we're watching you...
have heard news that JPA scholars are being warned to take down certain blog posts or shut down their blogs entirely.
fuck this shit.
i would like to thank my sponsor, MARA, who although likes to act like they own my ass, and lets face it, they do for the next 8 years or so, for paying for my a-levels, my accommodation and food during my a-levels, the ONCE A YEAR flight home (bloody bastards, only ONCE?), organising a huge "graduation" ceremony for our a-levels (whatta joke), for organising our degree with auckland uni for a programme that barely even existed before we wanted it and is, in fact, not recognised by the New Zealand Qualification Whatsit Board.
i would also like to thank them for LOWERING the standards for the rest of my batch to continue with their degree IN auckland since only ONE student got the MINIMUM REQUIREMENT to study in auckland. YOURS TRULY BTW. (quality control for the people's money??)
i would also like to thank them for giving me barely enough money to get by with each month. and also paying for this lovely laptop that i'm tap-tap-tapping away on.
i also really appreciate the fact that MCA whatsit ONG KA TING came by last year to visit the Union of MALAYSIAN STUDENTS in AUCKLAND (UMSA) to make sure we were all alright *grit teeth*. if you're gonna fucking fish for votes from the next generation of voters TRY to be at least subtle about it. a raise in allowance would be so very appreciated. oh...i used that word already...i know. it would be greatly THANKED. hows that? not good to bite the hand that feeds you, right?
speaking of allowance, government sponsored students used to have their lodging subsidised. we'd pay some, and the sponsor (JPA, MARA, IPBA, Petronas, BPG etc...) would pay the rest. fair enough. NOW. the year before i left for auckland, JPA and MARA scholars were given a raise in allowance. woo hoo! but now we have to cover our own cost of living. sneaky little shits.
just how influential do these freaks think blogs are, that they have to be shut down??
just because i am sponsored by the government does not mean that i have to align my allegiance with them.
i completely understand that with such a huge investment in our education we have certain expectations to meet. academic and social expectations. so the next time i'm out and about in town with my friends having a good time at soho or mojo or whatever strange syllable-ed night spot enjoying a refreshing *alcoholic* beverage, all decked out in my night finery dancing like there's no tomorrow, y'all didnt see me there. neither did you see me when i'm spending the people's money on clothes i dont need, shoes and makeup.
its ONE thing to monitor our academic performance (which is fair enough) but it is another to be PRYING on us ONLINE, INTO OUR PRIVATE LIVES and trying to win some votes!
there is this "body" called the Malaysian Students Department (MSD) and what it is is a surveillance body. its not enough that we have an embassy down in wellington. oh NOOO...we have to have the MSD. just in case we spread negative government propoganda. just in case we tell people not to visit malaysia last year.
people are making those choices for themselves you twats. i have a friend who REFUSED to visit malaysia simply cause he said "no way..freedom of religion, and human rights...yadayada". THERE IS SUCH A THING AS A CONSCIENTIOUS TRAVELLER you, uh...i've run out of names to call them.
back to the MSD. we had a meeting with a rep from the MSD. and we were warned NOT to drink, NOT to smoke, NOT to be gay (for real), NOT to party.
MY. ASS.
ok?
MY. ASS.
if you choose the brightest minds in this country and send them overseas using the people's money to expand their already bright minds and gain new experiences and live in a social environment COMPLETELY different from whence they came, why is it such a fucking problem when our softspoken, downtrodden, conformist geniuses suddenly realise there are problems that need to be fixed in the country for it to progress even more? isnt that a good thing?
isnt it GREAT that your investment is paying off?
they feel passionate enough about something to VOICE IT OUT. to want to make a change. to want things to be better.
what is so god damn wrong about that.
many of our sponsored students have gained entry into top uni's all over the world. ALL OVER THE FUCKING WORLD.
harvard? check.
yale? check.
oxford? check
imperial? check.
AUCKLAND? check (sorry, i just had to)
point is this: THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU SEND PEOPLE OVERSEAS.
some will feel the need to make things better at home. and not just because they have a 5 year bond. or 10. whichever. but because they know things can be SO much better.
isnt it better to read a blog entry saying things along these lines than to read about how high i got this past weekend and how i'm so cool because i projectile vomited out of a three storey building?
and arent students meant to bring about change, anyways??
also, not everyone blogs politically. and not every blog that HAS political "observations" is completely political. there will be the odd entry about the new dress i bought, or how my cat can walk again.
what is SO WRONG about people voicing out what they want because they can see how things can be better? about how things can change and how things should be.
isnt this the point of a foreign education?
