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07 August 2007
Short Talk:
Word going around is that the seat of Kuching South mayorship is cursed.
Of the three previous mayors that we had, one went bankrupt, one had a stroke, and the last one passed away while still in office. Goodbye Mr Mayor.
Another Reason For Kuching's Slow Development
Last time, I found out the reason why Kuching was developing so slowly when I encountered this road sign.
A few years have passed since then, but it seems like the construction firms here still haven't learnt their lesson. As I was driving down the road today, I came across this other road sign.

Note to construction companies: I reckon your building is gonna take a loooong time to complete if only one man is working on it.
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66 Comments:
LMAO! Seriously!
Posted by: Colin T. at 07 August 2007 1:13 AM | Link to comment
no work all play
Posted by: pig at 07 August 2007 1:14 AM | Link to comment
Maybe it's a one-man 'Men at Work' tribute show.
Posted by: Stevo the Ang Moh at 07 August 2007 1:14 AM | Link to comment
now that's just funny..
Posted by: Yurneric at 07 August 2007 1:18 AM | Link to comment
hahahahah this entry was a good one! lol :p
but are construction signs typically like that?
Posted by: pearl at 07 August 2007 1:20 AM | Link to comment
Self-made signs. A waste of time and a showcase for ignorance. LOL.
Posted by: RaeLynn at 07 August 2007 1:30 AM | Link to comment
the people are really working on the reconstruction of the road to matang though. around 1+am. before i got back i was there since my friend who had an accident had to be sent home. he lives there. going to bed now =)
Posted by: I_Love_Connie at 07 August 2007 2:27 AM | Link to comment
hoho~ just read your tulan entry about the infringement of the first photo u have up there... now another 1 eh? hahaha... can i send to the star and earn ur RM50? >.
Posted by: peter phang at 07 August 2007 2:27 AM | Link to comment
this time, SEND THE PICTURE TO THE PRESS URSELF. AND HIGHLIGHT THE MISTAKE.
SRY MY CAPS LOCK JUST BROKEN
Posted by: adrian at 07 August 2007 2:29 AM | Link to comment
LOL
Posted by: meibin at 07 August 2007 2:41 AM | Link to comment
Muahahahhaa... only in Kuching can see this kind of things :P
Posted by: maverick at 07 August 2007 2:56 AM | Link to comment
dude, i don't even see any of the "work" being done yet anywhere near the signboard. I believe the work was to chop the weeds there :P
Posted by: Gadiy at 07 August 2007 3:22 AM | Link to comment
At least they have a job and still working...
Posted by: nileey at 07 August 2007 6:21 AM | Link to comment
应该是"Slow, Men At Work"。
第二张照片就让我很好奇,真的只有一个人工作?
Haha, anyway... Malaysian signboards are pretty "meaningful" since some of them are being direct translated from another language.
Posted by: 思斌 at 07 August 2007 6:59 AM | Link to comment
LOL ~~
Posted by: Yeti at 07 August 2007 7:47 AM | Link to comment
I'm kinda confused who put the "Slow men at work" sign there..
The boss or... the citizens ?
Posted by: Seizhin at 07 August 2007 7:55 AM | Link to comment
Hahaha. I don't see anyone there working at all. Lol.
Posted by: karyn531 at 07 August 2007 8:28 AM | Link to comment
Aw Kenny, give them a break. You make grammatical mistakes yourself :)... even in the very sentence u criticize them with! ---> I think your building is gonna take a loooong time to finish if you sent only one man to work on it. ---> it should be "send" dude hehe...
Posted by: stargazer at 07 August 2007 8:39 AM | Link to comment
Aiyar.. NOT all construction firms in Kch like tat mar.. suay-suay u only see those low-budget companies nia. Think about TPK, not the type of person u'd wanna meet, but he's bloody fast lor. Anyway, a good one there Kenny..
