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Jadi tadi saya bebual-bebual dengan seorang teman tentang bahasa Melayu. Dia cakap yang dia rasa macam takut bahasa Melayu nanti hilang lar, pupus lar, tak ada orang gunakan lah dan macam-macam lagi. Kemudian kita bincang sedikit sebanyak pasal bahasa baku lah, bahasa standard dan perkara-perkara yang berkaitan. Dia cakap yang dia takut bahasa ni akan hilang, so saya sendiri cakap, ‘right now, we ourselves are speaking in English’ dan dia akur tapi tetap ada rasa [... Read More ...]

Writing, I think is the earliest (if not, the oldest) form of documenting and sharing knowledge. Since the time when Man discovered cave drawings could actually paste their livelihood stories to inform future generations, I think documentation immortalizes a work done by individual/s. I see that schools in Singapore do not really have the constant practice of publishing works by teachers. Educators as they are, the knowledge and experience that they have should be forged [... Read More ...]

I have to say that this might be a really interesting project to embark on. Venezuela’s success for social upheaval and rescue as Abreu mentions, is a dedicated and combined effort of the community as a whole. I want to believe that what Mother Teresa once said is true, the worst thing about poverty is not the lack of roof or bread, but the absence of identity or self-worth, somewhere along those lines. I believe [... Read More ...]

Saya suka bayangkan perkara-perkara tertentu. Di antaranya ialah masa depan bangsa dan bahasa. Dalam bayangan saya, saya fikir bahasa dan budaya Melayu akan pupus satu hari nanti. Pada waktu itu, pengkaji dan pencinta bahasa ini akan dicari-cari oleh sarjana-sarjana yang datang daripada pelbagai sudut dunia hanya kerana ingin tahu bagaimana salah satu tamadun dan budaya Asia yang unggul dan telah lama bertahan boleh pupus di muka bumi, meskipun bangsanya masih wujud. Pada waktu itu tiada lagi Misteri [... Read More ...]

Well I just got a new keyboard and still getting used to it. The feel is a little bit different. Almost similar to the laptop keyboard’s and light typing calls for fast typing. Therefore, I’ll be rambling my entry just to get used to typing with this keyboard. This is another part of me. I like new things. In fact I love them so much (who doesn’t). Like new things, I also love new ideas. [... Read More ...]