I was passing by the Uni's common hall when I noticed someone giving a speech .. she called upon a VVIP to come up to stage and give a speech. I was stunned ..
VVIP - Very , Very Important Person .. Isn't the term VIP (Very Important Person) enough for them ?? Do they actually enjoy hearing people calling them VERY VERY important person .. sheezh .. isn't the second 'very' redundant ?
I can imagine some self centered egoistic person going "VIP isn't good enough for me .. I have to differentiate myself from the masses of VIP's .. I know ! I'll be called VVIP from now ! Yeah , that is a great idea ! " Morons !
To their credit , sometimes they don't ask to be called VVIP or VIP .. it just happens. Right ?
Well , shit just happens but you don't smile and nod when someone throws it at your face right ?
So the next time someone calls you VVIP , smile and say that you haven't brought peace to the world or solved the food shortage problem. Let's learn not to stroke our ego , especially if you are an influential person in the community .. learn to be modest !
What next , are they going to come up with an entire hierarchy of abbreviations for people of importance ... A place for people of importance and people of importance in their place.
Maybe we'll have
LIP - Lesser Important Person. Then they can call the LIP on stage to give some lip :P
OINK - Obscure but Important New Nabob (eh , no offense Irene aka Oink .. it's hard to stem the tide of weird-acronym making .. )
CRAP - Cranky Rapidly Ageing Politician
FOGER - Freaky Obese Gentleman who is Especially Round
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On a different note .. ARC is coming down soon ! All the way from Indonesia . He makes his way back just to be sent back on a small boat after being humiliated in DOTA ... never able to play DOTA again .. hahahaah.
The bad thing about being ARC is that everyone wants to kill you in whatever game you play .. come back ARC and feel the pain !! Ikuyo .. |
At 9:34 AM,
It is very much a cultural thing in Malaysia man. You know how obsessed people here are with titles and rank. I see it happen all the time. Quite sick of the title fetish I have to endure in these parts though...
Oh I'll just come out and say it, with the risk of being branded racist. We all know its a Melayu preoccupation, this VIP, VVIP, Tan Sri, Datuk crap. Makes them feel special about themselves ;P