I read with interest the allegations on Sharon Bakar's and Jannah's blogs about a local artiste plagiarizing Roger McGough's poem called Cake.
I decided to write something about this topic as I am a huge fan of McGough myself. I first stumbled upon his work in one of Penguin's pocket book series, The State of Poetry and I am amazed by his poems. They are short and yet witty.
What was Natasha Hudson thinking when she decided to write and publish Kek Coklat?
Saya mahu satu kehidupan,
Kamu mahu sesuatu yang lain,
Kita tidak dapat makan kek coklat,
Jadi kita makan sesama diri.
And this is Roger McGough's Cake:
i wanted one life
you wanted another
we couldn't have our cake
so we ate each other.
McGough's piece is genius and Natasha simply spoiled it with her direct translation plus the additional chocolate flavour. Hope Natasha understands that the cake in the original piece does not mean the 'real cake' but instead means a share in something (as in the idiom 'a piece of pie').
For an aspiring poet like her, plagiarism is simply not the smartest thing to do.
Is blogging has reached its climax and coming to an end already?
AhPek thinks blogging is not going anywhere except circle around Malaysia while Wuching finds blogging isn't fun anymore.
I guess the main factor that kills our interest in blogging is paid post. It deviates our main intention in blogging (before people starts blogging for money) from being personal and informative to money making. And not to mention that it kills our page ranks overnight.
Perhaps we should go back to the basic. Just like the show Doogie Howser MD, Neil Patrick Harris who ended the show by using his computer to write weekly journal entries. And it's always about his own feelings and experiences. That's the part where all of us viewers back then looking forward to.
Now, I'm thinking, blogging on weekly basis might be a good idea.
Wow, time flies and what's more exciting than celebrating a brand new year with the first Grand Slam starting tomorrow.
Prediction for 2008 Australian Open winners? What prediction? There's no prediction needed here because the winners for men and women categories will definitely go to Roger Federer and Justine Henin.
Top five men's seeds at the 2008 Australian Open: top seed Roger Federer (L) of Switzerland, Rafael Nadal (2nd L) of Spain, Novak Djokovic (C) of Serbia, Nikolay Davydenko (2nd R) of Russia and David Ferrer (R) of Spain.
Top five women's seeds at the 2008 Australian Open: top seed Justin Henin (L) of Belgium, second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova (2nd L) of Russia, third seed Jelena Jankovic (C) of Servia, fourth seed Ana Ivanovic of Servia and fifth seed Maria Sharapova (R) of Russia.
I'm just worried about Rafael Nadal as he is still using straps for his knees during his training. Hopefully it's just a preventive method to avoid injury before the tournament.
And talking about Nadal, in the recent months, a lot of people actually come into my blog after searching for Nadal's naked picture, which of course will only lead to their disappointment. Guys and girls, there's no such picture, okay. But there are thousands of shirtless pictures though.
Here are some shirtless pictures of some of the top tennis players. Eye candy for you before the Grand Slam starts tomorrow.
Okay, these pictures look weird. Hope these are not another photoshopped pictures to make Nadal looks like a beast.
Marat Safin's game might be going down hill but his photos are always sought after by the cameramen.
Andy Roddick looks like a winner, doesn't he? And he proves it at the Kooyong Classic.
They say Andy Murray is one of the smartest players but he is definitely not smart enough when it comes to hair grooming.
I'll pass Fernando Verdasco.
According to Novak Djokovic, he thinks Paradorn Srichaphan has one of the best body on the ATP tour. Well, I don't think so. Arnaud Clement, the world #54, looks way better than many of these players.
(All pictures are from Getty Images except for the last two.)
What was Natasha Hudson thinking when she decided to write and publish Kek Coklat?
