Top scorer = obtaining scholarships????

Top scorer cry for not getting scholarships...... just one simple question, do all these top scorers really need those scholarship in order to continue to pursue for their study due to the family is unaffordable? or is it just simply bcoz of 'i'm a top scorer, i'm entitled to obtain a scholarship' thingy? Yes it is unfair that certain quaters obtained scholarship even with a poor results, but thinking back on those that 'qualify', do u really need it? without the scholarship r u really unable to continue ur study and have to find a job and start working ur ass to support your family? or is it just that by getting the scholarship will help mum n dad to save more money for their further investment??? As to my understanding, scholarship is to aid those poor brilliant top student in furthering their study, seems to me like nowadays, scholarships has lost its original meaning.
On the other hand, there r more and more top scorers being produced by our education system year by year fr PMR, SPM and STPM.. more and more straight A's student every year produced fr all these local examinations... all with tonnes of A's, but is all the A's really is an A?? Malaysia seems to hav so many brilliant mind as by only looking at the top scorer percentage in every year examination results, wow!! we should be leading internaltionally in all field by now. However, how come we are still far lagging behind of so many countries that their students r not so brilliant in compare to ours? For instance, Singapore. One answer lowering of the passing marks, lowering of the grades in the education system help creates tonnes of A's scorer, but do these A scorers really deserve to obtain an A? Don't ask me, ask the education ministry and those that r marking for the examination department.
I was born in the 70's, by the time when i reached form 2, i'm able to operate a microscope well, i'm no genius, i'm just an average student during my secondary schooling time, just that, it is in the syllabus of our science subject, we'v been trained well when we r in form 1. Now, in year 2009, students with an A in SPM biology are unable to operate a simpe light microscope.........So u tell me, what is wrong with our education system nowadays??? Still argueing for not getting a scholarship? i'll be worry more bout what hav i learned in school........

Nagging yet again........

I was thinking for quit some time as i'm really free these few months, 'chiak par bor su zuo', is it that me, the one with too much of those grumpy thoughts, too grumpy and naggy bout everything? or is it the problem of the happening around me? haiz.... Am i too depress?? too paranoia or is it that our society is really very very 'boo lor eong'? society mainly people walking the corridor of power n sterring the wheel n making decision in this country? from a small department, division in school, university, company, factory even to states n country, the situation is the same, putting people that r not suitable, unfit into a particular position to do a particular job....
There i go, nagging again, actually i try avoiding those stupid news in the news paper n TV n the reallity fr all sorts of media, but still, i can't hold myself fr wanting to know what's happening, there u see, the curiosity kills the cat (Me)..... everyday, there r news telling us how stupid certain action been taken by certain authority, is really very frustrated as there is only one simply solution, put those really qualify n fit to the job, then, it's done.... what's so difficult about??? But hor..... this is the most difficult part n the most 'special n truly unique' of Malaysian style, always those unfit will get to fill in the job, starting fr the lowest ranking job in any department private to goverment sector.... the most obvious, today, our foreign minister 'great performance' live fr US... does this guy really know bout public relation? our health ministry...another unexplainable dumb action regarding the H1N1 first carrier... how he looks likes? what's his name? till now is more than 48 hours, and still not even a media know bout how the guy looks like? so how r we gonna trace people that hav in contact with the patient zero in Malaysia? how'd we know that if we'd talk with him b4 as a stranger n brush shoulder with him on the road??? They should hav watch more 24.....
ok frustrated n pathetic.... enough for today...... emotion cause my gastric to produce more gastric juice, is time for 'brunch' .....................................
So, is it that i'm too grumpy n depress for everything 0r is just.................................???

Hari ini dalam sejarah...

