Saturday, October 10, 2009

Litcon 2009

Hi friends,
Just to inform you all that I attended the 6th International Conference on Literacy, at Berjaya Georgetown Hotel from 7-9 Oct. I was replacing a sick teacher actually. My boss wanted new teachers to attend so that we would be able to learn new ideas. Fortunately for me and another colleague, our participation [rm300 per person] were already paid for.
I was hoping to meet some of you from Penang but there was nobody else from our batch. Anyway, I had a short chat with Dr Tan Kok Eng, who recommended that we do our Masters programme fulltime. I met Dr Sunny Tan too, and a few lecturers from Pusat Bahasa.
The conference was well-organised and I had a good time learning about the latest researches done by the presenters. The 7th LITCON will be held in 2011.

Anyone who is interested to win free tickets to the International Conference on English Language Teaching [ICELT] soon to be held in Malacca in November, please contact me or leave a comment here.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Pengesahan Jawatan

I've signed the form for my 'pengesahan jawatan'. How about you guys? My clerk informed me that those who jump from DG29 to Dg41 will only take 1 year for pengesahan and we don't need to go for induksi, but depend on what is written in your surat tawaran lantikan.

BTW, I would like to wish " SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI AND MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN" to all muslim members of PKPG TESOLIAN. Have a nice day...

P.S: those who stay in Penang maybe we can meet up during this Hari raya...

Thursday, August 6, 2009

WHAT'S UP, FOLKS?

A huge sorry for not updating this blog.. and General Faizal is busy too.
Now.. the latest update?

1. I'm under unofficial house-quarantine.. school's closed till 10th due to clusters of ILI cases in the school. After so many calls to the Jab Kesihatan, finally they came and more than 50 students met them, all complaining of flu & fever. So now I don't know whether to laugh [coz got the extra days off for now] or to cry [trial exam is next week]. Who else is in the same boat?

2. Our dear Shuba is getting married [drum roll please]. I think we all know who the lucky man is. Anyone else sending invitation cards? Free advertisement here, hahaha.

3. Our sweet Elice had had her wedding reception, and she looked so pretty. Sorry dear, hubby and yours truly had an emergency and had to cancel the trip in the last minute.

4. No news from Meena, so she must be heavy with child now..or already delivered? Anyone else in the 'Mum" list? In case you don't know, Kalas & Syida had theirs this year. Cute babies, hehehe.

5. USM convocation will be held in August 12-16. Be free to come and watch our juniors and others receive their scrolls. Yes, latest check Rezz's name is up there, not sure about the 'Lawak King' and the 'Dancing Queen', hehehe.

6. And as for our reunion, well....
shall we have a reunion at the end of the year? During the hols la.. after SPM exams, as I'm sure many of us will be specially invited to hold the enviable post of "invigilator".
Venue? Well depends whether you guys and ladies want to have it at a grand place or a cosy one. How about having it at Safira Club, Seberang Jaya? I can arrange that.
If you ladies want to have it in Penang island, then somebody there will have to take charge. I don't fancy travelling all the way there just to find a suitable hotel/ restaurant for our reunion :)

7. I met Nor'in some time this year at her school. She's gonna have another baby. She sent everyone her greetings.

8. Yes, finally got my surat lantikan dg41. Tunggakan.. yeah! Now need to bodek my boss to sahkan jawatan, hmmmm...

Thursday, June 4, 2009

AHLI PERSATUAN ALUMNI USM, ANYONE?

Hello everyone!
I wonder how many of us actually registered ourselves as AUSM Society members during our convocation week. Well, I did. Dr Jefri was all smiles and promoting it to everyone who stopped by the kiosk, I couldn't refuse, hehehe.
Anyway, just to inform you that you can get information about the activities at USM by clicking here.
And yes, if you log in with your IC number here, you can update your personal data. Do know that your phone number is available to those who manage the site :P
And that reminds me, I'd need to pay a visit to USM some time this school hols.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

BISP

We're eligible for BISP. I'll be receiving mine in June, and the tunggakan backdated to July 2008, hehehe. Actually supposed to get it earlier but due to some technical error, I'd be getting the whole lump sum next month.
If you haven't received yours, do fill up the form. You'd need to attach a copy of your SPM cert. It's not automatic- you need to apply for it. Just ask your school clerk, and ask your boss to sign the form.
It's 5% of your DG41 salary, or 10% of your DG29/DG32.