Posted by: saboon at 07 August 2007 8:53 AM | Link to comment
lol ... funny signboards =D
Posted by: decayed-angel at 07 August 2007 8:58 AM | Link to comment
Oics.... just one MAN working... that company is either going into bankruptcy or they are just plain stingy.... LOL
Posted by: Dwinz at 07 August 2007 9:43 AM | Link to comment
LMAO! Submit to the Star newspaper and you'll win!
Posted by: Jyi at 07 August 2007 9:54 AM | Link to comment
funny post =D
Posted by: kenjisan at 07 August 2007 10:15 AM | Link to comment
when are they going to put up women at work?
Posted by: Nicole at 07 August 2007 10:18 AM | Link to comment
hahaha... soon Nicole..
Posted by: ahlost at 07 August 2007 10:51 AM | Link to comment
actually u should be glad since they are using english...
Posted by: rawpotato at 07 August 2007 10:57 AM | Link to comment
Man at work, cutting cost lar... can't afford to pay too many workers so one man working enuf lor and nicole, why do u think women shoud be at work? to replace men at work? so ridiculous!
Posted by: justanordinaryperson at 07 August 2007 12:12 PM | Link to comment
yeah kuching. development's so slow and with the passing away of the mayor... is the position really cursed ah?
Posted by: pau at 07 August 2007 12:52 PM | Link to comment
i hate kuching
Posted by: I'm A Chicken With No Name. BWAK BWAK BWAK! at 07 August 2007 12:56 PM | Link to comment
LOL!!!HAVE A NICE DAY!
Posted by: HORNY ANG MOH at 07 August 2007 1:33 PM | Link to comment
lol..the picture that someone sent into the star and won rm50...and that someone is not you... wakakaz...
Posted by: AT at 07 August 2007 3:00 PM | Link to comment
LOL...no wonder so uulu~
Posted by: Jason at 07 August 2007 3:54 PM | Link to comment
When there are a group of 'men' they are slow at work, when they are not so slow, its only 1 'man'!! Hahaha, that is hillarious! Its not only Kuching lah, btw, the whole of M'sia is like that... :P
Posted by: Russ at 07 August 2007 4:42 PM | Link to comment
at the least, people can still figure out what those words really mean amidst the jokes n laughter.
Posted by: peppersalt at 07 August 2007 4:49 PM | Link to comment
mild.
Posted by: skim at 07 August 2007 5:45 PM | Link to comment
好笑~
Posted by: 杉 at 07 August 2007 6:02 PM | Link to comment
you rocks kenny!
Posted by: NoT at 07 August 2007 7:09 PM | Link to comment
hahaha u changed the last sentence bcos i pointed out the grammatical error?
Posted by: stargazer at 07 August 2007 7:23 PM | Link to comment
sub contractors maybe ?
Posted by: birdflu at 07 August 2007 7:35 PM | Link to comment
haha
Posted by: voon at 07 August 2007 7:51 PM | Link to comment
Language blunders :)
I told my lecturer today about the PUKI bank here in Brisbane, she laughed out so loudly in lecture.
Posted by: fuizaibing at 07 August 2007 8:38 PM | Link to comment
I bet she's gonna put up the slide next week haha.
Enjoy the rest of the week, Kenny.
Posted by: fuizaibing at 07 August 2007 8:40 PM | Link to comment
you never know if this ain't hulk working there, so better don't open your mouth too far kenny sia!
Posted by: I'm A Chicken With No Name. BWAK BWAK BWAK! at 07 August 2007 10:32 PM | Link to comment
there are those that combine the two...
Slow Man At Work.
Yay
Posted by: cameron at 07 August 2007 10:47 PM | Link to comment
Lamely funny.
cameron:
SLOW MAN AT WORK
Now that's the bomb!
Posted by: leongsoon at 07 August 2007 10:51 PM | Link to comment
Haha! Funny.. 1 Person doing the works! Gosh write in and suggest they hire more pple.
Posted by: HB at 08 August 2007 12:37 AM | Link to comment
LOL! Maybe a group of ah gongs were working there. slow men at work..
Posted by: aiman at 08 August 2007 12:40 AM | Link to comment
lol~kenny!
you never fail to make me laughing my sss off!
