Suzanna Abdullah

Suzanna Abdullah @ Susan Apok

Suzanna Abdullah (born as Susan Apok on the 21st February 1976) is an Iban who hails from Miri, Sarawak. Popularly known as "Susan" or "Kak Bey" among her colleagues, family and friends. She went for her primary education at SRB Chung Hua Lutong, Miri Sarawak before going for her lower and completed high secondary education at Sekolah Menengah Kerajaan Lutong, Miri, Sarawak. Born in Miri Sarawak to Apok Anak Ruka and Sira Anak Adam, Susan is the second youngest of 6 siblings. Married and have four children, namely Nazatul Hanizah, Nazeem Adam, Nazalya Fariesha and Nazanish Vienna. After high school, she started working with Protek Engineerings as Jr Draftswoman in the Mechanical & Piping Discipline for five years in Oil and Gas drawing office and mostly the project was under Sarawak Shell Berhad and Petronas carigali refurbishment.Basically, she has attended mostly of the sea survival course during her tenure during in Oil and Gas industry. She accept the offer with Pustaka Negeri Sarawak end of October 2000 as Pembantu Pustakawan present.Because of her working efforts during her outreach programs in the rural area, some villagers have give special names for her, like Usun (from the Kayan's villagers) and Bulan from the Kelabit's elders in Bario for has contributing most of her time to upbringing the event in those area.

Educational Background

Year	School/IPT	Qualification
1988	SRB Chung Hua Lutong	UPSR
1991	SMK Lutong	Sijil Rendah Pelajaran
1991	SMK Lutong	Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia

Susan has attended, Chinese school and able to communicate in Mandarin Language,proficient in English and Bahasa Melayu. She was actively involved with Scout Association and has obtained full lencana Usaha/Maju/Jaya/ and was selected as Assistant School Prefect. She also join the school's library club and English Club. Active in sport and has representing the school in various school Table Tennis Inter Chinese school.

Working Experience @ Protek Engineering

Responsibilities

She start as Junior Draftsman with the Mechanical and Piping Discipline for a year and was promoted to Draftsman in late 1998. Most of the her job is to liaise with architects and engineers to gather product and structural requirements and designs calculate dimensions, weight limitations and requirements in materials. Her involvement with Oil and Gas Industry require her to attended Sea Survival Course and yearly safety course for enable her to attend project site visit in the highly safety measurement conducted.

• Describe production methods step-by-step (including equipment and software types to be used)
• Create detailed designs with computer-aided design (CAD) software
• Design diagrams, maps and layouts to illustrate workflow
• Prepare and review rough sketches and review them along with the engineering team
• Identify potential operational issues and redesign products to improve functionality
• Ensure final designs comply with regulations and quality standards
• Create manuals that describe existing products’ operation, features and maintenance.

Working Experience @ Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, Miri

She started with Pustaka Negeri Sarawak on the 1st November 2000 - present.

Reported duty to Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, Miri after 3 month training at the Head Quarters of Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, by Head Sectors during those days. Her job for the first years as Library Assistant and have worked with the service counters. Library Assistants are responsible for sorting and shelving books according to their categorization, assisting customers with internet access and ensuring their technical needs are met. They also manage inquiries over the counter, via email or telephone, among other duties are also to give community awareness in our during the Outreach programs or in house programs and activities.

She was transferred in 2005 to Technical Unit that was headed by Encik Izaruddin Moss and Seconded by next officer Encik Mohd Khadzrie Bin Mohd Ramzie Faizal before transferred back to Information service Unit in 2009. Here, she is engage with Community Service Unit headed by Mohd Awis bin Abu Bakar.

Her daily tasks is mainly maintaining the Service Counter and required to arrange major activities like the Sarawakiana Carnival, Sarawak Children Festival, Reading Campaign Programs such as Jom Baca. Part of her vas experience is to taking part in all sorts of enhancing activities in Outreach Programs whereby to conclude the Fun Learning education activities according to the audiences capabilities and age-range different. One of her best experience is to upbringing different techniques and approach for Knowledge Camp attendees every year. She is very musically talented. And able to play various musical instruments and part of this knowledge making her job easily especially dealing with children and youths.

During MCO(Movement Control Order) coronovirus in 2020 : she was one of the coordinator or makers in Makerspace Pustaka Miri, she and Mohd Awis has contributed hundreds and massive printing of a 3D face shield to accommodate the needs during those critical moments and it was sent off to Hospital and some various agencies that needed the protection fast. The work during 1st MCO until the 8th week it was produced with other 3D Union Printers in Miri, Sarawak. Together they have achieved quite numbers of printed materials to the front liners.

Another vast experience she has encounters as Library Assistant, she and few others team mates was given a new norm task to create content on BeatSpace and AestheticSpace in virtual forms. Here she learns by self thought in videos editing and videography experiences.

She has vast experience in outdoor and outreach working travelling mostly to all rural area in Limbang, Lawas, Baram and Bintulu area.

She is the member of Prodigy 6 since 2004 until presents. And have achieved various Awards and recently have won high achievement `IR 4.0' recommended via ARIC project with MPC in 2019.

She was involved in 2018, IFLA@Kuala Lumpur as volunteers and has completely served before and after during the needs job as frontliners.