Saturday, 30th November, 2002

Met up with Ken anthis Subang Jaya office at about 12.30 p.m. Earlier, at about 10.30 a.m., there was a call from Stamford College at Jalan 223, saying that they would like me to come for inteview at 2.00 p.m. for the position of Principal of one of their campuses.

Talked to Ken about my dissatisfaction concerning UNITEM's efforts at marketing the e-commerce program. They have advertised in The Star once, but there have been some complaints that potential customers couldn't get through their central number. On top of that, they have not come up with a leaflet or pamphlet on the course other than a rehash of the information we gave in our proposal paper. We decided that to get the numbers, we need to get around and do our own marketing. To this effect, I managed to get a letter from Hari when I saw him yesterday that says that we've been given rights to do our own marketing for this course. Ken also told me that he would e-mail me a pamphlet design for the course that we can use in addition to the more detailed document based on our proposal which IPD prepared.

Also talked to Ken about Fujitsu's requirement to set up an e-commerce site. Told him that if he agreed to take on this project that he would have to be the "front man" and deal with Fujitsu as they know me over there. Mai told me of Fujitsu's requirements yesterday. I told him that on the website design and hosting portion, he would have to work with Zahir. He doesn't seem to have that problem and is keen to go ahead. I said I will get more info from Mai and set up a meeting between Fujitsu and him.

Arrived at Stamford College, Jalan 223 campus about 1.50 p.m. Was asked to sit in one of their consultation rooms and fill in the standard HR form for job applicants. Then Mr. Andrew Chew, the HR manager started interviewing me. He asked the standard questions mostly about my work experiences. Towards the end, a Mr. Lim, said to be the financial manager joined in the interview. They asked me whether I would give up my Bumiputra business should I be offered the job. I told them that I would ensure that whatever ventures I had with my company would not conflict with my job as Principal in terms of interest or time. They were adamant that I should concentrate my time fully to the job and I would not be able to be involved in any other ventures lest it be detrimental to the effective running of the job. The interview ended around 3.00 p.m.

After berbuka and Isya', all of us went to Jaya shopping complex to get some Starbucks coffee. Went home immediately after that.