a short wrap up for the first week of sem reopen

monday blues starts off with a way too early class for me as im still havin the holiday feelin inside me, thx to the arsenal-man u match which i'd certainly enjoyed it as man u was beaten to the ground n chelsea remains in the competition for the title!!! attended for the engineering econs to meet up with the lecturer pleading him to allow us to bring the subs forward but the request had been turned down by the coordinator...haihz -__-|| classes ended at 5, dragged the whole beaten up body back n straight snooze till dinner.... ^.^

tuesday was the most relaxing day for the chemi 2nd yr 2nd sem as there is onli an hour lecture for the whole day. after 9, i headed to the basketball court with derrick, james n william for practicing my aiming n power...-__-" played under the hot sun till i became groggy b4 i headed back to rest up... nth much up to for tuesday as it had bcome the most boring day of the week.

wednesday all the uni students enjoyed the half day lecture hours as after 2 the remaining of the day had been allocated for co-cus, meeting up with lecturers, rectors n prog heads for discussion. nth much happened on wednesday as i had addicted to babo violent 2 for a change.

friday went for futsal in menglembu sports planet futsal center on fu shen's n jason's invitation. was realised tat i din have the actual stamina for the game as after 1 hour of playing, my inhalation rate had increased. feasted with ipoh's famous taugeh chicken after the game b4 head back to UTP.

woke up after 4 hours of sleep on sat as im goin to gua tempurung for the 3rd time with uni frens after the breakfast in tronoh market. the package the organiser choosed is top of the world n river cruising which i had enjoyed it once with my parents. after the gua tempurung trip, we went all the way to kampar for lunch. settled in kam ling restaurant for the curry chicken bun n i shopped for kam ling restaurant's chicken biscuit.... yummy...^.^ headed to ipoh stret after lunch for movie n we decided to watch blood diamond by leonard dicaprio as danny archer, djimon housonas solomon vandy and jeniffer connelly as maddy bowen. the 7 of us did really enjoyed the storyline as it revolves around the world poorest continent, africa n the abundant natural resources in tat continent. diamond, the precious stone crazed by women n men had lead to the disaster in african countries as the mine slaves were under the ruling of some iron fists. the movie is a worth-watching film although the duration is 2 hours ++ with parts tat introduce boredomness but there r certainly actions n conflicts in between the film. returned back to UTP aroun 1030pm n to my realize, we were out for 15 hours....wow...^.^ went out for man u vs portsmoth match with a tired body to watch a superb goal by wayne rooney which earned them the ticket for the next round.

today woke up at 1pm... sweat... watched guess3 in order to clean up my hdd for extra places to keep more stuffs...

Varsity students do badly in MUET

By KAREN CHAPMAN

PUTRAJAYA: One-third of students who graduated from public universities last year have very low English language proficiency.

In fact, 29.2% of the 120,000 graduates scored Bands One and Two in the Malaysian University English Test (MUET), which identifies them as “Extremely Limited User” and “Limited User” respectively.

Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed, who revealed this yesterday, said the situation could not be ignored as the figure was too high.

“This is why we have asked universities to ensure their students' proficiency is improved. This will be done through the introduction of the Soft Skills module at all public universities,” he said after delivering his New Year message to ministry staff.

Mustapa said the vice-chancellors' committee had recently recommended that the ministry make it compulsory for students to score at least a Band Three before they graduate from university.

Under MUET, students are classified according to six bands or levels of achievement from Very Good User (Band Six) to Extremely Limited User (Band One).

“We have turned down the request as this would not be fair to students, particularly those from rural areas,” he said.

When MUET, which tests Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension and Writing skills, was first introduced, it was made compulsory for students enrolling in public universities to take the test. However, they did not have to “pass” it to gain entry.

A public university official said his institution organises intervention programmes in English for students who enter the university with MUET scores of Bands One and Two.

“These are really intensive programmes but we can't force students to attend if they don't want to, although we encourage those doing programmes in the Sciences to attend,” he added.

The MUET results will be released today . Candidates can collect result slips from their schools or institutions of higher learning from 10am. Private students will get theirs by post.

