So the Malaysian Elections are finally over. the BN, or ruling Barisan Nasional Coalition have completely and utterly thrashed the PAS, Parti Islam SeMalaysia. And frankly, i'm not surprised. The things that the PAS have used to try and gain votes have been ridiculous. They promised the banning of mini-skirts for non-muslims(according to Merv, a malaysian friend of mine, it is the muslim girls, not the non-muslim girls that are wearing the mini-skirts in malaysia). They call for women to stay at home, not to go out and work. They call for compulsary wearing of tudungs at all times, punishable by law. They call for even stricter religious enforcement. Their leaders talk of keeping the beautiful women at home, leaving only the ugly ones to go and work so that they can get husbands. Their leaders blame the increasing rape(more than Singapore) statistics in Malaysia on non-muslim women wearing miniskirts(remember, according to my malaysian friend, there are MORE muslim women than non-muslim women wearing mini-skirts) and putting on makeup and bollywood movies. Not once have they blamed the men. They say that the women who dress scantily promote lust in men, that its THEIR fault. One of their leaders stated clearly that it was the woman's fault for causing lust in men. Bollywood and hollywood movies promote bad morals.

I seriously am not surprised that they did not get voted into power.

In other news, parents of kids are complaining that the school term break is rather useless. Gone are the days when kids can enjoy their term break. According to a report in the Straits Times, kids from almost all schools have to go back more than twice for extra lessons, ccas, etc. They don't get to enjoy their holidays. When they don't have to go back for lessons, they're swamped with a ton of schoolwork. So basically, holiday as good as no holidays. Where is the break, they are asking. Our kids are going through so much stress and have such a high workload. So how?

Well... its been a long time since i was in primary and secondary school. While secondary school has not changed much since 3 years ago when i was there, primary school has changed a LOT in 10 years. My sister is learning chinese, maths and english things that i was only learning in primary 3 and 4. I can't imagine what the primary 5 and 6 people are learning. The standard is going UP UP UP. So kids have to study more and more. I guess it all boils down to the parents. If you choose to put your kid into a school like Raffles Instituite, you're guarenteed to have them stressed out. Dump them in top schools and they'll have crazy workload. Dump them in a neighbourhood school, and they probably won't be as stressed. Then its how much work the parents want them to do. What are the priorities? I know some parents who, in addition to the school's CCAs, send their kids for ballet lessons, violin lessons, piano lessons, art lessons... the list just goes on. Thats not even counting the tuition they go to. Who's stressing out the poor kid when he/she has school work? Not the school. With all the lessons they're getting, they hardly have any time for themselves. If the parents want their kids to have a childhood, then give him/her(dang the feminists. now i have to type him/her all the time instead of just him. hehe) one. Don't stress the poor kid out with a ton of extra lessons. Something simple, like maybe Piano lessons plus art lessons or something. Not 4 or 5 of them. Sigh I hope if i ever get my own kid i'll never do stuff like that which stress the poor kid out. If i ever get married, that is.

Of course, i'm not a parent, so i have absolutely no right to say something like this. But hey, not like that matters! This is blogging land, where i can say whatever i want! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!