Hari Terbuka OUM - OUM Open Day

Inginkan sekeping ijazah tanpa meninggalkan kerja atau keluarga? Segala soalan anda akan terjawap bila anda menghadiri hari terbuka di semua pusat utama Open University Malaysia di seluruh Malaysia hujung minggu ini.

Di Ipoh, OUM Perak turut terlibat dalam menjayakan hari terbuka bagi memudahkan orang ramai terutamanya warga kerja dari seluruh Perak untuk hadir mendapatkan butiran lanjut mengenai program yang ditawarkan serta kaedah pembelajaran yang dijalankan.



Hari terbuka OUM Perak akan diadakan seperti berikut:

Tarikh: 5 Julai 2009 (Hari Ahad)

Masa: 9.00pg - 12.30tgh (Program Diploma/Ijazah Sarjana Muda)
2.00ptg - 4.30ptg (Program Pasca Ijazah)

Tempat: 71, Jln Lim Bo Seng (Berhampiran Hotel Grand View/Hotel Ipoh City)

OUM telah ditubuhkan pada tahun 2001 dan sehingga kini telah mempunyai lebih dari 85,000 orang pelajar yang kebanyakannya warga kerja. Kaedah pembelajaran yang fleksibel membolehkan pelajarnya tidak perlu meninggalkan kerja atau keluarga semata-mata untuk mendapatkan segulung ijazah.

Program BBA yang telah mendapat akreditasi penuh dari MQA

Juga program MBA telah mendapat akreditasi penuh MQA

Program-program yang ditawarkan kesemuanya telah mendapat kelulusan MQA (dahulunya LAN) dan daripada program tersebut 19 program telah mendapat akreditasi penuh serta mendapat pengiktirafan JPA.



Sukacita dimaklumkan bahawa bagi mereka yang berdaftar semasa hadir ke hari terbuka akan dikecualikan daripada membayar yuran permohonan. Pemohon juga akan diberikan rebat antara RM75 hingga RM150 bergantung kepada kursus yang dipohon. Sila bawa bersama anda 2 salinan kad pegenalan, sijil SPM/STPM/Diploma/Ijazah serta lain-lain dokumen akademik.

Location Map of OUM Perak

OUM juga ada menyediakan yuran khas dengan potongan yuran tiusyen sebanyak 75% untuk warga OKU serta mereka yang lahir sebelum 31 Ogos 1957.

Untuk keterangan lanjut, sila hubungi En. Ahmad Fahmi/Puan Murni di talian 05-2546006.

Pertandingan Bowling Terbuka OUM Perak

Sukacita dimaklumkan bahawa OUM Perak akan menganjurkan pertandingan Bowling Terbuka khas untuk para pelajar, tutor dan kakitangan OUM Perak.



Tujuan dianjurkan pertandingan ini adalah untuk memberi peluang pada para pelajar, tutor dan kakitangan OUM Perak untuk mengambil bahagian dalam aktiviti riadah sambil menjalin hubungan silaturahim.

Semua warga OUM Perak dijemput hadir.

Butirannya adalah seperti berikut:

Tarikh: 4 Julai (Sabtu)

Masa: 11.30pg hingga 3.30ptg

Tempat: Greentown Bowl (Greentown Mall, Ipoh, Perak)

Penyertaan: Percuma

Hadiah-hadiah menarik ada disediakan seperti berikut:

* Hadiah untuk pemenang tempat pertama hingga ketiga
* Hadiah untuk skor tertinggi Lelaki/Wanita
* Hadiah Saguhati penyertaan
* Cabutan Bertuah

30 penyertaan pertama yang diterima akan mendapat kemeja T secara percuma.

Tarikh tutup penyertaan: 30 Jun 2009. Untuk pendaftaran sila hubungi Puan Murni/Cik Erna/En. Shah di talian: 05-2546006

Students using Skype to contact their teachers for homework and lessons - Star

June 24, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR: School is out for a week but Form Five student Wong Voon Fei is hard at work, using Skype at home to contact his teachers for homework.

The student of Sri Cempaka International School in Cheras, which has been closed following two flu cases, is still attending classes via Internet.

Lessons as usual: Voon Fei discussing the school’s upcoming Fame musical with the head of multimedia Raphael through Skype. He also attends classes online through the Virtual Learning Environment platform. The school is closed for a week due to A (H1N1) cases.

“We are on Skype with our teachers to get our homework, which we have to do and submit by the due date.

“There is a timetable to follow, so I only chat on Skype with my teacher according to the subject period,” said Voon Fei at his home yesterday.

He was also online to discuss the school’s upcoming Fame musical with the head of multimedia, Raphael Hamzah.

However, a slow Internet connection prevented him from accessing the chatrooms on the school’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) for his history lesson.

“Today (yesterday) is the first time the whole secondary school is using the chatrooms, so there are connection problems but it will be fine on Thursday (today),” said Cempaka Group of Schools vice-chairman Dr Iskandar Rizal.

To solve the problem, he said, the teachers and students moved their chats to Skype yesterday while the VLE was used for uploading and downloading presentations, notes and information.

