Friday Escapade (15th Jan 2010)

Dear Fellow Colleagues,

Friday’s here again and the weekend is naturally also here again…………

QUOTE-OF-THE-WEEK

If you have been following the current Jay Leno – Conan O’Brien saga, you would have come across this extremely modest statement from Conan O’Brien :

“In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I’ve been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world with real problems, I’ve been absurdly lucky.”

STORY-OF-THE-WEEK

After Tiger, a Lion gets amorous
In a tale that has shades of the Tiger Woods saga, the wife of a Singaporean soccer star has come out in the open to reveal that her husband has many girlfriends.
Sin Chew Daily reported that the woman, known only as Sophia, had claimed that the list of her husband’s girlfriends was big enough to form a fan club.
Sophia, who is in her 20s, said she was naive to think that her husband would remain loyal to her when they married several years ago.
She was quoted by the newspaper as saying that the player brought a girlfriend home about a year after their marriage. He also dated a lounge guest relations officer (GRO) for about nine months.
The daily reported Sophia as saying that the GRO even posted intimate photos of her with her husband and claimed that he would soon divorce his wife. Sophia said her husband would receive SMSes throughout the night.
She said it was embarrassing for her and their children when people gossiped about the Lions star’s amorous activities.

POEMS-OF-THE-WEEK

1) This is inspired by the story above :

Tiger must be happy he’s not the only one that’s gone astray
Even a member of Obama’s team has gone out and play
In Singapore a man has a fan club of girlfriends he can’t keep at bay
Someone will suggest Polygamy is the way forward to save the day
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2) It’s winter in Europe and our friend Cheah is going to Spain tomorrow :
Tour is paid, bags are packed, everything is a breeze
Wait a minute, did you hear in Europe there is a freeze?
Weather is so cold, can’t even smile, can’t even say “cheese”
Cheah will look up to the sky and plead, “Give me some sunshine, please!”