Education?Bah, humbug.

School as we know, in derogatory terms, sucks. What the hell are even going to school for? To socialize,yes. To study, no way. Some say the system is all wrong, some the teachers are all wrong. Some say the students are all wrong. What do we say?



As a student, like five-hundred thousand of the others, going to school is more of a place to get together with mates and have fun while we still can. Honestly speaking, all is well. Till we realize as we "grow up" that school is but a place to socialize. No longer are we all gonna be ready to stick our noses into text books for, who gives a damn? Your parents? Your teachers? Or what, your friends? Ha, up me bloody a**.



Now,lets not get carried away here. School is important, only in the last century. Learning ain't about going to school for six hours a day, staring at some writings on a white board and pretending that you understand what your teacher's saying. Bollocks. But rest in peace, for there is hope.



Students should be given a voice. It's a stupid thing to say that the kids are just kids. Well then, teach us. We want to speak. Now, stop sniggering, it's a free country. We should be given the opportunity to say something, to strike back, to spit at the disdainful faces in the office, figuratively speaking. Lo and behold, change is upon us.

Oh, the food!

We Malaysians have a knack for food. We eat LOADS of things(which are so many that they cannot be named here all at once). Dieters find it hard to diet here for the temptation is just too much to bare. Penang has been a place for food lovers for far too long that it should be named "Penang, Where Malaysians Go Crazy For Food".



One thing everyone should realize is that(in Malaysia at least) the best of food is usually at the dirtiest places. No use going into a fancy hotel and ordering a cendol. You should just go to a 'lorong' behind a shop and have your cendol. There's a place in Penang, where a man's selling cendol like hot cakes, in a 'lorong'!


We live for food. No doubts about that. Malaysians are suckers for good food. Foreigners should definitely get a guide to take them around, else they end up in some hotel serving them fancy food in a fancy place with fancy air-con. But hey, in Malaysia, we are suckers for good food.

Speak Your Godd**n Mind!

Ever heard about Toastmasters? Well, now you have, and good thing too. It's about speaking, listening, communicating, talking, hearing or whatever you call it! And it's amazing. Communicating is one of, if not the, most important aspects in becoming a someone, turning into a successful person and all that.




Expressing your views is vital. You may not be a good doer, but hey, you're a good speaker, and that's bloody darn good enough. If you can't talk, you continue doing the same thing on and on. Apologies to those offended, but really, look around, every successful person speaks well.



Fear is there, and fear is unavoidable. Fear is good. Fear is bad. Fear is what we feel the minute we stutter in our speech or before we give our speech. Fear, if used properly, is great. It helps, if only you listen to it, and try to beat that fear. As simple as ABC, right?



To be honest, communicating is tough. It's the worst anyone can feel, given the circumstances. Anyone would be beaten down like a bug, beaten down to the knees, feel like crying like a whining baby, as if they feel they are doomed to fail. But, mark these words, it's those moments when the champions in them rise and take over. They speak, and they speak well.

Energy-Draining

There is a quote, "Our mind is the greatest asset, invest in it." If the mind is the most powerful thing we have, we should ,by all means, get hold of it. It doesn't take a genius or a "bomoh" to rid your mind of, should I say, "devilish" thoughts. Control may seem like the normal step to be taken but apparently, it's not.


Some choose to play it cool, leaving your emotions to take over you incidentally. You become a lifeless person, not utilizing your thoughts to its max. Others try to cower beneath their thoughts, opting for the easy path, eventually, the mind takes over them, not otherwise. Fear is taking over.


Now, for the risk-takers. These are the folks, who are good at what their doing. They have control. They realize the importance of using their fear, anger and other "wild" emotions to their advantage. Life kicks, but they kick back.


If the mind is the greatest asset, then it should be grown. Risks are to be challenged, not avoided.