What’s In a Name (Story 2) September 10, 2008

What’s In a Name (Story 2)

This story happens in Singapore.

Twenty -Eight Years ago, a jewellery businessman was enthralled with Scottish Singer and Guitarist, DONOVAN, that he named his third child after the artiste. (P/s: Many parents named their children “KEVIN” after the movie “Home Alone 1″ was shown).

But the young father put his own spin on it replacing “D” with “J” and “n” with “l”. Added to that, the Teochew (dialect) family’s surname “Fan” was spelled “Wham” in a “registration error”.

The resulting name – JOLOVAN WHAM – has got many Singaporean tongues in a twist now that he is a vocal migrant workers advocate

The executive director of Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (Home) laughs as he says: “It is a weird name, most people don’t know how to pronounce it”

You might want to read another quite hilarious “What’s In a Name” (Story 1) Please Click Here to Read

Ring Ring for Safe Sex August 20, 2008

No, I am not talking about dial-for-sex or something like that. Just an amusing story I stumbled upon.

In New Delhi, a cellphone ringtone that goes “Condom, condom!” has been launched to promote safe sex in India, where condoms carry a strong social stigma and HIV and Aids are growing problems, a charity said yesterday.

The acapella ringtone features a professional singer chanting the word condom more that 50 times, a playful approach that public health activists hope will spark discussion and make condoms more socially acceptable.

The ringtone was launched on Aug 8 and has been downloaded 60,000 times.

“Man, What Will They Think Of Next?”

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WHAT A FISH!!! April 7, 2008

This morning I woke up with a bit of anxiety as I will be very busy for the next 3 days in a personal pursuit but something made me said

‘WHAT A FISH’. ‘DIE DIE MUST BLOG & COMMENT ON THIS’.

The newspapers front page headlines caught my eyes a second time. Yesterday, It was also one of the headlines. Both headlines were given centre-page exposure in the front page.

The Story:
National badminton player Ronald Susilo might take legal action against former fiancee National table tennis player Li Jiawei. He wants her to return the money he had put in buying their car and condominium.

The Headline Yesterday: Show Me the Money

The Headline Today: Jiawei Hits Back

Its as if they are playing a match of “badmintabletennis”.

The Background:
The Guy is an Indonesian import. Did quite well on the international arena but not on the world stage thus far. Nothing to show for in the last one year at least due to any injury.

The Gal is a China import. Did slightly better on the international arena but not on the world stage. Hopefully, she does so in the coming Olympic.

Relationship
Doom to fail from the beginning: One speak reasonably ok English and Indonesian Language. The other speak Mandarin and hardly any English. Its a Duck-and-Chicken relationship. Badminton and Table Tennis cannot mix! I mean its not possible to play a game of “badmintabletennis”, right?

Adding Injury to Insult
Washing dirty linen in public makes front page headline while the headline “Brain Drain Affects Political Renewal Here” of all people by our Prime Minister was given a backseat in the 3rd page.
Constructive Criticism
But having said that, I must say that:

*Both of them bring some honours to the country and help in some ways to their respective sports.
*The Newspapers “The Straits Times” is an award-wining newspapers.

I SAY:

*****WHAT THE HACK!!! MUST CONTINUE WITH MY PURSUIT NOW. Got better things to do than washing dirty linen in public and reading rubbish in the papers. And I have to label this news under AMUSING NEWS ……obviously NOT HEADLINE.

P/s: Did you notice the number of Stars awarded?

MY 2 BEST FRIENDS SAVE THE DAY March 31, 2008

MY “2 BREAST FRIENDS” SAVE THE DAY
(No pun intended)
You guys should know what I am talking about. Most of you would have read this story already. Well, I came across this picture and headlines from the various publishers about the same story and so I thought I put two and two together and here it goes:

Headlines:
Big breasts win verdict for Japanese pin-up – Yahoo! News
Court Finds Model Innocent Based on Breast Size – Weird Asia News
IT WAS MY BREASTS THAT WON IN COURT’ – With Leather
The Best Defence is a Breast Defence – ShortNews
Big breasts help prove bikini model’s innocence – StraitsTime
Did The “My Breasts Are Too Big” Defense Work? – Legal Juice
Big Breasts Win Verdict for Model – FoxNews

The Story
In Tokyo, a bikini model, Serena Kozakura, had been accused of crawling into a man’s room through a hole and was found guilty of property destruction last year.

She was acquitted recently after the Court of Appeal decided she was too well-endowed to have squeezed through the hole.

Her accuser had claimed that she kicked in the wooden door of his room and crawled inside, apparently because he was with another woman. But Ms Kozakura said the man made the hole himself.

In her appeal, the defence counsel held up a plate the same size as that of the hole and said the model could not have squeezed through it with her 110cm bust.

After sizing up her ‘2 breast friends’, the residing judge Kunio Harada threw out the guilty verdict and said there was reasonable doubt over the man’s account.

‘The judges were very good mannered as they showed no expressions on their faces,’ said Ms Kozakura. ‘I guess they’re well-trained.’ ‘But it was by Breasts’ that won in court.

Comment:
I think the judges must have adjourned to the toilet for a good laugh.

FINAL VERDICT *:
BREASTS are Indeed Woman’s BEST friend

* My Verdict