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.)

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Thank God, He created Pusing Hakka women...

in response to this joke passed round in the net:

Men asked for it!!

And what about the lot of a woman???

God created the donkey
and said to him.
'You will be a donkey. You will work un-tiringly from sunrise to sunset
carrying burdens on your back. You will eat grass,
you will have no intelligence and you will live
50 years.'

The donkey answered:

'I will be a donkey, but to live
50 years is much. Give me only 20 years'
God granted his wish.

God created the dog

and said to him:
'You will guard the house of man. You will be his best Friend.
You will eat the scraps that he gives you and you will live
30 years.
You will be a dog. '

The dog answered:
'Sir, to live
30 years is too much,give me only 15 years.
' God granted his wish.

God created the monkey

and said to him:
'You will be a monkey. You will swing from branch to branch doing tricks.
You will be amusing and you will live

20
years. '
The monkey answered:

'To live
20 years is too much, give me only 10 years.'
God granted his wish.

Finally God created man ....

and said to him:
'You will be man, the only rational creature on the face of the earth.
You will use your intelligence to become master over all the animals.
You will dominate the world and you will live
20 years.'

Man responded:
'Sir, I will be a man but to live only

20
years is very little,
give me the
30
years that the donkey refused,
the
15
years that the dog did not want and
the
10 years the monkey refused.
' God granted man's wish

...............................................................................................

And since then, man lives

20
years as a man ,

marries and spends

30
years like a donkey,
working and carrying all the burdens on his back.


Then when his children are grown,
he lives
15 years like a dog taking care of the house
and eating whatever is given to him,


so that when he is old,
he can retire and live
10
years like a monkey,
going from house to house and from one son or
daughter to another doing tricks to amuse his grandchildren.

Well, as for the woman, God created Pusing Hakka women to take on the role of the man.

My wife used to joke to my son that if he were to marry a Pusing Hakka girl, he won't die of starvation.

But the catch is, instead he will die of exasperation or provocation (the nearest I can think of in translating the word 'kek' (in Cantonese) or 'kit' (in Hakka).

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