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May 12, 2010 By: darylim Category: News comments, thoughts No Comments →

我终于把汉字顺利地抒写在这部落格上了。

过去的几个月,都一直有想重新在这里留言的念头,但是由于有些技术上的问题,一拖再拖,到现在才开始动笔。

最近新闻热谈话题为新加坡教育部即将调低母语在小六会考的比重,惹来了不少人的议论与反驳。这次对政府改革政策的上诉,可说是历来少次成功的几次。对于民众的热烈反应,令我非常赞叹。有好多人在网上描述了自己的看法与不满,我自己读了也很赞同他们的说法。

我自己也买了几分英文报纸来看,吃惊的是在英文报刊里面竟然有不少人支持教育部长黄永宏医生的举动。他们在报纸上的论坛里处处说到的都是以下这几点。

  • 学习华文非常困难,花费太多时间,没时间专注在其他“比较重要”的科目上.
  • 由于华文成绩不理想,阻碍了升学(快捷)的机会
  • 因为华文的分数把总分拉下,无法让一些在其他科目考试优越的学生得到奖学金和出国深造的机会
  • 英语家庭所认为母语的重要性薄弱,不实际

看了这些说法, 我是感到又悲又愤。

有一点我不明白的是为什麼那些华文程度较差的学生,往往不会因为自己华文差而觉得惭愧,努力学习向上攀。有很多这一类的人,长大后,对自己不会华文而觉得很骄傲。他们还可以很自豪地说自己是受英文教育的,在家都是与英语通话,所以才不会用华语沟通。

在这个现代的教育制度,有谁不时受英文教育的?我们剩余全部的科目都是以英文为语,与华文的接触已经大大减少了,若要是还要对母语开刀,不仅是雪上加霜吗?

我们新加坡多年来推行的双语制度,已经慢慢的在退化了,甚至在差不多10年前,中英双全的人数已经减少了一大半。以前,会说一口流利的英文,就算是所谓的精英份子。从那个时候开始,大家都认为要学好英文,才会有出人头地的一天。现在的局势刚好相反,如过要搭上中国这一部经济快车,全世界都积极地学习汉语,唯独新加坡的"精英"还慢半排,执迷在英文与西方还是大强国的事实。

我妈最近告诉我,她到医院复诊时,为她看诊的是一位年轻华族医生。我妈是受华语教育的。英文对她来说是一大考验。当她安排看医生是,说要求看华族医生,好能沟通些。

但是不在她预料当中的是,这位华族医生,就是我所谓的"精英"。华文沟通能力简直是等于零,令我母愤怒不堪。还说以后再也不回去看这个医生了。

精通双语的新加坡人已经在我们的社会里,不知不觉的消失了。可悲的是我们以后不能以种族来断定是否华人就一定会讲华语。老板要聘请员工是还得问是否员工能说一口流利的华语,或者只是包装成华人的老外。

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经过了几个星期的 “抗议”, 可说是终于有结果了。但是所谓的 “改革教学法 不削减母语考试比重” 是不是话中有话,是令我非常怀疑的一件事。

到头来,真正能改变这一切的不是削减母语考试比, 不是改变教育模型, 不是增添母语老师的数量, 而是学生自己对母语的学习态度。

虽然是说 “养不教,父之过,教不严,师之惰” 但是一个巴掌是拍不响的,

“子不学,非所宜,幼不学,老何为.”

希望趁这次的风波,教育部可好好想最佳的教学方式, 进一步加强学生对中文的兴趣。

汉字的历史长达五千年。难道说我们现在这个科技发达的社会环境里,学习方式千变万化,都比不上古人在石上写字时期吗?或有可能是因为学习方式千变万化,把简单的事物变得更复杂了。

好一句星洲日報/雲淡風輕作者林明華写的 – 母語是我們共同的精神家園,願我們相互砥礪,相互學習,相互支援!

让我们为这美丽的语言与文字奋斗加油吧!

