Nom nom nom....regurgitate.

An average Malaysian would spend 12 years of his/her life huddled in rooms filled with wooden/plastic tables, semi-functioning chairs, and cruddy toilets; trying to make sense of the babble from the somewhat uncertain looking individual who; in their unmoving manners; wave their fingers and long metal rulers across the chalk-filled air occasionally banging on the front desks asking for their audience's attention and also to shut their traps. Our public schools hold many memories of trials & tribulations, first loves & love lost, self discovery & self detonation. Like many schools of other nations, our years in school would be remembered fondly, or dismissed when the topic comes up. 
Its a place where we find ourselves and somewhat try to learn the ropes in preparation for the big ugly world out there. The question is: Did we actually learn anything useful all those 12 years of education?

Answer is: Of course we did. We learned a lot We also learned that studying is akin to eating a bowl of soup noodles and spewing it out the exact same way it came at the canteen lady.

Sudents in Malaysia have been hum-drummed to believe that xerox-like skills are the pinnacle of the education system. If one could reproduce exactly what they scanned from a text book on to the examination paper - Ace! At the end of the day, our public schools produce students who can only CTRL+C, CTRL+V. No analytical skills garnered, no understanding needed. Just slap on what was printed back onto another piece of paper. Wow, 10 A1s! Does that qualify you as a 'smart' student, or just a machine with photographic memory?

Up to this date, there has been many stories of A1 students getting scholarships in foreign institutions, only to come back crying because they can't cope. Why is it they can't cope? It's because we are not trained to THINK. We have been spoon fed all our lives and when the moment comes that one is to be required thinking out of the box, the box crumbles under the immense gravitational pull of the individual's hollow mind.

The students are not the ones to be blamed for all this. It is the teachers, their parents, and the whole education system that has to be blamed.We need not lower standard to allow every child to come out as A1 students. We need not shout and brag about how many As our children collected over the years through CTRL+C. We need not publicize how 'smart' and 'accomplished' our nation's youth are in daily papers. It is just pure glorification of pseudo-intelligence. We need a society of genuinely intelligent people. People with the ability to dissect and think through problems and give solutions.

It is sad to think that our youths only seems to obtain that 'Life OS patch 2.0' when they hit tertiary education systems.

10 things about our boys in blue

1. If you got robbed, and lodge a report, they will tell you, "Ah...these things now very common so must be more careful ya? Must watch out for yourself, lots of criminals around these days"

2. Favourite activities include watching out for motorcyclists, people who don't wear seat belts, people with poor memories of their roadtax, people who look like they just came back from partying.

3. The love for blocking major highways 'just after a long bend' or 'right after a uphill' remains consistent; causing an unforeseen jamming of brakes or untold fender benders.

4. Guns are not used very much. So when an opportunity to use them comes to play, 'Shoot first, ask questions later!'

5. "Eh you people illegal gathering ah? What you doing here? Drugs? Pirate DVD? Pron?

6. They will always be a 'friend'. "Hmm....so how would you wanna settle ah? We can be friends right? You help me, I help you ah......" (with a smile ear to ear)

7. Flashing blue lights are great ways to beat the traffic! "Whoa! Look at the people stopping at the side to give us way. Quick need to go toilet eh!"

8. Stress levels can reach stratospheric levels in the department from all the mind numbing boredom. Releasing stress through physical means is much obliged on any new visitor behind bars. Usually happens before any form of interrogation or opportunity to speak.

9. Checking out couples making out in cars & parks, and interrogating them is a great way to pass the time on lovely evenings.

10.Nappy time. Always welcomed.

woof woof, yes master!

They need to know who is their 'master'. Help them find out who their REAL master is.

Its not about who gives the most 'biscuits'. 

We should stop this habit

We as citizens of Malaysia, a seemingly democratic country should stop championing this downright destructive behaviour of:

 Fence sitting. 

It does not bring us anywhere and will never get us out of any situation.

Caught in the Middle Income Trap

Would like to share this article by Dr. Fong Chan Onn
He illustrates the reasons why we Malaysians are stuck in this endless cycle of 'low pay, high expenditure'. Of course it sucks but its a reality in our country though many disregard it due to their unexceptionably low 'comfort zones'.

Read on at this link: 
Caught in the middle income trap

Rumour Roll: May 1st price changes

RUMOUR ROLL - obtained via forums.

