I attended my first MPCS lecture last night. By the way, it stands for Management Policy & Corporate Strategy. The lecturer has rebranded it to 'Management Strategy' and I like the new name better. Why use long words and sentences when you can convey the same message in a more concise manner, right?
If last night's lecture is any indication, insyaAllah we are going to have a good time with the course. The lecturer just joined the uni 4 months ago. Hmm, I wonder how a class of a brand new lecturer and brand new students (almost) will turn out? Hopefully we're in for something interesting.
Although brand new in the uni, the lecturer actually has vast working experience. He used to be a Dean at a university which has surpassed UM in certain areas. He's humble too. I always have a thing for a humble person (who wouldn't?). And he didn't grill me about my name. Now that's enough to put him in my good books.
That brings me to another lecturer, who asked whether I'm Malaysian. Not satisfied with my nod, he asked whether I'm Malay. Obviously he had trouble in pronouncing my name (most people do initially), but his accompanying remarks put me in a spotlight, which made me uncomfortable (did I mention that I'm shy?). Fortunately my Kyrgyzstan friend came to my rescue and said that it's a common name in his country. I suppose my parents went globalized way ahead of their time. But honestly, some people do not realise that your name is a sensitive issue that should not be made fun of. God knows how many times I smiled lamely when people seemed amused or worse, made fun of my names. I got into many fights and quarrels during my primary school days because of my name. Kids can be cruel I guess, but you'd expect better from adults, right? But then perhaps because they are blessed with such common names like Ali, Aminah or Zainab, that they fail to understand the predicaments of some of us who have unique names. Of well, life goes on. Why dwell on things you can't change, right?
5 comments:
your name is unique, wait till other people knows your name and they will be amused indeed. i still remember that i asked you when i was around 8-9 years old, "awat tok ayah bagi nama macam tu kat mak su?"
but i 'sincerely' believe that others are jealous because they don't have names as unique as yours. my teacher during secondary school even remarked that my name is kampung-type :p
p/s esok confirm kan what time are you coming - sms/call
Lagumana agak kalu mek letak nama awak Rosmoning sbgmn dia cerita kak KY semasa masih kat rumah pusaka kelahiran kita semua? KY rasa pemikiran ibu bapa kita amat unik dan keunikan yg menghasilkan namatu haruslah kita banggakan..pedulikan org lain. KY dah lupa mcmmn nama skrg tu ddpt, agaknya ada kaitan dgn salasilah asal keturunan keluarga kita spt nama Nun. Tp Nun mesti bangganye, sng2 dpt Puan Seri. Rasanya awak pun pernah berbangga masa kat SKGS/MRSM yang cikgu awak kata mak ayah kita mesti dah pandang ke timur..kan masa tu dasar pandang ke timur baru diperkenalkan/sdg popular. Eh awak jgn salah fhm pula, KY bukan sdg main2kan awak, tp sdg pujuk awak..(Nama KY katanya Che Tok Jusoh yg bg..)
Thanks for the comments. I'm not blaming my parents, just letting out on my 'sufferings' if it can be called that..
Bangga? tak de, but I can live with it now (there were times when I really hated it). Moral of the story: stick to simple names :)
tapi nama mak su mmg unik. siap masa kecik-kecik hairan lah kenapa family ayah ada 2 nun nun..
oh well, it is such a beautiful name :)
tapi nama yasmin simplelah pulak
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