Being Away From The Forum October 20, 2009
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When I tried to log into our forum, I was redirected to the forum’s web hosting. That’s it! Last year the same thing happened to the forum – suspended. We pay regularly, and yet we receive the same service.
I understand that, a forum like ours has around 20,000 registered members, and the hosting require us to pay them a good amount of fees. What a service. That’s alright for a non-profit forum like ours. The main objective of the forum is to bring in people to discuss matters surrounding their careers – teacher and students alike. Since it’s existence in the late 2007, the forum had served it’s purpose, that’s connecting everyone from all kinds of geography, ranging from the coastal regions of the state to the upper reaches of the streams.
Being away from the forum this evening, gives me a little time to sort out some of my things which had entangled for weeks! Those were the databases and some spreadsheets. I have been working on them during the day, but it was a bit different this evening. I hope I could submit all the works before the year ends.
Another New Member of the Family October 6, 2009
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Ethan Brody was born to my 22 year-old daughter, Fionula, on the 3rd October at around 2.30 a.m. He weighs 3.2 kg and cries very loud. Ethan is my second grandson, while his cousin, Iskandar Zulkarnain, 2 years older, being the first and is Theodore’s first child.
The name “Ethan Brody” is his parents’ choice, while “Insol” is my wife’s choice. His parents had been searching the internet for the baby’s name and final came to conclusion. Before his birth, my daughter had asked me which Iban name would suit the baby. I told her if it is a baby boy, I prefer they name him after my dad – “Timban”, while my wife would prefer “Insol” (i.e. her dad’s). But anyway, I did not mind much on the child’s naming. As long as it is easy to say, read or spell.
Now Ethan is a few days old and his mum is recovering. My wife and I are taking into account all the proper dietary to ensure her health and her baby’s. Yesterday my wife took Ethan to the clinic for his first medical check-up. The medic took his blood sample and as his jaundice is noticeable, they found that his blood-sugar level is 7.0, which I believe is quite high for a very young baby like him.
Learners’ Management System October 1, 2009
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I attended a 2-day meeting regarding the administrating of learners’ management system portal. It was conducted by the Bahagian Pembangunan Kurikulum, Kementerian Pelajaran at the state capital’s Merdeka Palace from the evening of 28th through 30th September.
The portal is suppose to be similar to those used in universities as an online platform to facilitate the teaching and learning process. Notes, quizess, questions, analysis, results and the like are all integrated into the portal once it is stable.
We were informed that the portal was developed MOSTI and when it was ‘done’, MOSTI handed it over to the ministry. During the training (within the meeting), we found that the application has some bugs and glitches. We were told that reports of such flaws would be brought back to Kuala Lumpur for fixes.
