tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post115556805021448033..comments2024-03-21T20:10:28.943+08:00Comments on EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA: Creativity pays tooUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1155973154888810352006-08-19T15:39:00.000+08:002006-08-19T15:39:00.000+08:00Ah Piau and Learn From History,It seems the ex-VC ...Ah Piau and Learn From History,<BR/><BR/>It seems the ex-VC of UM, 'BillBoard Hashim' is giving a talk soon on something religion...but this time his announcements not on huge bill boards or colourful banners or Buntings.....only on an A4 xerox paper!!<BR/><BR/>Ah Piau and Learn From History are invited to attend!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1155891374476989322006-08-18T16:56:00.000+08:002006-08-18T16:56:00.000+08:00Agree with black mojo about the publisher dad thin...Agree with black mojo about the publisher dad thingy.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I think she is a bright young lady.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1155874055106464212006-08-18T12:07:00.000+08:002006-08-18T12:07:00.000+08:00Yeah writing is considered good enter Oxbridge. I ...Yeah writing is considered good enter Oxbridge. I got a place to do a DPhil at Oxford starting next January and got it after a tough interview! Perhaps, interview perfomance is pivotal in securing place at Oxford.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1155872030115971322006-08-18T11:33:00.000+08:002006-08-18T11:33:00.000+08:00It doesn't need world ranking reviews to be carrie...It doesn't need world ranking reviews to be carried by THES or Newsweek or for the matter any otherbodies to know where our universities are..<BR/><BR/>We all can see it in front of our eyes. The only strange thing which I cannot comprehend is that how come AAB, Minister of Education, the VC's, TNCs and their Deans and Heads of Departments CANNOT see it.<BR/><BR/>Are they blind or what? Dont they all feel ashamed or not responsible enough to see it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1155868395261174452006-08-18T10:33:00.000+08:002006-08-18T10:33:00.000+08:00Leslie,got 26As ma? I think less than that la. I ...Leslie,<BR/><BR/>got 26As ma? I think less than that la. I myself not sure. (never mind getting old already)<BR/><BR/>MY point is that for school kids best motivation (talk based on my experience as student long very long time ago)will be from their age group that success. If you give example an adult who became millionaire or scientist or doctor, they cannot appreciate it. But if they senior from school succeed in becoming on of those. Speaking for myself I'll will be much inspired.<BR/><BR/><BR/>On issue of publisher, I agree with my learned blogger Black Mojo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1155867821389450432006-08-18T10:23:00.000+08:002006-08-18T10:23:00.000+08:00Black Mojo still cant help laughing how these "ove...Black Mojo still cant help laughing how these "over achievers" are being exploited by individuals and companies<BR/><BR/>Not many years ago, they even advertise that ( to that effect") if you want to score you have to buy a certain brand of pencil!<BR/><BR/>Then there was a motivational company who claim to help students become "A" students by attending their course. He He He , my neighbour send his son. He flunked badly despite attending the course and using the certain brand of 2B pencil <BR/><BR/>Lincoln is right! There are always fools out there! But one thing I know..you cannot make sense out of non senseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1155863146505217912006-08-18T09:05:00.000+08:002006-08-18T09:05:00.000+08:00I agree with Black Mojo. I wonder if the Admission...I agree with Black Mojo. I wonder if the Admissions Tutor at Oxford knew that the Publishing House was owned by her father? Perhaps, they might have viewed this 'creative extra' a little differently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1155829905929677262006-08-17T23:51:00.000+08:002006-08-17T23:51:00.000+08:00black mojo, ah piau: Wait, we can't drop the subj...black mojo, ah piau: Wait, we can't drop the subject just yet :)<BR/><BR/>Remember a few years back when a few kids got 26As or something like that in SPM, then milked the heck out of that by holding motivational seminars all over the country (perhaps writing a book or two, too?) about how to score As in exams? And the press went gaga featuring him/her/them every chance possible.<BR/><BR/>The more I think about it, the more similarity I see with the topic at hand. Just that this time the goal is nobler---or the PR machine is slicker?: "to inspire blah blah science and mathematics blah...", as opposed to "to learn to score bucketful of As". And I am supposed to buy into it just because the Star said so?<BR/><BR/>And when does one get anything out of those motivational talks? From black mojo's review, it looks the same to me with this "seeing science" thing.