Today is the 40th aniversary of May 13 which happend way back in year 1969, a black history in Malaysia. Offcourse i'm not old enough to hav experienced it but to my understanding n memory, 513 is a very very sensitive n serious number even just to mention it during my childhood time by my grandma, my mum and my aunt. They are the survivors fr that incident. But to them when talking about 513, i can always remember how cautious and a bit 'kan zheong'. Story told by them was always in whispering form.... hmmmm... it really keep me feel very doubtful and curious until i finally study sejarah during my form 3.
As my grandma had passed away for so many years, story told by her to me i think is good to keep on passing down regarding this mysterious day 513 back 40 years ago..........
Back in those day (offcourse i'm not born yet) our whole family was staying in flats, as ours is at 1st floor and directly facing the staircage, on that day a mob of Malay youngsters storm up our flats and our house become the easy target. As chinese house normally hav 'thee kong' infront of the main door, when they see it, they knock the door like crazy as they're going to tear down the grille door any moment. To grandma, she thought that was the end, but luckily, our next door Malays neighbours came out, and their whole family came out to defend our house fr the mob too, after hearing the sons of our neighbour (abour mid 30's by then) argue with the mob, they finally left the whole flat..... and that's the story on how my grandma and children survived that very day incident, thx to our next door Malay neighbour, Tok Chik and her children.
Really miss that harmony type of lifestyle back in those day, our next door neighbour Tok Chik, pak chiak, kakak all r very friendly and helpful, i can still remember how kakak tought me to throw my first batu 7, playing the congkak.......i still remember when my grandma passed away, tokchik even insist on coming to pay respect to her 30 years long neigbour even she was already 90 something in age and sitting in a wheel chair regardless the chanting n joystick that r buring during the chinese ceremony.... pity is when she passed away few years later after my grandma, we were unable to pay her last respect as we r not allow to enter into the mosque....
I'll miss those day, those r the true Malaysian spirit.............

Marley versus Malaysian Dogs

Just watched 'Marley & Me' yesterday, a very touching movie & i cried till the end. Why so? The story is about a columnist, Grogan and his family's life during the thirteen years that they lived with their dog Marley, and the relationships and lessons from this period. Marley, a yellow Labrador Retriever, is described as a highly strung, boisterous, and somewhat uncontrolled dog. He is strong, powerful, endlessly hungry, eager to be active, and often destructive of his owner's property (but completely without malice). Marley routinely fails to "get the idea" of what humans expect of him; at one point, mental illness is suggested as a plausible explanation for his behavior. However, his acts and behaviors are forgiven,and being accepted by the family of his owner and love by them so much.

Ironically, today when reading the MalaysianToday, the first article came in view is the one entitled ''Banished’ dogs dying of hunger and thirst~ The Pulau Ketam strays dog'....hmmmm, what a coincident. Comparing to Marley in the movie, Malaysian dogs really are in inferno, lot worse than hell especially those in the Pulau Ketam. Of course, this is being exposed as now everyone are talking bout it. After watching the movie n reading the news, i need to really clear my head off as i keep thinking is it really possible for a person to really love the world worst dog unconditionally like what Grogon and family did to Marley? I believe yes.

I love dogs, but i woundn't want to hav one as i'm not confident that i'll be able to really take good care of them and give them enough love as they need, it is really a huge responsibility and commitment. It is weird as we tends to treat animal as animal, particularly Asians. Even many loves dogs, to them, a dog is still a dog, the consep of treating our own pet as part of the family has never been impose into our mind..... Many may have dogs, they might carry it in and out by holding it tightly or carry it in a pretty bags or cages, but is there actually any feelings or bonding between the owner and pet relationship? Do they really love or care for the pet? or it is just like Paris Hilton, dogs r only an ornaments to her fashion?? Recently from my surrounding, many treat having dogs as a trendy life style and with the amount of money they spend on getting some 'pure breed' branded dogs, it also show off their financial status. Sadly most of these people, when they get bored with their money bought pet, they will just simply dispose of the dogs which will ended topping up the Malaysia stray dogs population..... sad...sad...sad....

When needed, they r man's best friend; when not....see what happened around, strays r not hard to spot for in Malaysia, i just bumped into 3 early this morning looking for food in our apartment rubbish disposal area, must be fr the quarry nearby, they r being left to guard the quarry, a whole bunch of them, but food? chiak ka kee.....haiz (Photo grabbed fr Wikipedia)