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May 8, 2009

Mr Siao's Mandarin Class #2

I've watched the fourth episode of the 13-episode Malaysian sitcom, Mr Siao's Mandarin Class. And the show just keeps getting better and better. I've also found this write-up on The Star about the show. If you are too lazy to read it, here are some facts I found interesting:
  • The Boss of the MLM company looked very familiar but I can't quite place his face, until I found out that he is Kee Thuan Chye, the editor of the Mind Our English Campaign for The Star newspaper; poet, journalist and actor. He is also the writer of the book March 8: The Day Malaysia Woke Up.
  • Amir, the Malay guy in the show played by Baki Zainal is actually fluent in Mandarin. Which would explain how he could have said all those lines in the show. I think of all the 'students' in there, his and Shahrukhkhan's Mandarin are the most fluent in the lot. You'd think that it is easy to mess up lines but you have to be actually fluent in the language in order to deliver the 'error' in your pronunciation.
  • There are a couple of beauty pageant contestants (winner, runner up) in the crew.
  • There are spoilers in the write-up regarding the cleaning lady, additional actors that have not been introduced and the real identity behind certain characters. I gave you warning ah.
  • There is a brief biography about Mr Siao, the teacher, as well as all the students in the class. So hope over to the link if you haven't seen it.

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