中国 - GDP增长了6。8%
台湾 - GDP下降了8。6%
香港 - GDP萎缩了2。5%
新加坡 - GDP也下滑了12。5%
触目惊心！大中华区域经济体都遭到重创！中国看起来没事但不知能熬多久。
马来西亚方面，据称即将宣布去年最后一季国内生产总值，情况不容乐观。
可想而知，美欧日都完蛋时，亚洲各国无一幸免，甚至可能跌得更重！
世界的钱如果都象中国日本那样购买已成垃圾的美国国债，丢进无底洞的话，最后伤得更重的人是自己，名副其实帮倒忙！
世界经济，呜呼哀哉！
世界性的战争将不远了。
星期三, 二月 25, 2009
Blood pact between monarchy and race!!!
It is really unhealthy when a group of people say "if you do not respect the my kings, it means you do not respect us too!"
Come on?! Let us not talk about whether monarchy system shall be reformed or shall even be abandoned first. If the people accept monarchy, it means the kings belong to the people, the whole country, but not only a certain group of people. Here, why do these people try to relate the monarchy system with their own dignity? Are they trying to say, people who do no belong to their group do not have the right to share the honor of having the same kings?
Well, you do not want "your kings to be my kings".
"You do not have a king, you are at your own. They are my kings."
Are not this ridiculous? Can they please rock their mind? Can they please don't make such a stupid statement?
Please, everyone is a Malaysian here. Whatever belong to Malaysia is open to every Malaysians! In the above case, the kings belong to the whole Malaysians. The kings are ruling every Malaysians! Can you say besides your race, the other races do not serve the same king? Please drop this kind of illogical yet ridiculous theory today!
Every race has contributed to Malaysia today. Even tough there is a problem with racial integration. However we are considered to be lucky to have enjoyed what we have now!
The Malay Peninsular used to be one of the most prosperous countries in Asia back in the 50's and 60's. After that we were caught up by Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore! Imagine, our people here used to spend big buck in these 4 areas!
Think about it. What happen to us today? As a Malaysian, we should really work something out to help the nation to move forward. My thinking is, think all of us as 'Malaysian' instead of race first, then our mindset will be different when making all kinds of policy to run the country!
Try it, esp. those who do not agree with me. You must try it then you will see the result. Trust me. We all want a good, prosperous and strong Malaysia. With capable leaders, everyone of us will live a good life here. When you have a good life, the skin color, the religion and the race of the leaders are not important anymore.
Come on?! Let us not talk about whether monarchy system shall be reformed or shall even be abandoned first. If the people accept monarchy, it means the kings belong to the people, the whole country, but not only a certain group of people. Here, why do these people try to relate the monarchy system with their own dignity? Are they trying to say, people who do no belong to their group do not have the right to share the honor of having the same kings?
Well, you do not want "your kings to be my kings".
"You do not have a king, you are at your own. They are my kings."
Are not this ridiculous? Can they please rock their mind? Can they please don't make such a stupid statement?
Please, everyone is a Malaysian here. Whatever belong to Malaysia is open to every Malaysians! In the above case, the kings belong to the whole Malaysians. The kings are ruling every Malaysians! Can you say besides your race, the other races do not serve the same king? Please drop this kind of illogical yet ridiculous theory today!
Every race has contributed to Malaysia today. Even tough there is a problem with racial integration. However we are considered to be lucky to have enjoyed what we have now!
The Malay Peninsular used to be one of the most prosperous countries in Asia back in the 50's and 60's. After that we were caught up by Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore! Imagine, our people here used to spend big buck in these 4 areas!
Think about it. What happen to us today? As a Malaysian, we should really work something out to help the nation to move forward. My thinking is, think all of us as 'Malaysian' instead of race first, then our mindset will be different when making all kinds of policy to run the country!
Try it, esp. those who do not agree with me. You must try it then you will see the result. Trust me. We all want a good, prosperous and strong Malaysia. With capable leaders, everyone of us will live a good life here. When you have a good life, the skin color, the religion and the race of the leaders are not important anymore.
