hard truths - soft approach

everyday you can see mm lee's face on the newspaper, apparently to push sale of the book 'hard truths' - interviews of mm by st reporters. in fact, it's mm's way of saying to the world, i'm not gone. i'm still here, don't take me as if i'm a goner.

today's lunch lohe in occ, the man sitting opposite him said, "mm very smart, i read the book, he could answer all questions so eloquently, without batting an eyelid. i really respect him."

he said, "that's supsupsui for mm. he had been asked so many times the same questions, even if you ask him in his sleep, he could still tell you his answers, without even lifting an eyelid."

the man said, " i respect him for saying that he wanted the parliament to demolish his house once he's gone."

"oh.... read carefully what he said... he said, he went england and india and saw that shakespeare's house and nehru's house were not well kept, and left in run-down state. so he's hinting that he doesn't want his house to be in the same state, once he's gone. if the state thinks that it's expansive to maintain it, might as well demolish. what do you think the state will do? demolish it?"

ahlian said, " no lah.... he doesn't want his house to be maintained by the state after he's gone. he would rather demolish it and leave the land to his kids, not to the state. that piece of big land will worth millions...."

"my daughter said she read the book, and said, it's boring."

"ha! that's whom the book is for, the young people. he wanted them to know the hard truths.... looks like he should have done some marketing to soften the hard feelings of the young towards the old generation."

"how?"

"put the book onto ipad, and hold a competition, like a quiz for those who have read it and give out prizes for winners, ipads, iphones, ipods.... and ipussy."

"ipussy?"

"oh...it's the latest gadget from apple.... ipod, iphone, ipad.... now ipussy."

"what's ipussy for?"

"it's where you put your ipad on."