Birthday Gift from Students

This group of students from the BSc (Hons) Software Engineering, Year 2 also sang the "Birthday" song to me in my office.
I blushed. Hehehe!

E-Genting Programming Competition 2008

Last Saturday, 15 November 2008, I dropped by at Wisma Genting to give some moral support to my students who took part in the E-Genting Programming Competition 2008 - 3 students from the BSc (Hons) Software Engineering and 1 student from the BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronics Engineering. I'm glad that they willingly agreed (after much persuasion for 2 of them) and registered for the competition.

The competition was held from 10 am to 6 pm. I didn't stay long. At around 10:30 am, I walked over to Pavilion. I had a good exercise - doing window shopping. I bought a Disney magazine and nail clipper for Jordan. Then, I had a cup of refreshing juice (orange + carrot). Seng Chor was supposed to pick me up at 2:30 pm but then he called me around 12 noon and said that he was on the way to pick me. So, I had to abandon my students earlier.

How did they perform? Most of them did at least 2 out of 4 questions. It is not compulsory for them to attempt all questions. The task was not easy. I don't have high expectations. They have done their best. Now, just wait for the results. The award presentation will be held in Genting on 17 January 2009.

BSc (Hons) Software Engineering, Year 2 students

The four participants from KBU

Auditorium

Fify Boutique

For the past 2 – 3 years I have been buying clothes from one boutique – Fify in Centerpoint. The owner is from China – Fen Fei and she was an ex-KBU student who studied B A (Hons) Interior Architecture. Her husband, Ge Wei Yang was my student in the BSc (Hons) Software Engineering programme. She gave birth to a son last year. It was not easy for her to take care of her son and handle the shop at the same time. So, they decided to return to China for good. Furthermore, the husband need to find a job as well.

I got to know Fen Fei when she was working as a part-time salesgirl at a Korean boutique in 1 Utama. The boutique has closed down. After her graduation, she decided to open her own boutique. She knows my style, and often give me ideas to mix and match my clothes.

I did my final round of shopping on Monday, 29 September 2008. I spent RM 34:

3 baby girl’s pants – RM 5 each
1 blouse – RM 15
1 Jeans – RM 2
1 red skirt – RM 2

The boutique was officially closed down on Tuesday, 30 September 2008. Well, there goes our shopping spree (as my colleague puts it.) Hmm…where can we shop at now?

BEng (Hons) EEE - SHU 1C

This academic year is the first time I'm teaching Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Year 1 students. The module is Introduction to Programming, which is, actually C++ programming - my forte.

The photo below was taken during my 4th lecture with them at the newly renovated ECAD Lab (Electronic Computer-Aided Design), Level 6. There are about 32 of them (the number is not stable yet) and no girls in the class.

What do I think of them? Their attendance is good so far, and they seemed attentive throughout the lecture. Their attitude seemed good as well.

The first lab session that I had with them went well. It was an introduction to the Microsoft Visual C++ Integrated Development Environment. I was on medical leave for the second lab session but I arranged the lab exercises to be printed for them to do during my absence. Surprisingly, the attendance was even better than the lecture in the morning, and all of them completed the lab exercises. What an encouragement!

However, quite a number of them struggled in the last lab session. It was related to program design. The limited number of PCs in the lab was not helpful at all. Almost half of the class had to share computer. Problem solving tasks are always difficult for students. I will need to revise with them next week. I have told them that the topics will be getting more and more difficult. They must practise more.

I’m glad that I have managed to arrange a better computer lab for them starting next week. Thank God that the lab is available during my slot. It is usually fully booked.

I hope that they would continue to show interest in this module, and be motivated to learn.




(Wednesday, 24 September 2008)

Sergeant Mohamed Abdulla Jameel

I have asked my ex-student's permission to post his name card onto my blog. I find it really cool. So, I can proudly say that I have an ex-student who is now a Sergeant in the Maldives Police Service. Hehehe!

He graduated from the course BSc (Hons) Software Engineering last year.

BSE 1I - May and August 2007 Intake

Where's Lien Chai?

Back row (Left to Right): Lien Chai, Jason, Juh Jou, Parthiban, GJ, Thiam Ling (Yellow), Pravin.

Front Row: HaiFeng, Yi Hoong, Dr Cabokia, JingHan, Yen Ping, Merusha.

This bunch of interesting 'monkeys' will be completing their First Year in May 2008.

I teach them C++ programming. Most probably, I won't be teaching them again until their Final Year in October 2009.

Two of them are from Sri Lanka, one from Brunei, one from China and the rest are Malaysians.

I enjoy teaching the class - good class dynamic, interactive, responsive and willing to learn.

All the best to them as they face the coming exams.

(Tuesday, 1 April 2008)