经过这次旅行的经验后,以后出门旅行真的要多加注意了。像这次不知道为什么回到巴生谷后还没踏进家门就先要踏进诊所了。虽然很多地方没办法去到,但是好在大家的感情的确是比之前要好了,意外收获,可能就是认识多一个朋友吧,嘿嘿。还好本来也没打算能够在市区绕很久的,不然单是交通上花的时间和金钱恐怕加上脚趾头也算不清。因为没有事先约定,所以并没有机会和网上认识的槟城网友见上面,除了Emily,而且不知道为什么,我同行的朋友们似乎爱Emily爱到发疯了,不错嘛,如果在台湾没人要我可以帮你介绍几个尚算不错的男/女朋友(如果你也爱女生的话)。
“让我们玩一个游戏,这个海边这么多人,我们这里有10个人,每一个人去拿一个异性的电话号码,拿不到的待会要接受处罚……”
他很兴奋的对着一起出来旅行且单身的朋友提议,在海风习习的关仔角,在农历正月十五的晚上。放眼望去,整个海边挤满了人,烟火和小贩的叫卖声源源不绝,小孩天真地到处窜,总之整个海边充满着欢乐的气氛。这一行十个人,因为旅行而在上课之外的时间相聚在一块,也因为找不到路去看人家抛柑所以留在海边吹咸咸的海风。顺便过过在巴生谷没什么机会体会到的元宵节。
原本上两个星期我们应该有个测验,但是我们的超级摸索讲师出自于不懂什么心态,所以展延到上星期,后来也不知道为什么,又再展延到这个星期三。我必须事先声明的是,我们一直都没有在左右她一直展期的决定。之后不知道怎么了,后来其中一个系(这一课三系一起上)以星期三会有很多测验为由,所以又把星期三的测验私底下改到今天,但是却没有通知我们,所以今天看到讲师在派试卷的时候,我个人是感觉相当愕然的。不是说因为我还没完全准备好(虽然其中一个原因是),而是那种没有被尊重的感觉是相当糟糕的。我个人是相当火滚,但是也未及Regina那么厉害,她生气到几乎是那种生人勿近的境界。
能让我很火滚的事情不多,可是最近一年内大暴走的场景都是和客户服务有关的。有时候不亲身体验,就永远不会知道藏在歌舞升平,什么所为最佳经商国家高排位之下,竟然会有这样的客户服务。或者应该说,有这样的客户服务,有如此傲慢的态度,难怪商人都喜欢来这里做生意,反正客户服务随便敷衍两下就算了。在这片国土上,不要期望外国口碑良好的服务态度,来到了本地会有所改善,因为那只有在童话里才会发生的。
很久没浮上来写写比较贴近自己内心的文字了,这阵子在这里已经几乎不想是个人在经营的网站,毕竟整个情绪的表达都变得很平面。本来想很high来写点什么,但发觉自己好像在过去一年除了工作上让我感觉我还生存着外,其实个人根本就冷感到跟一张纸一样。最近自己再度让自己私底下的生活投入在很多事情上,比如床头目前已经排着三本不同课题需要短期内消化的书本,手上的玩具project也终于在整个想法已经成熟后开始投入开发。
如果有一天你拾到了钱,不要多,大概一万好了,你会怎么处理这笔钱?!在学校,我们都被教育成拾金不昧的人,可是到了现实生活,如果你practise学校所教的,你可能会被认为是傻,甚至有时候还会被最亲的人说你蠢。虽然自己最近功课繁忙到透不过气,可是刚才在电视上看到了一个专访把我的注意力牢牢地吸引住了。故事的主人翁只是个小小的普通老百姓,一位退伍的军人,一位计程车司机,生活过的平平淡淡,没起伏,没高潮,不戏剧化。可是这种啃着没味的生活竟然在他拾到钱的那一天起了翻天覆地的变化,一切都得从他开车载了一个不讲理的乘客开始……
Few days ago, I posted up my response on the e-learning issue as requested by my lecturer. I was quite shocked after found out that not more than 5 people posted their response. Is this a sign showing that even though we are studying computer science, but we still do not appreciate and utilize the internet connection wisely? Or this shows that our e-learning system has some problem because it doesn’t help attracting students to login (in other word, it sucks)?
But then, I am quite impressed that there are people who rely on the internet resources in studying in my course. This is because in my college, we are rely on the lecturer for notes. If a lecturer does not provide notes for photocopying, then he/she will be in trouble when students evaluate him/her during the end of semester. Not many who are really interested finding out more on the subject somewhere else and this is probably why not many logged into the BlackBoard and post their response.
In my response, I pointed out that constant electrical supply is a main factor in order to make e-learning a success. It is quite insulting when we are already used to electricity black-outs even in this so-called “Advanced State”. Besides that, decent broadband coverage is also another important factor because not many residents in Malaysia are able to surf online with the help of broadband. Even one can surf using broadband, if he/she is using Streamyx’s service, then he/she will probably suffer from the constantly service down. Even though there are other ISPs providing broadband connection but they cant provide low cost connection. This is because wired connection that is generally cheaper is already monopolized by Telekom. In order to use other ISPs’ services, we will need to pay more for the hardware because they use wireless technology to deliver broadband connection.
If these problems are left unbothered, then I do not expect E-learning will become a trend in Malaysia.