For students joining us in the 2011 intakes, we look forward to welcoming the first intake on campus on 10 January! Cheerios!!!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Happy New Year 2011!
Here's wishing everyone new beginnings of the new year!
For students joining us in the 2011 intakes, we look forward to welcoming the first intake on campus on 10 January! Cheerios!!!
For students joining us in the 2011 intakes, we look forward to welcoming the first intake on campus on 10 January! Cheerios!!!
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Dare to Defy Gravity?
It's school holidays again, and what can secondary school students do, to keep their minds intellectually focused on some wholesome activities?
The KDU's Engineering Expo of course! Held on 30 November 2010 the display of ingenious projects by the engineering students awed the secondary school students. It seemed that engineers can certainly think out of the box! There were gadgets to spin a mop, , a simple digital handheld Sudoku, an Accident Alarm system, Intelligent Eco-Friendly LED Street Lights and many more of these amazing models. The judges from the engineering industry must have had such a difficult time to award the prizes to the competitive winners. Anyway, the AVP SEA Best Project Award was for the Shake Flashlight.
The KDU's Engineering Expo of course! Held on 30 November 2010 the display of ingenious projects by the engineering students awed the secondary school students. It seemed that engineers can certainly think out of the box! There were gadgets to spin a mop, , a simple digital handheld Sudoku, an Accident Alarm system, Intelligent Eco-Friendly LED Street Lights and many more of these amazing models. The judges from the engineering industry must have had such a difficult time to award the prizes to the competitive winners. Anyway, the AVP SEA Best Project Award was for the Shake Flashlight.
Ho! Ho! Ho! Holiday Cheer
Written by: Loh Teck Hua, Lecturer
School of Business & Social Sciences
Gifts from Santa!
School of Business & Social Sciences
Who says lecturers are strict, stiff and stuffy? The Christmas turkey maybe, but not the Business School folks. When it is time to let their hair down, they can play as hard as any of their students! There’s festivity in the air and intoxication in a glass of lemonade!
It was just eight days before Christmas and the action has begun. The School of Business threw a small party for the teaching staff, the law lecturers - in fact, almost everyone in the Section 13 campus who was available at that time. It may be a potluck affair but the spread of food was plentiful, varied and mouth watering – sandwiches, cakes, jellies, fried noodles, pies, curry puffs, wine and crispy fried chicken sponsored by Dr Tan Hui Ling herself. Santa came too. He bore a strong resemblance to Dr Todd Nelson - talks like him, laughs like him and has a belly to match.
Gifts from Santa!
Monday, December 27, 2010
Malaysian Driving Million Dollar Business in the U.S.
Written by: Ann Teoh
Murat in New York
Life's choices
When you're born into a poor family, that's not a choice. But when it's about charting your life's direction, that's your choice. For Murat, the Malaysian kampong boy, his parents didn't know much about education. Finishing high school or pursuing higher education was never a priority in the family. "My siblings and I were told to work hard in a factory and earn a decent and honest living. But I chose to differ: I didn't see my life that way, and I was hungry to seek a better future. So I dreamed big dreams, and Robert Frost's poem exerted a positive influence on me.
When you're born into a poor family, that's not a choice. But when it's about charting your life's direction, that's your choice. For Murat, the Malaysian kampong boy, his parents didn't know much about education. Finishing high school or pursuing higher education was never a priority in the family. "My siblings and I were told to work hard in a factory and earn a decent and honest living. But I chose to differ: I didn't see my life that way, and I was hungry to seek a better future. So I dreamed big dreams, and Robert Frost's poem exerted a positive influence on me.
Two Roads Diverged in a wood and I –
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference
(Robert Frost, Lines 18-20)
Instead of going to college after high school, I chose to work full time. Later in life, instead of working full time, I chose to go back to school. This process has profoundly shaped my character; I've become stronger and more decisive."
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