Is English Not Important Anymore?
In Boleh-land, anything is possible. But the recent news that English is not a “must pass” subject for SPM almost made me fall off my chair. And if that didn’t shock me enough, the fact that national schools no longer teach English grammar definitely made me fall off my chair.
What’s our “amazing” education system coming to?!
I have heard that foreign universities no longer accept an “A” in our SPM English as satisfactory because our standards are so low! Instead, they now require standardized testing such as IELTS or the Cambridge O-levels 1119 paper.
As much as Bahasa Melayu (or is it back to Bahasa Malaysia now?!) is the main language in Malaysia, it is not the main language of the world. Even super-powers such as China still get their young to intensively study English because they know that English remains the lingua franca of the world and the gateway to better things!
Why should there even be any more deliberation over this in the Cabinet and why should the entire public’s opinion be consulted before a decision is made to preserve English or maintain the teaching of Math and Science in English? Parents will naturally want subjects their children can only score in especially in our exam-oriented environment but is this for their own good in the future when they can barely string together two words in English or appreciate English literature?
Dr M sums it up best and I can’t help agreeing:
“It is more like politics than education. They are not interested in education or acquiring knowledge. All they want to see is how many votes they can win. So I am afraid the country will go to the dogs…“I feel very sorry. In future, all Malays and Malaysians will be stupid.”
We don’t have to be like Professor Higgins in My Fair Lady but it is sad to see the way our education system is going. So carefully consider feeding your baby enriched DHA and AHA milk because they will only regress once they go to school!
I Can Relate to Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
There has recently been an influx of romantic movies and it isn’t even Valentine’s yet!
However, while most of the dewy-eyed happy endings are still there, romantic movies today seem to come with a cynical twist which is probably reflective of our cynical society today!
One new romantic movie “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” is poised to hit our cinemas this coming June. Starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner, its a tongue-in-cheek parody of The Christmas Carol as a confirmed bachelor (an emotional Scrooge) gets taught the ways of love by the ghosts of the past, present and future.
Does he get the girl in the end? I’m sure he does for what is a romantic movie without a happy ending?! But I am certainly looking forward to seeing how he gets there!
So see you at the cinemas in June for I’m sure deep inside us, we can all relate to some ghost or another! 
Stinking Problem Solved!
Perfume…NOT!
The stinking problem finally got resolved but not after a tiny little Indonesian cleaner crawled under my desk today to sniff and clean my carpet and bay! It was really kind of her to clean, spray and even change one of my bay panels I once stained with Milo many months back. She even rigged up a fan to dry the carpet! Unfortunately the smell still lingered until afternoon when this clever girl discovered the culprit.
The maintenance just shipped the culprit away and whew…we’re back to breathing fresh air again!
What was it? The stupid plant in the corner that had been marinating in its own water for the past few weeks!! And everyone thought it was me! 
Something Stinks Here!
Something really stinks around here! I don’t get it! I came to my cube this morning and was bowled over by a faint smell of something really horrid. It was as if something had crawled and died somewhere near my cube!
I’ve sniffed the whole area to try to pinpoint where its coming from but nothing! I can’t find anything anywhere!
Sigh…maybe it was the smell of my freedom dying from the public holiday on Friday I’m not allowed to have! *cries*
