Saturday, November 1, 2008

Multilingual...any problem???

I was always feel so lucky to be a Malaysian. Why? As Malaysian will be able to speak atleast 3 different languages, off course for me, a Chinese ed student, i can understand atleast 5 different languages, but if dialect is not counted as different languages, then i still can proudly admit that i'm able to understand and speak 3 languages: Mandarin, English & BM. So was my thought for the rest of my fellow Malaysian.
However, recent development in the country regarding the multilingual issue, particularly the multilingual road sign in Penang clearly prove that my previous thought regarding other fellow Malaysian is wrong, they r not happy bout knowing more languages, particularly if u know they don't know.....WTH is wrong with adding more languages to made it more convenient to attract more tourist to the state? Not that the Pg state government is gonna tear down the BM road sign n replace it with other languages, just add in, BM road sign will still be there and at the top of the post... so what is the fuss n hoo haa bout? This, really hav to thank our Pg CM and the new state government for the effort. Oh and to those gerakan member, particularly Dr Thor Teong Ghee, pls don't try to claim the credit as clearly this kind of thing never happened when Pg is under gerakan for 18 years.... so lay off!!! We Penangites see clearly what has been done by them and by u guys....
And for those that feel unfair for job requirement that stated 'those able to speak Mandarin will hav an advantage', pls lar, before fussing around, save ur energy n time n go learn one extra language.... if u don't hav the skill, go master it, so WTH is wrong if employers are giving those people advantage for job? When u put in ur effort to learn extra thing, u too will hav the advantages. Asking people not to ask for something just because u don't know and don't have it is the 'ostrich' way of life. Having this kind of mentality is not going to survive in this globalisation world. Sadly, this kind of mentality is infesting in Malaysia.

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