tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post8259612784662341018..comments2024-03-19T15:12:54.893+08:00Comments on EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA: 5 Alternative Career PathsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-44980298065604460682009-06-01T03:42:57.683+08:002009-06-01T03:42:57.683+08:00Im planning to study forensic science, gonna top t...Im planning to study forensic science, gonna top the forensic team in Malaysia one day =)GrassPoppernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-24699692384738264772009-02-07T13:37:00.000+08:002009-02-07T13:37:00.000+08:00I want to be a veterinarian and engineer. Is there...I want to be a veterinarian and engineer. Is there anyone with experience or heard of students who may be interested in taking these 2 disciplines together? I've only met veterinarians or engineers. They have all been very encouraging, but unable to give very solid feedback :)adrihanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278204298111973133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-82493083715556024362008-12-18T11:56:00.000+08:002008-12-18T11:56:00.000+08:00I made THE WORST CHOICE ever when I decided to stu...I made THE WORST CHOICE ever when I decided to study engineering after SPM. Even though I had good result in SPM then, turns out my aptitude in this field is severely lacking, since currently I am now in my seventh year. My heart and mind is in conflict whether to just go ahead and finish this or jump into another alternative. Of course, like hell my parents are gonna let me, they are like any typical Malaysian parents are, office job=money=happy, and anything different is just nonsense and impractical. Which means, they aren't gonna be all merrymaking if I tell them that I want nothing more than to quit from uni, since I keep failing anyway, and learn photography or ceramics arts. Still trying to think things over, what to do what to do, doesn't help that I'm also penniless. *_*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-73877869506504391452008-12-13T15:06:00.000+08:002008-12-13T15:06:00.000+08:00I should have taken Diploma in French Culinary and...I should have taken Diploma in French Culinary and be employed in a Michelin Five Star Restaurant in Southern France. <BR/><BR/>Instead I am an optometrist checking elderly people for eye diseases. <BR/><BR/>How boring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-87447407692787231442008-12-04T18:30:00.000+08:002008-12-04T18:30:00.000+08:00Fared, it is said that there will always be a dema...Fared, it is said that there will always be a demand for doctors, teachers, lawyers, engineers and accountants.<BR/><BR/>Every company will need someone to handle and manage the Accounts of the Company.<BR/><BR/>Depending on the size of the company, it can range from 1 a/cs clerk to a qualified Accountant with 3 to 5 a/cs clerk to a Financial Controller with 5 Qualified Accountants and 30 a/cs clerk.<BR/><BR/>Notwithstanding that many accounting functions can be computerised, there will always be a demand for Accountants.<BR/><BR/>However, unless you are a Partner in the Big-4, don't dream of making your first million as an Accountant.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17279686015966027721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-37860645303568125872008-10-02T14:19:00.000+08:002008-10-02T14:19:00.000+08:00LC ask :Alternative education for the young as in ...LC ask :<BR/><BR/>Alternative education for the young as in home learning and earning a living in communal learning and sharing : any hope in Malaysia? any such existing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-24843347021985285892008-09-01T14:13:00.000+08:002008-09-01T14:13:00.000+08:00i need to know..'why accounting is a good career t...i need to know..<BR/><BR/>'why accounting is a good career to take up?'Fared Adnanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449109554619896086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-2293979490458568922008-07-29T16:36:00.000+08:002008-07-29T16:36:00.000+08:00Well,u must have money before you can pursuit drea...Well,u must have money before you can pursuit dream..Esp in this age,no money no dream..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-9948792372841445132008-04-03T13:19:00.000+08:002008-04-03T13:19:00.000+08:00AsSalam, Hello...Educate murid to know forest as ...AsSalam, Hello...<BR/>Educate murid to know forest as HOME for fauna. conserve our Forest for nevt generation..., visit my laman<BR/><BR/>http://pokding.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>the laman discuss fauna flora...<BR/>Khazanah Negara...my experience in forest...tracking in forest to know fauna flora.<BR/>experience in forest in Malazi...17tahun...with Ijazah Pengurusan UPM, Serdang Selangor.<BR/>Experience Trekking in banjaran Gunung in Sabah<BR/>nice to know this beneficial laman, Education in Malazi.<BR/><BR/>ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-58001054085861391402008-03-29T13:24:00.000+08:002008-03-29T13:24:00.000+08:00Nice post. Really liked it..Don't forget to update...Nice post. Really liked it..<BR/>Don't forget to update it regularly.<BR/>I am looking for new updates dieing to read more stuff from you ..<BR/>-------------------------------<BR/><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://jobgame.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">JOB-HUNT</A><BR/>Aims at helping the Fresh Graduates, Engineers, MBAs to get jobs in good companies<BR/><A HREF="http://jobgame.