Monday, December 19, 2011
Wahai Mahasiswa
Apa yang diperjuangkan?
Kebebasan mahasiswa katanya.
Apa faedah nya?
Mansuhlah AUKU
Untuk apa?
Dapat berpolitik?
Politik itu apa?
Permainan orang tua
Faedah politik bagi mahasiswa?
Beban yang teramat
Untuk apa?
Pening kepala
Kebangkitan mahasiswa katanya,
Mahasiswa itu siapa sebenarnya?
Pelajar-pelajar universiti
Adakah seseorang itu mewakili semua mahasiswa?
TIDAK
Segelintir kecil mahukan kebebasan yang kononnya diperjuangkan
Sebilangan hanya mengikut
Tetapi majoriti berdiam
Adakah diam tanda setuju atau tidak setuju?
Tiada siapa yang tahu
Jadi, tidak perlulah diperbesarkan.
Seorang buat kecoh, semua orang melenting
Seorang itu mahasiswa yang berjuang untuk kebebasan katanya
Adakah dia memahami apa yang diperjuangkan sebenarnya?
Dikatakan mahasiswa tidak bebas?
Mahasiswa mempunyai facebook, twitter, blog, tumblr, etc
Mahasiswa mempunyai akses kepada internet.
Jika tidak berpuas hati, bukan kutukan yang patut diberi
Tetapi komplain kepada yang sepatutnya terus dari laman web
Adakah itu tidak bebas namanya?
Kebebasan bagaimana lagi?
Saya seorang mahasiswi
Tidak terasa terkongkong mahupun tersepit dengan undang-undang yang ada
Hanya dengan satu perkara di dalam satu akta, permintaan adalah untuk memansuhkan keseluruhan akta
Adakah itu relevan dan patut?
Wahai mahasiswa
Sedarlah bahawa hari ini bukan perjuangan ini yang sepatutnya dilakukan
Pertahankan bangsa kita, itu lebih penting
Melayu ketinggalan jauh
Melayu terperosok jauh
Disemua demonstrasi kelihatan hanya orang Melayu
Walaupun ketuanya bukan Melayu dan kononnya demonstrasi akan disertai oleh semua pihak tetapi yang kelihatan hanya orang Melayu
Sedarlah bahawa kita ini sebagai robot-robot yang digunakan pada masa sebegini.
'Perjuangan' adalah tarikan semata-mata
Jadi, berhentilah.
Tidak guna berdemonstrasi di jalanan
Maki hamun
Menjerit
Gunakanlah masa yang digunakan di tepi jalan itu untuk memperbaiki diri sendiri
Gunakanlah masa itu untuk belajar
Gunakanlah masa itu untuk 'berjuang' dalam medium yang betul
Tidak perlu menjerit dan menghina
Tunjukkan yang kita ini setanding dengan orang lain.
Friday, December 16, 2011
A Leader
For this entry, I will make a few comments on qualities of leaders. I know I am not qualified to talk about this cause I am NO-ONE and I am NOT even a leader myself but I am sure that as a follower I have the right to comment on certain leaders' qualities that I like, dislike, hoped for, and expected for.
Some people think that being a leader is an easy task. What he or she has to do is only to give jobs to whomever working under his name and that's it. Little they know that with all the instructions given comes responsibility and liability. A leader is responsible for all the acts done by the people working under and is liable for the wrongdoings although they know nothing about the act.
Back to the topic, these are the leadership qualities that I think play important role.
1. Unbiased
- People had always mistaken the word bias. Bias does not only mean bias against a group of people but it can be more than that. Bias can be very obvious or very hidden or sometimes he or she does not even realise that he or she is being biased. A leader should be able to differentiate or distinguish or separate personal matters, work matters and formality. In university life, we are working with our friends. Our friends are sometimes our boss or even someone who works under us. Friends are friends OUTSIDE the period of working. A leader should be able to act accordingly. It should not matter if that someone is the boyfriend or girlfriend, the leader should be able to treat them equally with others. The girlfriend or boyfriend should not get to give excuses or even an-early dismissal. A leader should know that everyone needs to be given equal treatment.
2. Listen to opinions
- A person with power tends to not listen to others and think that they are the best in the society or community. Well dude, YOU ARE NOT GOD! You are only human. you are not perfect and you are not the best. When ever you think that you are the best, think again! There is always someone who is smarter, more brilliant than you are. Listen to what your colleagues have to say. Listen to their opinions and suggestions. If they have any criticism, accept them. Do not be a LOSER by not respecting opinions of others. As I said, you are not the best. Sometimes your colleague has a more brilliant stuff than what you have.
