A Personal Reflection Paper I wrote for my Special Topic Class (MCM1571).
Name : Muhammad Qomaruddin
Card Matric : MC06116
Origin : Semarang – Indonesia
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
A proverb says “ATTITUDE is a small thing that makes a big difference”. That is what I have experienced after joining the Special Topic class and be part of the committee in organizing a seminar. I am very proud of my lecturer, PM Wardah, who gave us a lot of motivation, and guided us through the whole process of organizing the seminar which we called ‘IT Security Awareness Seminar’. Her guidance was the major factor in making this a complete success, and there is no doubt about it.
Because, ever since the day we were assigned to organize the seminar, we have only one week to do the planning and preparation including drafting out all related tasks and activities for the seminar, inviting speakers, putting up advertisement, preparing drinks and souvenir/gifts and scheduling the tentative program. We were set a target of 50 audiences to attend the seminar. All these would not be executed smoothly and successfully without the guidance from our lecturer and also the professional attitude and high commitment shown by the committee members.
I am very proud of my fellow friends, and colleagues (Azhari, Syahriah, Dhaffer, Akmal, Rahdi, Farhan, Hor, Voo, Zhang and Isnaini) who have striven and worked hard to ensure the success of the seminar. Despite of the pressure of having big responsibility and high commitment, everyone has shown zestful and positive attitude in delivering their work. Your commitment shines your professionalism and your togetherness shows your solidarity attitude. It has been a great honor to be able to work side-by-side and hand-in-hand with each and every one of you
The most valuable lesson I’ve learned throughout this event; Experience is always the best teacher, because there is only one way where we can learn, and it’s through experience. We may fall and stumble along the way throughout our life, but the falls and stumbles will teach us to get up, walk and move on.
Throughout this event, not only I benefited from the experience of organizing a seminar, I also learned the importance of security awareness in ICT. I also get to improve my communication skills and learned how to interact effectively with different people of different background. I also get to understand one very important thing: to learn something, we have to do the hands-on.
Last but not least, I hope that there will be another event such as this in the near future, organized by the students of Special Topic class, but the improved version! Thank you.
Best regards,
Muhammad Qomaruddin
