NS camp details out next week
KUALA LUMPUR: Those selected to join the National Service next year will be able to check their assigned camps and batches from Nov 27.
They can check online at www.khidmatnegara.gov.my or call the National Service Department’s hotline at 03-26813446.
Major newspapers will also publish the full list on Dec 6.
The next batch of 140,000 trainees will be the largest yet, an increase of 30,000 from this year.
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out.
panic Panic PANIC
*breathes*
So this is what I'm coming back to. This is what's greeting me the minute I step off that plane. This is going to pretty much determine all my travel plans for the next 25 years.
Worse yet, the batch has increased. My chances have increased. I know there's a lot of Malaysian teenagers, but there can't be so many that I won't get chosen.
Will there?
Seeing as I can't understand malay very well, I guess I'll have to get my parents to check for me. Or worse yet...*gulp* go home to bad news.
No, no, think positive. Good news. I only want good news from now on.
Hmmmm, good news... is not getting chosen for National Service. And marks! Good marks...and getting to the University of Melbourne would be great too.
I could think of a whole bunch of other things that would be great, but, so far, that's the main goal. That's the plan.
Dear God,
It's Michelle here.
I'm begging you now, please.
Please don't let my name be on that list.
Please.
Mishy <3
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Friday, 21 November 2008
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Typical...
Cheaper nasi kandar, teh tarik and roti canai now
By LISA GOH
KUALA LUMPUR: Consumers have reason to smile as the price of nasi kandar, teh tarik and roti canai should see some immediate reduction from its current selling price.
Nasi kandar will see a reduction of 20sen a plate, while roti canai (and other roti items such as roti telur, roti pisang etc) and teh tarik will see a reduction of 10sen each.
This is because the Muslim Restaurant Operators Association (Presma) and the Malaysian Indian Restaurant Owners’ Association (Primas) have decided to support the Government’s move on price reduction.
However, there was no fixed maximum price for these three food items as the price reduction is on a voluntary basis.
Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad said that consumers could check the prices against the price list in restaurants.
“All such restaurants must have a price list. It’s an offence for them not to have one,” he told the press Monday after launching the Price Reduction Campaign here. Presma president Jamarulkhan Kadir said that the prices of the three items, however, would differ depending on the location of the restaurants.
“Of course the price of teh tarik in Bangsar and Balakong would be different,” he said.
Jamarulkhan said that the price range in the Klang Valley was between RM4 and RM5.50 for nasi kandar, RM0.90 and RM1.50 for teh tarik, and RM0.70 and RM1.20 for roti canai.
“We will start with our 200 members in the Klang Valley first, and soon we hope this move would be adopted by all our 4,500 members nationwide.
“As for restaurants which refuse to bring their prices down, consumers can choose to not eat there, and go to another restaurant which supports this campaign,” he said.
Asked if such a move would incur losses for the restaurant operators, he replied:
“No, it will only lower our profit margin.”
He was also asked if there were plans to include more items for price reduction, to which he said, “Slowly lah.”
I can't believe that even the reporter is as kiasu as this! I didn't stop laughing for about 10 minutes...*sigh* Malaysia sweet Malaysia. This is really how I remember it.
Three weeks and counting...
Mishy <3
By LISA GOH
KUALA LUMPUR: Consumers have reason to smile as the price of nasi kandar, teh tarik and roti canai should see some immediate reduction from its current selling price.
Nasi kandar will see a reduction of 20sen a plate, while roti canai (and other roti items such as roti telur, roti pisang etc) and teh tarik will see a reduction of 10sen each.
This is because the Muslim Restaurant Operators Association (Presma) and the Malaysian Indian Restaurant Owners’ Association (Primas) have decided to support the Government’s move on price reduction.
However, there was no fixed maximum price for these three food items as the price reduction is on a voluntary basis.
Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad said that consumers could check the prices against the price list in restaurants.
“All such restaurants must have a price list. It’s an offence for them not to have one,” he told the press Monday after launching the Price Reduction Campaign here. Presma president Jamarulkhan Kadir said that the prices of the three items, however, would differ depending on the location of the restaurants.
“Of course the price of teh tarik in Bangsar and Balakong would be different,” he said.
Jamarulkhan said that the price range in the Klang Valley was between RM4 and RM5.50 for nasi kandar, RM0.90 and RM1.50 for teh tarik, and RM0.70 and RM1.20 for roti canai.
“We will start with our 200 members in the Klang Valley first, and soon we hope this move would be adopted by all our 4,500 members nationwide.
“As for restaurants which refuse to bring their prices down, consumers can choose to not eat there, and go to another restaurant which supports this campaign,” he said.
Asked if such a move would incur losses for the restaurant operators, he replied:
“No, it will only lower our profit margin.”
He was also asked if there were plans to include more items for price reduction, to which he said, “Slowly lah.”
I can't believe that even the reporter is as kiasu as this! I didn't stop laughing for about 10 minutes...*sigh* Malaysia sweet Malaysia. This is really how I remember it.
Three weeks and counting...
Mishy <3
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Britney Spears Has Taken Over Malaysian Government Schools?
I was reading "The Star" one morning at school, having gotten there way to early, and with nothing to do, and pounced upon this news article:
School uniform sexy, says group
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian group condemned the uniform worn by girls at government schools, saying it encouraged rape and pre-marital sex.
