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In The Newspapers On Chinese New Year

Published by simon on January 27, 2008

Nobody reads the newspapers on the first day of Chinese New Year, they’re too busy eating and gambling.

But here’s a few things that’ll appear in it…

- A picture of a happy (multi-racial) family enjoying CNY on the front page, smiling like they’re in a toothpaste ad.

- A feng shui expert telling us what to expect in the Year of the Rat.

- Photo of happy couple and newly born baby at the delivery ward with the caption of “First baby of the new year”. They do this EVERY year.

- Some politician wishing Happy New Year and saying that it is for all Malaysians to celebrate.

- Update on the death and accident toll of Ops Sikap.

- Interview with various local stars about how they spend CNY (”Oh, I LOOOVE my mom’s cooking! But i have watch my weight for my next movie…”)

- An article relating the Year of the Rat to the KL rat problem, rise in families keeping white mice as pets, Mickey Mouse, etc.

- List of open houses in the second or third page. Some more this year election year.

- In the sports page, report about how our badminton players lost in the preliminary rounds of another big tournament. Actually this one happens every week, not just CNY.

Eleven more days of exercising to go i am going to pig out on CNY goodies…

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  1. pelf Said,

    OoooOOOooo.. So YOU are the editor who arranges the pages la! Ei, change something this year la, like having a dead turtle or something on the front page, LOL. I’m good at writing those stuff :D

  2. Dr. Tan Said,

    Ooo ooo happy new year wtf.

    Where you heading to?

  3. Infectioner Said,

    you forget to include few lar:

    - Jay Chou/Stephen Chow coming to Malaysia
    - firecrackers hurt a few people
    - some lame puns regarding rats in some articles
    - traffic jam
    - Valentine’s coming soon

  4. Ann Said,

    Talking about newspapers….the TV is about the same as well.

    Ads all about CNY and different races coming together!
    Shows that have been repeated again and again
    Talk shows with celebs telling us about how they celebrate CNY

    Sigh…..where are the creative people in the world?
    Must be building roads that generally always have potholes so that we will always have to repair our cars!I beleive there is a ‘creative’ conspiracy there!

  5. Giddy Tiger Said,

    This is so so true! Hey what about those poignant ads in the papers that come on every festive occasion?

  6. chubikia Said,

    you’re exercising too? XD

  7. simon Said,

    pelf - yep. i am secretly the editor for the star.

    dr tan - ipoh, as usual…

    infectioner - wow, if stephen chow came to M’sia i’d go to sungei wang to see him!!!!

    ann - they’re all too busy writing blogs.

    giddy tigers - i kinda like those! remember the one about the kungfu family?

    chubikia - have to lor. if not i’ll be hearing everyone tell me i’m putting on weight after the holidays.

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