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">http://jobgame.blogspot.com</A>Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16929448823001967367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-49689510618708574612008-01-16T18:23:00.000+08:002008-01-16T18:23:00.000+08:00hello there! i'm interested to repost this blog in...hello there! i'm interested to repost this blog in our e-mag. how can i contact the blogger of this piece?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15476579631624665485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-5914401559712796102007-12-27T15:25:00.000+08:002007-12-27T15:25:00.000+08:00For all the chinese in this chatroom..please do ta...For all the chinese in this chatroom..please do take note that a lot of us Malay hate the goverment as well.For one,i am! Well,i grew up watching how these stupid peribumi rules made the Malays such lazu bum that when my am started his own business he's was receiving words of his business going to collapase within 3months. Rubbish..all these protection makes the Malay like a lab rat. Just laze around and hope that they are being fed. And once there's an individual who dares to try it out in a new thing they call him Mat Jenin.Well, i am happy now coz my dad business has been going on successfully for the past 8years! It might be just a simple shop,but we don't wait for the goverment to feed us. As for me..just waiting for the right time to venture into business now..careerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10238457173570027816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-9205649821897849872007-12-27T13:34:00.000+08:002007-12-27T13:34:00.000+08:00went to University for 7 years, ended up with dual...went to University for 7 years, ended up with dual degrees, one in Architecture, another in Landscape Architecture. did another 5 years of practical work, now a registered architect and also a registered landscape architect, but that all became a hobby, my real work is as a Beach Bum, 4 months in Cherating, Perhentian and Tioman, 4 months in Bali, balance 4 months attending to my hobby... beach bumming is a tough job, my goal is to be bumming in Gold Coast or Cabo San Lucas...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-71908102294897866312007-11-25T13:41:00.000+08:002007-11-25T13:41:00.000+08:00If there is an advice I could give, it is to stay ...If there is an advice I could give, it is to stay the f-ck out of the ICT industry - that means, forgetting about gaming industry.<BR/><BR/>As one who worked in that industry sometime back as a coder and animator, I can tell you that a job in the gaming industry is a bit like acting in Hollywood.<BR/><BR/>1. Opportunities are few and far between. Furthermore, competition for both game publication & industry admission is very stiff and mainly based on who you know, not what you know.<BR/><BR/>2. No career or employment security. Game-development jobs are project-based and once finished - you will be jobless. In the mean (~6-XX months) time, you could end up writing webpages (early Y2K) or stocking shelves at a supermarket while waiting for your studio to call you. Here, most game developers/coders end up working in EB as salesmen or on the dole in between projects.<BR/><BR/>3. Nearly all game studios run on super tight margins (Translatin: pay is poor for developers who work VERY long hours) and bankruptcy risk is high due to ridiculously exhorbitant overheads - even for those well-established names which consistently created hit-games. (e.g. BlackIsle, IonStorm)<BR/><BR/>Thus, please get a clue before you buy into the ICT industry hype.<BR/><BR/>For the expose on the ICT/Computing industry - read the write-ups from Prof Norman Matloff.<BR/><BR/>The only ICT professionals able to work in the industry and earn a living wage, are Indian ICT workers in India - the home of the bulk of offshored ICT jobs. (Soon, China). These workers earn such low wages, no other workers in the developing or developed nations can hope to match. In case, you didn't know, game-design and development have been steadily moving there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-36841402924936682452007-11-04T15:58:00.000+08:002007-11-04T15:58:00.000+08:00When I was small I wanted to own a comic shop so t...When I was small I wanted to own a comic shop so that I can read all the comics for free in the shop.<BR/><BR/>Then as I reached adolescent I wanted to be a top notch playboy to keep all the ladies happy<BR/><BR/>On reaching 21 I wanted to be a gynaecologist so that I can see 'heaven' and get paid for the job<BR/><BR/>Then at 39 and above I wanted to be a politician so that I can be very rich fast<BR/><BR/>Now I want to be a monk so that god will forgive my sin in the previous choice of careersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-82114859521384211202007-11-04T15:19:00.000+08:002007-11-04T15:19:00.000+08:00I wanted to be a policeman when I was 5, at 10 I w...I wanted to be a policeman when I was 5, at 10 I wanted to be a tennis pro, at 20, I wanted to be a chartered accountant. Now close to 30, I want to be a policeman. So that I can get 27 million in bribe money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-13228579827252327222007-11-04T10:56:00.000+08:002007-11-04T10:56:00.000+08:00My friend wants to be a pimp as his alternative ca...My friend wants to be a pimp as his alternative careerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-33356564958858838442007-11-02T21:40:00.000+08:002007-11-02T21:40:00.000+08:00Anon above: Breeding more Chinese will not solve t...Anon above: Breeding more Chinese will not solve the problem. The govt can give more citizenships to Indonesians to make up for any shortfall in Malay population.