Cold today....too windy....
Want to do homework, but no mood....Why?
Liverpool drew with Stoke City....
Not enough sleep....
Homesick....
Cold....
Too many assignments.... 2 due this week and one of them....is fooking hard!!!!
Backache....due to? Aiya....me old d lor....or....the lancau deadlifts I did yesterday???? Fooking 80kgs only la....damn paiseh....
Sick also here....
Darn!!!! Rant over....I love four dots....
No pictures yet....no time to upload....but be prepared....to meet....my new toy....soon....
It's black....not white....and I name him....GUESS?
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Busy period....special post
3 assignments, 2 weeks of horror! STRESS STRESS STRESS!!!!
Guess it pretty much sums up why haven't I been updating me blog
NOT gonna abandon this blog....NO!!!!
I have promised to put some pictures....just to spice up me blog....but not now....still busy....and lack of internet data....damn the Kiwi's....
Just realised....I love to use the dots....SEE? And if you are observant....you would've noticed that there will be four dots....no more....no less....NO! Did not do it on purpose....just comes naturally....Oh well....
Last but not least....LIVERPOOL WON!!!! WAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Don't mind me....don't get offended ManUre fans....it's been a while since we won against you....hence the reaction....
p/s: Next blog topic....iPhone 3G??? Or something else??? Still thinking....
Guess it pretty much sums up why haven't I been updating me blog
NOT gonna abandon this blog....NO!!!!
I have promised to put some pictures....just to spice up me blog....but not now....still busy....and lack of internet data....damn the Kiwi's....
Just realised....I love to use the dots....SEE? And if you are observant....you would've noticed that there will be four dots....no more....no less....NO! Did not do it on purpose....just comes naturally....Oh well....
Last but not least....LIVERPOOL WON!!!! WAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Don't mind me....don't get offended ManUre fans....it's been a while since we won against you....hence the reaction....
p/s: Next blog topic....iPhone 3G??? Or something else??? Still thinking....
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Malay, Chinese, Indians. Not Malaysians
Browsing through the internet, facebook.com, curiously, I went in to an UMNO Supporters Group, just to look at some of the comments made by the members in the group, especially since the Ahmad Ismail's incident, that has created so much racial tension between the Malays and the "Pendatangs", or is it just between the racist bastard and Gerakan?
I was not at all surprised and was deeply saddened after seeing the replies of some members, where most if not all are government funded scholarship students. Replies such as the NEP does benefit the Malays and improve the Malays or the non-bumis should not take away the Malays' "hak istimewa", etc. It is year 2008 now, I expect most people in Malaysia to be at least more mature, what more scholarship students, who are highly educated and yet they are giving immature statements like that, well done! Apparently 3 or 4 years of overseas education did not help these people to be more open minded or mature. In terms of education, are the Malays that weak that most of them need not only the Malays' but also CHINESE's, INDIANS' as well as the others' tax money to fund them to pursue their degree overseas? I view that as discrimination from your own kind as even the government had to view you guys as the weaker race and to support you monetarily. How pathetic.
To my surprise, there are even statements like, "When Wee Meng Chee ridiculed the national anthem and Islam, we kept quiet, when Ahmad Ismail came out with such statement, all make noise." FUCK OFF to both you silly bastards as well as our beloved Dr. M! Don't kid me, you guys are comparing a politician to a non-politician? Moreover, he is only in his 20s and is an undergraduate from Taiwan, tell me how old is Ahmad Ismail? A perfect comparison indeed. What are you UMNO supporters gonna tell me now? He is too old and he is senile, thus the unintended racist remarks? To be honest, I was no supporter of Wee Meng Chee and was hugely critical over his lyrics and the way he altered the national anthem, so don't come here and accuse me of defending my own race.
