Bad role model
If you read newspaper, Northern Corridor Economic Region is currently the ‘hot term’ in the business section. launched at Alor Setar yesterday (30th July) in an elaborate ceremony by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the north states (Penang, Perlis, Perak, Kedah) is now gov’s latest focus on economy development.
The news is expecially exciting for me as ipohan (come’on, who doesnt want development in their hometown?) so there i was, being excited and cant wait to explore more, searching every news regarding on the project as well as reading our PM’s official speech released online…
TUAN-TUAN DAN PUAN-PUAN YANG SAYA HORMATI SEKALIAN
1. ALHAMDULILLAH, SAYA MERAFAKKAN SYUKUR KE HADRAT ILAHI DI ATAS LIMPAH, KURNIA DAN IZIN-NYA, YANG TELAH MEMBOLEHKAN KITA BERTEMU DAN BERKUMPUL PADA HARI YANG BERSEJARAH INI.
2. HARI INI MERUPAKAN HARI YANG AMAT BERMAKNA BAGI KERAJAAN PERSEKUTUAN DAN JUGA KERAJAAN-KERAJAAN NEGERI PERLIS, KEDAH, PULAU PINANG DAN PERAK. HARI INI MENANDAKAN TITIK PERMULAAN SATU USAHA MURNI UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMAJUAN EKONOMI SERTA KESEJAHTERAAN RAKYAT NEGERI-NEGERI UTARA. IA MELAMBANGKAN PERMULAAN SATU IDENTITI YANG AKAN MEMBAWA NAFAS BARU KEPADA USAHA PEMBANGUNAN WILAYAH INI. PADA HARI INI, NEGERI-NEGERI PERLIS, KEDAH, PULAU PINANG DAN PERAK AKAN BERGANDING BAHU BERPADU TENAGA, MENYERLAHKAN KEKUATAN DAN KELEBIHAN MASING-MASING, UNTUK SAMA-SAMA MEMBANGUNKAN WILAYAH EKONOMI KORIDOR UTARA… more.
But then wait! hey, i thought our gov urge us to use PROPER BAHASA MALAYSIA? there are even seminars organized for the purpose! how come our PM, being the leader of our gov, didn’t support his own policy on proper bahasa Malaysia? the logo just seem not right to me.
KORIDOR?
What the heck with the word KORIDOR - is that an English or BM word?
Hmmm… guess we gotta remind our leader’s about their previous policy and make some correction on it. so here’s it…
Now that’s the right logo to be used. 
Chan said,
Wrote on August 2, 2007 @ 1:38 am
“KAKI LIMA UTARA”? Nice name what, this is the proper language, anyway have you send to them? :p
soufulow said,
Wrote on August 2, 2007 @ 10:10 pm
@Chan: send them the image? well… err… you know… i dun wanna end up in jail, no one’s gonna feed my dog then… so… hey, why not you do it?
Task said,
Wrote on August 3, 2007 @ 12:17 am
Umm, just so you’d know, the Malay language is ‘flexible’. By ‘flexible’, I mean they add (proper term would be STEAL) words into their dictionary if they see the need to do so.
For instance, there wasn’t a specific word for ‘committed’ in the Malay language in the past. But then, Mahatir started using the word ‘committed’ in several speeches. After quite a number of complaints and disputes, our ‘wonderful’ Dewan Bahasa inserted the word ‘komited’ into their dictionary. -_-
Extra Note:
Malay is probably one of the only languages where it has the most integrated (appropriate term here would be STOLEN) words from other languages.
Self-explanatory, isn’t it? -_-
Chan said,
Wrote on August 4, 2007 @ 7:22 pm
Haha.. Task, that’s funny but true.
Soufu, I think they put “KORIDOR UTARA” because maybe they think “KAKI LIMA UTARA” looks like very low class. Nah, finally know how low class their language is? Hahaha…
TaskSupporter said,
Wrote on January 18, 2008 @ 10:14 pm
So you said chinese language is the perfect language in the world? So chinese language doesn’t borrow from other language. Oh please, nothing perfect in this world. Not even Singapore that you all ‘praise’
ps : why you use english? cause not many people can read what you write?
just remember Ubuntu guy
geh
soufulow said,
Wrote on January 19, 2008 @ 2:19 am
@TaskSupporter:
What disgust me is that our PM, with all the time act like he’s a saint, talk this and that, ended up? plain talking and don’t even follow the advice he’s giving. It’s exactly like dad who’s a smoker telling his son not to smoke; mum’s who like to buy 4D telling her daughter not to gamble…
Anyway, the post is meant for some logo-humor, i hope it wont create another virtual-quarrel here on my blog.
Cheers everyone.