Alright I am sure all of you would have heard that our Science and Mathematics subjects are going to be taught in Malay from 2012 onwards.

Question is - why now and who gains? Certainly not our students. They are always on the loosing end every time our Education Minister (and all past Education Ministers) opens his mouth.

Lets look at this problem from another angle, shall we?

Do we have a by-election coming up?
Check.
Who are the majority voters?
Malays.
What makes them happy?
Malay language, Malay rights, Islam, Monarchy, have I missed anything else?

Now note that UMNO needs to win the upcoming by-election real bad. There is no other way about it. They have to win to save Najib's face and the government's as a whole. They realised the only way the to win this by-election which is in Kelantan is to actually join hands with PAS. But we all know how the proposed marriage between PAS and UMNO went. PAS kicked UMNO off the bed.

So now they need a new tactic. A new method. Something subtle, yet one which shall heat up Malay sentiments again.

Bring up monarchy issue again?
Nah, people are still angry with the whole Perak fiasco.
Bring up an Islamic matter?
Nah, we have a fresh body-snatching case.
Malay rights being trampled by Chinese political power?
Nah, the Indians at Kg Buah Pala are doing it on behalf of Malays.

So what's left? Ah yes, Malay language. Lets bring the Science and Maths in English case again. Lets pick up where we left off last time. Lets revert back to Malay to make the Malay voters happy. And on top of that, lets tell the Kelantanese that UMNO is the one who has been championing Islam all this while and the Kelantan state government has not brought any developement to Kelantanese people at all. All this should get the Malay sentiments high and running.

But what about students? Ah, who gives a shit about students eh? Be it Malay students, Chinese students or Indian students, really, who gives a shit about them? We just want the Malay voters to be happy, and that too only the Manek Urai Malay voters.

So there you go people. Some of you may wonder why the change is taking place only in 2012? Well, what about all the UMNO-linked book publishers who have stocked books waiting in warehouses? Who gains the most each time the Education Ministry says something different? Book publishers, of course. Today you say its all in English; the book publishers print them in English. Tomorrow you say its all in Malay, the book publishers will print them in Malay. Everyone stands to gain eh? Yup, everyone except students.

Now I might also add that the Najib government doesn't really like Mahathir breathing down its neck. Mahathir realised that the reason why Badawi threw out several of his pet projects was because Mahathir simply wasn't holding an iron grip over Badawi. And now when Mahathir closes in on Najib, Najib (or rather Rosmah) gets fed up and throws this whole "Science and Maths in English" fiasco out. And I don't think I have to remind that this was Mahathir's brainchild.

What's my take? Every subject, except the Malay language, should be taught in English. Trust me, you will not see the importance of English unless you become a public servant. If you're gonna be working in a private company, or head overseas on a project or further studies, you are going to be so fucking embarrassed.

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What the hell happened ??!! I went on a break for 6 days right after my exams, and when I come back I can't even understand head or tail of what's happening in the local scene.

What is the issue with Kg Buah Pala? Tried reading here and there but I have officially given up, in fact for the first time I am clueless as whom to blame. And on top of all this, I find videos of Hindraf protesting against DAP's headquarters in Ipoh and Negeri Sembilan on Youtube. Shouldn't Hindraf be protesting against Gerakan?? The most concise read-up on this issue is provided by SV Singam here, but like I said, I have just no freakin idea what's happening there.

I understand that the DNA Bill has been approved with utmost urgency; mind you people, our government is more obsessed with nailing a 60 year old opposition leader with his DNA rather than focusing on the economic recovery or wrestling the crime rates which is spiralling out of control.

Like I said before, I went on a break to Brisbane just after my exams. Now I want to highlight just why I prefer Australian cities over Malaysian cities any day: Read this article first. Please note that the article is actually written over a year ago. Brisbane is congested compared to Perth and Canberra, but trust me nothing can beat KL's traffic. Over the past year or so, Brisbane has been restructuring its pedestrian paths to allow for cyclists. I was wondering if such a scheme could be introduced in Malaysia, but then I realised we don't even have proper pedestrian paths in the first place to be converted to bicycle paths. We don't have proper public transport, not even bicycle paths, and never mind disability ramps. Oh we have a long way to go to reach developed status.

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