As I've said earlier, I was deeply saddened by the reactions of these particular people. I do love my own country, but when even my own countrymen do not accept me as a Malaysian and have equal rights, I was beginning to think, whether is it worth it to go back or to remain at New Zealand where although racism is worse, at least we as immigrants have equal rights as the local Kiwis. I even suffered discrimination in New Zealand by some Malays. I shall not elaborate too much on that. One of my friends from the States once said to Senorita, "I do not judge a person by his/her skin colour", that makes me wonder, what happened to us Malaysians? Are we no longer Malaysians? But Malays, Indians and Chinese? Living in poverty? Tell that to the Malacca Portuguese too, why aren't the government doing anything to help them?
It really makes one's blood boil
I was not at all surprised and was deeply saddened after seeing the replies of some members, where most if not all are government funded scholarship students. Replies such as the NEP does benefit the Malays and improve the Malays or the non-bumis should not take away the Malays' "hak istimewa", etc. It is year 2008 now, I expect most people in Malaysia to be at least more mature, what more scholarship students, who are highly educated and yet they are giving immature statements like that, well done! Apparently 3 or 4 years of overseas education did not help these people to be more open minded or mature. In terms of education, are the Malays that weak that most of them need not only the Malays' but also CHINESE's, INDIANS' as well as the others' tax money to fund them to pursue their degree overseas? I view that as discrimination from your own kind as even the government had to view you guys as the weaker race and to support you monetarily. How pathetic.
To my surprise, there are even statements like, "When Wee Meng Chee ridiculed the national anthem and Islam, we kept quiet, when Ahmad Ismail came out with such statement, all make noise." FUCK OFF to both you silly bastards as well as our beloved Dr. M! Don't kid me, you guys are comparing a politician to a non-politician? Moreover, he is only in his 20s and is an undergraduate from Taiwan, tell me how old is Ahmad Ismail? A perfect comparison indeed. What are you UMNO supporters gonna tell me now? He is too old and he is senile, thus the unintended racist remarks? To be honest, I was no supporter of Wee Meng Chee and was hugely critical over his lyrics and the way he altered the national anthem, so don't come here and accuse me of defending my own race.
As I've said earlier, I was deeply saddened by the reactions of these particular people. I do love my own country, but when even my own countrymen do not accept me as a Malaysian and have equal rights, I was beginning to think, whether is it worth it to go back or to remain at New Zealand where although racism is worse, at least we as immigrants have equal rights as the local Kiwis. I even suffered discrimination in New Zealand by some Malays. I shall not elaborate too much on that. One of my friends from the States once said to Senorita, "I do not judge a person by his/her skin colour", that makes me wonder, what happened to us Malaysians? Are we no longer Malaysians? But Malays, Indians and Chinese? Living in poverty? Tell that to the Malacca Portuguese too, why aren't the government doing anything to help them?
It really makes one's blood boil
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Why choose NZ la?
My first ever blogspot entry!!!
It has been around 6 months now since I landed in the Kiwi land, even so, I can 100% guarantee that when I talk to somebody, there will still be people asking me, "Why la choose New Zealand, so boring"
Boring, dull, drab, I can accept la, I must admit that this country isn't the best place for people who wants to go out and find something interesting to do or visit. However, I was shocked to hear some people telling me that NZ's education is not as good as the other countries(Not too shocked la, just an expression), but I chose to study at NZ wor, bagi muka sikit la.
Not popular or as good, yes. Australian education and other countries' education outshine NZ's in many ways.
But it's not entirely the universities' fault is it? Okay, I am actually currently doing an assignment about international students and NZ education, therefore able to say more about this. Based on my observation, people tend to go to Australia mainly because NZ is being stereotyped as a boring, dull place and Malaysians, where most of the people are from the city may not like or enjoy the scenic beauty of NZ. But what they do not know is that NZ is far beyond that. Some of my friends chose Perth, Hobart instead of NZ because of that factor too, but how much research have they done? University of Auckland, AUT and Victoria University of Wellington are all located in the central business district, unless you count in postcards and souvenirs, I can hardly find anything that represents NZ's symbol,i.e the fern. I had to travel to the local Botanical Garden to look at the NZ ferns.
