Kepong Bridge is falling down

Kepong Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down.
Kepong Bridge is falling down,
My fair Samy.

Take a gag and shut us up,
Shut us up, shut us up.
Take a gag and shut us up,
My fair Samy.

How will we build it up,
Build it up, build it up?
How will we build it up again,
My fair Samy?

Build it up with tax and toll,
Tax and toll, tax and toll.
Build it up with tax and toll,
My fair Samy.

Roads and bridges bend and break,
Bend and break, bend and break.
Roads and bridges bend and break,
My fair Samy.

Blame it on an Act of God,
Act of God, Act of God.
Blame it on an Act of God,
My fair Samy.

Rocks and blames will wash away,
Wash away, wash away.
Rocks and blames will wash away,
My fair Samy.

The Malaysian Way (Joke)

A Malaysian dies and goes to hell.

There he finds that there is a different hell for each country.

He goes first to the German hell and asks, "What do they do here?"

He is told, "First they put you in an electric chair for an hour. Then they lay you on a bed of nails for another hour. Then the German devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day."

The man does not like the sound of that at all, so he moves on.

He checks out the USA hell as well as the Russian hell and many more. He discovers that they are all more or less the same as the German hell.

Then he comes to the Malaysian hell and finds that there is a very long line of people waiting to get in. Amazed he asks, "What do they do here?"

He is told, "First they put you in an electric chair for an hour. Then they lay you on a bed of nails for another hour. Then the Malaysian devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day."

"But that is exactly the same as all the other hells - why are there so many people waiting to get in?"

"Because maintenance is so bad that the electric chair does not work, someone has stolen all the nails from the bed, and the devil is a former Governmentt servant, so he comes in, signs the register and then goes to the canteen..."

Movie review: The House of Flying Daggers

The sub-title of the latest Chinese action flick by Mr. Zhang Zimou could be "... and pigs can fly, too."

Before I go on, I must admit that I am not a professional movie critic, and I was in a rather unusual frame of mind when I watched this particular movie. Thus, my comments here do not necessarily reflect an objective opinion, even if I do say so myself.

Anyway, being beside myself, the first thing that hit me about the movie was that there were no blooming English subtitles, and the Malay ones were so faint and barely legible - especially at the beginning of the movie when the artful director put in a prologue to help audiences that are unfamiliar with Chinese history and legends.

On top of that, the Malay subtitles were often annoyingly inaccurate. Thus, my whole slant on the movie was already tainted by such technical failures.

Nevertheless, somewhere in the middle of the movie I felt very sleepy... despite the action-smaction that was going on. Well, this must have been because I had a rather trying meeting before the show, and I was actually watching a midnight movie.

Later on, forcing myself to stay awake, I realised how incredulous some of the things in the movie were. Normally, I enjoy movies very much and I would suspend belief whilst watching them.

However, on this ocassion, the action really seemed incredibly far-fetched, especially in light of the fact that the director is portraying something that happened in the past, and not a fantasy or science fiction story about the future.

And the incredible storyline was further blemised by the incredibly complicated love affair going on between the main characters, and how one of them could repeatedly come back to life.

Thus, I decided to dub the movie "the House of Flying Pigs."

Having said that, the cinematography was very well crafted, and I'm sure many would appreciate the special effects, too.

So, if you are looking for a good entertaining movie, by all means catch this flick.

However, if you are looking for a well crafted film AND a credible and balanced storyline, do not waste your time.

In any case, if there is a message that can be distilled from this film, it is the extent to which some people will go for the sake of love (of a person or thing), including the extent to which the director is willing to go to attain critical acclaim.