There's no such thing as a free lunch...Or is there?
It's official. The next president of Indonesia is former army general Prabowo Subianto. Quite how the next five years will pan out is anyone's guess but hopefully the foreign pundits who always bring up his dodgy human rights record will be proven wrong. Nonetheless, on policy making, Prabowo's popularist move to literally offer the poor 'a free lunch' every day of the week does not augur well for the future. Such a policy - if it ever came to fruition - would cost a phenomenal amount of money and likely lead to huge inefficiencies (food waste) and poor incentives (make people lazy). Another concern is Prabowo's strong nationalist bent. Thus, in the possible event that he finds himself with his back against the proverbial wall in the face of stern economic challenges, there is a big chance that he will simply scapegoat foreigners. But he will have to be careful. Construction of the new capital city, Nusantara, for example, is highly dependent on foreign in
I go to mall, yesterday I go to mall, tomorrow I go to mall. My hobbies is watching, going the church and play facebook. I play swimming, cycling and snow. On weekend I sleep.
ReplyDeleteCurrent favourite is yesterday I ate rice maybe. Indoglish is spreading and catching I am afraid. Its everywhere. As for TOEFL, it is concerning. Students want the certificate but not the study that goes with it. I teach TOEFL and some days, well....I going to Bali at plane is what it makes me feel like doing...apa?
In TOEFL Indonesia doesn't do too badly I guess and it's not fair to compare the country with either Malaysia or Singapore. What gets me is bad signs. The bad English can easily be avoided just by getting someone to check it first.
ReplyDeleteAduh, jadi malu..
ReplyDeleteI dont live in indonesia but there are people in my office whose english is so bad that it's just plain funny.
some examples can be found here:
http://rimafauzi.com/blogs/?p=618
I'm sorry..what...??
ReplyDeleteCunt Examination?
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Oh Lord Forgive us.
Construction on progress. Cunt? what? cunt examination? :D
ReplyDeleteOh, shame on Indonesians (including me)! English proficiency is another problem. English is less spoken here because it is not given a special legal status as an official language. You may argue that English is an international language, but here, it is less popular than Bahasa Gaul that employs elo-gue. Education system makes the problem worse. English teachers don't encourage students to speak English well. They only teach students how to use English tenses. Learning English is also discouraged by those stupid ultra-nationalists. They insulted me "Sok Inggris" or "Bule Aspal" when I tried to communicate using English.
We are improving our Bollockish.
Silahkan anda berbangga bisa berbahasa Inggris :)
ReplyDeletemungkin buat anda bahasa Inggris adalah segalanya.
saya bangga bisa berbahasa asing, tapi saya lebih bangga mendengar berita ini :
lebih dari 40 negara di dunia mempelajari Bahasa Indonesia ^__^.
Most of the indonesians simply just don't give a damn on tenses and stuffs. They're easy to give up on something especially english. Once, my native highschool teacher told me that it's totally fine to speak broken english cuz it's not our mother tongue. It's disappointing and embarrassing at the same time to even see as an influential person as MISS INDONESIA to speak english that way. If you want to represent us as a big nation, please study english!!!! It's for your own good!!!!!! Trust me!!!! If not then, another well-known language will be just fine. At least show that you are an international person!!! Get it?!! Stop harassing and embarrassing us!!!
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