bundled up work

As the weeks flew by like the wind, I thought to myself, gosh how time flies. As a law student, I had to always be on my feet, and be a lot more alert to everything and yes I do mean everything. Tutorial homeworks and assignments were expected to be done in the best way possible, as well as being sent punctual on the exact date and time. My study desk in my room is now bundled with books, and I realize these books weren't enough. We have to be constantly reading variety of books as well as the newspaper to stay abreast in every single aspect that are constantly related to law. Degree life was obviously different than my life when I was doing Diploma, and I have to always motivate myself to study and study my best with the utmost interest there is. I never thought it as a burden, but sometimes I'm just a bit stressed because we had to perform and be the best we can be all the time everytime. I hope my mind and body has finally adapted and becoming more stronger to this new lifestyle as a degree student. I just want to see the smile on my parents faces and make my them proud.

-Alia-

$#% Must SERIOUS ! %#$

Two months passed by in the twinkling of an eye, and yet, what I have already done in this university untill now is still uncertain. There are many challenges that waiting me to face and fight against, therefore, self-motivation has became another habitual action once I stepped into UKm. I wonder that how can I pass the days without encouraging myself to obtain more energy.

I find there is a fact that I am going to stress on and put more efforts on it. It is the seriousness in doing everything. It will help me (not only me, even you all) to improve myself and step forward to the frontline of success. Weekdays are the days that I always bustle about, spend most of the time in the faculty of law. Despite the busyness during every weekdays, I still enforce to be serious in doing everything, no matter it is about the academic assignment or not. Thus, I have discovered a lot of latent knowledge when I put more efforts in doing something. It is essential to be independent in the life of university when I am attempting to resolve the matters mostly about the financial management, time management, emotion management and the others which need critical thinking. It is doubtless if you are perfunctory in settling all of these, then you will not grow anymore, and even, it is meaningless to stay in the university. It is just running around in circles.

My seriousness during weekends is vital for me too. Weekends are always the days I relax and take a rest. Surely, I am so serious in having a rest during my weekends and the other matters which will bother me, I just put it aside. Serious in sleeping, serious in enjoying, serious in having entertainment, serious in taking a rest... ... I could describe this kind of seriousness as "recharging the battery", so that I am able to handle all the difficulties in the coming weekdays. Hence, I seldom allocate my time in doing revision during weekends.

Wish you all have a "serious" days. Good luck.

Best wish from Edwin / Ong

Hectic life just begin...

A true life of law students finally revealed. The 'comfortable zone' where I am belong to before this start to disappear and a new unexpected zone of hectic start to approach in my life. The tutorial classes had begun and they really test my mind to work faster and be more organized. The tutorial classes here is totally different than that I had during my foundation in UITM. We have to do the preparation for the tutorial before unlike in UITM where we just come to the class and ask the lecturer about anything that we don't understand or the lecturer will ask a question to test our understanding directly. There is no specific question prepared that require us to work on before class except for the presentation or assignment. So, being here is really a big change toward my lifestyle before. I find that, it will be the biggest challenge for me along this four years.We also had our test last week. For me, I don't know what I had done in the test. I just did it. My attitude to study in last minute become common. Although I know that I'm not gonna to succeed if the negative attitude remain in myself but I just keep doing that over and over again. Oh my God...give me your guidance,please... For those that have a good way or idea in changing the negative and devil attitude, please tell me. However, I do know that in this matter, I have to solve it myself because the root is in myself. But, I am welcome to your advise......and wish me luck to keep going till the graduation..Chaiyok!!!

*** Assalamualaikum and Hope having a Very Nice DAy...

Today, my topic is quite a very sensitive to be discussed but we need to discuss it as its will influence our contitution itself. National language being crucial and sensitive especially in Malaysia that involved multi-lingual community. Malaysian needs to appreciate their own national language in order to build strong national integration. Current situations viewing that prestige of Bahasa Melayu (BM) as a national language is going degradation. Article 152 of the Federal Constitution for the safeguard of the role of BM as a national language in all official matter, including education. So. it is under our responsibility to uphold the notion of Bahasa Melayu as our national language.

