i believe that if i dun respect time, time wouldn't respect me either :)punctuality is a virtue that i'm learning to acquire. to be on time for classes, on time for meetings and appointments, on time for gatherings... even getting up early in the COLD mornings (still working hard on that ;p).
for CMSA committee meetings, we have this 'siape-lambat-kena-bayar' (if-u-late-then-pay) thing. President late - 5 bux; sec or treasurer late - 2 bux; the rest - 1 buck. if you can't attend the meeting and did not inform beforehand - fined :)
it all voices down to respecting your time and also other people's time.
the same will apply for our main Malam meetings. at first i wanted to do it for the first meeting - however some of them apparently din get the notice about the meeting etc - so well - anyway, when we have our next main meeting - this will be implemented :)
same goes for myself - i told WY that whenever i have an appointment with her - if i am late - i will pay. just so that i will stop being late :) coz there are 10001 excuses to be late - and i think i've used them all up :p
i agree with what Ing Chia shared at the meeting the other day (paraphrased):
"not Malaysian time, but NZ time. be punctual! we all come here to learn something - and i'm sure one of them is to be a better person."
she's really firm on punctuality. i remember when she made the appointments with the various venues, she kept emphasizing on us to be on time - thanks to her advice - we surely were on time, and i know that it will also make a good first impression ;)
thanks Ing Chia for those words of wisdom! :)
thanks also to those who turned up early and on time for the meeting - i truly appreciate it.
as for Malam, we do hope to be able to start on time though it can be quite tricky. but i am sure our protocol team will be able to work out something with regards to time so that each second in Malam will be worth your money :)
till then, what are YOUR views on punctuality? would like to hear from YOU. do leave a comment or shout at the chatbox ;) cheers!
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I'm all for punctuality and making good use of the time. I don't like events that start later than advertised - it pisses me off and I avoid them.
By the sounds of things, you guys are heading the right way and I like the way you think.
hey thanks for dropping by and leaving comments.
it's good to know that there are people visiting this blog :)
thanks for the encouragement - i surely hope that we will be able to work out something with the time and all ;)
hope to see u at Malam! :)
Lets cultivate together! Start from us. =)
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