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three cheers , three cheers , three cheers for the government !
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Guess what.
Price hike on ciggies again !
Now a hard pack of Marlboro lights costs a faint-inducing $11 .
Since i don't smoke , it doesn't affect me a wee bit but i can't help but feel sorry for the smokers out there.
What ? They want to discourage smoking ?
What ? They want smokers to quit ?
MY ASS.
I'm not anti-government , but neither i am an advocate either , as you can tell from my previous posts.
But these incessant price hikes ( on every damned thing ) are .... to put it crudely , really fucked.
Hiding their true motives ( to fatten up their coffers , what else ? ) behind noble intentions.
How very smart.
So where do these $ go to ?
Building state-of-the-art government buildings , hiring foreign talent ( and effectively taking away our ricebowls. YES . Your dad's , your' mom's and ours . ) , buying ultra luxurious "state" cars ( definition : no less than a rolls royce with a flag stuck somewhere. weeee . maybe i should stick a flag into my bicycle so it'll become the "state bike" ) and of course , hiring those beefy policemen and their stupid motorcade. What , you think its free ah ?
Speaking of motorcades ( or convoys. whatever ) , i've always found it to be a source of amusement.
Look , their purporse is to protect the VIP right ?
And if i were a VIP , my best bet is to remain as low-key as possible , to refrain from alerting any potential snipers armed with an Artic hiding in the bushes near the Istana.
But of course , those VIPs just want their presence felt.
Don't think i don't know hor !
They think its "Sat Ki" for us commoners to swoon and stick our faces at windows and go "wow.. motorcade leh ! surely its the president"
"no lah , i think its the vice president"
"who is our vice president ?"
"i don't know leh. i think its Ong teng cheong right ?"
"i think so he sounds familiar"
Anyway.
If motorcades were so useful in protecting the VIP , then can you tell me why how in the world did JFK get assasinated ?
Or more recently , that taiwanese leader whose name i'm unsure of and don't give a damn either , get shot while doing his rounds to suck up to his people ?
Of course , everyone says its staged . I'm convinced .
But the point im tryin to get across is -
MOTORCADES ARE USELESS.
If i really wanted to assasinate the president , i could just sit somewhere along his route , look out for his motorcade , run up to some building and aim a bazooka at his "state" car.
heh.
speaking of presidents.
i understand it perfectly if the president's wife is called "the first lady"
after all , she deserves respect.
but to extend the respect to a dog by calling the president's dog as the "first dog" is really ridiculous.
so how about the pen that the president uses ?
the "first pen"
the president's slippers ?
"the first slipper"
the president's eldest daughter ?
"the first daughter"
the president's second daughter ?
'the second daughter"
NO YOU'RE WRONG !
Its
"the first second daughter"
....
okay i'm tired.
back to my scriptwriting assignment.
bloody hell , can anybody help me with my storyboard ??
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listening to : marilyn manson - the beautiful people