<BR/><BR/>Like both of you, I hate to knock her down with all this negativism/cynicism/what-have-you. But I am nevertheless siding with black mojo: get a publisher-dad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1155821620315761862006-08-17T21:33:00.000+08:002006-08-17T21:33:00.000+08:00Hey fellow commentors, what do you all think of th...Hey fellow commentors, what do you all think of the recent Newsweek ranking of universities? Malaysia completely down in the drain, whereas Singapore's still quite well. And after all those people declaring this and that, all just bull***t<BR/><BR/>Check these:<BR/><BR/>1. Harvard University <BR/>2. Stanford University <BR/>3. Yale University <BR/>4. California Institute of Technology <BR/>5. University of California at Berkeley <BR/>6. University of Cambridge <BR/>7. Massachusetts Institute Technology <BR/>8. Oxford University <BR/>9. University of California at San Francisco <BR/>10. Columbia University <BR/>11. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor <BR/>12. University of California at Los Angeles <BR/>13. University of Pennsylvania <BR/>14. Duke University <BR/>15. Princeton Universitty <BR/>16. Tokyo University <BR/>17. Imperial College London <BR/>18. University of Toronto <BR/>19. Cornell University <BR/>20. University of Chicago <BR/>21. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich <BR/>22. University of Washington at Seattle <BR/>23. University of California at San Diego <BR/>24. Johns Hopkins University <BR/>25. University College London<BR/>26. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne <BR/>27. University Texas at Austin <BR/>28. University of Wisconsin at Madison <BR/>29. Kyoto University <BR/>30. University of Minnesota Twin Cities <BR/>31. University of British Columbia <BR/>32. University of Geneva <BR/>33. Washington University in St. Louis <BR/>34. London School of Economics <BR/>35. Northwestern University <BR/>36. National University of Singapore <BR/>37. University of Pittsburgh <BR/>38. Australian National University <BR/>39. New York University <BR/>40. Pennsylvania State University <BR/>41. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill <BR/>42. McGill University <BR/>43. Ecole Polytechnique <BR/>44. University of Basel <BR/>45. University of Maryland <BR/>46. University of Zurich <BR/>47. University of Edinburgh <BR/>48. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign <BR/>49. University of Bristol <BR/>50. University of Sydney <BR/>51. University of Colorado at Boulder <BR/>52. Utrecht University <BR/>53. University of Melbourne <BR/>54. University of Southern California <BR/>55. University of Alberta <BR/>56. Brown University <BR/>57. Osaka University <BR/>58. University of Manchester <BR/>59. University of California at Santa Barbara <BR/>60. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology <BR/>61. Wageningen University <BR/>62. Michigan State University <BR/>63. University of Munich <BR/>64. University of New South Wales <BR/>65. Boston University <BR/>66. Vanderbilt University <BR/>67. University of Rochester <BR/>68. Tohoku University <BR/>69. University of Hong Kong <BR/>70. University of Sheffield <BR/>71. Nanyang Technological University <BR/>72. University of Vienna <BR/>73. Monash University <BR/>74. University of Nottingham <BR/>75. Carnegie Mellon University <BR/>76. Lund University <BR/>77. Texas A&M University <BR/>78. University of Western Australia <BR/>79. Ecole Normale Super Paris <BR/>80. University of Virginia <BR/>81. Technical University of Munich <BR/>82. Hebrew University of Jerusalem <BR/>83. Leiden University <BR/>84. University of Waterloo <BR/>85. King's College London <BR/>86. Purdue University <BR/>87. University of Birmingham <BR/>88. Uppsala University <BR/>89. University of Amsterdam <BR/>90. University of Heidelberg <BR/>91. University of Queensland <BR/>92. University of Leuven <BR/>93. Emory University <BR/>94. Nagoya University <BR/>95. Case Western Reserve University <BR/>96. Chinese University of Hong Kong <BR/>97. University of Newcastle <BR/>98. Innsbruck University <BR/>99. University of Massachusetts at Amherst <BR/>100. Sussex UniversityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1155812753455934012006-08-17T19:05:00.000+08:002006-08-17T19:05:00.000+08:00Black Mojo,where got win lose one. but the discuss...Black Mojo,<BR/><BR/>where got win lose one. but the discussion is more important ma. Me too enjoy. Never mind next topic la. <BR/><BR/>have a nice day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1155810118404210352006-08-17T18:21:00.000+08:002006-08-17T18:21:00.000+08:00Dear Ah Piau,I raised my white flag! I surrender! ...Dear Ah Piau,<BR/>I raised my white flag! I surrender! You win!