When wise people speaks...
In light of Malaysia's hottest issues; 1) the shortage of rice supply and 2) the shocking revelation of a
wonder (or threat to some) called BLOG; I think
Malaysians need to thank these couple of ‘wise guy’ for coming up with brilliant
solutions and ideas.
Wise Guy No.
1: MAKAN KELEDEK, UBI KENTANG GANTI NASI (as reported in today’s Utusan Malaysia)
Rakyat Malaysia disaran memakan keledek
dan ubi kentang bagi menggantikan nasi sebagai MAKANAN RUJI. Ketua Pengarah
Tuuuuttt, Mr Wise Guy No. 1 berkata, “Pengambilan ubi-ubi berkenaan sebagai
pengganti beras sesuai dengan TREND makanan masyarakat sekarang. KANAK-KANAK
sekarang juga menggemari KENTANG GORENG serta pelbagai produk daripada ubi
termasuk KEREPEK UBI yang dapat membantu mengubah trend makanan rakyat negara
ini.”
I have no
idea what’s going on in this fella’s head but clearly, the keywords ‘TREND,
KANAK-KANAK, KENTANG GORENG and KEREPEK UBI’ can only be interpreted as
‘MCDONALD’S FRIES, MISTER POTATO, PRINGLES and CHEESY WEDGES’, to name a few. Potato can be healthy, but not in the form of fried fries and potato chips la. Next time, maybe you should THINK before you TALK?
Wise Guy No.
2 : MAHASISWA SOKONG WUJUD PENGAJIAN BLOG DI IPTA
(Panjang
lagi tapi tak larat nak taip, so skip right to the closing)
Melalui lapangan blog ini, golongan
mahasiswa lebih bebas menulis tanpa terikat dengan etika kewartawanan tertentu
yang diguna pakai oleh media tradisional. – Written by Mr. Wise Guy No.2, Setiausaha, Persatuan
Mahasiswa Islam, Universiti Tuuuuuttttt.
I feel
really sorry for this particular guy, honestly. First of all, he totally misunderstood
the intention of the Vice Canselor of UiTM. I quote the VC speech from mSTAR Online, 12 May 2008: “Saya rasa Fakulti Komunikasi dan Pengajian Media
bersedia untuk menjalankan kursus ini dan saya menyokong sepenuhnya cadangan
ini kerana sudah sampai masanya kita membantu melahirkan blogger yang
profesional dan beretika. Setiap orang boleh menjadi penulis blog, tetapi kita
tidak boleh menulis sesuka hati dan mesti faham tentang beberapa syarat untuk
menulis termasuk perkataan dari segi etika dan sama ada perkara itu benar atau
tidak benar. Perkara berbentuk negatif ini kita tidak boleh terima”.
Or in other
word, less Raja Petra? Ooppss, I better not touch about that subject. SENSITIVE!
Obviously… contrary
to Mr. Wise Guy No. 2’s understanding, the VC was talking about blogging ethics,
not how to blog, and the need to generate more professional and ethical
blogger, not increasing the numbers of bloggers, which is the last
thing our BN government need. Although I personally think it’s absurd to set
up a dedicated course to address this issue, my point is gua bengang betul bila
orang macam mamat universiti ni bagi cadangan merepek-repek dalam newspaper! Yang
ko cerita pasal mahasiswa tidak mempunyai ilmu membina blog ape ke he nye yob?
Blog ni macam tulis email la, ko taip ape kebende yang ko nak, letak attachment
kalau perlu, pastu tekan save, siap. Tak payah buat kelas
dik, budak sekolah rendah pun reti set up blog. Aku agak ko ni memang terer
menggoreng la, sebab tu dilantik sebagai Setiausaha Persatuan Mahasiswa
walaupun realitinya, goreng telur pun hangus. Buat malu universiti je.
Dear readers, kindly inform me if this blogging studies ever materialise. I might be the student they are looking for, judging from my lack of ethical post today. But then again, maybe not.. if these ‘wise guys’ can keep their mouths shut and save their thoughts to themselves. I need a break...

Kak ajue, apakah etika memblog ye?lebey seronok kalau dpt memblog tanpa beretika kan..SUKATI LA, BLOG KITA. but then, of cuz la issue2 yg boleh dibawak ke ISA better jgn diblogkan..haha.
Posted by: MELanies | May 14, 2008 08:20 AM
Anies, akak pun tak tau hapekebendenye etika dalam memblogging ni. But u have a good point there, jgn libatkan diri dlm isu2 yg difikirkan akan 'mengguris' pihak2 'berkuasa'. Bukan saja ISA, ntah2 masuk jel nanti. Not worth it ok!
Posted by: azury | May 14, 2008 07:59 PM
ya Allah.. bencinye aku dgr cadangan2 bernas nih dr org2 'pandai' ni... bagi la cadangan membina sket.
hahahah.. pelik x in the future- 'weh ko degree apa"'
'degre in blog grafi' hihihihi :p
Posted by: aisyah | May 14, 2008 10:29 PM
Haha, i'm with ecah on this... klaka gile BSc Blog-grafi kekeke.. ape la derang ni... kalo kempen ramai2 pakat jgn buta IT ok laa, ni nak wat degree plaks! And yeah, nampak sgt buta IT coz blog is all about Politics?? They shud visit our blogs!! That'll open their eyes sket haha
Posted by: Juri | May 16, 2008 05:43 AM
Hehe.. Jun and Ecah boleh apply jadi lecturer!
Posted by: azury | May 16, 2008 11:08 AM