INSPIRING STORY:People Who Changed the World

TAN SRI TONY FERNANDES

Introduction - Nevettha

     

Tan Sri Anthony Francis "Tony" Fernandez, CBE (born 30 April 1964) is a Malaysian entrepreneur. Fernandez was born in Kuala Lumpur on 30 April 1964 to an Indian father and a mother of mixed Indian (Kerala Malayalam) and Asian-Portuguese (Kristian) descent who had been raised in Malacca, during his young age he follows his mother who sold Tupperware at Tupperware parties .”The Alice Smith School in Kuala Lumpur was the placed where he was educated. At around 1977 to 1983 about starting at age 12, he studied at Epsom College boarding school in England and he was matriculated the London School of Economics and graduated with degree in accounting. He is the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd., who introduced the first budget no-frills airline, Air Asia, to Malaysians with the tagline "Now everyone can fly". Fernandez managed to turn Air Asia, a failing government-linked commercial airline, into a highly successful budget airline public-listed company. He has since founded the Tune Group of companies. 

Mr Fernandez bought Air Asia from a Malaysian government-owned company in September 2001 for a mere 25 pence. “When the music business failed to embrace the internet, I thought it was game, set and match for the industry and I quit," he recalls. But he had no experience of running an airline. “It really was a little bit of stick your finger in the air and hope for the best. But we were good marketing people from the music business… we just went out there and felt the market and said if you halve the fare, there's a huge enormous untapped market. “Air Asia was heavily indebted at the time. Fernandez set about reforming the airline as a short-haul low cost carrier, similar to those operating in the West. The decision revolutionised short-haul flights around Asia and Fernandez saw his business expand rapidly. The company grew from two planes in 2002 to a fleet of 86 aircraft flying 30 million people around the world.

He was also instrumental in lobbying the then-Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad in mid-2003, to propose the idea of open skies agreements with neighbouring Thailand, Indonesia, and Singapore. As a result, these nations have granted landing rights to Air Asia and other discount carriers. As of February 2014, Forbes Asia valued Fernandez' net worth at $650 million, ranking him at number 28 on the Forbes list of Malaysia's Richest.

Career

He worked very briefly with Virgin Atlantic as an auditor, subsequently becoming the financial controller for Richard Branson's Virgin Records in London from 1987 to 1989.Fernandes was admitted as Associate Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in 1991 and became Fellow Member in 1996. He is currently a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).Fernandes was formerly a Warner Music executive in Malaysia.[12] He was the South East Asian regional vice-president for Warner Music Group from 1992 to 2001.When Time Warner Inc announced its merger with America Online Inc., Fernandes left to pursue his dream of starting a budget no-frills airline.In September 2001, Fernandes purchased AirAsia and became its chief executive. 

OTHER VENTENTURES - Ahpiramii

In 2007, Fernandes started a hotel chain, Tune Hotels, based on the no frills concept. It has properties in Britain, Australia and the Far East.As of 2013, Fernandes is also involved in a reality TV series: The Apprentice Asia is an Asian reality game show in which a group of aspiring young businessmen and women compete for the chance to work with Fernandes, who also serves as the host of the show.In March 2012, Tony Fernandes served on the International Advisory Board of Global March to Jerusalem, which aims to "mobilize the international community in solidarity with Palestinians and to protect Jerusalem." A Joint Statement was issued, signed by the various members of the Board, including Fernandes. 


Caterham Group 

Fernandes is the founder of the Caterham F1 Formula One team, which began racing in 2010 as Lotus Racing and raced in 2011 as Team Lotus. On 2 July 2014, Caterham F1 was sold to a Swiss and Middle Eastern consortium.On 16 December 2009, Fernandes accepted a "challenge" from Richard Branson, a fellow airline boss and the owner of Lotus' fellow F1 newcomers Virgin Racing. The losing team's boss would work on the winner's airline for a day dressed as a stewardess. Fernandes joked "The sexier the better. Our passengers will be delighted to be served by a Knight of the Realm, but knowing Richard, the real challenge will be to prevent him from asking our guests 'coffee, tea or me?' That would be scary. In addition, the team produced a poster depicting Branson in an Air Asia uniform. However, the date of the flight was delayed several times: first because of Branson breaking his leg, then because of the royal wedding, finally because of a fire at the Necker Island. On 19 December 2012, Fernandes announced that Branson would honour his bet in May 2013. Branson ultimately honoured the bet on 13 May 2013. 

Caterham Racing, also created by Fernandes, competes in the GP2 Series.On 27 April 2011, Fernandes announced that his company had purchased Caterham Cars. EQ8 is a natural energy drink and the first FMCG product from Fernandes and his business partner Kamarudin Meranun. EQ8 is also the Official Drink of Caterham F1.