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好久没这么写了,若有什么不对的地方, 请多多包含。

谢谢!

The Olympic Milk

October 01, 2008 By: darylim Category: thoughts 1 Comment →

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All the hype about how successful China had been in hosting the Olympics is now forgotten as the issue on poisonous Milk Powder hovers around the mind of almost every individual in the world.

Though this might seem like something that wouldn’t concern that many people out there. But considering the number of distinct features that comes out of people mind when we think of China, we would probably get a clearer picture of what is going on.

  • China being the biggest nation in the world, has one of the biggest manufacturing industries. The label “Made in China” has almost transformed into something that we are expecting to see when viewing the side/bottom of a product. It wouldn’t be surprising to know that their products have transcend beyond boundaries to other nations out of China.
  • The high demand for milk. Milk could be consume as a primary product, or from a secondary product. The number of food products out there in the market that has milk content in it. Though it could be arguably said that the product is manufactured in Singapore or any other country, but the primary source of milk could well come from China. Turning white, grey. Not forgetting our famous Chocolates and yogurt are modifications of milk as well.

Now the air is starting to rumour the fact that these milk diseases have already been circulating ever since before Olympics started or even much before it. It is believed that they are trying to cover in order to build up trust and reputation before the Olympic. Though the Tibetan issues have already dirt them a little.

Skeptical it might seem to be able to keep away such a big thing from the public. But if China can ban the word “Democracy” on Google, there’s nothing much they can’t do. 

Until the verdict is set, there is no concrete evidence to pinpoint the Chinese officals in misappropriating handling this incident. Just to keep people’s views about China on a fluctuate axis.

So till then, try something else for calcium. For babies, go breast feed then.

Well… What to do..?

September 08, 2008 By: darylim Category: thoughts 1 Comment →

Life is pretty shit, shit in a sense where it’s starting to get monotonous. The same whole routine follows everyday, day in day out.

What’s more shit is when there are people that are working with you, “working” i mean, people who are just around because they are around. If sleeping around and getting people to do their job is a kind of work done, i don’t mind doing that as well. All the excuses, to cover up his own ass, and making people around follow nonsensical instructions. We are all here to work, why make life difficult for us. So they higher the hierarchy of ranks one achieve, doesn’t one have to make more contribution, serve more..? Since you are  proven to be able to hold that stupid rank on your shoulder, then prove your capabilities, rather than make people prove yours and turn yourself into a laughing stock. ..

Well.. What to do..? I am serving my term, not as if i had a choice.

It’s almost 10months since i was recruited. A couple more to go..

Like many other guys out there, we look forward to collecting back our Pink IC. That is the end of the challenge, and the start of another. For me, it’s still a path of unknown. All lies ahead is a misty road, where i’m not even sure if its a road or is it the verge of a cliff. It’s not within what i can control.

It’s going to be another birthday in one day’s time, another one i mean. 18 one of them have passed and what have i really achieved in those 18years of life. Mostly uncertainties i suppose. It probably time to think about the future, of the next 18years of my life what do i really want to achieve.

Life is like a race, make sure every pit stop you make is worth it, so that the drive thereafter would be smoother.

Thoughts..

April 21, 2008 By: darylim Category: life in blue, thoughts 1 Comment →

It was only one week ago when i booked in to HTA, thinking of all the POP rehearsals training that i would have to face.

But all these happened like it was all planned.

The past week of wearing the blue uniform meeting the public have made me understand better, what do the people really expects of us.

In this real world, we in this uniform are expected to uphold the law, be the law enforcer…. But do people come across their mind that we police are also human.

All the stories and encounters my partners and all have to say when they are attending to their message, sounds interesting and weird at times.

Tomorrow morning is morning shift, sleep is precious for now.

12hours is a long long time.

 

so long…

Triple Sharing Room in NTU

March 22, 2008 By: darylim Category: thoughts No Comments →

These are some of the problems when you get more undergraduates into the school. Considering the fact that after the dragon year, there will be a start in the decline of the number of local students applying for University due to smaller student population.