put a sock in the fucking surveillance and fuck off.
fuck this shit.
i would like to thank my sponsor, MARA, who although likes to act like they own my ass, and lets face it, they do for the next 8 years or so, for paying for my a-levels, my accommodation and food during my a-levels, the ONCE A YEAR flight home (bloody bastards, only ONCE?), organising a huge "graduation" ceremony for our a-levels (whatta joke), for organising our degree with auckland uni for a programme that barely even existed before we wanted it and is, in fact, not recognised by the New Zealand Qualification Whatsit Board.
i would also like to thank them for LOWERING the standards for the rest of my batch to continue with their degree IN auckland since only ONE student got the MINIMUM REQUIREMENT to study in auckland. YOURS TRULY BTW. (quality control for the people's money??)
i would also like to thank them for giving me barely enough money to get by with each month. and also paying for this lovely laptop that i'm tap-tap-tapping away on.
i also really appreciate the fact that MCA whatsit ONG KA TING came by last year to visit the Union of MALAYSIAN STUDENTS in AUCKLAND (UMSA) to make sure we were all alright *grit teeth*. if you're gonna fucking fish for votes from the next generation of voters TRY to be at least subtle about it. a raise in allowance would be so very appreciated. oh...i used that word already...i know. it would be greatly THANKED. hows that? not good to bite the hand that feeds you, right?
speaking of allowance, government sponsored students used to have their lodging subsidised. we'd pay some, and the sponsor (JPA, MARA, IPBA, Petronas, BPG etc...) would pay the rest. fair enough. NOW. the year before i left for auckland, JPA and MARA scholars were given a raise in allowance. woo hoo! but now we have to cover our own cost of living. sneaky little shits.
just how influential do these freaks think blogs are, that they have to be shut down??
just because i am sponsored by the government does not mean that i have to align my allegiance with them.
i completely understand that with such a huge investment in our education we have certain expectations to meet. academic and social expectations. so the next time i'm out and about in town with my friends having a good time at soho or mojo or whatever strange syllable-ed night spot enjoying a refreshing *alcoholic* beverage, all decked out in my night finery dancing like there's no tomorrow, y'all didnt see me there. neither did you see me when i'm spending the people's money on clothes i dont need, shoes and makeup.
its ONE thing to monitor our academic performance (which is fair enough) but it is another to be PRYING on us ONLINE, INTO OUR PRIVATE LIVES and trying to win some votes!
there is this "body" called the Malaysian Students Department (MSD) and what it is is a surveillance body. its not enough that we have an embassy down in wellington. oh NOOO...we have to have the MSD. just in case we spread negative government propoganda. just in case we tell people not to visit malaysia last year.
people are making those choices for themselves you twats. i have a friend who REFUSED to visit malaysia simply cause he said "no way..freedom of religion, and human rights...yadayada". THERE IS SUCH A THING AS A CONSCIENTIOUS TRAVELLER you, uh...i've run out of names to call them.
back to the MSD. we had a meeting with a rep from the MSD. and we were warned NOT to drink, NOT to smoke, NOT to be gay (for real), NOT to party.
MY. ASS.
ok?
MY. ASS.
if you choose the brightest minds in this country and send them overseas using the people's money to expand their already bright minds and gain new experiences and live in a social environment COMPLETELY different from whence they came, why is it such a fucking problem when our softspoken, downtrodden, conformist geniuses suddenly realise there are problems that need to be fixed in the country for it to progress even more? isnt that a good thing?
isnt it GREAT that your investment is paying off?
they feel passionate enough about something to VOICE IT OUT. to want to make a change. to want things to be better.
what is so god damn wrong about that.
many of our sponsored students have gained entry into top uni's all over the world. ALL OVER THE FUCKING WORLD.
harvard? check.
yale? check.
oxford? check
imperial? check.
AUCKLAND? check (sorry, i just had to)
point is this: THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU SEND PEOPLE OVERSEAS.
some will feel the need to make things better at home. and not just because they have a 5 year bond. or 10. whichever. but because they know things can be SO much better.
isnt it better to read a blog entry saying things along these lines than to read about how high i got this past weekend and how i'm so cool because i projectile vomited out of a three storey building?
and arent students meant to bring about change, anyways??
also, not everyone blogs politically. and not every blog that HAS political "observations" is completely political. there will be the odd entry about the new dress i bought, or how my cat can walk again.
what is SO WRONG about people voicing out what they want because they can see how things can be better? about how things can change and how things should be.
isnt this the point of a foreign education?
put a sock in the fucking surveillance and fuck off.