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Thursday, August 11, 2005

THE I-LAND

A Fantasy Post
Dedicated to my
Innumerable fans!



I met up with my fan-Yan (reciprocated here with a:)) last night – she came all The SailWay from KennySia’s birthplace, and I flew all My Way from Furong JieJie’s birthplace, and we were both hosted by Subang Jaya part-owner J.Vong and significant other, Ean.

We met at the Big Vale Hawk Centre so that we could feel the socialist air, soaring high with Eagle’s wings. And not at that rarefied atmosphere at the Citido&tel Hotel café (where Yan has temporary abode because she’s on AOL from The Island).

Today I-m I-nspired to tell I-story –- please Steven Spielberg, read this from the Beginning, and maybe I can return to the Cineplex next door to see The Movie of the Year on the big screen based on my story next Christmas, when I don’t have to compete with LOTR or HP sequels because they have reached the climaxes already.

Oh, just to put the record straight. How or why am I shooting off at a tangent this morning – two main reasons. Yan had asked me why I did not install a Readers’ Meter on my Weblog. I told her she’s my senior by a month, and yes, I have sighted a counter at http://yancorner.blogspot.com, but I guess I'm (or my numbers are) shyer. I answered that if I followed in her footstep intalling that meter, I might turn first pinkish, then Indian red, and finally lobster red. The readings will of course start with One (hey, my guess, the guest from Sarawak where people still headhunt, and I’m targeted!). Then it moves to Two, maybe my fav Guest Blogger Sab may say hello; then brudder Imran may make it Three, he wants entertainment for free; kyels my latest mentee adds onemore, ah, I’ve arrived at Four; and Moses chipping in to make it Five (yeh, Desi's Place is still alive; then GINGER makes in at Six, and I'm all-abliss; AND sssssspirit from Down Under makes it SEVEN, and I’m up in heaven.


Then there is complete S-i-l-e-n-c-e. Even the actors from the PWTC within would then be welcome guests to my haven.

MALU-lah, Yan – it stops at SEVEN, although it’s my fav number!


Alright, the meter starts clicking again after a weeklong break. Most of us just need one or at most two days leave, AOL, or AWOL, but this darn’d hardworking meter works in cycles of sevens.

So it picks up steam – wallah, after four months and 20 days (Correction: 25 days, see my arithmetic is awesum!), still anticipating, Desiderata2000 hits 7SEVEN!

Yan wants to verify my claim (she’s something like the TopDog of Audit Bureau of Bloggers Circulations) – I give her a piece of paper, her face lights up … yes, it’s true, indeed. SEVEN to the power of 7!

And the meter “bloke” (my English "affected" by the Aussie tale from Sheila yesterday, which attracted some spirited comment which I dare not reply to even now … I spied it last nite, sssssspirit.) down on me. So just not to take away JeffOoi’s title of Malaysian Buggers Sifu, Desi will still stay away from that skewed meter for a l-o-n-g time nYET.

Now myGoODfriends the IgnorantCowws are asking why am I writing one-line paragraphs after the l-o-n-g INTRO of substantial&substantive paras – i.e. for paragraphs, for the less intelligent but not insignificant ones!

My answer lies in my endeavour to attract Steven Spielberg, remember? (Of course, this is a HIStorical question.)

Film scripts have to be in one-liners, the most two. Three is still ex-ceptable. Four is fatal, unless thy art a femme fatale.

So what’s that title THE I-LAND all about?


Okay, I have tested my readers’ patience long enough, this is not a hospital – ‘tis supposed to be hospital-felic-ity remember? (No, this is NOT a rhetorical question, ‘tis directed at Desi, I-self.)