Football Fernandes is a fan of English club West Ham United and was involved in talks regarding a potential takeover of the club back in May 2011, at which stage it looked as if he was going to acquire a 51 per cent stake in the club. Former West Ham chairman Andrew Bernhardt even flew to Kuala Lumpur to try and finalise the deal, but the two parties failed to agree on the price. It was just one month later when Fernandes made another offer to buy 51 per cent of the club, although co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold rejected his bid. Sullivan told the London Evening Standard: "He wanted 51% of the club for two bob." Sullivan's comments started a war of words on Twitter. 

"It was a good offer with good money and brought in good people," said Fernandes. "Gold and Sullivan can say whatever they want. I have been a lifelong fan and would have brought good money, good ideas, new people and a new belief. As for PR stunts. Wow. They are always in the press making huge claims. Were we not supposed to be in Europe. Now we have been relegated. Two sacked managers. All good players will be sold. No new training ground which is the most important ingredient I feel. Look at how many injuries we have. And more investment into the academy.

Tony Fernandes' seat at Loftus Road 
On 18 August 2011, just three months after Queens Park Rangers' promotion back to the Premier League following a 15-year absence, Fernandes was unveiled as their majority shareholder, having bought Bernie Ecclestone's 66% stake. He was also named as chairman of QPR Holdings Ltd.Everyone knows I've followed West Ham all my life but I've always had a soft spot for QPR. Rangers were one of the first teams I watched as a child at Loftus Road. I've always wanted to be involved in football and the appeal of a London club, like QPR, was too good an opportunity to turn down. 


Tony Fernandes, August 2011 

While Neil Warnock remained as the club's manager for their return to the top-flight, a run of eight Premier League games without a win eventually led to his sacking.Mark Hughes was quickly named as his replacement, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal in the process. Despite their new manager, QPR's poor run of form continued, which left them fighting for Premier League survival on the final day of the 2011-2012 season. Relegation rivals Bolton Wanderers needed a win to have any chance of survival, but could only muster a draw with Stoke City, meaning QPR were safe, despite losing 3-2 to Manchester City after Sergio Agüero's injury-time winner - a goal which stole the Premier League title from arch-rivals Manchester United on goal difference.

Mark Hughes led the club into the 2012-2013 season, but after just four points from 12 games and without a single win - one of the worst starts in Premier League history - Fernandes gave Hughes his marching orders. Fernandes hired former Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp on 24 November 2012, but even he was unable to solve QPR's problems. Following a goalless draw with relegation rivals Reading on 28 April 2013, both teams were relegated to the Championship.

The key of Tony Fernandes’s successful – by Rohani

   Dato Tony Fernandes is one of the most successful and influential businessman in this century.  His successfulness in leading the business has no doubt in influencing people and the new generation. One of his key to be successful is that he learnt not only about business but he also good at financing. Dato Tony Fernandes is an accountant by training at good at numbers. He studied at London School of Economics and worked as the financial controller of British tycoon Richard Branson’s Virgin Records in London. He says that people do not need to be accountants but it is enough to have good understanding about accounting and finance.

   Moreover, Dato Tony Fernandes has a strong determination whereby during a speech at the Sabah International Business Luncheon Talk 2012, he was quoted by the Borneo Post as he said nothing is impossible to achieve as long as there is determination. He turned around an unprofitable and small airline company with only two airplanes for 12 years. Other than this, one of the biggest key of successful is, Dato Tony Fernandes is not afraid of being a failure. He rather failed than not trying anything new. To him, trying and get failed is better than not to try but just give up because failure will always give a person a chance to improve.

   Beside than this, Dato Tony Fernandes considered the employees as his key assets. One of his strength is his caring and encouragement good employees. He sees the people as the “key assets” of any business and hopes to develop their full potential as future entrepreneurs, passions and to achieve their dreams. His business has no limits and he look for brilliant ideals from his workers. On the December 2012, he gave 263 Chopard watches which cost for 5 million ringgit as gifts to 263 staff members who have been loyal with the company for 10 years. In additional, after the hurricane Yolanda destroyed Tacloban City, Dato Tony Fernandes reportedly sought out one of his employees whose home was wiped out during the disaster and will help to rebuild the house.

   Furthermore, the great man also believes in using advance technology for his business because it will be convenient to everyone especially his customers to access to the website from AirAsia.com which has made the airline brand published into worldwide. Last but not least, Dato Tony Fernendes have a bold vision, global and long-range vision for his various companies because since he was young he had these three dreams that he wanted to achieve which are running an airline, owning an English football club and owning a Formula One racing team.

                                   

Tan Sri Tony Fernandes Contributions – by Ahpiramii

Tan Sri Tony Fernandes contribution to aviation industry

AirAsia group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes has been conferred with an award by the French government for his contribution to the Malaysian aviation industry and economy. Fernandes received the Com­mander of the Legion d’Honneur award from French president Francois Hollande during a ceremony held at the Elysée Palace here yesterday.The Malaysian corporate captain said it was truly an honour to be conferred the award, adding that he was “humbled” by the recognition.


