A lazy Friday

Yday (Thurs) was a public holiday in Germany. So the profs decided not to have class on Fri as well. So it's a long long weekend 4 us, stg that we craved for since the start of semester.

The long holidays means having more time to slack. Just dun feel like touching those books n notes which r pilling up at a dangerous rate. Sitting in front of my computer, enjoying my vanilla ice cream + coke, listening to korean drama theme songs on Imeem... hmmmmm.... pleasant.....

I guess there r plenty of movement bek in Msia. The state of Perak is still in turmoil. Nizar, then Zambry, then Nizar again. And guess wat, Zambry's back again! It's like watching Arsenal playing against Liverpool. U score, I score. But i think a 4-4 scoreline btw the 2 Menteri Besars will seriously be a laughing stock 4 everyone. Let me be the Menteri Besar lah, dun fight anymore! haha!

It seems like there will be a 3rd bridge btw Msia n Spore in the future. Wow.. dat's something good. I was kinda disappointed when Abdullah called off the "crooked" bridge project last time. But now, there's something 4 us Johoreans to cheer about! The causeway is just too narrow to support huge flows of vehicle going in n out of both nations. Imagine having a stomachache n being caught in the terrible jam at the causeway. >.< But it seems that the new bridge will b situated at the east of Johor connecting near to Changi Airport. Well, i dunno if ppl will use that bridge, esp if they wan to get to the city centre, like the case of 2nd link. Anyway, I hope it will be something of use to ease the problem at the causeway.

Read an interesting article in The Star. It's about BTN, a course which we JPA students have to attend before flying overseas. The so called "Brain-Washing" course. Below is a letter to the editor from an upset reader:

As parents we are glad that our grown up children attend the Biro Tata Negara (BTN) course, which is compulsory for government servants. They are all mature professionals.
But what angers me is that, instead of talking integrity, unity and harmony among the various races, participants are taught about disunity and racial hatred. Is this what our Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib wants for 1MALAYSIA?
Throughout the five days of the course, participants are repeatedly told not to question Malay rights and so on. The course coordinators keep talking about social contracts and telling non-Malays not to question Malay rights and so on.
Many participants, including my Malay friends, are upset.
Are we still living in a primitive age? If the BTN course is to be conducted in this manner, it is better to abolish it or let it concentrate on only one ethnic group.
The course is not bringing unity but only arousing anger and hatred.
(Taken from The Star, 22th May 2009)

Well, im not trying to say that what the government is doing is totally wrong. The BTN course is something really benificial for us students as well. We had the chance to participate in activities with different people of all races, which i think is good. However, like what being written in the article, the coordinators often mention things like social contracts, the rights of Bumiputera etc, making us non-malay students feel inferior.

Well, I must admit that solving racial issues is not something easy, like figuring out why Arsene Wenger bought Mikael Silvestre, an unwanted player at Man Utd. But I hope that the leaders can change their approach towards this matter. For a nation to go forward, unity of her people is something essential.

On the football front, I have got nothing more to say after Arsenal's defeat to Man U in the champions league. Another season which started with high hopes but ended up without any silverware. As an Arsenal fan, im already used to it. Arsenal fans and pundits all around the world have been wondering why Arsene Wenger did not replace Vieira, Henry and Campbell. It seems like Arsene Wenger is the only one who did not notice the problem.

I guess that's all 4 today... time to face reality = tonnes of notes and books.

p/s: congrats to Pei Wen for finding a new b*******d... haha...