pathetique

Monday, March 9, 2009,9:16 PM

topic at hand?
the botak merlion.
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a whole chunk of his head came off

first thing i thought was, sure die.

not to sound oldish or like your grandma, but seriously, we're in the middle of a bloody recession already. then the merlion goes and gets part of his head chopped off.

ok, so he couldn't help it, but still. can't be a good sign.

nice haircut, no?

and VERY recently i saw the Straits Times and it had this huge article on the front page: MERLION STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

and the article was a short one. the ending was some Swedish or Canadian (cnt really remember, honestly) tourist guy cheering up after realizing what had happened because now HE HAD SOMETHING TO TELL TO HIS FRIENDS AT HOME.

i'm not against people having nice stories about their holidays overseas. really, i'm not. i encourage people to come to sg, and if it takes a botak merlion, then so be it.

but somehow, i think that if i'm the one holidaying and i realize a national icon got himself a new haircut, i would be sympathetic first, enthusiastic second. shows a lot about what barbers can do now, eh?

call me superstitious, but i don't think that getting the merlion struck by lightning in this dark times is really a good idea. something to do with karma.

but i do draw a line when people start consulting feng shui experts on this.

BUT on the bright side, look at it this way. at least now the merlion has a crown...or something like it. a half-crown.