Wednesday, May 16, 2007

NAME LONGITIS

If you have visited the website kennysia.com, you would have come across a post with the title "Datuknameistoolongitis". He is talking about the roundabouts in Kuching, Sarawak. Not only are they huge, their names are really long too, especially those in Petra Jaya area. In fact, names of roads are no different. Sarawak General Hospital, where I worked, for example, is situated along Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, named after the former Tuan Yang Terutama (Governer) of Sarawak. Parallel to Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce is Jalan Tun Haji Abang Openg. Common sense would tell you that Haji should come after Tun & Abang comes after Haji, but sometimes one may get confused (like yours truly) & the Tun, Haji & Abang come out in a different order than what they should be (with due respect to the late ex-Governer of Sarawak).

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