The Eternal Duckling, Lies and The Pits
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In a newspaper last Friday, Juventus fans had this banner aimed at their rivals from Liverpool, “You are more ugly than Camilla”. OK, the grammar was not perfect but I think there are two correct pieces of information in the statement. You figure it out.
Over the weekend, a paper in a neighboring country caused a minor furore when it said that a defense minister has apologized to a neighboring country’s defense attaché about some skirmish at sea. One, it would be inappropriate for a minister to apologize to a defense attaché. Two, the paper in mind has some 200 million simple minded citizens as its targets. In this case, news do not have to be accurate, just sensational.
When I had my haircut last week, I got my monthly dose of the local entertainment industry’s media. The barbershop has got a rather good selection of magazines featuring local artistes and gossips. Of course it would be full of denials of the things that the artistes did not do and the prominent men who are not pursuing them. Not to forget their photos in front in their “melentik” postures. How come jeans don't fit me like it fitted her?
When my turn came at the scissors, I had to tell the mamak to take a much deserved break, as that will give me a chance to finish off this juicy story about this ex-singer, now that she is divorced, is a singer again, who married a local race driver a few years ago and who are now divorced and is now dating this another singer or whatever. Then I realized, oh, that news is not so hot anymore. True enough, the magazine was about three months old.
"OK, Mr. Mamak, take it away….. Tepi saja…. Make me look like Cruise, Tom Cruise that is…."
And yesterday, in one of the daily papers, there was this news about this local ex-singer who married an American guy some years ago, it was in the papers, they were married in London, there was some controversy about them being married in a church (she claimed they were not), everything was so wonderful, she is so pretty and he is so handsome (mat salleh lagi tu!!!), they were going to continue staying in London too, she studying, him working, di canang over the whole goddamned country and less than two years later, it was the standard “manusia merancang, tuhan yang menentukan” crap. Aiyoyo, why like that one. When they got married it's like there will be no more weddings in the world, it was that good and now, divorced? So easy huh? I want to learn how to sing lah. Do la, like that No. 1 guy singer tu la, he was an item with this No. 2 (maybe No. 3, or even No. 4, or even No. 8) lady singer and quiet quiet, he married another lady. Tau tau dah kawin with someone else, his opposite number in a movie. Baru steady eh? Tak divorced pun, still steady singing and acting. More fofular lagi. Yes, fofular.
God, it’s obvious that I don’t have anything worthwhile to write about, today do I?
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In a newspaper last Friday, Juventus fans had this banner aimed at their rivals from Liverpool, “You are more ugly than Camilla”. OK, the grammar was not perfect but I think there are two correct pieces of information in the statement. You figure it out.
Over the weekend, a paper in a neighboring country caused a minor furore when it said that a defense minister has apologized to a neighboring country’s defense attaché about some skirmish at sea. One, it would be inappropriate for a minister to apologize to a defense attaché. Two, the paper in mind has some 200 million simple minded citizens as its targets. In this case, news do not have to be accurate, just sensational.
When I had my haircut last week, I got my monthly dose of the local entertainment industry’s media. The barbershop has got a rather good selection of magazines featuring local artistes and gossips. Of course it would be full of denials of the things that the artistes did not do and the prominent men who are not pursuing them. Not to forget their photos in front in their “melentik” postures. How come jeans don't fit me like it fitted her?
When my turn came at the scissors, I had to tell the mamak to take a much deserved break, as that will give me a chance to finish off this juicy story about this ex-singer, now that she is divorced, is a singer again, who married a local race driver a few years ago and who are now divorced and is now dating this another singer or whatever. Then I realized, oh, that news is not so hot anymore. True enough, the magazine was about three months old.
"OK, Mr. Mamak, take it away….. Tepi saja…. Make me look like Cruise, Tom Cruise that is…."
And yesterday, in one of the daily papers, there was this news about this local ex-singer who married an American guy some years ago, it was in the papers, they were married in London, there was some controversy about them being married in a church (she claimed they were not), everything was so wonderful, she is so pretty and he is so handsome (mat salleh lagi tu!!!), they were going to continue staying in London too, she studying, him working, di canang over the whole goddamned country and less than two years later, it was the standard “manusia merancang, tuhan yang menentukan” crap. Aiyoyo, why like that one. When they got married it's like there will be no more weddings in the world, it was that good and now, divorced? So easy huh? I want to learn how to sing lah. Do la, like that No. 1 guy singer tu la, he was an item with this No. 2 (maybe No. 3, or even No. 4, or even No. 8) lady singer and quiet quiet, he married another lady. Tau tau dah kawin with someone else, his opposite number in a movie. Baru steady eh? Tak divorced pun, still steady singing and acting. More fofular lagi. Yes, fofular.
God, it’s obvious that I don’t have anything worthwhile to write about, today do I?
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posted by dudae_simboyo at 10:42
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