Monday, May 11, 2009

WAIT OR ACCEPT DG41 NOW

Hello, fellow Tesolians.
If you are already in your 10th year of service and are eligible to naik to DG32, then you should really consider applying for the time-based promotion to DG32 KUP before attending the interview, and accepting DG41 offer. There's a big jump in the salary scale from DG29 to DG32, then to DG41.
However, your pelantikan to DG32 should arrived before your pelantikan to DG41, or else you will lose in terms of salary. Check this out
But if your service is less than 9 years, then I personally think it's better for you to attend the interview and accept the DG41 offer.
Chai and I asked the officer at the frontdesk during our interview if it's ok not to apply for DG41 interview, and he said it's our choice. We can choose not to apply online for the DG41 interview yet [ask Boon Yew]. Because once we get the interview letter, we HAVE to attend it, otherwise our pengetua has to reply to KPM about our absence from the interview.And if we fail the first interview, we have to wait for another 6 months to one year for the next one.
Make wise decisions.
It's your future.
All the best :)

PENGECUALIAN KURSUS INDUKSI

Howdy!
You guys, ahhh.. ini nyonya sakit2 pun kena online gak, for your sake, dearie! Say thank you, kamsia kamsia...hehehe
Ni ha.. for you all who have received your Surat Tawaran ke DG41, I've found the website. Click here:
For you lazy ones, here's the whole article, read yourself, nohhh. Sorry for the poor arrangement, I just copy paste, hahaha.

Berikut adalah kategori calon yang boleh diberi pengecualian daripada menghadiri kursus induksi Sistem Saraan Baru/Sistem Saraan Malaysia apabila dilantik ke jawatan tetap Pegawai Perkhidmatan Pendidikan Siswazah Gred DG3/DG41.
Berdasarkan Surat Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam Bil. JPA 241/46 Jld. V (69) bertarikh 1 April 1993. Calon-calon yang boleh dikecualikan daripada menghadiri Kursus Induksi apabila dilantik ke jawatan tetap sebagai PPPS Gred DG3/41 adalah seperti berikut;

1.Guru PPPBS/LD yang dilantik dalam kategori B (skim JKK ’76) atau setaraf seperti B8,B9,C1, B10, T1, D3 yang telah mengambil dan lulus Peperiksaan Am Kerajaan (PAK) sebelum disahkan dalam jawatan sebelum ini.
2.Guru PPPBS/LD yang telah meningkat daripada kategori C8 (SPM) kepada B10 (STPM) mengambil dan lulus PAK sebelum tahun 1994; dan
Pengecualian (berdasarkan keputusan mesyuarat pada 16.8.1999 di antara JPA, KPM dan SPP,
2.1 PPPBS C8 yang meningkat ke B10 tetapi tiada PAK yang telah dilantik ke DG3 sebelum 16.8.1999.
2.2 PPPBS C8 yang telah lulus PAK walaupun tidak disyaratkan tetapi telah dilantik ke DG3 sebelum 16.8.1999.
3. Guru PPPBS/LD yang telah dilantik buat kali pertama selepas tahun 1992 dan telah menduduki Kursus Induksi Kumpulan I sebelum disahkan dalam jawatan.
4.Guru yang telah bertukar daripada skim perkhidmatan lain yang menguntukkan penyandangnya untuk lulus Kursus Induksi Kumpulan I atau lulus PAK sebelum disahkan dalam jawatan dan kemudian dilantik ke PPPS.
5.Guru yang telah meletak jawatan dan telah lulus dengan jayanya Kursus Induksi SSB apabila dilantik dalam jawatan yang memerlukan lulus kursus dalam kumpulan yang sama.

Walau bagaimanapun, pihak JPA melalui surat JPA 241/20/14 Klt. 83( ) bertarikh 23 Disember 2003 telah memutuskan bahawa Pegawai Perkhidmatan Pendidikan Bukan Siswazah C8 yang tidak meningkat ke skel gaji B10 dan telah lulus Peperiksaan Am Kerajaan yang kemudiannya dilantik sebagai Pegawai Perkhidmatan Pendidikan Siswazah Gred DG3 layak untuk dikecualikan dari mengikuti dengan jayanya Kursus Induksi bagi tujuan pengesahan dalam perkhidmatan sebagai PPPS Gred DG3/DG41.

Friends, I made a photocopy of myb sijil Kursus Induksi and attach it with my documents. Haven't sent, seems that my clerk needs to write a Surat Pengecualian Kursus Induksi for me and get it endorsed by the Boss.