Month: December 2004

I have a test tomorrow and a paper to submit on Friday. I don’t feel the pressure, yet.

My holidays have unofficially started and I’m looking for a decent temp job that’d last me until February 13. Anyone of you here knows of any vacancy (KL or PJ), do let me know. Thanks and I’d owe you makan.

Tutu, plz sayang me, no orange juicing in hypermarkets, k? Mwahs

This is one of my best weeks in spite of test, deadline and a book that is 6 days overdue. I could be so lucky at times. Okay, back to the books.

Monday. And I’m ecstatic. Give me a hug! *Mwahs*

I was replying to the comments at my xanga blog when I decided to blog this. It’s been bugging me for years so to speak so here goes.

I’m not even sure whether this issue has ever been discussed. It just seems really odd to me that I’ve never heard of anyone talking about it, not even a whisper. I came to realise that what I was studying in secondary school were suspiciously inaccurate when I caught a glimpse of some ad for a documentary on Discovery Channel – Hoaxes of the Century or something, I can’t remember. In which I saw a familiar picture.

Of course it’s familiar, I’d been mugging it for months in preparation for SPM. The Tasaday Hoax, part of Malaysia’s secondary school syllabus for fourth formers.

Sejarah Peradaban Dunia, Tingkatan 4 (p. 2)

According to the site, the hoax was discovered around 1986. The year of publication of my textbook is 1999. I’m not sure whether the textbook has been updated now and I doubt it has. 3 boos for ignorance. Boo Boo Boo.

Reference:

Johan, K., Yahaya, M.H., Ahmad, M.T.Q., and Zubir, R., 1999. Sejarah Peradaban Dunia: Tingkatan 4. 9th Edition. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka: Kuala Lumpur.