Grief and Courage: Remembering a Special Daughter

By: Ayu Syahira Zaili, Jeredeana Fionna Lajanty, Muhammad Naim Muhamad Ali & Nur Farisa Nerina

Caring for Marisa is now on the shelves at major leading bookstores.
Photo: Facebook Caring for Marisa

The author has written a letter for her late daughter the book.

Learning that your child is terminally ill is one of the worst things for a present. It happened to Marhaini Mustaffa when she was told her daughter, Marisa, had an incurable brain tumour. At that time, Marisa was just for years old.

Exhausting all possible leads, Marhaini and her family made it her life's mission to help Marisa lead as normal a life as possible, even as Marisa's condition slowly worsened over the years. This story is now published in Caring for Marisa: A Memoir of Grief and Healing, written by Marhaini in remembrance of her spirited daughter.

Marhaini has written the trials and triumphs of her first born battling brain tumour.
Photo: Facebook Caring for Marisa

"I have known Marhaini for a long time, even before she was married," writes Dr Ali Azman Minhaj, from Subang Jaya Medical Centre, in the foreword. "And I have been Marisa's pediatrician since the day she was born. I remember her as a shy but always cheerful girl. And she stayed optimistic throughout her illness, which is very commendable and inspiring."

Remarkable, Marisa made it to her eighteenth birthday. She had lived much longer than anyone could have expected, getting into everything girls like her did as they grew up: social media, radio contests, Internet memes, American Idol and more. Despite her steadily deteriorating condition, she refused to be unhappy and stayed positive until the very end. Marisa had a life well lived, made possible by the unconditional love of a mother and her family.

Marisa Mazeed (centre), stayed optimistic throughout her illness.
Photo: Facebook Caring for Marisa

"The beautiful thing is that Marhaini does not wallow in depression," Dr Ali notes. "Instead, she quickly took action to find ways to deal with the situation. Support from members of her family was there all the way. The manner by which the whole family handled Marisa's illness and how they cared for her until the very end is something which many of us can learn from."

17-year-old invents newly improved flight recording device

Jeremiah Pate, 17 says the time is now to improve outdated cockpit technology.
Source: Arizona Council of Engineering and Scientific Associations

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Jeremiah Pate a 17-year-old pilot invents a flight recording device. 

The flight recording device also known as a black box Pate invented is able to compress data on board when something goes wrong. 

This technology inevitably saves cost when data transmits it all in one to ground control. 

Two years ago Pate was flabbergasted with the fact that man could not trace the unfortunate disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 but could send a Rover to explore planet Mars. 

Pate hopes unfortunate events such as the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 could be prevented with the addition of his improved black box invention. 

The high school senior is looking forward and believes that the aviation industry is in need for improvements.

15594 UiTM graduates expected to be in decent manner

By Nerina Rosli

Dewan Agong Tuanku Canselor is where UiTM Shah Alam graduates are expected to receive their degrees.

SHAH ALAM: The 84^th convocation for Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) will be hold throughout 23 April – 11 May 2017 nationwide.

The graduates are urged to act and dress appropriately in accordance to the ceremony to avoid any unwanted incidents.

Following to the past incidents that happen during convocation ceremonies, students have been acting inappropriately that had lead to academic suspension.

The families of students should also be aware about the rules and regulations so that they will be granted access to the ceremony.

“I expect students too mind their behavior and obey the dress code during the convocation,” Fateha Nur Azzahara Kamaruddin (left), 23, a linguistics student graduate.

“We do not want past incidents that involve disobeying the dress code and indecent behavior to happen again as this will disrepute the university”, she added.

Fateha has personally chosen a traditional baju kurung to be worn for her convocation day that will be held on Sunday and wishes for a smooth event.

Students and visitors can read the rules and regulations on the official university's convocation website at the dress ethics page.

Meanwhile, 75% of the graduates will receive their scroll at the UiTM Shah Alam campus.