Good plan? Bad plan?

This is kinda long.......

APEX eh?

Hundred of millions of ringgit promised; to bring significant improvement and the ability to deliver top-notch graduates to feed the market. Now the ball's on our court! How would we play it?

When i talk to people, they usually ask what's the meaning of APEX and what does it mean?

Look at me, do i look like i care? Really, do i look like i give 2 cents bout that?

Because i think that unless the administration becomes more efficient, i'll either be gone or be in my 3rd year before i can see how they make use of the money. I hope for my sake they grow efficient.

It's like giving a man who's been poor all his life a huge sum of money and say SPEND LIKE A B*TCH! He'll be dumbfounded and he wouldnt know what to do with it. He'll prolly dig a hole in his garden and bury the money. Saving it for a rainy day he says!

Nevertheless, we all hope and pretend to believe that the promised money will be used wisely and quickly. Hopefully they'll hire better lecturers who can at least speak fluent english. But then again, half of the class would require additional english lessons so.......

Recently, i read in The Star, one of the public columns where ppl write in their opinions. There was this article bout how the choice of the uni for APEX was flawed. Now this got my attention as, well... not because im studying here or anything but because im just a nosy-a** with too much an opinion.

This guy was saying how the selection process was/is flawed from the results of the TIMES higher education ranking for uni. Both UM and UKM (both losers) improved on their rankings whilst USM (the winner) dropped like a brick from a plane. Up to 2005, the exams papers were still in Malay only. I know we should be proud of our national language but unless you fuckers can provide work for all us here in malaysia, we must better our english proficiency.

Well, i just want to say that the ranking was conducted before i got here. Now that im here, it's gonna improve..... by much. ;)

Okay, back to that, I aint surprised actually. In fact, i kinda expected it. USM is split into 3 campuses with it's main in Penang Island, Engineering campus in Seberang Prai and a Health campus. Everything is split 3 ways: Money, focus and manpower. Furthermore, it's not like the student count is too large that they all couldnt fit into one place. Alas, there is one key factor thought: Land Area. Because USM is so damn poor before this,(they still are actually -__-, money hasnt arrive) they cant afford to buy land to fit all 3 campuses in one location.

Since the 'MAIN' campus is at Penang Island, it is natural for it to get the lions share. It's like having 3 wives and they all want to hv sex tonight. Whom do you please?

Well, of coz you gotta please your 1st wife! You gotta have her consent if you are ever gonna get a 4th!

and i digress.....

Anyway, that guy was saying how, the selection should be re-thinked(re-thought?) to follow the rankings. Which is to say, he think's USM is good-for-nthg and UM should be selected. He even went as far to say UKM would be a wiser choice. Oh, and he said he's not an UM alumni.

All i wanted to do was to scream in his face and smack him. OH wait, before i continue further, there was also a forum with a few chancellors or vice-chancellors and they all think the selection was flawed too.

Now now, being Chancellors and VC's means they're prolly pretty smart or good at their job rite?

True...

but that doesnt mean they're not sore losers.

The selection for the APEX uni was made solely based on a plan. And i know this isnt the best way for an assessment but since it's done that way, it cant be helped.

USM's plan was a 'Sustainable development for a better tomorrow' or something along those lines. Keyword: SUSTAINABILITY.

Im actually impressed by these people as they came up with an idea at a time when the whole world is thinking bout it. Now i do not know what was UM's plan but i guess it's smth that sounds : 'Quality Education to feed the working market'. =S=S=S=S=S

Now let's bout this for a minute, if the assessment was based on a plan, then how come UM, who is renown as the Best Uni in Malaysia lost to USM which serves bad-tasting food in its cafe?

Penguin 1 : Im bored, let's do smth!
Penguin 2 : Let's do this!!!

'CAUSE THEIR PLAN SUCKED! THATS WHY!!

You people cant even produce a good plan to convince the government you're worth investing in, how can you still be grouching over losing? UM might have good records to show, but they couldnt even produce a good plan! How good are they? Really, how good is someone who cant even plan?

Okay, you might scream "It's just A PLAN right? Based on previous records, we should be..." bla bla bla bla.......

Now, take a step back and think this through. Let's say you have RM1000 and you would like to invest. You have 2 choices:

a) You know he's good but he told you he doesnt know what to do with it.

b) He's untested and you dont know his qualities but he shows you a good plan.

Which would you go for?

Choice (a) signifies UM which has good records but produced a crappy plan which is akin to not having a plan at all.

Choice (b) is USM which i hv to admit isnt good at all before this but had a solid plan which is executable.

I am guessing that the only reason USM was chosen is because UM could not convince the government that they could achieve the target of being a world class uni so the government went with choice (b) whom they deem a SAFER bet.

You dug your own shit hole!

USM didnt win it. UM lost it!