Jokes and humor light up our life after a hard day work. Sometimes it makes sense for us to make jokes when things get tough in our daily routine. These are some of the jokes/humor that makes a difference in our life.
1. Confession of grandma. Malaysia is trying hard to promote medical tourism. Tourists come to Malaysia for holidays and at the same time seek medical help in our private hospitals. A long the way we earn extra income. A grandmother from England went Penang for such a purpose. After seeing 3 doctors, her problem was still unsolved. She later visited more doctors both in Melaka and Kuala Lumpur. She e-mailed her daughter saying, “After many doctors, I still have pain in the neck. What will I do?” The daughter coolly replied, “Mum, you are lucky. Seeing 10 doctors is better than meeting one coroner.”
2. The porter from Myanmar. A Malaysian rock star checked into a 5-star hotel in downtown Kuala Lumpur. Being young and famous, he wanted to show off his good fortune and wealth to the outside world. At the check in counter, he asked a porter to carry the luggage to his suite in the hotel. Coming from Myanmar, the porter had difficulty communicating in English. When the luggage was safely deposited in the closet, he asked the man what was the highest tip he received so far. Not knowing what it was, the porter just kept quiet. The rocker insisted, “Tell me how much.” Reluctantly, the porter replied, “100 ringgit sir.” The rocker took out a 100 ringgit bill and gave to the smiling porter. Curious at what he saw, the rocker asked, “How many of this tips you get so far?” “This is my first highest tip sir.” The conversation ended unceremoniously.
3. Life on the golf course. Malaysia can boast many golf courses throughout the length and breadth of the country. One such golf course is named Kelab Cinta Sayang, located up north the country. This club employed lady caddies, especially imported from the neighboring countries. Being professional, these cadies could give tips during putting time on the green. One afternoon a local golfer came to the club to play golf with 3 other friends. Since their wives were away on other business they decided to get the service of the lady cadies. Who knows, with right tips, they could get something extra when the game was over and done with! At the last hole, the golfer went into trouble. He had to put the ball up the slope 3 m long. After consulting the caddy and with usual style, he struck the ball. It slowly went up the slope and stopped a few mm short of the hole. The caddy said, “Kurang keras pak!”
4. A tale from the east coast. In the old days, the east coast state of Kelantan was not what you see today. In downtown Kota Bharu, some food courts employed the service of young Thai (then called Siam) ladies to lure clients. They could strike a conversation with the ladies, but touching was forbidden. Nowadays, we call these ladies GRO. One client from Kuala Lumpur who was in for the first time in Kota Bharu wanted to try his luck. He was naïve and just wanted to test his Kelantanese dialect. He said, “Mek mari sini.” The young Thai obligingly moved closer towards the man. Then he asked, “Mu Sie?” Without hesitate the Thai lady replied, “Sie boleh, male pun boleh.” That means any time of the day.
I know many of you are very busy and seriously working with your graduate students trying to finalize their papers worthy of submitting to high impact journals. I guess each day is a tough one. While working, you may want to take a break and read the jokes given above. It may light up your day. You know what? When you are sick, you need to take the right medicine. Joke is a good medicine to many people. As people say when the time gets tough, the tough get going. It happens all the time in academia.
