Tuesday, April 07, 2009

math and science in english

math and science in english

yeah, it is a hot discussed topic.. but why do i feel like bringing it up? simply because of this one dude's blog article which wrote about it.
http://lipassepi.blogspot.com/2009/02/sinatraz-why-i-support-learning-math.html


JOKE OF THE DAY..
DEDICATED TO ENGINEERING STUDENTS..
Why certain things should not be translated into BM..
coz u'll fine funny instructions like this:


Connect Your Joy Stick into the server Port,
you should find little problem with the Joystick
as the server has Plug and Play mode.


Masukkan Kayu Ria anda ke dalam lubang pelayan,
anda sepatutnya tidak mempunyai banyak masaalah dalam memasukkan kayu ria
anda kerana pelayan ini mempunyai fungsi masuk dan main.



so u see.. it did sound funny when u translate the terms.
From my p.o.v,it will not make u less malay, even if you are learning in english.
Understandable the fact to "memartabatkan bahasa" and such.. but as for learning an acquiring knowledge purposes, i do not see why it is wrong.

well, try to go to the workshop nearby and say,
"pakcik, saya nak tukar palam pencucuh"

the translation will be : "uncle, i want to change my spark plug "

make any sense?

here are some of my past experiences with math and science in BM.

math..
penaakulan mantik : correct me if im wrong, i think the simple
english term for it is deduction.
i found it hard to understand the terms hujah, deduksi and aruhan back
then.
anu : unknown. huhuhuhu.. anu sounds soooooooo wrong! :P

janjang : series

science..
mostly i found the flaws in physics.. when translated in BM, these were such terms I encountered.

landasan terhempas geseran : my first thought, WTH is that!!
=the simple english term is.. friction free track.
-> it was used in the famous trolley experiment to investigate
momentum

bandul = pendulum

tangi riak = ripple tank

pembolehubah =variable?

pantulan dalam penuh =total internal reflection.

last but not least.. pita detik =ticker tape ;)

and the list continues...

in short, honestly, when i started my uni years, it was english and it took me awhile to feel really comfortable with all the english terms, when i was too used with bm. it was somehow almost like learning it all over again. after awhile, i got hang on to it ;) if it were to switch again to BM?? it will be a BIG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :P

looking on the bright side,learning those stuffs in english will benefit students, especially in
searching for extra readings and such, which are normally in english. students can definitely learn more and benefit more :) just study! ;)

xoxo
eyem3

Monday, April 06, 2009

hujan :(


rain rain go away~


It was about a quarter past two when the rain started to pour during my lunch break at Tau Cafe :|

Tau Cafe...
It was my first time there today. Recommended by Ain, I went there for lunch with the others. The food was ok, the portion was big enough to make me feel bloated after lunch :P

The Rain..
I was in Tau Cafe when it started raining cats and dogs. It was heavy enough that there was no way to get out of Tau without being drenched. Waiting in Tau, for the rain to subside was just half of the story.Feeling relieved getting to class on time did not make me think of what actually happened in my room.

Came back to my room at 5pm for a short an hour break was when the whole story started.

The story of the day starts...

As I was checking my laptop for any messages, my leg stepped onto a pool of water.I looked down, there was a pool of water under my study table!
My part of the room was practically flooded!! :'(
My window was left opened before I went to class with just roughly a mere 20cm opening. The wind was powerful enough that it blew ample rain to flood 1/8 of my room.

Affected areas:
-Study table
-Cupboard

Affected stuffs:
-My stuff beside the cupboard was wet
-My box under the study table was half soaked
-The wires of my laptop,printers and others were almost submerged

It took me quite awhile to clear everything, and threw some stuff .Extremely tiring.....

