Math and Science will be taught in BM

KUALA LUMPUR: The Cabinet has decided that the medium ofinstruction for Maths and Science will revert to Bahasa Malaysia innational schools and mother-tongue languages in national-type schoolsfrom 2012 onwards.
The reversal of the Teaching of Math andScience in English (PPSMI) policy will be done in stages, Deputy PrimeMinister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said on Wednesday.
He however added that there will be greater emphasis on learning the English language.
English literature will be re-introduced, as will subjects on grammar and composition.
Beginning2012, students in Year One and Year Four in primary schools, and FormOne and Form Four in secondary schools, will learn Math and Science inBahasa Malaysia.
The change will not affect those in Form Six and Matriculation.
The two subjects will be taught in two languages until 2014 for other students, he said.
“The gap between rural and urban students has widened since PPSMI started.
“Only19.2% of secondary teachers and 9.96% of primary teachers weresufficiently proficient in English,” he said, explaining theGovernment’s decision to revert to the old system.
On efforts toemphasise the learning of English, the number of English teachers wouldbe increased by 13,933 -- retirees would be hired, as well asforeigners if need be.
Primary schools will also increase English classes by 90 minutes a week.
Therehave been calls from various groups for the policy to revert to before2003, when the subjects were taught in Bahasa Malaysia in nationalschools, and either in Chinese or Tamil in national-type schools.
Theissue has seen a rare alliance between Malay and Chinese educationists,who are against the switch, although there are also calls by many parents and entrepreneurs for English to be maintained.

Comment : I heart fully agree with the decision. Well, u see, we already have the English subject itself. So, why must we involve Math and Science in this matter? Does learning math in english will enhance your english proficiency? For god sake, it's all about numbers and science is all about concepts. To success in math and science for later education, it's very very essential to understand and grasp the foundations securely. That means, the subjects must first be taught in a manner that the students can understand easily. Tell me, how can this be achieved if we teach these subjects in a language that the students can barely understand. English is not our mother tongue and learning this language itself will take time and efforts unless these students have been speaking in english at home which is very rarely found in Malaysia. Many people say it will soon be a trouble when the students enroll in university since most subjects are taught in english. My god, are these people too ignorant to realise the existence of English subject in primary and secondary school. When the time comes for them to go for tertiary education, if they are really learning in school, 11 years of preparation of learning English is enough for that. Most important scientific terms do not differ much in both language and believe me, the transition will be smooth provided that they already have strong foundations and knowledges in that particular field. Learning math and science is not about language, it's all about understanding. You dont memorize to solve mathematical problems... and you definitely dont need to memorize to explain scientifical phenomena if you really understand what is happening.

Empires

Yesterday, i've made a big decision... Don't worry it's not a decision that will the determine the fate oh this word. Hehe... Joking. Oh well, I've just purchased a ps3 cd entitled Dynasty Warriors 6 : Empires. That alone costs me rm230. That's why i dont really like ps3. The original cd is effing expensive! All programmers around the world, fast break the code and make a ps3 pirate cd out of it! :P

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It was a cloudy and peaceful afternoon, all of a sudden my mom asked me if i want to follow her and my sister going out to KK. Since I myself had nothing to do at home, i willingly answered 'yes'. First stop, we went to Wisma Merdeka because my sister is planning to cut her hair at a professional saloon. So while waiting, I took a stroll with my mom and ended up in Bata Shoes Shop. We then looked around the shop and I planned to buy a new slipper since my existing slipper is too worned out. After purchasing one, I went to a gamestop and surveyed the new arrival games of ps3. Nothing cathed my eyes, I then went to Tong's to catch up with my mom. Soon after that, my sister smsed my mom that she was done with the hair cutting. Without any delay, we met her at the saloon. I told my mom that I want to go to Citymall to survey some games. Good thing, she agreed with me.

After going through a lot of traffic jams in KK, we finally reached the destination. I went to a gamestop and asked the boss, "boss, dynasty warriors 6 empires suda sampai ka?". He answered, "blum owh, mayb bsok atau lusa kali tu baru sampai." We then went to the next stop and the boss answered the same thing. Finally, I reached a shop and the boss told me the game had just arrived. I could still see the games piling up on a table and he's selling it at rm 230. The adrenaline was running fast through my body while holding the game case. Unable to decide at the spot, I went to Oldtown White Coffee with my mom and sister. I was thinking, thinking, and thinking. "Should I buy the game or not?" that question just keep lingering inside my mind. Being unable to resist the temptation, I went to the nearest ATM, drew out some money, and went again to the shop and said "Boss, i want the game". To cut the story short, I was home.

Without further a due, I opened the case and started playing. My dad made a big noise saying how cheap you can purchase it on internet, but I was too busy playing to pay attention to his bubbling. I've already bought it. So what to do? Nothing. Just smile (I've heard the phrase somewhere... Where is it actually?) One thing that concerns me, this game is one hell of a fun. I've just finished playing the officer mode from 8pm - 4am continuously without any break and planning to continue it after I finish updating this blog. I guess the gamer side of me is really back now.