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-75156616670121614112007-11-02T17:15:00.000+08:002007-11-02T17:15:00.000+08:00My advice to the non Malays here is :1)Breed as ma...My advice to the non Malays here is :<BR/><BR/>1)Breed as many children you can<BR/>2) Marry very very young<BR/>3) Be polygamous<BR/><BR/>With the one man one vote democracy in election, in 21 years to 25 years you will dominate the votes<BR/><BR/>p/s This advice is free and given without prejudiceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-57902702558346747112007-11-02T16:35:00.000+08:002007-11-02T16:35:00.000+08:00This is just another example of how sick our prese...This is just another example of how sick our present government under BN is.<BR/><BR/>It makes us all wonder how low can they go before the whole country collapses……….Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-7063707961828182962007-11-02T16:31:00.000+08:002007-11-02T16:31:00.000+08:00Points taken. Get a little bit nasty, but that is ...Points taken. Get a little bit nasty, but that is some facts.<BR/><BR/>I am an engineer. Like architect and other parties, we design and built houses based on the developer's vision and decision. If the house is very small, poor design, bad finishes but still at an unreasonable high price, I will walk away.<BR/><BR/>I will advice my friends not to buy it, based on my professional experience and some logic, it is not that difficult, really. But it is their money, they have the freedom to decide what they wanted to do with it.<BR/><BR/>But believe it or not, someone will still stay there. Can't even afford to buy, consider lucky if they are able to clear the monthly rental. <BR/><BR/>And I have some malay friends, thinking of emigrating, mainly because most Muslims here didn't see things the way they saw it, especially on the religion matters. Oh yes, some perceptions never really change throughout the years. <BR/><BR/>Once a while I will still welcome my uncle from Australia to visit us here. He is one lucky emigrant, I guess, he is well taken care over there. <BR/><BR/>All this while I think many of us are dying to go to Australia, Europe, the US, for a better future……….<BR/><BR/>In Singapore, it is fast and efficient to get a permanent resident. In fact, foreigners in Singapore are invited to become permanent citizens. Here Malaysia, it take years and years and years and……….to even be considered to become a permanent citizen. I heard of foreigner whose application was lost and had to resubmit. How is that? <BR/><BR/>The person who is researching into getting water for Singapore is a Malaysian. The head of parapsychology in Cambridge is a Malaysian. The best doctor(s) in the world is Malaysian(s). <BR/><BR/>It is very sad, it is so sad to see Malaysia brightest minds are all over the world except Malaysia. <BR/><BR/>Yet, they are nowhere near Malaysia.<BR/><BR/>Another brilliant Malaysian got scared off by the Malaysia government. Just had a long distance phone conversation with my Malaysian friend who is now pursuing his PhD in civil engineering in the UK. <BR/><BR/>According to him, he sees no more hope and future in Malaysia and totally ruled out the chance of ever returning, except for the occasional visits to relatives and friends. <BR/><BR/>Kudos to Umno government. When it comes to scaring off all the brilliant brains out of the country, you are clearly a master at it. <BR/><BR/>I have finally come to enlightenment. If you argue with a fool, it ends up two fools are arguing. When I have done with my business here in Malaysia, I will be packing up for emigration. <BR/><BR/>I may end up as a second class citizen. Who cares? Since when are we treated like a Bangsa Malaysia anyway after 50 years of independence? I have nothing to lose but everything to gain. <BR/><BR/>Don't slog and waste your life away in Malaysia. You will never be appreciated. Leave if you can!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-78011674237427989962007-11-02T16:25:00.000+08:002007-11-02T16:25:00.000+08:00Singapore is a good example, if you give the Chine...Singapore is a good example, if you give the Chinese a chance, they can do wonder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-79389447497245624732007-11-02T16:21:00.000+08:002007-11-02T16:21:00.000+08:00Many countries have tried to develop an IT industr...Many countries have tried to develop an IT industry much earlier, and with more and better resources and better government than us Malaysia, and have not succeeded. <BR/><BR/>The chance of us succeeding given our handicaps was never good and will never be good. It begins with poor politics, then poor government, then poor education, and then poor business environment (e.g. small market).<BR/><BR/>What is remarkable to me is that some people have managed to make good money and build companies despite our problems - Mobif, Jobstreet, Green Packet, etc. These people proof that the government is more in the way for developing the industry than helping it. <BR/><BR/>In fact, the government would do better to get out of the way rather actually have any sort of grand plan like MSC. The real only way the government can help is by having open competitive bidding in government procurement of IT and putting competent people in charge of that. <BR/><BR/>Nothing else they do would really mean anything much. I would argue all the spending on grand projects, computer labs, computer courses etc, amount to basically waste.<BR/><BR/>There is no hope of the MSC really succeeding, but we can still benefit from better IT and that perhaps is, would be better because at least it means less waste.<BR/><BR/>The truth is there - it is no real strategy. MSC was never a great idea - it was an opportunity for government spending more than anything else and as Bill Gates told us very politely, it would not work because of that.