“Aviation is an important industry that not only contributes to the economy of countries, but also provides jobs, connects communities and enhances livelihoods.“As the group CEO of AirAsia, I am proud that we have positively contributed both directly and indirectly towards many people’s lives,” he said. The Legion d’Honneur award was started by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802 to recognise outstanding service of individuals to France, with the Commander of the Legion d’Honneur being the highest rank of honor that the French government can award to a non-French citizen. Fernandes was previously conferred the Officer of the Legion d’Honneur award by the French Government in 2010.


Moreover, the AirAsia Group operates an all-Airbus fleet, which has contributed significantly towards French and European economies via the European-owned and Toulouse-based company. It has firm orders of 475 Airbus A320s for AirAsia, and 25 Airbus A330-300 and 10 Airbus A350-900 for AirAsia X.

Tony Fernandes recognised for his contribution to the growth of Asean and U.S.-ASEAN relationship

The US-ASEAN Business Council with the Fourth Pillar Award has been recognized Tony Fernandes who is a co-founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia for his extraordinary contribution towards the growth of Asean and the U.S ASEAN relationship.The award was presented by Mr. Keith Williams, President & CEO, UL LLC and Chairman, U.S.-ASEAN Business Council to Tony Fernandes, making him the second recipient after the Administration of U.S. President Barack Obama. The ASEAN Economic Community Conference 2016 dinner reception was held in San Francisco with key business leaders and government officials from across ASEAN and the U.S. in attendance. 

In addition, the ASEAN charter speaks to a community comprising three pillars which are political security, economic and socio-cultural. The Fourth Pillar Award is presented to a person or organization representing the “fourth pillar”, a person that has made an extraordinary contribution towards the growth of ASEAN as well as fostering better U.S.ASEAN relationship, effectively making the foundation of ASEAN stronger through their focus and involvement. Moreover, Tony Fernandes, who is also a member of the ASEAN Business Club Advisory Council said that , “The theme of this conference – Asia’s Best Kept Secret: The ASEAN Economic Community – says it all. ASEAN is a dream and if we put the ASEAN people first, who knows what we can achieve. When you combine all ten member countries into a single market and production base, you are tapping into a community of over 600 million people. The potential this region holds is immense, and as a truly ASEAN brand, we will continue to lobby and spearhead ASEAN integration, especially but not limited to the aviation, travel and tourism industries.”

“I believe it is time for ASEAN to take a bold step towards commonality and standardization. There is an urgent need of one ASEAN regulator to ensure a unified ASEAN standard. The current process of relying on consensus that requires approval from all 10 countries should be reviewed so important initiatives move forward. ”It is a true honor to be recognized by the U.S.ASEAN Business Council for what we have done as an ASEAN brand, but there is much more to do. Our hope is for all ten member countries’ governments to come together as harmonization allows for more efficient use of resources, achieve better economies of scale, contribute towards the reduction of unit costs and lead towards faster growth for the region,” added Fernandes.

Besides that the AirAsia Group, led by Tony Fernandes and partner Datuk Kamarudin Meranun has grown into an ASEAN powerhouse with operations connecting all ten ASEAN member countries in addition to providing one of the widest route network across Asia, Australasia and beyond via its long-haul operations.

In conclusion, the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, founded in 1984, is the premier advocacy organization for U.S. corporations operating within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The Council works to elevate the importance of U.S.-ASEAN economic relationship to American and ASEAN public policy makers and business leaders. The Council works across all ten member countries of ASEAN, representing 152 major U.S. corporations.

 

The features that have been used by Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, AirAsia - by Syarmin

               

There are many features that have been used by Tan Sri Tony Fernandez. One of the features is failure is an option. An entrepreneur will definitely have ups and downs in their respective fields. It is also facing faced by Air Asia CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandez. On December 28, 2014, he received the sad news to learn that one of the QZ8501 AirAsia plane has crashed and crashed on the Selat Karimata, Indonesia. A total of 162 people were on the plane and all were killed. This perception is very disappointing when people started to say Air Asia is the cause of this incident and they look down on this company.

However, for Tan Sri Tony Fernandez, this is not a failure for everything. He was patient in the face of this tragedy and try to take steps to compensate the victims of accidents. Victim not only of citizens of Indonesia, but also from other countries such as South Korea, France, Malaysia, Singapore and the United Kingdom. During the investigation, the body of the aircraft inspected every corner and find the cause of this accident. Many countries sent help search the wreckage and victims. Heirs of the victim also constantly told info on the latest news regarding the case. Therefore, there are many ways of settlement made by the CEO of AirAsia managed to return after receiving a problem.

