"What I Heard" in RUS 101 (DAY 1)

12th JULY 2010


Today is a new chapter in my life.Its my first class in USM and i feel so excited and energetic.around 0830 I went into the class and there was a man preparing a slideshow for us undergraduate students.he was Mr. Wan Burhanuddin,one of the studiomasters.Sharp at 0900,the class starts.He begins with showing a graph and asking students about APEX.Then he showed another slide which begins with:
1)Intention
2)Act
3)Product




Next, Mr Wan Burhanuddin asked students whether they have any intentions on studying or coming to USM.Mr Wan Burhanuddin then explained that in order to be APEX students,our intentions,acts,should be APEX,then only the product will be APEX which means rapid or fast. one female student said that she didnt have any intentions to come to USM.Mr Wan Burhanuddin then replied "Why are you here then?".

Then theres the 3P which stands for :
1)People
2)Principle
3)Place

He said that these three things is very important and if you change one element,it will alter the final product.

Then he continued by introducing the RUS 101 actors.
RUS101 ACTORS:
1)Students
2)Studiomasters
3)USM community
4)Penangites
5)Et al

Then Mr Wan began asking the students whether they know the history behind their names.Then Mr. Wan started calling out their names.The one that he kept on saying was Mccartney.

After that he began introducing the studiomasters.The first one was Ar. Mohd Najib bin Mohd Salleh in the field of architechture.Then there was Dr.Ilias Said,Dr Mohd. Zailan b.Sulaiman,Dr.Hanizun Hanafi.The lecturers did give us some tips,but mostly the meaning is the same but expressed in a different way."work hard","work extra hard" and "have fun working hard".

Lastly Mr Wan started briefing us on our first assignment which is creating our own blog.He added that the blog must be readable and understandable.The subject is "what I heard from 0900-1100,12th July 2010",which is what I'm doing right now and hopefully it turns out well.

That's all for now,thanks!