Looking on the bright side.. My place is as clean as a whistle~ :)

xoxo,
eyeM3

Sunday, April 05, 2009

im back!

im back! im back!


yeah.. soo back :P

well wut happened in between my last post till today?
the answer is... A LOT!!
to sum it all.. well, life has its ups and down.. but life must go on~
so how was my midterm break?

my midterm break was AWESOME!! <-- at least to me :D the first weekend, i went fr SUNBURST @ bkt kiara. went about 3pm plus.. i went with my cuzzie, just two of us :) it was cuzzies day out! yea! a lot thought that was my bf, but who cares~ we had fun! hihihi parked somewhere at the road side, near to National Science Centre, we walked to the Equestrian club.. weather was hot and i was so sure of getting sunburn but i could not do much. 'Redha'-ing to the scorching sun, i knew i'd be at least a tone darker after the whole thing.

My First impression..
-after reading the giant notice board stating the schedules of the day, we entered the entrance gate with a big smile, as for me, a bigger smile! i'd been counting days for sunburst! huhu~
-according to the event flyer given to us, there were four stages around.. looking at the schedule, of course i was checking for hujan's performance! hehe. that'll be a good starter, which it did ;)
- thank god that the 2 side stages were under a big tent.. at least it was covered from the piercing sun! as we reached there, juwita suwito was on. nice listening to her, but halfway through her show, i was loitering at hujan's stage, to get good spot for their show.
-sorry peeps, no matter what others say about them, who cares? i am still into them! huhuhuhu. ->how was hujan's performance?? best!!!!!!!!! :D hihihihih. best best best.. and it was even better after kantoi-ing someone checking out the crowd~ hihihihi.

- I did have the chance to meet up with the bandmates.. and it touched me when noh still remembers me! huhu, it had been almost a year since i meet him face-to-face :) it was my first time meeting jaja n dimas as well. took pics, pics, pics n pics. my fb sunburst album, i think at least half of it is full of hujan :P

the cute part was, even the horses nerby the stage was banging their heads~ as if they know wuts happening :P pity the horses.. hopefully they were not stressed out.

and the shows went on..
we did a rally of juwita suwito-hujan-bunkface-MUH-estrella-sixx before we took a walk for a rest.it was our first time listening to sixx, and they were good! aarika was soo pretty ;)

rest time..
we were checking out stuffs there, n of course, to have some drinks! quite drenched out at that moment after the rally.

had our seat on the ground, loiter on the green green grass of which i put aside the possibilty of it having traces of horses pee and shits :P

energy gained, party on!

next rally..
estranged-nidji-butterfingers
estranged : andy was super handsome!! hahaa. but as usual, played like ''dukun menurun " hihihi. he should get some cool-ness fr ambobzeela~ :D
nidji: awesome!! nice to sing-a-long with
unfortunately, butterfingers was a lil bit boring to me. sorry emmet, ur BM is a lil bit $%^&*()*&^% to me.

lepak again after that, listened to skye.. nice voice. gaining our energy forrr KORN!
NERD? i dont really enjoy them.. ok ok jer. fr my p.o.v, a bit messy..

** KORN **

KORN? a.w.e.s.o.m.e !! i love A.D.I.D.A.S hahahahahahah syle!!
too good to be true...
when JD played the scottish backpipe, i was enthralled. for me, it was way too mesmerizing to handle huhuhuhu. my eyes were so glue-sticked on him :D
but when mosh pit got bigger, we left the place.. my cuzzie dont want me to be hurt <-- so nice of him :) when we were out of that place.. heading uptown for our late dinner. that was when we felt the tiredness.

post-sunburst?

-extreme laziness to wake up the next morning
-'stoned' the whole of next day thanx to the heat + jumpings + sing-a-longs + etc but i still had my family outing which lasted for almost the whole day
- tired legs and joints <- sounded like an old lady d :P
- a tone darker than my already dark skin :| <- expected
- a big crush on Ray Luzier~ :)
-last but not least.. the satisfied smile thats gonna last forever when thinking of SUNBURST'09.

I may not be able to describe to share each and everything that i went through sunburst, but in short, i had a good time!

sunburst was awesome !

xoxo,
eyeM3

SUNBURST'09, worth every cents i spent! :D n worth every seconds of the 10+ hours ! ;)

Friday, April 03, 2009

i'll b back

i'll be back
i'll be back.. insyallah. there are some few stuffs that i wish to share.. :)

xoxo,
eyem3