Merde over

My mid-year exam is over!!!! Yay!! (: What a relief

The exams were crappy (which means I screwed up). Here is a brief summary on my five papers:

Chemistry: It was never easy to begin with, but this paper can be considered a 'killer'.

Maths: Marginally easier than Chem, but I did a few silly mistakes.

Physics: My weakest subject in SAM. Once again, I fail to complete the paper, coupled with the fact that the questions posed were hard, I feel this paper is a real merde.

Spec. Maths: Another tough paper. I am probably know how to do 60% of the questions only.

ESL: I don't think I wrote a good essay. Wait, two essays...

Conclusion: I am in deep merde.
My only consolation is that the exams are over.

Anyway, I would like to clarify a few things about myself:

1. I am not an alcoholic. I hardly drink because I don't really enjoy it.

2. I can play football, badminton, basketball, table tennis, volleyball and even sepak takraw.

3. I read the newspaper everyday without fail, be it NST, Star or the Sun.

4. I hate studying. Preferably I would just want to laze around the whole day.

5. I usually only watch movies that came out ages ago. Just last week, I watched Click.

6. I am a fan of the Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings series.

7. I love playing COD4 multiplayer (:

8. I really feel that NS is fun. If you have to go, just go lah. Its not that bad.

9. Nope, I never had a girlfriend before. I am available now (:

10. I am genuinely upset that Michael Jackson is dead because he was a great entertainer.

Teach in English is better!!!

Since the government announced their decision to revert teaching Science and Maths in English back to Malay, the public in general was divided in their opinion on the decision. Advocates of BM and ultra-nationalists were happy with the decision (as expected). It is probably prudent that I put forward my own opinion.

Personally, I think the government made a potentially disastrous decision in choosing to revert back to teaching Science and Maths in Malay. This move will not produce Malaysian students who have the competitive edge and the needed skills to survive in the outside world. Like it or not, English is the 'international language' and the language everyone needs to learn. Some parties argue that teaching Science and Maths will not improve one's English. But can you imagine learning these subjects in BM from Standard 1 up to Form 5 and then entering tertiary education institutes that teach these subjects in English. Students will be wondering what the heck is 'covalent bond', 'definite integration' and 'potential difference' because they have all learned it in BM. As a result, students will struggle to adapt themselves to the English terms and will suffer greatly while in universities.

The government also decided to increase the duration of English classes in schools. However, I think that this will not help improve the standard of English among Malaysians, especially those living in rural areas. Half of the English teachers teaching in government schools are incompetent in the language and incapable of teaching English effectively. I personally found English classes boring when I was in secondary school. Furthermore, the standard of English among many Malaysian students are abysmal. When I was in NS, a group of dorm mates asked me what is sarapan pagi in English and how to spell it!!! Imagine that!! A pre-school word and they don't know!! WTF?? (I could go on, but one example is more than enough)

So, Mr. Education Minister, pls be more far sighted and don't succumb to the pressure of ultra-nationalists and BM advocates factions.


You can go to Tun Mahathir's blog and participate in his poll
http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/

Ok, I think I better get back to my Physics. Shite, mid-year exams in a week....