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Are we conscious with things around us???
How many of us know where Brunei is heading in the future? eg Brunei National Development Plan series and etc.. (most gov't servants & community knew bout it).. the real question is, "Do we really understand the Brunei visions & plans?, What our community (public, less gov't depts) had done to support, to realize Brunei's future visions?
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Permalink Reply by admin on -
Wow.. Honestly I dont think most of our people know about the National Plan. Sad but true. Can't blame them as well. If only they have their parts in shaping the Development Plan, I think they would share the vision with the country. Right now, I think most of them only think what sort of benefits they'll get from such Plan. Lol
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Permalink Reply by Evilest Barney on -
yeah. that's what i feel... it's sad that most of us Bruneian didn't really realize this.. but it's not too late to contribute to our country.. indirectly, we can help the gov't by supporting gov't moves, events and etc, or fill in suggestions boxes with constructive comments, ideas and etc ( as long as the workforce care to take action.. not to turn a blind eye on it..). benefits is an interesting word.. let put it this way, "if we want something, we have to work for it".. honestly, i'm very fortunate to live in Brunei... tons of benefits & privileges.. but sometimes some of us are ungrateful for what we have now.. & it's a fact we love to talk, complain and etc, expect everything will sort out by it self, we have this tendencies communicating "mentally" to the authorities rather than to have the courage to tell directly..
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Permalink Reply by admin on
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But it will be tough to push Bruneians to make the initiatives although its possible. For every action there is an equal reactions, Brunei's policy to provide all the necessities and to some extents 'wants' has a bad effects on general populations. Most of them become lazy, its not 'lazy' as in general laziness, I think many Bruneians creativity and innovations are shrinking. They don't feel like creating something new to improve Bruneian's Standard of living, instead we hear more people waiting for Governments to increase pay rise (yes, that what they've been wanting lol). One UBD graduates complained in BB, why MOE don't provides jobs?. They make it sounds as if the Government responsibilities is to provide jobs.
How many people go to UBD and choose to become an educator because that's what they love?
How many people go to UBD and choose to become educator because that's a guaranteed certificate to JOBs?
At the end of the day, most people stopped thinking and live life the way it is. People don't think there's much they can do anyway. What can 'A SMALL IDEA' make a difference to Brunei, when all the ministers are there to do their job?
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Permalink Reply by admin on
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2 general solutions:
1. Government must make the effort to make the population think, they can make a difference.
Recently, I saw this Brunei ad on local TV regarding Govt new laws on Underage Smoking. Kids below 18 will be fined if they smoke in public places. Well since this law has an effect to Brunei population, maybe (my personal suggestion) it should first be discussed, debate, voted within the Think Thank groups and the results to be passed to the parliament before finally passed to HM. Lets Bruneians make their votes. Then they will start thinking 'Hey I can make a difference', I can create solutions, and suggest my solutions.
2. Community must help to nourish creative ideas that support the Government ideas to make the Bruneians more active in sharing the Nation's Visions. As private individual, creating a positive discussions like the one we are discussing, these are what we can contribute to Bruneians minds.
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Permalink Reply by Evilest Barney on
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For the 1st one, the gov't hasn't stop their efforts to change our old way of thinking i.e "old newspaper type of thinking". generally we can see it thru advertisement around us, the problem is for us to see the message hidden behind all the efforts had been done.
This is the one of the effects of implementing new set of rules or regulations, acceptance to changes or resistance to changes from the general public. as we know to curb the problem we must tackle it form the base or the root of it. in the smoking thingy, when our so call "future leaders or investment" realize smoking is bad for their health in the early stage, there is a big chance that brunei will be tobacooless country..
I am sure, the law has been discussed years and years ago before it was implemented this year, if you could recall, the gov't had issued pre-warning bout this law 2 years ago. the gov't won't implement it without his majesty's consent.. i can understand one of his majesty's point of interest is our so call "belia", that's why he concentrate more towards free education, scholarships, new uni's, schools, IT and so much more... "farming our future"
Which comes back to smoking.. most social ills in our country started with smoking, beside it is bad for your health & waste of $, it is a driving force to other bad influences, which the common thing is Drugs...
i come back to the 2nd pt later.. BZ la... chiao.. don't stop contributing.. share our visions with others.. Farming the future
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Permalink Reply by admin on
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I think the government has done something.. They did discuss such matters, particularly MOH. But to make the populations feel that they are a part of the prevention, to change Bruneians perspective from simply end users to Community Shaper, I think by giving them chances to work with Statistics and Data from MOH on Government Spending over the years on smoking related diseases will not simply create awareness (which is what we see now), but as well as 'involvement' and 100% support from major population, so this rules wont be seen as another rules/regulations from the government but its a protection for everyone's benefit. Awareness is what we have, but 'involvement is what we lacked of.
