{"id":496,"date":"2016-08-28T11:48:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T03:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/hazinah\/?p=496"},"modified":"2016-09-27T11:56:14","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T03:56:14","slug":"a-new-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hazinah\/2016\/08\/a-new-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"A new beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is the\u00a0day where we in UTM welcome our new addition in the forms of undergraduate and postgraduate students.<\/p>\n

This day marks the first day of a more challenging and higher aspects of learning and education. Welcome and good luck!<\/p>\n

Proud parents flock eagerly for the kids\u00a0registration of the programs and venturing into the students accommodation with a car loaded with ‘essentials’ which include the ‘bantal busuk<\/em>‘ (terminology: bantal busuk<\/em> directly translated is smelly pillow, but it actually means a pillow that they have been using for soooo many years that it smells – the smell soothes the owner, but not really everyone else).<\/p>\n

Aside from these ‘essentials’, you can see that these parents are looking into a positively bright future for their kids, entrusting them to the academics of UTM to mold their young child into great, mature, knowledgeable professional.<\/p>\n

This is a big ‘amanah<\/em>‘ or responsibility for us academics. These kids are entrusted to us, and we should do slightly better than our best to honour this amanah<\/em>. We want to be confident and proud when we reply to Allah and the parents, when asked about “Have you upheld your amanah concerning these students of yours?<\/em><\/span>”<\/p>\n

To all the new students: “Welcome to UTM and the beginning of a new journey. May your days in UTM be a a positive one from all aspects of your life and education.”<\/p>\n

To all the academics, management and supporting staffs of UTM: “May we always give our best, try always to be better, able to fulfill our amanah fully. May Allah guide us in our lives.”<\/p>\n

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