This author is currently on hiatus for the ignoble cause of mugging. The public is advised to remain calm, as this routine protocol has been shown to have no effect on one's violent tendencies in 96% of cases.
| Tuesday, July 17, 2007 |
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Haven't blogged about it yet, so here it is, photos and all =P So mrbrown came down to hci ytd to give us a talk, which was supposed to be on the theme "Singlish and Satire: they are the evil stepchildren of Literature, is it?" But as he frankly admits though, he's no literary expert, just "a practitioner of the craft", so the session ended up with him mostly just sharing his experiences with us, in singlish too! No literary discourse at all nor adherance to the slated topic for discussion. xD i think the OT/slim had too high an academic expectation of mrbrown, as much as he's from HCJC (just found this out ytd), lol. he's a comedian whose aim is just to make people laugh (or so he says), not a freaking professor or whatever. heck, that's his job itself - he largely relies on advertising sponsors to make a living. To sum it up, it was probably the most interesting talk we've had, but it would have been tons better had the topic not been so dry, even though they've tried to tweak it a little to sound more informal. Still, a great experience to be able to meet his witty self in person. And for a few photos, too. :3  - mrbrown talking about his most (in)famous article - the Today satire which got him sacked.  -and kiawee asking him about "red lightning", erps. =.= |
'Twas teh winnar at 11:25 pm.
