The little girl could be right.
Why some people have problems following instructions.
Any regret for making the offer?
Presumptuous offer?Government fed by the people
Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.
Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?
When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.
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 03, 2009
Making sense of some replies
The little girl could be right. Why some people have problems following instructions. Any regret for making the offer? Presumptuous offer?
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Something funny to most people...
When we are unsure who or what to believe, we should turn to the kids for their honest answers...and enjoy the humour:
HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY?
(1) You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming. - Alan, age 10
(2) No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with.- Kristen, age 10
WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
(1) Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then.- Camille, age 10
(2) No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married. - Freddie, age 6 (very wise for his age)
HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
(1) You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.- Derrick, age 8
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
(1) Both don't want any more kids.- Lori, age 8
WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
(1) Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.- Lynnette, age 8 (isn't she a treasure)
(2) On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date. - Martin, age 10 (Who said boys do not have brains)
WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?
(1) I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns. -Craig, age 9
WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
(1) When they're rich.- Pam, age 7 (I could not have said it better myself)
(2) The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that. - Curt, age 7 (Good Point)
(3 ) The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do.- Howard, age 8 (Who made the rule)
IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
(1 ) I don't know which is better, but I'll tell you one thing. I'm never going to have sex with my wife. I don't want to be all grossed out.- Theodore, age 8 (Too much detail for his age)
(2 ) It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them.- Anita, age 9 (bless you child)
HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?
(1 ) There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there?- Kelvin, age 8
And the #1 Favourite is........
HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?
(1 ) Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck.- Ricky, age 10 ( The boy already understands)
(Author unknown, forwarded with comments in brackets)
HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY?
(1) You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming. - Alan, age 10
(2) No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with.- Kristen, age 10
WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
(1) Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then.- Camille, age 10
(2) No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married. - Freddie, age 6 (very wise for his age)
HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
(1) You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.- Derrick, age 8
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
(1) Both don't want any more kids.- Lori, age 8
WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
(1) Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.- Lynnette, age 8 (isn't she a treasure)
(2) On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date. - Martin, age 10 (Who said boys do not have brains)
WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?
(1) I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns. -Craig, age 9
WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
(1) When they're rich.- Pam, age 7 (I could not have said it better myself)
(2) The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that. - Curt, age 7 (Good Point)
(3 ) The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do.- Howard, age 8 (Who made the rule)
IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
(1 ) I don't know which is better, but I'll tell you one thing. I'm never going to have sex with my wife. I don't want to be all grossed out.- Theodore, age 8 (Too much detail for his age)
(2 ) It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them.- Anita, age 9 (bless you child)
HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?
(1 ) There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there?- Kelvin, age 8
And the #1 Favourite is........
HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?
(1 ) Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck.- Ricky, age 10 ( The boy already understands)
(Author unknown, forwarded with comments in brackets)
Monday, June 01, 2009
What's funny to some people...
To be able to enjoy a joke, one has to be good enough in the language to be able to catch the punch-line and the nuances that go with it. I tried to explain the joke on ‘Daddy, how was I born?’ to the phone shop girls who are Chinese educated. Not only did they not appreciate it, (partly because of language, partly because of the computer jargons) one of them even criticised me for speaking too slow! I tried so hard to make them understand English without which the joke falls flat. It was a waste of time.
More than twenty years ago, I read an article in the Malay Mail, which mentioned about instances of our ‘Malaysian English’. It was about this young lady who listened to her colleague explaining about something. At the end, she asked, “And so, what is the because?” When I related this to James (Matthias’s partner) over lunch, he could not help laughing.
A few years back, when my computer’s email function was functioning properly, I used to correspond with Mary Schneider. Once, I related a true story about this English housewife who was caught fooling with our neighbours who were Iranian students. It was past midnight when I heard the wife explaining, “we were only kissing!” The husband retorted, “But your knickers were fooking wet!” Mary replied that she couldn’t stop laughing!
Closer to home, my in-laws’ guaranteed laughter comes from the mere mention of ‘tah pi’ which means ‘farting’ in Hakka! Whenever conversation gets boring, some bright spark will touch on this subject and start everyone laughing and exchange some farting jokes. The shop in Teluk Intan with a name like Soon Fart comes immediately to my mind.
When I first knew my wife, she used to be tickled when describing how when she was a little girl, she found the use of a handkerchief with four ends tied into knots and used to cover one’s head so funny. Again, the mere mention of it will bring laughter.
Among the family, the description of their father describing how someone who had struck a big lottery should take a picture with both hands holding the winning ticket in front of the belly, to further prove that the ticket belongs to him, is another guaranteed hilarious one.
