Angel On A Bike

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When Multimedia University (MMU) is too indulged and frenzy about breaking records, a group comprising of students and graduates questioning the necessity of MMU-ians (as well as other Malaysians) to continue for records that can be easily achieved just by throwing in money.

The recent event that caused the outburst is a record breaking event for the longest kebab in Malaysia. It was alleged that RM24000 was spent to achieve the record and they felt that it’s a real waste of money which can be spent on better things mentioned below:

1. can save a cancer patient’s life.

2. can pay MMU tuition fees for 2 years.

3. can fund a master student to complete 50% of his/her research.

4. can feed a starving child for 6 and a half years to live in Malaysia.

5. is the daily living cost of 6857 people in under-developed region of the world.

6. can prolong the life of 8000 people in famine-stricken countries in Africa for another day!

Hence, they seek clarification from the organizers representing the Student Representative Council (SRC) and the university.

1. Is making Dodol and Kebab an effective way of promoting racial integration and understanding among different cultures, as what have been the main objectives of Cross Cultural Integration Program (CCIP)?

2. Is there other non-foppish way to achieve your activities objectives?

3. How does this different from buying a place in the record books?

4. Does making something longest (in length or in time) make it the best? Does quantity equal QUALITY?

5. Do the records make our university (as well as country) more competitive in facing global challenge?

6. By the end of the events, what are the benefits you bring to yourself, the society, our country and the humankind?

For those who are uninitiated, over the past few years (2001-2007), MMU has created 13 records ranging from the largest to the longest, you name it!

This blogger would like to call upon a halt to this wastage of resources, be it in term of monetary, time or human resources. In the end of the day, the objective of creating a world class university is to have a forward-looking world-view, cutting edge research, lead scholars, drive, high aspiration and strategy in order to stay ahead in the academic arena, not unwanted records!