Tokoh @ selebriti yang berasal dari N9

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Nasimuddin Amin
Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin SM Amin merupakan seorang ahli perniagaan dan usahawan Melayu di Malaysia. Beliau merupakan Pengarah Urusan Kumpulan Naza yang ditubuhkan pada 1979. Beliau terlibat dalam pelbagai jenis perniagaan seperti perniagaan permotoran, hotel, perladangan, kejuruteraan, perkhidmatan pengangkutan, alat-alat mesin, pembuatan dan sebagainya.

Nasimuddin yang lahir pada tahun 1955 ini sentiasa berminat terhadap kereta dan industri automobil. Beliau belajar di Sekolah Menengah Tuanku Muhammad, Kuala Pilah, Negri Sembilan.
Padatahun 1974, ketika berusia 21 tahun, beliau menyimpan RM80,000dalamakaun bank hasil gaji sebagai pembantu bapa beliau yang bekerjasebagaikontraktor. Beliau memulakan perniagaan automobil dengan satuperuntukanPermit Import (AP) untuk mengimport kereta buatan asing.Beliau meraihhasil sejuta ringgit pertama beliau dalam masa setahun.

Hattan
Hattan atau nama sebenar beliau ialah Mohd Shukri bin Shahabudin merupakan seorang penyanyi solo, pelakon dan pencipta lagu di Malaysia. Lagu "Memburu Rindu" ciptaan M.Nasir telah menaikkan nama Hattan selaku penyanyi solo yang popular di awal tahun 1990.

Hattan dilahirkan pada 21 Disember 1964 di Seri Menanti, Negeri Sembilan. Sebelum bergiat aktif sebagai penyanyi solo Hattan pernah menganggotai Kumpulan FRU dan pernah merakamkan album yang berjudul "Kelahiran" pada tahun 1988.

Shuhaimi Baba
Shuhaimi Baba ialah seorang pengarah filem dan perunding skrip wanita yang berasal dari Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.

Nabil Raja Lawak
Ahmad Nabil Ahmad ialah seorang pelawak dan pelakon Malaysia yang terkenal semenjak menjuarai musim kedua rancangan realiti pencarian bakat komedi Raja Lawak, oleh itu beliau lebih dikenali sebagai Nabil Raja Lawak oleh orang ramai. Kini, beliau mengacarakan rancangan hiburan Studio Nabil dan Pondok-Pondok serta menglibatkan diri dalam lakonan filem dan siri TV tempatan.

Ibrahim Anon (Ujang)
Ibrahim Anon atau Ujang yang merupakan nama pena bagi seorang pelukis berbakat besar walaupun bertubuh agak sederhana kecil. Mula mencipta namanya di Gila-Gila dengan kartun loose Si Tenggang.Waktukartun beliau kelihatan agak kurang matang dan strokenya terlalusimple.Walau bagaimana pun, Ujang berjaya meyakin penerbitnya bahawakaryanyasuautu ketika akan diterima pembaca. Beliau telahmembuktikankegigihannya melalui watak-watak yang diciptanya melaluipengamatandunia kelilingnya. Watak-watak dalam dirinya diterjemahkandalam bentukvisual yang agak kartun tetapi menyentuh jiwa lewatkarya-karyanya Aku Budak Minang, Jibam, Aca, Atuk dan banyak lagi.

Setelahbetahun-tahun beliau menghilangkan diri daripada persadaseni ekorankekecewaan beliau terhadap masalah berkenaan karya intelekbeliau, kinibeliau menjelma kembali dengan semangat yang penuh membarauntukmengejutkan kembali kartunis-kartunis tanah air daripada 'tidur.'Beliauadalah seorang yang amat mementingkan keaslian 100% dalamsesuatu karyayang diterbitkan. Menurut beliau, fenomena para karyawandi Malaysiayang kebanyakannya meniru sedikit sebanyak kartun-kartundan komik-komikluar negara seperti Jepun, Hong Kong, Korea, AmerikaSyarikat,benar-benar mengecewakan beliau.

