i have not used my rambles and rants blog category for ranting for yonks. rambles galore you’ll get (200-odd rambles, methinks) here. probably i am not of the complaining sort, but things that get my goat are there, but it takes me a while to pool them together, and perhaps following that, write about it.
tailgaters on the motorway
we have them here, too, so it’s not exclusively a malaysian trait amongst drivers. and among the few, are the ones that goes full-on malaysian, ie honk with the flashing highbeams. the funny thing is, after relenting and letting them overtake you, they’ll reach a red light to stop. and here comes slowpoke me right on their butt like, 20 seconds later. i thought you’d be in london by now. hutang kereta pun tak habis bayar lagi kan?
qualifications and academia
i had a chat with someone recently about an old uni mate of mine who’s doing well in his field in malaysia. i then went onto google, had a look at the institution he was working in and there he was in the faculty list. good on him, i thought to myself. what i noticed was, however, are his colleagues and their string of qualifications. eminent may they be, but the list of redundant letters just beggars belief. if you traipsed along and go to the website of, say, harvard med school, you’ll see world experts having just two letters after their name, M and D. having letters signifying that you’re both a member and a fellow (which flippin’ overrides a member status) is just being ostentatious. professor dr.? don’t get me started on that. and there was one who added four letters (now three) which aren’t a qualification as such. the cheek. i’m adding my SRP, SPM and A-level results (including a merit in chemistry for the S-level) before my MB, BS in my CV immediately after i finish this entry.
private postings
on a blog that is meant for the entire universe to read. what’s that all about? tulis dalam diari. the one that’s made of paper. stationery shops sell them last time i checked. lepas tu, simpan dalam laci.
smugly married types
’nuff said. i have warned my newly wed friends not to enter this trap. however, some of them who have experienced the joys of marital bliss a few years ago have unfortunately entered the dark side. to paraphrase otto, disappointed!!!
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hey, is that it? told you i’ve not much to rant about. i’ve been told that i’m so laid back that i’m virtually horizontal. next rant in 2011 then.
[re: title – no one posed me that question recently, if you’re wondering, but in the spirit of the entry this title was judged apt.]
amusing 🙂 especially the bit on qualifications and academia.
ppl can be so insecure sometimes and they feel they need to shout so that the whole know how great they really are.
Before I got the you-know-what, I promised myself I’d never use the preceding title or the letters after my name unless absolutely essential and in an official capacity. Now that I have, I still cringe when people address me with the preceding title. Maybe I’m still getting used to it. Give it a year and maybe the kerekness will start to seep through.
Bila lagi… NAK MASAK???
bro,
private entry – tak bestlah tulis dalam diari. setakat mak je yang bongkar nak baca. tak best! hahaha
smug married – i am so compelled to write something on this tapi nanti aku kena baling kasut. better focus on the smugness of being single!
You know these days, people prefer to tell the whole world about their lives. Some just plainly do write and write some more until the world notice them. I can still accept that, but what I can’t accept are websites with loads and loads of widgets on the side. It just hit the stop button and move on.
Smugly married – yeah having seen/experienced of brother’s marriage and as well as officemates’ make me wonder my choice of staying single is still a right thing at the moment. Perhaps, really not jodoh time lagi. But single is better than entered the dark side.