wtf?

yesterday i received this funny email, a forwarded joke la. i thot it was hilarious so i shared it with the ppl whom i thought would appreciate the joke as well. i turned out to be wrong.

below is the email debate between me and this ol' fren on mine who's lost his sense of humor somewhere between his travels to hongkong, indonesia, USA, etc. i presume that his work has consumed the person that i knew some 6-7 years ago and now all that's left is this humorless, boring, by-the-book, no-balls person. such a turn-off!
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My 1st email

Wahahahahaa!! Farnee farneeee

Bak kata artis mana tah (Ella or Siti herself) – ENJOYS! (or the longer version – “are you all enjoys?”) haahaa


Cheers

Zeeda Yazid
Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors Sdn Bhd

Scenario berbeza sekiranya CT berkawin dengan orang lain. Apakah nama anak perempuan mereka nanti?
1) kalau kawin dgn org Jepun, mereka akn namakan anaknya HONDA SITI
2) kalau Kawin dengan orang media, anaknya nanti bersama PUBLI SITI
3) Kalau kawin dengan developer, anaknya nanti bernama SITI SQUARE
4) Kalau dapat anak kembar, dua2 nanti namanya TWIN SITI
5) Kalau kawin dgn professor, anknya nnti dinamakan UNIVER SITI
6) Kalau kawin dgn pelakon filem Cathay Keris tahun 60an, nama anaknya nnt ialah SITI TANJUNG PAHANG
7) Kalau kawin dengan Menteri Pelancongan, nama anaknya nnt ialah SITI SITI MALAYSIA
8) Kalau kawin dgn Pak Lah, anaknya akan bersama SITI ENDON KHAIRY
9) Kalau kawin dengan Tun Mahathir, anaknya nanti bernama SITI HASMAH BARU
10) Kalau kawin dgn org TNB, anaknya nanti bernama ELEKTRIK SITI

His reply

I'm sorry but I have to send this to all. Just my two-cents of thoughts.

Why do we poke fun at those who are not well-versed of English (remember Siti's speech at MTV?) , and at the same time, we severely assaulted Sharifah Amani for saying "I sound stupid speaking in Malay?"

Not defending of any celebrities, nor protesting against your writing Zeeda, but why do Malays (I assume all in the mailing list are) like such kind of humor?

Hehehe.

Be cool Zeeda. :-)

My reply

Hi bro.. maybe u’re the one who should Be cool Hizam hehe ; )

Firstly, it’s just a joke la wei.. secondly, we make fun of these ppl becos they have tons of money from their entertaining stints and yet they never take the initiative to go and get proper education or tutoring or any lessons in the most important fundamental in the world if u wanna be an internationally-known figure i.e. speaking proper English. Nak kawin buleh pulak belanja 12 juta (or so I heard)? Doesn’t make sense to me why they can’t make the time to learn smthg so important as having a decent conversation with ppl or just simply saying smthg in English without embarrassing themselves to the world. To me personally, reason for this is ini dasar melayu malas ataupun malu. Itu je. Org melayu kan suka malu-malu ni - lagi malu, lagi bagus. Ppl who have an opinion are said to be rude, and as usual disliked (even marina mahathir experiences them). Kalau ye pun nak malu, bertempat la sikit. Lagi malu when they publicly humiliate themselves with kindergarten-like structured words that make ppl cringe and/or laugh behind their backs. Naivety is no longer in. get over it.

At least Amber Chia took some english lessons when she realized that she was gonna be in the public eye. Pats on the back for her.

That’s my 2 cents. Sekian terima kasih.

Have a super day everyone, and take it easy :)

His next reply

You fascinate me always. Haha.

But isn't CT the business-minded woman she is? The 12 million investment she made has garnered more from airtime rights, merchandising, brand endorsement, and even ringtones? Orang melayu tu. Orang melayu yang malu-malu lagi. :-)

Hehehe.

My next reply

Thanks for the fascination :)

As my fren who silently supports me in her personal emails, all the more reason for your darling siti to go and get this English issue out of the way by at least learning it. Dia malu2 tu I have no doubt is becos of her good upbringing. And her business-mindedness is fabulous, I agree. But like I said, takyah la nak malu tak kena tempat. Duit juta2 tu won’t give her the thing that she desperately needs unless she uses it to pay someone to teach her. Then maybe ppl (international ppl, mind u) wud respect her totally as a person, not just for her money. Setakat org melayu je nak respect dia tu normal lah. kita kan mudah leka and suka “respect” org kaya2 ni, perhaps hoping that the wealth will rub off on us kot.. I don’t understand this culture.

We who know u, knows that u love siti la bro. HAHAHA.


Cheers

Zeeda Yazid
Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors Sdn Bhd

His lame reply to this

Dan orang melayu cepat melatah kalau disentuh. Hehehe.

My other email to his reply

Oh ya and by the way, Sharifah Amani is only how old - 19? 20? Her exposure to the media is still so very very setahun jagung mah. And u being a PR practitioner should know very well that she said that becos she has (1) very little experience and (2) she obviously lacks the proper PR skills, hence needs coaching. The rest of the world are not PR practitioners so they are angry and “severely punish” her for the things they themselves are not educated in. We who know better, should analyze the situation from a more intellectual standpoint – don’t become a sheep that just follows the herd.

Rileks k :)

His other lame reply

Hehehe.... rileks le sister.
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so wtf?

First of all, if u read closely, his english isn't all that anyway. so maybe he's defending his own kind kot. then, if he wanted to air his opinion on such a matter, he should've had some substance to back up his rebuttal lah.. when he brought it on (ie the topic) aku apa lagi, i just couldn't resist the golden opportunity that he's put in front of me to give my personal opinion on the "melayu" issue. and that's just part of my opinion. ada lagi. but all that's for another day.

in the end, his effort backfired. and i think i represent many of us when i verbalised those things.

kudos pour moi! :) (trans: kudos for me!)