3. Be Organised and Disclose Information Properly
- A leader has to be an organised person. Not only your work has to be organised but also your thoughts. When even your thoughts and work are organised, you would be able to disclose information to your colleagues properly. This is IMPORTANT! To deliver a proper message and information so any miscommunication will not occur. In organising an event, communication among the committee is very important. Miscommunication could cost a serious, major problems in the event. Therefore, a leader should have a very good communication skill with the colleague.
4. Be Firm and Strict but with a BIG SMILE
- Strict and firm is one of the most significant quality, in my opinion. Strict and firm is strictly for the colleagues not be able to step-on-your-head. However, together with that a leader needs to be someone with a great big smile and with that a laughter. You do not want your committee to be afraid of you in front but spit-on-you at the back. You do not want that! you want them to be able to smile and laugh and do their work with such pleasures and smile on their faces.
5. Great Respect
- Respect others to be respected by others. This is the motto I have been holding since ever. I always believe that when you respect people, they will respect you back no matter whether they know you or not. Therefore, a leader should respect the colleagues so that they will give the same respect to the leader. A leader needs a sense of respect from the people under him rather than a feeling of fear. Fear does not always guarantee quality. I can assure you that together with respect comes good quality of work. When ever people like to do something or like the person they are working with, they will work hard and work better to achieve the goals. This is so different when the person is doing work out of fear. The work done will not be as honest and I hope you will understand it when I say this. No need for further elaboration, perhaps.
I do think that a leader plays an important role in making sure that everything goes on smoothly. Though work has been disbursed to the other people but it is the duty and responsibility of the leader to make sure that everything is going on as planned.
As I said earlier, I AM NOBODY and I know what I am saying does not affect anyone but this is my thoughts and qualities I see to be in a leader. I should not put so much hope cause PEOPLE ARE NOT PERFECT and SO DO I!
These are said for the sake of saying what is in my mind. I know that it is EASIER SAID THAN DONE but WHEN THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY. When the person soon-to-be leader should consider instilling these qualities in them.
That is all from me.
Merci,
MARL!
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Unprofessionalism
1. I came across an article slammering another person by accusing and alleging what has not been proven. Accusations and allegations have to be supported with evidence and proofs so that what ever that we say is concrete and not just an empty can. An adult should know that allegations and accusations are very heavy thing to be done to another person and thus the evidence.
2. The author of the article that I read slammed another party who in his allegations has committed a dishonest act by not doing what should be done. The affected party have stood up for themselves and have stated the reasons on the decision made and that they had taken proper measures and procedures and even have received approval on doing so. Therefore, they claim for an apology.
3. Without feeling guilty, the author did not even say sorry and did not take steps to make it look like he is trying to say sorry. This for me is a very un-gentleman act. He should have apologised as there is no wrong in doing so.
4. What worries me is that, the author is a person who in NO WAY will be affected with what ever that the innocent party is doing or have done. He is in NO WAY related and in no way affected. He is a TOTAL STRANGER and that he has no voice is slammering the innocent party. Question is; WHO IS HE? Many facts given by him are not justified. He alleged that he is a teacher but for the fact that his language is so badly structured made me worry how the students are going to be good students or even leaders in the future. The existence of the parent who complaint is another thing which is unjustified. Is the person really exist or is it only a fiction character? What ever it is, he is of no position to comment and to accuse or even to complain about what ever the innocent party is doing as he will not be affected in any way. In law, we call this as a person with locus standi. A person can only commence an action when he has fulfilled the element of locus standi which means 'a person so directly affected by the act of the wrongdoer'. Therefore, I would like to say that the author is of no position on making any allegations and accusations on the innocent party.
5. The thing about unprofessionalism is another thing that is so affected by the act. The person stated that he is a teacher and although I have no idea what are the guidelines for a teacher's ethics are but I am sure that this is against the guidelines. Making comments without proof is one thing but the fact that the words used are vulgar words is UNACCEPTABLE. A teacher should be a person who can be an example to the kids/children and HE IS DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF THE EXAMPLE.
6. It is sad to see when someone who should be so professional and should be ethical can be the opposite. It is sad cause this is the person who the government is counting on to teach the youngsters who will be the nation leaders in the future.
7. I am sad
8. What ever it is, I hope that person will realise what damage has been done and that will act accordingly to clean his mess up.
Love,
MARL!
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Learn From The Best, Stop Talking Nonsense.