Tahun 2007 merupakan tahun kebangkitan semula 'Sifu Kartun Malaysia' ini. Bermula dengan usaha syarikat Creative Enterprise Sdn Bhd (CESB) yang telah memberikan hak kepada Jajja Production Sdn Bhduntukmengadaptasikan novel Jibam karya Ujang ke dalam bentuk filemyangmenjalani pengambaran sekitar bulan April 2007 dan bakalmenemuikaki-kaki wayang di Malaysia sekitar Disember 2007. Filem itudikenalisebagai "Jibam The Movie."

Selaindaripada itu, langkah-langkah giat ke arah menerbitkan Jibamsebagaisebuah animasi sedang dilakukan. Menurut laporan daripadasumber yangdipercayai, watak-watak animasi "Jibam" sedang dalam prosespembikinanoleh sebuah syarikat. Diharapkan "Jibam" akan meledakkanindustri kartundan komik di Malaysia pada suatu hari nanti denganpersembahan yangberwajahkan Malaysia.

Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak
Mohd Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak (lahir pada 3 Ogos, 1987 di Seremban, Negeri Sembilan) merupakan pemain bola sepak Malaysia yang kini bermain bersama Negeri Sembilan di Liga Super Malaysia. Dia merupakan anggota Pasukan bola sepak kebangsaan Malaysia. Dia juga merupakan abang kepada pasangan kembarnya iaitu Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak.

Aidil Zafuan merupakan produk Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil. Dia mula mewakili Malaysia ketika berusia 16 tahun. Ketika berumur 18 tahun, Aidil mewakili pasukan Negeri Sembilan untuk kejohanan Piala Presiden dan Sukan Malaysia (SUKMA). Pencapaian terbaik Aidil bersama pasukan remaja Negeri Sembilan ialah memenangi pingat emas Sukan Malaysia pada tahun 2004.

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Rais Yatim
Datuk Seri Utama Dr. Rais bin Yatim (lahir 15 April 1942) merupakan Menteri Luar Negara Malaysia dan bekas Menteri Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Warisan.

Dilahirkan di Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan. Pernah menjadi guru bahasa selepas tamat perguruan di Institut Bahasa Lembah Pantai pada tahun 1964. Melanjutkan pelajaran dalam bidang undang-undang di High University of Singapore dan menerima ijazah pertama pada tahun 1973. Memperolehi ijazah kedoktoran undang-undang dari University of London pada 1994.

Nubhan AF6
Ahmad Nubhan bin Haji Ahamad atau lebih dikenali sebagai Nubhan (lahir 2 April 1986) merupakan salah seorang pelajar Akademi Fantasia musim keenam yang menduduki tempat ketiga. Beliau berasal dari daerah Kuala Pilah di Negeri Sembilan.Beliau mempunyai suara yang merdu dan lunak. Selain itu jejaka yangmerupakan anak bongsu daripada lapan adik beradik ini juga tinggi danmempunyai wajah yang tampan.

  

Blues Gang
Blues Gang merupakan sebuah kumpulan penyanyi Malaysiayang mengenengahkan irama 'blues dan rock' yang segar dengan memasukkanunsur-unsur Malaysia seperti lagu Apo Nak Di Kato yang menggunakanbahasa loghat Negeri Sembilan. Pernah muncul di layar perak di dalam filem kontroversi arahan pengarah Nasir Jani, Kembara Seniman Jalananlebih kurang dua puluh tahun yang lalu. Kumpulan Blues Gang telahberpecah namun ahli-ahlinya masih lagi aktif di kelab-kelab malam disekitar ibukota.