閱讀黃潔媚小姐布羅閣文章有感
读了黄洁媚小姐部落格的一篇有关华人被卖猪仔历史的文章，写了些感受如下。
我们的祖先(马来西亚华人)飘洋过海惨被人当猪仔卖到这里（当然，不是全部），在争取独立的过程中做出巨大贡献,到头来还是有人认为我们掠夺了他们的财富！
资源没有好好开发，哪来的财富？哪来的繁荣？哪来的大蛋糕为坐享其成者来享用？
马来西亚在近百年来大部分的繁荣景象都是由华裔的商业活动所带来的，谁能否定这一切？没有华商，马国又会怎样度过一次又一次的经济难关？
我希望偏激的种族主义者能仔细考虑这点，不要为了哗众取宠而来这一套，例如“寄居论”。
黄小姐的大作常在独立专栏出现，我深感欣慰，竟有这么一位年青美女关注社会课题！！！而且拥有很棒地写作功力，以至于拥有专栏，真是青山代有人才出！
我们的祖先(马来西亚华人)飘洋过海惨被人当猪仔卖到这里（当然，不是全部），在争取独立的过程中做出巨大贡献,到头来还是有人认为我们掠夺了他们的财富！
资源没有好好开发，哪来的财富？哪来的繁荣？哪来的大蛋糕为坐享其成者来享用？
马来西亚在近百年来大部分的繁荣景象都是由华裔的商业活动所带来的，谁能否定这一切？没有华商，马国又会怎样度过一次又一次的经济难关？
我希望偏激的种族主义者能仔细考虑这点，不要为了哗众取宠而来这一套，例如“寄居论”。
黄小姐的大作常在独立专栏出现，我深感欣慰，竟有这么一位年青美女关注社会课题！！！而且拥有很棒地写作功力，以至于拥有专栏，真是青山代有人才出！
星期四, 二月 19, 2009
推广华文之路错了？
马来西亚推广华文之路错了？
今早在南洋商报看到了君的文章。他说到沈慕羽老先生“白璧微瑕”，穷其一生为实现华文教育“大三通”而奋斗，可惜对社会的效果甚微，引为沈老先生走错了路。
他以自己在马六甲求学的经验为例。他与同学要找一个华文书店或华文公共图书馆都很困难。这说明如果社会没有华文兴盛的风气，那么华校学生将“英雄无用武之地”，这对华文教育前景不利，始终需要自愿人士来苦苦经营，力保不失！
说得对。如社会没使用华文的风气，受到在再良好的华文教育也无济于事。情况就像马来文，如不是政府强制官方文件都使用马来文，那马来文将渐渐消失，因为没有诱因使人人都想学习。换句话说就是没有市场！
华人社会的经济蓬勃，所以一直以来都有使用华文的习惯。这情况在中小企业界尤其明显！我的第一间公司就是如此。那是一间信息咨询软件屋，同事老板们的日常用语都是华语，除了开正式会议之外。只是，基于国际标准（我们的顾客来自新加坡），我们的文献都是英文至上。这是英语程度好的人才好好发挥的领域！除非，华文的地位能提升到成为国际文献标准语言的地位，否则很难避免以上所说的情况。这就有赖于他族能否觉得学习华文非常重要了。一旦华文流行了，害怕它地位不会提高？
我坚信，只要本地华人不放弃在日常生活中使用华语，日后将会形成一股强大的华文势力！数十年维护华教也有了成果，今日入读华小的友族同胞也与日俱增，有些微型华小甚至要靠少许的友族同胞来维持学生人数！如华教能出产一批品学兼优的优秀生，直到他族父母以他们为榜样时，那么，华教的光辉之路可期！
今早在南洋商报看到了君的文章。他说到沈慕羽老先生“白璧微瑕”，穷其一生为实现华文教育“大三通”而奋斗，可惜对社会的效果甚微，引为沈老先生走错了路。
他以自己在马六甲求学的经验为例。他与同学要找一个华文书店或华文公共图书馆都很困难。这说明如果社会没有华文兴盛的风气，那么华校学生将“英雄无用武之地”，这对华文教育前景不利，始终需要自愿人士来苦苦经营，力保不失！
说得对。如社会没使用华文的风气，受到在再良好的华文教育也无济于事。情况就像马来文，如不是政府强制官方文件都使用马来文，那马来文将渐渐消失，因为没有诱因使人人都想学习。换句话说就是没有市场！
华人社会的经济蓬勃，所以一直以来都有使用华文的习惯。这情况在中小企业界尤其明显！我的第一间公司就是如此。那是一间信息咨询软件屋，同事老板们的日常用语都是华语，除了开正式会议之外。只是，基于国际标准（我们的顾客来自新加坡），我们的文献都是英文至上。这是英语程度好的人才好好发挥的领域！除非，华文的地位能提升到成为国际文献标准语言的地位，否则很难避免以上所说的情况。这就有赖于他族能否觉得学习华文非常重要了。一旦华文流行了，害怕它地位不会提高？
我坚信，只要本地华人不放弃在日常生活中使用华语，日后将会形成一股强大的华文势力！数十年维护华教也有了成果，今日入读华小的友族同胞也与日俱增，有些微型华小甚至要靠少许的友族同胞来维持学生人数！如华教能出产一批品学兼优的优秀生，直到他族父母以他们为榜样时，那么，华教的光辉之路可期！
星期二, 二月 17, 2009
Monarchy again!
Well, i see the ugly side of the kings again...
Where do kings get money from? From the government! Where do government get money from? From the people!!!
What now? Kings deserve a good service whereas people have to treat them like something majestic? The government have to grant them special status ? What is this? They are just some normal human being who are so lucky to be born in royal family!!!
What do they care first? It's about themselves! They want to protect their statuses, their fortune and everything. Hence they do not need to care about people. Sometimes they will do some trick to show people that they still have power and they deserve to be respected!!!
Monarchy is something terrible. It is 21st century now and yet these ancient system still exists! This is not tolerable at all!
Come on, let's kick Monarchy out!!!