Transformer and Lord of the Ring

Well, basically i've just watched Transformer 2. It's a great movie indeed with pretty solid actions. I've heard so many fuss on how great the movie is. Yeah i heart fully agreed with that. But to nominate it as the best movie of this century? No, I think Transformer is not up to that level yet. Yes it is IF AND ONLY IF 'Lord of the Rings' was never filmed before.




I can still remember crystal clear every scene in LOTR although 6 years has passed since that time. So far no movie has ever beaten LOTR in term of its epic-ness. Remember in 'Return of the King', when King Theoden of Rohan charges with his army of cavalry into a hopeless battle while screaming "Death!!!"?? Holy crap that was just too awesome. Knowing that you will die, but still fight for the freedom of middle earth.... No words can explain the feeling. The bravery, sacrifice, sadness, friendship, loyalty, betrayal... It is a complete movie good enough to drive me emotional watching it. So far, it is the only movie that had managed to make me stood up and clapping at the end of a movie in cinema. So if you ask what is my favorite movie of all time, without second thought, i will say Lord of the Rings Trilogy. ;)

Anyway to those who still havent seen the Transformer 2. Go watch it... It's definitely not a waste of money to buy the ticket. Have fun!!

Me and Digimon

Many many years back, when i was still so naive and innocent...
There exists an anime called DIGIMON or in it long terms, digital monster.
I used to be a freak and fanatic of digimon...
Actually up to this time, I am still and always be a lover of digimon. :D
Back then, I was so eager waiting for sunday morning to come. Sitting in front of the television, watching digimon was once my routine every weekend.
The badass design of digimon never fails to leave me in awe. Screw pokemon!! (i hate cute monster) Long live digimon!! hahahaha
I wish i can go back to the past... sadly it's nothing but an impossible dream. :(

Susan Boyle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk

I might be a bit outdated. In fact a lot! hahaha... Seriously i never know who the hell is this lady until i was given a link by my friend, Edgar to watch her audition in Britains Got Talent 2009. To those who are wondering, Susan Boyle was one of the contestants in this reality TV show and was awarded 2nd place in this season. Take note, she is actually 47 years old!! At first, i didnt expect much from seeing this video. However, things had gone beyond my expectation and I actually almost cried. Yes i was touched. Call me whatever you want but I dont really care. I had learned a great lesson watching this video. Commonly, we sometimes tend to judge people with reference of their outside appearance. I thought i was not that type of person until I saw the video. Without realizing it, i was actually laughing my ass off when Susan Boyle went out introducing herself to the judges and told them that she wants to be a singer. I was like 'wth is this women doing' at that time. To my astonishment, my mouth was shut tightly after this old lady started opening her mouth. That was absolutely stunning! I was speechless. I felt like i was somewhere inside a wonderland playing in a flat and calm playground with her singing as the background music. Ok i might sound a bit exaggerated. Hahaha. Moral of the story, never judge a book by its cover. Even a not good looking bread might turn out to be super delicious sometimes. Who are we to judge the creations of God (im not referring to the bread). It's very common that some people insult the other people just because they are not smart, or maybe they are not as good looking as the insulter. The question is, are we too perfect to pass judgment on these people? No we arent. Therefore, never ever look down on these people. In fact, everybody is equal in His eyes.

bad.. utterly bad!!

OMG... The last 5 months i checked my body weight, it was 64 kg. Then I checked it again last two months and it increased to 68 kg. Yesterday, I found out that it increased again to 71 kg!!! So here you can see that my body weight has been skyrocketing these few months. This is bad. Real bad... Something has to be done!! It's do or die.

Great~!

I've touched down on KK few days ago. So far the holidays is going great. This is really the place where my true heart lies in. :D

There have been some changes in my home when i was away for 5 months. The most notable is absolutely the new and lovely ps3. Sienz, the only games that we have so far are FIFA 09 and Metal Gear Solid 4. Hype all those games you want, but I aint going to play it though. No particular reason, just not my type of games especially the shooting one and football. Hahahaha. Anyway, talking about shooting, i've been participating in a paintball game with my colleagues. Special courtesy goes to Frank for inviting me. I was there with Ikhwan, Frank, John (Frank's bro), and a few of Frank's La Salle friends and cousin. Just 4 words to say, "no pain no gain". It sure is fun but definitely you will have to endure a couple of lovely and gentle hits from the pellets. I really mean it! Hahahaha. Got a couple of head shots and lovely bites at the back. Yeah thanks to Frank for ambushing me from behind. Nevermind... I managed to get my revenge by giving him a nice head shot at the end of the game. Sorry Frank, I dont really mean it. I was randomly pulling the trigger without knowing one of the pellets hits your head hard. >.<

Hopefully i can play this awesome game next time. If possible in a larger scale game(16 people). Im very sure it's going to be a lot of fun. Just have to fully get yourself prepared. Dont be like Ikhwan who became the president, running on the field using slippers and fall down. You know what it means if you fall on the battlefield. Just get ready to get focusfire from your enemies. Hahahahaha

Anyway back to ps3, to those ps3 owners who stay in KK, apparently I found two game shops in Citymall providing rental service for ps3 games. One of the shop offers rm20 per game for 1 week with rm250 as deposit and the other offers rm50 per game for 3 weeks with rm300 as deposit. If you dont have the capability to buy the original expensive games, renting is not bad at all. :)

Till my next post. Sayonara~