XD
Posted by: BWLH at 08 August 2007 2:57 AM | Link to comment
this is the 2 in 1 sign asking to slow down traffic as work is ahead u all dummies.
Posted by: kuching contractor at 08 August 2007 8:26 AM | Link to comment
I thought you posted this post Before? I though i saw it some where in this blog...
Posted by: serene at 08 August 2007 8:40 AM | Link to comment
kenny, want some funy thing? u go to the stationary shop along ban hock road, near EON Bank, there's a shop that sells COCK for around RM3! ROFL!!!
i saw at the cupboard bag, written: "COCK, Rm3+", but i can't remember how much though.
i really paiseh to shot the word with my fone coz the old man shopkeeper is there. but still, that's a WIN! ^^
Posted by: don^don at 08 August 2007 8:56 AM | Link to comment
What could be worst??
SLOW MAN AT WORK.
Posted by: S.O at 08 August 2007 9:38 AM | Link to comment
At least they put up a sign to tell u they are slow.
Here in KK, they need no sign board and everyone knows they are behide scadule.
..such as the stupid fly over which took 4 years to built (and still undone!).
Posted by: Mikey at 08 August 2007 11:22 AM | Link to comment
nice one! ehehe
btw, can someone pls tell me what's LMAO?
Posted by: Setoberi at 08 August 2007 1:12 PM | Link to comment
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Posted by: jiun at 08 August 2007 1:29 PM | Link to comment
woah. you really look into such things ar. lol.
anyway the signs are funny. we don't find such amusing stuffs in singapore though lol.
Posted by: jmmm at 08 August 2007 3:07 PM | Link to comment
Ha ha..
That were they grammar mistake..
sometimes grammar really bring lots of trouble
i remember around ten years ago, i had read a magazine, it mentioned there are some famous tourism place. The one that i remember was the the temple at Thailand, the temple management set a notice to inform visitor to take off the shoes before enter the temple. The notice was like this, "PLEASE TAKE OFF BEFORE YOU GO IN". What does it meant? DOes it meant you have to take off your clothes and walk in nakedly?
Another new that i had read was Singapore Lianhe Wanbao: Since the Olympic is getting near, most of the Beijing restaurant have change their meal menu to bilanguage. BUt they have did some mistake for the menu. For example: Gong Pao Ji Ding they called it as Goverment Abuse Chicken, Tong Zi Ji they called it Chicken Without Sexual Life, Ma Po Beancurd called as Beancurd Made By A Pock Marked Woman.
Oh my god, these prove that we have to be careful when using English.
He He...
Posted by: B3NJ@M!N at 08 August 2007 5:16 PM | Link to comment
i think what they are trying to say is , slow down your car (cause the signboard is at the roadside), man at work.
Posted by: rennette at 09 August 2007 12:53 AM | Link to comment
>>>SETEOBERI, LMAO IS LAUGH MY ASS OUT, HAHAHHA
Posted by: rennette at 09 August 2007 12:55 AM | Link to comment
Thanks Rennette... LMAO..!!
Posted by: Setoberi at 09 August 2007 9:45 AM | Link to comment
haha that is hilarious.. even tho its abit lame.
Posted by: el-man at 09 August 2007 11:41 PM | Link to comment
lolz... i've seen a road sign which said
SLOW
MANAT
WORK
and another
SLOW
MAN AT
WROK
goodness me.. i wonder what the tourist say when they read the sign.. so embaressing...
Posted by: Bah bah black sheep at 10 August 2007 6:12 PM | Link to comment
Don't worry about the tourists. A lot of ang mohs have pretty horrible English too. I've been in the US for 7 years and some of the handwritten/handpainted signs can make you faint.
Posted by: megabigblur at 11 August 2007 11:55 AM | Link to comment
lol now thats funny :D
Posted by: Dunstan at 19 August 2007 10:46 PM | Link to comment
i noticed this as well
Posted by: audrey at 22 October 2007 3:57 PM | Link to comment
LOL!!! One man at work. Ha ha!
Posted by: Someone at 17 November 2007 8:34 PM | Link to comment


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