星期日, 五月 24, 2015
My thought on Brains v Brawn: Why UMNO can't match LKY
This is the original article.
And here is my response:
Lee Kuan Yew himself is an intellectial as well. Don't forget that he grad from Cambridge during 50s. Our past and current PM could not match him in terms of academic achievement.
Lee's political ideology is the Confucius kind, to rule the country with Elites or scholars. (background: China is the earliest country that took public servants by public examination at multiple levels, as early as 500AC).
As for Lee, I guess he wanted to make himself as close to emperor as possible. In the end he did not. He is excellent and that's why abit arrogant.
星期五, 五月 22, 2015
New Generation of Modern Chinese Malaysian
I came across a Facebook post of a friend's friend as follows:
Religious upbringing makes the difference. Many modern Chinese families don't really stress much on religion teachings.
Ancient Chinese were very well mannered due to strong Confucianism background but modern Chinese completely abandoned Confucianism(since early twentieth century) and they have nothing(or money) to fill in the blank and here's the result.
If you study the Peranakan, you'll find Peranakan are generally very well mannered because they still retain some of Confucianism rituals and rites.
I lecture in different private colleges/universities that are predominantly run by Chinese and attend by Chinese. But in one such institution I have the privilege to teach a group of MARA scholars. This group of MARA students, many of them came from not so rich family and to be able to get scholarship to go to the US to further their studies is a great opportunity that they wouldn't have if they are left alone without any government assistance.
Now I am not here to talk about NEP or Bumiputra rights or racial discrimination etc. What I want to point out is the attitude these MARA students have compare to the group of Chinese students who come from a wealthy background. These MARA students are serious with their studies because if they don't get the grades required, they will lose their scholarship. They are diligent, hardworking, attend my class regularly, and do their work without complaining. Because of their religious up bringing, they respect me as their lecturer and elder and they produce quality work.
Come back to the Chinese students, because they don't really need to maintain a certain grade point average (their parents will be there to support them no matter what) plus growing up in a well to do family, they basically behave like the world has owe them everything. They complain just because the lecturer refuses to give them one extra mark for them to get an "A" (which they don't really deserve one), produce mediocre work, missing classes, and rude to lecturer (I guess may be their parents allow them to answer them back rudely).My opinion is as follows:
I have two points here. Whatever the scholarship or financial assistance the government is giving to the Malays, they are generally (notice I say generally) given to well deserve Malay students. And it is a joy to have them in my class.
As for the Chinese students in my class, many of them are good students and really enjoy having them in my class.
But many of them are also spoiled to the bones. I don't blame them. I blame it on their parents. I have no idea why modern Malaysian Chinese parents have totally lost control of their children. They are so afraid of offending their children and saying "no" or "cannot" is something absolutely haram in their children upbringing. And their children can do no wrong; it is the lecturer or the college is the one who is in the wrong, abusing their children. After all, they pay to come to the institution.
My colleague and I were discussing the above issue this morning. I told her that I am concerned because we are growing old. One day, these students with this kind of attitude will take over the country and I wonder I will be taken care of at my old age...but I do see rays of hope in our MARA scholars...Insy-Allah.
Religious upbringing makes the difference. Many modern Chinese families don't really stress much on religion teachings.
Ancient Chinese were very well mannered due to strong Confucianism background but modern Chinese completely abandoned Confucianism(since early twentieth century) and they have nothing(or money) to fill in the blank and here's the result.
If you study the Peranakan, you'll find Peranakan are generally very well mannered because they still retain some of Confucianism rituals and rites.
星期三, 五月 20, 2015
廣告: 潮吹 Squirt
霹雳博物館
太平不仅有太平湖可去而已,太平还有许多好去处,如与太平湖毗邻的动物园,又如这间离太平湖非常近的"霹雳博物院"。
这间霹雳博物院门票不会很贵,才二元而已,属于廉价的开销。售票处就位于博物馆外头而已。不过,由于保安不严,如果游客从后门进入,肯定也不会被抓到。当然那是缺德的事,马币两元其实真的不算什么大花费。
停车位还算充足,但是并没有遮荫,要泊在大太阳下。
里面有冷气,非常凉爽。第一个展览厅展览的是马来族与各原住民的面具。马来族都有戴着面具舞蹈的传统。而原住民每逢祷神仪式皆会戴上不同面具来跳舞祝贺一番。有些面具看起来真的像极外星人,不知这些原住民先民是否曾见过这些奇形怪状的生物。
展览厅内还有电子显示屏播放马来族和原住民的面具舞蹈,附加各种讲解。不过这些东西似乎属与霹雳无关。不明白为何称这博物馆为霹雳博物馆。
第二个展览厅则没什么特别。展出的都是动物骨骼和样本。海陆空的动物都有。样本都栩栩如生,我还以为是动物尸体所制作的标本,不过後来仔细观察,其实都是泥塑的。
第 三个展览厅则是各种马来传统金银器。这些金银器都用在各种仪式里,如婚嫁、皇室仪式等。有些金银器我没见过,知道有这种用途的器具后,还真大开眼界。这 些金银器样样都很精致,保存得很好,真想搬回家收藏。某些金银器但我就是找不到锡器。奇怪,霹雳以前不是以锡闻名的吗?
至于第四个展览厅则在楼上,展出的都是国内各民族和原住民生活中的各种用品和服装等,相信主要是给外国人看的。
毫无例外,博物馆出口处有纪念品贩卖处。说真的,那些纪念品许多都与博物馆、大马和霹雳扯不上关系,很多都是舶来品,就连"小黄人"也有卖,真的很可惜。这么多纪念品,只有印上"我爱霹雳"字眼的T恤还算有纪念价值。
星期六, 五月 16, 2015
馬來西亞民間乩童故事
今夜有重要私事,须到某地,顺便访问当地某庙了解其乩童故事。乩童为男身,跳"南海观音"四十余年。其女娓娓道来,谓其外祖父某日从福建原乡请来"南海观音"。当时其父尚是少年,某夜十二点十分,其父突然全身颤抖,亲人摇之不醒,终开口谓其为"南海观音",附身此男以服务当地村民,尤以治病为重。就此于某沼泽地小庙治病无数,兼助众人解决各类生活问题。求助者逐渐络绎不绝。之後获信徒资助,于近处起大庙至今。
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