My Name Is Not Emo

Much had been said / read / told lately in the papers and in the net, a recap of some news which i found interesting...

(1)
Mara Vying to buy space suit for RM 185,000.00

A quote from what Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development Minister Datuk Noh Omar said

“The suit is special. It could only be worn once, after which it would be disposed off, then there will be nothing to remind us of his historic feat,” said Noh.

Errm, as far as i know, a space tourist ain't much of a historical feat, and using our hard earned money to get into space and came back after doing some "experiments" is not some national hero act. Hell, the experiments results were even destroyed in the re-entry...

(2) Financial Crisis and Bailout

Much hype has been put on the RM60Bio stimulus package but strangely the mainstream media never did put much attention on how the government is sourcing the money and the actual effect which it will cause to the economy (as in the effect the deficit will cause on the economy). True enough that our country was not downgraded by the ratings agencies but that is for how long?

RM60Bio is not a small amount and neither too big too. Are we going to issue more government bonds to fund the spending? And when the bond matures, ahh, yes, we could print money to repay the investors of bonds. The issue concern here is the implementation of the whole package. Who will ensure that the fund will be distributed equally / correctly? The fund management lies in the jurisdiction of which party? The last quarter GDP growth was registered at at mere 0.1 percent but traders are already pushing that figure to some negative 2.0-2.5 percent in the next quarter. General market response was that ringgit will continue it northward movement to its year low of 3.7300. How much can the stimulus package help in creating a better market sentiment? I have no idea how it helps others, but definitely it did nothing to my part...

(3) Teaching of Science and Maths in English

As i was browsing our former PM's latest blog entry, his writings on this matter finally do some justice to our country. The man that proposed to implement BM into our education system is now lamenting on the decision itself. Definitely a must read...


An excerpt :

12. Ilmu sains dan matematik bukan ilmu yang statik. Ilmu-ilmu ini berkembang sepanjang masa. Tiap hari ada hasil kaji selidik, penerokaan, ciptaan dan perluasan yang diperkenal melalui ratusan kertas-kertas yang ditulis.

13. Hampir semua ditulis dalam bahasa Inggeris. Untuk menterjemah tulisan ini kita perlu orang yang fasih dalam bahasa Melayu dan bahasa Inggeris dan faham ilmu yang hendak diterjemah.

14. Kita ada beberapa kerat sahaja orang yang berkebolehan seperti ini. Itupun dalam dua tiga bidang sahaja. Orang yang layak seperti ini tidak berminat menjadi penterjemah seumur hidup. Apabila sains dan matematik diajar dalam bahasa Melayu, orang seperti ini tidak akan ada lagi. Bagaimanakah kita hendak ikuti perkembangan ilmu sains?

Previously Mr Zhong did some detail elaboration on this issue, Read it HERE

Too freaking tired, will continue in part 2