Suki
Low Sook Yee (Cina Tradisional: 劉淑怡, Cina Ringkas: 刘淑怡, pinyin: liú shūyí) atau lebih dikenali sebagai Suki, ialah juara pertandingan One in a Million yang merupakan pertandingan realiti menyanyi pertama di Malaysia yang menawarkan hadiah sejuta ringgit kepada juaranya.

Pada pertandingan akhir pada 22 September 2006, beliau meraih 39% daripada undian penonton dengan persembahan lagu Berdiri dan Everything, lalu mengalahkan Muhammad Alif bin Mohd Satar dan Ahmad Faizal Tahir yang masing-masing meraih 27% dan 34% undian.

Beliau seorang berketurunan Cina yang berasal dari Seremban, ibu Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus. Beliau berusia 16 tahun ketika kemenangan beliau.

Bekas sekolah menengah beliau ialah SMK Methodist (ACS), Seremban (Tingkatan 1 hingga 3) dan SMK King George V, Seremban (Tingkatan 4 dan 5).

Za'ba
Za'ba (16 September 1895 - 23 Oktober 1973; nama penuh: Zainal Abidin bin Ahmad) merupakan seorang ahli bahasa yang telah banyak menyumbang kepada perkembangan bahasa Melayu.

Dilahirkan pada 16 September 1895 di Kampung Bukit Kerdas, Batu Kikir, Jempol, Negeri Sembilan, beliau telah khatam Al-Quran ketika berusia tujuh tahun, menghafal Surah Yassin dan berzanji.

Za'ba mulai bersekolah ketika berusia 12 tahun di Sekolah MelayuBatu Kikir. Tidak lama selepas itu, Za'ba bertukar ke Sekolah MelayuLinggi untuk pengajian Arab dan Islam lanjut. Pada 1915, Za'ba berjayatamat (Senior Cambridge), menjadi pemuda Melayu pertama dariNegeri Sembilan yang menamatkan tingkatan satu ke Senior Cambridgedalam tempoh enam tahun.

Za'ba mulai menulis dengan serius ketika berkhidmat sebagai guru sandaran di Johor Bahru pada tahun 1916.Rencana pertamanya berjudul "Temasya Mandi Safar di Tanjung Kling"telah diterbitkan dua kali oleh Utusan Melayu. Kelebihan Za'ba adalahkeupayaannya mengabung kesemua aspek dari bahasa, kesusasteraan, agama,ekonomi, pendidikan, dan politik dalam penulisannya. Dia turut tekunmenulis mengenai kemunduran orang Melayu yang menjadikan kerajaankoloni British syak. Sungguhpun aktiviti penulisannya ditahan, diakekal aktif. Ketika berkhidmat di Kolej Latihan Sultan Idris, Za'ba memusatkan usahanya menggabung tatabahasa Arab dan Inggeris ke dalam Bahasa Melayu dang menggunakan aturan tatabahasa tersebut dalam penerbitan buku teks sekolah dan bahan bacaan umum.

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sapo2 yg ado info tue bulih lah "up"kan kek sini

lotih den nak cari sensorang :kant:

sajo takdo kojo cari kojo

Syd

u ols,
buleh tak edit skit arrangement perenggan, word, spacing etc.. kasik cun skit..
pehtu, buleh taruk gambar sekali tak? baru laa lebih 'ampuh'
kekadang orang ingat2 lupa gitiew ropa2 dorang nehh

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u ols,
buleh tak edit skit arrangement perenggan, word, spacing etc.. kasik cun skit..
pehtu, buleh taruk gambar sekali tak? baru laa lebih 'ampuh'
kekadang orang ingat2 lupa gitiew ropa2 dorang ne ...
Syd Post at 10-12-2009 09:47

ok setel

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Profesor Datuk Dr. Mazlan Othman
Professor Datuk Dr. Mazlan Othman merupakan seorang pakar astrofizikwanita pertama di Malaysia. Beliau telah dilahirkan pada 11 Disember1951 di Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.

