ANNOUNCEMENT - KDU LIBRARIES

KDU LIBRARIES -

OPENING HOURS FROM Jan 31, 2011 – FEB 7, 2011

Please note that the opening hours for both the Damansara Jaya and Section 13 campus libraries are as follows:

• Monday (31st January 2011) and Tuesday (1st February 2011): 8.00am – 5.30pm
• Wednesday (2nd February 2011) to Sunday (6th February 2011): Closed

Normal opening hours will resume on Monday (7th February 2011).

May the Year of the Rabbit bring to you and family much happiness, prosperity, good health and longevity. GONG XI FA CAI.

Breakfast Talk

Words of Inspiration

If you are planning for a year,

Sow rice.

If you are planning for a decade,

Plant trees.

If you are planning for a lifetime,

Educate people.

-Chinese Proverb-

Hope this inspires you!

Money and Career

written by Ann Teoh

Carol Yip, the Founder and CEO of Abacus for Money and the author of “Smart Money-User” and “Money Rules” (in 3 languages – English, Malay and Chinese), spent her Saturday morning talking to teenagers and their parents on the topic, “How to talk to your kids about money and career” at KDU University College, Section 13 campus. Before the start of the talk, Dr. Todd Nelson (Head of School of Business and Social Sciences) got everyone to loosen up with an ice breaking game of, "You catch me, you catch me not."

Dr Nelson, "Let's see how quick you can be."

Carol Yip addresses parents and young adults
on the subject of Money and Career.

Playing the Devil’s Advocate

With no-holds-barred and playing the role of the Devil’s Advocate, she spoke sincerely, firmly and knowledgeably, about how children and their parents need to communicate with each other about money and career, and that parents need to treat their children as adults in understanding the value of money. After all, it is an important subject which is not taught in schools at all and hence, young adults do not understand about financial problems and the financial mistakes they make. She revealed that AKPK (a counselling agency set up by Bank Negara) had commissioned her to write “Money Sense” (a complimentary copy was given to each participant) as there are many people who do not know how to manage their money. As money and careers are inter-twined, she advised that young people need to understand themselves better, and what they want in life. And if they do not know better, then a career profiling will help them. A lot of us do not know ourselves well, to the point of not having the right career.

What's the connection between The Sound of Music and KDU's UNSW Foundation Year Certificate Presentation Ceremony?

Climb every mountain,
Search high and low,
Follow every highway,
Every path you know.

Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow,
'Till you find your dream.

A dream that will need
All the love you can give,
Every day of your life
For as long as you live.

Who would have thought that Dr. Chia (Dep. Vice Chancellor - Strategic Development & Enterprise) would quote The Sound of Music in her speech at the recent UNSW Foundation Year Certificate Presentation Ceremony held last Friday.


However old the song is, the lyrics and what it holds were very apt for the occasion.

Happy Chinese New Year!