Anyway, I have digressed. For curious souls, this is the article. Buy the newspaper for the full impact. The impact after I read the article is as follows:
Manglish Alert
YOU NOW ONLY KNOW AH?!?!?!
Manglish Alert End
*shakes head*
There's nothing like the first time, eh?
We humble denizens have long been desensitized to pushing and shoving and clinging and trying-not-to-breathe-in-that-aroma-ing. We are used to automatic doors closing into our tired faces - it is just yet another disappointment in a long series of disappointments. We are used to being crammed into compact tubes of bodies - subhuman in our emotional separation from each other. We are used to being alone amidst crowds of lonely people. We are used to traveling by KTM.
So, I was thinking, what would happen if I was on that particular train-ride? How would I have reacted to a benign old man who keeps asking me questions about the transport system? Hmmmm..... Interesting......
Anyway (again), this particular paragraph was particularly hard for me to understand:
In both trains, the prime minister, dressed in a red batik shirt with golden print, had to stand although passengers offered him their seats.Why did he HAVE to stand when people are offering him their seats? I'm sure it's not because he can't get to the seat - everyone would be scrambling to let the poor guy sit. So why is he standing? Don't tell me it's chivalry. Then it would have been CHOSE to stand.
So, back to my question: why did he have to stand? Lunch on me, for the answer I find most rational.
4 comments:
erm its either sum foreigner din know who is was and when tht malaysian fella who stood up to give him the seat, he was so busy saying its ok its ok that the foreigner took the seat.
or
the editor was half asleep while doing his work.
btw yr blogs makes me laugh esp when its slowly getting colder and the nights longer........
Nah...I think he just stood for the camera. People would have been falling over themselves to offer him a seat. This is what I think happened:
People: Pak Lah here, take my seat!
PL: Okay okay, but let me snap a photo first. You there, reporter guy. Take a shot of me talking to them. I want to see a good caption too.
PG: *snap*
PL: *sits down* Thanks for the seat. Aah....
PL: On second thought, I need to do something to drive home my point that the transport system sucks. *stands*
Repeat whole dialogue again.
I would like to suggest that he should take a ride in Bas Mini (blue in colour) next time.
Try to stand inside it.
It's a sad truth, but he should know that most people will accuse him of being 'buat teruk'.
However, bravo for him as he successfully made a nice attempt to be in the same boat as most of us.
Btw, suiying, thanks for updating my link.
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