I have just finished an article written by a gentleman who has stayed in Singapore and Malaysia and is comparing the two countries. I do have objections on the article but I am not going to discuss about the article here and not going to anywhere. It may remains within me.
What I am more interested in is the comments by the people who have read the article. I agree to some extent that Singapore is well better developed than our country and that it is wayyyy better than Malaysia if we were to compare in terms of the public transportation, the facilities and how well the country has grown to such a developed and successful country. I am not denying the fact that Malaysia still has things to be improved and that we are still far behind compared to Singapore. I do not know about the fact how well the government treats the people and all that kind of stuffs. I seriously do not know and I will not make any comments based on my assumptions.
We shall leave it that Singapore is far off better than Malaysia and that Malaysia is far behind Singapore and there should be improvements on our part.
What I want to discuss is on how the people actually responded to the article. Some is well-off proud of Malaysia and some MALAYSIANs condemned Malaysia.
The comments should be on how Malaysia is progressing slower than it should be and on how Malaysia can improve but that did not happen as the comments if not all will be about discrimination on a particular race.
The person is questioning on why he did not get a scholarship from the government when he managed to get STRAIGHT A's for his SPM. Another commented about how they dislike Malaysia when they themselves are Malaysians. Some commented on how bad they want to migrate cause they are tired of Malaysian politics and the corruption and so on.
Let me tell you this, ONE is to be grateful that our country is blessed with peace and harmony. SECOND, be grateful that we have many races to learn from and THIRD be grateful that the country is doing good right now.
On the scholarship matter, getting a straight A does not mean you are the best. There will be someone who is rather far more successful than you are. Again, getting a straight a does not mean you are the best. Getting a straight A does not mean you have all A1s. Getting a mix of A1 and A2 can be considered as getting a straight A too. You might think that you are the best but think again, there will be at least another person who got a straight A1~ Another thing is that, you might get straight A but what about the other qualities? Getting a scholarship does not only depends on your grades. They look at personality, activity, how active you are at school and other qualities such as leadership quality. You can be a nerd but you are not someone with persona. You might be a straight A student but you cannot talk in front of people. There are other qualities that they will look into before giving you a scholarship. Getting a scholarship is actually a subjective matter. You will not always know what the organisation is looking for. You can never guess.
I have an experience on this once. My foundation results was not the best and it was an average results. I received an email for an award application from an organisation. I applied without any hope cause I know my CGPA was not that good. I applied and I got it. The organiser herself told me that they are not looking for someone who got the best results but they are looking for someone with all 'street smart' and 'book smart' quality that includes leadership skills and other skills. She admitted that they have received many application with perfect 4.0 CGPA but without any other qualities. As a result, I was the one who was chosen but bear in mind I was not the one who got the perfect CGPA. That is why I said that getting a scholarship is a subjective matter as we do not always know what the organisation is looking for. So, don't use the reason that you are a non-Malay and because of that you did not get the scholarship. Don't blame others but yourself first.
As for the condemning Malaysia matter. You are the most UNGRATEFUL person I have ever seen in my life. You talk but you don't act. You talk so much on facebook but no one is listening to you. My advice is, before you give advice asking people to change, change yourself first. Stop condemning and start helping. Condemning and saluting other country do not do good to your own country. You think that you are far off better in other country then go ahead and migrate but remember if you fail in that particular country that you love so much, don't come back to Malaysia just because you said Malaysia is 'easy'. We do not like people's waste. Come one people, you talk so much on facebook does not give any benefit to the country.
I myself have experienced such person before. He was so excited on going abroad. He said 'I can't wait to migrate to Australia' with the most sarcastic, selfish tone ever. I am eager to hear from him now and see how is he doing in Australia. You have to appreciate your country. If you want to migrate for a better reason then yes, please do. BUT, saying as though you hated Malaysia so much is unacceptable. You don't have to talk about Malaysia if you are going out from Malaysia. That will just give a not-so-impressive look on Malaysia and the people. It is saying as though Malaysia is an awful country and that the people are also bad and awful.
DO NOT GIVE BAD IMPRESSIONS ON THINGS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO LEAVE.
Say sweet things about it and leave.
Sometimes people can be so very ungrateful at times.
I have not touched on 'Ungrateful Malays; IPTA Student'. That will be on another post.
Love,
MARL!
A Stalker or...?
What A Life!
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Please, NO EXCUSES!
