Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Ceritera Wick-ed

Once upon a time...

(Iringan muzik pembukaan: irama bangsawan Melayu asli…)

Setelah genap sepurnama meninggalkan Istana Hinggap-Sini sepi tanpa sebarang tegur sapa, akhirnya lewat senja semalam menyaksikan kepulangan puteri-puteri yang asyik bercerita setelah lama berpergian sendirian.

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Kekanda, sudahkah kanda berbicara dengan adinda Puteri Bongsu?
Oh, adinda Puteri Tengah rupanya. Kanda baru sebentar tadi berbicara dengan adinda Puteri Bongsu..Ada apa adinda?
Tidakkah kekanda perasan, sementelah pulang dari Istana Inderaloka berjumpa pula Putera Yusof, adinda Puteri Bongsu berkelakuan pelik sekali nampaknya.
Hmm..pada penglihatan kanda tiada bezanya gelagat adinda kita.
Tapi kanda, bukankah suatu yang pelik apabila adinda Puteri Bongsu berkelubung kepala sepanjang masa? Sementelah pula hanya kita tiga bersaudara di Istana Hinggap-Sini ini…
Oh iya…., baru kanda perasan. Mengapakah itu wahai adinda Puteri Tengah?

JENG3x.....(music rising in tempo)

(Puteri Tengah membisikkan sesuatu di telinga Puteri Sulong)

Dinda..dinda.., membuatkan kanda teringat kenangan sewaktu kanda muda remaja dan berada di Negeri Tanah Serendah Sekebun Bunga dahulu. Semasa kanda menumpang kasih bersama rakan sepengajian di Istana Fanshawe-Salisbury, kanda pernah spontan bertanya pada Permaisuri Hala, “Apakah gerangan tanda di leher itu wahai Permaisuri? Gigitan serangga manakah yang menyerang di malam hari?”
Aduh, sungguh cetek pengetahuan kanda pada detik dan ketika itu…


Dinda, seharusnya kanda juga memohon ampun daripada adinda Puteri Bongsu kerana sebentar tadi mulut kanda terlalu lancang mengajukan persoalan tentang *tut!*…
Adinda pula janganlah berlengah-lengah lagi. Aturlah bicara dengan segera, beralas tutur kata, supaya duduk perkara ini jelas di pandang mata! Bukankah itu gerangan yang dipinta?
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And they live happily ever after.

P/s: Ahaks! This is what I called true fiction! Nothing to do with reality or tv series.


To be or not to be? (there 2row)
Pros:
Learn to apply case study technique in teaching & learning (I’m sorta used to do the simple version of this during my undergrad year– Business Econs with Corporate Finance, Managerial, Marketing Decision-making etc. papers – see that’s life before Econometric takes over!)
From Harvard Business School you!
By a Professor Nabil some more…(if Nobel Prize winner –lagilah argue no more)
And makan percuma mesti ada (kata orang pejabat)
Collected & read the case already – interesting!
Be in different routine/environment – stimulating academic discussion which will hopefully prod me further along the way.

Cons:
Where got extra time what with my thesis-writing (find out one tiny miserable mistake which sum up to major results revision yesterday), Korean series (have to let go if time not permitting), blahblah.
It’s for intended mostly for Business people ok – like MBA & DBA! Econ people have to stick to theory for old time sake. All those legal jargons regarding acquisition, contracts blahblah – I’m already thinking of instant headache! At least 2 pages dedicated in the case material’s appendices just to present the definition of ‘fraud’.
Parking. Big problem – going & coming back. Unless I consider utilization of ‘karki’?

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