Why? So that you would not end up in an embarrassing situation.
A few weeks ago, I was sitting at one of those customer service representative’s desk while waiting for my number to be called at the CIMB bank in Putrajaya. Then came two guys who looked like they just graduated from some universities. Based on their conversation with the bank officer, I heard that they were recently hired on contract by one of the government agencies. They wanted to take the ASB loan.
The officer gave them some forms to fill up and left. They filled up the form and towards the end, both of them got stuck, at the same part of the form. Weird… Heran bin ajaib la jugak…
Guy A: Eh, yang ni nak letak apa ye? (What is this section for?)
Guy B: La, aku pun tak tau. Spau-si ni apa ha? (I do not know that too. What is Spau-see?)
Guy A: Tak yah isi la… (Let’s not fill it up.)
Guy B: OK
The form above is just a sample and not the form mentioned in this entry.
Apparently, both of them were stuck at the Spouse section of the form… And I thought the government is being quite particular about the level of English in this country lately… Oh well…
In my opinion, we are not expected to have an excellent command of English as it is not our mother tongue but the basic is a must.
Kesian la mamat dua orang tu…. Spouse is pronounced as spous or spouz and not spau-see… Adoiii…
Updated 8/12/2008 2320 hours!
I read on the Saturday (6/12/2008) Star newspaper that the driver of the car or the fourth person who has no seat belt to wear at the rear seat will not be fined although the law is there after taking into consideration the rest of the factors involved.
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Come 1st January 2009, Malaysians are required by law to wear the rear seat belts while traveling in a car. I have nothing against that law as it is for our safety and bla bla bla… The law states that all the rear passenger of a car must wear the safety belts and therefore, it is against the law to carry more than three people in your back seat since there are only three seat belts available.
Now, this is the thing that hit me. Like being hit by a balloon filled of water. It’s not painful yet a bit unpleasant and made me wet…
What about those family who has four kids? Let’s say they are aged 5, 6, 7 and 8 years old. Are you going to leave one at home just because of the new law? What happened to the family holidays and Cuti Cuti Malaysiathat the government has been eagerly promoting? They would tell you go buy an MPV or get a second car. Or worse still, just leave one behind…
They don’t care. Those people who got together and come up with this law don’t care. They are one of those who are provided with a car by the government and with their fat salaries and “other” incomes, they can then by a big fat MPV for their wives. Why should they care?
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There are two things that I find these two public figures have in common. The first one is both wanted changes in their countries and the second thing is they both walked…
While Obama walks into the White House and becomes the first African-American president of the USA, Anwar walked out of the Parliament after a heated arguments about the Malaysian Budget 2009 with the Finance Minister.
So, while Obama is walking with a victory in his hands, Anwar is walking with… I have no idea…
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