In addition, it is evident that this feature is that failure is an option is true and Tan Sri Tony Fernandez himself has experienced it. He has the right to practice and do not choose failure as an option. But he has chosen to avoid such failures. After the incident, he sent each of its subsidiaries to check the aircraft before take-off and step up security and passenger aircraft. It is undeniable that he suffered great loss, but this is a lesson for him and others to be more careful and more sensitive in the future 

Besides that, the feature that have to Tony Fernandez is a risk taker. Taking a risk means the risk is likely to open will suffer a loss or profit. Many studies have found a tendency to take risks is part of the personality traits of successful entrepreneurs. Every business whether big or small business will take the risk to get the voucher as well as a change in the business further. However, this opens the risk should be carefully planned and safe and need to be balanced with the knowledge and understanding so that they do not pose risks to the business problem.

As examples of entrepreneurs who practice this feature is Air Asia, led by Tony Fernandez. He is also known as Tony Fernandez is an entrepreneur and founder of "Tune Air Sdn Bhd," which introduced a cheap flight to Malaysians with the tagline, "All were able to ride an airplane". Fernandez achieved fame when she was recovering from an airline Air Asia is back to an excellent public company.

Moreover, Air Asia used to be a company set up by DRB-Hicom, a Malaysian government conglomerate, has experienced difficulties due to the debt burden is too high. Tan Sri Anthony Francis Fernandez was taking a risk by buying the company at a price of ringgit and had debt of approximately RM 40 million and only has two Boeing 737-300 airplanes used, only fly to one destination, carrying 250,000 passengers a year and has only 250 employees.

But after 9 years the company has been led by Tan Sri Anthony Francis Fernandez, Air Asia now worth nearly RM 4 billion, a profit of RM549 million, has over 85 Airbus A320 and A330, flew straight through more than 130 routes to 70 destinations worldwide, flown over 20 million passengers a year and now has more than 8,000 employees in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. This led the company among the biggest competitor airlines other major international long-time operations such as Malaysia Airlines System (MAS) and Singapore Airlines (SIA).

           

      

Awards and Recognition- by saranya

Tony Fernandes managed to turn AirAsia, a failing government-linked commercial airline, into a highly successful budget airline public-listed company. He has since founded the Tune Group of companies. He had the vision in the aviation industry, let alone the courage, to foresee how Asia would transform into the 2000’s. Tony put all his faith in the Asian consumer, who he thought would board his airline if he provided good service at a reasonable price.

                                          

In 2007,Tony Fernandes has created a "first" in Asia by starting a hotel chain, Tune Hotels which is based on the no-frills concept. The first Tune Hotel was opened at the intersection of Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. This is one of his achievement. Expansions are in the works as more hotels will be opened up throughout Malaysia. Fernandes' biggest achievement has been to turn AirAsia into an international carrier. Fernandes is also the president of the ABL (Asian Basketball League). Fernandes has stated that it has always been a dream of his to be able to be involved with the development of sports in the ASEAN region. Fernandes is the team principal of the new Lotus F1 Racing, which has been granted entry into the 2010 Formula One season.

Fernandes has received several awards for his outstanding achievements: International Herald Tribune Award for the "Visionaries & Leadership Series", for his outstanding work in AirAsia; "Malaysian CEO of the Year 2003" in December 2003 ² a highly acclaimed recognition so far awarded to only nine other recipients in the country, by American Express and Business Times. The award was an initiative to recognize entrepreneurial and managerial expertise and performance among leaders of Malaysian corporations. Named the joint winner of the CEO of the Year 2003 award by American Express Corporate Services and Business Times. "Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year " in the Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards" in 2003; Made the list of Business Week's "25 Stars of Asia" in 2005."Malaysian Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2006" Fernandes has also been honoured by the Malaysian government with title Dato. Tony is a member of the prestigious Young Global Leaders organization. He joins the ranks of 237 of the world's elite leader and individuals who will dedicate their knowledge and expertise to engage in major global undertakings to shape the future.

The award winning airline is the recipient of the Asia Pacific Low Cost Airline of the Year 2004 by Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA), and the Market Leadership Award by ATW magazine. In addition, AirAsia also clinched the prestigious Euro money award for Asia 's Best Managed Company in the Airlines & Aviation Sector. 

Tony Fernandes inspires is on his mission of serving the underserved. As a leader he has good leadership to know when to go and succeed as a good leader if you've transported someone else in and the company gets stronger. Then you've succeeded as leader. He has his own quotes, Believe the Unbelievable, Dream the Impossible and Don't Take No for An Answer.

Honours

Fernandes has been awarded the following honours:

• Given the titles Tan Sri and Dato' Sri by the King of Malaysia
• The Legion of Honour order by the French government
• Named Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for services to promote commercial and educational links" between Malaysia and the United Kingdom. 

