Simplicity is always Best

Hey all..

        Yeah.. I have been taking a sabatical from blogging just to have some time to myself.. Anyway, exams are over and am now starting my second semester in Kedah.. (How time flies!! Good! I want to go home!)

        After my exams, I went back for a week (some of you might have noticed me here and there…) and  really enjoyed myself.. I came back to kedah on the 29th of April (one day late) and on the 1st of May (just two days after arriving!!) I went to Langkawi with all my coursemates to attend a 5 day 4 night Bina Insan Guru Camp which is a requirement to be a teacher…

         Overall, it was an interesting trip with vigurous activities throughout the camp where I found myself pushing my physique (which is not much really) to the limit.. But with God’s grace, I was able to pull through and at the same time enjoy myself..

        In Langkawi I did manage to buy some (CHEAP!!! CHEAP!!!) Chocolates.. Yay!!But not much though because I did not bring that much money and my allowance from the Government has not come in yet.. Which brings me to my next topic in mind..

        Here’s the situation that the Diploma of Education students are facing at the moment. Money from the government has actually already reached the university (UUM) and information of all the students bank accounts have already been given to the university treasury weeks ago..

Question: What is taking them so long?

        Then just a few days back, a few of my coursemates received some information from another batch of education students whom are receiveng scholarships from the government (PKPG group). My coursemates were told that part of their scholarship money had been secretly kept by the university without the their knowledge until one day a few members from the that group calculated their scholarship money according to the contract and realised that what they had received was short of a few hundred ringgit each.. (That is actually a lot) They fought for their money and finally after a gruelling "fight" they won and received their money..

        Now what my coursemates and I are worried about is that they will do the same thing to us.. By right, we should be receiveing our allowances by now.. All the other Diploma Education students in other universities has already received their allowances and yet ours is yet to be in sight! Can you imagine four months waiting yet their promise is yet to be kept. I come from quite a stable background with both parents earning and yet I’m already feeling the pinch (I try my best not to ask for money from mom). Can you imagine the problems that all the other students are facing??

        Some of my coursemates come from really poor backgrounds, some have families to support.. I know of one who has to help support 8 other siblings through school as well. I really salute that coursemate..

        And the other day, My roomate and I checked our universitiy account online and found that every student owes the university over RM2000.. (EACH!!!) Insane!

        Now according to the contract that we all signed with the Kementerian, Each of us will be receiving monthly allowances from the government and on top of that, the university will be given RM5000 per head from the government to pay for our fees, accomodation and everything else that needs to be settled. What we are worried about that is going to happen is that the university will cut that RM2000++ from our allowance when in the first place it is supposed to be cut from the RM5000 that the government gives to university…

        Well, I guess all I can do know is pray that God will stop such nonsence.. To me its not really about the money but more on principle of trust that I so much believe in.. As a university that boasts of International standards, I hope that UUM  would live up to its claims.. *Sigh*

        I guess that is enough of ramblings from me..

Chao.

p/s: To all the other UUM DPLI students, lets help one another when in need, and lets fight for our rights together when the time comes.. To all the other DPLI student in Malaysia, all the best in your future undertakings!

~ by sazlasung on May 11, 2007.