something's very wrong at the servicing departments

This morning I was at the institute of postgraduates to work on my fees for the coming semester. All of us have to come to the fact that the servicing departments in universities and government are the same. I was at the counter and one of the employee told me to wait. So I waited, for about 10 minutes. There were 6 persons in that very room and yet no one wants to attend me. The reason, it's because the person in charge was on the phone in another room.

When the lady in charge went back to her cubicle, she was so busy replying sms and yet nobody ask her to attend me at the counter. I was so mad but control myself because I know I have to deal with these people again in the future. Finally, she attended me at the counter after calling her several times. In fact, there were another 3 person waiting behind me (plus another foreign student who was already very mad and complained about their attitude).

I'm not sure if we have to live with the attitude of these people forever. My buddy went to Putrajaya yesterday and she told me that the officers there finish work at 4 pm although the official time is 4.15 pm. And finishing work means they walk out of the building. That means they do not attend customers by 4.45 pm so that they have ample time to prepare themselves and pack their stuff to go home. This reminds me of the my uni library. By the time it was 4.50 pm you can see the staff walking out of the building already.

Staff in government departments and universities are too comfortable and they are lack of drive and enthusiasm. Try to imagine if they only have to work five days a week. This will only train them to become even more lazy. What's next? 4 days work so that they can off on Friday as well?

Malaysian education system is not the worst

It is simply ridiculous when I read someone's blog saying that local universities websites are so Frontpage. Perhaps these people should do some homework before they make such judgment.

Our education system or universities are definitely not something that we are proud of. However, if anyone of you do read educational journals you will realize that our system is far from being the lousiest. Even countries like the United States and Great Britain are dissatisfy with their own systems.

Most of the time, the people who complain about the local education system do not experience the system themselves or they failed. They complained about the double standard treatment against non-bumi, disagree with the usage of Malay language, make remark that local uni graduates are usually jobless, etc. I would say that if you work and and strive for what you believe, entering the best local uni and offered the best course is not even a problem. Most local graduates (who are non-Malays) are well-versed in English and Malay (and even Mandarin) and they were offered some of the best jobs. From what I've observed through interviews, local graduates (mostly Chinese candidates) are the most hardworking, ethical and fast learners.

the difference between clay and grass

I was outstation for few days and not able to update the final match between Rafa and Puerta. As expected, Rafa won the French Open but it's not really an easy one.

After a long clay season. Rafa lost his first match on grass in Halle, Germany. Rafa lost a close three-set match to German Alexander Waske in the first round, 6-4, 5-7, 3-6. Perhaps he should take a break before Wimbledon starts end of this month.

Nadal and Federer faceoff in today's semifinal

This evening, Astro Supersports is going to show the live telecast of the match between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.

Who's the champ? Nadal or Federer?


For me, this is definitely the match of the year. After follow up Rafa's matches since Australian Open earlier this year, this is the match that I've been looking forward to. Although a rematch between Rafa and Coria would be great but this is what tennis fans have been waiting for.

Today's match is definitely no ordinary semifinal. It is the battle to determine who's the best in the world; is Nadal the best player on claycourt?; can the teenage prodigy defeat Federer?; is Nadal the next no.1 player? We will find out the answer tonight.