-from www.thestar.com.my

when i read bout this, my head went kababoom... english, the tool for higher education can be looked down like this.. wat the heck!! stpm leavers with the MUET results of band 1 n band 2 can enter public university????? (unbelievable...) wat happened to our nation nowadays? band 1 n band 2 result gainers are labelled as extremely limited user n limited user respectively for MUET test. the vocabs used in MUET wasn't too bombastic or rather too hard to be comprehend compared to certain vocabs used in the huge amount of websites available. yet band 1 n band 2 students can enter public university while the high achievers in MUET were rejected to be offered for courses. no wonder UM's std had dropped year by year after the research conducted by the TIMES as the students there were unable to communicate in english fluently. since MUET does not affects the intake of a student into university, y not the government ban it once n for all? there r certain fees for every paper tat had to be taken in public exams tat students r forced to pay in order to sit for the paper. n not every student can afford tat, me myself had to calculate each n every cent tat is my account certainly had the deepest feelings of those poor students. my dad used to say to me, "boy, u better study hard n get a scholarship to help out the family financial situation" n bcoz of this i had try my best to strive for the sky which turned out all the effort to b wasted as i din manage to get a scholarship n had to take up a loan from PTPTN for my higher education. the onli thing i dun understand is y the major race tat had loads of money kept in the bank r able to obtain a scholarship with a MUET test result of band 1 while the other 2 major races (hopefully u get the meaning) with excellent MUET results were deniened of the chance for scholarships or public university???

dun mentioned the students, even the grads from the teachers training center were reluctant to teach science n mathematics in english although the syllibus had been changed since 2 years ago. yet no actions had been taken against the teachers who had the slogan bahasa malaysia bahasa kita deeply rooted in their mind. haih...

education.... educate apa????

Schoolgirls competing to be No.1 in sex game

Other News & Views

A GROUP of female students in a secondary school in Johor Baru are said to be competing among themselves to be the one with the highest number of one-night stands, Nanyang Siang Pau reported.

Each of the 10 students in the group, aged between 13 and 15 years old, would fork out between RM50 and RM100 to be in the game.

The student with the highest number of sex partners within a month would get a “reward”, which ranged from between RM500 and RM1,000, said the report.

Usually, a student would need between 13 and 15 sex partners to claim the “reward”.

It was learnt that the school had expelled some students involved in the activity, but the report added that it was still going on.

> China Press reported that although the Cabinet had decided to postpone a ruling on the minimum mesh size of fishing nets, some fishermen said they would still meet Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday.

Kuala Sepetang was one of the coastal villages where fishermen decided to wait until the outcome of the meeting before deciding on their next course of action.

-www.thestar.com.my

when i first read this news piece, i was thinking y my school does not has this type of schoolgirls around. =D imagine u as a guy n out of sudden ur schoolmates which happened to be the opposite sex come asking u for a 1 night stand... wat's ur reaction???

this is the current situation tats happening in our country. who shuld b blamed? the education sys of malaysia? or the group of schoolgirls itself? as a malaysian, i'm seriously disappointed by the education sys tat had undergo some minor changes from time to time but it still revolves around the sys tat had been used for decades. educators seems to have no understanding about the acceptance of certain issues with an open mind. does it seems weird to discuss proper sex education when the student reaches his puberty age?

for ages, the topic of sex education covered is in biology classes, yet that still is a tip of an iceberg. wat about those students tat r taking art stream which do not offer biology as one of their study subs? doesnt they also have their own role to play if the government wish to stop all these negative news to spread on? this year is visit malaysia 2007 year, imagine those foreigners tat came for tours read bout it, wat do u think their reaction will be? i hope tat malaysians doesnt want to be a laughing stock in the eyes of the world, arent we?

english, an international language tat had been used for more than 100 years yet some public universities neglect the importance of the MUET test. in my opinion, MUET is much more easier than papers like TOEFL, etc yet students with a band one result can enter university malaya which once was the proud of the malaysia in education field, not mentioning the standards of it have dropped dramastically every year. wat happened??? can the malaysians use their own manglish when dealing with the international businesses like oil n gas production, automobile business, exporting n importing? if both the minister of higher education n the minister of education do not take immediate action, then the future will have no hope competing against other nations, e.g. our friendly neighbour-singapore. singaporeans had realised the importance of english n mandarin in the worldwide trend n they had pumped in efforts to master both but on the other hand, malaysians had not shown any solid efforts for tat purpose...

punctual?

i bet some of the readers r watching the series silence by andy hui, a korean chick whose name unfortunately forgotten, 1 member of the f4 yet i forgotten his name n su yong kang. in the starting of the first episode, the leading actor, named Qi Wei Yi who is the president of a certain compnay had said a phrase tat had made my thoughts gone wild.

