Phew! at last it's done.

Thank God, at last the DH48 interview is done with. The run-up to the interview was nerve racking to say the least. There were so many 'recommendations' to try to follow-up on, like studying up on quick facts on the 7 core components of strategic planning and the PIN and whatever you could think of. At our age it's almost impossible to memorize facts and figures but tried we did.

The actual encounter wasn't as bad as all of us thought it would be. Our panel of interviewers did take a lot longer than the other panels. Many of us in our group spent something like an eternity in there - a whole 30-35 minutes each! Whereas our other colleagues were done with in 10 minutes.
What is the significance of the difference I ask you.

Well, first of all, our panelists were rather friendly and amenable. Or so I hope. The rest is already history and I'm leaving that in God's steady hands.

DH here we go

The much awaited, or rather dreaded day for the DH48 promotion interview is fast approaching. Tomorrow to be exact, beginning with the candidate names in alphabetical order, we'll have to go through a grilling. Wonder if that's just a formality as they say it is. Cv's and folders of proof of our past achievements and contributions will have to be readied for scrutiny.

Really at 54, I have not much to go for as I am fast approaching my twilight years in POLIMAS, but God has been good to me. Having always surrendered my fate to God, which is not surrendering to fate itself, I am blessed cos this is another blessed opportunity for a little advancement in my career. Personally I believe I have contributed my fair share to the Polytechnic and Community College system and if any, a little reward is always welcome though the Datuk has always asked what we have done to deserve what we are asking for.

Hope is the assurance of something not seen but it's there. So I'll just pack some of the things I need for the interview and leave the rest to Him. Meanwhile just read up something on the JPPKK's strategic plan and the National Education Blueprint.

My Little Girl is 17 and Sitting for Her SPM Tomorrow

My Prayer For The Little Girl

Lord, grant Sarah a quiet heart,
before the exams start.
Lead her to use her leisure hours,
to invigorate her powers.
Her mind from daydreams liberate,
give her the will to concentrate.
From all distractions set her free;
that in her studies she may be
a student with a sole fulfilment,
to make her work a sacrament.

From her faint heart in love expel,
all failures fears that therein dwell.
And from her pillow drive away,
all dark foreboding of the day.
Help her in faith to rest so deep,
that she may have untroubled sleep.
While notes and jottings she prepares,
may she not lose her zest for prayers.

And may she not forget to look,
for guidance in Thy Book.
And may she ever grateful be,
to all who for her pray daily
While for herself she intercedes,
for other students too she pleads;
so may exams find
each one alert in heart and mind.

Thus inward joy and peace possessing,
May exams prove a source of blessing.
Amen.

God bless you baby

New Boss

It's official, well almost, POLIMAS will have a new Director, the 6th in 4 years! Come the 16th this month, we'll be dancing to a new tune in the new regime. The current Director will be swopping places with the Director from Politeknik Arau, Perlis. New Director is Tn. Hj. Md Nor bin Yusof.

Question is - when will we ever get someone who will stay long enough to see thru some long term programmes for POLIMAS for its good. But as the saying goes over here, we will survive albeit a little headless in direction. It will be good to see where we will be heading towards with the new boss. My sincere hope is we will see some good coming from this new management - oops! new boss only! The rest of the team will remain the seasoned and hardened veterans of yesteryears.

Ranking wise we have dropped from one of the top three to rock bottom of around 30 politechnics in the country. We can only improve from here! It's sad, so sad as the song goes. My prayer is we will see some if not a lot of good from the change of heads this time.

Enough said.

Bad bad day

Nothing riles me up more than the short notices i seem to be getting these days. 1 day's notice?? two day's notice ?? for setting 3 packs of 6 (i.e. 18 questions and answers) with marking schemes.
Today I had to justify some of my dept staff not being able to meet that short notice. I received the sweet letter of reprimand yesterday (dated 20th October!!) 4 months after that deadline (3 July) and in between not a word or a reminder?? Where were they in all this time?

I have been tracking the movement of these so-called short notices and sometimes it's ridiculously mad

here goes:

the letter arrives from Putrajaya .. arrives at the admin's post in 3 days.. they get stuck at the bosses' P.A.'s office before it gets into the bosses' office for their attention..that's probably another 3 days!.. then it goes into the department's post box and sits there for a day or 2.. before the department clerk gets it to me..all in all a staggering week of delay in the campus itself? by then the deadline is likely to be 2 days away. How to acceed to the demands from up there in Putrajaya?

God save me from the vicissitudes of life!

just main main

just rediscovered an old blog i never used. Can't even remember having one and who crafted it for me! But thanks anyway and I shall post whenever I can,