The most rugged appearance on RTM ever

Soon to be the new addition to Razman and Jo family

Hi baby girl!

My first RTM interview for 2016

I received a call from RTM around 12.30pm asking me whether I am available for the inteview after 2pm. They wanted to hear my opinion on the latest statement by the Finance Minister on the re-calibration of 2016 budget due to the falling oil price. I said yes and by 3pm we concluded the interview session. If everything goes to plan, it should appear on 8pm news.

My MSc student passed his viva voce

I am so happy today that my MSc student, Liou Wei Hau, whom I always addressed as Ivan, passed his viva voce. His journey is quite a long one, more than 4 years in fact. He was my student when I was still in UPM and now his journey is towards the end. He still need to do some corrections but he already went through the most crucial stage of his academic life. I wish him success in the future.

He is my second student to pass the viva voce examination. My first one was Nazratul Aina. She did a PhD in Accounting. Right now I'm waiting another PhD student of mine to submit his final draft. Another PhD student already submitted her final draft for me to review. Hopefully I will receive two more good news in few months time.

Welcoming new students and new lecturers

Today was very hectic. I had two academic meetings in the morning, followed by a programme briefing to our new MBA students. I think about 60 new students registered for the January trimester. And then in the afternoon I did a briefing to the new lecturers who are going to teach this trimester. There were 20 of them in attendance. Then I had a Skype conversation with people in the UK until 7pm. But overall I am happy that everything went smooth as planned.

The never ending battle to lose weight

I started to monitor my weight in July 2007. At that time my weight was 81.4kg. By August 2007 it went down to 79.8kg and remains like that until October 2007. In January 2009 my weight has ballooned to 84kg but I managed to reduce it to 83kg in February 2009. Since then I did not monitor my weight until February 2015 when my weight has become 86kg. Since then I started to reduce my sugar intake by start drinking plain water and reduce eating rice. I managed to reduce my weight to 80kg in September 2015 but to my frustration it started to climb again. Today my weight is 82kg, slightly heavier than I was in July 2007. So after 8 and a half years, it's back to square one.

Meeting fellow hobby enthusiast

Mr Salim is my MBA student and currently the President of PBS Students Association. Recently I saw his Facebook post on his appearance on the local newspaper. He was talking about his hobby of collecting stamps. So I called him and we compared our collections. Turned out his Malaysian stamp collections is among the most completed one in the country! I was so impressed to see how much effort he spent on making sure the stamps beautifully arranged and preserved. When I visited him at his home, he presented me with a stamp catalogue book, an album which is imported from Germany and few first day covers which include the Panda stamps that were printed on fur like materials, the first of its kind in the world. I can only repay his kindness by gifting him some of my first day covers that he did not have in his collection.

Ilyas at his new school

Today I brought Ilyas to attend the orientation day for Form 1 students at his new school, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Jalan Reko. The briefing to parents took about 2 hours and after purchasing the necessary items as well as receiving the text books, we went back home.

Free medical checkup from PERKESO

I received this voucher from my Human Potential Development manager. Apparently when you are reaching the age of 40, you are entitled for a free medical screening. Thanks PERKESO!

I'm back!

After more than 4 years, I am going to start writing again, thanks to Jo. So many things have happened for the past four years. The family of Abe and Jo has expanded with two new members. Ishaq was born on the 9th of March 2012 and Muhammad was born on the 1st of November 2013. Ishaq was a fighter as he was born prematurely and weighed only 1.7kg. In the beginning his heart even has a hole but that closed up nicely when he grew bigger. Muhammad's birth was a smooth one but both were delivered via caesarian section. I resigned from UPM on 31st January 2013 and joined Putra Business School as their Director of Non Thesis Based Programs. Jo has resigned from Shell and become full time housewife to take care of the two boys. My brothers Lalan and Awa have married. Lalan even got a son named Aqil now. Tina has another child, Emil Hamza. Jo's sister Julie also got married and has a daughter named Sofea Jasmin. Firdaus also got married and has a daughter called Fatimah and about to get another one. So the family of Abdul Latiff and Mohamad Akhir have grew even bigger. Tok Ayah won Merdeka Awards recently and officially retired from UKM after 40 years. And what else is new? Jo is expecting again. :)

Percaya Pada Luka - Nashrin

Percaya Padaku - Ungu

Disaat Aku Mencintaimu - Dadali

Ku Menunggu - Rossa

Patah Seribu - Shila Amzah

Lelaki Seperti Aku - Alif Satar

Terhenti Di Sini - Asfan

Tiga Kata - KRU

Pokok - Meet Uncle Hussain featuring Hazama

Cinta Muka Buku - Najwa Latif