Drugs yeah, I must agree that most drugs cases are originated by smoking, this has been proven by some research statistics in neighboring countries years ago. Then some who are pro smokers would say, 'I smoke but do no drugs'. Yeah true but how can someone get addicted in 'Ice' when the person is not even a smoker. Human brains react differently towards chemical substances. The chance is low to 0 probability. By implementing this new law, we indirectly reduce the chances of our future generations ended up in Maraburong Prison. I totally support the new Law of Teenage smoking (because I know the effects of smoking, i presented the WHO reports on smoking to my students when I was in school), but how many teenagers out there even realized that this is for their own protections? Chances are 05 to 1 probability.
Few months ago, there were some planning on barbecue on the beach, then I stated clearly, I refused to allow below 18s to join because they are protected in a special laws, which I didn't even dare to lay my hands on and beach as a beginning is way too open to look after others safety. I also stated clearly Brunei regulations mostly are in Grey Zone. As a result, I was mocked, made fun of. But the New Law that Teenage smoking is a prove that something which which was white in the past can be black today, another strong proof that Teenager are protected in a different set of laws from us the adult.
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Permalink Reply by Evilest Barney on
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Could u explain more on involvement part?.. i don't quite get what are you referring to. from my understanding, u emphasize on the public to get directly involve in the statistics or input gathering. I've seen over the years, surveys were ditched out here & there, but some only bother to fill it up & send it back. I agree, the gov't tried very hard to instill awareness on perils of smoking but still, to make it effective is the individual itself (which is the most difficult to tackle) how to change the mind set, to accept, to support what is right.
there are actually lots of factors to consider in upholding this awareness thing.. we can see clearly, the young generation group are the main focal point of everything from awareness to the extent of our country's future. in a bigger picture, why did HM's gov't emphasize more towards religious values? it is the pillar or base of everything that we do, it's a guiding light. Why most of us hard to accept these factors? how we nurse this in all of us? that's the biggest challenge, this doesn't restrict to muslims but to other religions too. generally, religion regardless what kind, promotes well being, kindness, peace and other good values.
why is it hard for most young generations to live the religious way or atleast the good way of life? is it due to outside influence (tv, mags, overseas trips, movies and etc..) how do we curb this dilema? why do we like to follow western culture? not only in clothing but also the way of life, culture, interaction and etc. we have our own unique culture. even the westerners are impressed with our culture but how many still do or know our precious culture? why are we not really think of it? sometimes when there were cultural show going on, frankly, u see some of us laugh at it as if it is a joke..
continue this session soon.. got to go.. rushing la..
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Permalink Reply by admin on
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Sorry for my late reply.. Ive been busy, got paperwork submission today and dishes and this and that and more excuses bla bla bla.. (I said sorry)
Anyway, I could have spent sometimes writing, but I was too worried on the paper works. Anyway the mail server project is ready for deployment, I cant wait for it to work with multiple users, this is great. You do dishes too?
Anyway back to our topic, the involvement I was suggesting was something similar to public debate, let the 'belia' use statistics and data from MOH and present it during the debate. This is the best way to deliver these data to the public, its effective, quick and relevant. It also brings out the Most Important Factor that will make the new smoking policy works, the factor is 'emotion'. People need emotions to drive them to get involve with these policy.
Let me make a point here, Awareness Vs Involvement
How many people aware of negative consequences of their actions, yet still took the risks?
The case of secondary Teacher who had stolen numerous laptops in his Secondary School recently is one good example. He is aware of the 'salah, illegal, immoral, berdosa, bahaya, boleh ditangkap, dipenjara, kedapatan, kalau kana tangkap membari hawar' of stealing school laptops, thus betraying trusts that has been given to him by the School, Colleagues, Ministry, then why? He still curi those Laptops? Its because he has no emotion that attached him to his job, dignity as a teacher. Aware? Im sure he is 200% aware, involved? No Way...
The same thing can be applied here.. Yes Public are aware.. But awareness can only help if there is a strong drive to stop them, and that is emotion. We need to make the public to support the policy then we must get them to react to the right emotions. Or else, we'll be seeing the recycled problems, repeating in a circle. Over and over again. Every year millions of dollars spent on Stop Smoking Campaign but people are still smoking.
If we can nurture the right emotions then we'll see the rise of organizations, lead by the public, like Anti Smoking Community etc etc..
Same thing again, Recycled Problems, why its hard for most Bruneians to live the religious way, when we build Religious Schools, make textbooks teach them to read Quran and more. Why it failed? Its because its IQ focused, not EQ focused. In my years, when I was doing PMB, a Chinese Girl got 100/100 her Islamic Religious Knowledge or well known as IRK. Did she convert? No.. Now after 19 years, still as she was.
My point was, if you asked someone to memorize the whole Fiqh book, im sure this Chinese friend would beat any of the Religious Teachers I know. Why? She has excellent memory, she is intelligent. As I mentioned, the education was IQ centered. But will she practice it? No Way laaaa... U see her around with skirts all the time..
The same thing goes to Muslim these days, the education is too IQ centered. Teach them 'to know' but not 'to love' not 'to like' not 'to worship'. Why I know these stuff, I was a teacher, even in education, there's what we call IQ and EQ. The failure of most Edu System was because it was too IQ centered. Do you know how many super educated people commit big crimes?
