Mc Do at Labuan Malaysia

haha happy father day everyone
its a strange thing being in Labuan,if you want to eat some Burger from McDonald you have to go to the airport for it. seriously the airport for just for Burger so just imagine your friends asking you" hey lets meet up at the airport" going to airport for burger. i remember when it first open it was so well receive that the sold out some burger and you have to wait for them to restock. man thats crazy but true

Happy Wesak day-Bathing the Buddha

last year was my first time Bathing the Buddha on wesak day with my students but this year i did it with my friends from work thanks to ling who drove me thier( yah i still dont have a car)
here are some info i got abaut Bathing Buddha.

According to historians, the custom of bathing the Buddha in China dates back as far as the Three Kingdoms Period (220-280AD). As one of the most significant dates in the Buddhist religion, Buddhists all over the world continue to celebrate the Buddha's birthday by the tradition of bathing the little Buddha with fragrant water.

A symbol of inner purification, the tradition is said to assist with the purgation of sins. A universal message that, it's simple to wash away physical dirt but it is much more difficult to cleanse one's inner dirt of greed, anger and ignorance.

For the bathing ceremony the altar is arranged as a flower garden, representing the Garden of Lumbini . In following with tradition, monks and nuns use a special ladle to pour fragrant water steeped with special herbs over the statue of the infant Buddha, afterwards the image is rinsed with purified water.

The ritual performed with reverence and a purified mind is said to improve harmony and inner balance, leading to a flourishing, fulfilling, wholesome, blissful and enlightened life.

Steps to Bathing the Buddha

Whilst kneeling before the altar, carefully fill the ladle and pour water over the image of the young Buddha. At each pour chant the following –

• 1 st wash: May I eliminate all evil thoughts
• 2 nd wash: May I cultivate good deeds
• 3 rd wash: May I help save all living beings

BTN

BIRO TATANEGARA ( BTN ) sejak penubuhannya pada tahun 1974, kini telah berkembang menjadi satu institut latihan kenegaraan yang menganjurkan Program-program Bina Negaranya dalam usaha untuk melahirkan anggota masyarakat yang patriotik, cinta pada negara dan bersatu padu supaya dapat menangani cabaran sebuah negara yang terus maju menjelang tahun 2020.

Kesimpulannya, matlamat akhir penilaian Kursus Kenegaraan ini adalah untuk membina ketahanan diri anggota perkhidmatan awam dari segi fizikal dan mental, pengurusan disiplin dan pembentukan sahsiah di samping memenuhi sebahagian daripada Tahap Kecekapan 1 di bawah Penilaian Tahap Kecekapan bagi Sistem Saraan Malaysia.


i am going for my BTN tomorrow 10 April 2009 to the 15 of April 2009 have to stay a day at KK becouse there is no ferry and will be back in Labuan on the 16 and on the 18 of april i have my induksi so yah it will be a busy month for me with a lot of listenning and speaking to do all in the name of becomming an educator for my country.
so i wont be blogging for some time.

MS ISO 9001:2008 (KML2009-2010)

ISO's name

Because "International Organization for Standardization" would have different acronyms in different languages ("IOS" in English, "OIN" in French for Organisation internationale de normalisation), its founders decided to give it also a short, all-purpose name. They chose "ISO", derived from the Greek isos, meaning "equal". Whatever the country, whatever the language, the short form of the organization's name is always ISO.

Why standards matter

Standards make an enormous and positive contribution to most aspects of our lives.

Standards ensure desirable characteristics of products and services such as quality, environmental friendliness, safety, reliability, efficiency and interchangeability - and at an economical cost.

When products and services meet our expectations, we tend to take this for granted and be unaware of the role of standards. However, when standards are absent, we soon notice. We soon care when products turn out to be of poor quality, do not fit, are incompatible with equipment that we already have, are unreliable or dangerous.

When products, systems, machinery and devices work well and safely, it is often because they meet standards. And the organization responsible for many thousands of the standards which benefit the world is ISO.

When standards are absent, we soon notice.

What standards do

ISO standards:

• make the development, manufacturing and supply of products and services more efficient, safer and cleaner
• facilitate trade between countries and make it fairer
• provide governments with a technical base for health, safety and environmental legislation, and conformity assessment
• share technological advances and good management practice
• disseminate innovation
• safeguard consumers, and users in general, of products and services
• make life simpler by providing solutions to common problems

  Who standards benefit

  ISO standards provide technological, economic and societal benefits.

  For businesses, the widespread adoption of International Standards means that suppliers can develop and offer products and services meeting specifications that have wide international acceptance in their sectors. Therefore, businesses using International Standards can compete on many more markets around the world.

  For innovators of new technologies, International Standards on aspects like terminology, compatibility and safety speed up the dissemination of innovations and their development into manufacturable and marketable products.

  For customers, the worldwide compatibility of technology which is achieved when products and services are based on International Standards gives them a broad choice of offers. They also benefit from the effects of competition among suppliers.

  For governments, International Standards provide the technological and scientific bases underpinning health, safety and environmental legislation.