Beliau telah mendapatpendidikan di Kolej Tunku Kurshiah dan seterusnya melanjutkan pelajaranke University of Otago, New Zealand dalam bidang astrofizik. Kemudianbeliau berkhidmat dengan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) sebagaitutor pada tahun 1975. Beliau kemudian dinaikkan pangkat sebagaipensyarah setelah menerima Ijazah Kedoktoran dalam bidang astrofizikdaripada University of Otago pada tahun 1981.

Pada tahun 1990,Professor Datuk Dr. Mazlan Othman telah ditugaskan untuk mengetuaiBahagian Planetarium di Jabatan Perdana Menteri oleh Perdana MenteriDatuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad (sekarang bergelar Tun). ApabilaPlanetarium Negara dibuka pada tahun 1993, Professor Datuk Dr. MazlanOthman telah dilantik sebagai Ketua Pengarah di Bahagian Kajian SainsAngkasa, Kementerian Sains, Teknologi dan Alam Sekitar sehingga tahun1999.

Beliau kemudian telah dilantik sebagai Pengarah Hal EhwalAngkasa Lepas Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu (PBB) di Vienna, Austriaoleh Kofi Annan, Setiausaha Agung Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu(PBB) pada tahun 1999. Professor Datuk Dr. Mazlan Othman merupakanwanita kedua di dunia yang pernah memegang jawatan tersebut.

Beliaukemudian kembali ke tanah air atas permintaan Perdana Menteri, DatukSeri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad sebagai Ketua Pengarah Agensi Angkasa Negara(Angkasa) di mana agensi ini bertanggungjawab melahirkan angkasawanpertama Malaysia iaitu Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor.

Profesor DatukDr. Mazlan Othman kemudian dilantik kembali menjadi Pengarah Hal EhwalAngkasa Lepas Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu oleh Setausaha AgungPBB, Ban Ki-moon pada tahun 2007.

Sepanjang perkhidmatannya,Profesor Datuk Dr. Mazlan Othman telah dianugerahkan berbagai pingatantaranya Pingat Khidmat Cemerlang daripada Jabatan Perdana Menteripada tahun 1994, Anugerah Wanita Cemerlang Tan Sri Fatimah - Avon padatahun 1996, Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN) dan Ijazah Kedoktoran Sains dariUniversiti Otago pada tahun 1997, Anugerah Tokoh Emas daripadaPersatuan Murid-murid Tua Maktab Perempuan Melayu Kolej Tunku Kurshiahpada tahun 1998 dan Tokoh Saintis Khas daripada Centre for IntellectualPromotion and Technological Advancement (CIPTA) pada tahun 2003.

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General Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Hj Zainal

General Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Hj Zainal was born inKuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan on 26th August 1951. He attended hissecondary education at Boys Wing, Royal Military College (RMC) inSungai Besi. He then joined Officer Cadet training and was commissionedinto the Royal Malay Regiment (RMR) in 1971. His maiden posting was to3rd RMR as Platoon Commander effective 16th April 1971.


          Asan infantry officer, General Tan Sri Abdul Aziz has served in severalcapacities in RMR battalions reaching to the level of CommandingOfficer, and has held several key command and staff appointments invarious headquarters, departments and training establishments. Theseinclude Staff Officer 2 Human Resource in the Infantry Directorate,Army Headquarters and Chief Instructor of the Army Management School inPort Dickson. He was also assigned as Military Assistant to the Chiefof Defence Force in 1985. As a Colonel, he was appointed as Commandantof the Army Combat Training Centre, as well as Chief of Staff in theDepartment of Planning and Development. General Tan Sri Abdul Aziz is agraduate of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) Staff College and MAFDefence College. Upon promotion to Brigadier General in 1997, he wasmade Assistant Chief of Staff Operations and Training in the ArmyHeadquarters. Subsequently, he was made Commander of the 4 MechanisedBrigade from 1998 to 2000, and Chief of Staff of the Army Headquarters.His next promotion to Major General saw him taking over the post ofGeneral Officer Commanding 3 Division. He assumed command as Army FieldCommander in August 2003, and on 9 September 2004 was made Chief ofArmy. General Tan Sri Abdul Aziz was appointed as Chief of DefenceForce on 1st February 2007.


