PIKOM & Outsourcing Malaysia

Finally I'm done with the marking and grading. Students had done fairly well in their exam. Not so good but ok with the effort they putting in.

I am going to meet someone from PIKOM and Outsourcing Malaysia at their office in Damansara tomorrow. Somehow, its not just me who benefit from the meeting but their side too. In research/ field work negotiation, there should be some win win situation. I'll get the research part and they will get the practical part.

Nite!

Choices and Decision

Life is full of choices and we have to make the right decision at the right time.

1. This morning, I had to make a big decision. A decision to buy a right printer. Hehe..its not easy to decide, you know. It took me hours of talking to the sales representative at different shop counters. Finally, I bought HP laser printer. Just because of its easy installations and may be because of its brand!

2. Another decision that I have to make is where to send my egovernment paper. I want to send my egovernment paper to a conference but I have to choose either London or Vietnam. Two great conferences in November. The last criteria to be taken into consideration is place. I've never been to Vietnam, and I would like to go there. I've been to London many times before, and love to go there again for shoppings etc. Which one should I choose? Waaa .. its so difficult to make a right decision, kan? A place that I've never been or a place where I want to be?

New Blackberry

I received a new Blackberry Curve with Celcom phone line. The phone and line are free. Thank you UKM. I can now make calls to students/companies or any related parties without worrying about phone bills. Heh! Enjoy!

Stress

Take a deep breath and start planning. Nothing can be done when you are panic. Suddenly, I feel so stress. Stress that I create myself. Due dates that I set myself. Those can be adjusted. I have to tell myself silently not to stress. Just take your own sweet time and settle the work one by one. Even if you stretch over the due date, let it be. The chances may come again. Hopefully. #sigh...

Students Project

I started my day today with marking students project paper. What a headache! I knew very well that the students were doing the project last minute. Despite several drafts being commented face-to-face, some of them just dont know how to do it right. Either they just ignore my comment or they dont have anymore time to improve the report.

The project paper is on evaluating e-commerce securities of selected companies website. I have given steps on how to do the analysis and reporting. A very detail instructions plus lengthy discussion in lecture. But, what did I get at the end? A useless report!

Marking

I had an interview session with Accenture this morning. Not bad. The contact person is very friendly and informative. No wonder they stay as one of the biggest accounting outsourcing provider so far. He talked too much that I dont have chances to ask. Heee.. one of the challenges that he highlighted is the expertises that are difficult to get. Expertise here means graduates with accounting skills and good communication ability, written and oral.

I am so excited to write about the offshore accounting outsourcing in Malaysia - but have to be patient until my assistant finish transcribing the interviews.

I'm done with the e-government paper early this morning, sent to Dr Hasmiah for peer review and now waiting for her reply.

Next is marking time.. the most boring part of my job. :D

Here and There

I am trying to get this e-government paper done by today or no later than tuesday next week. I cannot hold this paper any longer. It makes me crazy.. hehe no lah! There is a pile of exam paper need to be marked before the 10th of this month. I have to start looking at it soonest possible.

Oh ya, my paper on Risiko hubungan dan Kepercayaan dalam Penyumberan-luar is on its way to be published in Jurnal Pengurusan. I need to respond to minor revision and get it done within 21 days.. phewwwww..

Another thing that I'm looking forward is an interview with Accenture tomorrow. I've been waiting too long for tomorrow meeting and I hope its worth waiting for. :D

A note to remember: Berusahalah selagi ada daya...