Come one, come all...

Happy Birthday Pooty-Tang!!

Before I start :

ROMI AND JOO LEE DAN LAIN-LAIN - Pentas 1, KLPac. 18 - 28 August 2005. 8.30 PM.

COME AND BE ENTERTAINED. I've seen a couple of rehearsals - and it's funny. Pure comic laughter with no hidden agendas. It's everything a theatre snob will hate.

Char Siew Pau, our resident production designer has the luck of trekking to Putrajaya everytime we need visas for foreign artistes. After one such trip yesterday to the Foreign Ministry of Malaysia, he came back with a funny story - Do you notice that it's always the people who are at the bottom of the hierarchy with the biggest power trips? Such as the people working the MAS ticket counter at Heathrow Airport, JPJ policemen on their hondas...secretaries at the Foreign Ministry...

So, after asking for Mr. so-so, this particular secreatary began to scrutinise Char Siew Pau (who, mind you, is clad in a polo shirt) before exclaiming :

" You tahu ini pejabat kerajaan, tak boleh macam ini...siku, siku semua, tahu?"

(Manglish Translation)
"You know dis is government offees, cannot like dees..elbow elbow all, you know?"

(English Translation)
"You can't show your bare elbows at a Government Office"

My. God. I guess it gets even better if you're a woman...

"You tahu ini pejabat kerajaan, tak boleh macam ini ...jari, jari semua, tahu?"

I'm throwing a bring-your-own-burka party, WhOooOOOOooPPPpppp!!