The Many Colours of the Second Semester

The second semester of 2010/2011 is coming to a close. A lot have happened in the semester, a beloved member of the staff who was the reason some of us came to work every day (apart from you students) left us to try his luck at a greener pasture. But we were not left mourning of his absence for long, for a new member came to fill the empty spot. This new guy adds colour to the already colourful life at CEL with his so called naivety and very unique laugh (which was successfully imitated by one of the female lecturers). And there is another guy lecturer, whose looks, I dare say could rival that of Farid Kamil that adds the number of guy lecturers to a wholesome number of four!

We also have three beautiful additions to the employee list, and with that the department becomes more cheerful and more alive. We had just completed the 23^rd Ibadah Camp for the graduating students this semester, helmed by a very able and the friendliest lecturer in CEL. It was, if I may so, a success and to many of us who never had any experience handling such a camp, it was truly a fun learning process.

We still have students coming to the department asking for lecturers who are teaching Moral and Islamic studies and sometimes lecturers teaching IT subjects!. The signage on the wall clearly says Center for LANGUAGES, not INFORMATION COUNTER! For an umpteenth of times, Moral and Islamic Studies are under the purview of School of Social Science and IT subjects, if I have to spell it out for you, is under S-c-h-o-o-l o-f I-n-f-o-r-m-a-t-i-o-n T-e-c-h-n-o-l-o-g-y. What you need is just to be more alert. That is all.

For those who are oblivious of the reading section that we have at CEL (no matter how many times you come here to send your assignments, to see your lecturers or getting lost on your way to other schools), yes we have that section where you can just sit down and read the books and magazines and other reading materials that we have put on the shelf. If you feel that the library is as noisy, if not noisier than the café, then maybe you can check out a book and spend some quality time with that book at this corner. We are all for making reading as a habit. If you don’t read how are you going to manage your assignments and presentations? Yes, you can always cut and paste from the internet, but that will be insulting your lecturers’ intelligence, won’t it? They will instantly know that you have plagiarised your work and plagiarism is not to be tolerated and you will come away with a zero in that subject.

Since the final exam is just around the corner, I on behalf of other lecturers would like to wish you Happy Studying and All the Best. Our prayers are with you (of course prayers are not enough, Allah wants to see your efforts first before He grants you whatever you asked from Him).

Cheerios!

Yours Sincerely,
Murni Mat Nasri