BUKIT MERTAJAM, Sept 6 – The daughter of a carpenter makes the hardship of his father as a motivation to succeed her studies. Chiow Yi Han, 21, graduates in Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management said many difficult family life encouraged her to study hard with successfully achieved a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 3.95.
My father, Chiow Choong Heng is a carpenter and producing homemade furniture to support our family while my mother, Chen Tan Saw was selling roti bakar at the small stalls in coffee shop to sustain herself. Since the entry into PSP (Polytechnic Seberang Prai), I am determined to change our luck and there is only one way which is to study hard and gain success to get a good job.
She was speaking to the reporters on Saturday after receiving the Academic Excellence Award PSP curriculum at the convocation. Awards were presented by the Prime Minister’s Special Advisor for Northern Corridor Economic Region (ECER) Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman occasion of the 15th Convocation PSP here.
A total of 1,432 students received their diplomas certificate at a ceremony held for two days from yesterday. Meanwhile, another recipient of the Award for Academic Excellence Curriculum, Azyzul Jamingan, 25, said he was happy to be chosen to receive the award and hope that it becomes an example to the other three siblings. The eldest son said he was determined to succeed is to help ease the burden of families because his father and his mother who works full-time in homemaker.
“When feel stressed study time, I was going to sleep and when to wake up, I often forget about the problem and continued refresher as usual. I now work as a production designer in Simpang Empat, Johor and intend to pursue a long-distance (DE) after this,” he said after graduate Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Am.
