The famous journalist,renowned for his hands gestures from TV3, made his appearance here in Dublin. Although I had wanted to go and at least shake the hands that rocked the Bulletin Utama TV3, I didn't. They had the "Unity and Environment Talk " or something like that, and Mr Karam Singh and Prof Dato' Dr Khoo Kay Kim was the invited speaker. Almost everyone was talking about Mr SIngh coming, but not of Prof? Why? Because we are typically Malaysian!!MIahaha...

Here, presented to you, not the speech from the talk, but,his words of wisdom, or so to speak.(which I got off from Friendster)


PEPATAH POWER KARAM SINGH WALIA
1. Kemana tumpahnya kuah kalau tidak ke
bawah. (where else would the gravy fall, if not down?!)

2. Tak lapuk dek hujan, tak lekang macam
rambutan

3. Tiada rotan, pelempang berguna juga (If there's no cane, a slap would be usefOOL)

4. Biar lambat asalkan tak cepat (better late then not fast!?)

5. Biar putih tulang, jangan kuning gigi (let the bones be white, not the teeth,stained.)

6. Di mana ada gula di situ adalah gula-gula(where there's sugar, there's sugar-sugar)

7. Kalah jadi abu, menang jadi arang,
seri jadi abu bakar (lost becomes Abu, win becomes Coal,alamak seri in English apa aa??!)

8. Carik-carik bulu ayam, lama-lama jadi
shuttlecock (pull pull chicken feather, later on become shuttlecock)

9. Secupak takkan jadi 18 cupak (aiyoyo what is secupak in english?!!)

10. Gajah mati meninggalkan gading,
udang harimau mati
meninggalkankulit, manusia mati
meninggal dunia (elephant dies and leaves his ivory,shrimp tiger(does it exist?), dies and leaves it skin,human, just dies!)

11. Sedangkan lidah lagi tergigit,
inikan pula makanan di
dalam mulut. (tongue gets bitten,what more if it's food?!)

12. Harapkan pagar, pagar tidak boleh
diharap (rely on the fence, fence cannot be relied)

13. Alang-alang mandi biar guna sabun

14. Berapa berat mata memandang, berat
lagi seguni beras

15. Cubit paha kanan, paha kiri tak rasa
apa-apa pun (pinch you right thigh, you left thigh doesnt feel anything!)

16. Diam-diam ubi berisi, diam-diam
orang... . bisu (quiet quiet potato filled, quiet quite, you are deaf!)

17. Hidup segan mati di tanam (

18. Ikut hati mati, ikut rasa merasa

19. Lembu punya susu cap teko dapat nama (cow's milk, but Cap Teko gets the name

20. Sehari selambar benang lama-lama
benang habis

21. Jika kail panjang sejengkal, beli le
yang panjang sikit kalau
nak ngail di laut. (beli la pukat tunda
lagi baik)

22. Hendak seribu daya, tak hendak tak apa

23. Membujur lalu melintang pukang

24. Hujan emas di negeri orang, hujan
batu di negeri sendiri,
lebih baik hari tak hujan (golden rain in other country, stony rain in our won country, better if its not raining)

25. Sebab pulut santan binasa, sebab
mulut habis pulut (because of sticky rice,coconut milk spoils, because of the mouth, the sticky rice finish..hahahha..a very direct translation)

26. Kecil-kecil cili padi, kecil lagi
biji cili (small small paddy chilli(bird eye chilli), chilli seed is smaller lah weyh)

27. Kalau sudi katakan sudi, kalau tak
sudi boleh blah!! (if yes, say yes, if no, go to hell)

So anyone, has better than that? Feel free to submit..Ala, so difficult lah to translate.anyone care to help??