*sob* *sniff*

You know what is a very Malaysian thing to do besides perpetually being in denial instead of investigating and fixing the problem when someone says something bad about Malaysia (like when the UK citizens were warned off Malaysia due to "terrorism links"- duh, it IS true if the ex-head honcho was a Malaysian professor? )? It is the "If-I-am-a-politician/celebrity-I-must-breakdown-in-tears-at-least-once-on-tv-or-at-press conference".

Within this last month alone,
Awie did it.Zakaria did it. Nurul of Ajai-Nurul did it. Mawi's ex-fiancee whatever her name is did it. Yusry and Erra did it. Wait. They didnt. They smiled and waved. Wait, SHE did. He didnt. Oh, heck, you get the idea.

And of course who can forget Tun Dr. M's huge fiasco of a show of emotions? Bursting into tears, everyone rallying around to hug him comfort him and then eventually calm him down.
And of course Rafidah Aziz did it too. You know, the crocodile tears streaming down her face at the National Day parade whilst hugging Tun Dr. M and saying, OH MY HERO!I looovveee you!" and then in a whisper "Dun say anything anymore about the AP lah!"

So while some of us watching the live telecast or reading the newspaper headline and looking at the pictures may shed a tear or two (from laughter or genuine being choked with emotions type of tears) the rest of us are left wondering, whats up with the crying/emotional outburst thingy?

I dont get it.
Does it make them seem vulnerable, therefore believable?
Does it mean that just because Zakaria shed a tear and her daughter hugged him after the press conference with a pained constipated, OH!AYAH I LOVE YOU SO MUCH" expression, does it mean he didnt flout the law or that he expected all Malaysians to go, "aiyah, biar je lah. He is a good man. Look at how remorseful he is."

I dont. The first thought that runs through MY head is, Screw the tears. You know what you did. Crying wont get you off the hook!

Or in the case of a celebrity, "Screw the tears!The marriage ended a long time ago and you're doing this for the publicity!"

Of course every celebrity going through a divorce or a break up will ALWAYS issue a statement that goes " We remain best friends/We remain committed to our family. Please leave us alone in time of deep pain" but only to hold BIG press conferences, fielding questions ranging from, "Why did you take a new wife without your first wife's consent?" " Why did you move away from your Damansara home?" "What is the settlement offered to you?

So really. I think its sad that Malaysia does not have enough things to report on their front page and have to resort to all these cheap publicity stories to fill up their front pages.

Come on people. There is more to life than fake crying politicians and celebrities.