...had 3 important meetings at 3 different places yesterday...the first was at Putrajaya which ended around 1.30pm...happy with the meeting as I was able to speak up my mind and concerns...I guess I was right on my arguments as I get supports from majoirty of the members...my concern was simple, first please do the right things, and second please do the things right...whatever the decision is, it shouldn't be made to please anyone especially the politician...not in education...period...then rushed to KL for a meeting with secretary general PPIBM at 2.30pm...very good meeting, we discussed about everything especially issues concerning bumiputera entrepreneurs...about innovation and taking opportunities...glad that PPIBM agreed to collaborate for a training project...then took a taxi to KL Sentral for another meeting with CFO SHIREE at 4.30pm...SHIREE is an agency that coordinates projects via NGOs to eradicate extreme poverty in Bangladesh...we share the same passion, hence very good intellectual discussions...learned a lot from a very experienced social worker...truly respect his passions in helping the poors...took KLIA express at 6.30pm...fell asleep all the way to the airport...arrived home at 10pm...simply exhausted...flight delayed the night before, arrived hotel around 1am, fall asleep around 2am to wake up at 6.30am...that was yesterday...woke up early today ready for another 3 meetings and 2 appointments with students...the first morning meeting started 30 minutes late...rushed back to office after the meeting to chair a meeting with admin staff at 12pm to find nobody was there...where's everyone? Ohhh we thought you gonna be late bla bla bla then wasted 30 minutes waiting for everyone to be presence...no sense of guilty...it was a quick meeting I'm in no mood just said what I wanna say...was invited for lunch at 1.30pm to celebrate a student who just completed his DBA...gave a short speech congratulating him bla bla bla...then have a quick zohor prayer before rushing for another meeting at 2.30pm...2 deputies, 4 coordinators, 5 officers and 2 supporting staffs are supposed to be there plus 2 invited members...only 1/3 were there...where's everyone? This fella is on leave, that fella said she will come a bit late, the other fella said he's on the way, another fella said he has something to settle first, another cannot be traced bla bla bla...waited for 15 minutes, picked up my file and left...I have another appointment at 4pm which I then cancelled...feeling sick...this is no joke man...what's the point of fixing a meeting if members do not respect it...almost always late...it has not just become a norm but a thick culture now...no feeling of guilt whatsoever...yes everyone is busy with so many things...no doubt about it...but a meeting is fixed at a certain date & time for a reason...if one cannot make it please inform...secretariat should play its role too in ensuring that everyone is informed and ready for the meeting....we can postpone the meeting if we do not have enough quorum...so nobody waste their valuable time...just take an airline for example...if one flight delay, not only the connecting but the whole flight chains of the day will also delay...this is fundamental...if the fundamental is not right how can we move forward...very frustrating...how can we inculcate the value @ spirit of serving something larger than oneself?...gotta go guys...still in no mood...
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