Jungle Drums

Not in a sexual context u buggers. I'm referring to the Miss Universe pageant.

We get brainy contestants, critics complain they are not beautiful enough. We get beautiful airheads, they complain they are not smart. Let's say we get a perfect balance of both, they'll probably say they can't juggle and sing the National Anthem while balancing on a unicycle. My take? If u ain't one of them, don't talk so much.

Beautiful locals are aplenty. Junita Simons is one of them. But look at the ridicule contestants have to endure. Who would want to take part? Some woman wrote into the Straits Times forum and yakked away about lack of standards, this, that... If you have what it takes then JOIN the freaking pageant.

This year's contestants are supposedly smart. So there's an A*Star scholar. So there are undergrads/grads. But apparently many faltered at the Q and A. I wonder why is there a Q and A section in the first place. The questions that are asked usually aren't intelligent themselves anyway. This is a BEAUTY contest ain't it? If brains are required, why dun you ask them to solve Calculus problems, or cosmophysics problems?

Singaporeans are a real funny bunch. If you wanna find beautiful women, look for Caucasian men around Raffles Place, gyms, pubs. There's sure to be one or two of 'em clutching on to them for dear life.