Entrepreneurship Workshop

Salam and good day all

I was attending Entrepreneurship Workshop at MUST (Malaysia University of Science & Technology) at Kelana Jaya, Selangor from 18/3 - 19/3/09. It was very interesting and informative workshop. First time I heard about MUST...huhuhuhu

Supposedly we needed to depart at 8:00 am since the registration session was at 8:30 am and then the launching session. Well it was raining (not that heavily rain) so it was quite jam the road and most were late. All were in the van (Me, Pian, Kak Sab, Kidah, Ila, En. Leman, Kak CT, Kak Fani...EXCEPT Kak Yati has not yet arrived...huhuhuhu)...Then Kak Sab called her then Kak Yati said she's on the way and be in a jippy..lalalalalala. Well everybody was in the van and Pakcik started to drive on. It was quite late...(hhemmm we'll be the grand entrance lorrrr...huhuhuhu). We arrived almost at 9:00 am and there was Datuk Seri Effendi (the husband of Datin Seri Tiara) gave his speech t0 launch the workshop....Without making a noise we slowly walked towards our sitting (rasa malu beb...orang pandang gak tuh...huhuhuhu). Buat biasa je la duduk (pastu buat muka seposen dengar speech Datuk Effendi). Later, the workshop was successfully launched. I tried to take a picture of him (nak tunjuk kat orang2 office la konon...but then..arrggghhhh camera buat hal pulak...battery problem (rasa dah charge...maybe over-charged tu yang tetiba wank tuh...mangkukk betul la...hadoiii).

Along the way, me and other audiences listened to the presentations done by distinguished and profound speakers...they presented a very informative talk and it was interesting to know in detail on how to teach and develop entrepreneurship in a student as well as how to come out with good entrepreneurship course. Yeah now Government urges IPTA and IPTS to come out with entrepreneur course or subject in order to create a sense of entrepreneurship in a student. Even, Government also encourages people to become entrepreneurs and to venture in a business not only for profit but to see our potential in a business. Heemmm..a very good idea. I personally found this workshop not only interesting but also as a lecturer it gave me an in-depth information on how to develop a good teaching methodology.

After lunch the continuation of talk then at 4.30 we were asked to get into group (which has been formed by the committee earlier) and to go to the discussion room for having workshop discussion. Me and Ila were in 1 group (yeay...). In our group, we needed to discuss on methodology of teaching entrepreneurship at undergraduate levels. Heemm...at first, everybody was quiet but later the discussion was getting hot and hotter...heheeheheh. Me and Ila were doing much of the talking and debating....(macam poyo jekk...layannn...tapi best gak...ahaks). There was debate on agreement and disagreement about points of view from the participants. It was interesting though, even everybody has different points to ponder but later we came to a consensus decision. Hey, that's what we called brainstorm (having storm in our brain...hahahahaha). After tea, we went back to college...we arrived college quite late due to jam. And for me I arrived home at 9:00 pm...wwwaaaaaaaaa...(dengan hujan lagi tuh...)...so tired then went zzzzzzz

Day 2 we also had presentation from well-experienced and well-knowledged speakers. Before breakfast, we continued in group work but to discuss on a new topic about developing entrepreneurship culture. It was a hot issue and everybody gave a very good points and suggestions. Then, after breakfast, we needed to present our findings from Workshop 1 and 2. Representative from the 2 groups presented the findings and the moderator made some comments and there was also Q & A sessions. After lunch, the talk by SME Senior Manager and I found it was a very informative talk from him and I was interested and eager to open up my own business (bilala agaknye tu..huhuhuhu...InsyaAllah). Last session was a forum by representatives from Cradle Investment, InsKen, MDec, SMIDEC, and Colins from University of Tasmania (UTAS) to talk about grants, loan, business opportunities, etc. And it was a very good forum since I, myself haven't much information about all these aspects. And I got some views and points that I can use in teaching and to upgrade my teaching module for the next semester to come. The workshop ended sharp at 5:00 pm and the closing ceremony after that we got our Certificate (yeay...as a recognition of attendance...). After tea, went back to college...arrived about 6.30 pm. But yesterday I arrived quite early about 8:00 pm coz it was not that jam packed.

What I can say about the workshop??? Well, I got to know new friends and exchanging ideas, besides got in-depth inputs and insights about current issues, etc....Above all, this workshop is very intersting and hope I could attend this kind of workshop again later in the future. It's also a good course for students and graduates to attend.

Till then...daaaaaaa