Cheeky is a damn funny guy, a superb satirical artist, and really, it takes someone really quite mad to think of things like this.
Richard Lui: Welcome everyone to a brand new morning show on Channelnewsasia.
Suzanne Jung: That?s right Richard. After months of contemplating and then revamping, we are proud to launch this new morning program aptly named ?Wake Up your Fucking Ideas Singapore?. A name that?s sure to ring some resonance among our viewers.
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Suzanne: Talking about hot and controversial issue, the announcement by the government to consider setting up a casino is already polarizing the country into 2 distinct camps, each with their own arguments and views to be heard.Richard: Yes, it is indeed refreshing to see a fierce debate happening right here in sterile Singapore. So what?s your own opinion on this issue Suzanne?
Suzanne: Who cares. I?m a Korean.
Both laugh heartily.
Cheeky is brilliant! Do I detect an element of influence from the Monty Python gang?
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hm… - does this mean that i should stop writing anytime soon??? dunno… But say, good comedy!!! (maybe i need a retreat).
hey btw, i didnt even realize u had a tux avatar on blogspot until i clicked to reply to a post on singapore serf!!!
Jeff:
No lah, we still love your comedy, and besides Cheeky’s style is different from yours. There’s room for every comedian!
And yeah, I’m a hardcore Free and Open Source advocate ok. Adri is an official Mac Evangelist cos she’s employed by Apple, but I can only be an unofficial Linux evangelist because there are no Linux companies operating in Singapore… well, at least none of the biggest distros.
Hey! I showed the article to Suzanne and Richard… They had a good laugh about it… said some parts were really quite like them =)
Hahha.. I’m one of the producers for the show ya know =)
Shianux,
> but I can only be an unofficial Linux evangelist because there are no Linux companies operating in Singapore? well, at least none of the biggest distros.
actually that is not true - Novell is around. And it’s got SuSE (admittedly not very “big” yet, i suppose, in asia, but who knows??? After Novell’s acquisition, the distro has gained some “branding” and recognition). Red Hat well… forget it.
Jeff:
Hey I’m using SuSE Linux 9.2 Professional on my laptop ok!
But you know what? They might have a presence in Singapore, but the official department dealing with Linux only has about 2-3 people! I called them ok, and found out that there’s only 1 guy dealing with the entire sales operation… funny huh?
ook! now that’s funny…
i thought they had a “big” office or something?!!! (after all, they seem to be providing the meetup venue support for the sg linux meetup group. oh well… I know i was terribly disappointed the last time when i found out that red hat’s entire “presence” in sg was… ONE PERSON.)
Jeff:
Novell is surely big lah, but majority of their staff in Singapore are in other departments other than Linux. Some more they got their own distro also… that’s why SuSE only got 1 guy to do sales lor… maybe by now they hired more liao, also possible.