A Nice Welcome To ALL JAD Students.

Assalamualaikum w.b.t and A Very Good Day to everyone of you, the students of JAD.

I take this ultimate pleasure to congratulate all of you who has managed to visit my blog. Also, I wish everyone of you a glittering success and hopefully, a bright future once you have completed your endeavour in Unisel and in respective universities in Japan.

Let me share with you one critical element when you have embarked in this JAD program. Either you have realised it or not, every JAD students are embarking on a ‘calculated risk’ process. What is a calculated risk? Come and let me show you. Success involves taking calculated risks. Risk taking does not mean gambling foolishly and behaving irresponsibly. People sometimes mistake irresponsible and rash behavior as risk-taking. They end up with negative results and blame it on bad luck. Risk-taking is relative. The concept of risk varies from person to person and can be a result of training. To both a trained mountain climber and a novice, mountain climbing is risky, but to the trained person it is not irresponsible risk-taking. Responsible risk-taking is based on knowledge, proper education, systematic training, careful study, confidence and competence which give a person the courage to act while facing fear. The person who never does anything makes no mistakes. However, he or she doesn't realize that not doing anything is his biggest mistake. Many opportunities are lost because of indecision. It is habit-forming and contagious. Take risks but don't gamble. Risk-takers go with their eyes open. Gamblers shoot in the dark.

Hence, studying engineering in a foreign language (Japanese) and in a foreign land (Japan) and within a foreign community (Japanese society) IS RISKY! But, students of JAD must take this risk as a calculated risk through proper planning, studying and managing the challenges carefully. As such, I would advise you to always plan well, consult the lecturers, continuously ask for guidance from the Al-Mighty Allah and with sincere hope that, when the day has arrived, you will graduate with flying colours.

In conclusion, I wish you all the best in the world. ‘Graduate and Contribute’. That is the motto I would like to share with you.

Thank you from my heart.

Abdul Shukor bin Abdullah

(dekanjad@gmail.com)