  For trade officials, International Standards create "a level playing field" for all competitors on those markets. The existence of divergent national or regional standards can create technical barriers to trade. International Standards are the technical means by which political trade agreements can be put into practice.

  For developing countries, International Standards that represent an international consensus on the state of the art are an important source of technological know-how. By defining the characteristics that products and services will be expected to meet on export markets, International Standards give developing countries a basis for making the right decisions when investing their scarce resources and thus avoid squandering them.

  For consumers, conformity of products and services to International Standards provides assurance about their quality, safety and reliability.

  For everyone, International Standards contribute to the quality of life in general by ensuring that the transport, machinery and tools we use are safe.

  For the planet we inhabit, International Standards on air, water and soil quality, on emissions of gases and radiation and environmental aspects of products can contribute to efforts to preserve the environment.
  for more information visit www.iso.org
  
  

propeer

mentor for new lecturer. I Like the idea and lucky me My Mentor is my Ketua Unit wow talk about pressure to do well....but hey I get to learn from the best that's fine with me.

sad News

Ah its so sad to know on 8/4/09 a dark day for one of my colleague for she lost her mother. its sad i wish at my age to hear news of people and friends getting married or having baby not the news of death.

what I want in LIfe?

The more you have the less you desire? the more you have the less thankful you are?

in life we never have what we want
we never love/want what we have

the grass is always greener on the other side?
But not all that glitter is gold

But its good to want more out of life
to do more, to see, experience more
there's got to be more to life .....

success the force of Change

success?
two years how successful am I?
have i made a mark? did i make a different in my students life? what do i have to show after working for two year?cash, car, career, condominium????
who is more successful someone who is always surrounded by colleague or by students?
i have not been successful .... (-.-)

2 year anniversary

anniversary? last April fool was my two year anniversary working as a lecturer
time fly I don't feel a bit grown up but looking back i have done quite a lot in my short time here and hopefully i will continue to shine. there has been a lot of ups and downs so much joy and learning experience for me as well. i have been to a lot of places seen a lot of faces gain some weight in the process as well haha but yah would not have it any other ways. life has been very kind with me and i am very thankful

Ba Sian Mau temple, Sungai Kinabenua (The biggest temple in Labuan)

on the 27 of march 2009 i brought some students to this temple at Sungai kinabenua it was my first visit. i have heard about it but never thought of bringing my students there so this is my first time here. its not located anywhere near town and really have to rent a bus to bring students here and HEP (Students affairs department) is making it hard for me to bring students out they want two teachers to accompany students a male and a female leecturer. next time( if there is a next time) i would bring them out sunday or saturday make it a normal outing and not an outdoor activities with the teacher in charge.

me singing on stage during CNY in KML?

yes I did sing during the 2009 KML CNY with other lacturer as well, I don't have a good voice or a bad voice just an average voice but singing in a group it's just ok. sing solo don't think i will haha.

CNY 2009

welcome everyone to our CNY 2009 (it was done after CNY like last year! the Hall was Book in advance so we have to push it way later after CNY)

door gift. was told not to do it but we still did it, gave the students a pack of box drinks, 2 mandarin Oranges and a candy.

The director of KML writing in Chinese calligraphy? haha it was for the opening ceremony (he did not write the word he just completed the word "FU")

This is the Director's first visit to my activities i try inviting him a few times but finaly he came to one of the event organize my me.....but he still don't know my name.......

During the Directors speech. he said this is KML's first CNY celabration .... sorry to some of my students he forgot we had one last year where he did not show up and the one that did show up last year was not here this year because they were away on duuty.

HEP students affair department head officer actually show up for my CNY
so happy and i have to thank Mr Megat( the new HEP assistent) for inviting him to come.

Mr Othman was with his child he look happy I did my best to stuff the kid with candy so he wont get bored.

my CNY lion dance drummer. KML has a policy where the performer have to be students of KML it self we can't ask other to come performed.

Lucky I have a group of students from ChungHua Miri that are very good at this.

now we can't have CNY without lion Dance can we?

so instead of one lion I have two lion performing haha

everyone love to watch lion dance young and old. I think this is the first time KML have a lion dance on Dewan Mutiara's stage and i am so glad i Help to make it happen.

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Angpow without money... we are not that rich hehe even if he is the so call god of wealth

God of Wealth giving out Angpows everyone want one from him. it is very symbolic

lots of Chinese Songs with just one English song.

wushu very talented students. they even perform a cartwheel the Director was sure happy to see the Wushu

Group photos everyone......great memories of that wonderful night where every thing you plan come togather so nicely.

I ask the Informatics department to help take picture and video during the event so the pictures quality was way better than last year and was i ever happy with it

This is not the first CNY event under my supervision but it sure was the most elaborate and expensive one i did thus far.I don't dare think I can top this one anytime soon with the recession going on. you always wish you can out-do last year but for some reason i don't think i want to continue my role as the teacher that organize Chinese event every year. so 2010 i want to sit out on the planning and just enjoy the performance and i wish other teachers that promise that they will take over my role as teacher advisor for such events to do thier very best i wish them luck.