How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Some interesting lyrics...

There are some lyrics of songs which tend to lead us astray because of a number of reasons, like the way it was pronounced or simply because of our mindset on certain sentence construction or when we just listen without taking the trouble to make out what it was all about. I know of many songs which I did not bother to find out.

Examples: Strangers in the night, exchanging glances (trousers?) wandering in the night...
Like a Rhinestone (limestone?) cowboy...
Take my breath (breasts?) away...

A brother, when asked to sing karaoke, said he doesn't mind, but everyone has to get out of the room because he is going to sing, 'Only you...'

'Mr lover... by the guy who sings Mr. Bombastic...: a sister-in-law heard it as Mr. Lohpak!

The Bellamy Brothers' 'If I said you had a beautiful body' (would you hold it against me?), to me must one of the best lines in music lyrics. The play on words has double meanings: it could mean 'would you bear a grudge against me' or literally 'hold your body against mine'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVCRgI2Ld7U

Off hand, I can think of another good one, though dissimilar, in 'Unbreak my heart'.
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KoSong Cafe said...

I was wondering if I typed correctly the song title as I had copied directly from the video clip. Just checked and and heard the singer, I personally think it should have been, 'If I said you have (rather than had) a beautiful body...' because 'had' would suggest 'before' or 'past' or 'not now' and the girl would definitely bear a grudge against you!

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