Okay Odiogo doesn't read Chinese Characters, and its reading ability in Pinying sux. I also discovered that a proper sentence with a Full-stop , Commer, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark, is the only way to break the sentence. Otherwise Odiogo just detects it as a full sentence, and reads without breaking.

 

Just for Fun, I am going to repost a previous Blog entry to "hear" how my lame jokes sound like as a podcast:

 

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     If your child is in the Olympics, WOULD YOU BE PROUD?

 

 

Food for thought: if your son or daughter is very much into sports,

WOULD YOU BE PROUD?

 

It’s one of those questions people ask; during the weeks of Olympics and when the Table Tennis team won the Silver medal. Heck, there was even a survey on the “My Paper” a few days back, about Sports, kids and their boring parents.

So my friends and I came out with a few reasons / scenarios about why is it so hard to get an Olympic medal in Singapore. . . 

 

Reason 1: Most parents are unsupportive when it comes to Sports, but most parents are very supportive when it comes to Music. . . 

 

Scenario Example. :

Son: Papa, I want to play football, because I want to play World Cup. I can earn lots of money, and I can forget all about my studies.

Father: Very good, very good. (To the wife.) Dear, where’s the cane?

 

Scenario Example (based on real life events.): 

Father: (To the daughter.) Girl girl, your piano skills are getting better, very good. (To the son.) Aiyah Boy ah, tell you how many times, don’t play the basketball in the house, you want to kana scolding is it?

 

Reason 2: Parents don’t pay much attention to their children.

 

Scenario Example (based on real life events.):

Son: Papa, I want to play Ping Pong and enter the Olympics.

Father: Ah Boy ah, don’t block the TV, Papa trying to watch.

 

Scenario Example (all at the same time.):

Son (To Father.): Papa, I want to enter the Olympics.

Mother (To Father.): Dear, when do you want to go IKEA to buy new furniture?

Grandmother: Son, I need money for my medical bill.

Father: Aiyah you all driving me crazy!

 

Reason 3: Parents are very protective about their children. They might even fight with each other to protect their child.

 

Scenario Example (based on real life events.):

Mother (dragging the child along.):  Coach, I want my son off your Rugby team.

Coach: But why Madam, your son is exceptionally good as a runner.

Mother: Because, everyday he comes home with his shirt torn and dirty, and he has bruises all over his body. When I asked him what happened, he told me that he is always bullied by the bigger boys in the Rugby team.

 

Scenario Example. :

Angry Parent: Referee, why did give my son a red card?

Teacher Referee: Sir, your son tackled the attacking player from the back.

Angry Parent: Why cannot is it?

Teacher Referee: Of course cannot lah.

Angry Parent: What’s your name ah Teacher, I am going to complain you to the teaching committee.

Teacher Referee: Relax lah, I have a hard enough time convincing the parent of the crying attacking player not to sue me and continue playing. The Father is a MP.

 

Reason 4: Sports is not a very profitable career.

 

Scenario Example:

Kenny Ong (fictional) is an accomplished home-grown badminton player. Once he had even defeated a world number 7^th seed player. He trained long and hard for 4 years, earning a miserable $1800 a month, and just a week before the Olympics, his father said to him;

“Son, it’s time for you to take over my multi-million-dollar company.”

 

Reason 5: Due to unforeseen circumstances, some athletes were unable to attend this year’s Olympics.

 

Scenario Example. :

Jaclyn Teo (fictional) is an accomplished home-grown swimmer. She was one of the hot favorites in getting a medal at the Olympics. Just a few days before the Olympics, she was feeling feverish and was given a day off practice to see the doctor. The next day she called her coach over the phone.

 

Jaclyn: Coach, I am sorry. I can’t compete in this year’s Olympics, I am ill.

Coach: We still have 2 days before the Olympics, why don’t you rest and you might get well just in time to compete.

Jaclyn: No coach, I am afraid I will be ill throughout the next two weeks.

Coach: What? But Why?

Jaclyn: I have the Chicken Pox.

 

Scenario Example. :

(Remember the Gymnastics Twins that won SEA games gold, here’s a friend’s reason for their absence in this year’s Olympics, fictional of course.)

Twin 1: Coach, my sister and I can’t compete in this year’s Olympics.

Coach: Why?

Twin 2: I… I am pregnant.

Coach: Oh… but what about your sister, (To the other twin.) Why can’t you compete in this year’s Olympics as well?

Twin 1: You see Coach, I am also pregnant, because we are twin sisters, we always do the same thing together.

 

Reason 6: Most kids change their interests very quickly.

 

Scenario Example. :

Son: Papa, I want to join the Ping Pong Club.

Father: Okay Son.

 

(1 Week Later.)

Son: Papa, I want to play soccer.

Father: What about the Ping Pong Club?

Son: Everyday tock tock tock, very boring, I want to join the football team.

Father: Okay Son.

 

(2 Weeks Later.)

Father: Ah Boy, I thought you have soccer practice?

Son: Haiyah, everyday train, train, train, run here run there, very tired. I want to play with my Friend Mark’s dog. Papa, can I have a dog?

 

 

Reason 7: Probably the most recent reason of all. We blame the coaches when the players were unable to achieve anything in the Olympics, but when the players do deliver a medal, we threaten to sack them.

 

Scenario Example. :

Secretary of TT Team: So Coach Loo, you managed to get a medal from the Olympics, very good, very good. Okay please sign here. Okay and here, and here. Here is your prize money and letter of termination. Next!

 

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Once it's done, It should sound more or less like a podcast.