Taken for A*-ride...

Just to prove to some doubting Thomases about this scribe's claim to being not 100% a Banana. Today I bring thee a news headline from the only paper available in town ~~ Tung Fang Jih Pau (Oriental Daily News) frontpage:

"I don't need to apologise" said Dr Ling Liong Sik, in an EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with the paper who never sleeps.

If you expect Desi to provide a translation or precis of the said news, please wait the Kart Lembu to deliver It (a slight adaptation of Till the cows come home...) because this poor, mousey writer can't afford DHL.

Now go pay RM1.30 for a copy; furthermore, you can start that journey to lerning some Mandarin and prove to the world -- like Anak Merdeka -- you can appreciate Li Bai's poems in the original script. I of course AP2 in Black as well as in White, and I go a 1,000 Li doing It! This is of course another adaptation of a Chinese sying THAT a journey of 1,000 Li starts with one small step.

Confess, though it's not Sundae yet: I am promoting this li'l marketing effort NOT totally out of altruism, but in AP. I know one mGf who is closely Associated with the paper, not AP (which is for Approved Permit, or Associated Press); Desi's for APpreciation:).

DESI: In passing, just recall that this ex-MCA president once sent in a resignation letter as Transport Minister, saying it was a "irrevocable" decision. He left for a hiatus in Perth, Australia, came back with an Epiphanic awakening ~~ irrevocable became a Go-stan, don't you remember? Continued to listen to the Chinese community, he said, who wanted him so much to serve them he withdrew that R letter. So you contiued to enjoy the A*Ride ... transport miniSTER in word and deed. Now his pet son Ling "EAt, Drink and Be Merry" will continue with those Rides, A* or X* now? Let's wait and see, he wants MC Youths to become Instant millionaires. Not bad ~~ leaderSHIP/s by example, LISTing, anyone?

Now we have got the formalities out of the way, here's a reprinting of my central message of Malaysiana 1,001 k-Nights stories we have been seeing lots of being realised, to prove that Indeed, FACT IS STRANGER THAN FICTION, in some fanny land.

ORI:
You see the speck in thy neighbour's eYe but not the plank in one's own eye.
ADaptation for the Politikus' benefit:
You see the chicken in thy neighbour's backyard but not the bull in one's frontyard.

A poor satay hawker with licence has his stall demolished for a minor By-law infringement after two days' notice from the Town Council.

The State Exco builds a palatial mansion with no planning or zoning approvals (out-law?) is allowed to enjoy high and rarified residence with a mere slap on the wrist, and some warning love letters.


You blardy commoner suspected of a minor bribe offence is put under jailhouse rock conditions for longterm interrogation.

But taiko politikus and son are invied to a hotel suite for quiet discussin on blatantly outrageous breachess of the law ... Oh, he's not yet a suspect.


'Semuanya Okay!' -- MB

"Semuanya Tak Okay!" ~~ Retort by (..)

Rakyat: BUT WHAT THE HELLLA ARE YOU DOING ABOUT it?


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WISHING ALL OUR READERS
OF THE HINDU FAITH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"AP Deepavali
"HAP Deepavali
"HAPPY DEEPAVALI!"

Have a Safe, and Enjoyable A*Ride Home...
Drive with Caress in mind/e...