          GeneralTan Sri Abdul Aziz has diverse experiences at the international level.He was Assistant Defence Attache in Philippines from 1981 to 1983, andserved in NATO as the Malaysian Contingent Commander in BosniaHerzegovina from 1996 to 1997. He has also attended several courses andseminars overseas, such as the Battle Shooting Management Course in theUnited Kingdom, the Peace Support Operations Seminar in Victoria,British Colombia, and the Pacific Armies Management Seminars in Sydney,Tokyo, and Calgary. In 1996, he graduated with a Master's Degree inManagement from the Asian Institute of Management, Manila.


          Inrecognition of his distinguished service to the nation, he has beenconferred with numerous awards. Among them is the Darjah Panglima GagahAngkatan Tentera (PGAT) conferred by Seri Paduka Baginda Yangdi-Pertuan Agong XII on 15th November 2005 on the occasion of the 72ndAnniversary of the Malaysian Armed Forces. He was also conferred theDarjah Kebesaran Panglima Mangku Negara (PMN) (First Class), whichcarries the title Tan Sri, by Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan AgongXIII, Al-Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Ibni Almarhum Al-Sultan MahmudAl-Muktafi Billah Shah Al-Haj on 2nd June 2007.


          Apartfrom that, General Tan Sri Abdul Aziz has also received various awardsin recognition of his meritorious career. These include the "AsianInstitute of Management - Alumni Achievement Award" received on 3rdApril 2007 , and the "Old Putera Association of the Year Award" on 16thJune 2007 . He has also made significant contributions when he was atthe helm of the Malaysian Army amongst others introducing the Armymission and vision known as "2 10 + 10", and the "Balance Score Card"as an instrument to gauge performance, as well as writing a bookentitled, "The Marksman", which highlights the Army managementphilosophy.


          General Tan Sri AbdulAziz received the Honorary Doctorate Degree in Management from YABhg.Tun Chancellor of Universiti Tun Abdul Razak on 16th December 2007during its 7th Convocation Ceremony.

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Chef Ismail
Some people are borngreat, some are made.  Chef extraordinaire Ismail Ahmad is one who isnurtured by nature.  Born in Kampung Chengkau Hulu, Rembau, the youngIsmail Ahmad grew up in a laid back kampong where wild herbs and spicesgrew in abundance.  His curiosity and the fact that he was often askedby nenek to help in the kitchen familiarized him with the scents andflavours of spices and herbs, the essence of Malay cuisine.
                                     
Post school, he pursued his passion for the culinary arts by obtaininga diploma in Hotel Management and Catering course at the MaraUniversity of Technology, and another from the Hilton InternationalKitchen Apprenticeship Program.

Armed with the basic requisites, he stepped into the world of cookery,working for KFC holdings, teaching at Taylor’s College, and heading thekitchen at Restoran Yasmin, among others.
                        
Ismail reached a new milestone when he was asked to host a cooking showon RTM1.  One stint led to another and soon there was a string of shows– he was all over the Malaysian networks, and on Singapore’s too. Ismail caught the eye of government agencies on the lookout for peopleto promote things Malaysian.  What more charming spokesman forMalaysian food and cuisine than this charismatic and eloquent chef?
                        
Soon, he was enlisted as an ambassador for MATRADE to promote localcusine to countries like USA, Middle East and Europe. With the TourismMinistry, Ismail has thrilled cooking enthusiasts with demonstrationsin Japan, South Africa, Cambodia, and the United Kingdom.  Literallytaking the kampong to the world, his dishes have adorned the tables ofthe finest restaurants in France, England, and America.
                        
