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honeybee1802 · Post time 26-2-2007 07:19 PM

Originally posted by tam99 at 23-2-2007 07:15 PM
Conversation with my 8 years old kid:

Tam Jr.: Daddy, can I have KFC tonight?

Tam 99: Fast food is not good for your health, my dear.

Tam Jr.: How about `slow food'?

Tam 99: Yeah, `sl ...

it reminds me of the slow cooker..geezzzz...and the mum is the slow cook...just like me...

jojoba_beads · Post time 27-2-2007 10:00 AM

dex.. totally lost in here.. do not know what should i say...

seems like out of direction but still want to join u guys...

redrumdoll · Post time 27-2-2007 01:19 PM

ahahahahaha.
i can feel my belly's stretching.

wymer · Post time 27-2-2007 02:01 PM

hello everyone! i have a question to ask and it doesnt matter it's right or wrong an it's more likely about your opinion/view. my lecturer asked me why, in malaysia the structural development and the mentality development are not balance? means that we can see that malaysia have lrt, monorail, putra, erl and all that stuff, and we also have putrajaya- the modern city but why does our mentality sre in the third class? Bincangkan.

that is the question and i think it's hard for me to answer it. it does make sense. there's still a few people who think lower. my lecture also said that when he went to putrajaya he asked the guard a few easy questions and the guard said- tak tahu. so anyone care to share your view?

dexa · Post time 27-2-2007 05:02 PM

Originally posted by jojoba_beads at 27-2-2007 10:00 AM
dex.. totally lost in here.. do not know what should i say...

seems like out of direction but still want to join u guys...

please do join us --
and if u lost --
i shall get a map for ya --- ;) --

glad to see you here jojo ---

dexa · Post time 27-2-2007 05:05 PM

hope some will try to come out with some opinions -

i shall give mine but wud love to see other responses first --

thanks for this wymer --

bulu3rd · Post time 27-2-2007 07:19 PM

Originally posted by wymer at 27-2-2007 02:01 PM
hello everyone! i have a question to ask and it doesnt matter it's right or wrong an it's more likely about your opinion/view. my lecturer asked me why, in malaysia the structural development and ...

i'm glad u brought up this very interesting topic. I think the KL LRT demonstrates Malaysia's shortcomings the best ( my Analogy). Yes we have a state of the art above ground equivalent of the 'London Tube' however the difference is , the london tube is wholly owned by Transport for London ( local gov. body) The malaysian LRT if i'm not mistaken has lines/routes which are owned by different private companies. The result is the Kuala Lumpur travel routes aren't linked like the London Tube routes. In fact one actually has to get out of the station and cross a main road to go to the next stations where the route continues. The Malaysia LRT system is a prime example of the Malaysian mentality - still in '3rd class' as you said. If it was First class , the goverment would have funded the LRT. Similarly with PutraJaya - again '3rd class' thinking...we built a super modern city from scratch , instead of improving an old one , as a result thr is literally nothing there but govt admin. buildings, lack of shopping centres etc.

hope this anology helps! , just a mere opinion

wymer · Post time 27-2-2007 08:14 PM

thanks for the opinion. i'm still confused, what is the first class mentality actually? i know i talk about this but the truth is i'm still blur. we've been saying the first class metality, but what is it about? is it when everyone have a degree then we can call ourselves first class mentality? from what i understand with this mentality issue is knowledge is an important matter here. but knowledge doesnt stand alone, it has to be fiiled with ethics and moral values.

nuha · Post time 27-2-2007 08:19 PM

I did discuss it some times ago. Are we ready to face and accept rapid development? There is another question to be discussed and yet still interrelated. Most of us were born with diverse background: education, religion, etc. Our main concern are culture, attitude and self-awareness. We're having social change and social transformation and at the same time that will affect our attitude. Some people might say, social change is destructive. I hypothesized that the more educated people, more positive attitude we can see in our society. But again, this hypothesis could be rejected. It could be a false positive. Another factor is awareness. This is very crucial too. High education level, positive attitude and also high self-awareness. But again, it could be wrong. Self-awareness can be developed through knowledge dissemination. It takes two to tango. The government, the NGOs and private sectors to educate the public. Here we can see the roles of mass media. I don't think I will elaborate more on mass media's roles. We can see and evaluate it. There are more factors to be discussed. My conclusion is there are varous factors which contributed to third class mentality.

p/s Sorry guys, I hope I can write more but I have something urgent to do.

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nuha · Post time 27-2-2007 08:31 PM

Many factors can be used as a barometer for first class mentality.

Wymer dear,
You should define 'first class mentality' from your perspective.

wymer · Post time 27-2-2007 09:35 PM

i've stated that i think first class mentality is a person who has a very good knowledge but still maintaning the ethics, moral and human values. this person who has this first class mentality is qualified to be a 'pemimpin pendapat' and can play a role as a 'agen perubahan' to our nation, race and country. this person shold have openness (keterbukaan) in himself to accept other people's view. i think that tun dr mahathir has a first class mentality (this is only my opinion). he thinks 20++ years ahead (remember wawasan 2020?) and look what he'd done to our country. we have klcc, klia, sepang circuit, lrt and other thing. unfortunately he still can't change what people think.

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nuha · Post time 28-2-2007 07:33 AM

I define first class mentality as those who are knowledgeable, enable to build positive attitude and to some extent sustaining their cultural beliefs and religious practice in order to cultivate what is best within themselves.

I think we should focus on positive features that make life worth living. What we have to do is repairing the worst things in life and building positive qualities. At individual level, we can focus on positive individual traits, at group level, we can emphasize on civic virtues and at institutions we are better citizenship.