Where do kings get money from? From the government! Where do government get money from? From the people!!!
What now? Kings deserve a good service whereas people have to treat them like something majestic? The government have to grant them special status ? What is this? They are just some normal human being who are so lucky to be born in royal family!!!
What do they care first? It's about themselves! They want to protect their statuses, their fortune and everything. Hence they do not need to care about people. Sometimes they will do some trick to show people that they still have power and they deserve to be respected!!!
Monarchy is something terrible. It is 21st century now and yet these ancient system still exists! This is not tolerable at all!
Come on, let's kick Monarchy out!!!
星期一, 二月 16, 2009
“华人世界语言规范问题”讲座
听了讲座，很不错，老师对华文规范的看法很开通、很实际。
主讲人是暨南大学华文学院院长郭熙先生及全球各地区华语词典编辑者汪惠迪老师。
我最赞同郭老师认为该以“提供服务”的思维来看待华文规范，而不是强制性的，这会为华人世界提供方便而非负担。当不同地区的华人要沟通时，自然需要规范服务以有效沟通，到时你不求人人求你，如有提早准备那么有关服务就很快会被采用。
这是很好的点子，毕竟，要求不同地区的华人使用同一种标准的华语有违常理。语文是会随周围环境而进化的。所以才会有英美澳纽加各地区英语使用情况不同的问题。
当各地区的华人要沟通时，就能以所谓的“规范”为依据，不强制整个过程，而是根据社会需要，这才是实事求是及精明的方法，省了不少资源尤其是时间。
至于对媒体广泛应用英文字母词汇现象的看法，郭老师表示相当无奈。他说有相关机构对CEO、PK等英语词语的广泛应用感到不满并采取措施，可惜事与愿违，目前还无法改变人们使用这些英文字母词汇的习惯。我想，主要原因是这些词汇非常方便传神，而非“首席执行官”等所能取代的。有关当局需要创造更活泼更传神又兼顾方便的词汇好让人们使用。好消息是，郭老师已就此事拟定一个方案并已交上有关当局以作参考。
中英文参杂现象在信息行业尤其明显，我想路经此文的中国信息业朋友也会认同。信息行业新词汇日新月异，新东西出现得快，创造者又是欧美人，想当然尔翻译方面确实无法跟上。翻译需要时间，不能随随便便。我想，就让时间决定正确的译词吧！
象JAVA，还是没看到其相应的华文词汇。偶尔看到“爪哇”，但使用程度不广，是失败的。
当然，人人有时对新词汇不习惯，尤其是音译的。但是，“菩萨”“佛”等梵文翻译词现在以在我们的日常生活中出现，大家也没觉得不妥。这证明了“意”也能于稍后附在字上的。要不然就学日本人的创意吧！他们竟然发明了“民主”这样棒的词汇！
谢谢南洋商报提供本地人一个这样的讲座！希望日后本地会有更多此类的讲座！
主讲人是暨南大学华文学院院长郭熙先生及全球各地区华语词典编辑者汪惠迪老师。
我最赞同郭老师认为该以“提供服务”的思维来看待华文规范，而不是强制性的，这会为华人世界提供方便而非负担。当不同地区的华人要沟通时，自然需要规范服务以有效沟通，到时你不求人人求你，如有提早准备那么有关服务就很快会被采用。
这是很好的点子，毕竟，要求不同地区的华人使用同一种标准的华语有违常理。语文是会随周围环境而进化的。所以才会有英美澳纽加各地区英语使用情况不同的问题。
当各地区的华人要沟通时，就能以所谓的“规范”为依据，不强制整个过程，而是根据社会需要，这才是实事求是及精明的方法，省了不少资源尤其是时间。
至于对媒体广泛应用英文字母词汇现象的看法，郭老师表示相当无奈。他说有相关机构对CEO、PK等英语词语的广泛应用感到不满并采取措施，可惜事与愿违，目前还无法改变人们使用这些英文字母词汇的习惯。我想，主要原因是这些词汇非常方便传神，而非“首席执行官”等所能取代的。有关当局需要创造更活泼更传神又兼顾方便的词汇好让人们使用。好消息是，郭老师已就此事拟定一个方案并已交上有关当局以作参考。
中英文参杂现象在信息行业尤其明显，我想路经此文的中国信息业朋友也会认同。信息行业新词汇日新月异，新东西出现得快，创造者又是欧美人，想当然尔翻译方面确实无法跟上。翻译需要时间，不能随随便便。我想，就让时间决定正确的译词吧！
象JAVA，还是没看到其相应的华文词汇。偶尔看到“爪哇”，但使用程度不广，是失败的。
当然，人人有时对新词汇不习惯，尤其是音译的。但是，“菩萨”“佛”等梵文翻译词现在以在我们的日常生活中出现，大家也没觉得不妥。这证明了“意”也能于稍后附在字上的。要不然就学日本人的创意吧！他们竟然发明了“民主”这样棒的词汇！
谢谢南洋商报提供本地人一个这样的讲座！希望日后本地会有更多此类的讲座！
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