UTP MIND Team

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

Indian Students

Malaysian Indian Educational Development Team

(UTP MIND TEAM)

Since the country's independence of 50years, we have been lacking in terms of education, social, and economy. While we must thank and applaud our national leaders, MIC and particularly Dato' Seri S.Samy Vellu for their continuous support, and contribution towards the betterment and development of our society, we should not be caught unprepared and fighting among ourselves. There are much more to be done before we can proudly stand tall and say "Yes, I am an Indian!"

There are many lawyers, doctors, engineers, IT, businessmen and what's not. All are professionals in their own fields, and they are youthful, vibrant, energetic Malaysian Indians. They too like any of us have the great willingness and fire within themselves to help contribute to the society so that their fellow brothers and sisters can be on par with the others, can get decent education and not be discriminated just because they lack of financial assistance. How many of our Indian brothers are to be looked down everyday in their life?

With conjunction with above matter, we are the UTP Indian Students, recently have come up with a special charity program for academic excellence at the SRJK (T) Tronoh (Tronoh Tamil Primary School) under our own team called UTP MIND Team. We started this program last year on the 8th August 2006. This charity program has been named 'Yennal Mudiyum 7A' (I Can Achieve 7A). We are planning to continue this program every year.

The main objective of this program is to assist the Standard 6 students by having tutorials and motivational talks to prepare them for the UPSR Examination. At the same time, we are also conducting classes to Standard 3, 4 and 5 students. We conduct this program every Saturday for about 3 hours (11.15am – 2.15pm). Moreover, we are also conducting classes daily during the school holidays. At the moment, we have around 10 UTP Indian Students who are actively involved in this program. The figure is expected to increase as the time goes on.

The concept of this program is that mostly we have personal one-to-one basis class where each student will be taught by one tutor (UTP student). The subjects that we currently have been teaching are Tamil, English and Bahasa Melayu (Science and Mathematics in the future). We are preparing the study materials our own every week after consultations with the school teachers.

The school managements are very glad to welcome us. They are also happy with the progress of the program and they have been really supportive. As a result of the program we are proud to say that, the school student’s shows positive response and impressive results for the last year UPSR Examination. One of the student, Ranjani Krishnan scored 6A’s and 1B, followed by Yuvarani Revichandran, 5A’s and Kumaresan Segaran, 4A’s. Last semester UTP Indians student showed a lot commitment towards the program and personally I would like to congratulate them for their hardworking and also supports.

So for what you’ll guys waiting for? It is time that we, undergraduates to start doing what our community need the most. We must step out of our "I don care, Who care" attitude, we must look back through what we have learned and experienced to help our community. They need us more than anything else. They are hoping that the 'educated ones' of the society will change their future.

They are there, sitting in some rural estates, or urban squatters, grateful for the one meal a day that they eat, while some of us are enjoying sips of RM15 Starbucks coffee. Have we ever thought that each resume of Indians represents his/her whole family? Have we ever thought that the RM30 that we pay as entrance fee (cover charge) for some high end night clubs in Ipoh can actually feed a family of 5 for 2 days at least?

I would like to call upon my fellow brothers and sisters in UTP, to heed the challenge and the responsibilities shouldered on us. Let us all come together and create a new platform as a network of young Indians. We are targeting all the Indian students from all courses and first year, first semester of engineering and above to join this team.

We are now creating history in UTP. What we do today will be the landscape of our future; what and how our young brothers and sisters will grow up. This is a re-branding of Malaysian Indian. Let all see that our youngsters are all-rounder and capable of everything, yet not forgetting their social obligations.

For further information regarding this program, please kindly contact:

by phone: Gunasegaran Kulanthy Velu at 012-6716680 or Ravikumar Aleyak at 012-5623333

by MIRC : Guna @ Aaray or Ravi @ Japanesetofu

by email: k_gunasegaran@yahoo.com or ravialeyak@yahoo.com

by blog : http://kguna.blogspot.com/

Your kind cooperation and support are much appreciated.

Thank You.

A Cup of Coffee

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university lecturer.

Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the lecturer went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking and some expensive and exquisite, telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the lecturer said: "If you noticed, all the nice-looking, expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.

While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.

"What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the better cups and are eyeing each other's cups.

"Now, if Life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change."

"Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."

Posted to my e-mail by my friend, Joshua Hensel.

Good or Bad Hard to Say

Once upon a time, there was a king. The king liked one of his followers very much because he was very wise and always gave very useful advice. Therefore the king took him along wherever he went.

One day, the king was bitten by a dog, the finger was injured and the wound was getting worse. He asked the follower if that was a bad sign. The follower said, 'Good or bad, hard to say'. In the end, the finger of the king became so bad that it had to be cut off. The king asked the follower again if that was a bad sign. Again, the follower gave the same answer, 'Good or bad, hard to say'. The king became very angry and sent the follower to prison.

