Daily Heart Evening News Bulletin Broadcast
Shovo Shonda. Good Evening. This is the whatever-time-it-is-where-you-are News Bulletin and I’m your presenter… Gwen "Yo!".
We begin our bulletin with the latest from the Tsunami Aftermath. Reports from the Daily Star (the only English International Newspaper available at the Drik Office.) have come in of several cases of rape, theft, and child trafficking from Aceh, Indonesia. Many of these criminals are taking advantage of the chaos caused by the earthquake & tsunami to, well, take advantage of the empty homes, the homeless women and the orphaned children. Our Dhaka correspondent, Goan "Yo!", has more.
“Yes, Gwen. This is a real outrage. Although to our listeners back home, it may not be such a big fuss, since we are only the next-door-neighbours to Indonesia. We are definitely more concerned about our own children going missing for 24 hours after the Huang Na incident. Parents are getting paranoid about their own children, but are not bothered about others. Perhaps this is why Singaporean children nowadays are getting so spoilt and arrogant and are being mean to their own teachers. But I was once a teacher and my mum still is, so don’t take my word for it.”
“But I can assure you, Gwen, children all over the world, at least those that I have seen here in Dhaka, are extremely adorable. Take for instance, Noyl (son of housekeeper Mothi) and Abas (son of Malu and Koli who stay at Pathshala). They are always playing together on the rooftop of Pathshala. All the toys they got is a toy gun that makes noise, and they couldn’t be happier if they had the entire Toys R Us in their rooms. Then there is Al amin, who works at the Chitroshala (developing shop outside Pathshala), he’s slightly older but is very independent and speaks good English. Not to mention the little boy peddling 'badoom' (peanuts) at the street. He stared at me with those cute little eyes, and I couldn't help buying from him. I paid 4 takas for peanuts!! There’s also the little boy who serves coffee at DrikCafe but for the life of me, I can’t remember his name. He calculates the bill in his head, never spills a coffee or drops a plate, and covers the tea with a saucer when he sees that the person who is going to drink the coffee is not around. Could Singaporean kids do that? Sure… But would they? Not if their parents won’t let them. (Which is what happens…) There’s even two young boys minding a street stall next to the lake. When we walked pass, they shouted the only English phrase they knew… ‘Good Morning!’ Adorable? You bet. Utterly endearing.”
That is great, Goan! I’m sure the readers will agree with you. So, the next time you parents want to protect your kid from something, first ponder if you should protect them from yourselves. You could be cramping their potential and adorability factor.
Music~
We interrupt this news bulletin with a traffic update from our Traffic Expert, Gwon "Yo!". She is considered an expert because she rides the Mishu to work every morning (squished between Shalini and Jess), rode a cab and CNG once each, and has ridden countless rickshaws and has learnt the art of not feeling like you are about to fall off.
"This is some essential news for all who plan to come to Dhaka on a holiday. After 9.30pm, take a cab. Do not take a CNG (a vehicle that uses Compressed Natural Gas and has 'CNG' written on it). According to Shalini, there is a high chance that mugging will occur as some drivers are in cahoots with muggers. This transport expert would not really know because she has not been out so late before, and has not been mugged either. She also hopes never to be mugged."
"If you are coming to visit Dhaka, please bring along a Bengali speaking friend. It will prove invaluable, as would a good road map (non-existent here in Dhaka)."
"Also, there is a little technique to sitting in a rickshaw that will prove invaluable to all. Press your feet on the rods behind the seat of the rickshaw driver. In case of sudden braking (very frequent in heavy traffic), you can save yourself from falling out. Also, to get rid of the fear of falling off during a turn, tuck your shoulder on the inside of the hood thing. Then the centripetal force can't throw you off."
"Try to know where you are going before getting into a rickshaw without the help of a Bangla speaking friend, cos you will feel bad when the driver gets utterly lost together with you. And when your friend is a real humanitarian, she would gladly double the bargained price and you have to stop her before she gives all her money away to all the locals"
"Lastly, if you are going to sit in a Mishu, try to squeeze 3 in it. It saves money, and definitely squeezes your butt smaller."
"That's all for traffic update!"
Music~
Now for personal news. The precious resources of Dhaka has once again been leeched by a particular slacker in Drik agency, who spent some time surfing the web, checking mail and playing a bomberman-like game. But she leeched a little less than yesterday. Left with no work to do, she went to visit Amin (photographer) in the studio to see his portfolio and learnt some photoshop tricks of the trade. She also exchanged some knowledge of getting proper exposures for studio shoots. Later on, she bugged Atiq to teach her how to retouch photos and even learnt about a program called photo stitch that puts together panoramic photos digitally. Lastly, she visited two galleries to see the art exhibition of renowned Bangladeshi painter Zairul Abedin. Now, she is a huge fan and expert curator of his work. It has indeed been a hard day's work for her.
Finally, we want to thank our dear sponsors for making this bulletin possible. The main funder, Mr "Yo!", who commented that when he reads these bulletins, it makes him feel that this presenter is next to him. The positive comments given by super critic & only commenter Mr Soh-Sue-Me have been a great encouragement to the Main Editor & Scriptwriter (Me again). Also, the letters coming from fans have fanned this Editor's urge to write. The crew of Daily Heart sends their warmest thanks to all who have been reading (in between lessons & fyps). We will keep on presenting all the news fit to broadcast for as long as possible.