Awards

Fernandes has received many awards for his achievements:

• International Herald Tribune Award for the "Visionaries & Leadership Series", for his outstanding work in AirAsia;
•  "Malaysian CEO of the Year 2003" in December 2003; so far awarded to only nine other recipients in the country, by American Express and Business Times. The award was an initiative to recognise entrepreneurial and managerial expertise and performance among leaders of Malaysian corporations.
• Named the joint winner of the CEO of the Year 2003 award by American Express Corporate Services and Business Times.
• "Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year" in the Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards" in 2003;
• Made the list of Business Week's "25 Stars of Asia" in 2005.
• Malaysian Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year 2006"
• "Excellence In Leadership - Asia Pacific Leadership Awards 2009
• 2010 Forbes Asia businessman of the year
• 2011 No. 52, in Fast Company Top 100 Most Creative People in Business. 
• "Brand Builder of the Year" 2014 at the World Branding Awards, for his work in building the AirAsia brand

What Do You See Yourself In Five Years Time?

1) What Do You See Yourself In 5 Years Time? Written by Rohani

What or who am I going to be in the next 5 years’ time? I asked the same question to myself when I was 17 years old. Back then when I was 17 years old, I have no idea on what will my ambition be even though I wanted to become a doctor but too bad I was not a Science Stream student, so I need to forget about it. All I wanted to do is to get good result in SPM with no failed subjects. Later on, I got into National Service which is located in Perlis for almost 3 months and surprisingly, that was my first time ever for me to leave my parents. While in the National Service, I was taught to be independent and I started to mingle around with different type of people. Besides that, I was trained to be like a soldier because my coaches are real soldiers and I managed to visit Air Force base in the Alor Star, and that was the moment I decided to become air force army. I saw the way how the air force armies trained, their discipline life, they can fly on the air, their tidy and smart uniforms, and I love them so much! No doubt!

   After that almost 3 months training in the National Service, I finally got back home and my determination to be an air force still strong. The result for SPM is finally released, and amazingly, I passed all the subjects without failed and I was quite happy. Hard work does pay! Just after that, my mother decided for me to join nursing. YES! NURSING! As any other children and teenagers, I did not argue or discuss to my parents about what I really wanted to be. So I just obey to whatever my mother wanted me to be. I went to the interview at the Lam WahEe Nursing College and remarkably I passed the interview when not many of the candidates get through it. I was fully sponsored with RM60,000 with 5 years of working contract with Lam WahEe Hospital plus all the facilities was well provided. I learnt many new things as a nursing student. It was the toughest moment ever for me to go through because first, I was not a Science Stream student which means I do not have any basic of Chemistry, Biology and Physics subjects. Secondly, there were too many intelligent students in my class and swear to God, I felt like I was the most stupid student ever! Thirdly, I could not cope with the stress where by all of the students need to sit for 3 exams per semester. Can you imagine that?! And the final exam result will determine whether I stay or I get terminated. Besides than having the exams, I had to do practical in the ward which mean I need to deal with the real patients and I was provided marks for that too. What an “amazing” journey for a 18 years old teenager isn’t it?

   After sitting for the final exam, now real deal, the results! Guess what? I failed the exams and I got terminated from the college which makes me confused whether I suppose to get happy or sad because I make my parents disappointed on me. But I was so lucky because my parents understand me well and they can finally realize this is not what I wanted to be. While thinking of what step to take next, I decided to work as a sales assistant in a sports wear shop. In there, I leant a little bit on how to communicate with customers and trying to understand their needs.

   My life as a 19 years old teenager went smoothly until the day my beloved father passed away in the year 2012 and the real life struggle about to start now! My world was totally dark and I have no idea how my life and my mother’s life would be without my father. There are only 2 of us and we can only depend on each other. So after few months after my father left me, my mother asked me to join college and choose any course I like. I chose Business Administration for my Diploma program and since that the real pain and struggle started. On the first semester during the Diploma, my mother fell in sick and almost died for twice. How cruel life can be?! Despite of this, I still continue my diploma course even though I failed few subjects and finally I managed to graduate. It was the moment where I eventually realize what my goals are and started to work on it. I decided to continue to Degree in Business Management because I realize how important education for my future and most importantly, I want to make my father and mother proud of me plus to encourage me as I looked down on myself previously.

  

Now, it is my final year of Degree and I already have clear goals for my future. I can see where I standing in the next 5 years which mean I am 28 years old. I am planning to continue Master in Management after I graduate from Degree, most probably end of this year. As a part time worker in the Coffee Bean for almost 3 years, I had learned on how to communicate not only with the customers but with the entire team including the Managers. I learned on how to manage the operation and things about management. It is an advantage for me in the future because I have experiences on management. I had always wanted to work in the hotel line, so I will make sure I join any hotels to gain experience and knowledge about management. In the next 5 years, I will and I want to work in the higher position where by I able to motivate others and become a good leader. Leadership is definitely not easy though!

   Beside than this, I would love to adopt a child and provide that child with loves, cares and anything I afford just to make sure the child achieves everything. The reason of doing this is because, I strongly believe that children will always motivate and encourage us in our daily life. That child will become my motivator and my strength of pillar one fine day. On top of that, I want to gather my own assets such as buying a house and a car using my own money without depending on anyone because I want to prove to everyone who once thought that I will not achieve my dreams.