" PUTRAJAYA, Jan 8 - The mechanism for fuel pricing in Malaysia has finally been finalized and controlled under one mechanism, which also takes the
high and lower income group people into consideration, according to Finance Trade Minister Tan Sri Anuar Ali.
"From May 1, the fuel will be pegged at RM 3.90 per litre for RON97,while RON95 will increase to RM 3.70 per litre.
However, the prices of national-made vehicles will be lowered by at least 40 percent.

For example, a full-spec family sedan Proton Persona 1.6 litre engine will cost around RM 23,000.00 excluding road tax and insurance. Import tax and excise duty will be revised to only 30 percent, from the current 200 percent.

Imported vehicles such as the new Toyota Camry 2.4 litre engine will cost around RM 65,000.00." he said.

The mechanicsm has been said to be undertaken by a team of experts from Australia and Canada who were earlier briefed on the issue of subsidy in this country, whereas after consideration by the transport minister, they have signed the constitution that the system will be made on May 1, the day it goes into effect.
under the new system, there will be a major effect on the existing consumers who have already purchased a vehicle and to those who are inthe midst of repaying the loan of their vehicle to their financial institutions.

Ahmad Tajuddin said the government might also re-introduce a cash return annually to Malaysians who own a 1,500 cc and below vehicle. The amount have yet to be decided but he assured that the amount will compensate the price of fuel by at least half to eligible Malaysians based on bumi quota."

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This is like a repeat of 2008's incident just even more absurd. Not only fuel will go up. food, necessities, and the lot will also go up. Seriously, its fucking expensive to even go out and have a decent meal nowadays. I guess they are doing this cause they wanna squander off more $$$$$$$ before leaving the stage. Chicken rice will balloon to RM7.50 for regular plates, Teh Ais will sky rocket to RM2.50 per cup. Best of all.......our wages never go up.

Such a sad thing....what has our country come to?

You know, we are the only damn country is this whole wide world that discriminates cars to fuel. We as tax payers should be entitled to get the same priced fuel regardless of what car we drive. Should we be discriminated against our choice of cars?

To make matters worse, this is such a big blow to foreigners and middle income groups alike that FDI in our country is going to dry up so fast its not funny. And not only that, we will be listed all over the world in travel guides as:

"Travellers advisory: Malaysia controls its petrol prices according to your nationality, so please be aware that you may or may not be able to get petrol anyway if you rent or buy a car if you are not able to be verified by the 'reliable' computer systems. Malaysia uses the MyKad system to judge whether one is fit or unfit for automobile juice."

Sooner or later.....God forbid, that petrol will be controlled by the colour of our skin! For fucks sake people please realise that our beloved country is turning into a shithole and our economy is going down the drain with these retarded quarter-baked plans.

Indonesia has already overtaken us in wooing FDI, Vietnam is growing rapidly, Singapore continues to be the main hub for South East Asia - so where does this leave our country which still argues over simple matters like word usage?

We have failed.

As of today, it marks the turning point of tolerance in my fair country. Masks unveiled the 'open truth' about our country's societal mentalities. It is sad that we can't seem to bring ourselves forward with the times and embrace differences. The modern world will turn their heads and leave us to our pathetic antics. Losing out to the rest of our neighbours is inevitable. Those who have once looked up at us are now spitting in their cups with disgust. We are a prime example of humanity 'on the journey to the deep end'.

Condolences to those who lost, are lost, and remain lost.

The Self Destruct button has been pushed. 

As of 2010, we are all going to the deep end

 

I wish people would stop feeding peanuts so we don't get anymore monkeys.
Our country is in for a societal paradigm shift! For the worse!

our daily papers = same shit, different day

Ever get the feeling that our daily papers just report local news which ONLY cover smiling overzealous politicians, gang raped girls, car accidents, angry politicians, sobbing cheated citizens, murderers and the murdered, motorcycle accidents, some mofo winning a prize, angry politicians getting angry at other angry politicians, husband kills wife kills son kills daughter kills husband, bus accidents, someone doing something insignificant which will be forgotten by the weekend, sobbing cheated citizens getting someone in their family murdered by other angry citizens which ride motorcycles or drive cars to accidents...

you see the trend here?

The news 'reports' are either negative, insignificant, or well......just plain negative. Yes, negative news does create more 'sensational' news due to the fact that "its always far more entertaining to laugh at the misery of others"

But then again, don't our reporters have anything else to report on in this country? Or could the reality be that our society is way closer to the aspects of these reports than we could ever imagine? If it is, we live in a sad sad world...