We begin our bulletin with the latest from the Tsunami Aftermath. Reports from the Daily Star (the only English International Newspaper available at the Drik Office.) have come in of several cases of rape, theft, and child trafficking from Aceh, Indonesia. Many of these criminals are taking advantage of the chaos caused by the earthquake & tsunami to, well, take advantage of the empty homes, the homeless women and the orphaned children. Our Dhaka correspondent, Goan "Yo!", has more.
“Yes, Gwen. This is a real outrage. Although to our listeners back home, it may not be such a big fuss, since we are only the next-door-neighbours to Indonesia. We are definitely more concerned about our own children going missing for 24 hours after the Huang Na incident. Parents are getting paranoid about their own children, but are not bothered about others. Perhaps this is why Singaporean children nowadays are getting so spoilt and arrogant and are being mean to their own teachers. But I was once a teacher and my mum still is, so don’t take my word for it.”
“But I can assure you, Gwen, children all over the world, at least those that I have seen here in Dhaka, are extremely adorable. Take for instance, Noyl (son of housekeeper Mothi) and Abas (son of Malu and Koli who stay at Pathshala). They are always playing together on the rooftop of Pathshala. All the toys they got is a toy gun that makes noise, and they couldn’t be happier if they had the entire Toys R Us in their rooms. Then there is Al amin, who works at the Chitroshala (developing shop outside Pathshala), he’s slightly older but is very independent and speaks good English. Not to mention the little boy peddling 'badoom' (peanuts) at the street. He stared at me with those cute little eyes, and I couldn't help buying from him. I paid 4 takas for peanuts!! There’s also the little boy who serves coffee at DrikCafe but for the life of me, I can’t remember his name. He calculates the bill in his head, never spills a coffee or drops a plate, and covers the tea with a saucer when he sees that the person who is going to drink the coffee is not around. Could Singaporean kids do that? Sure… But would they? Not if their parents won’t let them. (Which is what happens…) There’s even two young boys minding a street stall next to the lake. When we walked pass, they shouted the only English phrase they knew… ‘Good Morning!’ Adorable? You bet. Utterly endearing.”
That is great, Goan! I’m sure the readers will agree with you. So, the next time you parents want to protect your kid from something, first ponder if you should protect them from yourselves. You could be cramping their potential and adorability factor.
Music~
We interrupt this news bulletin with a traffic update from our Traffic Expert, Gwon "Yo!". She is considered an expert because she rides the Mishu to work every morning (squished between Shalini and Jess), rode a cab and CNG once each, and has ridden countless rickshaws and has learnt the art of not feeling like you are about to fall off.
"This is some essential news for all who plan to come to Dhaka on a holiday. After 9.30pm, take a cab. Do not take a CNG (a vehicle that uses Compressed Natural Gas and has 'CNG' written on it). According to Shalini, there is a high chance that mugging will occur as some drivers are in cahoots with muggers. This transport expert would not really know because she has not been out so late before, and has not been mugged either. She also hopes never to be mugged."
"If you are coming to visit Dhaka, please bring along a Bengali speaking friend. It will prove invaluable, as would a good road map (non-existent here in Dhaka)."
"Also, there is a little technique to sitting in a rickshaw that will prove invaluable to all. Press your feet on the rods behind the seat of the rickshaw driver. In case of sudden braking (very frequent in heavy traffic), you can save yourself from falling out. Also, to get rid of the fear of falling off during a turn, tuck your shoulder on the inside of the hood thing. Then the centripetal force can't throw you off."
"Try to know where you are going before getting into a rickshaw without the help of a Bangla speaking friend, cos you will feel bad when the driver gets utterly lost together with you. And when your friend is a real humanitarian, she would gladly double the bargained price and you have to stop her before she gives all her money away to all the locals"
"Lastly, if you are going to sit in a Mishu, try to squeeze 3 in it. It saves money, and definitely squeezes your butt smaller."
"That's all for traffic update!"
Music~
Now for personal news. The precious resources of Dhaka has once again been leeched by a particular slacker in Drik agency, who spent some time surfing the web, checking mail and playing a bomberman-like game. But she leeched a little less than yesterday. Left with no work to do, she went to visit Amin (photographer) in the studio to see his portfolio and learnt some photoshop tricks of the trade. She also exchanged some knowledge of getting proper exposures for studio shoots. Later on, she bugged Atiq to teach her how to retouch photos and even learnt about a program called photo stitch that puts together panoramic photos digitally. Lastly, she visited two galleries to see the art exhibition of renowned Bangladeshi painter Zairul Abedin. Now, she is a huge fan and expert curator of his work. It has indeed been a hard day's work for her.
Finally, we want to thank our dear sponsors for making this bulletin possible. The main funder, Mr "Yo!", who commented that when he reads these bulletins, it makes him feel that this presenter is next to him. The positive comments given by super critic & only commenter Mr Soh-Sue-Me have been a great encouragement to the Main Editor & Scriptwriter (Me again). Also, the letters coming from fans have fanned this Editor's urge to write. The crew of Daily Heart sends their warmest thanks to all who have been reading (in between lessons & fyps). We will keep on presenting all the news fit to broadcast for as long as possible.
posted by thebemusedphotog @ 6:00 PM
3 Comments:
Question is, who is Mr soh-sue-me? I wanna get to know him =) that's one of my fav phrases.... Can't be me right? nah....
"The crew of Daily Heart sends their warmest thanks to all who have been reading (in between lessons & fyps)" --> ahemm..... r u thinking what i'm thinking? goodness....
No Ivfern... It's not you... it's someone who has a surname Soh.. and he used to be the only one who commented on my blogs...
and yes... you know what i'm talking about
Who is this Zairul Abedin artist? How did you find out about the exhibition?
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