How names got associated or stuck for some reasons

With my selective memory towards useless information, I still cannot get over why the mention of Tengku Razaleigh reminds me of his decision as Finance Minister which increased the road tax of a Mercedes 300D owned by a company to some Rm36,000! Well, not exactly a name to remember him by, but I remember his name associated with that ludicrous road tax amount.

Now that Najib is also Finance Minister, we got a big deal in the 10 sen drop in petrol and diesel prices! Will he be remembered for this 10 sen drop or C4?

Teresa Kok is now trying so hard to shake off being associated with the term, ‘dog food’ in connection with her detention under ISA.

Pak Lah is well known as ‘sleepy’ while his famous son-in-law as ‘monkey’ for calling bloggers by that name.

The person who called others ‘Pendatang’ has now got a picture with a caption calling him exactly that!

In Malaysia, it is so common to see a signboard with ‘Di larang membuang sampah
Denda Rm500’ which translates to ‘Cannot throw rubbish Fine Rm500’ and you can see a pile of rubbish right underneath the sign! Some nice pictures in Tanggam's site: http://www.tanggam.com/v3/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=35&topic=3262.0 In my search for the appropriate picture, I came across this, 'What is the instruction most frequently DIS-OBEYED in Malaysia on a day by day basis?' According to Yahoo Answers: 'Dilarang membuang sampah'.

Another common example of disobeying signs: 'Dilarang menjaja' or 'Hawking not allowed'