Tuesday, March 24, 2009
PPSMI
Seperti yang kita semua maklum tentang penggunaan penghantar Inggeris dalam mata pelajaran Sains dan Matematik yang sekarang heboh diperkatakan oleh orang ramai. Di sebabkan ramai yang memperkatakan isu ini, saya terfikir sejenak.
Sejenak kerana memikirkan masa depan anak saya yang masih bersekolah dan terikat dengan peraturan yang dikenakan. Pada masa ini mereka belum faham tentang bahasa penghantar ini. Samada Inggeris atau Bahasa Melayu, mereka boleh belajar dan memahami dengan sempurna kerana mereka mempunyai kemampuan untuk tujuan tersebut. Tetapi apabila difikirkan lagi apabila saya memperlekehkan bahasa Melayu sebagai bahasa kedua dan sub standard bagaimana pula mereka akan berfikir pada zaman mereka. Kita semua telahpun melihat kesan terhadap kecenderungan untuk memperlekehkan bahasa Melayu di papan tanda, billboard, iklan di media dan bacaan teks untuk pelajaran di sekolah!
Jadi, disebabkan perlekehan ini akan menjadi satu budaya maka identiti Kemelayuan akan di perlekehkan juga. Pada masa hadapan mungkin anak melayu akan malu terhadap identiti Melayu mereka. Siapakah yang akan dipersalahkan pada masa itu? Kita semua telah tiada untuk diadili.
Jika sekarang kita merasakan bahasa Melayu adalah Kuno dan tidak menepati bahasa yang dianggap moden fikirkan tentang erti kemodenan bahasa dari segi pencapaian sesuatu bangsa. Apakah kita menilai kemunduran bangsa berpunca dari bahasa?
Di sebalik keghairahan kita memartabatkan bahasa Inggeris sebagai bahasa Moden, kita tak sedar iklan pekerjaan di surat khabar Inggeris mengutamakan bahasa MANDARIN! Dimanakah hala tuju kita? Bahasa mana sekarang? Tak Mustahil satu hari nanti jika kawan Tamil saya membuka kilang dan beliau memilih bahasa Tamil sebagai keutamaan!
Saya selalu mengingatkan semua kawan-kawan saya bahawa kita sebenarnya bukan bersaingan dengan bangsa asing tetapi dengan bangsa Melayu sendiri! Persaingan yang saya kira amat sengit adalah untuk mewujudkan jati diri sebagai Bangsa Melayu yang berbahasa Melayu, adat susila Melayu dan tentunya ianya identiti diri kita untuk bersaingan dengan bangsa asing.
Jadi kepada bijak pandai, ahli politik bertindaklah atas kejujuran dari hari nurani masing-masing.
Roti Kaya Bagan Datoh.
Laksa Johor special
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Thousands caught unawares as 2m-high flash floods hit KL
Thousands caught unawares as 2m-high flash floods hit KL
By PRIYA MENON
KUALA LUMPUR: Thousands of motorists were stuck in massive traffic jams for more than two hours yesterday evening after a storm caused flash foods in various parts of the city.
Flood waters rose up to 2m at the junction of the Dynasty Hotel on Jalan Ipoh and in the Kampung Baru area.
Wat-er mess: Cars parked behind the PWTC in Kuala Lumpur submerged in muddy flood waters after a downpour yesterday evening. — AHMAD ASMADI
Some motorists had to abandon their cars in the middle of the road when the flood waters threatened to submerge their vehicles.
Among those stuck in the jam was singer Francessca Peters, who was in a car driven by her sister Bibiana.
They were stuck at the Jalan Ipoh-Jalan Pahang junction as police had closed the road because of the flood.
“Pedestrians had to wade through muddy water,” Bibiana, 40, said.
Among the other badly-hit areas were Jalan Kolam Air, Jalan Union, Jalan Parlimen, Jalan Gombak, Bulatan Dato Onn, Segambut and Jalan Tun Razak.
Residents at Jalan Kolam Air were badly affected as flood waters rose as high as one metre. A resident, Ravi Chandran, 43, said it was not the first time the area had been flooded. The residents live beside Sungai Batu and flash floods have been occurring for years.
According to the Kuala Lumpur City Hall flood information centre, the floods began at 5pm after a downpour.
Enforcement officer Chief Insp Lamli Musa said the flood waters began to recede after the Smart Tunnel was closed to traffic to enable flood operations.
“We sent our officers to the affected areas and police were also sent out to help ease traffic congestion,” he said.
By PRIYA MENON
KUALA LUMPUR: Thousands of motorists were stuck in massive traffic jams for more than two hours yesterday evening after a storm caused flash foods in various parts of the city.
Flood waters rose up to 2m at the junction of the Dynasty Hotel on Jalan Ipoh and in the Kampung Baru area.
Wat-er mess: Cars parked behind the PWTC in Kuala Lumpur submerged in muddy flood waters after a downpour yesterday evening. — AHMAD ASMADI
Some motorists had to abandon their cars in the middle of the road when the flood waters threatened to submerge their vehicles.
Among those stuck in the jam was singer Francessca Peters, who was in a car driven by her sister Bibiana.
They were stuck at the Jalan Ipoh-Jalan Pahang junction as police had closed the road because of the flood.
“Pedestrians had to wade through muddy water,” Bibiana, 40, said.
Among the other badly-hit areas were Jalan Kolam Air, Jalan Union, Jalan Parlimen, Jalan Gombak, Bulatan Dato Onn, Segambut and Jalan Tun Razak.
Residents at Jalan Kolam Air were badly affected as flood waters rose as high as one metre. A resident, Ravi Chandran, 43, said it was not the first time the area had been flooded. The residents live beside Sungai Batu and flash floods have been occurring for years.
According to the Kuala Lumpur City Hall flood information centre, the floods began at 5pm after a downpour.
Enforcement officer Chief Insp Lamli Musa said the flood waters began to recede after the Smart Tunnel was closed to traffic to enable flood operations.
“We sent our officers to the affected areas and police were also sent out to help ease traffic congestion,” he said.
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