Under the weather

Boy it’s been a rough week.KL is not that a nice place to be after all, busy and so expensive.

Weekend without the family means a transit commuter weekend for me. Hopping on and hopping off the Kommuter, LRT, ERL, Rapid, Star, Putra ..you name it, exploring places where you can’t get much in KL.

Last weekend was Book Weekend and PC Fair at the PWTC and KLCC respectively. PC Fair to me, was kind of overwhelming with rude Malaysians, and the place was freaking hot. Rude Men and Women, without much regards to their courtesy or what not, pushing people here and there and despite that, I walked about with my steel toe cappers, means, if I step on you, too bad lah, you will hurt and call your mama.

Deals in the KLCC PC Fair was same all about, nothing to say much other than the cheap lelong cameras by Nikon and Canon which I won’t want to part my money with despite a 7.1Megapixel 3x zoom etc for RM499 since I am already into the Canon EOS 400D, which I am targeting the EOS 40D which had no special offers. Durgh!

Laptops too, were not any cheaper either. Not worth my time and APPLE WAS NOT IN IT! Somehow or rather, I can’t find anyone showing off the Mac Book Air. Which would be nice, as I wanted the 160GB version, unless I go and fiddle the system and install the iPod Video hard disk in it.

As for the traffic, it was mad. RM4.20 for a can of 100Plus!? Bloody Farker! And I don’t cuss and swear I tell you. Normally for RM1.20, now at that rate, 4 times over. Darn it! Plus traffic was bad, human or vehicular.

The PWTC Book fair was ok, but full of books written in Bahasa Malaysia. So I thought , how on earth can our graduands excel in the society when everything is in Bahasa Melayu? Heck , the Local Universities need to wake up. They are actually bringing grief to all these students whom, after finishing with a 4.0 CGPA Honors Degree, have no work and resort to selling Krabby Patty Burgers for a living or to service their 4% PTPTN loan. Yikes!

It’s so sad, that 10 year on after I published my paper about the education system in Malaysia, things are just…as crappy, or even worse, with over 10 universities now, and the QoS is rock bottom, full of scandals. And despite me having job offers with some universities, I decline them as I know I won’t be able to discharge my duties as an Educator when the board itself, are already infested and minds full of feces.

I’ll be taking down this site soon enough when I see a template be suits the function. So, those whom wish to meet me while I am still in KL, please buzz me.
take care