Nude photo scandal (again?) and a re-opening of an old case by a former Minister who was also involved in a err...sexy scandal....oh my! It's more interesting to read the newspaper nowadays than to watch tv! The Drama!
Oh well...whatever it is....life goes on....just recently I read an interesting book while lepakking in a big bookstore downtown (surprisingly I HAD the time to do such a thing!) It was more of a guide book actually, but written so full of wit and humor. It was a book on etiquette for men. I forgot the exact title - 'Mr Jones guide for men' or sumthing like that....It had a lot of advice such as How to suck up to your boss' , How to be a good boss and also How to go through a business lunch etc....I read it till there and then had to leave as my kids started to get bored of the place and kept whining to go elsewhere....But I truly enjoyed it and will definitely buy when I have an extra RM45 in my wallet to spend...
Etiquette lessons....that is what we ALL need nowadays...how to BEHAVE socially....with proper etiquette awarenes, we can relief our society from a lot of current ills such as:
- talking ever so loudly on the mobile phone in public, as if the other person is in China and you are not using a phone to talk to him.
- spitting everywhere so freely
- whistling or making chirping sounds when calling for a waiter
- cutting queues, be it on the roads or even to pay at a mamak stall
- walking into a lift or LRT before the passengers get out first
- and the line goes on and on..............
obviously people will say - this all depends on upbringing....I disagree, as naturally, humans like to immitate....especially among their peers.....so if the huge number of people in one society does the same thing or acts the same way, it is regarded as cool and unconciously it becomes a habit.....so if etiquette knowledge is added in, imagine how a calm and polite society we'll have?
well, that's just my humble, tiny little opinion.....now waiting for payday so I could go buy the book.....
