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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=423854" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Remembering Roald Dahl - The Pig</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">firecrackers <br>were noisier <br>than the hosts<br>the pigs when <br>they were ushered<br>in three days ago</div><div style="margin:10px 0">well, the crackers<br>since they were<br>invented were <br>to frighten away <br>the nien monster that<br>came plaguing<br>villagers every year</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and their job is <br>to be loud to - <br>drown out the old year<br>and rock in the new </div><div style="margin:10px 0">year of the Pig<br>really drew out <br>the pig in me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">i have been <br>spending <br>the whole time eating, <br>sleeping, writing poetry <br>and watching CDs</div><div style="margin:10px 0">nothing particularly Chinese<br>I had observed except<br>the red T shirts I wore<br>to give some identity <br>to my roots, some respect</div><div style="margin:10px 0">red is for luck and is a<br>divine prescription to<br>do away with nien as it<br>does not like red hot fiery red</div><div style="margin:10px 0">another reason why crackers<br>are always red </div><div style="margin:10px 0">well, me was born in the year<br>of the pig 47 years ago<br>and according to Chinese zodiac<br>have a good knowledge <br>of how to luxuriate in the<br>goodness of this world</div><div style="margin:10px 0">my greatest weakness<br>however, is not knowing <br>who to trust</div><div style="margin:10px 0">a vulnerability <br>that can cause one <br>to falter into the smallest of traps</div><div style="margin:10px 0">naive and clumsy <br>the way the pig walks<br>as he balances the weight<br>of his overindulgence </div><div style="margin:10px 0">a real pig who trusts<br>the world so much<br>he spends most <br>of his time sleeping, <br>eating and make merry </div><div style="margin:10px 0">what a difference<br>to Roald's pig<br>who sensed<br>all the schemes<br>master farm drew up<br>since day one they met<br>- to strip him to his bones </div><div style="margin:10px 0">every ounce of his bulge<br>drew out every inch <br>of the capitalist in him</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and what a smart thing <br>the Pig did - eating master farm<br>before he could gut him, <br>barbecue him, skewer him <br>onto hooks in the market<br>crash him into pieces <br>for soup, rolls and pies</div><div style="margin:10px 0">i wish i can be roald's pig<br>born to be street smart<br>a whole brain of go getting cells<br>a whole bundle of thoughts<br>to be a winner of life<br>a whole belly to stuff his master in</div><div style="margin:10px 0">by john tiong chunghoo</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Tiong+Chunghoo">John Tiong Chunghoo</a><div class=q>
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were noisier 
than the hosts
the pigs when 
they were ushered
in three days ago

well, the crackers
since they were
invented were 
to frighten away 
the nien monster that
came plaguing
villagers every year

and their job is 
to be lo..."></div>
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