I think its about time I declared that this blog is in a state of coma. Previously it was mainly for theo and myself to do some social commentary on Malaysia itself. In light of the fact that theo no longer blogs and that we would most likely get our asses in jail for saying the right thing, I think its best we close thi blog for now.
It was fun while it lasted tho 
You know how our ministers and conservative knuckleheads keep saying we must be decent and sex in any other context besides procreation would bring you to hell and all that? Why is it then that most conservative people and paper based media can’t stop talking about sex?
They rant about abstinence and how listening to western music makes you unnaturally horny. They rant about how seeing a woman’s hair or pretty much any part of the female body would bring onto yourself ungodly lust and you would inevitably bring your awesome sperm squirting hot rod to bear on her and ask her whose her daddy?
Has it ever occurred to them that all of these sins come from men who think with their dicks and not their heads? Are they conceding the point that their methods of imparting values have all but failed and they resort to these measures?
A woman’s body is a god given thing and how she flaunts it is pretty much her own god dammed business. So what if she wears a tube top and a g string below? Does that mean men should revert to their animal states and play rape the indecent chick?
If the guy has got no self control, shouldn’t he be blamed for his lack of control and his family for not being good at imparting good values?
Damn chauvinists.
* I may have exaggerated certain things here to make the post more interesting
A little rant about Malaysian politics/culture in general. Why is it that Malaysians tend to do things half assed and get the priorities all wrong?
A good example would be Proton. The newer cars such as the Persona, Neo and all that tend to focus on the Lotus heritage and cool ass design. Now all that coolness is great BUT at the core of every car’s function would be getting you from A to B in one piece.
The issue with Malaysian cars is the getting there in one piece part and it happens to be a core feature. Same thing with out political initiatives. I applaud the government’s move to make English more widely used in Malaysian Primary and Secondary education but as with all political moves in Malaysia, saying we did it is more important than actually doing it. Our teachers and incompetent at it and openly admit it and whats more important the crowd that ‘deserve’ affirmative action appear not to see that the government is trying to save them. They would rather NOT learn something new and very useful.
Folks, Chinese culture is a culture so old and rich which also means the Chinese language is at least equally as rich anything the west has and yours truly here thinks its richer. Guess what they used to communicate with the athletes in the 2008 Olympics? English. What language are the people who ‘deserve’ affirmative action in Malaysia consistently not doing too well at school? English (mind you the English thought in our school is a joke when compared to Singapore). What is the reason HP, IBM, Dell and a whole host of other big companies coming to Malaysia and not cheaper countries like say Vietnam? English.
Now who would in the right mind would want to squander Malaysia’s edge against other countries of the region? Half assed Malaysians. Life is peachy ain’t it?
What do you think theo and dear readers if any?
I remember falling in love with the concept space travel when I watched my first episode of Star Trek : The Next Generation. The idea of going into the unknown and seeing things for the first time enthralled me and it was also one of the reasons I got into technology.
Many people I know of are very proud that we got somebody up there but is it really a great thing? In my books it is just like a millionaire paying big bucks to be a space tourist. True, there were experiments conducted but it just doesn’t give that ‘I am so proud to be Malaysian’ or ‘Malaysia Boleh’ thing.
What makes a space program of any country great is not really the destination but the road there. The engineering challenges of creating a space vehicle breaking earth’s gravity and all the logistical issues in maintaining it are what makes it a monumental achievement for the Americans, Russians and more recently the Chinese. We on the other hand bought some Sukhoi fighters in exchange for a scientifically oriented taxi ride.
I think it is great that we have somebody up there but is it truly something of monumental proportions that it is being made out to be? It also doesn’t help that prior to the launch that some idiot in the government also wanted us to make Teh Tarik and play Batu Seremban there.
Maybe one day when we have a space program that is vertically integrated from rocket to astronaut I’ll be proud but not today.
No. 12299!
well done!
Really nice site you have here. I’ve been reading for a while but this post made me want to say 2 thumbs up. Keep up the great work
Today is a day for lighting candles. The single candle is for the future of Malaysia, for cleaning our own backyard, and for everything Malaysia represents. Click here for more details.
The next set of candles are for sinergy.starfall. A good friend and the founder /keeper of this blog. Happy birthday my friend.
ask him to write something… been a while since we hear from him…
You saw the comment made by our Dato’ Syed Albar recently on hardtalk?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/6992908.stm
Interesting stuff…
sidz
Yep, have seen it, Nice to see you here sidney
This is an interesting essay for Malaysians to read. It may be slightly lop-sided, but we all know there is some truth to it.
this is the reason why i am planning to migrate.
theodwyn 12:01 am on March 19, 2009 Permalink |
Hmm.. I don’t even want to discuss the standard of the English currently taught in our schools. The standard has been decreasing steadily for 50 years, and it will continue to deteriorate without some drastic action.
Malaysia’s edge over China and Vietnam is decreasing. We used to attract foreign firms to our shores with cheap labour and acceptable English. China and Vietnam and other countries have cheaper labour, and they are gaining on their English skills. The China-chinese students in the UK all speak and write excellent English. It can be said that some of them write better English than some of the Malaysians here.
What other ‘edge’ does Malaysia have. It used to be said that the political situation in Malaysia was stable, and the citizens were generally happy, which made it a good place to invest in. I doubt the current political climate can be described as ’stable’. A better word would be laughable.
zewt 10:38 pm on March 20, 2009 Permalink |
you know… stating the obvious and telling the ppl in authority what to do what urging and encouraging them to do the right thing is absolutely futile. i would rather save my energy to blog about rubbish than to blog about serious social issues in malaysia. this country needs more than a revolution before change can take place.
let those who want to continue to dwell in their langue keep their way… at the end of the day, those who choose to do the right thing will thrive.