just voicing out opinions.

2 issues.

issue #1:
is the government or the education board/minister or whatever body in charge serious in considering to change both Math and Science back to Bahasa Malaysia?

well, this actually only occured to me when i saw a protest on this matter on the internet recently. there was one theatre activist that appeared on the video, berucap akan hujahnya.

his first point : "macam mana hendak memartabatkan bangsa melayu? - kerana kedaulatan bangsa adalah bahasa, selain daripada budaya."
~ pertama sekali, apa yang ada berkaitan dangan satu-satu bangsa dengan bahasa yang digunakan sebagai medium yang digunakan di sekolah untuk pembelajaran dan pelajaran? tidak, tiada ada apa-apa yang berkaitan, pada pandangan saya. jikalau satu-satu bangsa tidak berdaulat atau apa-apapun, isu ini tidak boleh berkait dengan soal bahasa yang digunakan di sekolah. isu itu patut dikait dengan kekuatan pengaruh satu-satu bangsa itu.

his second point : "tidak wujud sebenarnya bangsa Malaysia. nonsense ini. hanya wujud bangsa cina, bangsa india dan bangsa melayu.."
~ ONE WORD : RACISM????

his third point : " zaman batu 1345 (kalau tak silap dia) dia datang sini sudah wujud bangsa melayu, jauh sebelum itu sudah wujud bangsa melayu dengan budaya melayu dengan bahasa melayu, tiba-tiba nak tukar kepada bahasa lain,...selama ini kalau kita ada pakar apa, pakar bedah ke pakar apa, apa asasnya, asasnya bahasa melayu.."
~ zaman batu sudah...dunia ini kian bertukar, kian bermoden, tidakkan kita hendak berundur hingga ke zaman batu yang manusia masih bertelanjng? mak shaduh... memang, asasnya bahasa melayu, yang bukan asasnya apa? oleh itu, kalau diajar bahasa inggeris di peringkat awal lagi, tidaklah payah kalau mencapai tahap yang tidak lagi asas.

his fourth point : "apa musibat bahasa melayu hinggakan orang melayu sendiri tidak mendaulatkan bahasa melayu?"
~ adakah selepas dasar mengajar Math dan Science dalam bahasa inggeris dilaksanakan, penggunaan bahasa melayu antara orang melayu dan antara masyarakat Malaysia berkurang dengan sebegitu kritikal hinggakan kedaulatan bahasa melayu telah hilang?

well, 2003, its been seven years since teaching Maths and Science in English has been enforced, and i think that it should stay that way. i maybe naive but then, it does seem like English is the worlds' language as of right now, no? yes, Bahasa Malaysia is indeed our national language, and that heritage should never never be forgotten, sure enough. but this should not be an issue concerning that. this is more inclined on the issue concerning the future developement of our country. and progressive deveploement of a country depends on the younger generations, and therefore, therefore. go figure.

besides, we do have a fair share of subjects that are taught in Bahasa Malaysia, like moral, history, geography and all others that are not Science and Maths.

kesimpulannya, isu mengajar matematik dan sains dalam bahasa Inggeris tidak harus dikaitkan dengan kedaulatan bangsa negara Malaysia.

i hope they do not jeopardize the 7 years of effort being put out by teachers and students and just end it all.

issue #2:
tahukah anda bahawa industri muzik Malaysia dan Indonesia berkontroversi. kini Malaysia hanya membenarkan 10% muzik Indonesia untuk dimainkan di radio-radio Malaysia dan 90% mestilah tempatan.

i am a listener of malay music. be it Malaysian, or Indonesian, as long as its good music, i am up to it.

so again, yes i saw this program that was held last year on this controversy and Malaysian artists had claimed that;
1. mereka tidak diberi ruang untuk membaikkan kualiti muzik mereka kerana industri muzik Malaysia dominen dengan muzik-muzik Indonesia.
2. kalau artist Malaysia diundang untuk membuat konsert, dibayar tiga ribu, kalau sebut saja artist Indonesia, terus bayar tiga puluh ribu.
3. radio-radio kian saja memain muzik Indonesia.

so what they wanted was for them to have chance to be able to show what they are capable of and their potential as musicians. therefore, came this 90:10 thing. which i find very ridiculous. the only listeners of Malaysian music and Indonesian music are Malaysians and Indonesians. don't think there is any other country that understands the language, so why must it be Indonesia, Indonesia yang punya, Malaysia, Malaysia yang punya. because, if you are good and have the potential, then given space or time or chance, you will be noticed. its only because you know you are not that good that you fear for competition.

music is very much like sports. it kinda brings people together. but in this case, its just between Indonesia and us, us and Indonesians and not the whole world. music is free, music is no politics.

because after all, do you think that the 90:10 will stop fans from indulging in Indonesian music and build a stronger fan base in the Malaysian music? guess its a no.