Matematik & Sains Dalam Bahasa Malaysia

Sepertimana yang sudah diumumkan oleh pihak kerajaan kita, pengajaran matapelajaran Matematik & Sains dalam Bahasa Inggeris akan dimansuhkan pada 2012setelah sekian lama isu ini dibincangkan. Adakah benar ini suara rakyat? Adakah keputusan ini dibuat berdasarkan apa yang dilihatkan bagus untuk rakyat? Adakah ini salah satu cara kita akan mencapai Wawasan 2020, wawasan 1 Malaysia?

Adakah benar PPSMI gagal mencapai matlamat asalnya? Betulkah anak-anak kita sengsara akibat pengajaran subjek Matematik & Sains dalam Bahasa Inggeris?

Bolehkah negara kita maju seiring negara-negera lain di dunia dengan keputusan ini?

Pada pendapat saya, bukannya teruk sangat subjek Matematik & Sains diajar dalam Bahasa Malaysia, jikalau anda tidak ada perancangan untuk melanjutkan pelajaran diluar negara ataupun bekerja diluar negara selepas tamat pengajian. Boleh cukup makan kalau tinggal di dalam tanah air sendiri, tetapi jikalau anda melangkah keluar dari negara tersayang anda, maka sedarlah dari mimpi manis anda kerana apa yang benar adalah kita seumpama katak dibawah tempurung sahaja. Kita syok sendiri, tipu diri sendiri bahawa kita maju seiring negara besar lain di dunia. Betulkah kita seiring padahal kita tidak dapat menjawab pelancong luar negara apabila ditanya jalan. Kita cuma jaguh kampung sahaja.

Bukannya saya mahu merendah-rendahkan Bahasa Malaysia, tetapi isu berbelah pendapat yang kita dapat lihat sekarang berpunca daripada dua aspek. Pihak yang setuju kerana pelbagai sebab, dan pihak yang tidak bersetuju kerana satu sebab sahaja. Kita tidak ada keyakinan yang secukupnya bahawa Bahasa Malaysia dapat mendandang cabaran untuk digunakan sebagai bahasa perantaraan dalam pengajaran matapelarajan Matematik & Sains. Mengapa?

Cubalah buka kamus dewan, dan cubalah kira. Berapa perkataan yang anda dapat cari yang dipinjam dari Bahasa Inggeris ke Bahasa Malaysia? Tak faham?

Globalization=Globalisasi.....
Economy=Ekonomi....
Critic=Kritik....
Concept=Konsep....
Politic=Politik....
Theory=Teori.....

.....dan macam-macam lagi.

Kita cuba lihat isu ini dalam skop isu ini sahaja. Janganlah cuba mengatakan siapa bodoh kerana memansuhkan sistem ini ataupun siapa yang bodoh kerana benda lain. Adakah rasional jika matapelajaran Matematik & Sains diajar dalam Bahasa Malaysia? Keputusan sepatutnya dibuat berdasarkan apa yang terbaik untuk Malaysia, untuk rakyat, dan bukan satu, dua individu. Lihatlah impak dari keputusan yang dibuat secara menyeluruh dan berpandangan jauh, kerana rakyat yang sengsara sekiranya keputusan yang salah dibuat.

Penguasaan Bahasa Malaysia saya, bukanlah bagus sangat, setakat dapat berhubung dengan kawan-kawan saya yang berbangsa Melayu. Kawan-kawan bangsa India pula, kita bertutur Bahasa Inggeris. Kawan-kawan sama bangsa, cakaplah dalam bahasa kita sendiri. Tidakkah senario ini bagus kerana tidak kira apa bangsa jua, kita dapat berkomunikasi antara satu sama lain dalam satu bahasa universal, dan pada masa yang sama mempelihara bahasa ibunda sendiri. Bukankah ini apa yang orang putih kata, "Kill 2 birds with 1 stone"?

Bagaimanpun, saya memang harapkan pihak kerajaan kita boleh tarik balik keputusan untuk memansuhkan pengajaran matapelajaran Matematik & Sains dalam Bahasa Inggeris.






