FOREWORD

This story, aka, humour is just a story I got from a book in 1986. Some of the content has been change. This story is actually most suitable for some asian people cause there are some words which are foreign to some. Words in bracket are the true meaning in English. I hope it's ok.

And one more thing, the names of the character are food names in Malaysia. Sorry if some couldn't understand what are they but enjoy.

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"HI SAG," said Chendol. "Nice to see you after such a long time,"

"What do you mean, 'long time'?" Sag said.

"It's been more than one year since the last time I saw you," said Chendol pulling up a stool.

"What are you talking about?" Sag said. "I saw you only last week."

"Yah, that's right," said Chendol. "But last week was 2006, today is 2007 already. Therefore since I last see you it is one year. Get it?"

Sag sighed. "Ay Chendol bladdy idyat," he said.

"That is a lousy stale joke and I been hearing it for two hundred years already."

"Yah, but you are so stupid that you kena(get) caught by it again."

"I didn't think that you would be stupid enough to get trapped by it," said Chendol.

"Okay, so you are stupid, I am stupid, are you satisfied?"

"Ay, shut up lah you two fellas," said Goyang. "This is the new year already. If you start it by talking stupid things, then all the year you will be saying stupid things."

"Who told you that?" Chendol demanded.

"Your sister," said Goyang.

"I don't have sister!" said Chendol triumphantly.

"Okay, then your grandfather."

"My grandfather died long time ago!"

"Ah shut up lah, you whole life talk damn stupid. When you were born, your mother look at your face and regret."

"Okay, cut it out!" said Hutch. "What's the matter with you fellas? You grow older but no wiser."

"Hutch is right," said Mayfair. "We better do some thing about ourselves."

"What do you mean?" Ketupat said.

"We are always sitting here at this makan(eating) stall drinking coffee and talking and talking and drinking coffee. Or we are playing football. But how long can we go on doing this?"

"As long as the makan(eating) stall is here," said Piring.

"Ay you shut up lah, small boy!" said Mayfair.

"You're always interrupting with nonsense."

"One day," said Hutch. "We are going to get older. Get married and all that. Children and all that. Can we go on sitting here every night like this?"

"I am not going to get married," said Ketupat. "Too much trouble. I hate children. Damn noisy. Always ask money. Always cry. Always make trouble. Cannot climb bus properly. Enter cinema and make noise because they want to go home. Fail exams…."

"You are such a pessimist," said Sag. "If everybody think like you, the world sure to lose the human race."

"Why are all of you so boring?" said the ice-water girl.

"Other people celebrate New Year but you all make it so sad."

"Other people celebrate New Year because they don't have YOU around," said Sag.

"Don't kachor(disturb) her," said Goyang. "She's right."

"Sure she's right," said Chendol. "You are tackling her that's why she is right. Your type of people is the worst type. The moment you get a girlfriend, you forget your old friends. Why?"

"Because I can hold hand with her and I cannot hold hand with you," said Goyang. "Are you satisfied now?"

"Traitor!"

"Yes, so what?"

"What we need," said Sag, "is some good resolutions."

"What do we need revolutions for?" said Chendol.

"I said RESOLUTIONS!" Sag said.

"What's that?"