Singapore newspapers are like Mid-Day. On steriods. They start at 40 pages, and weigh about a kilo, and look as if they’ve been written by earnest and well-meaning twelve year old students.
Check out this dreamlike prose, from a The New Paper article on an awards ceremony.
Superstitions and lucky charms were abound as the stars crossed their fingers for a chance to go home with one of the blown-glass trophies.
Bryan, 34, credited his Best Comedy Performer and Top Ten Most Popular Male Artiste wins to his red underwear.
He even yanked out the top part of his red underwear from underneath his pants to show reporters backstage.
A gleeful Bryan said: “My fengshui adviser called me up this morning to tell me that I must wear red underwear because red is my lucky colour today. So I rushed down to Hereen to specially buy a pair. He also said I should visit someone in the east, so I went all the way back to the east to my sister’s home, changed into the red underwear, before heading here (to MediaCorp).”Meanwhile, Yifeng thought her red hair- which she had dyed just that morning- could have brought her luck.
And of course, Kym helped too.
“I’ve never won anything in my life, not in any contest whatsoever, but Kym came to me this morning, and grabbed my breasts saying that she was passing all her ‘power’ to me,” said Yifeng.
“I must really thank her. If not for her deliberately playing bimbo all the time, how can I show off my smarts?”.
Cheap guy, Singapore seems to be as shady as India wonly.
This is sub-TOI level da. Reminds me of the writers who write for The Hindu supplements. Sheesh.
i luv red panties
Macha I am planning to buy local editions/ versions of Seventeen and Maxim da. If main newspaper level are like this then depths of cheapness of fluff have to be seen to believed.
Actually, The New Paper cannot even qualify as a newspaper, it is an “Advertising Supplement” offered free at stores.
If you want to see really shady newspapers, read the Straits Times.
The free supplement is Today, ass. The New Paper is 70 cents.