The Last Post

Well it has come to an end... Good times, bad times, in IMU, in SRC, and in Malaysia, everything has come to an end and its time to start a new journey. The good news is, I am flying to Scotland next tuesday! A year ahead which promises lots of exciting surprises, as we venture into the unknown territory. Excited? Definitely, but fears come with it as well, as everything ahead is so unpredictable. A big farewell to everyone, and also marks the end of this blog, which I started during my campaign for SRC and the time has come to end it.

Retirement from SRC happens bout a month ago, but I always fail to find time to write this post, till now.. I just wanna say that it had been a great experience working in SRC, together with 10 other great people... Leslie especially, despite facing some frequent negative comments (some from me I admit), he is a person that I really respected, for someone to work so effectively despite needing to handle studies, pressures from admin and students and also family responsibilities, it requires a superhuman effort.For him to handle them in such grace and effortless manner is a feat that is impossible for anyone, including me to achieve.

And bout myself, I can proudly say that I have given a hundred percent effort in everything I do, despite not having much to show. I can even say I give more to the SRC than to my studies (its lucky that I survive the final exam). And hey, looking back at my campaign manifesto, I guess I gave it all a try, and managed to achieve at least 50 percent of it, not good enough for me, but thats all I can do, and hopefully my successor will do better.

Of course since this is the last post and I don't expect many to read this, I would like to be really honest about things that I might not say during my SRC days. First of all, I feel we were not good enough, not good enough as individuals and certainly not good enough as a council. It doesn't mean that we didn't try hard enough but in terms of working as a unit, we were not up to the mark. Compared to the previous council, we lack unity and at times might be taking things a little too lightly, thus I can understand why some students complain about our council, I would have done the same if I was a student myself. We might be able to work lots better if, like some Western colleges, we are a body which are given a year off from study to work solely on student affairs day in day out, but I am not using studies as excuse, or blaming anyone, its just that I felt lots of things could be better. And to Leslie, despite all the respect I have for you, you had it wrong in some decisions you made, and some of us were really disappointed with that at times.

But pass is pass, we have a new council which look good, but looking good alone is not sufficient, delivering the final product is the vital part. And I wish the new council best of luck. I just wanna say thank you everyone for all the support in the previous year and with the experience I gain from this job I hope to go further. So till then, see you guys in Scotland!