Monday, February 2, 2015

7 Characteristics Of Highly Successful People. http://www.businessinsider.com/traits-of-highly-successful-people-2015-1?IR=T&utm_content=bufferd2f7b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

tom brady gisele
Highly successful people share seven powerful habits that, when adopted and applied each and every day, virtually guarantees that they will always be a step or two ahead of the rest of the pack.
They are:
1. Self-starters
Successful people don't wait for someone else to tell them what to do, or when to do it — they take action themselves. When you're a self-starter, you look for opportunities all around you, and when you identify one, you act. That's the essence and the fuel for success in business and in life.
2. Resourceful
Successful people don't let problems or obstacles get in their way or slow them down. They're resilient — they try a variety of different solutions until they find one that works, and they never give up.
3. Enthusiastic
Successful people have real passion and enthusiasm for the work they do, and they aren't afraid to let it show. Their enthusiasm is real — it comes from their hearts — and it's infectious, spreading to coworkers and customers alike.
4. Innovative
Successful people are creative and innovative. Instead of doing things the same way over and over again, they look for better, faster, and lower-cost solutions to common problems. They experiment and are willing to take risks — and occasionally fail — in pursuit of their goals.
5. Team players
Successful people know that they can't do it all themselves. By leveraging the power of teamwork, they can achieve far more than they ever could alone. So they join or put together teams of talented and energetic individuals who can help them achieve their goals.
6. Articulate
Successful people are good communicators — they know what to say, how to say it well, and who to say it to. They're also good listeners — taking
7. Networked
Successful people build extensive networks of contacts — both in the office, and outside of it. They leverage their network to help them take advantage of opportunities, and to solve problems.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

UPM named world 41st best university: from 6 to 16 and now 41. A lot of things need to be done

UPM named world 41st best university

PETALING JAYA: Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has been named the 41st best university in the world, based on campus sustainability and environmental management, in UI-Greenmetric World University rankings recently.
UPM vice-chancellor Datuk Dr Mohd Fauzi Ramlan said the achievement portrays the university's commitment in conserving and preserving the environment through the teachings, research, curriculum and quality management systems based on effective environmental management.
"There is an increase (in) the size of green areas, besides efficient use of energy and the usage of bicycles on the university campus," Fauzi said in a statement.
This is the fifth year that UPM tops the list of Malaysian universities in the ratings.
Universiti Malaya clinched the 72nd spot, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (86), Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (93), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (118), Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (235) dan Universiti Malaysia Sabah (224).
"UPM also ranked third in Southeast Asia and fourth in Asia. The top three universities in Asia are National University of Singapore, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology Taiwan and Chulalongkorn University Thailand.
UI-Greenmatic also listed the top five universities in the world – University of Nottingham, University College Cork National University of Ireland, Nottingham Trent University, University of California and University of Oxford.
The ratings initiative spearheaded by University of Indonesia managed to register 360 universities from 62 countries compared to 301 from 61 countries last year.
The sustainability and environmental rating comprises more than 40 indicators which cover 6 main scopes, namely infrastructure (15%), energy and climate change (21%), waste (18%), water (10%), transport (18%) and education (18%).

Monday, January 19, 2015

Chasing for the world class university and higher ranking. What are we doing? developing real quality or just compiling data and rearrange it according to criteria. In education be realistic!

http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?s=Biological%20Sciences

“Universities are spending ever more time and money trying to get the 'student experience' right, as they face up to competition for students not just locally and nationally, but also internationally.

http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/which-university-was-voted-the-best-in-britain--g1B5-s4tC

The top 10 Universities in UK:

1. Sheffield 2. Bath 3. University of East Anglia 4. Oxford/Dundee 6. Cambridge 7. Exeter 8. Durham 9. Leeds 10. Nottingham

Surprise surprise; we learned science, we have scientists and we talk at international levels BUT who listen? logging and total forest clearing continuous. Imagine this open area at the top of the hills and long rivers to the coast. Heavy rain will bring huge volume of water and mud to the lower levels. Flash flood and mud flood. Who are the victims?

Picture of access roads and fields to make room for the palm oil tree, Sarawek, Borneo
Ancient rain forests give ground to a barren landscape of oil palm plantations and access roads in Sarawak, one of two states in the Malaysian island of Borneo. More than 90 percent of Borneo’s primary forest has been destroyed.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150111-borneo-rainforest-environment-conservation-ngbooktalk/
Picture of the cover of the book Money Logging by Lukas Straumann

What ever changes and new ideas on nature should refer to the experts. We cannot just follow the common practice in other places. We must understand clearly nature tourism, recreation, or ecotourism. Money not everything but product is something

http://www.utusan.com.my/sains-teknologi/sains/kekalkan-habitat-bersih-1.49590

“Perlakuan burung pemangsa yang suka melayang di udara pada masa tertentu di muara sungai boleh menarik pelancong dan peminat burung, justeru tidak perlu menarik perhatian dengan menggunakan sisa makanan, - See more at: http://www.utusan.com.my/sains-teknologi/sains/kekalkan-habitat-bersih-1.49590#sthash.MPFd4Q8t.dpuf

Sunday, January 18, 2015

The implementation of the education systems must be reviewed: teachers knowledge, skills in teaching and approaches must be improved. Teachers mus be strong enough and in front of the public. University's lecturers and professors must be aggressive to change and direct the frontier knowledge so that the public can follow.

Students cannot just memorised and released back in the exam BUT they must analyse and learn to think and presenting what they were asked NOT creating new questions based on the answer that they already prepared. We are preparing them to answer the exam questions BUT to think and be an intellect.