Does this remind you of something?

I can't say this for everyone, but some of the people (note the word 'SOME') I've met in my life do behave like that when something goes wrong. And no, I'm not referring to the teachers-students-parents relationship alone. The main point is, when something goes wrong, those people point their fingers at someone else first before considering who is actually at fault.

What is so difficult with being humble and admitting your flaws and the mistakes you have done? Even though it might seem humiliating, people will actually respect and admire you for having the courage to own up to something wrong you did. I for one, really like lecturers who can step down and say that they do not know the answer to a question instead of twisting and turning their words, speaking a lot of nonsense and end up wasting everyone's time instead of trying to answer our question. <--this is in the context of the lectures I've had in IPG-KBA...but I won't name the lecturers. If you are lucky, maybe you will meet the good ones, not the ones who act angry and defensive when the students point out their mistakes.

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Yesterday, the MAEPA closing ceremony was held in IPG-KBA's auditorium. Being part of MPP, my duty yesterday along with Uncle Ijat was to stay outside the holding room and cater to our VVIP's needs, if any.

One thing I really don't understand, and I'm not sure whether it only happens in Malaysia or everywhere else in the world, is the pains we take to welcome 'VIPs and VVIPs'. Sure, they might have statuses like Prime Ministers, Presidents, Directors, Ambassadors and more, but still, they are humans, same like all of us - a pair of eyes, ears, hands and legs, and a nose and mouth. The only difference is the additional titles in front of their names - Tun, Dr., Your Excellency......

So, why order a big bunch of students to stand outside the entrance and look pretty, another bunch to be the ushers in the hall, all the lecturers to sit in the hall (and there goes our lectures)...and the list goes on and on (read between the lines: do idiotic work)? Not only it's wasting our time, people will think that people in IPG-KBA are a group of sucker-ups.

Which indeed, some people, though not to be named, are.