Merry Christmas

After all my grumbling and mumbling about the Malaysian education system, lets look forward to this festive season. As a car freak, I would really love to have my own for Christmas, perhaps in 20 years time, maybe. Anyway many gorgeous looking road crawling machines have emerged silently recently and they all are really something special to have for this festive season.

Ferrari California

Nissan GTR

Aston Martin DB9

Porsche 911 GT3

Audi R8V10

Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4

Come on, realistically most of us wont have the money or the bravery to spend whats little left of us in one of those. So instead we should console ourselves and be contended with what we will most likely end up with

Perodua Myvi

Proton Saga

Or judging by the current financial and economical situation, and the unstable petrol prices, we are better of going back to the past, to where our ancestors pledged their trust to, or realistically speaking to the only thing we might be able to afford.

Bicycle

SO MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY, HOHOHO!!!!!!!!!!

Bleak Reality

Merry Christmas everybody. It was nearly a month ago since I posted anything, just to pronounce how busy I was. With FIVE datelines running near, two tests greeting this festive season, whats there not to like? Everything. Anyway through the last few postings, I was very critical and harsh on the Malaysian education system, or was it HONEST? This time though, its reality that we have to face studying in public institutions in Malaysia.


As I said before, the true reflection of the success in our education system could be found in university rankings, hence let me help with that.



2008 rankings Universities Country
1 HARVARD University United States
2 YALE University United States
3 University of CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom
4 University of OXFORD United Kingdom
5 CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Calt...United States
6 IMPERIAL College London United Kingdom
7 UCL (University College London) United Kingdom
8 University of CHICAGO United States
9 MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (M...United States
10 COLUMBIA University United States
11 University of PENNSYLVANIA United States
12 PRINCETON University United States
13= DUKE University United States
13= JOHNS HOPKINS University United States
15 CORNELL University United States
16 AUSTRALIAN National University Australia
17 STANFORD University United States
18 University of MICHIGAN United States
19 University of TOKYO Japan
20 MCGILL University Canada
21 CARNEGIE MELLON University United States
22 KING'S College London United Kingdom
23 University of EDINBURGH United Kingdom
24 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of T...Switzerland
25 KYOTO University Japan
26 University of HONG KONGHong Kong
27 BROWN UniversityUnited States
28 École Normale Supérieure, PARISFrance
29 University of MANCHESTERUnited Kingdom
30= National University of SINGAPORE(NUS)Singapore
30= University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (U...United States
32 University of BRISTOLUnited Kingdom
33 NORTHWESTERN UniversityUnited States
34= ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUEFrance
34= University of BRITISH COLUMBIACanada
36 University of California, BERKELEYUnited States
37 The University of SYDNEYAustralia
38 The University of MELBOURNEAustralia
39 HONG KONG University of Science & Techno...Hong Kong
40 NEW YORK University (NYU)United States
41 University of TORONTOCanada
42 The CHINESE University of Hong KongHong Kong
43 University of QUEENSLANDAustralia
44 OSAKA UniversityJapan
45 University of NEW SOUTH WALESAustralia
46 BOSTON UniversityUnited States
47 MONASH UniversityAustralia
48 University of COPENHAGENDenmark
49 TRINITY College DublinIreland
50= Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LAUSANNE...Switzerland
50= PEKING UniversityChina
50= SEOUL National UniversityKore a, South
53 University of AMSTERDAMNetherlands
54 DARTMOUTH CollegeUnited States
55 University of WISCONSIN-MadisonUnited States
56 TSINGHUA University China
57 HEIDELBERG UniversitätGermany
58 University of CALIFORNIA, San DiegoUnited States
59 University of WASHINGTONUnited States
60 WASHINGTON University in St. LouisUnited States
61 TOKYO Institute of TechnologyJapan
62 EMORY UniversityUnited States
63 UPPSALA UniversitySweden
64LEIDEN UniversityNetherlands
65 The University of AUCKLANDNew Zealand
66 LONDON School of Economics and Political...United Kingdom
67 UTRECHT UniversityNetherlands
68 University of GENEVASwitzerland
69 University of WARWICKUnited Kingdom
70 University of TEXAS at AustinUnited States
71 University of ILLINOISUnited States
72 Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN Belgium
73 University of GLASGOWUnited Kingdom
74University of ALBERTACanada
75 University of BIRMINGHAMUnited Kingdom
76 University of SHEFFIELDUnited Kingdom
77 NANYANG Technological UniversitySingapore
78= DELFT University of TechnologyNetherlands
78= RICE UniversityUnited States
78= Technische Universität MÜNCHENGermany
81= University of AARHUSDenmark
81= University of YORKUnited Kingdom
83= GEORGIA Institute of TechnologyUnited States
83= The University of WESTERN AUSTRALIAAustralia
83= University of ST ANDREWSUnited Kingdom
86 University of NOTTINGHAMUnited Kingdom
87 University of MINNESOTAUnited States
88 LUND UniversitySweden
89 University of CALIFORNIA, DavisUnited States
90 CASE WESTERN RESERVE UniversityUnited States
91= Université de MontréalCanada
91= University of HELSINKIFinland
93= Hebrew University of JERUSALEMIsrael
93= Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany
95 KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Scie...Korea, South
96 University of VIRGINIAUnited States
97 University of PITTSBURGHUnited States
98 University of CALIFORNIA, Santa BarbaraUnited States
99= PURDUE UniversityUnited States
99=
University of SOUTHAMPTON
United Kingdom



There is no Malaysian university seen here, or in fact you will have to scroll all the way to 250 before UKM appears. This is a justification on how "successful" our education system has been. Its absolutely amusing on how UM has dropped from 50 to 400 in 2 decades, and to the dear tax payers out there, remember you have been paying through your noses, having a sizable portion your hard earned income slashed to pay ministers who knows next to nothing and tarnish our once renowned education system.

What else we could foresee in this situation for the future, lets see University of Bangladesh overtaking us?? I foresee a bleak future to our leaders to be out there. With such appalling standards in our system, its a perfect breeding ground for rubbish in the society. I am so sorry for the kids who are bounded by this system, you are the brightest star with your light being diminished each day and your potentials being flushed down the drain. Hopefully there is a silver lining within the clouds for this bunch of true hopes.