The Case of the Fruits Plastic Surgeries

Is it just me who realized this or everyone does too except that it is a fact not acknowledged? The fact that Malaysia has more than enough fruits to keep us fit and healthy but then we turn them into something otherwise. Instead of shedding those calories, we only add to them.

Exhibit A

Before modification
This is a picture of some very healthy and nutritious bananas.

After modification
 Do you see what happened to those fruits? Changed beyond recognition but we Malaysians regognize it too well, ey?Deep fried, crispy and all nutritions (almost) lost!

Banana fritters (better known as pisang goreng)

 Exhibit B

Before modification  

This is a picture of a collection of healthy fruits. A variety of apple roses (jambu) and cucumbers.

After modification 

Would you just look at that? Fu-yoh! Dipped into what we call kuah rojak. Excessive sugar, yeah?

Exhibit C

Before modification

Jackfruits! Provides vitamins and minerals. I'm not so sure since I don't like this fruit but I'm pretty sure that if consumed excessively, it'll turn unhealthy. I mean, you'll turn unhealthy.

But still, not unhealthy as excessively consuming........

After modification 

Again, deep fried. Are we seeing a pattern here?

Well , well, well. I think I have demonstrated enough. Feeling remorseful everyone?  According to an article from The Star last year, the number of percentage of obese Malaysians has increased from 4.4% to 14.0% of the total population.

Okay, this is probably rich of me doing a post on health since I myself love cekodok pisang (especially the ones fried excessively; crunchy  on the outside but melts in the inside) and banana fritters! But still, I hope that someday that I will control myself from consuming too much of these modified food. God has bestowed  us a healthy body, lets make the best of it. I honestly think it's bad to say 'Life is too short, eat all you want'. Okay, again rich of me saying this but come on people, doesn't 'eating all we want' make our lives even shorter?

Exams; A Joke?

My dad once said that he thought people who blog are people who are sad. Of course daddy dearest, you were generalizing too much. Because what would we say about those environmental activists who pledge to save the Earth? Hold on a second thought, these people are indignant of how mother nature is treated.Nevermind, now lets shift to bloggers who update us on politics. We get a lot of information them, right? They uncover the truth. Then again, though undoubtedly these bloggers can change our views on something for the better,many of them feel repressed by the government. And when I think of this again, many of my friends' blogs or just any random person's I stumble upon, they have a lot of the 'My Life Sucks So Bad' theme.

 Somebody sue me for diverting too much with the intro because I ain't here to talk about bloggers and whatnot. My supposed point in the first paragrapgh is angry people tend to blog. Let me rephrase that, people who feel passionate about something or overwhelmed by an emotion are always inspired to blog. Yes, I am overwhelmed by an emotion which obviously is anger. Now that I have mentioned it, the feeling is not so prominent.

 Nevertheless, I should make myself clear. I really, really abhore the fact that I must sacrifice one year of my life for an exam that cannot guarantee those who score that they are actually smart.Honestly, aren't people aware of the ugly truth that an SPM certificate is not recognized internationally?Doesn't this bother anyone?Doesn't it bother anyone that we are required to memorize experiments just so we can write them back on paper sheets during exams?No wonder you hear of students who score excellent results during SPM and then struggle in college or when they start their practical term.

Then  There is also the issue of PMR. The fact that the ridiculous national level exam is going to be abolished signifies how insignificant it is. So why must schools fight viciously to be top for PMR anymore? Why get kids to finish their syllabus in a few months and so they have 'seven months to do revision'? Don't teachers realize that the main purpose kids go to school is to learn things, not simply the techniques of answering exam questions?

 I know that we can't solely blame school authorities for doing they're job. Surely each school strives to be in the top cluster. And how well a school does is judged by its performance in exams. I won't say that I don't wanna score straight As because then I'd miss my chance on earning a scholarship. True enough, this is the fault of the Malaysian education system. And what with people playing with the graph (grading for SPM), it really is hard to tell whether a student deserves an A or not.

 My point is children shouldn't get too caught up in exams. My school makes me feel really difficult to want to achieve other things other than fabulous results but I don't want my life revolving around SPM. And nobody should feel otherwise. It's tough, I myself have turned somehwhat exam-oriented. But hey, this is Malaysia. It works here to be that sort of person. Even though it does not last.