A complaint againt USIM

I read in the newspaper about this one Law Lecturer in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia who was fired by the Universiti after only 4 of ther 157 students passed. She stated that she gave the marks that they should be getting? What really made me angry was when she said that her superiors wanted her to give sympathy marks so not that many failed. Not only that, some wanted her to give extra marks for attendance also.

I was so angry about this I wrote an email to the Dean and also cc’ed to the Malaysian Quality Accredition agency. I mean this type of thing is what destroys our reputation and also produce substandard graduates.

no wonder they cant get jobs.

This is the email i sent to them

Assalamualaikum Prof. Dato’ Dr. Abdul Shukor Hj. Husin,

i would like to bring to your attention to an issue which I read in today’s theStar, regarding the termination of one of your law lecturers because of the high percentage of failing marks given.

I do not object to the termination but rather on the reason for termination. Low passing percentages in any class is an indication of something gone wrong. What I object to is the short term approach taken by your university in asking the lecturer to give sympathy marks in the form of attendance bonuses. The lecturer is question is right in saying that attendance is their responsibility. A small bonus might be considered for 100% attendance but never for anything else. This brings into question the quality of USIM, USIM graduates and even graduates from Malaysian Universities as a whole!

I for one do not what substandard graduates in the market. Either you qualify for that degree/diploma or you don’t. This is why there are so many graduates that are unable to get jobs. Because they dont’t know anything. Malaysian graduates at the moment is bad as it is with the emphasis on academic credentials only, when you dilute that too, then, what is the point of a University?

I agree something should have been done when a Law lecturer fails a majority of her class. What you should have done is find the root cause! Why did she fail them? Is her standards too high for their level? If that is so, you must determine WHY her standards are too high? You must address WHY the students fail? Is it the curriculum? the culture? the student doesnt understand the medium?

say NO! to sikap sambil LEWA!!!

Show your patriotism to the country by doing your job WELL!

Thank You very much, I hope to receive a reply from someone.

Yours Truly,

Hussin Yusof
a concerned citizen

I suggest if you care about the quality of our education system, you tell them what you think also. Feel free to extend your support to them if you think what they did was right. I include the emails below for you guys so that its easy.

To:
nc@@usim.edu.my, tnc.hea@usim.edu.my, tnc.hep@usim.edu.my, pendaftar@usim.edu.my, aduan@mqa.gov.my, akreditasi@mqa.gov.my,

dekanfst@usim.edu.my, jalani@usim.edu.my, dekanfbpu@usim.edu.my, niknasri@usim.edu.my, dekanfpg@usim.edu.my, samat@usim.edu.my, mustafa@usim.edu.my, mizan@usim.edu.my, adnany@usim.edu.my, dekanfkp@usim.edu.my, dekanfsk@usim.edu.my, dekanfem@usim.edu.my, dekanfqs@usim.edu.my, junaidah@mqa.gov.my, nazlin@mqa.gov.my, fairoz@mqa.gov.my, kamala@mqa.gov.my, nurazira@mqa.gov.my, farrahwahida@mqa.gov.my, NorhafizahArip@mqa.gov.my, razakm@mqa.gov.my, rohasni@mqa.gov.my, amran@mqa.gov.my, ikram@mqa.gov.my, HafizahGhazali@mqa.gov.my, anwarhalim@mqa.gov.my, elieja@mqa.gov.my, rashidah@mqa.gov.my, nazrul@mqa.gov.my, bala@mqa.gov.my, rohaida@mqa.gov.my, norhana@mqa.gov.my, syedahmad@mqa.gov.my, rosmawati@mqa.gov.my, editor@thestar.com.my

New Job.

Yea … I am actually working with a trading company now. Things are little bit different and now working really hard trying to make sure the business goes well..

GOD! Lama nyer x post

sheet Its been ages since my last post.

hahaha and it will be a bit more before I can post again

Best Life tapi Rindu

oklah.. x nak la mushy mushy sangat tapi saja nak bagitahu hehehe kadang2 i berangan.. hohoho …  rindu gaks kat V tue..  tapi kat sini sibuk + bosan so i xde la menjalankan tanggungjawab sebagai kekasih dengan baik… sms + call… i pon bukannyer kaki gayut sgt…

 so next week nak balik KL dah… antara i rushing tgh jumpa ngan kawan2 lama …. n nak releks kat sini… apa2 pon i pon rasa macam sayang nak blah dari JB.. yolah… x puas dok sini lagi.. tapi kawan2 kat KL tue rindu sgt!!

oops sorry I wrote in BM., well to summarize it, I am missing that someone special.. but I kind of regret not being able to stay here for longer.. it seems I was just starting to get reacquainted with my old frens…

 anyway, I don’t know what life has in store for me.. but the future doesnt seem so bleak now   wish me all the luck guys my non existent readers hohoho

Life goes in Circles

But for me, Life comes in a tangled web. Honest. This is a true story.

 For most of you guys who don’t read my other blog, the more notorious one, you would be out of the loop.. The short story is that I have moved jobs. The Long Story is that, I was offered a position as a Call Center Customer Service Officer in CSOS, a subsidiary of Citibank or else also known as CitiPhone. The job is located in Johor Bahru and I wasnt adversedly opposed to the idea of relocating. I mean, I had lots of Fun in JB back in the day and I like the city, its pretty cheap and there are lots of things to do and places to go if you know the nook and crannies.

 So I decided to quit the advertising job (low pay long hours) and go for the call center job which pays more and you only work 8 hours a day. As opposed to going in at 9am and back home at 2am. However, before all this, I did go to one interview with Sharaf Retail. They are opening their second ladieswear boutique. But the interview only lasted for 15 minutes and the interviewer did not at all seem interested. In fact, I called up my friends later saying that I don’t think I would get the job.