When we look into the context of judiciary system in Malaysia where BM is not be given a priority in court. Consequential of this, the issue of “Bahasa Rojak” rising in the court. The usage of BM in court is considered as unsatisfaction. Ex-Chief Judge, Tun Ahmad Fairuz criticized the usage of language in court is not perfect as having mixing between BM and English. National language will lead into distinction if the usage of “Bahasa Rojak” is not controlled as prevention is better than cure.BM is being applied as official language in court and duration of 29 years should not be an excuse for legal practitioner especially the senior not fluent in BM. Failing to be competence in national language bringing many problems as the important rules and regulations are translated into BM since 1968. Section 8 of National Language Act 1967 that allowing the court proceeding shall be partly in national language and partly in English show weakness of the law relating to the national language. Choices provided in Section 8 had brought negative impact to the usage of BM in court as most of the judges favour to use English in court because of comfortable. Amending Section 8 of National Language Act will increase the prestige of BM as acknowledgement is given by the court.

Inefficient implementation of the laws resulted signboard and advertisement in Malaysia do not use BM properly and extensively in most of times. Nowadays, it is likes a “trend” as many advertisement use English as their main language rather than BM. For instance, most of the commercial banks in Malaysia are more use English in their advertisement that can easily been seen on the road. Here, the ignorance of the instruction of Bank Negara Malaysia General Order on 2001 that all financial institutions in Malaysia are compulsory to apply national language in all matter is being asked as its implementation is not efficient. Besides, most of the sign board on all shops are failed to apply BM in a proper way and its disturb the beautifulness of the national language itself. Failing to use BM correctly and precisely is against with the general order made by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) on 2006. A good advertisement and signboard must create respect to the foreigner for our own identity.

In essence, efficient implementation of the law is the best approach to protect national language from being distinction and also safeguard the national integration among multi-racial community in Malaysia. DBP as a “language police” must be given more power to ensure standard of BM always in higher level. Even though DBP is responsible for the protection of our national language, we as a citizen of our beloved country, Malaysia should co-operate together in order to uphold the guidelines in our country Federal Constitution. Appreciation of the tagline “Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa” must be given prioritize as our national language nowadays seem not be a symbol of the nation like national flag which all Malaysian’s can identify.

That's all for now...

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I just came back from college activity which organized by JAKSA in conjunction for the coming Merdeka. Its boring. They insist us to go there by 8.30pm and people, guess what time the ceremony start. Its start at 9.30pm. All of us are doing nothing at there and the only 2 purposes we went for the event were to get the attendance and we will get dinner for free. That's it. Oh ya, there's a lucky draw contest also. But among the winners, 2 of them are the MCee for the ceremony. How ridiculous it is..

Anyway, tomorrow is Friday, the only weekdays that I don't have class.
So, as usual, I will absolutely get off from UKM to get some entertainment out there.
But it takes time to go out because need to wait for the bus, have a long queue to get the ticket and wait for the train. On the other hand, the train is always too packed that I don't really have enough oxygen.
I am thinking, How good if i own a car.
Tomorrow I will meet up with my matriculation's dudes and we will have fun for sure.

As mid sem test had just over, evrything seems like a little bit more relax.
Nevertheless, I am still burning midnight oil always especially every monday because Tuesday will having Contract tutorial.
Ciaoz

Xin Yu

Imperfect

We watched in awe as she stood up and took a slow pace ascending the stairs. As soon as her name was announced, we applaud in honour of a lady who was crippled, yet was to receive her PHD from the Chancellor at the Convocation. What moved us was when the vice-Chancellor helped her to the center stage. I saw with my own eyes how an imperfect being could be crafted and moulded into a graduate, someone just as good if not better than we are. Could we do better than her taking into account the fact that we are not any lesser physically? Or do the words of Mahatma Ghandi actually paint the truth? 'Strength does not come from physical capacity but from an indomitable will'.

-Denise Khoo