<BR/>But I enjoyed so much sparring with you and Learn From History<BR/><BR/>regds<BR/>Black mojoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1155806156671799232006-08-17T17:15:00.000+08:002006-08-17T17:15:00.000+08:00Black Mojo,I agree with u 100% that a good academi...Black Mojo,<BR/><BR/>I agree with u 100% that a good academic book must go through several processes such as review by an expert in a particular area, marketability, credibility, issue of defamation. <BR/><BR/>Academic writer will also look for credible and establish publisher. Normally university press is consider credible.<BR/><BR/>But in this case, a small time writer writing about something she knew. I think can la. After all it mend only to school children - to understand science from the perspective of their peer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1155803731339494562006-08-17T16:35:00.000+08:002006-08-17T16:35:00.000+08:00Black mojo is not against her..or for the matter a...Black mojo is not against her..or for the matter anyone writing. It is good to write.<BR/><BR/>How ever it is not easy to get your book published..every aspiring writer knows that.<BR/><BR/>The point is..IF YOUR FATHER IS THE PUBLISHER, YOU CAN PUBLISH ANYTHING...( even if it means publishing rubbish or what ever nonsense )<BR/><BR/>A reputable publisher would not easily accept just about anything as it might be a financial fiasco. Even then, the book to be published would be critically reviewed by your peers or those in that field.<BR/><BR/>In her book, I only see songs and hymns of praises about the book from her own teachers. He He He<BR/><BR/>To Ah Piau, even senior lecturers and professors find it difficult to write a good book. A book need to represent a deep and holistic understanding of the knowledge if it were to be respected. Writing a research paper in a journal would be less daunting as you only cover a very narrow aspect of a knowledge.<BR/><BR/>I have known many who tried to write a single decent book even after 20 years....Its not easy! Unless perhaps you write all the so called "cinta cinta "booksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1155795628131058532006-08-17T14:20:00.000+08:002006-08-17T14:20:00.000+08:00Come man,give the girl a break. Do u expect a teen...Come man,<BR/><BR/>give the girl a break. Do u expect a teenager to write a book like a professor? At least she produce a book at her age and wrote it based on her understanding. The title "The Art of Seeing Science" also reflect it. It will be a great help for student of her age to understand basic principles. See The Star dated Sunday August 13 2006 <BR/><BR/>'Her 70-page book had aimed to inspire young people to learn Science and Mathematics.'<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>A good start young girl. I hope that you will be a prolific writer in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1155793563472291822006-08-17T13:46:00.000+08:002006-08-17T13:46:00.000+08:00black mojo: Thanks for the additional info left o...black mojo: Thanks for the additional info left out of the Star article. Not by accident, I am sure, but perhaps because the Star writer assumes that everyone would remember reading another Nov 13, 2005 Star write-up about the teenager writing her first science book.<BR/><BR/>For all we know, she might be truly passionate about what she's doing, so I do not want to knock her for this. But boy, her father should start a PR firm in addition to his publishing concern. And to the Star writers: Good reporting is putting press releases into your own words (Colbert, 2006).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1155780308782558412006-08-17T10:05:00.000+08:002006-08-17T10:05:00.000+08:00When your father owns the publishing company, it i...When your father owns the publishing company, it is not difficult to publish your book!<BR/>Frankly, I read or browse at her book and find nothing there at all...just lots of words and adjectives typical of secondart school students learning to grasp the language. At any time Sunny Yees books on physics and maths are thousands times better.<BR/>To write a good technical book or a science book you do need a lot of factors...foremost:<BR/><BR/>EXPERIENCE AND AUTHORITY IN THE SUBJECT<BR/>COMMUNICATION ABILITY<BR/><BR/>I see none in her book, maybe it is suitable for the students as a light reading what she do between the ringing of the bell<BR/><BR/>As I say it...It helps if your father is a publisherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1155768419037738352006-08-17T06:46:00.000+08:002006-08-17T06:46:00.000+08:00Well, some overachievers are published writers, to...Well, some overachievers are published writers, too :) And then you'll get a case not unlike the brouhaha in the US earlier this year, when a Harvard student was charged with plagiarism---writing a teen-chick lit. (sort of "Bridget Jones's Diary" for teenagers), no less!<BR/><BR/>But Kian Ming's point still stands, so long as the activity is being engaged in with passion, not with CV-padding in mind. Frankly, you can spot these things 9 out of 10 times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com