    As for conclusion, I will become a successful independent woman in 5 years’ time no matter what the obstacles are and I strongly believe that my current obstacles will become my future success if I never give up and believe in myself because I am a fighter on my own. 

2) What Do You See Yourself In 5 Years Time? Written by Nevettha

 Hi …I’m  Nevettha Rajan and 23 years old. “Who am I going to be in next 5 years’ time” that will be the question that I ask myself when I have completed my degree most probably end of this year. Currently I’m doing Bachelor of Business Management (Hons) 2+0 in Segi College Penang, before this I have completed my diploma in Business Administration for past 2 ½ year and successfully finished it and step in to my degree.  I am a hardworking and I have broad knowledge in Business field. Other than that, I effectively associate with everyone and my communication skills are sufficient. Next I'm a trustable individual and legit to work I'm doing. My inspiration level is greatly high and ready to offer inspiration to others. Here I will like to take this opportunity to share about “what I’m going to do in coming 5years time”. There are few things that I will like to achieve or better to tell as I want my life to be like in coming 5years time.

                 

The main thing  that I will like  to achieve is achieving my degree of honour as that’s the reasons behind all kind of struggle I was facing for past 3 ½ years in going to my diploma n degree. .However  I will surely be someone who is wishing a group of students or getting wish from other as “ A wonderful Good morning ,students  can we move on with our class today or maybe in replay as “Good morning Miss”. I think u can guess where u can see me in 5 years’ time, yup u will see me as a secondary school teacher or even as a lecturer who is responsible as a tutor to students who some are quite naughty and maybe talkative almost all the time as u can see it in our class Miss Kalai. HE…...HE…..Actually to share I were having few ambition as I know what’s the meaning of the word AMBITION but my all in all favourite  will be teaching or lecturing

The second thing that I will like to achieve in between this 5 years is definitely I want my own house together with my dream car HEHEHEHE….Eventhough in Indian culture girls are send to their husbands house after getting married but I wish to have my own house as a asset of my own hardworking so that I can stay in my own house better then in my mother in laws house .I can live my life as I like wake up late in holidays, not cleaning my room after wake up ,not cooking every day, going for movie late night, nobody to question me….even future husband  he won’t cause only one reason I’m his love. As for my favourite car I wish to use Honda City maybe go for new vision.

                                

  The third thing that I like to share will be regarding my future life .As and information I already got my charming prince just waiting for a correct time to hold my hand. I’m also looking forward to live my life with my love by starting it as loveable couple as husband and wife planning about 2years to enjoy the maximum level then maybe in future wish to have kids and I hope I can be more responsible in raising my kids be a super and supportive mother to them by making their dreams come true in all kind of aspect most important in education voice. As I have my better half with me who is the backbone of me and my family  I can consider it won’t be a big trouble to rise my family up.

   

        

          

Finally, last but not list I will like to visit Paris in between this 5 years’ time which is one of my favourite wish that I’m looking forward to come true in my future. Actually visiting Paris was one of my small time wish, Paris is well known as “City of Love”. There’s a lot of wonderful place to be visit in Paris such as Eiffel Tower which is the landmark with 324m-high and it is also a 19^th century tower. Other than that will be ‘The Louvre” which is a art gallery museum, other places will be such as the “Sainthe Chapelle” which is a 13^th century church with its beautiful upper chapel is formed of  intricate stained glass windows and a richly decorated ceiling and many other places as well.

        

       

As a conclusion,5 years’ time is really means a lot to me. I have successfully plan a clear goals for myself as I’m going to finish my degree soon .In this upcoming 5 years I wish I will be able to achieve all my targeted goals has I plan. I’m looking forward for the upcoming 5 years and also wish all my dream comes true.

3) What Do You See Yourself In 5 Years Time? Written by Saranya

 Where do I see myself in five years’ time?” I mentally compare my life now to what I want my life to be like in five years.

I would have to say that I honestly do not know where I will end up in my career in the next 5 years. Only time will be able to reveal the truth in that. My plans for my career include many goals that I will have to accomplish. I am unsure where my career will lead me in the future geographically and work status. One of my goals for the future is to be happy regardless of what I choose to do. I want to be satisfied with my decisions, to be able to accept and forgive, and most of all to be able to live up to the expectations I have for myself. I realize I cannot set my goals and dreams on the basis of others and I need to achieve things for myself. I will only accomplish my goal in being happy when I am able to live my life for myself and still able to provide love and support to others.

The question ask by everyone to me is what or who am I going to be in the next 5 years’ time? I asked the same question to myself when I finish my school studies that was after my SPM. When I’m studying in school I have an idea on what will my ambition and who want I to be in future. My ambition is to be a lawyer but unlucky I was in Science Stream class, I never bother about the streams and I passed all my subjects in SPM. Before I’m waiting for result I work as promoter in supermarket. The works teach many lessons in my life. After I works for 3 months later I got my result for SPM and I went to college to further my studies. I can’t be a lawyer so I change my studies career in business field. I studies my diploma in Business Administration and know I’m doing Business Management in SEGi College Penang.  