If it isn't, then i guess we just need to laugh harder.

NAP = Nothing Actually Policy

On the recent NAP review that has been receiving much media buzz, I feel that its just another nonsense phase that will ultimately be just 'coffeeshop talk' and nothing more.

here is the document for your reading pleasure.

Nap Review


This, in my opinion, just can not happen as the people in our fair country has not enough buying power to purchase newer cars after their old and reliable set of wheel is deemed 'unfit for the road'. And the fact that cars above 15 years are subjected to inspections opens up a new can where corruption and more money to be raked from the people's already dry pockets. 

The stupidest part is the 'Import of used parts to stop in 2011'. Ridiculous.
Where the hell are we going to find parts for our cars then? Where are our mechanics and workshops going to source for parts? How much would we have to pay for a European car's gearbox? An arm? A leg? A newborn baby? The used parts industry is a massive industry and I don't see this move actually working at all.


Yea....so my 'unreliable car' that sees more road than our fair country's favourite tin-can on wheels and sees less workshop time would have to be scrapped, forcing me to buy a 40,000+ ringgit piece of metal built with absolutely zero passion. The rich won't feel it. The people in the rural areas and smaller towns just got their asses handed to them.


again.
 

Some like it hot, some like it cold

People who defend themselves too much are actually more insecure than those who just don't give a damn.

Every human has ideals and it is good to champions those ideals if so you think its right. But going out on a whim and imposing a 'personal ideal' on every corner is a sign that the ideal is not so ideal after all. If it were ideal most people would be on the same page.


Unfortunately, it seems by far the society I live in today is champions mediocrity and superfluous ideals over the greater good, and the big picture. While the rest of the world moves over to answer questions on greenhouse effects and the amount of grains that can feed hungry mouths, we are still puzzled over the fact that some people like chillies and some don't. We still wonder why some people have one, two, three, or no  Gods to pray to. We still harbour over the premise that children are as dumb as bars of soap and can't grasp meticulous ideas.


It will be long till our fair lands finally grow up. But till then, we all just need to exercise a little understanding and compromising.

Known for the wrong things

Within this 2 years alone our fair country had an amazing streak of negative attention. Awesome isn't it?

From weirded-out political party pooping thats better than any drama on telly, superb hypocritical statements that puzzle the minds of society, murders at most high degree, ailing reforms which would probably never see the light of day, and superb lying of the tongue which makes our countrymen look like the worst bunch of people on this side of the planet.  

How are we going to dance on the world stage? How are we going to be a country of progress? The only thing we achieved in these years is being the laughing stock of people at coffeeshops and dinner tables.


Sad is our country. Sad sad sad.

De-evolution?

What's happening now is worst than any C-grade soap on television. 

Not all you say shall fall on deaf ears

Reading the current news on our beloved country saddens me, the lot and the ants in my garden. Before this turbulent after-period of our general elections, I have never been a keen listener of saliva-wastage,  money-grubbing, mud-slinging  and slander – or you could just call it plain politics. The last elections was indeed a changing moment. A big change for the unheard voices hiding in the shadows, holding lengthy discussions on how things should be done and how the ball should be kicked. Now armed with a new coat of paint, loud-mouth their ideas and beliefs to the world, hoping that their faint messages turn tides and provoke beasts. One among them I have become (or think I will be).

The unexpected bump in our unchanging road; forked it and changed our perspectives on proactiveness and complacency, leading a generation of open-mindedness (to a certain degree) and freedom of expression (also to a certain degree); whom are not afraid of speaking their minds – some for their own agendas, some for the greater good and all that matters. Once we used to think that the average normal bloke on the streets could do nothing more than survive for himself, can now provoke many hearts with just a properly inked thought and a push of a button.

Those whom are doing it now, relish in the moment of your projected thoughts. Be brave and chug forward with the opinions and ideas that have been bubbling in your cerebral cortex for you will never know what you might, or who you might change in the near future. In a system that is populated by commoners, villians, thieves, crooks, imposters, cowards, and the occasional clown; it is vital that somebody, anybody for that matter to try and play the hero’s role because we are lacking one – or die trying.

I salute those whom were brave enough to voice and comment on the current state of things and hoped for a change. Many moons back, most of us would just be hoping – but not doing anything.