My 2 cents

nuha · Post time 28-2-2007 07:37 AM

Wymer,

We can't change people

but people do change

jojoba_beads · Post time 28-2-2007 11:12 AM

hahaha... that would be great in helping and guiding me ya.

i will follow you.... hahaha digi's advert... wherever you go...

how's your training? i think you might a chance to win the race ya...
with your ambitious n diligent n enthusiastic.. there's a way for u to grab a 1st prize ya....

anyhow.... keep training n njoy it...

sumday we should swim together ya...

daa

wymer · Post time 28-2-2007 01:45 PM

i agree with your opinion. but it is hard for somebody change from negative to positive habit. people tend to change from positive to negative more than negative to positive.

nuha · Post time 28-2-2007 07:52 PM

therefore, we should increase self-awareness

Pr|nCeSS^M|cKeY · Post time 1-3-2007 01:14 PM

hi everybody...
its take a long time i'm not write down here...
it is because i don't have internet at home...
so everytime i go to cyber cafe...i safe every page in this thread...and i read it at home...it's can safe my money...and i read everytime i want...thank you for all of you...

i want to write something here...share with u all...and i hope teachers can correct my sentences and grammer...i'm very poor in english

yesterday was 5 years my loving father pass away...
i feel quite sad, i miss him a lot...i still remember what happen 5 years ago...when i got this bad news...
it was my last exam in university...a hour before the exam....
i call him...just to speak with him...and we are talking, laughing and i promise to him to call at night...but...end of the exam...my lecture call me...he told me that bad news...i don't know what should i do...
its very hard for me to accept it...i'm very closed with him...everybody know about that...i take a flight from penang-kl-kb...i was crying all the time...so, at nite i not call him,which i promise to him before...just his body i see...no wish, no story as he usually talk to me when i come back home...
in 5 years i live without him...i lost my spirit...i miss evrything about him...when i sad, i write a letter to him...even i know he can't read this letter...am a sick? i write, i put it in envelope, i a keep the letter in a box...until now...it so much letter in the box...i write everything i want tell him...as i do when he alive....but, now...i think it the crazy thing i do...as my friend said...i'm weird...what should i do???i just want to live with his spirit...i want to share my sadness and happiness with him...right now...i really need him...i miss him...he one and only...

honeybee1802 · Post time 2-3-2007 05:34 PM

Originally posted by Pr|nCeSS^M|cKeY at 1-3-2007 01:14 PM
hi everybody...
its take a long time i'm not write down here...
it is because i don't have internet at home...
so everytime i go to cyber cafe...i safe every page in this thread...and i read i ...

i'm sad to hear that too princess..bee strong girl..always pray for him...

dexa · Post time 2-3-2007 06:00 PM

i am sorry about your father too mickey --
just hang in there - and be strong always --

i want to write something here...share with u all...and i hope teachers can correct my sentences and grammer...i'm very poor in english

yesterday was 5 years my loving father pass away...
i feel quite sad, i miss him a lot...i still remember what happen 5 years ago...
when i got this bad news...
it was my last exam in university...a hour before the exam....
i call him...just to speak with him...and we are talking, laughing and i promise
to him to call at night...but...end of the exam...my lecture call me...he told
me that bad news...i don't know what should i do...

5 years anniversary of my father's death -
felt
missed
happened
called
to
talked, laughed
promised
omit 'to him'
him that nite
lecturer called

its very hard for me to accept it...i'm very closed with him...everybody
know about that...i take a flight from penang-kl-kb...i was crying all the time...
so, at nite i not call him,which i promise to him before...just his body i see...no wish, no story as
he usually talk to me when i come back home...

it was
i was
to
knew
took
cried non-stop
as it turned out
instead of calling him as promised
i came to see his body -

in 5 years i live without him...i lost my spirit...i miss evrything about him...
when i sad, i write a letter to him...even i know he can't read this letter...am a sick?
i write, i put it in envelope, i a keep the letter in a box...until now...it so much letter in
the box...i write everything i want tell him...as i do when he alive....but, now...i think
it the crazy thing i do...as my friend said...i'm weird...what should i do???i just want to
live with his spirit...i want to share my sadness and happiness with him...right now...
i really need him...i miss him...he one and only...

life
missed
i am sad
eventhough i know he won't read it
i will write, then put in envelope and keep in the letter box -
a lots of letters already -
he is the one and only

mickey -
when i read and reread your post --
i can feel the sadness in your losing your beloved dad -
pray for his soul always -
and be strong alwayz -
i am sure that's what he wud have wanted too -

please keep post in here
share your thoughts --
wud be a good thing -

noone · Post time 2-3-2007 06:35 PM

hi princess,

i know a boy who lost his father 5 years ago... around october 2001... 2 days before his final exam... he was the closest child to his father... he was also the oldest son... he was crushed as he didnt see his dad 3 months prior to the event... he went to his father's hse, spend the night reading him Yasin but he didnt cry... he knew his little brothers would lose hope to see their no 2 man crying... the next morning, a friend of his dad asked y didnt he cry, he said, "i know my father, he wouldnt want me to cry, at least not in front of the children"... but that was it, he broke to tears, went to take a walk... im pretty sure he was crying all the way until he got back... now dont tell me he did it because he was a boy, he did it because he saw his father's death was not the end, it was a beginning... he was then to take more responsibility for the family... he was officially a man when he learned to take the responsibility... he is now the bread and butter of the family... he gives money to everybody in the family and his brothers and sister and mother are doing well...

now princess, dont cry, the livings want to see u smile... maybe ur father too...