Chef Ismail has a restaurant – Restoran Rebung, owned by him and hispartner and pal, Malaysian astronaut, Dr Sheikh Muszapar ShukorAl-Masri The restaurant serves kampong styled food in a kampong settingand is a hit with urban dwellers with a yen for a taste of home.  Fameand fortune have not affected Chef Ismail.  If anything, it hasempowered him with the resources and the means to fulfil his calling –to protect the charms of the kampong against the ravaging tide ofmodernity.  Those who have savoured his cooking have something tocherish forever.

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Sheikh Muszaphar

Walaupun dilahirkan di Petaling Jaya, calon angkasawan negara, DrSheikh Muszaphar Shukor, 36, berbangga melihat sebahagian dirinyasebagai anak Negeri Sembilan kerana dibesarkan di Rasah.

"Sayamenerima pendidikan awal di Sekolah Kebangsaan St.Paul dan sangat aktifdi sekolah sebagai ketua pengawas, pembahas, serta bidang kokurikulum,"katanya kepada pemberita pada Program Angkasawan Bersama PelajarSekolah Menengah Sains Seremban.

Program itu dianjurkan olehKementerian Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi, dan melibatkan dua buahsekolah iaitu Sekolah Menengah Sains Seremban dan Sekolah MenengahDato' Abdul Razak.

"Walau sejauhmana saya pergi hingga keangkasa, saya akan kembali ke tempat asal saya, negeri yang sentiasa dihati ini," kata Dr Sheikh Muszaphar, seorang pegawai perubatan diHospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

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Fadzlun
MEMULAKAN karier sebagai atlet bola jaring, Fadzlun Abas, 26 kinimencipta nama dalam bidang peragaan. Dia mula dikenali ramai selepasaktif dalam sukan, kemudian sebagai model dan sekarang banyak terlibatdengan peragaan di peringkat antarabangsa.

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NAMA PENUH: Sari Yanti Mohamad Nazari

TARIKH LAHIR: 9 November 1984

ASAL: Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan

KELUARGA: Anak kedua daripada tiga beradik

PENDIDIKAN: Diploma Perniagaan dari Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten)

KOMERSIAL: Hotlink, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), ****x, Parmolive dan Sunsilk

DRAMA: Kisah Kaisara 1, 2 & 3, Sofea Zahra, Lima, Gadis Merah Jambu, Secebis Doa, Cempaka Aleesya dan 3 Dara Latah

FILEM: Impak Maksima dan Hooperz

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Nurul Syuhada Nurul Ain Mohd Zain


Nama: Nurul Syuhada Nurul Ain Mohd Zain
Usia: 22 tahun
Tarikh Lahir : 29 November 1984
Zodiac : Sagittarius
Asal: Seremban,Negeri Sembilan
Tempat Tinggal : Kuala Selangor, Selangor
Personaliti :Adventurous
Minat : Scuba diving,Swimming,Shopping,Travelling,Cooking & Hosting
Buku Kegemaran : Oceanography
Movie Kegemaran : Tomb Rider,LOTR & Finding Nemo
Musik Kegemaran : Apa Saja
Tv Show Kegemaran : 3R, Sinchan, Powerfuff Girls, Meteor Garden
Akademik: Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains Marin dari
Kolej Universiti Sains & Teknologi Malaysia [KUSTEM] (Sains Marin)
Adik-beradik: Tiga Orang (Perempuan tunggal)
Tinggi: 167 sm

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Pengasas Sekolah Cempaka


THE ACCIDENTAL EDUCATOR

Some 26 years ago, Datin Freida Pilus single-handedly set the trend for private school education as a force to be reckoned with, VIMALA SENEVIRATNE writes

DATIN Freida Pilus is a one-woman revolutionary squad when it comes to matters regarding education. This trailblazer defied conventional wisdom 26 years ago by setting up her own private school, the Sri Cempaka school, to educate her sons.

ow, she’s concentrating all her energy on her new baby — the Cempaka International Ladies College (CILC), the country’s first all-girls boarding school located at Enstek Technology Park, near KLIA, which opened a month ago.