But why are we still embarking on a new University and with dorms that are so filled that they are going to launch the triple sharing scheme (in NTU). Foreign students you bet they are.

Sadly, it seems that the project is already on its way on some of the Halls in NTU. Scarly by 2010, the time i enter Uni, it would be more than triple.

Check out the layout of the triple sharing rooms. The study table is directly under the bed and it really does look squeezy, if it reminds you of foremen’s living squatters i wouldn’t be surprised.

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I guess this was created by some student in NTU to try to discourage and portray their negative view/consensus towards  triple sharing. The singing is pretty “good”. But what’s more important is the message that was supposed to send across, which i think was pretty interesting and hilarious with a little tinge of racism if you perceive it in a certain way.

D Day

February 24, 2008 By: darylim Category: life in blue, thoughts, writings 3 Comments →

If only it was true that the results are releasing soon. Rumours have been spread from last last friday, to last Friday, and hopefully the last piece of information that it is this coming Friday would be true.

Not that i am very eager to see the “fabulous” results that i am hoping to get. It’s more of the 1 day off that i can get away from NS to collect my results and once again return back to school to visit all the has been all over again. The band, teachers, landscape and memories that was left and kept there.

Hopefully everything goes well, hopefully. Getting into the desired course is the ultimate goal right now, which it definitely has to come along with good grades.

This blog is starting to rot, seriously rot. Whenever i have some thought than i want to pen it down, i would tell myself that i will share it when i get home. But it seems that whenever i reach home, my brain would be so switched off that i forget what i initially wanted to say.

If only they allowed Laptops in camp, which they didn’t forbid just that the chargers are prohibited.

If you are wondering how’s PNS life is like. You’ll get what i mean in a couple of sentences below. Some of the things which we did the last week.

  1. Watched a soccer match between Home United and Dalian Live at Bishan Stadium
  2. Went for a Heritage Tour
  3. Enough time at night to sleep and wake up to find that it’s not lights out time yet.

Well, of course i’m not complaining that it’s too slack in there, or rather it should be rephrased as most of the time we’re wasting time. But if time are being utilised properly, they could have well shorten the training period from 3 months to 2 months. Now that my batch has training for 4months plus, which makes the thought of this even more unbearable.

NS is a whole new disruption to the life for guys. Looking at your female friends of the same age entering University, while we are still serving the Nation. Completely switched off mind during the 2 years period and then back to books again. There are pros and cons to it, but the pasture at the other side always look greener and more delicious i have to say.

This is what has been spread around, and it seem pretty true looking at the state people around us are. The post NS syndrome, which makes people look older than they seem to be. With more serious look, and mature thinking… *shrugs* How true it might be, you determine it yourself.

But still, i want to be myself. The change might be gradual as we start to take on more roles and responsibilities after we pass out, and hopefully it’s for the better.

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It’s only words.

January 27, 2008 By: darylim Category: thoughts 4 Comments →

Words can’t express how i am feeling right now. Its like a big battle within myself and i have no idea on which sides to take on.

One side is telling me to go with my heart, give it all out and not regret it. The other is telling me to chill and wait for the best opportunity to come by before striking on it.

I hate this kind of feeling, there’s totally nothing much that i can do now, but to wait.

Probably it’s really true that its not the best time to do this, the feeling’s really terrible. Furthermore, i’m not even at the known of the outcome of it, making me feel more jitterish.

All i could do is to imagine the scenes that could possible happen which i had almost failed to think of the negative consequences of it.

It’s all about myself. Somehow, it feels good to just keep things just in thoughts and wait.

Good things are worth the wait, so why not. Keep on believing.

Taking in mind that these are words, which means it doesn’t really expresses how i feel now, somewhere along the line probably.

Btw, Happy Birthday to Teo Cheng Song. Though i believe he’s feeling great right now.

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