Whenever something is given to you by the lecturer, some of the students will not be able to find the time to finish them. Reasons: busy with other work, tired and etc. I dislike that reasons or excuses simply because they are only tied to that work and that work only. They do not have other obligations and responsibility that can make me see that the workload is more than mine. I stayed at the moot court till 12am last night for mooting and still able to attend class at 8.30am with preparation. I am not trying to be arrogant but that is the way its supposed to be. You do not give excuse like "I'm tired", "No time" and so on cause you should try to be in my place now and see whether you can survive or not.
I am not in favour of people giving excuses like that cause for me, I am undergoing much worse but I am not complaining so why should you. All that just irritates me in a way.
Other than that, stop saying about what you have sacrificed for the work over and over again. PEOPLE HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME! When you do taht over and over again, it is as though you are not sincere n doing your work. You are not honest in finishing the work and al. You don't have to rub-in-my-face about what you have sacrificed.
Okso now, I am about to go to shower but I am seriously sleepy. Can I sleep for a while first and then start with the work?
Love,
Marl!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Will I be able to Cope Up?
Apart from the event, my studies itself are getting harder and harder each day. It is all about how I can cope up with the whole thing. Up to today, I have always been so tired when I get back and that disrupt me in doing my homeworks or revision. I am seriously hoping for the extra activities NOT disrupting my studies.
I am trying as hard as I can to manage my time well. I am not used to be stressed but I think I have the potential to get stress this semester.
Second semester is nothing like the first semester. Last semester, it was literally like a spoon-feed semester but not this semester. Every subject has hundreds of cases to be read. I know I should not be complaining about this cause this is the life of a law student but I am just trying to get to the reality that I am going to be in a Big Problem if I am not able to cope with all the work.
This coming up event is; The Interpart Moot Competition 29-30/10/2011
Tests; 1. Tort test 19/10/2011
2. Consti test 24/10/2011
3. MLS test
It will be a hectic week starting next week. :-\
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Get Ready!
It Really Is Hard Work
I am now focusing on my own course as this is the only course that I know the level of hardness. It is getting pretty tough right now. People are starting to question whether this is the right choice been made by them. Some thought that this is an easy course as everyone who had no idea what to pursue will pursue reading law. Well, this isn't an easy one for you to just jump into without knowing what really is you are getting yourself into. Get it? There are some of my juniors who had no idea what to take up in the university will choose law cause they said that it looks easy. Well my juniors, YOU HAVE MADE THE BIGGEST WRONG ASSUMPTION ever!
It really do need someone who is very passionate about reading. If you don't favour reading don't even bother coming in this course. Reading is the way of life in Law. I was one the kind of person who don't like reading. It is really hard for me to even finish a book in two months. Hows that? Honestly, I started to finish a book when I have finished my schooling days. In my school days I have always cut-short meaning finished reading half the book and not finishing the other half. That was how bad my reading habit was. Every time we were given an essay to make, the comment I always got was 'Read more'.
However, these have changed now. Well it has to cause if its not then I will be in big trouble by now.
As I am in Part 2 this semester I realised that there is sooo much to do. Reading cases has to be my biggest weakness but it has to change. It is not just reading that is required in this course, memorizing is one thing. In one sub-topic there are more than 10 cases and you have to memorise at least 5/6 to be excellent in your answer later on or that to have a very strong argument. That is just for that one sub-topic. What if in the semester that particular subject has about 6/7 topics? How many cases that you have to memorise? Not including the general principle of law, the ratio decidendi. Furthermore, there are 4 law papers every semester. How's that?
Can you handle this?
I just want to say to those out there especially the post-SPM candidates. If you have no idea what to pursue and you are planning to take up law as the only choice because you think it is easy, well just DON'T. You are wasting your time if you think that way. You are wasting your time if you don't have passion on this. You are just wasting you time.
The best thing to do is to question yourself over and over again on what you really have interest in and if you cannot come up with the answer and still think that law is the only choice then think whether you are willing to go through all the hardships.
I am just saying.
Love,
MARL!
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Vulnerability
Vulnerability comes from the word 'Vulnerable' which means weak and easily hurt physically or emotionally. (Oxford dictionary). However, vulnerability is the ability to show your weaknesses to others or in other words to be open with other people. You are more open to talk about your feelings, your weaknesses, your insecurity etc.
I saw the episode of 'Vulnerability' of Glee Project and I saw myself to be in the position at the time. Sam had problems in showing his vulnerability to people. He had problems breaking down the wall in front of other people. Every one of us has insecurities. We have fears and all those fears have to be swept away and to sweep away all the fears you have to break down the wall of vulnerability.