One day, the king went hunting in the jungle. He got excited when he was on the chase of a deer. Deeper and deeper he went inside the jungle. In the end he found himself lost in the jungle. To make thing worse, he got captured by the native people who lived inside the jungle. They wanted to sacrifice him to their god. But when they noticed that the king had one finger short, they released him immediately as he was not a perfect man anymore and not suitable for sacrifice. The king managed to get back to his palace after all. And he finally understood the follower's wise quote, 'Good or bad, hard to say'. If he hadn't lost one finger, he could have been killed by the native people.

He ordered the release of the follower, and apologized to him. But to the king's amazement, the follower was not mad at him at all. Instead, the follower said, 'It wasn't a bad thing that you locked me up.' Why? Because if the king hadn't locked the follower up, he would have brought the follower along to the jungle. If the natives found that the king was not suitable, they would have used the follower. Again, the quote 'Good or bad, hard to say' stands.


The moral of the story

Everything that happens in this world, there is no absolute good or bad.

Sometimes good things turned out to be bad things eventually, while bad things become a gain.

Whatever good things that happen to you, enjoy it, but don't hold on too tight to it; treat it as a surprise in your life.

Whatever bad things that happen to you, don't feel too sad nor despair; in the end, it might not be a totally bad thing after all.

If one can understand this, he or she will find life much easier.

Posted to my e-mail by my friend, Yap Chuan Chew.

Circus: A ring of abuse

'I cannot even begin to imagine what life must be like for these circus animals. These animals only leave their cages, which are barely the size of their own bodies, for a few minutes each day to go into a ring and perform tricks that are unnatural to them.' - Shilpa Shetty

While most people gape and applaud when an 8,000-pound elephant stands on one leg or a tiger jumps through a ring of fire, very few pause to think how exactly these animal 'stars' perform such unnatural acts.

Despite the glittering image projected by circus advertising, performing animals' lives are very miserable. Unlike human artistes, animals do not choose to spend their time in this way. Their handlers make them do what they would never normally do through the use of fear, pain and hunger. Whips, tight collars, muzzles, electric prods, bullhooks and other tools used during circus acts are reminders that these animals are being forced to perform. When animals are not performing, they are confined to cages barely larger than their own bodies. When they become ill, they rarely receive proper veterinary care.

Shocked at this cruelty, Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty immediately volunteered to do an ad campaign for PETA (People for Ethical Treatment for Animals). The ad, which shows Shilpa dressed in a body-hugging tiger-striped bodysuit (her make-up compliments of glamour make-up artist Cory Walia) about to leap through a ring of fire, with the tagline "Beaten, Lonely and Abused-Boycott the Circus", has been released in 10 languages nationally and internationally.

Here are some of the cool advertisement in different languages!

Source : www.petaindia.com

Winner vs Loser

Winners make thing happen Losers wait for thing to happen

Winners are self-disciplined
Losers are self-indulgent

Winners are achievers
Losers are sustainer's

Winners transcend environment
Losers controlled by environment

Winners: "What can I do for them?"
Losers: "What can they do for me?"

Winners think and act
Losers act and think

Winners are self-confident and never jealous of others
Losers have inferiority complex and are always jealous or others

Winners are never embarrassed to seek other’s help
Losers have second thought seeking help

Winners: "I can"
Losers:"I can't"

Winners consider problems as a stepping stone
Losers consider problems as a stumbling block

Winners persevere despite defeat
Losers entertain defeat

Winners are far-sighted
Losers are short-sighted

Winners are self-acceptant and never make any comparison with others
Losers always compare themselves with others

Winners see problems as a challenge
Losers see problems as a burden

Winners have high regard for themselves
Losers look down upon themselves

Winners are positive
Losers are negative

Winners are creative
Losers non-creative

Winners continue working while others have stopped
Losers stop working before others

Winners have time to think
Losers are lazy to think

Winners anticipate the unexpected
Losers can never tolerate the unexpected

Winners work smartly hard
Losers work blindly hard

Winners believe in themselves
Losers believe in fate

Winners regard 'man' as the highest and greatest value
Losers regard 'man' as tools to realize their goals

Winners hardly complain
Losers always complain

Winners think 'green'
Losers think 'red'

Winners live their own life
Losers live other's life

Winners see light in darkness
Losers see only darkness

Winners never quit
Losers readily to quit

Winners are non-conformists
Losers are conformists

Winners solve problems
Losers are dissolved by problems

Winners believe they can change, progress and improve
Losers believe they can't change, progress and improve

Hot Water or Cold Water

It's always good to know these things.....

I read this article last week when a good friend of mine, send to me via e-mail. I feel this is a very good article. Not only about the warm water during and after your meal, but about ladies and their heart attacks.

This makes sense.... the Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals...not cold water... maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain...they have a much, much lower heart attack rate than we do.

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oil in the food that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fat and could lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water (tea or coffee) during and after a meal.

A serious note about HEART ATTACKS:

• Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.

• You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.

• Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.

• 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.

• Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep.

Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive...

How true is this? May be I can't judge it, but of course you knows more than me :)

How do we measure happiness?

Happiness is something that most people are concerned about and want. Athenian philosopher Aristotle once said that "Happiness is the end for which human beings are designed."