Please turn to page 12 of theSUN August 10, 2005 – to make a tall story short – headline summarises:


Terengganu island for sale

Desi’s mind goes straight into

Treasure Island – yo ho ho! and a bottle of rum!
and a Lone-eyed 1-leg’ed pirate whose name Desi can’t remember
Robinson Crusoe – cruising with galFRIDAY wishing they’ll ne’er be found on a tropical isle
Island In the Sun – murder most foul and yet the sun is shining all the time on the idyllic eye-land



Then the commercial and down to earth ones -- the islands, I mean:

Pulau Pinang PearlOfTheOrient where I found many oriental-looking men who still sing Rose, Rose I Luv You! And the dames still frying my fav ChowKwayTeow. And the Gals are still throwing oranges once a year at Gurney’s Drive, at the ne’er grow up Boys.
The Island – making big bucks on the Box Office selling off my organs, your organs to the AP-Kings
Pulau Jerejak – where great minds think, but the minders are A-shore at PutraJaya.


Back to theSUNNY report:

TERENGGANU: Want to own your own island? Gem Wellness Spa & Island Resort, a private island with a boutique resort, is up for sale by open tender. The indicative value? RM20million. The 8.5-acre island, which is owned and operated by the Gem Island Resort Sdn Bhd, is a leasehold property with about 66 years left. The owner is a Malaysian involved in the oil and gas industry.

Previndran Singhe (pix), chief executive of Zerin Properties, which is handling the sale. Said there have been enquiries from several intetested parties for details about the island. “As you are aware, there are very, very few private islands for sale in the market, especially pristine untouched properties. This is truly a once-in-a-blue-moon opportunity. “



Desiderata is interested.

He wants an island to call his own, hence THE I-LAND ©

But he’s not an AP-King

He’s also not THE APPRENTICE’s BOSS.

And he’s not from Nigeria.

Okay, Desi is a Chinaman. "Sowat?" -- most likely would be Zerin Properties marketing executive’s auto-reply.


So this story-lah, if you Esteemed Readers would bear with me, care with me, and dare with me.

My Master&Mistress&Miss&Beaut&NicePlan:



All of us will have a stake in The I-Land.

The next PPS Anniversary Bash (Aiz: are reading this?) will be held on The I-land. TEH-tarik will be free-flowing for teetotalers like Desi, Thee and Thee, under the teh-tariKing’s Haridas supervising. For people like Sab and sweetspirit, we’ll have an A&W franchise to supply free-flowing rut beer.

For those who live on sunshine and air and the surf alone, ah, the 8.5-acre island is the GEM – sunshine 24/7, the air is free, and the surfing, bring your own wireless PC! Don’t bring any more Lapdogs (this applies especially to proposer Desi, and kyels, whose ‘dog’ is a mite ‘sick’ lately, I hear) -- they who lick and flick are a-plenty on The I-land,I assure thee; otherWISE, how to survive, yes?

So, where was I? Yes, on THE I-LAND.


Yes, if Spielberg should be reading this, please carry on.

The I-land shall practise the following FIVE COMMANDMENTS:

• Freedom under the Sun,
• Freedom from Hunger,
• Freedom from Ignorance,
• Freedom from Want,
• Freedom from Censorship.


Then all the Bloggers – the YoungOnes, the YoungerOnes&VeteranOnes, the IgnorantCowws and TopDogs, the Polite&ImpoliteOnes (this category stems from a Mack's comment that Desi is known for politie language -- ;) salute thee as a compliment/complement to the ImpoliteOnes! -- – no censorship, remember? – shall be offered PERMANENT RESIDENCE there one weekend a year to celebrate PPS ANNIVERSARY BASH, starting with the THIRDOne next June, 2006. Mark this on your calendar, with Aiz’ implicit permission.


NOTE particularly the fourth by-law listed above says FREEDOM FROM WANT. This assurance is given to the Olivers, Olivias and Olivettis (in between the two main genders – no discrimination, remember) out there.

ASK, AND THOU SHALL BE GIVEN. Yes, you can ask for more!

How wonderful.

I “adapted” one idea from The Box-Office blockbusteee, The Island, now showing at the cinematheque nearest you. I won’t mind paying some royalty/loyalty if Steven (first-name basis already, we’ve become ‘closer’ after several rounds of waving hands;) -- If you are bogged down with work and can’t personally join the Bash, please send your other image – CLONE-lah! Why so dim sum-one? Further more, we can do with less sex on THE I-LAND, ken-or-not?