 Well anyway, AFTER I confirmed with the job in JB, the boutique people called me up to inform me that I got shortlisted and in fact, the job is mine. But as Supervisor. But they didnt know anything else, not even the salary offered and other terms and conditions. I told them that I sent in my resignation letter already and will be going to JB in like the next few days. They asked me to postpone it but where can!

Anyway,… The first day on the job (we have training for a whole month) in the morning some more, I received an SMS from the boutique girls saying they are offering RM3K.

 So to cut the story short. Last sunday I drove here(JB) by car and moved in my frens place and soon I will probably move back to KL. *sigh* But its ok. as long as its worth it. Rezeki jangan ditolak.

British Soldiers Tortured Horribly!!

Yea, you can read all about it in this Bernama article. Allow me to Quote some juicy bits.

Carman told a news conference on Friday of the tactics he said were used by their captors to get information and confessions, saying the sailors were kept isolated and their handling was “a bit rough.”

hohohohoho a little bit rough? And they are complaining? I dont see no Blair giving no flying fig about those Afghans in Guacamole. I dont see Bush shitting blood over those Iraqis shot like pigs. Let me guess “a bit rough” = EPL (Liverpool and Arsenal) + kebabs + ping pong. My guess is that if the Iranians took away the EPL, they would have squealed like pigs.

Several of the 15 mariners said on their return to Britain last week that they had been maltreated and subjected to psychological pressure during their detention.

I guess they were expecting the royal treatment. From what I’ve read, my little sister can scare the shit out of those pansy British Soldiers to spill out state secrets. It is so pathetic the claims to injustice and all. AND IT IS BLOODY HELL DISRESPECTFUL TO THOSE THAT DIED AND SUFFERED IN THE NAME OF “the war on terror”!!

Harsh Comments

I received this comment from a reader of Tauke Saham. Maybe its Tauke Saham. I don’t know.

# Doraemon Says:
March 16th, 2007 at 2:24 am

From your comment, I can conclude that:

1. You knew nothing about stock market analysis esp technical analysis.
2. Stupid enough – can’t differentiate between gambling and investing.
3. Involving your stupid momma investment failure – why don’t u tell us how your father fucked your momma.
4. Your web is lousy, your life is boring and you are sore loseeer

Hmmmm Wow! is this how Malaysians react to dissenting views? Are we such emotional people? Oh well I replied in my earlier post but apparently Doraemon feels that he is justifies in that I deserved such personal attacks.

Of course I believe in Freedom of Speech. So go ahead, curse all you want.

Do you want to be a Celebrity Chef?

Voley? Siapa yang terrer memasak tu copat! copat! Tulih cepat2 and hantar kat I! I tell you although you might not win wang besar but you akan femes!!! yep, you will be as famous as a roasted monkey on New Years Day.

What is this all about? Well the Advertising Agency that I work for are looking for recipes to feature in the F&N Evaporate Milk can labels. And so who better to ask than the consumers themselves. Imagine your gorgeous self in millions of homes. This could be the beginning of your Celebrity life huhuhu

Oh allow me to continue.. Not only would you be featured like this very beatiful makcik below lol but you could also stand to win an exclusive hamper, and subscriptions to Rasa and Keluarga magazines.

Anyway. If you are interested you can email me at hussin.yusof@DDBINT.com.my the following :-

• A picture of your prepared food
• Photograph of yourself (3R)
• Your recipe
• The story behind your recipe

And please remember to use F&N Evaporate Milk in the recipe. You have 10 days to do this lol Please send me all these by 19th March 2007 to qualify. Oh and if you are more of a snail mail person, just address it to:-

• Hussin Yusof
• DDB International Sdn Bhd
• Level 8, Menara Manulife RB
• No. 6, Jalan Gelenggang
• Damansara Heights
• 50490 Kuala Lumpur

okla thats about it.. This is just to share will all those budding Jamie Oliver out there!

Trip to Muar

Yep I’ll be going to Muar this March 10, my friend, hidir is getting married there.. well in reality, he is going to get married at the wife’s hometown .. this ceremony is more for friends and his own enjoyment. As he claims.. hahaha

The good news is…, its going to be a reunion of sorts for us ex MRSM Q-Ber students batch 94/95.. gosh havent seen some of them in ages and ages .. my email have been positively buzzing with activity… This might just be fun. i hopefully will be going with Muz and Eju, afterwards, they will proceed to Muz’s parents place in Kluang. I have been there a few times after high school. =)  I on the other hand, will be going off alone to JB! to spend time with old old frens .. la satu malam je..  maybe 2 lol..

sheeet everybody is getting married!!!

Crazy work schedule

My gawd, I cannot believe that this week is crazy. Its been busy like hell. I am on a pitch, well, I started just researching for the credentials presenting. But when we were shortlisted for the pitch, I worked on the pitch. Not particularly doing important stuff but hey, I am new at this.. and it took hours and hours.

Plus, I volunteered for this other project. And thats due in 3 weeks so I ended up doing trade visits at 2am in the morning and 10am before i go to work just to get things going a little bit. Oh yea, i was also doing location scouting for my regular account. Which I am also going to do tommorow.  sheeeet There just isnt enough time. Seriously I need another job. And this weekend, I probably have to go to work some more.. all because I didnt have the time to tear out the advertisements of my account this week.  It piles up like nobody’s business. Plus I havent done the consumer and market analysis..

Oh my god! been working like a pig and still need to do on the weekend. Oh well..  Oh on another note, do visit my political blog and read this post. Quite angry but not that angry. Its about those 2 malaysian bloggers who were sentenced to death. hahaha no la.. sued by the lame ass NST.