HIKMAH

A long long time ago when I was 14 years old, a teacher put me in charge of the school magazine. Got myself a few friends to help me cut out prints using scissors (our own) and pasting each piece painstakingly to the 'typing' paper. The teacher gave me an old portable typewriter [can't remember the name -very popular brand then]. We had to buy our own glue. I didn't see the teacher until the day I hand in the final draft. It was left to me to get all materials including the foreword from the Principal and other education officers concerned.


Last year, I was made the secretary to the committee. I thought it would be a breeze because we have all the hardware and software needed to produce a school magazine.


I prepared a schedule and appointed students ... the way my teacher did. 


Then I had that bout with shingles followed by the great sail. I was missing from school until May.


All the while I took it for granted that the 'work' for the mag was undergoing.


Turned out I was misinformed.


When the final meeting was called, the mag was far from ready. Even the design for the cover was not in sight.


Deadline came and went and no mag in sight.


School ended and began for the new year and still the mag was not making any appearance.


I have never worked with MS Publisher before but I needed to come out with a mag.


After three sleepless weeks, I came up with a whole mag.

Phewwww!

Finally.

After struggling for the whole month, today I managed to hand Hikmah to the publisher. Hopefully, it will be ready before SPM result is announced at the end of this month otherwise it will be another headache.

Moral of the story, it helps a lot to know how to use MS Publisher.