The Balinese authorities have got it all wrong where it comes to the hooha over the news documentary Cowboys in Paradise, about the Kuta Cowboys, gigolos selling their services to foreign women tourists. Instead of getting angry with Singapore-based director Amit Virmani for allegedly besmirching the island's reputation, they should instead thank Amit for restoring... Continue Reading →
Barry Obama’s extremely enviable classmates
Unspun is so jealous! While others are blessed with memory that would put an elephant to shame, Unspun has trouble remembering where he put the car keys each day. Among the Blessed are Barrack Obama's former classmates in Menteng because not only did they manage to go to an elite school and got to school... Continue Reading →
The naked truth behind the naked photos
Get a load on this story. Friend tells girl enchanted boyfriend needs to see photo of "naked pretty girl" to break the spell. So, instead of going onto a porn site on the Internet and dowloading the photo she allows her friend to take X-rated photos of her, which eventually find their way into the... Continue Reading →
Aussie unions getting shitty over rolls
Maybe time for a campaign for patriotic assholes Down Under? Australian Workers Union Angry Over Cheap Indonesian Toilet Paper A large Australian workers union has written to the federal government threatening to launch a full-scale campaign over cheap toilet roll imports from Indonesia and China. The union, known as the CFMEU, says that a large... Continue Reading →
When its OK not to register your marriage and marry more than one wife, or three
Unspun was trying to unspin what the Minister for Religion had to say about unregistered marriages, polygamy and the law and ended up in a knot instead. A minister that considers something illegal legal from the religious standpoint, legal registration of marriages not being encouraged...what is going on with this guy? Can someone please help... Continue Reading →
The misconceptions about men, women and HIV
Here's one to challenge your preconceptions about men, women, sex and HIV by Wisdom of Whores author Elizabeth Pisani. This should be food for thought, especially for the gender champions who tend to think that education and empowerment would solve much of society's ills and reduce the rate of HIV infections. Men are pigs, women... Continue Reading →
Why Western men like slutty looking Asian women: the sequel
The age-old enigma of the attraction of pembantu looking women to Bule men once again gets an airing in the Indonesian blogosphere. This was an question that Unspun tried to deal with quite some time ago (see this link) but till this day puzzles observers as to why relatively well-off and sometimes even good-looking bule... Continue Reading →
Parents, Sex Predators and Children on Facebook
Hurrah for the parents trying to protect their children from sex offenders on the Net. But the question that needs to be asked is: were the parents negligent in the first place in allowing their children to open Facebook accounts in the first place? Unspun's met many parents who speak with great pride of the... Continue Reading →
Panting over panties on Valentine’s day
It's a Friday afterall so time for some silly stories to get us all in a good mood for the weekend. This story below is from The Daily Chilli, The Star's scandal sheet online. You wonder what students in Malaysia get up to for a good time. Is it the repressed atmosphere in the campuses... Continue Reading →
Sexy underwear for the dead
Was recently in the historic town of Malacca in Malaysia and strolling through its old quarter when we chanced on one of several shops that sold offering for the dearly departed. The Chinese believe that when people die they go to a Second Life-like parallel universe where they would still enjoy the materialistic things that... Continue Reading →
On more reason to lose some weight
This story in The Star's scandal website, Daily Chilli, sounds incredible if true. Unspun's not taking chances though and hitting the treadmill machines at 5.30am tomorrow. Being overweight is bad for your health but this adds a whole new dimension to the problem of obesity. Gang which killed people for their fat A gang in... Continue Reading →
Food at first flush
Unspun supposes it is futile to ask why anyone would go to a restaurant that bases itself on the Toilet Bowl Concept? Perhaps it attracts scatologists form all over the world. It apparently originated in Japan and has now seeped its way to Malaysia. Unspun received notification of this restaurant through spam mail and fortunately... Continue Reading →
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