After my college studies I would be graduated as Bachelor of Arts in Business Management and in five years, I see myself as a valued employee of a company.  I want to be an expert at my position and start training to be a manager in HRM Department. My goal is to become a lead in five years.  Although not everyone gets promoted to this level, I believe I can achieve this goal through hard work. I would like to see myself in a management position.  I'm going to be learning and gaining practical experience until then, but I know there are a lot of things to learn, but I'm going to be working hard to achieve my goal.  I believe opportunities come to great workers and I'm going to try to be one of them. I will have more experience, where I am leading and contributing my knowledge, skill and experience for every important decision in the company and where I will give respect to everyone and they will give respect to me and my suggestion. My future ambition is to become successfully Managing Director of the company.   

                         

In that time I will finish my master in Business Management. Maybe I will also continue PHD as my future plan. This is my one of big ambition of my career to success in my life. Other than, I will plan to do lawyer. It was my great ambition to success in my life. Moreover as settle in life I will get good salary depending on my background career and achievement. In 5 years I will be in good status of my life with good job and good income to me and my family.

                                                  

Even though I got a big plan on my future house. My dreams house is bungalow or condominium. I want my house to be built on my plan.  My house should be located outside the city, uphill. My house must be a peaceful place for me to come back after all the stresses from daily life. In a nutshell, my house should be my own world and represent my likes from inner and outer design. My house is very important for me because I am the pickiest person in family. I would consider location, direction, as well as surrounding views as my first point of making decision before buying or built a house. A combination of clean water, fresh air and environmental friendly will be my first choices of my dream house. My house should different from other kinds of housing. My house should have beautiful foundation and gardens to attract. I my dream car will be Audi car. I want to have this car in my 5 years achievement. In this car I would like to bring my family for a trip as my wish to satisfy their hope too.  

                    

I bring my parents to travel over around the world. I want makes them happy in their life because they scarified their needs to me and my brothers. I want them to live happily. Furthermore, I want to settle my life in foreign country. Because I’m bored in this country and the climate. I want for new changes in my life. I also want go all around the world trip to visit the beautiful countries. My dreams to visit the historical countries and beautiful views of countries. In future I want my husband have a good lifestyles and job to care the family. My husband have to caring and lovely to me like my dad did to me. My husband should have good habit, attitude and behaviour. I don’t want my husband have bad habit such as smoking, drinking or other habit. I want him to be perfect such as my dad. I want 2 kids in my life. I want a girl and a boy as my kids or twins.

                                             

In summary, next 5 years I wish my life to be like this. I hope my dream comes truth and I success in my life and my parents should proud of me.  I want to live satisfied and happy in my life. It is my vision. I believe that having a great dream and I will achieved my dream.   My dream is to be great neurosurgeons. I know it is not simple at all. But I know I can achieve it. I feel like this is my destiny. This is why I came to this world.  I do not know when or how I am going to achieve this. But it will not be easy. I am constantly try to achieve my goal.

4) What Do You See Yourself In 5 Years Time? Written by Syarmin

Life is like a camera …

Focus on what’s important,

Capture the good times,

Develop from the negatives,

And if things don’t work out,

Take another shot…

A good life is what everybody wants. But what does it mean to have a good life? Everybody has different ideas of a good life. Some people think more about themselves, others like to help people. Both are examples of good life, but as long as you are happy with yourself, you are having a good life. In my essays, I will like to share what or who am I going to be in next 5 years’ time.

         

        

 One of my biggest dreams is that I want to own restaurant not only one but many restaurant all over the Malaysia. I will make sure I become a successful businesswoman and make sure my restaurant become one of world’s famous restaurants in future. Moreover, I have some great ideas on how my future restaurants would be like such as I will make use of high technologies in taking the customer’s orders other then that I have dream to makeover my restaurant much more different compare from other restaurant maybe from the makeover by building it in a unique  shape and having a different atmosphere .Not only offering Malaysian food I also like to offer more variety from different countries such as Arab Saudi ,Dubai, Italy and many more  variety.  I learn some useful tips and skills from my father as he is a restaurant owner. He is a good example and role model to me as he is a responsible man towards his job and never gives up on his business.

     

        Secondly I will like to have my own unique modern bungalow  in  a beach area side more less near to Batu Feringgi so that I will be waking up facing a wonderful sunset scenario in the morning which will be a perfect morning for me as I’m a nature lover. In an other hand many people like to buy a luxury cars but I’m more interested in buying a “private jet’’ for my personal usage only. I will like to make both of these dreams to come true only behalf of my hardworking and I never ever wish it to be fulfill by depending on my parents. By having this private jet, I will be able to travel around the world with my family easily and on any business trip. It is convenient to me as I do not like things to get complicated and hard.

