Norlinda attributed award to parents

By: SITI NURFARMY IBRAHIM, CORPORATE COMMUNICATION DIVISION

There was nothing more joyful for Norlinda Adsun than to have her parents witnessed her graduation but it was not to be because her father suffered from a stroke about a year ago and her mother had to take care of him in Kudat, Sabah.

Norlinda said fate had it that her farmer father, Adsun Santi, 69, and mother, Sinulihing Bahood, 55, could not come to see her receive her scroll and the Soho Niaga Excellence Award during the Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) 13^th Convocation Ceremony held at the Gambang Campus Sports Complex on November 10 and 11, 2018.

“I hope what I have achieved today will make my parents happy. I always pray that my father will fully recover and able to celebrate my graduation but fate has it and I have to accept it,” said Norlinda, the youngest child of four siblings.

Norlinda is a graduate of Bachelor of Project Management with Hons. with a CGPA of 3.72.

She is also the winner of UMP Calligraphy Competition (Non-Chinese Category) 2016-2017.

On her academic achievement, Norlinda said she would try to strike a balance between her studies and co-curriculum activities and that she would put her studies first if there were too many activities.

Norlinda, a recipient of Public Service Department Scholarship, also said she held on to this principle of ‘strive not to be a success but rather to be a value’.

She also said positive, constructive and happy environment were the best influences for success.

“To be successful, an undergraduate must be smart in maximising the opportunity available. Do not give up and always think on getting as much experience as possible,” she added.