"zhou, u r a very punctual person. ur performance had earned u a very respected reputation n ur loyalty towards the company i appreciate it a lot. but according to the data u'd provided, u came in n leave the company right on time everyday. however, how long it takes u to the machine for u to punch card? 5 mins? i think is 10 mins. therefore u reach ur desk after punching in at 8.10am n leaves ur desk at 4.50pm. everyday u wasted 20 mins juz for tat. U R FIRED!!!!"

well, in our society, some ppl seems to have the unpunctuality set in their mind. have u ever been to a dinner tat starts on time? especially for those wedding dinners. for chinese wedding dinner, the amount of ppl tat both the groom n the bride had invited was so huge tat we can't have a wedding dinner tat starts right on time. their mind set is somehow like this: "ah... wat for go so early? the dinner wont be starting so early, take ur time to dress up dear..." for wedding dinners, all the relatives had to be at there in order for the dinner to start. this is y i hate such formality dinners.

many of u might hang out around malls with frens for some time killing activities like watching a movie, goin arcade, window shopping or grab the oppurtunity of the sales to buy to ur heart content. for me, goin out with frens is fun n enjoyable but if the person i'd asked din appear on time i would go impatient n the worst case i would go mad. imagine if the bos asked him to b somewhere at sometime n this actually turned up... the guy would definitely leave a bad impression for his boss. time punctuality shuld b imposed to everyone as this is an important part of our life. hopefully all of u would b punctual in future....

back to uni mode

today is thursday as the clock juz ticked 12am not long ago. in 2 days time i'll be travelling back to tronoh, perak for my 2nd yr 2nd sem commencement(pardon me if the spelling is wrong, lazy to check up my dictionary tat locates at 2nd floor).

time really flies as i was killing my time with some uni mates accompany n most of all the sec school frens who turned up at ai ai's celebration. dun think i'd mentioned it in my earlier postings, but ai ai was seriously charming in her qi pao as usual. wished tat i could have the pics tat we took tat day but sadly it's juz a dream tat is far from coming true.

not forgetting the mangas tat i've read during this hols, it juz splendid. i'm not into those BL(boy love) or sissy storyline for sure but more to the detectives or those brain-training type, for exp: death note. this great manga needs alot of patience n skills as it craved out the main lead of the story, yagami light had accidentally get hold on the death note left on his school compound by shinigami n start demonstrating his view of justice. although this manga was juz merely 15 books in total for chinese version but it thrilled up my hols with analytical skills tat yagami light possessed.

now gonna start packing up for the return to the forsaken uni as i always procastinate in doin this. was planned to do it on monday but till now, 0.1% of progress also hvn achieved. haha

sassy girl chun hyang

yup... today, in fact was yesterday was the final episode of this korean series. actually im not such a big fan of korean series when the winter sonata n some other series after it was aired in the national tv stations but this series had completely caught my attention. after all, it's not way too heart-touching(although im a hard hearted person according to my mum), this series is about the relationship between chun-hyang n mong-rong when they met during their high school time till the time when they finally grad n had a job. compare to korean series, i prefer japs as i love japs. was in japan when i was 1 for few days b4 comin back to this motherland of my parents. yup, i was forcefully brought back to m'sia as i was born in america, how i wish i can protest n stay in america instead....:)

modifying my blogspot

after few days looking at some html codes from other blogs, i finally ended up with this outlook for the blog of mine but till now my subconcious still telling me sth is missing in the layout or the page element of mine... from the cbox till the counter hitbox till the links i set up to link my page with other blogs of my frens, sth definitely is still out there for me to get a peek to understand how am i getting it to be in my page... any of u know wat's missing in my page pls kindly let me know... thanks lot in advance

