The Flaccid Mind

English or Bahasa Melayu for Science and Maths?

Warning: A long and wordy post. Brace yourself.

I had a long teh tarik session with Noktah Hitam and Aeropama on Friday night. It is a normal thing now, hanging out from 10pm - 4am. We bitched about many things that came to mind and oogled at girls at the same time. (yours truly did, not sure about those two.. I know they checked out a ladyboy sitting on the next table at one time :P)

One of the many topics we talked about was ‘English or Bahasa Melayu as medium for Science and Maths?’ Yes, we talked about such things over teh tarik, because we need to pretend we are smart people and care for the nation. We also talked about Nora Danish, Emilda Rosmila and cheongsamlover’s blog but I will spare you the unnecessary gossips. (We can always arrange for another teh tarik session for that)

This topic has been going around for so long, often politicised and used by self-serving politicians to fish for votes rather than serving the nation’s interes and looking at the bigger picture. Our fickle minded government and its famous policy of flip floping to gain popularity has caused many problems to students and parents. The government should stop toying with the future of the nation by experimenting with such important policy, treating students as guinea pigs. (Hear that Hishamuddin Hussein?)

I am agnostic on this issue. Both English and Bahasa Melayu language has its own advantages and disadvantages. I am actually advocating for finding ways to improve its implementation instead of doing another U-turn. Allow me to generalise here, by making blanket statements for both proponents and opponents for English or Bahasa Melayu as medium for teaching Science and Maths.

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All Fart, No Shit..

Abdullah: ‘Anyone can be PM’

PUTRAJAYA: It is possible for anyone from a minority group to be a nation’s leader, even in Malaysia, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi.

Now, remember Zaid Ibrahim remarks over Ketuanan Melayu (Malay supremacy) and the reactions from Umno politicians?

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Hottest Datuk on Earth in waiting, Datuk Jessica Alba!

I am writing this because I damn ‘tak puas hati’ with the decision to award Shah Rukh Khan a Datukship. That sonofabitch ass kisser Chief Minister of Malacca even defended the decision! Fine, as a proud Sarawakian, I am joining hand with my fellow bloggers, initiated by KennLeandre to lobby for Datukship for the hottest Datuk on earth!! Here come Datuk Jessica Alba!!!!

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Hottest Datuk in waiting!

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Dear Pak Lah…

Dear Pak Lah,

How are you? I hope you are busy making plans for your promised ’missions’ that you set to ’see through’ before you step down as Prime Minister. I have faith in you to carry out your missions in the next 5 months (time is ticking fast, you still have 4 months+ now), although in the span of 5 years you are in power you have failed forgotten to ’see through’ the reforms you promised when you took over this country from the old man. 

Few months after you came into power, you did give Malaysians a new hope with your anti corruption policies. You promised to clamp down on corruption, thus empowering corruption agencies and providing more avenues for the public to expose corrupt practices. You opened investigations against several prominent figures from the old man’s era, arrested some ministers and all look pretty good but as Malays proverb says ‘Ku sangka panas sampai ke petang, rupanya hujan di tengahari.’ (I thought of using another proverb ‘Hangat hangat tahi ayam’ to describe your efforts in combating corruption but I am afraid you may be offended by the word ‘tahi’.)

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Najib Tun Razak, a true Mahathirist!

Clap! Clap! Clap!

Well well well.. Najib Tun Razak is doing very well following his mentor’s footstep is his latest true ‘Mahathirism’ style. He is going to rob borrow our hard earned money, our pension saving inside Employees Provident Fund in the tune of RM5 billion. Reason? To invest in undervalued companies in the share market (read: to prop up the share market.)

Remember the old man hobby when he was the most powerful man in Malaysia? EPF, Tabung Haji and Petronas were his ‘piggy banks’ - source of unlimited funds to finance his appetite. The old man ’borrowed’ EPF monies to fund Putrajaya, and most mega projects (and cronies, of course.) According to an estimation carried out in 2002, EPF contributors had loaned Federal Government some RM90 billion at low interest rates to finance its mega projects and to bail out crony companies.

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