      

    Thirdly I will like to take care of my family by taking a good care of my parents and  being responsible as a elder daughter  and a  sister for three brother I will make sure dedicated them well. Anyway in this 5 years time I also wish to get married with my better half and form a happy family with having kids and live together with my family happily.

   Fourthly, I will like to fulfill my most interesting wish which will be visiting Mecca to fulfill my spiritual prayer over there with my better half. Besides, that  I will like to go around the world visiting many countries just not for holiday but at the same time to learn more passion of food and beverage which will be an advantage for expanding my business in future. I will like to visit places like Arab Saudi ,Italy, Greece, and many more other countries to learn more variety of food there have in their cuisine which can be a turn over for me to expand my business in future and will be a afford to make my restaurant much more famous around the world. So that Miss Kalai no need to go to other countries just to eat their cuisine u can get it in my restaurant with special offer …ha..ha..ha….

    

   

        

        As a conclusion, I have to take of my parents well as a elder daughter for them and have to take the responsible to dedicated my 3 younger brothers. By achieving these goals, I will definitely make my parents proud of me knowing that I will not easily give up in pursuing my dreams. I wish my dream comes true in my future in 5 years time. At last I will finish my essay with quotes that make me energy ... Take a chance, because you never know how absolutely perfect something could turn out to be …

5) What Do You See Yourself In 5 Years Time? Written by Ahpiramii

 There is a question mostly people ask me in my daily life which is “what do you see yourself in five years’ time?” and it is also commonly asked in interviews. Before I answer the question above let me share about myself, my name is Ahpiramii Kandasamy, age 22 and currently doing my Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management at Segi College Penang. Whenever this question asked to me I will be wondering what I’m going to do in the future but now I think I got the answer. How I got the answer? It is because of MS Kalai who is a lecturer that teaching me English language subject and asked us to write an essay for the coursework.

Before I talk about my future, let me tell something about my past ambition when I was a kid. When I was age 4 I was in kindergarten, that time my teacher asked me what is my ambition and I said “I want to be a teacher”. Later when I was in primary I said I want to be a teacher and an engineer. In lower form I thought I’m going to be IT specialists and in upper form I decided to work in hotel. In the first place, in order to achieve my ambition I need to complete my SPM and get a good result. After the results are out, I started to find the college that I can achieve my ambitions. So I started to colleges and I got SEGi. When I went there and enquiry about the course they told me to do business management so that I can work in the entire field. Since it was my mother’s dream to do a MBA, I decided to go on with that course and I’m here in my last year of my Degree.

“What do you see in five years’ time?” In five years’ time I will be age of 26 or 27, in this age I will work in Management Company either in hotel or in an airlines. At the same time I will be earning an income of RM5000 to RM8000, I will buy a house which is a condominium and an affordable car like Perodua Myvi or Volkswagen Beetle, to travel here and there with my family. Moreover, my mother and my sister are my life who are there for me in all my difficulties and the house I’m going buy its belong to them because once I get married, I cannot bring my house together with me. Furthermore, as I am an Indian religion after marriage I have live with my husband so I cannot bring my asset together, I will gift it to my mother because she is the who raised and motivated me in all my difficulties although my father is not that stable enough.

On the other hand, I have another dream to open a bridal shop with my friend Nevettha and my sister. In the meantime, I need to lose my weight and keep myself healthy with good looking face in order to do the business. My interest is on mehendi art drawing and do makeovers to the bridals or for any other function. In present I do this business too with my partner in crime Nevettha. My profession will stay same where I will be working in a Management company but as a part time, I would like to open a shop so that I can be more stable in doing business because we do not know how the economy is going to be I the future. Sooner or later I will be continue doing my MBA programme because it is one of my mother’s dreams and mine too. By doing MBA I could a higher position in workplace and can get higher salary. Moreover, I want to go for a world tour with my family or with my friends.

Beyond all of this, the important event of my life is “THE MARRIAGE”. All the time I will be thinking should I get married or should I single and enjoy my life. Then I have realized that by being single is enjoyable but when I get aged what am I going to do. No one is there for me to share the moment of my life, the assets to own, no one care for me and many reason are there. If by getting married, I can have a family, with husband, children, my in-laws and many other relations are there. Even though I have any difficulties in my life, my husband and children are there for me to support. By getting married we can get more benefits so I decided to get married but not at this 27 years old but in the age of 30. Did I find the “MR.RIGHT” or the “MR.PERFECT’ ? The answer is NO! 

In summary, all ladies and men have the dream what they going to be in the future. I have been questioned too and I have answered it. As the quotes in above image tell that dream your future so that your future will be the most beautiful ever I do believe in my future dreams.





Note: no matter what happens between five of us, in five years time we still be the best NARSS ever...