“The white blouse is too transparent for girls and it becomes a source of attraction,” National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia vice-president Munirah Bahari said in a statement.
“It becomes a distraction to men, who are drawn to it, whether or not they like looking at it,” she said, calling for a review of uniform policy so that it did not violate Islamic ideals.
In multicultural Malaysia, home to majority-Muslim Malays as well as ethnic Chinese and Indians, female students at government schools have a choice of wearing a white blouse with a knee-length skirt or pinafore.
They may also wear a “baju kurung” and a headscarf is optional for Malay students.
Munirah said that “covering up” according to Islamic precepts was important to fend off social ills, including “rape, sexual harassment and even premarital sex.”
“This leads to babies born out of wedlock and, to an extent, even prostitution,” she said.
“Decent clothes which are not revealing can prevent and protect women from any untoward situations,” she said, suggesting that girls wear a blouse of a different colour or with an undergarment.
However, the girls themselves also came in for criticism, with the association saying that some used the white blouse to lure men.
“This is the source of the problem, where we can see that schoolgirls themselves are capable of using this to attract men to them,” Munirah said.
“This could see them getting molested, having premarital sex and all sorts of things.”
– AFP
After taking a look at this, if I did not believe that the Malaysian education system was a little far-fetched before this, I am almost certain that it has ultimately gone bonkers now. School uniforms are sexy because the shirt is white?
In Malaysia, it is near impossible to wear something else. A different colour would absorb heat from the sun's rays, and as many Malaysians know, I am sure none of us wants to absorb more heat than is necessary.
In addition to this, wearing something else underneath would be the death of us all. Literally. This school uniform at present is made from a material that seems to trap heat, as I know, having worn a shirt of a similar material as part of my Winter Uniform. Wearing something more under that would just cause more incidents of fainting. I have no actual proof of this, but this is my silly, albeit far-fetched theory. =)
What is more ridiculous yet is how this association believes that girls will use the colour of the uniform in order to sexually attract boys.
In all my 17 years of travelling, every school I have ever been to uses a white shirt as a uniform, and I have NEVER heard of any girl using the white shirt as an excuse to get herself laid, nor have I ever heard of any boys looking at all of us females in our white shirts and going 'damn, that white shirt looks hot on her'.
(In fact, I doubt whether males even notice the colour of the uniform at all, given the way many do not even notice when girls actually DO decide to get all dolled up for them. XD)
For those who have no idea what the uniform looks like, this will give you an idea:
Malaysian uniforms too sexy for you still?
Mishy <3
School uniform sexy, says group
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian group condemned the uniform worn by girls at government schools, saying it encouraged rape and pre-marital sex.
“The white blouse is too transparent for girls and it becomes a source of attraction,” National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia vice-president Munirah Bahari said in a statement.
“It becomes a distraction to men, who are drawn to it, whether or not they like looking at it,” she said, calling for a review of uniform policy so that it did not violate Islamic ideals.
In multicultural Malaysia, home to majority-Muslim Malays as well as ethnic Chinese and Indians, female students at government schools have a choice of wearing a white blouse with a knee-length skirt or pinafore.
They may also wear a “baju kurung” and a headscarf is optional for Malay students.
Munirah said that “covering up” according to Islamic precepts was important to fend off social ills, including “rape, sexual harassment and even premarital sex.”
“This leads to babies born out of wedlock and, to an extent, even prostitution,” she said.
“Decent clothes which are not revealing can prevent and protect women from any untoward situations,” she said, suggesting that girls wear a blouse of a different colour or with an undergarment.
However, the girls themselves also came in for criticism, with the association saying that some used the white blouse to lure men.
“This is the source of the problem, where we can see that schoolgirls themselves are capable of using this to attract men to them,” Munirah said.
“This could see them getting molested, having premarital sex and all sorts of things.”
– AFP
After taking a look at this, if I did not believe that the Malaysian education system was a little far-fetched before this, I am almost certain that it has ultimately gone bonkers now. School uniforms are sexy because the shirt is white?
In Malaysia, it is near impossible to wear something else. A different colour would absorb heat from the sun's rays, and as many Malaysians know, I am sure none of us wants to absorb more heat than is necessary.
In addition to this, wearing something else underneath would be the death of us all. Literally. This school uniform at present is made from a material that seems to trap heat, as I know, having worn a shirt of a similar material as part of my Winter Uniform. Wearing something more under that would just cause more incidents of fainting. I have no actual proof of this, but this is my silly, albeit far-fetched theory. =)
What is more ridiculous yet is how this association believes that girls will use the colour of the uniform in order to sexually attract boys.
In all my 17 years of travelling, every school I have ever been to uses a white shirt as a uniform, and I have NEVER heard of any girl using the white shirt as an excuse to get herself laid, nor have I ever heard of any boys looking at all of us females in our white shirts and going 'damn, that white shirt looks hot on her'.
(In fact, I doubt whether males even notice the colour of the uniform at all, given the way many do not even notice when girls actually DO decide to get all dolled up for them. XD)
For those who have no idea what the uniform looks like, this will give you an idea:
Now look at those uniforms and tell me that they represent sex and lust to you.
After that, take a look at this:
Malaysian uniforms too sexy for you still?
Mishy <3
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