WHAT U MUST DO:


I have just opened a savings account at MadDay Bank account number: 7777777.
If all of you Rakyat – cool 24 millions – just deposit one just Ring-git, I can straight away book OUR I-LAND ©

PLEDGES CAN BE MADE BY YOU CLICKING ONLY ONCE VIA MY COMMENTS CHANNEL -- Yan, see, if all 24 million surfers click once on thier mouse on Desiderata2000 COMMENTS, can the gifgure under your audit be wrong? SEVEN to the power of 7! Do the maths ... not close to 24 million? Add one some dou-triple clicks, you know sum Malaysians, the itchy/ bitchy fingers ...

YOUR REWARD? Every CONtributor will have free access to THE I-LAND for a week annually. To avoid congestion, if too many apply over a certain period like Hari Raya, CNY and Deepavali, and Harvest Festivals -- Desi will conduct a LOTTERY (like they do in The Island ...I hear h j angus w'ispering 'this against Malaysian law!'...)

The GEM people want a 10-percent down payment, so please respond quickly so that those AP-KINGS won’t rob us of our hAPpyness to have an island in the sun, where the buffalo roam, and the dears, and the antilope play. And NOBODY, Yes, NOBOD EVER SAYS ANY DISCOURAGING WORD, OK!

If every patriotic Malaysian commits with just RM1, Desiderata’s simple arithmetic says he would have a surplus of RM3million. (RM24million – RM20 million = RM3 million (plus RM1 million is my CON-mission!)

SELAMAT DATANG to HapPINESS on
My Fantasy Island
Your Fantasy Island
OUR I-LAND

11 comments:

sweetspirits said...

Smiles Hi Desi
I don't want to take away your dream fantasy island , but hey you can buy an island sooooo much cheaper in Oz .In actual fact for that price you could buy forty islands, btw what is rut beer?Also my next door neighbour who is a chef is actually moving to an Island in qld to work and live ,and there is no cars on the island.Okz i better say night i enjoyed ya post and hey if at times it may seem i am having a dig at n e thing , im not its just my aussie humor tsk tsk.. I'll say to you do you remember? tcz

Anonymous said...

Hi Desi,

Well, your fantasy island sounds super cool to me. And I would donate.. Tee hee. So that we can have fun, fun, and fun in that fantasy island.. Hahaha.

Great post. Very funny and I liked it instantly. Seriously.

*hugs*

Anonymous said...

Desi,

My lapdog is fine already. Finally it's not mutated anymore. *fainted*

Hahaha.

:)

chong y l said...

Hi sssspirit:

Forty I-lands eh? that means RM0.5million each. I'll but SEVEN -- One day for each of the 7 days in a week, and we'll join the Beatles for rest on the 8th day!

With te rmeainder of the onies collected,I'll bring in my bags -- you meet me at the Airport, OK? -- and see if I can get thru the checkpoint. I NO one of our Politicians id not, but he got thru the court...Amazing, OZ land!


You no hear how Malaysians spell Root? Rut - lah! Hey, if you arrange for me to work as a bagman to your neighbour, I'll teAch thee Bahasa Malaysia i.e. OUr National Language, it's better than some of the bbq lingo which I no understand -- like Dick, throw me a shrimp on the fire? And only at age 34 did dim Desi learn that Waltzing Matilda (I sang it heartily and as I did Negara-Ku in my scouting days ... (spell that out in my resume to thy neighbourly ch(i)ef)-- was no dance with a sheila!

GOod nite, hope you're allright with that boy/gal named tonsilitis -- we do have much in common besides a love for song&dance.

Oz humour -- I picked that up early -- 'good die' maye! Very +ve attitude I learn from DU.

chong y l said...

hi kyels:

Yur blog design spells cool -- suotable theme for OUR I-LAND.

Now ssssspirit has given me a new proposition -- I'll sleep over it ... keep this a secret btw the 3 of us,for being the earliest birds, meanwhile, you de-sign, desi de-fine, and SS re-fine the I-LAND.

