Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Stampede in Java..





21 ladies died in this stampede in Central Java in their scramble to get 30,000 rupiah of zakat fitrah (tithes) each, given away by a rich businessman.


And these girls get 100,000 rupiah each in tips for keeping us company for five hours, carrying our clubs, showing the line and cleaning our 'balls'.


Selamat berpuasa..

4 comments:

boy from dungun said...

Yes, very sad event in East Java. You're not suggesting those ladies in photo 2 to become caddies instead? Looking at photo 1, the criteria to become caddies over there looks quite stringent!
Btw, the caption below photo 3 meant to say cleaning your golf balls, I hope! Otherwise, lots of non-golfing guys will be very jealous!

pakdokter said...

That is why I put the word "balls" in inverted commas. In this holy month of Ramadan..we need a little bit of imagination to keep us going ma...

pakdokter said...

Dear boy from dungun,
Your references of photo 1, 2, 3 in your comment is very confusing.. I thought I only had 2 photos there?
It must be the fasting...and the heat of Dubai...

boy from dungun said...

Sorry that I confused you. I referred to Photo 1 as the one where you and Zaid were held by two lovely ladies. Photo 2, the stampede and Photo 3, your 4 caddies (yang comel-comel tu la, borrowing an expression from ex-SGC captain, another boy from Dungun!), in that order.
But later on, I discovered in aginghippietale blog that Photo 1 was actually taken in Melbourne during the Melbourne Cup trip. Still, it makes no difference to my earlier comments as I thought I have seen these 2 ladies at Bogor Raya! The fact that they got taken on a trip to Melbourne adds a new twist to the story and makes your blog more juicy! Cheers.