Sri Cempaka is the first school in the country to adopt a one-to-one learning environment, where each child has a laptop computer and is guided by the teacher via a laptop computer as well.

Some of the best chinese food in Ipoh

June 24, 2009

Discovering some of Ipoh's great food is part of my hobby. Of course Ipoh is well known for its delicious cuisine. People from as far as Hong Kong, Singapore, KL and Penang will make a trip to Ipoh over the weekend just to enjoy to good and cheap food in Ipoh. And here in the Star Paper,I have found some of the better ones:

Yum Yum Restaurant:
Add: 5, Persiaran Greenhill, 30300 Ipoh, Perak
Tel: 05-2537686


Yum Yum Restaurant started operations in 1991. The restaurant is best known for its Nyonya Cuisine although it also serves Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese cuisines. The most popular dish which one must try is the Mango Kerabu. The Siamese Laksa is a favourite amon patrons.


Sun Lee How Fook:
Add: 96, Jalan Raja Permaisuri Bainun (Jalan Kampar), 30250 Ipoh, Perak
Tel: 05-2533268


Sun Lee How Fook is a popular venue for those who want to hold wedding or multi-course dinners. This restaurant actually started in Kuala Lumpur before the owner decides to open other branches in other cities, which includes Ipoh as well. Prices are reasonable and they serve typical Cantonese dishes.


Restoran Foh San:
Add: 2, Jalan Dato Tahwil Azhar (Jalan Osbourne), 30300 Ipoh, Perak
Tel: 05-2540308 (Moving soon to Jln Leong Sin Nam - Grand Opening on July 2)


Restoran Foh San is famous for its dim sum delicacies. For those visiting Ipoh, having a hearty dim sum breakfast at this restaurant is a must. You'll be spoilt for choice as there are over 20 types of pau, fritters, and yong tau foo for you to choose from at this place.


Ming Court Hong Kong Tim Sum:
Add: 32, 34 & 36, Jalan Leong Sin Nam, 30300 Ipoh, Perak
Tel: 05-2557134


This is another dim sum spot that is popular among the locals - especially with the senior citizens. The restaurant is usually full in the morning as even office workers will stop by to have their meal before going off to work. Ming Court is said to be the direct competitor to Restoran Foh San.


Aun Kheng Lim:
Add: 24, Jalan Theatre, 30300 Ipoh, Perak
Tel: 05-2542998


If you like Chinese salt-baked chicken, then you need to give this place a try. The owner Lim Ming Teck came upon the idea of selling salted chicken after having one for his meal during his honeymoon trip to Hong Kong. The chicken that is prepared is tender and separates easily from the bones. However, this is only a take-away shop and there is no dine-in.


Kim Bali Restaurant:
Add: A11, Jalan Dato Tahwil Azhar, 30300 Ipoh, Perak
Tel: 05-2556861


Kim Bali Restaurant was formerly known as A-ssam House. This restaurant typically serves spicy Asian food which includes Malaysian cuisine, Nyonya cuisine, Indonesian dishes and Chinese non-spicy fusion food, among others. Even international film star Chow Yun Fatt has dropped by to savour their dishes when he was in town previously.

Govt aid extended to post-grads in private institutions - The Star

June 23, 2009 By FOONG PEK YEE

KUALA LUMPUR: Those doing Masters and Phd in all the 24 local private institutions of higher learning can now apply for Government financial aid from this month.

However, there are conditions.

An applicant must be unemployed, retrenched, without regular income or a fresh graduate.

Those doing Masters programmes will get RM10,000 and those doing PhD progammes will get RM20,000 respectively.

Prior to this, only the country’s 20 public institutions of higher learning and three local private institutions of higher learning were qualified for the aid.

The aid, part of the second economic stimulus package announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in March, would be opened to those who are below 45 (during the time of application) from now, compared to age 35 for applicants for Masters programme and 43 for PhD applicants.

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Norden, in a written reply to a question from Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting (BN Kulai), as to whether the Government would extend the aid to local institutions like Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, said the applicants would also need to have a CGPA2.50 now instead of CGPA2.75 initially.

There are 10,000 places for Masters and 500 for PhD. At the Parliament lobby, Deputy Higher Education Minister Dr Hou Kok Chung said 3,377 applications for Masters and 225 for PhD had been approved until this month.

Some World Records to share with

Here are some pictures on some of the "holders" of world records on their own merits:

Longest Hair:


Longest Beard:


Longest Finger Nails:


How about this:

Any man can be a Father, but it takes a special person to be called Dad

To all our learners, tutors and staffs, we wish you a blessed "Father's Day" and many happiness with your family members.



Brief historical background:

The idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909.

Having been raised by her father, William Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man. Sonora's father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father's Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910.

In 1926, a National Father's Day Committee was formed in New York City. Father's Day was recognized by a Joint Resolution of Congress in 1956. In 1972, President Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father's Day to be held on the third Sunday of June. So Father's Day was born in memory and gratitude by a daughter who thought that her father and all good fathers should be honored with a special day just like we honor our mothers on Mother's Day.

Today, Father's day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June each year.

Source: http://www.morning-glow.com/holidays/father/father.html