wat a crazy day

krrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnngggggggg!!!!!!!reaching out for my alarm to shut it off, my sis came barging into my room yelling:" woi, i tot u wanna go out with frens later???!!!" rubbing my sleepy eyes frustatedly, i had a quick glance at my cell juz laying beside me n oh no!!! it's 5 mins past 10, n i had promised wai lun to be at kepong ktm station at 10.30am. grabbed a quick breakfast n shower myself up to keep myself awake b4 i rushed to meet up with wai lun where we supposed to hit the road all the way to pj assunta hospital for a blood donation. during the journey, a sudden question popped up.
referring to wai lun,me: "eh, y we go pj assunta??? tot selayang hospital was so so near..."voices trailed off as the trios burst into laughters.
wai lun:"er....haha, later i shall tell u y..(a wicked smile was crafted on his face)", k...i kinda get the meaning out of it...well, guys n guys frequency was somehow tuned to be similar.
when reach the blood bank in pj assunta, my body was trembling as i was a first-timer for this blood-donating thing. uneasiness began to creep up but around 12.30pm after all were done, we let out a big relief as the thing was not as frightenin as we tot. haha... had lunch in the cafe there b4 we head back to our respective place.

after 30 mins of resting, a sudden call from kj woke me up asking for dota! dota! wat a word to wake me up... haha, headed straight to meet them although my left hand still feels a bit weird.
then right after the session ends, i went back home for some clothes changing b4 headed out again!

this time was to ai ai's 21st bday... knowing her for some 8 odd years (n living in the neighbourhood), her invitation can't be ignored..seriously enjoyed myself as had the oppurtunity to meet up with 9 other ai ai's 'VIP's a.k.a our schoolmates. some really were out of contact as seldom meet up although most of the 9 were living in the neighbourhood. foods, drinks n jokes were soon enough to max up my capacity as we were once enjoyed our companion during the school time but after secondary school graduation, the time for us to meet up was so so limited. therefore, the 11 of us had exchanged our stories n enjoyed the time(hopefully...)

finally was back to my house 20 mins past midnight with a all-worn-out body... think need to go n get a rest after this... adios...

harbor n rocks

yeah, u get it right. harbor n rocks is the theme of my blog background. yesterday when i was scanning tru all the template themes n this particular theme caught my attention.

harbor is a place where u can find the joy of those family members who longed for the return of the sailors who finally b by their side n the sorrow of those who lost their dearest to the raging sea. i liked sea since i was a small kid, harbor was the place i longed to be there as i liked to listen to the beating of the waves against the rocky wall, the chirps of the seagulls, the yelling of the sailors n captians, n not forgotten the beam of lights shone down by the lighthouse during the night.

however, this dream of mine had not come true as i was born in a city near the metropoliton. the onli place tat i can seek tranquilness is the forest research institute of malaysia a.k.a the FRIM. walking tru the tropical forest tat the institute preserved listening to the chirps of the birds soaring above my head n the rustling of dried leaves some how takes away my sorrowness n those problems tat had been troubling me.


nature is wat makes my life, i felt great living by nature rather in the city filled with hypocrites n pollution. wish tat i can go visit maldives, heard the nature ambience there is juz simply beautiful.

a whole new world of texts

Hm.... today is the first day I blog in here although I had this blogger account for quite a long time, about 2 years in fact. This marks the near-to-an-end of my friendster blog. As my friendster blog serves as my daily journal n my personal thoughts jotting down place, so as this blogspot serves as.

Greed, a normal word for all human. No one can deny himself to be not greedy at all, unless he is a super liar according to my friends. The emperors of the past all were overthrown for their greediness, ranging from the greed for wealth, health, power, women, or land. Me myself undeniable had my own greed, the greed of having more money to spend on the luxurious items tat now i can onli watch them with saliva drooling down to my feet. Over the years, I dreamt of having mercz as my own transport, banglos as my holiday villas, numerous of spare time gallery watch piece n etc but as I've grown up till now, not even a thing I can achieve n I've learnt tat greed n day-dreaming combination surely will make a person procastinate n lose out to the world. Imagine a country with those who always day-dream about the things they can do to fulfill their greed n do not put in effort, surely the country will b taken over by country who is strong enuf for the purpose. So don't b greedy d la, be real n start to work to achieve ur aim