WELCOME to Fantasy Island -- OUR I-LAND, anymore takers?

sweetspirits said...

Hi Desi
Okz meet you at the airport hehe ,as for aussie slang well i don't use it often as for Bahasa Malaysia i did learn a little from an online friend in the past ,but the friendship fizzed out and didn't last so did learning Bahasa Malaysia. I shall ask my neighbour if there are any jobs for you hehe.Okz here are some song lyrics for you,, Its a fav of mine

Island home - Christina Anu
I come from the salt water people
We always live by the sea
They say home is where you find it
Will this place ever satisfy me

My island home, my island home
My island home, is waiting for me x 2

Six years I have lived in the desert
Every night I dreamt of the sea
Now i'm down here living in the city
With all of my family

My island home, my island home
My island home, is waiting for me x 2

In the evening dry wind blows
From the hills and across the plains
I close my eyes and I'm standing
In a boat on the sea again
And I'm holding that long turtle spear
And i feel i'm close now to where it must be

My island home is waiting for me

My home is Australia
We are a land bound by sea
Though I may travel far across the ocean
It will never forget me

My island home, my island home
My island home, is waiting for me x 2

My island, my island home
My island home is surrounded by sea
My island home, my island home
My island home is waiting for me

My island home x 4

now you could replace Australia with Malaysia and have islan song ;)

cheerz

Unknown said...

Ho ho ho, I cannot get Snowball's manifesto out of my head as I read about The I-Land.

Don't mind me though, I am just a cynical former idealist turned pragmatic capitalist and closet bohemian.

Anonymous said...

Hi Desi,

Oh yes. I will de-sign, you will de-fine and SS will re-fine. Sounds superb to me. Haha. And of course.. It will be amongst the three of us only. Geez. Cheers I-Land. Hehehe.

Thanks for your compliments Desi. Took a few days to do it though. And I've changed the header already. :)

Cheers to you.

chong y l said...

Hi sweetspirit:

Reading your happy write, methinks that gal/boy called tonsilitis did not give much trouble, eh. H-AP-py for you!

Just an aside, "AP" is making the front pages of Msian papers a lot these hazy days -- since you're also a lONE fan, I presume you're well and truly informed. My spcoality is APplauding participating Malaysians, esp the YoungOnes, who try McGyver style to serve OurI-LAND.

Seriously, SS -- pls tell your Gomen not to pinch (ouch! for saying this) too many of our BrightOnes OK -- methinks your Gomen should pay some sort oone-off PINCHING TAX (AUS$1million as my proposal...).Ah, I may get my 30% conmission if your Howard and our PakLah can sit down with me to accept my prposal...

Meanwhile, I must learn to sing Waltzing Matilda just in case Howards wanna tests me on Australiana no-ledge.

Bye, say farewell to Ms 'tonsilitis' for me, and pls say farewell to Our Haze in return.:)

chong y l said...

Tiger:

Do you have RM20million to spare.

I'll propose you become Napoleon of OUR I-LAND,as initiator I think the respndents will give me 1st right to appoint.

I don't have any problem with Bohemian types -- But I feel let down you sold out of my territory of 'closet socialism' into Pargmatic Capitalism. That idealistic trait waning with age is a common Xperience, I suffer from such bouts too, but still trying to maintain my nation's Vision2020.
Tiger, I see no Snowballing membership to my modest offer; maybe I'll strike a lottery soon!
Meanwhile, think about that Napoleonic goal, OK. From what I've discerned via Tiger's Den, and the pleasant exchanges recently via Petronas platform, methinks You're eminently suited.

Unknown said...

Heheh.

Even IF I had spare millions lying about, I would never admit to it. Too many would-be Snowballs around, you see.

I am very flattered for the offer, Desi, but I have no Napoleonic aspirations whatsoever. Orwellian or otherwise.

As for your sentiments re my conversion, let's just say I got sick of reprising Boxer roles (whether voluntarily or otherwise). Why cry over spilt milk, when one can sell tissues to those who choose to grieve, no?