wrong. You and I (and basically everyone else in the world) have to admit that no creations of God is perfect, let alone the PPOU. For the first semester itself, a portion of the students here spent 40-50 + hours a week in classes, coming back without able to digest whatever information taught during the day (well, thats for me, at least). The administration doesn't seem to understand(or maybe they do, but can't do anything about it or just do not care, its always somebody's fault, isn't it ?) the need to produce all-rounders, clearly eluding whatever Datuk Mustapha has envisioned for our future workforce. Lecturers alike sympathized us but as one senior physics lecturer puts it, "I don't have the power to change anything in IKAL"...... oh well, that simply explains all.............

The Ugly............

I felt that the admin's priorities here are totally messed up. For instance, there were a majority of students who got some not-so-good-grades during the first semester's midterm for the Foundation in Engineering program whereby some seniors were roped in to help these students. Its definitely a 'brilliant' idea but why weren't there any remedial work for students struggling in the SATs, AP and the university applications? thankfully, most of the internal lecturers understood the hardship we faced and some even allowed me to miss a few classes for me to self study the APs/SATs subjects besides completing the university applications. yes, I've struggled and I am disillusioned on the real purpose of attending the program resulting in me putting in below-par effort for most of the internal exams and sub-par attention in classes since September last year. When it comes to 'claiming' expenses such as the self payed SATs and additional scores (which rightly we shouldn't do based on what is stipulated in the clause of our contracts), the admin is still haggling unto it and i have not received a single cent to date. Sometimes, i do wonder where all the RM 50 000 went..........

There is no doubt that nothing in this world is perfect and one just has to make the best out of everything, which i have clearly failed to do so. In that sense, I'm a failure. I digress that i have not effectively made used of the total RM 50 000 taxpayer's money that has been spent on my education here. Maybe, it would have been better if used to feed those poor African orphans. They definitely would have made better use of it. Imagine how many Africans would have gotten a better education or a table laid with food. Such a waste... co'mpre'nde' estu'die'nte' ?

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>>>>> by the way, this is the Pulitzer picture which Ms Carole mentioned earlier in the first semester. Do read the inscription written below (click on it...somehow the words aren't clear).