ChiM

Sleepy Head

i must have gotten the sleeping spell, perhaps a witch cast it onto me. After visiting my sis in Kampar this morning, i slept through the whole afternoon until 4pm from noon time.

Not sure what has gotten into me that yawning seems to be an every 5 minutes thingy. I keep having the desire to sleep though it's not sleeping time yet. Is this a sign of old age?

As i was typing the previous line, i yawned again.

It's almost midnight now, and tomorrow got to go work, and the weather doesn't seem too hot to slumber. So i guess i'll give in to my inner desire to sleep and go sleep.

i just yawned again.





ChiM

Cake-kies

Today is a fruitful Saturday, unlike most weekends when i just sit on by behind & play games throughout the whole afternoon and then again at night.

What activities i did which is so fruitful, you may ask. Well, first of all, i spent it with SQ, and second of all, for the first time ever, we made cookies together. Chocolate chip cookies.

We've done quite a number of couple activities together, but we've never gone into baking before, and finally today, we've done it. That feels kind of like we've moved on to another stage of our relationship again. That actually feel pretty lovely.

Anyway, after buying ingredients from the nearby Tesco, we came back to my place, move out all the tools we need for the baking & the preparations, placed all the ingredients we bought from supermarket on the table, and we started work.

As a reminder, we are making chocolate chip cookies.

First we beat the butter with brown sugar until smooth, then we added in the vanilla essence, and then egg, and then milk and finally flour & the chocolate chips.

Roadblock #1: How to put onto the pan?

I find this kind of difficult to do since the dough was very soft and sticky. So in the end we just use a spoon and drop all the cookies dough onto a pan and put the pan into the oven.

Roadblock #2: It's soft!

I thought the cookies will hardened up after it cooled down. Apparently not entirely true in my case. The outer crust is crunchy, just like how cookies should be but the inside.......it's not undercooked, just not hard.

So, instead of getting cookies, i called my result a cake-kies, since it's like eating cake.

Anyhow, it's a very fruitful day spent with SQ.





ChiM

A Tribute to The King of Pop: Michael Jackson

i was literally in a lost of word when i heard the news on the radio this morning as i was driving to work. Michael Jackson has passed on at the age of 50 due to cardiac arrest. He was scheduling for his tour concert in London next month, but unfortunately, he couldn't make it till then.

i grew up watching MJ. i still remember watching his thriller mtv on tv. i was little but he made a deep impression as i was growing up. i remember seeing him appearing on tv for a good cause; trying to save mother earth, trying to stop wars, trying to stop poverty, trying to make the world a better place for you, for me and the entire human race.

There was no doubt that his life was tornado-ed upside down with lots of court cases and accusations of really bad things. There was no doubt his personal life was quoted as a "circus side-show". There was no doubt that his passion of changing his skin colour often striked him remarks like "Freak!". There was no doubt when people call him the King of Flop when he failed to re-achieve his own successes.

But there was also no doubt, that his unbreakable record selling Thriller still top the chart until now. There was no doubt about his talent, and his professionalism, and his effort to help save the world. There is no doubt he is irreplaceable in the hearts of each and every fan he has out there.

Michael Jackson, his life was never a smooth sail on a lake, rather swimming with the shark. He worked harder than everyone to be successful in what he does, and his contributions and love towards music has undoubtedly shaped what the industry are today. His passing away today is definitely a shocked to us all. Let us all remember him of his talents, contributions and passion for music and world peace.

Let's not cry, let's not be saddened for he will be remembered as the King of Pop forever.






ChiM

Positivity for a Change

i just realized i'm posting a lot about the negativity i felt on that certain day when i blog. For instance i wrote "I'm pissed with Citibank" on twitter yesterday, and then just now i almost wrote "I'm pissed with JPJ".

Any other normal days i would post something like "I'm pissed with my Boss" or "I'm working with IDIOTS" or similar things like that.

That's not good. Not good at all.

Need to feel more positivity for a change. It spells P.O.S.I.T.I.V.I.T.Y.

For starter, this post is to start feeling positive about feeling positive =D






ChiM