on forced indoctrination of gaiety upon the younger generation...

Previous Saturday, was in church with a few friends playing the card game "Bang!". We separated after the Dawn prayer sessions, so there were two groups of us having breakfast at different locations.  So after a few calls and mis-communications, we decided to head back to church and play the game. Five of us, three in one group and two in the other.* Three of us reached earlier and  sat down in the tentage, to wait for the other two to arrive.

It so happened that the primary school opposite the church (just across the road) was having some sort of family day rehearsal. At least we thought that it was la, because it was playing over the Public Announcements (P.A.) system a very irritating song. A very, VERY irritating song. Basically it was on loop, playing over and over a 2 lines song, which goes like this:

"Happy, HAPPY family; Happy, HAPPY faMILEE,

We are HAPPY FAMILEEEEEEEEE...."

yes, it was a group song, sung by high-pitched children in this super forced spirit of gaiety. It was funny the first time we heard it. I've even lip-synced to the lyrics for a minute or two,  much to the mirth of my friends.

But after hearing it for the 5th time, we started to get irritated by it. By the 10th, the song has seriously put us in doubt of our sanity. We started to ask "Who in their right mind, will play this diabolical song, to brighten up other people's day??" We seriously don't think the kids will enjoy it. Think though they may be young, kids are actually quite sharp and smart these days, and won't be convinced by the forced happy singing.

Then we wondered if the song was played to make the parents happy. That notion only lasted 3 seconds, before being shot down by us, to the background playing of the 17th repetition of the song. We figured no sane adults would seriously love this song, unless they're hardcore fans of Teletubbies or Barney the Dinosaur.** And if they produce kids who sing like the kids in the song, they should seriously consider family planning, and do humanity a service by not having kids...

And so we turn back to the age old favourite reason, when things turn bad in life^, of saying "It must be the gah-men's fault". Yea, must be some secret conspiracy by the government, if not why would the school play it? And all is well for that little while, as we rest in the comfortable shade of the tentage, blaming our national leaders for a stupid song. yes, it don't make sense, but it did make our wait a little better...

Finally our friends arrived^^. One of the newly arrived friends remarked, "eh, how come the song keep playng one har?" To which another friend said, "Allo, you only here for 2 minutes you complained lioa. We've been here for 15-20 minutes leh!!" Then I started to do the lip-syncing again, which caused us to break out in laughter... Ah, what a glorious Saturday morning.

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Oh, sorry to those who are expecting some serious blog-entry, from the serious-sounding title of this entry. I just wanna "crap" after posting up the last few serious entries. May this brighten up your day.

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*or was it the other way round? no matter ... :p

** Incidentally, why is Barney the Dinosaur always having this BIG grin? My friend prepositioned that because deep down in Barney's heart, he's always seeing the little kids around him as food. That's what makes him so happy... 

^ to the 23rd repetition of ""Happy, HAPPY family; Happy, HAPPY faMILEE..."

^^ think the song hit the 38th repetition by then.