Letters To My Mother

 

Once upon a time, people wrote letters. Like, actual letters. Where you had to sit down on a chair, whip out a piece of paper, and write down your thoughts with a pencil or pen. More shockingly, people always spelled words correctly and used proper grammar.

But wait, there’s more! Once you’ve completed the task above, you would then insert that paper which you have folded carefully, into an envelope, write the recipient’s address on it, place a stamp on the top right corner, and then find a postbox to deposit it into.

Then as the days go by, you would start to wonder if the letter had reached your intended recipient, be it a family member, a friend, or a pen pal! (more on this later). And back then, it might take anything from three to seven days for a piece of mail to travel a couple of hundred kilometres across the country.

I, myself, used to write a lot. And it was an absolutely wonderful surprise when I found a bunch of letters that I had mailed to my parents still neatly kept and preserved, some time ago.

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Employability: What Are We Willing To Do?

These 3 factors keep popping up when discussing employability:

- Poor communication skills

- Poor command of English

- Lack of critical thinking skills

Nak tak nak, we MUST make improvements in these areas. No use in blaming others. If your uni didn't prepare you, there are TONS of ways to sharpen your skills in these areas. Don't be lazy. Don't take things for granted. You may think your diploma/degree is good enough like the others, but then you go for an interview and the first thing you say is "I'm graduated from University ABC" - susahlah. Then you marah org tak nak hire you. Sorry to be harsh, but this is the real world.

And oh yeah, from my own experience, even when we do free communication and public skills training, punyalah susah nak dapat org to attend. Pelik betul 😅

Then satu lagi ignorant attitude - "Kita duduk Malaysia, kenapa nak agungkan Bahasa Inggeris?" Well, carry on, then...