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12 years ago @ The Malaysian Insider - Mobile - Side Views - ... · 0 replies · +4 points

Caya lah! Awesome poetry mate.

12 years ago @ The Malaysian Insider - Main - Side Views - Un... · 0 replies · +16 points

wow. i'm at a loss for words. finally a brilliantly written debate on this matter! if only everyone could read and understand this, perhaps the world would be a little bit better. :)

THANK YOU Mister AHMAD!

12 years ago @ The Malaysian Insider - Main - Malaysia - Paka... · 0 replies · +38 points

It's disheartening to say that I cannot remember the last time I read the news and didn't feel like slapping someone in the face.

Malaysia, I love you and I pray this 'sickness' that you experience will fade away soon enough.

12 years ago @ The Malaysian Insider - Main - Side Views - Ba... · 0 replies · +1 points

Dude, I bother about ISSUES AROUND THE WORLD. Last time I checked, Malaysia is still part of that world.

Let me make this simple enough to comprehend:

A) I don't know what world you live in but neither you nor anyone else have any right to tell me what I can or cannot 'bother' about (regardless of how I feel about being Malaysian). This is my opinion.

B) Your comments obviously state your opinion which is right in your mind.

C) Everyone's entitled to their opinions.

So go ahead and have another opinion about my opinion. Who knows, we might be able to agree on something, someday.

Thank you and have a nice day. ;)

12 years ago @ The Malaysian Insider - Main - Side Views - Ba... · 3 replies · +14 points

I find it hard to believe that you are a native English speaker (read: display name) based on your atrociously written comment.

Also, I beg to differ on the statement you made about how Europeans speak better English. As a matter of fact, only certain European countries (and most western Europe) fall in this category you speak of. Only the UK, Germany, Netherlands,Belgium and quite possibly the Scandinavian countries are better in terms of the lingo. If you've been to France/Spain/Italy/Greece and most parts of eastern Europe, you'd see that most of them still struggle with the language still.

But I digress. Your whole comment has really nothing to do with the debate at hand.

12 years ago @ The Malaysian Insider - Mobile - Opinion - Azr... · 0 replies · +1 points

easier said than done.

you cannot deny that the voters that are aware of the pressing issues we face are much smaller in number compared to the ones who don't.

and just so you know, my earlier comment was meant to be taken with a pinch of humour. although... option (b) sounds pretty tempting.

;)

12 years ago @ The Malaysian Insider - Main - Side Views - Ba... · 0 replies · +26 points

If English was one of your main lingos as you were growing up, then yes, there will be no issues whatsoever of being educated in BM medium. I say this through my personal experience.

YOU CANNOT however, assume the same for people who use other languages (besides English) as their main communication to smoothly transition from a BM medium to English medium tertiary education (especially science related subjects) the way you did.

You said yourself that the English language subject being taught in this country is deplorable. For these people, it's just another language hence the lack of importance placed upon mastering the language.

I agree that being in a country as diversified as ours, people should be given the option to choose the language that suits them best for education. Enough of all this nonsense on which language is better. One man's meat, another man's poison.

12 years ago @ The Malaysian Insider - Mobile - Opinion - Azr... · 2 replies · +11 points

if they are hiring, please let me know!

on a more serious note, this sort of incident that has been ongoing for a while now is exactly what irks me and because of that i have half the mind to:
a) quit permanent employment and freelance so that our idiotic gomen would get none of my money to lavish upon silly decisions.
b) leave this country and pay taxes instead to some other country who put the money to better use!

12 years ago @ The Malaysian Insider - Main - Features - &lsq... · 0 replies · +1 points

it is absurd to say the least but i can tell you where they get that ridiculous idea from. they see women as a liability, ie: someone who cannot bring home the dough. Sure they can cook and clean and bear children but the men has to provide financially and the dowry is seen as a way of saying 'here, please take care of my 'financially dependent' daughter. okthxbai' but they sugar-coat it by saying it's to 'help' the newlyweds set up their home after the wedding.

There is already an Anti-dowry law in India, but you know how these things work with the village people. Their cultural laws supercede everything else.

12 years ago @ The Malaysian Insider - Better looking, better... · 0 replies · +1 points

unfortunately as we progress further in every other sense, we become increasingly shallow. we live in a world where face-value is everything. how you look, what (or rather who) you wear, the car you drive, etc.

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