Humour

Corny Songs I Used To Like

1. Dying Inside To Hold You - Timmy Thomas

Why I Found It So Hot: The beat was groovy. I used to wait for the song to be aired over the radio so that I could record it on my blank tape of song compilations.

Why I Changed My Mind: Some songs are not meant for too many repeated listenings. This was one of them.

2. A Shoulder To Cry On - Tommy Page

Why I Found It So Hot: Man, I used to like, no, really dig into this guy who looked a little like Elvis. I even have thrilling dreams chatting him up on a radio call-in program... hee! I didn't quite like the tune but any song that shot my heart throb to stardom is automatically my favourite song.

Why I Changed My Mind: The more mature my tastes in music got, the cornier poor Tommy appeared to be. I woke up from my crush pretty quick and have mostly dreamless nights ever since.

My bezzie, my shoulder to cry on...

3. More Than Words - Extreme

Why I Found It So Hot: Aaah, the ultimate chick magnet back in those days. In every school society buffet I've been in, they would always have this band of students playing their guitars and belting out this song. It seemed to be the hippest song in town.

Why I Changed My Mind: It got overplayed by all the aspiring Ah Bengs in schools. 'Nuff said

4. Stranded in the Middle of Nowhere - Modern Talking

Why I Found It So Hot: When I first heard it, it sounded very mesmerising.

Why I Changed My Mind: After about three times of hearing it, the breathy voice started to gyrate on my nerves. Bleh bleh.

Corny Songs I Still Like

1. The Diary - Neil Sedaka

Why It's Still Hot To Me: Who could resist the soulful tune of a boy who longs to glimpse into his object of interest's diary? It's just so awwwwww....

2. All Out of Love - Air Supply

Why It's Still Hot To Me: It's one of few songs that I could sing with such gusto and still sound half decent in it. My evergreen karaoke signature song

3. Grow Old With You - Adam Sandler

Why It's Still Hot To Me: Cutesy song from one of my favourite movies ever - The Wedding Singer. Adam Sandler sounds so endearing in this. No girl in her right mind would cold heartedly reject someone (who is as endearing as Sandler) who croons that he wants to grow old with her. Mmmmmm...

Now, what's on your list of corny songs? Do share 'cos I'm dying inside to know you :P

I don't know whether I'm being biased but I feel that sms-es that do not contain do not contain smileys or hehe's or ...'s are usually rather impersonal.

Before the electronic messaging age where pen and paper rule and reign, girls would normally be the ones to dot their i's with heart shapes. But nowadays, contrary to what some people may think, it is not a girl thing to make full use of emoticons.

If I have to choose between an sms with smileys (tastefully peppered, of course. There is such a thing as overdoing a good thing!) and the one without, the one with the emoticons would warm my heart more. Written communication is tough enough to do, why not use a smiley or two to convey the emotions that accompany those lovely words?

Compare this:

Got my message? Wah, you drive me up the wall.

with this:

Got my message? Wah, you drive me up the wall

With just a , you would have diffused a possible heated argument. The conveys a host of friendly feelings. Of course, if the recipient has no clue what an emoticon is used for - which is a rare thing in this day and age - then it won't work lor.

Also, another case in point, I received an sms recently from someone whom I thought was stoic and lacked a sense of humour. This sms was special... because it had a ... hee. And just like that, the stoic image I had of him crumbled to dust and the first thought that came to mind was, "Hey, he's human after all! He feels!"

Yep, never underestimate the power of emoticons.

An excerpt of an email joke in Malay had me in giggles. The translation are in italics:

Murid : Selamat sejahtera cikgu!
Students: Good day to you, teacher!

Cikgu : Sama-sama, duduk! Dengar sini baik-baik. Hari ini cikgu nak uji kamu semua tentang perkataan berlawan. Bila cikgu sebutkan perkataannya, kamu semua mesti menjawab dengan cepat, lawan bagi perkataan-perkataan itu, faham?
Teacher: Same to you. Now sit down and listen up. Today, I will test you on 'Opposite Words'. When I say something, all of you must give me a quick answer of the opposite of what I say. Understand?

Murid : Faham, cikgu!
Students: We understand, teacher!

Cikgu : Saya tak mahu ada apa-apa gangguan.
Teacher: I don't want any disturbances.

Murid : (senyap)
Students: (quiet)

Cikgu : Pandai!
Teacher: Clever!

Murid : Bodoh!
Students: Stupid!

Cikgu : Tinggi!
Teacher: Tall!

Murid : Rendah!
Students: Short!

Cikgu : Jauh!
Teacher: Far!

Murid : Dekat!
Students: Near!

Cikgu : Keadilan!
Teacher: Justice! (also the name of a political party)

Murid : UMNO!
Students: UMNO! (Political party) (the opposing coalition party)

Cikgu : Salah!
Teacher: Wrong!

Murid : Betul!
Students: Correct!

Cikgu : Bodoh!
Teacher: Stupid!

Murid : Pandai!
Students: Clever!

Cikgu : Bukan!
Teacher: No!

Murid : Ya!
Students: Yes!

Cikgu : Oh Tuhan!
Teacher: Oh my God!

Murid : Oh Hamba!
Students: Oh my slave!

snip snip

Cikgu : UMNO adalah jawapan yang salah! Kamu semua ditahan tengah hari ini!
Teacher: UMNO is the wrong answer! You are all detained this afternoon!

Murid : UMNO jawapan betul! Dilepaskan tengah malam itu!
Students: UMNO is the right answer! We will be released on midnight!

Cikgu : (Senyap dan mengambil buku-bukunya keluar.)
Teacher: (Silence as she took her books and left the class)

Sebentar kemudian, loceng pun berdering. Murid-murid berasa lega kerana guru yang paling ditakuti oleh mereka telah keluar. Walau bagaimanapun, mereka merasa bangga kerana telah dapat menjawab kesemua soalan cikgu tadi, tetapi esok masih ada
A few moments later, the bell rang. The students were relieved that their most feared teacher has left the class. Nevertheless, they felt proud that they managed to answer all of her questions. But there is always tomorrow...

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The joke kinda reminded me of what younger brothers normally do to irritate their elder sisters. The majority of my tiffs with my bro always revolves around him repeating every word I say.

Me: Eh, pick up after your own mess.
Bro: Eh, pick up after your own mess.
Me: Oi, are you trying to be funny?
Bro: Oi, are you trying to be funny?
Me: Arrggggh! I'm gonna cane ya!
Bro: (flees from crime scene)

Am I so ever glad that as the years passed, he grew up and decided to stop that irritating habit of his for good. Some things from childhood I do miss occasionally, but this one is definitely not one of them.

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine someone spoofing my tame and humble site. Didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. So I did both. ROTFL!

Was yakking with my gal pals when one of them said that she will introduce a nice guy to one of my friends.

"He's wingle," PJ said.

RW and I were wondering what that meant.

"Please tell me it's a typo and that he's single!" RW said.

"Wait, maybe she meant White + Single = Wingle," I ventured a guess.

Turns out that PJ made a typo and that he was indeed single.

But that typo led to the development of a brand new word list in categorising single folks. Here goes:

1. Bingle = Bald + Single


2. Ringle = Rich + Single


3. Dringle = Divorced + Rich + Single


4. Mingle = Male + Single


5. Fingle = Female + Single


6. Tingle = Tiny (small in stature lar!) + Single


7. Dingle = Desperate + Single

Now, isn't it easier to say, "I'm gonna land me a ringle" (two syllables) instead of "rich single person" (five syllables)? I'm all for efficiency when it comes to words, heh.

Oh, and feel free to add to this list, folks!