Acta Est Fabula, Plaudite!

Yes, no, admit, deny..finally the play is over. No more on my TV screen I hope.

I was down the whole…physically, mentally, emotionally..so I turned on the TV hoping to see some nice attractive faces to cheer me up and what did I see? Siti Nurhaliza and Datuk Khalid Mohd Jiwa announcing their intention to get married.

Yes…so what? Did I get national TV coverage when I got married? Was it of national interest to air it live on TV? There are thousands of other more important stories, things that are happening within Malaysia itself. Those things deserve to be on national TV. I think people would be more interested if they aired live Tun Dr Mahathir’s comment on the classical declassification of the letters between his good self and the Singaporean leaders. That would have been in the interest of the nation.

I’m not against them getting married. If yes, fine. Go ahead. Make 12 children for all I care. First they denied. Then they said maybe. Now, it’s a week from now. And they had to announce it on national TV. Why can’t they just make a press conference and air it as a filler within the entertainment segment of the prime time news instead of having to endure two hours of non-sensical “sensational” news?

Every single artiste had a big wedding. This would be, by my count, Datuk Khalid’s second marriage. I just hope they don’t go on air again if things don’t work out like the other artistes. I wish them well. So just get it over with, stop the charade, and get off my TV screen.

Age. Fac ut gaudeam!