Sometimes, a slow response of one in a group can be hilarious too. Just imagine, after everyone had his laugh, he giggles! Same with the one who could not understand the joke and asked, ‘And so, what is the because?’…
More than twenty years ago, I read an article in the Malay Mail, which mentioned about instances of our ‘Malaysian English’. It was about this young lady who listened to her colleague explaining about something. At the end, she asked, “And so, what is the because?” When I related this to James (Matthias’s partner) over lunch, he could not help laughing.
A few years back, when my computer’s email function was functioning properly, I used to correspond with Mary Schneider. Once, I related a true story about this English housewife who was caught fooling with our neighbours who were Iranian students. It was past midnight when I heard the wife explaining, “we were only kissing!” The husband retorted, “But your knickers were fooking wet!” Mary replied that she couldn’t stop laughing!
Closer to home, my in-laws’ guaranteed laughter comes from the mere mention of ‘tah pi’ which means ‘farting’ in Hakka! Whenever conversation gets boring, some bright spark will touch on this subject and start everyone laughing and exchange some farting jokes. The shop in Teluk Intan with a name like Soon Fart comes immediately to my mind.
When I first knew my wife, she used to be tickled when describing how when she was a little girl, she found the use of a handkerchief with four ends tied into knots and used to cover one’s head so funny. Again, the mere mention of it will bring laughter.
Among the family, the description of their father describing how someone who had struck a big lottery should take a picture with both hands holding the winning ticket in front of the belly, to further prove that the ticket belongs to him, is another guaranteed hilarious one.
Sometimes, a slow response of one in a group can be hilarious too. Just imagine, after everyone had his laugh, he giggles! Same with the one who could not understand the joke and asked, ‘And so, what is the because?’…
Man against nature
Beneath the calm, a hidden force rages...
In our tropical climate, heavy downpours are common and flash floods cause traffic nightmare in cities and towns. We have abundant natural water, so it does not make sense that Selangor needs to import water from neighbouring Pahang. We refuse to consider the options of educating our people to be thrifty in the use of water and to use methods of water conservation. Our mindset is always, 'Ah! There is a need. Good, think of a big project... the bigger the better.' We need to stimulate the economy, otherwise our contractors will have no jobs. We need to support the supporters to support us.
I wish there will come a time in our political scenario, when politicians get their support from people for being truly for the people, instead of having to dish out contracts for them to make money and then use the money to support the politicians.
In our tropical climate, heavy downpours are common and flash floods cause traffic nightmare in cities and towns. We have abundant natural water, so it does not make sense that Selangor needs to import water from neighbouring Pahang. We refuse to consider the options of educating our people to be thrifty in the use of water and to use methods of water conservation. Our mindset is always, 'Ah! There is a need. Good, think of a big project... the bigger the better.' We need to stimulate the economy, otherwise our contractors will have no jobs. We need to support the supporters to support us.
I wish there will come a time in our political scenario, when politicians get their support from people for being truly for the people, instead of having to dish out contracts for them to make money and then use the money to support the politicians.
Penanti made out to be boring
Though the mainstream media played down on the victory, PKR's Deputy Chief Minister designate, Dr. Othman did not have it easy. Congratulations!
Last night, we were out and forgotten about the by-election in Penanti. By the time I switched on for the 12.00 midnight news, the PKR victory was slotted after a few other news items. My wife assumed that no news or delayed news meant good news for Pakatan or bad news for BN. I tried to check out Dr. Othman's name in yesterday's Star and the by-election was really hidden. Not only that! There was no mention of his name at all! Like the saying, 'the silence was deafening', it was like, 'the omission was glaring'!
With Umno not contesting, Aminah's expose hogged the limelight but it had proven to be ineffective in terms of damaging PKR. This is good for democracy because it will discourage future attempts at using dirty tricks for political gains.
Aminah here, and Anifah in USA, were like candidates applying for jobs, who instead of selling their good points, discredit others instead, and the attempts backfired.
Last night, we were out and forgotten about the by-election in Penanti. By the time I switched on for the 12.00 midnight news, the PKR victory was slotted after a few other news items. My wife assumed that no news or delayed news meant good news for Pakatan or bad news for BN. I tried to check out Dr. Othman's name in yesterday's Star and the by-election was really hidden. Not only that! There was no mention of his name at all! Like the saying, 'the silence was deafening', it was like, 'the omission was glaring'!
With Umno not contesting, Aminah's expose hogged the limelight but it had proven to be ineffective in terms of damaging PKR. This is good for democracy because it will discourage future attempts at using dirty tricks for political gains.
Aminah here, and Anifah in USA, were like candidates applying for jobs, who instead of selling their good points, discredit others instead, and the attempts backfired.
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