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Answer: He just has to open his month and ask, it's that simple.

Answer: Nunu.

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No! Oh No! Of cause not! Her name is Beauty. Read the question again.

God: Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don't suffer. With that experience their life becomes better, not bitter. Me: You mean to say such experience is useful? God: Yes. In every term, Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards. Me: But still, why should we go through such tests? Why can't we be free from problems? God: Problems are Purposeful Roadblocks Offering Beneficial Lessons to Enhance Mental Strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance, not when you are free from problems. Me: Frankly in the midst of so many problems, we don't know where we are heading... God: If you look outside you will not know where you are heading. Look inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes provide sight. Heart provides insight.

Recently, there were school holidays that I brought my whole family for vacationing at Kuala Lumpur among others visiting KLCC PetroSains. On the trip home from Kuala Lumpur to Johor, that day was heavily raining. I exited to Ayer Keroh and my car skidded at the exit bend, hence slamming onto the road side bar protectors on the left. The MPV rotated 360 degree around and slammed to the bar protectors on the right side of the road.

 Though this is the first time family-trip accident, we remained calm in the MPV prior going out of the car. Luckily, we were all safe and no vehicle was at theback of us. We were fortunate enough because the MPV did not roll-over. Alhamdulillah...

 Lesson Learned for the Mishap;

1) When you drive exitting or entering a PLUS highway at the turning bend, it is a smarter driving technique if you shift to lower gear rather that applying breaks to slow-down a bit your vehicle. Applying break during maneuvering a bend will cause a litte "drifting" effect at the back of your car.

2) Just after an accident, remain calm and avoid any panic situation. Get-out of the car (if you're still OK) and manage the in-coming traffic; else even worst accident can happen.

3) It is even handy and safer if you have a safety torch light that illuminates and/or blinks to signal danger for traffic.

4) Lodge a police report at the traffic police station within 24 hours.

5) Take photos of your vehicle and the accident site if possible.

6) Be particularly careful when driving during raining time, as water spots/pools and water streams could be formed anywhere on the road surface.

7) If your car tyre's thread is thinning-out; changing new tyres worths cheaper than repairing your damaged vehicle. Driving during raining requires thicker tyre's thread in comparison to sunny driving. So, during monsoon season it is wiser to change to new tyres if your tyres are worn-out.

8) When handling a road bend, just let the car moves on its natural momentum means neither speed-up nor applying brakes.

 That would be ALL for the sharing of March month. Hope we all can benefit from the sharing. Road safety  to ALL. DrRos.

Based on my limited experience, I would like to share some tips on what to wear should you need to enter into a thick jungle.  The risks involved when you jungle track are bodily injuries, or, encountering uninvited presence by leeches.  There are 2 types of leeches that are most common in Malaysian jungles. One, from the ground, and another, from the tree leaves.  The latter gives the most itch.  In order to feel safe and  protected, the basics are as follows:-

Shoes

Prepare a hiking boot that would cost you around RM300 above.  

If you don't have that budget, I would advice you to wear a pair of rubber shoes usually worn by rubber tappers. It will cost you only RM8.00 per pair.  At this rate, you need to feel comfortable. You do not need to create other problems like blisters and what not.

If you decide not to buy any, while thinking to wear the sports shoes available at home, please ensure that the shoe soles are not flat, sturdy and safe.

Proper attire

Choose only long pants and long sleeved t-shirt. Preferable material for t-shirt is dry-fit. Tuck-in your long pants/tights into 2 pairs of socks.

Wear 2 pairs of socks at one go. One pair should cover half your calves and onother, up to your knees. My friends would prefer to use a pair of tennis socks and football socks.

Carry a disposable rain coat, just in case.

Others

Consult your nature guide on the duration of the journey to and fro. You might want to carry a small bottle of drinking water with you.

If you are allergic to anything, for instance insect bites, have a small pouch with you and place all the medicines in there.

Smother tobacco around your shoes to deter leeches from climbing onto you shoes.

Another trick is to walk non-stop. Once you stop, there are tendencies to find leeches on your shoes. If you find one, do not panic and scream, but, using a piece of dry leave, pull the leech away from your shoes.

I hope you would find the above tips useful. For those who have not been into a jungle, you should experience it at least once in your life time. For all you know, it is one of the most unforgettable moments ever. 

This February month, I would like to share with all of you how IT technology management can assist our academic assessment process, namely administering an exam / test. Administer an exam...!  Are you kidding me Ros... All lecturers and tutors have already known how to conduct or administer a test. Yes, I do know you all are better than me in administering a test, be it  Test 1 or 2 etc.

What I'm getting at is... online test / exam. Yes, online test...!, it saves us our time in administering it, marking it and saving lots of paper too. If you are already an active user of E-learning Blackboard System, you ought to use THIS GREAT feature of online test. Every semester, on my taught subject, I engage one online test, esp. Test 1.  Of course, final exam you cannot execute online, must be conventional approach at Exam Hall @ F2. Majority of my students said they liked online test approach.

Here's how to prepare and execute an online test...

(1) Prepare the soft copy file of your Test, as normally done via Word. This file contents will be cut-and-paste into online test.

(2) Log-in into e-Learning Blackboard System.

(3) Create an entry dialog box for "Online Test", set the features you need, eg. multiple choices, or essay, set the marks, time

(4) Launch the online test and normally I give my students within 3 days to answer the test ( time it to 60 min. or 90 min. etc.)

(5) If the exam is set 60 mins, student must "SUBMIT" their answers within 60 mins or earlier

(6) If students got technical glitches, lecturers as "administrators" can always reset it, so student may retake the test.

(7) Marking is a breeze with online test, the computer marks it for you; if it is all multiple choices.

(8) Sounds tough, no problem... contact me or Mr. Hemmy (CAD-453 7474) for support. Once you know, it is always easy.

(9) To learn new things, there must always be a first time trial; else we never learn new knowledge.

(10) Keep learning and trying new knowledge means our tomorrow shall be better than today.....  TQVM DrRos.