In the old days, EQ educations took place at home. Parents and grand parents tell stories to kids, this create emotions, punished them for the wrongdoings and explain why it was wrong. But these days, School must play their roles too as kids spend lots of times at school also.
I bet u are aware too. Its not too late for Brunei to change for the better. Its time to focus on EQ, although EQ is very tough to measure. At the end of the day, people with higher EQ will live the Religious Life compare to the people with higher IQ.
That explains why, sometimes you see a person is less educated, but he live s a respectable, religious way of life, compared to Religious Educated people.
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Permalink Reply by Evilest Barney on
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I think, the "will power" is the main factor. without it, it's a waste to try or do it.. if in the end they go back to their old bad habits.. this is one of the most challenging to teach or improve in a person. lots of factors affecting it, ego, self discipline, self confidence and others.. it's one heck of many ingredients to mix to make it work.. do u agree?
from my point of view bout the laptop case. it was a shocking incident esp it was done by a trusted gov't employee. overall, it's still wrong & should not happen.. that's one side of the story. In our life, when we do something, there must be an aim. my point is, what drives him to do it? he had a (what u say) a stable job with an ok salary. he knew what had happened was totally wrong? strange kan?.. was it due to he was financially challenged (utang sama loan sharks, banks, friends and etc)? lots of debts? drugs related? or the worst reason, just for extra cash? or gullible?. maybe it's true, the teaching job was just a job for him, no passion whatsoever. but how far do we know this person by just judging what he did? is it fair to label him as we like? the problems he's facing at that time? we have to assess any incident to the root for us to totally understand & make recommendations or actions.. but i still say he's wrong but i just want to point out what drives someone to do it & what can we do to prevent or minimize this incident won't happen in the future... pacah kepala memikirkan ne..
If u say the main focal point is it's IQ driven, then we must find a dynamic approach to tackle this challenge? if the old way did not work, why don't we change it? the simple basic cycle of teaching or training (honestly, this is not my field)
Analyze - Planning - execution - Validate, then repeat the cycle all over again. maybe there are more other ingenious way of doing it. from this, the way we do things will continually improve, whatever the faults, mistakes from the past, it can be rectified fast & efficiently. it works for me, not forgetting we need ample & vast knowledge to make the changes relevant & appropriate.
I totally agree, teaching our seeds of the future starts at home. but how many parents are really conscious bout their children's religious education? some see, religious eds are 2nd, I've even come across some say, it doesn't give good pay in the future after their school years (very sad statement...) why is this?. we can see with our own eyes, parents are too dependent to teachers now days.. the sad part is (we have this so call "blame culture"), if their children made mistakes or didn't perform as expected, they blame the teachers for not doing their job (what??), i'm sure u have come across this during ur teaching years.. but it depends on the teacher jua la.. nda jua kan semua camani kan? gpun teaching kids now days very challenging, pintar2 menjawab drng ani.. so we as mature people must approach dynamic, creative way to teach them.. that's one of the reason why god give us "noodles" in our head, to think & search answers for any problems. kalau nda kana bagi, baik tah pakai microchip, follow instruction saja, nda payah fikir.. but life will be dull.. confirm tu..
For me teaching is a two way traffic, school for day time, home after school. so parents & teachers, both party play important role to teach our seeds ani.. i know most common "alasan" by anyone is "ngalih".. nda g kan telayan anak2.. but no one instruct them to teach 6 hours at night, even spending an hour is ample enough because it fosters bondage, trust, affections, respect and other good values between the parent and the child. how many family do routine mass prayer at home as a family?..
In Islam perspective, we all know as a muslim, god will give us something or double opportunities if we do & live the way of life as stated in the Koran, Insyallah, murah rezeki, panjang umur, terang hati & mcm2 g la ganjaran dari Allah. Deter us from wrong doings,
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Permalink Reply by admin on
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The laptop case, I don't see that as labeling.. When u can do 1 million Crimes, when u can steal anything (he definitely can steal something else) in Brunei, why did he steal laptops?
And most important thing is, why laptops from his own school?
If I choose to do a crime, then I choose to commit it to people who trust me, there must be something wrong. When you try to figure out how the society works, you must analyze why they are the way they are, because that's the only way you can create solutions. Looking for patterns and examples, and trying to apply what you know into real life that is the closest way to create solutions to current problems faced by the society.
He might have drugs problems, but in the case of drugs Im certain he will steal everything, not just laptops, because that's how drug addicts mind works 'Tong Gas' pun laku. He might have hutang or owe from Shark Loans. But that is never an excuse to betray the Professionalism that feeds him his entire life. Again, we don't know the entire society but why are we talking about them in the first place? Why do you sound so critical to the people in the society that you hardly even know?
this discussion needs a proper example. And that's what I'm presenting. Unlike you, you sounds more like an ideologist. You're such an interesting person.
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Permalink Reply by Evilest Barney on
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ada la once in a while.. if i'm not too hooked up on my job.. mcm ada catch saja?... or i'm too paranoid x with the Q..
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