Cabaran hebat: Front pages of two June 15th 2011 newspapers that are different but all the same

 

Kejantanan tercabar

"2 peserta lelaki cabar chef wanita" (note: top left corner)

Lovely coincidences on the front page of Harian Metro and something else... (Not Utusan Melayu ya, that one layout too moden ala-ala Guardian newspaper EWW KAY (UK) gitewwww...)

ANOTHER COINCIDENCE:
THE WHITE AND YELLOW HEADLINES. Amazing!

Bunting at a chic Bangsar gymnasium is not very posh

Amboi, banyoknyo "white space". Kecik pulak Times Nu Roman tu... 

Chi Gym? Apo ni? Ada Melayu Gym? (read fine print: ALL ARE WELCOME). Ah, inclusivenya... eh ni... ada merah dan puteh. Macam DAP skit kan? Tapi huruf "a" tu ada macam accent macam produk kat IKEA tuh. Mestilah sphegetti dgan Swedish meatballs ni...

Dedicated to my semi-adopted cat, Polat, who is no longer by my side

THE CURVE BE GONE

Bizarre Sculpture

Taking leisurely drives in a MADE IN MALAYSIAN CAR around a random neighbourhood (with cookie cutter terraced units) can often allow oneself to stumble upon many "CEKIK DARAH" visual elements:

1) Turquoise polycarbonate roofs that make it seem like your porch is underwater — CHECK;

2) Massive stainless steel auto-gates with "ONG/PROSPERITY/LILLIAN TOO-INFLUENCED" feng shui symbols so robbers and neighbours know you are/aspiring to be TOWKAY RICHE — CHECK;

3) A non-working three-tier ornate fountain made in plaster with a dog clinging on the edge... — 

UM, APA NI????? Mak sedih tengok ahnjing begitew beku sekali, and only 1, x dlm 1 pair semacam fountain kat Itali yg feature 2 kuda ke apehentah binatang yg memancut air dari bibir... Skulptor ini lebeh mendatangkan imaj 'emo' bagaikan suatu foto yg dipamerkan oleh ahli fotografi sensasi Juergen Teller yang bertajuk: "Frozen dead dog, Czechoslovakia" yg beliau ambik pabila tahun 1990...

 Uncanny kan? Tengok paw dia...
Put your paw's up little monsters, boleh?

TWO LESS-THAN-PERFECT BLOCKS

INDISTINGUISHABLE: 

Item 1: A block of shophouses in Subang Jaya with inconsistently sized, more-is-more rojak-style signages... stains and mold notwithstanding.

Item 2: A defaced parking ticket machine in Damansara Uptown that, 

in true Malaysiana form, did not work.

Not your average Monocle "Perfect City Block" lah...

(but at least we're not — Datin forbid — STERILE!!!?????)

(Illustrated by Gaku Nakagawa)

SUPPER

A typical hawker centre in Malaysia. Most of the stores above feature food made by very-low-paid immigrants from Myanmar (sometimes Indonesians too, even if the place is porky). Food hygiene is questionable. The grounds are wet with oily puddles, rats and cockroaches scurry along — nobody cares. Loan shark stickers stuck on every public surface imaginable, cool-white fluorescent tubes illuminate signs for Bak Kut Teh or Penang Char Kway Teow, the toilets could almost look like that one in Trainspotting. Everything utilitarian. Cheapest ingredients to maximise profits. Melamine in pastel colours, marked with indian ink to denote identity. Touch your coins, touch your satay stick. Thumbs in your bowl of Laksa. Greasy faces, tired from working 10 hours a day, washing bulk vegetables in the morning, washing dishes squatting next to the drain at night.

Winners and losers

 LOSE

EYO KAWAN-KAWAN, THIRD TIME'S A CHARM, KAN?

WINNERZ. 

ORG CINA MEMANG SUKE MENANG MANYAK-MANYAK.

Extreme

 

What is it about this picture that makes you 'happy'? Is it the fact that there are so many 'default' PC fonts? Or the camouflaged street name — under scraped Ah Long advertising? Or how they didn't really bother removing the Ah Long stickers on the TM box on the right... or perhaps it's the high density apartment blocks in the horizon under grey skies... 

Tanah tumpangnya pokok ku.....

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