What a Joke...

The first thing I do when reached office today is reading and signing outstanding letters...took a day off last thursday due to flu and fever...interestingly among those letters I found one interesting...a letter of appeal from an MBA student...funnily attached to his letter is a letter from the member of parliament using an official letter head supporting his application without knowing the procedures, rules and regulation of the university...worst he copied the letter to  the respective Minister...the student was given a conditional offer letter...to take GMAT exam within 6 months after his registration due to his lack of work experience (3 years minimum required)...we have been flexible at that time by giving him the conditional OL which we no longer do...he agreed, registered but didn't take the exam as required...and now he is asking for exemption....using a political hand...academic is academic...rules must be understood, observed and complied...no exception...wonder why such a matured postgraduate student needs to involve a member of parliament to solve a small matter...come on...said we're moving into a developed country soon with first class mentality...what a joke...my response remains the same...take the GMAT test...that is the contract

Success

I read this interesting quote in Going Places, a monthly magazine published by Malaysia Airlines, on my flight to Istanbul...it is about success from Michael Jordan, one of the basketball legends...he said..."I have taken more than 9000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times I have been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I have failed over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed"...even Michael Jordan said success never comes easy...it requires lot of sacrifices and guts to try things and take defeats and failures as valuable learning process...so instead of finding faults, probably it is better to see the positive side of it...failure as a learning process...a good reminder for all including myself...cheers
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