• Eid Mubarak

    This year we celebrated Eid on 2nd May 2022 without any lockdown and it was such a joyful occasion. My 82 year old mother was with us who stayed with us from a week before Ramadan began. I wish all muslims around the world Eid mubarak. Taqabalallahu minna wa minkum. May Allah accept our deeds…

  • Teaching and Learning Online – Some Lessons

    Tips to Online Teaching and Learning

  • End this inconvenience

    For the past two years we have been subjected to new rules that govern our daily life almost all over the world. All in the name of health safety due to new Coronavirus Covid-19. But, is it really the solution? Do we need to be subjected to check ins everytime, everywhere we go in Malaysia.…

  • East Coast Malaysia beautiful beaches

    Teluk Cempedak in Kuantan Pahang Malaysia provides beautiful beach for local tourists. After almost 18 months of MCO or lockdown, we travelled to Kuantan and was able to enjoy three days of beach viewing and walking along the beach. It was such a memorable occasion especially when it was also celebrating my wife’s birthday. Those…

  • Learning or Telling.. From Sage on the stage to Guide on the Side.

    Teaching is an art of getting students to learn. As teachers, we should be making students able to learn and in an effective manner. In times of Online classes or Non F2F, it is even crucial to engage our students so that they learn to think, to do things, and participate actively in their learning…

  • Resilience in Supply Chain Post Pandemic

    How companies build resilience post-Covid? Companies must start to analyse their risks associated with disrupted supply chain. Supply cut off will result in production stop and eventually unable to meet delivery datelines or schedules. How did your company build resilience for your SC? My thoughts are compiled from various publications I researched and presented in…

  • New semester new ideas

    This week beginning 20 Sep 2021 is the start of Fall semester in Meiji University. I will be trying to introduce some new things that I have learned in Professor Christopher Stillwell https://www.linkedin.com/in/stillwellc/ EMI-UCI Workshop during this month. Classes online from UC Irvine with lecturers of Meiji. I have always known active learning but have…

  • Industrial Engineering and Lean knowledge

    Industrial Engineering is a field of study very popular in US since it was created there. In Malaysia it is not a popular field of study as compared to Indonesia where there are hundreds of universities/colleges offering the program at undergraduate until doctorate level. In Malaysia, the field is probably picked up later at postgraduate…

  • Professors are nurtured from Professors

    How do you define a quality professor? Recent article by one prominent leader (Tan Sri Arshad Ayub) did caused some to respond supporting or rebutting the opinion or perception. Later related issues such as questioning professors promotion in especially IPTA in recent times since ranking and RUs came to picture are much stringent then before…

  • Lessons for Year 2020… Welcome 2021

    After retiring in August 2019 as professor from UTM, I was eagerly looking forward for my new job on a contract basis with Meiji University for 2 years beginning April 2020. I was making plans by getting the employment visa which was already approved after obtaining the Certificate of Eligibility (COE) to be employed in…