“This feels like an answered prayer, I have finally become a mother to not one or two, but 19 young girls,” she says laughing out loud.

“Just the other day, I got so excited looking at the dainty pink, mauve, baby blue and lilac slippers, belonging to my girls, all placed neatly in a row outside the room. I actually snapped a photo of it!”

Impeccably dressed in a rich purple and black striped jacket worn over black pants complete with a colourful silk scarf round her neck, the petite 62-year-old educator catches her breath and continues, “After living with six men — husband and five sons — for more than 30 years and seeing dirty socks, muddy football boots, sweaty T-shirts and boys’ stuff all over the house, believe me, you will get excited over pink and mauve slippers.”

Freida, now the mentor of Cempaka Schools, is one of two women in the running for the 2009 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (women’s category) award. She was the founding chairman of the Cempaka Schools and regarded by many as an authority on private school education.

Freida, born and bred in Negri Sembilan, recalls with amusement when she was told by an official in the Ministry of Education that she had to wait until her boys were at least six years old to enroll in a normal school.

“I wanted to enroll one of my boys, then aged five, because he has an IQ of 176. But he had to be six or more join the normal school. There was no provision for intelligent kids.

“I wanted them to have a holistic learning experience — challenge the mind, strengthen the body, nurture the soul. That’s what education is about, not just memorise facts and figures and pass exams. So I took matters into my own hands and did something radical. I started my own private school.”

Making hard decisions was always a feature of Freida’s life. Converting a room in a bungalow in Damansara Heights into a class room, the linguistics graduate quit her job in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, rolled up her sleeves and took on the role of being a teacher to her sons and a handful of other children.

Little did she realise that her act of taking control of a neglected segment of the education industry by its scruff would eventually transform private school education into a thriving industry.

The six Cempaka schools have now become a recognised pathway to the finest universities in the world.

For Freida, who calls herself an accidental educator, the Cempaka group of schools is not just her business, it is her life, her vocation and she makes no apology that that she is totally driven when it come to matters of education.

“We have set a benchmark. I have always believed that academic excellence should exist alongside, and not in place of, a happy and enjoyable school life — busy, productive and above all, meaningful.

“I can confidently say that if I throw them in a desert, an oasis will sprout,” says Freida.

As a little girl, Freida used to wear her mother’s baju kebaya and high heeled shoes to play teacher with her friends. “My siblings used to say that all my friends would bolt from my make-believe classroom because I was such a fierce teacher,” she says bursting into infectious laughter.

Her parents, she says, were her mentors. From her policeman father, Datuk Mohd Pilus Yusoh who passed away last year, she learnt to stand up for what she believed in. “He was a very forthright person who had no tolerance for injustice. It was also from him that I learnt to think on my feet. Mum, who is 86, is a gentle person, fussing over us with our best interests at heart. Now you know why I too fuss over my students like a mother hen,” she says.

One challenge she faces is in rebuilding the image of the teaching profession. She is toying with the idea of setting up a training institute for teachers. “There was a time when teaching was a noble profession and I would like to bring it back to that level — change the mindset of teachers, retrain them.”

A consumate educator, she believes in instilling reading as a habit in all her students. Last Thursday, the students in the whole group of Cempaka schools read together for 2009 seconds. Similarly, for next year, the year 2010, it will be for 2010 seconds.

Last month, her eldest son, a doctor, quit his job to take over her position as chairman of Cempaka schools so that Freida can concentrate on the boarding school.

“He has moved from mending bones to mending minds. And he is enjoying it thoroughly. Now I can fully concentrate on the boarding school. I’m looking forward to staying with the girls as soon as my apartment at the campus is ready in a month or so.” In January the number of students is expected to hit more than 100.

