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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Mizunderstood - some 'little' jokes to brighten your day!

Here are some little ‘jokes’ that I want to share, based on real life experiences. Hopefully, they will brighten up more, your already brightened day!

For those who know me well, they'd know that I’ve been working in the field of Intellectual Property (IP), especially in patents, throughout almost my entire career life. Prior to working for the present company, I was with this IP firm called Michael Yeoh (not the real name).

Now, here’s a typical conversation that took place whenever I tried to explain to people (especially those I just met at functions not related to my job and I didn't bring my name cards), about the line of work that I do. Usually, it would start with the other person struggling to get my name right... sigh...

Person A: Hi! I'm A
Me: I'm Abdun..
Person A: Hi Abdul...
Me: No, not Abdul, but Abduuuuunnnnn (see how I pronounced my name as though reciting an Al Qur'an verse with tajwid Idgham Maal Ghunnah)
Person A: Errr... Sori, so, how to spell your name?
Me: It's A-B-D-U-N, with the N, not L...
Person A: I see, so, it's A-D-D....
Me: (thinking quietly) Are your trying to spell out the word ADDRESS?

So, after sorting that matter out, here's the next confusion that ensues:

Person A: So, where do you work?
Me: I work with this firm called Michael Yeoh.
Person A: Michelle Yeoh? The actress?
Me: No… no… Michael Yeoh … (emphasizing on the word ‘Michael’)
Person A: So, what does it do?
Me: It’s an IP firm…..
Person A: I see, so you are an IT person… you do computer programming?
Me: No, not IT, but IP…. Intellectual Property!
Person A: Property? So, the company builds condos or what?
Me: Intellectual Property is ‘Harta Intelek’ – you know those Trademark and Copyright stuffs… But I deal mainly with patent matters.
Person A: Patterns? You are a designer? You design clothing patterns?

Usually, at this point of time, I’d be too lazy to carry on with the conversation and tried to change the topic to something else, say… like the weather for instance. Now that I’m with a well known company, finally, whenever someone is asking me where I work now, I can simply say the name of the company, without being misunderstood by the other party.

Talk about being misundersood, my son, Ikhwan, despite his young age of just turning slightly over two years old, had been misunderstood by people too.

For a start, people always say Ikhwan looks like a Chinese. So, when Ikhwan grows up, he will probably get that a lot more (be mistaken as a Chinese). Someone might even straight away talk Chinese to him.

Ikhwan is also quite tall and big for his age. People have come to us thinking he's already 5 or 6 years old. The other day, when we were in the elevator at a shopping mall, with Ikhwan sitting in his stroller, another family walked in (a couple and their kid). Then, the mother said to her child, "Tengok abang tu, baik aja duduk dalam stroller," which means in English, "Look at that 'abang' - sitting so obediently in his stroller." (The direct translation for 'abang' would be 'older brother'. But the Malays also commonly use it to politely referring those who are presumably, slightly older)

One quick look at the couple's child, both my wife and I knew that he was way much older than Ikhwan. Heck! He no longer needed to rely on a stroller to go out with his parents.

Anyway, how about this as another joke? Enjoy... :-)

The new Chairman of the Company, Mr. Ikhwan Rasydan is ready to chair his first ever board meeting. Sitting 'stylishly' in his specially ordered chair, he poses for the camera before he commences with the meeting.

Suddenly, there is a sudden change in Mr. Chairman's expression. He's probably not happy with the way his photo is taken OR perhaps he doesn't like the ambience in the meeting room OR can it be due to the choice of refreshments for that day OR may be, he just wants the camera for himself?

The Board members are puzzled when suddenly Mr. Chairman broke into tears. They know that the meeting is probably going to be postponed now OR they will surely be next in line to get scolded after the photographer's turn. It's going to be a long day...:-)

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