homemade blues

Ahem. According to the Online Compact Oxford English Dictionary, the word similar is defined as:

• adjective 1 of the same kind in appearance, character, or quantity, without being identical. 2 (of geometrical figures) having the same angles and proportions, though of different sizes.
— DERIVATIVES similarity noun similarly adverb.
— USAGE Use the construction similar to, as in I’ve had problems similar to yours; it is not good English to say similar as, as in I’ve had similar problems as yourself.
— ORIGIN Latin similaris, from similis ‘like’.

Both G and I nearly fell off the bed laughing when we saw in the 8pm news that the newly released ex-ISA-detainee made another press conference today saying that she meant that the food provided for her during her detention was "slightly better" than dog food.

Then the news showed the clip (exactly the one we saw last night) where she clearly said that the food was "similar to dog food" (exact quote). Then she had the gall to say that the newspapers manipulated what she said. It's just hilarious. As a politician, isn't what you say is your promise to the people who voted you? So shouldn't you be careful of what you say? Especially in public, recorded by the media in video and audio?

I am on no one's side. I just find the whole drama so sad, it's funny. Let's see how the episode unfolds tomorrow. I'll be darned if some other smart aleck didn't pounce on this juicy bit and make it into a spectacle worthy of Malaysia Hari Ini...