But, it seems that many people are confused about happiness. Sure, we know that it's important, but it's surprising how many people are not happy and how many are looking for happiness in the wrong places.

Some of us think the more we have the happier we'll be. Think about the times in your life when you bought something because you thought it would make you happy. How long did the joy last? On hindsight, was it really worth the effort and money? There is so much pressure in our culture to buy and to have. But there is a rude awakening to actually attaining the things that you think will make you happy. It is often so disappointing. How many times have you wanted something, only to find once you had it, it didn't give you the joy and happiness that you expected?

Someone else cannot make you happy. One of the myths of our society is that finding the perfect mate will bring perfect happiness. However, people who depend on others for their personal happiness are often bitterly disappointed. True happiness comes from knowing yourself, your values, and what you like to do, not from someone else knowing these things about you. We also have to understand that happiness is not guaranteed. It is not a right. If we can fully understand this truth, then we'll cherish happiness more when it comes, and grieve less when it goes.

Questions about human happiness are not new; they have been asked throughout time. But no one else can really tell you how to find happiness. Also, what makes you happy changes with time. In reality happiness is a personal thing with as many varieties as there are individuals. The bottom line is that we are all experts on our own personal happiness, no one else holds the key or the answers to it. I would like to end this writing by sharing a statement by Robert Louis Stevenson:

"Make the best of your circumstances, No one has everything and everyone has something of sorrow intermingled with the gladness of life. The trick is to make the laughter outweigh the tears. Don't take yourself too seriously. You can't please everybody; don't let your neighbours set your standards, do the things you enjoy doing, but stay out of debt. Don't borrow trouble. Imaginary things are harder to bear than the actual ones. Since hate poisons the soul, do not cherish enmities, grudges. Don't hold post-mortems. Don't spend your life brooding over sorrow and mistakes. Don't be one who never gets over things. Do what you can for those less fortunate than yourself. Keep busy at something. A very busy person never has time to be unhappy."

Jealousy

We all get jealous from time to time in our romantic relationships. It's only human, I suppose, and a bit of jealousy every now and then shouldn't be a problem; some people even believe that when you're jealous of someone spending time with your partner, it means that your feelings for him or her haven't faded.

But when jealousy involves severe and persistent fear and insecurity, it can destroy your relationship. This kind of jealousy is dangerous and powerful because it gnaws at you consistently, day and night, eating into your peace of mind, your time, and your ability to think about other things. It's a self-inflicted disease that, very often, has no basis in fact. And, as is most often the case, this kind of jealousy is ironically the very thing that eventually drives your partner away.

If you're worried about being replaced by somebody else, you probably suffer from some degree of low self-esteem. You don't have confidence in your own value and attractiveness and are constantly besieged by thoughts of someone usurping your position. Negative self-image can lead to self-defeating behaviors. It can cause people to act desperately and irrationally. It can end up controlling your life and straining your relationship.

Since jealousy has its root in low self-esteem, the first thing you have to do is work on your self-worth. Your feelings of inferiority probably stem from past experiences that conditioned you over time to believe consciously or subconsciously that you don't deserve happiness, love or success. Thinking that someone better and more attractive will eventually "steal" your partner is caused by the feeling that you don't deserve love; that you will ultimately lose in the romantic stakes.

Get the past out of the way. Seriously, stop believing in cliches like "history repeats itself". It need not. You have a choice. You can look forward to a better future, or keep imagining the worst.

Next, get in touch with and embrace your own uniqueness. That's what your partner fell in love with. That's what nobody else has. Re-connect with your authentic self and let it shine through. Don't get into the habit of comparing yourself with others or competing with others. When you aim to be like other people, you lose your own individuality. Your personality comes from your uniqueness. Find out what's missing in your life, and pursue it.

You will find that the more confident and secure you are about your place in the relationship, the more important and attractive you'll be to your partner. Insecurity and jealousy are very unsightly features on any person.

Welcome to my blog

Vanakkam and Welcome to my blog.

Being an undergraduate student give me an opportunity and also an advantage to write about my opinion and feelings about things that happen around me. That is the main reason why i named my blog as The Way I See It!

For your information, my blog MITE NOT carry too much of my own writings and opinion BUT I will try to share all the interesting information and stuff that I read throughout the internet which i believe will be very useful to viewers and also my community. Some of my views may create some confusion amongst readers, but, i have no malice intention to anyone in giving my views.

This blog is also intended to assist the future generation of my Indian community particularly the undergraduates to seek an opportunity and help the Indian community. I believe this is the correct time for us (graduates)to start doing what our community need the most. We must look back through what we have learned and experienced to help our community. in the other word, our community actually hoping that the 'educated ones' of the society will change their future. For that, I need your kind opinion along this blog to improve our community.I strongly believe that, together we can make a different the way we think and also we act.

As i mentioned before this, since I'm still studying, i will try my best to update this blog from time to time .

If you have your views and would like to share it with me, please do. I am looking forward in hearing from you, but please introduce your self so that it would be easy for me to respond.

Thank you.

Regards,
Gunasegaran Kulanthy Velu.