I am the kind who will keep my feelings to myself. I looked like as though I tell everything to my friends but the truth is I don't. There is barrier in telling stories and telling everyone what you think. If I were to be given the assignment similar to Glee Project, I would have failed either. I have troubles breaking down the wall as I am kind of a secretive person especially when it comes to showing feelings. I have issues in showing feelings and telling people how down I feel and so on cause I used all my power to not show people how bad I feel at certain circumstances. I may looked as a strong woman but the truth is I think I would be one of the most low self-esteem person I have ever comes across with. I have the insecure-feelings all the time.
Becoming vulnerable can be a good thing somehow. If you are the kind who would go to people and say a kind of stuff that shows you can tell them how you feel, you can use that as a tool or a weapon to succeed. I truly believe that. People are easily influenced by feelings especially insecurities and unhappy feelings. People will automatically backed the person up who look as though they are the victim in the case though they might not be the victim after all.
Some people just have the gift of easily expressed their feelings to others but I can't. I can only express my feelings to... I think...in my life...around 3/4 people? Yes! Not everyone can know everything. Even the selected ones will not know everything. That is how little I can be vulnerable with someone.
Love,
MARL!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Friends
1. Friends who need your help and only your help.
2. Friends who want something out of you.
3. Friends who pretended to be your friend when they don't really like you.
4. Friends who are hypocrites.
5. Friends who become a friend when they feel like they want to be your friend.
6. Friends who are simply a hi-bye friend.
7. Friends who sincerely befriended you.
8. Friends who point out your wrongs and ask you to make it right.
9. Friends who forget you when they have something on their own.
10. Friends who become friends with you only when you have other friends but when you are lonely, they left you alone.
There are many other types of friends. Friends to laugh with, to giggle with, to have fun with, to gossip with, to roll on the floor laughing with, to laugh at people with ARE EVERYWHERE! You can even pick someone from the roadside and they can be that sorta friend. BUT...
Friends to cry with, to have a shoulder to lean on are REALLY HARD TO FIND. You may think that you have one now BUT you might be mistaken. They might be just as equal as the other friends you have.
Love,
MARL!
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Back To School
Monday, September 12, 2011
Debaran
Friday, September 9, 2011
Dislike
Wonderful Meaningful Night
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Approval By Mum
Monday, September 5, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Selamat Hari Raya
SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI
kepada muslimin dan muslimat di seluruh dunia
tidak kira usia, bangsa dan di mana anda berada.
Dengan ini juga saya ingin meminta maaf kepada sesiapa sahaja yang mengenali diri saya jika ada salah dan silap tidak kira sama ada ianya sengaja atau tidak sengaja.
Saya juga mengharapkan agar perkenalan kita berkekalan.
SELAMAT HARI RAYA
MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN!
:)
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Open Minded?
Saturday, August 27, 2011
The Question Is.....
Thursday, August 25, 2011
'I Failed!'
Most Romantic Love Story
Research Before Commenting
Friday, August 19, 2011
The Person People Know but I Don't
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
A Scary Statement
Monday, August 15, 2011
Therapy For Girls
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Philophobia
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Cool and Unusual Bed Designs
Now He Is On Facebook
Thursday, August 11, 2011
I Miss Them
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
What's Up With People and Being Stuck In The Past?
Monday, August 8, 2011
Fabulousity
Saturday, August 6, 2011
L.C
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Lessons Learnt
New Lawyer Joke
New Lawyer Joke
Joe grew up in small town America, then moved halfway across the country to attend college and law school.
After graduating, he returned to his small town roots, dreaming that one day he could be the big shot in town. He really wanted to impress everyone badly.
After opening his new law practice, business was very slow at first. One day, he saw a man coming up the sidewalk. He decided to make a big impression on this new client when he arrived.
As the man came to the door, Joe picked up the phone. He motioned the man in, all the while talking...
"No. Absolutely not. You tell those clowns in New York that I won't settle this case for less than one million..."
"Yes. The Appeals Court has agreed to hear that case next week. I'll be handling the primary argument and the other members of my team will provide support..."
"Okay. Tell the D.A. that I'll meet with him next week to discuss the details..."
This behavior went on for almost 5 minutes. All the while, the visitor sat patiently as Joe rattled instructions.
Finally, Joe put down the phone and turned to the man. "I'm sorry for the delay, but as you can see, I'm very busy today. What can I do for you?"
The man replied, "I'm from the phone company. I came to hook up your phone."