In Cantonese, there is a term, 'tai lum thau' (having fat hopes) for such an optimist, or the advice, 'sip kou ker chumtau, futt moong' (put more support to your pillow to have better dreams).
Kenyan Man Offers 40 Goats, 20 Cows for Chelsea Clinton's Hand in Marriage
In Kenya's terms, it is a very generous offer for a bride.Back in 2000, the Clintons received the offer from a Kenyan man. Hillary, while on her African tour, promised to convey this "very kind offer" to her daughter.
And now the offer has been renewed.
(BBC) A Kenyan man has told the BBC how happy he is that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has agreed to renew his marriage offer to her daughter.In 2000, Godwin Kipkemoi Chepkurgor wrote to her husband Bill Clinton, the then-US president, offering 40 goats and 20 cows for Chelsea Clinton's hand.
In Kenya on the first leg of her African tour, Mrs Clinton was informed by a journalist of the proposal.
"My daughter is her own person. I will convey this very kind offer," she said.
If Ms Clinton, 29, accepted she would become Mr Chepkurgor's second wife, as he has married since his initial proposal.
Well, now that he's already married, the renewed proposal may seem like a bad move but it's not:
Mr Chepkurgor, 40, a councillor in Nakuru in Kenya's Rift Valley, said his first wife knew about the renewal of his affections and "did not object".
The BBC's Muliro Telewa in Nakuru says the offer of 40 goats and 20 cows for the bride price is very generous in Kenyan terms.
And the gentleman believes his chance are pretty good:
"I feel very good for her [Mrs Clinton] to have answered - almost in the affirmative," Mr Chepkurgor told the BBC's Network Africa programme.
"She promised that she will take the proposal to the daughter and I am now waiting," he said.
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