Is there ever a time when she is not thinking about work? “Yes, last year I went diving in the Maldives. The underwater world is awesome and swimming with all those colourful marine fish is a wonderful experience,” says Freida.

What about retirement? She laughs. “Are you kidding? I am thoroughly enjoying what I’m doing. I get involved in the school kids’ activities — dance, music, theatre, community work, organic gardening. All these things rejuvenate, energise me. For me, education is an ongoing process, till the day you die you are still learning. There is still too much to be done for me to call it a day.”

ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD

DATIN Freida Pilus and Kirpal Kaur are the only women nominees for the 2009 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award programme was created in the US in 1986 to honour entrepreneurs who have created and sustained successful, growing businesses. The programme is now held in 50 countries with awards presented to over 900 of the world’s most successful and innovative entrepreneurs.

In Malaysia, the programme was launched in 2002. The categories are Emerging Entrepreneur, Technology Entrepreneur, Master Entrepreneur and Woman Entrepreneur.

Finalists are assessed are judged on their entrepreneurial spirit, company’s financial performance, strategic direction, global impact, innovation, personal integrity and influence.

Winners of the national Entrepreneur Of The Year awards from around the world are invited to the World Entrepreneur Of The Year Award celebration which will take place in May 2010 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Syd

isskkk..
tangan aku geram2 jerk..
korang sibuk tepek infor gambar
aku plak 'menggigil2' tahan jari jgn 'tulis gosip' pasal dorang...
adehh.. pls help me...

nur82

how about...zaitun sameon.....
aziz singah...(rasa ea btul dah nama nie...)
azura aziz.....
mintak maap TT....sekadar mencalunkan nama jer...nak cari info mcm TT den ni malehh....

tenuk_belang

how about...zaitun sameon.....
aziz singah...(rasa ea btul dah nama nie...)
azura aziz.....
mintak maap TT....sekadar mencalunkan nama jer...nak cari info mcm TT den ni malehh....
nur82 Post at 10-12-2009 21:34

takpo
kok esok2 rajin tepek kan yo kek sini

tenuk_belang

NAMA SEBENAR: Dr Ahmad Fadzli Datuk Yaakob

TARIKH LAHIR: 18 April 1978

TEMPAT LAHIR: Seremban, Negeri Sembilan

PENDIDIKAN: Sarjana Muda Perdagangan danPentadbiran di Victoria University Of Wellington, New Zealand, SarjanaPentabiran Perniagaan (MBA) di Oxford Business College, PHD PentadbiranPerniagaan (DBA) di European Business School dan sedang mengikutipengajian dalam Sarjana Muda Perundangan di University Of London.

PROFESION SENI: Komposer, penyanyi, pelakon, pengacara, penulis

PROFESION TETAP: Naib Presiden/PengarahEksekutif Putrade Property Management, Kuala Lumpur, Pengarah UrusanSeri Anjangsari Production, Pengarah Eksekutif Fazley InternationalCollege dan Pengarah Eksekutif Fazley International Cosmetic

PROFESION SAMPINGAN: Penceramah motivasi bebas dan penulis motives ibebas

STATUS: Berkahwin

ALBUM: Asmara Ini (2001), Seribu Kemaafan (2002), Cerita Asmara (2003) dan Lain (2006).

FILEM: Gerak Khas The Movie II (2001), Janji Diana (2002) dan Gila Bola (2003).

DRAMA TV: Sembilu Kasih

PENGACARA: Apa Kata, 3 Hari 2 Malam, Breakaway Destinasi, Ritma Menara dan Akseso.

mynameisdot

datuk mokhtar selat

mea_carina

DATIN ROSMAH MANSOR..

eh dr fadzli nie org somban ko?bkn bini e yg org somban kan..

MetalFire

pazli??? org kampung den ke?

rosmah tu kekdahnye da terbuang khenn??

pelakon pon ramai lagi... kaza,ebby yus.