I found out that the number of students in the university also affects the RANKINGS of the university in the world. Which is why Lincoln University from Christchurch is often perceived as the least popular university in NZ and NZ universities are generally unpopular in the world, not forgetting Otago's slightly inferior ranking to University of Auckland's. Moreover, the population of NZ is slightly lesser than Singapore's, based on the CIA world fact book. Some of the rumours where I heard about Kiwis rather go to OZ to study is completely unfounded. The Kiwis rather go to Auckland than to Australia as some of my Kiwis friends told me that only a very very very small portion of people go to Australia to study, mainly because of inevitable factors such as family reasons.
Selset Malaysia isn't doing well in terms of promoting New Zealand education is it not? Try comparing both the Selset and the IDP Malaysia websites, which one provides more information and promotes more? And generally speaking, Malaysians are anal when it comes to promoting something new that has yet to appeal to the current market. If you pay more attention to all the education agents around the nation, most of them would only approach you about studying in Australia, the UK or the USA but not mention anything about New Zealand or even Canada. Why don't they try? Mainly due to the mindset that Malaysians no matter what will never choose NZ as their destination and will be wasting effort and time if they do. What could actually happen if only they try?
I myself may not fancy New Zealand very much, but mainly due to homesickness, the fucking cold weather and the drabness of the country. But so are some of my friends from Melbourne, Australia. Our lifestyle is very different from the Caucasians, racism is very bad over there based on what some of them said, but I have yet to suffer as much in Wellington, where the people are generally friendly and are more willing to hang out with Asians. The only thing about them settling better there in Melbourne is because of the amount of Malaysian and Singaporean friends they have there, where they share similar lifestyles, similar accents, slangs and mentalities. Whereas Caucasians drink almost everyday. I do, but not all the time. What if there are less number of Malaysians or Singaporeans there, would it still be the same? In New Zealand, other than the government JPA scholarship students, there are not as many Malaysian friends. Fuck, I even have more Kiwi buddies, and 3 of them are from Auckland. And I had a good time in Auckland during my 2-week break.
Pursuing my Bachelors degree in Victoria University is undoubtedly one of the best decisions I have made in my life, I have learnt a lot about the Kiwi culture, the Maori and Kiwi accent, their slang, their lifestyle and not forgetting their mentality. Although there are some discrimination around NZ, but very minimal. I do get discriminated at times when I am around the university, but definitely less than when I was in Malaysia. I even got discriminated by some of the Malay students here in Wellington, by saying that the Malays are the stronger race and not picking me into the Bersatu Games just because I'm not Malay.
Some of my more Chinaman mentality friends are more critical towards the Kiwi culture, therefore unable to settle here. For example, they cannot accept the fact that the Kiwis here value their family more than the Asians. Fair enough, they don't really fancy any other ethnics other than Chinese and even admitted that they too discriminate the Caucasians when back in Malaysia. There are also people who can't accept the fact that New Zealanders are generally more open minded and are more willing to learn new things and ideas than the Asians. The Kiwis are very diligent and creative when it comes to completing assignment and studies too. So where does this education in New Zealand is not as good as other countries come from?
All being said, New Zealand is overall a nice place, where people here value family, friendship, lifestyle and most importantly the environment. I'm surprised at some of the political parties over here, saying that environment is more important than money and development, which explains the reason why some parts of New Zealand is being developed slowly. Just because some people, me included do not fancy staying here long term, doesn't mean that New Zealand is a bad place to study or to stay.
It has been around 6 months now since I landed in the Kiwi land, even so, I can 100% guarantee that when I talk to somebody, there will still be people asking me, "Why la choose New Zealand, so boring"
Boring, dull, drab, I can accept la, I must admit that this country isn't the best place for people who wants to go out and find something interesting to do or visit. However, I was shocked to hear some people telling me that NZ's education is not as good as the other countries(Not too shocked la, just an expression), but I chose to study at NZ wor, bagi muka sikit la.
Not popular or as good, yes. Australian education and other countries' education outshine NZ's in many ways.