<BR/><BR/>A couple of years ago, there was this idea of attracting Malaysians overseas to come back to run Malaysia GLCs. Among my extensive overseas network of business and personal associates abroad, they discussed it and unanimously shot down the idea. <BR/><BR/>The reason? Quote: "Smart people can't stand inconsistencies in fact they rely on it. Malaysia politics make things too inconsistent to do the kind of work they do."<BR/><BR/>You want to know why they will never attract the best in public service? At one time, we all agreed what the future of Malaysia was and will always be - secular, rule of law, multiracial, meritocracy. Today, even among those in power, there is no agreement on these basic things. <BR/><BR/>Why would the best people subject themselves to these inconsistencies? Maybe naivety but how long will that last and how many?<BR/><BR/>For every one brain that comes in, fifty brains will leave the country. With the affirmative policies in place, do not talk about attracting the brain. For decades, Malaysia was losing its best peoples to developed countries and taking rejects from developing countries.<BR/><BR/>Please forget about bring back those lost brains, while we can keep those bright students now and love them and care for them!<BR/><BR/>First, the government and country has to figure out what it want to be first before it can really retain the best, otherwise we are merely exploiting those who do not have better choices elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>I still remember of my junior wanted to serve in our Malaysia air force and he was able to design war fighters, but instead he was not retained, he headed south Singapore and he was happily married down there, has a happy family and no way back!<BR/><BR/>People with the best brains inadvertently mean they know how to think. Therefore they are wise enough not to choose Malaysia as their destination, as it could spell disaster to their reputation as we work differently. Singapore will still be the ideal landing point of such calibre people.<BR/><BR/>Malaysia will forever be suffering from a massive "brain drain" so long as the Umno-led government keeps in place the malay agenda. To forego the agenda is too costly sacrifice which the Umno malays cannot make. A clear symptom of an inferiority complex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-10887922837078355402007-11-02T01:48:00.000+08:002007-11-02T01:48:00.000+08:00We are reminding Najib and Mahathir about this, th...We are reminding Najib and Mahathir about this, that Malaysia is not an Islamic state and it is not in a social contract. <BR/><BR/>Malay Sakai, so please tell Badawi about it. Umno has always threatened the non-malays with riots and chaos. Nobody in Malaysia has started riots and chaos except for Umno. <BR/><BR/>Umno has a deep rooted tradition of starting riots and chaos when every time they can't debate sensibly. <BR/><BR/>The social contract is there alright and many do not question it. But is the social contract followed according to the spirit or hijacked to the benefit of a few?<BR/><BR/>Just look at the number of huge projects that has failed is proof enough. Yet these are treated like normal - part of everyday happening.<BR/><BR/>Gosh………. <BR/><BR/>All the social contract talk does not hold any water, when you have people in power, namely Umno abusing their power. In fact, they are indirectly telling you, that they have the right to abuse the power. Is this fair? Of course it is unfair. You don't even need a social contract to tell you whether it is fair or not.<BR/><BR/>Social contract didn't say that Malaysia is an Islamic state. On the contrary the social contract expressly stated that Malaysia was and is not an Islamic state. <BR/><BR/>Now the deliberate misinterpretation, apparently accepted by Umno, is that Malaysia (including Sabah and Sarawak) is an Islamic state! <BR/><BR/>Sabah and Sarawak would never have joined Malaysia if they had known that Malaysia will be deemed an Islamic state. <BR/><BR/>If the social contract meant that the non-malays would merely exchange the British masters for the malay masters, they would never have agreed to join the malays for independence. <BR/><BR/>What is the difference of having the British lording over the non-malays and having the malays doing the same to the non-malays! Probably worse. At least the British had some respect for fairness while the malays have none! <BR/><BR/>So to get independence, the malays needed the non-malays. Without the non-malays agreement, the British would not have granted independence. So, is that not also part of the social contract? It is not a one-sided malay right. The malays would not be where they are without the non-malays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-65826285514681202532007-11-02T01:39:00.000+08:002007-11-02T01:39:00.000+08:00I think most of us Malaysians know the country is ...I think most of us Malaysians know the country is rotting to its core for the last few decades. It only takes a Michael Backman to confirm it. <BR/><BR/>Such a pity this country could have been a 1st world country like Singapore but had to be misgoverned by a bunch of crooks using misguided policies for their own ends.<BR/><BR/>It looks like the country hasn't reach rock bottom yet and it is going to get a lot worse before it get any better.<BR/><BR/>Local companies are moving away, rich peoples are moving their money elsewhere and the country's top brains are simply draining away. Our leaders are still happily plundering the country's wealth regardless of everything else.<BR/><BR/>Our future is bleak, very bleak indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com