Hi guys.. Am back in town after a long assignment overseas. Today I'm finishing up my conclusion to the Ugly Ogre story...remember? The story about the ambitious big kahuna? The one who wanted to own the WORLD?? Well of course it is a happy ending.....I don't like sad endings. Well here goes..
The Ugly Ogre said to himself "I AM the only lion on the mountain!" he mused. Having married into nobility and gained an 'Ogre Datukship' he proceeded to plunder and before time gained a reputation as an 'ORANG JAGUNG' ie. Conman! Everywhere he went he would use the name of his majesty to gain favours or get his way but the truth is his majesty was unaware that the good name of the royal house was being used as a cloak by the Ugly Ogre to plunder. Until.... one fine day the Ogre happened to glanced and noticed that the kampong next door had a WORLD class 'boyband' and he had always wanted to sing in a 'boyband' and "conquer" the WORLD! The thought stuck in his mind day and night. He could not sleep, nor could he eat. All he thought of was how to get in on the act. Finally in the middle of a silent night Aha! The Ugly Ogre's face lights up. You see, he came up with a plan! The plan was to barge his way to the kampong next door and introduce himself as...the WORLD famous singer Justin Timberleg (Justin kaki kayu in malay) You see all the inhabitants of the kampong next door are blind since birth. So he thought to himself how would they know he is actually the Ugly Ogre.They would not be able to see him and he "thinks" he can sing very, very well. Darn, they would not be able to tell the difference! Perhaps..perhaps they would love him so much they wouldn't even mind if he plundered their kampong next!
And so the Ugly Ogre puts his plan to action. He sends his "Pegawai Khas" ( glamorised P.A. la) to the next kampong and this guy flashes his "biz" card to the kampong's "palace chamberlain". he then said "I am the "Pegawai Khas" of Dato' Justin kaki kayu, the WORLD class singer. Dato' and his entourage is in town and demands to see your king!" he arrogantly declares. The palace chamberlain being blind as a bat himself was excited to have this famous WORLD class singer in his kampong. He composes himself and quickly arranges an audience with his king. The Ugly Ogre was thrilled that his ruse worked and quickly made his way to the palace, of course with his list of demands as deemed fit for a WORLD class entertainer.
Once the king saw the Ugly Ogre the king burst into laughter as the Ugly Ogre introduced himself as Justin Timberleg (kaki kayu) " You are not Justin Timberleg!" the king proclaims. "You are the ORANG JAGUNG Ugly Ogre who tricked my cousin next door to have you as his son in law!" his highness's face brimmed with anger! "You see.." he continued " In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king!" " Do not think for one second that I can't see you! I also can hear very well and know what my subjects really think of you!" he thundered! The Ugly Ogre for a long time felt very afraid and pleaded for his life with the king. The king will have no part of this. "Guard!" the king orders. "Take this Ugly Ogre and put him in the dungeon! The king had got wind of his ruse and ordered the Ugly Ogre arrested by his palace guards. The Ugly Ogre who by then had surrounded himself with "apple polishers" refused to believe his days was numbered. He continued to bark at his servants. "They can't do this to me" he screamed! I am The Dato', the Ugly Ogre who is married to nobility! I demand to be treated as such! Egged on by the "apple polishers" who continuously showered him with compliments on how brilliant his crazy strategies were which only served to further inflate the Ugly Ogre's ego and shortened his reign, the Ugly Ogre was dragged unceremoniously by the guards and jeered by the people of the kampong.
Finally the dark cloud was lifted, the kampong people rejoiced.Their 'boyband' is safe again to perform and the Ugly Ogre remained in the gaol. "To this day if you walk along a certain road in kampong pandan at midnight you will hear the Ugly Ogre growl from his dungeon far far away..." I am the Dato' ORANG JAGGUNG! Respect me! I am married to nobility!I am talented! I can conquer the WORLD!...I really can! Yeah, yeah SHUT UP! the guards shot back!...and everyone lived happily ever after. The End. hehe.
