Had some friends from Malaysia over this past week and I can tell you one thing about Malaysians -- they love talking politics.
Ok. Let me be brutally frank -- they love to gossip about just anyone or anything.
I mean, do they know the Prime Minister, his wife and his SIL?
Yeah, they told me that
that is how everyone refers to h i m. I know that. They call h i m SIL as though SIL are the three most obnoxious alphabets.
My pals asked me how come I know so much. And these are my pals, y'hear.
"I read the blogs and on-line news, dumbo!", I snapped.
"Malaysian blogs?", Susie asked me.
"Yeah, you dimwit," I snapped back, again.
What is wrong with these people? Don't they read blogs, I asked.
Of course, they do. But they're Malaysians and they HAVE to read blogs to know what's really going on in the country.
What's wrong with your newspapers, I asked, feigning ignorance.
"Eva, honey, You read the notorious Malaysian blogs and you don't know why we don't read the newspapers?"
They're no fools, my pals.
Back to gossipy Malaysians.
They gave details of the Prime Minister as though they are living under the same roof with the man.
"And did you know that SIL named his newborn after the angel, Gabriel....Jibreil or something, which is the Muslim version?", Sam asked.
"What's wrong with that?" I asked.
"Dunno. Don't seem right. That's what my Muslim friends tell me," she replied.
But, if that's forbidden, wouldn't SIL and wife know that? Hmmmmm.
So, tell me, when's the elections, I asked.
"Whenever the PM's people feel that it's a good time. That means when the people have forgotten what a lousy PM he is," reasoned Susie.
That's a good one. I wonder when that will be.
Told you, Malaysians think they know everyone intimately!