But it's not entirely the universities' fault is it? Okay, I am actually currently doing an assignment about international students and NZ education, therefore able to say more about this. Based on my observation, people tend to go to Australia mainly because NZ is being stereotyped as a boring, dull place and Malaysians, where most of the people are from the city may not like or enjoy the scenic beauty of NZ. But what they do not know is that NZ is far beyond that. Some of my friends chose Perth, Hobart instead of NZ because of that factor too, but how much research have they done? University of Auckland, AUT and Victoria University of Wellington are all located in the central business district, unless you count in postcards and souvenirs, I can hardly find anything that represents NZ's symbol,i.e the fern. I had to travel to the local Botanical Garden to look at the NZ ferns.
I found out that the number of students in the university also affects the RANKINGS of the university in the world. Which is why Lincoln University from Christchurch is often perceived as the least popular university in NZ and NZ universities are generally unpopular in the world, not forgetting Otago's slightly inferior ranking to University of Auckland's. Moreover, the population of NZ is slightly lesser than Singapore's, based on the CIA world fact book. Some of the rumours where I heard about Kiwis rather go to OZ to study is completely unfounded. The Kiwis rather go to Auckland than to Australia as some of my Kiwis friends told me that only a very very very small portion of people go to Australia to study, mainly because of inevitable factors such as family reasons.
Selset Malaysia isn't doing well in terms of promoting New Zealand education is it not? Try comparing both the Selset and the IDP Malaysia websites, which one provides more information and promotes more? And generally speaking, Malaysians are anal when it comes to promoting something new that has yet to appeal to the current market. If you pay more attention to all the education agents around the nation, most of them would only approach you about studying in Australia, the UK or the USA but not mention anything about New Zealand or even Canada. Why don't they try? Mainly due to the mindset that Malaysians no matter what will never choose NZ as their destination and will be wasting effort and time if they do. What could actually happen if only they try?
I myself may not fancy New Zealand very much, but mainly due to homesickness, the fucking cold weather and the drabness of the country. But so are some of my friends from Melbourne, Australia. Our lifestyle is very different from the Caucasians, racism is very bad over there based on what some of them said, but I have yet to suffer as much in Wellington, where the people are generally friendly and are more willing to hang out with Asians. The only thing about them settling better there in Melbourne is because of the amount of Malaysian and Singaporean friends they have there, where they share similar lifestyles, similar accents, slangs and mentalities. Whereas Caucasians drink almost everyday. I do, but not all the time. What if there are less number of Malaysians or Singaporeans there, would it still be the same? In New Zealand, other than the government JPA scholarship students, there are not as many Malaysian friends. Fuck, I even have more Kiwi buddies, and 3 of them are from Auckland. And I had a good time in Auckland during my 2-week break.
Pursuing my Bachelors degree in Victoria University is undoubtedly one of the best decisions I have made in my life, I have learnt a lot about the Kiwi culture, the Maori and Kiwi accent, their slang, their lifestyle and not forgetting their mentality. Although there are some discrimination around NZ, but very minimal. I do get discriminated at times when I am around the university, but definitely less than when I was in Malaysia. I even got discriminated by some of the Malay students here in Wellington, by saying that the Malays are the stronger race and not picking me into the Bersatu Games just because I'm not Malay.
Some of my more Chinaman mentality friends are more critical towards the Kiwi culture, therefore unable to settle here. For example, they cannot accept the fact that the Kiwis here value their family more than the Asians. Fair enough, they don't really fancy any other ethnics other than Chinese and even admitted that they too discriminate the Caucasians when back in Malaysia. There are also people who can't accept the fact that New Zealanders are generally more open minded and are more willing to learn new things and ideas than the Asians. The Kiwis are very diligent and creative when it comes to completing assignment and studies too. So where does this education in New Zealand is not as good as other countries come from?
All being said, New Zealand is overall a nice place, where people here value family, friendship, lifestyle and most importantly the environment. I'm surprised at some of the political parties over here, saying that environment is more important than money and development, which explains the reason why some parts of New Zealand is being developed slowly. Just because some people, me included do not fancy staying here long term, doesn't mean that New Zealand is a bad place to study or to stay.
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