Why you shouldnt believe everything you read...

Seen on TheAge,

An article on our very own KL!

Now now, before we get all proud and happy of ourselves.. lets take a look at the article... http://www.theage.com.au/travel/the-new-asian-capital-of-cool-20090528-booi.html

I'll let you read the whole article for yourself.. but I'll take out a few excerpts from it..My comments are in bold/italic after the excerpts..

"The Novotel Kuala Lumpur City Centre could well be dubbed Malaysia's Little Australia."
uhh.. no. not now, not anytime soon.

"KL's attraction as a shopping destination to match its neighbouring rival, Singapore."
Sure.. Petaling street. (did i spell dat right? it sounds funny). where probably nothing is genuine.. then again, u wont get a rolex watch for $10 in Australia. "Rolex" that is..

"For those who want to venture further afield, getting around this clean and tidy city is easy by way of its cheap and plentiful taxis."
u sure u got the right city mate? clean? tidy? oh cheap and plentiful - thats fine, you just left out taxis-that-leave-u-hanging-on-to-your-life as well as taxis that look like they are cars that belong to your ancestors, leaving u wondering how the metal tin can with wheels still even moves.

"After being ripped off at the first stall my wife and I visited, we soon learnt the drill."
Finally something that sounds like KL.

"Avoid travelling by road between 4pm and 6pm - the city becomes a car park - and don't step onto anything resembling a pedestrian walkway with presumed immunity. Nothing's going to stop."
Yes, this would be my biggest (and most important) advice to anyone who doesnt originate from KL. nothing's going to stop. except your heart if you do do this.

"It's only a short trip from there to the beautiful Butterfly Park and nearby orchid gardens."
dont forget hot and humid. Lying around on grassy areas in Msia is so not the same as in Australia.

and finally.. the title..
"The new Asian capital of cool?"
cool? KL is anything but cool, its hot and humid.

Well nonetheless, its a cheap food haven! delicious food that makes the aussie look like a backward country when it comes to food variety and prices.

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Lawy3rz

A dilemma..

So I'm sitting there typing this facing the biggest crisis that has ever faced mankind since 1000 B.C. Let me explain. I opened 3 cans of tuna, chopped onions, mix them into a bowl, open my fridge to get my mayo, and then realize...

I've got no more mayo..

Yes, i was tyring to make TUNA SANDWICH. at 3am in the morning. now such a crisis. I have bread, cheese, margerine, and 3 cans of tuna with chopped onions sitting on my counter and here I am typing this and wondering if 7 11 stocks mayo.

Who the hecks goes to 7 11 to buy MAYO?

So I'm sitting and wondering if I should go check... Sigh why doesnt coles/safeway/woolworth opens FROM midnight - macam adelaide??? yes coles in adelaide OPENS AT MIDNIGHT. Don't ask why. but then again, I'd be their biggest and most frequent customer at 3am in the morning - like now! if they had it in melbourne.

Dang it. I shall.... contemplate on walking 100 meters down d road to check 7 11. for tuna sandwich.

UPDATE: THEY DO SELL MAYO AT 7-ELEVEN.. and ham. and cheese. and oyster sauce. wtf?

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Lawy3rz

Bored & assignments

Screw assignments, they're a bloody waste of time honestly.. The concept behind them is good, but the implementation of assignments are anything but a waste of time. Learning students are supposed to question what 'knowledge' is being spoon fed to them, not just acccept them like its a fact-of-life instantly. Particularly better students will go a step further to ask questions beyond the unit and these are the best students.

However, some tutors (and lecturers) ought to be shot. I can hardly believed my ears when one student raised his hand, asked a good question about a topic in relation to the unit, only to have the tutor answered, "you dont have to focus on that because its not part of this unit. just stick to whats in the unit and in the exams". I was baffled. In other words, he probably doesn't know the answer, and the student was shot down. Is this how university is supposed to be? accepting "facts" as it is, without question? oh and did i mention the tutor's english is absolutely grammatically poor?

Some lecturers teach a unit very relevant to todays world and happenings, but in the lecturers uses data and examples from over 15-20 years ago. Those data have changed SO drastically since and the irony is that the lecturer would probably have been very right - 20 years ago that is, but lecture the same way today and it will draw flak, and criticism - from students who don't quietly sit and take in all spoon-fed information but from those who question and ask. Any information before year 2000 should NOT be used in such a fast moving and contemporary unit. This particularly unit also should be taught neutrally - i.e. the lecturer should not be taking stances on the unit (its a unit where there are 100 ways to do 1 thing and all are not wrong). Unfortunately the lecturer seems to impose his point of view upon students, creating fear that he will mark us wrong otherwise. I am simply amazed how one person could have taken such an interesting and exciting unit, and turn it into the most boring unit i've ever seen. i cant wait for evaluation.

Seditious? Defamatory? I reckon if I was still at Malaysia I'd get "warning" emails for writing a post like this. There's no names of anyone, units of anything, but for goodness sake, before you start chasing people for writing their opinion like this, evaluate yourselves first. Don't expect me to name anyone, and if (insert uni name) is concern with such poor quality tutors and lecturers, please do a full review of every lecturer and tutor, and get feedback from the students.


This whole post is one sided because it only talks about the negative part. Make no mistake, I have been to some of the best lecturers and tutors under (insert uni name) as well. Their ability to explain and create understanding among the students are fantastic. Tutors who can create relevant discussion while still tutoring the unit in the tutorial room rather than just questions and answers earn my utmost respect - even those who seem crude and rude at first are actually excellent tutors.

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Lawy3rz