We live in interesting times

It's 2008 and we are living in interesting times. Of course, that depends whether you've got a stake on the stock market or involved in the financial market. If you are a doctor or an engineer or whatever other profession with no bloody idea about financial market or where the economy is heading, you might reply "What interesting time? You mean there is a new programme on the TV?"

Anyway, I have been following the news lately and this is what happened:

On Tuesday (22 January 08) during lunch, just when I was finishing my sandwich on my table in front of my computer, news came in that the Feds (it's not some dude name Fed. It's the US Federal Reserve) made a 0.75% cut in interest rate from 4.25% to 3.5% to boost the ailing global stock market. Here is the news. Before the announcement, Bursa Malaysia composite index closed with 54 points lower as most of the stocks took a beating as a result of negative market sentiment towards the possibility of a US recession. So, I would have assumed that if any of you have any shares on Bursa Malaysia that day, you might have had your jaws dropped and shed some hairs as a result of the under pressure caused by the market. In any case, the market bounced back after the Thaipusam holiday on 24 January 08 taking into the effect of the Fed's rate cut.

"What is so interesting about the rate cut? Does it affect you?" one of my friend asked when I told him the latest development even before finished my sandwich.

As I've said earlier, the rate cut wouldn't be interesting if you are not involve in the financial market or you just don't give a hoot about the economy so long as your employer continue to feed you with monthly salary so you can go home and watch your television/ porn on your big fat ass over a couple of beers. It affects me in a way because I am involved in the financial market. I took interest because it affects the economy and it commands my future earning and ability to spend (so is yours and anyone in the world). So, just because you are in another country, it doesn't mean you are not affected.

Anyway, the rate cut was only short lived in Europe and it didn't stop the fall on Wall Street on that day itself. Probably traders panicked due to the large cut. It was indeed a big rate cut, biggest cut in 26 years. The sudden rate cut seems to suggest that the Fed panicked. Panicked enough to go onto the offensive.

So why is it we are living in interesting times?

It's interesting because the world have changed so much since I was wearing diapers. When I started schooling, Black Monday came into the picture. When I was starting to leave high school and move on to college, the Asian Financial Crisis came and it became my case study in school. When I graduate from university, dot com companies came crashing down and I ran into a little trouble getting a job. Last year there was credit crunch thankfully I've still got a job. I have lived through and witness from one crisis to another and I am already drawing to the third decade of my life. Looks like there is more to come. Anything could have happened.

That's why we are living in an interesting time. Anything could have happened and the probability for that is much higher compared to our parent's time. The world continues to evolve and we get surprises once in a few years. Who would have thought there would be a credit crunch? Who would have thought that US Fed led a big rate cut when I was just enjoying my sandwich during lunch? Who would have thought that a rouge trader could send French Bank Societe Generale a loss of £3.7 billion? (which makes the legendary rouge trader Nick Leeson - with loss of £0.8 billion - look like an amateur).

Like I've said, we are living in interesting times. Anything could have happened.

Additional notes: This morning's news (25 Jan 08) seems to suggest that the rouge trader from Societe Generale may have possibly contributed to the stock market crash on 21 January 08 (when the bank decide to dump the shares onto the market to reduce losses arising from the fraud when detected over the weekend). If that is true, Nick Leeson (who brought Barings Bank down) is nothing compare to this rouge trader who brought the entire stock market down.

Recruitment Drive

Note: The following is a journal entry of a fictional CEO of ABC company:

I have just finished my meeting with my human resource team. Since the company is expanding, we need more people. In fact, I am very pleased with the recruitment strategy proposed and the advertisement prepared by the human resource team. At least I know I am paying good money to these people. The advert goes as follows:

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JOB OPPORTUNITY

ABC is a leading company in the industry and is seeking to expand over the next few years. We are currently looking for talented people to support this growth. Opportunities available as follows:

Position: Junior Analyst

We are looking for enthusiastic people with the passion to excel with the company. The candidate must be willing to put in the extra hours and has superb analytical skills. The candidate must be a team player and willing to support other team members, not limiting to photocopying documents, buying lunch/ dinner, making coffee and tea, and other value added roles. Drive for personal development and ability to adept changes is a must.

You must have a recognised university degree with an excellent academic track record. Experience in the industry will be an added advantage.

Max gross pay of RM2,100 a month.

Position: Managers/ Senior Managers

We are looking for people with lots of contacts and guarantee that they can bring in existing clients to the company. The candidate must be able to present themselves among clients and display ability to interact with people in order to seek marketing opportunities.

University degree and professional qualification are not important and does not add any advantage for this position.

Analytical skills are not required as you will be supported by a team of junior analyst.

Candidate must be able to work effectively via smart delegation.

Ability to suck-up to the boss is an added advantage.

Candidates will be tested for their ability to bullshit as part of the requirement for the above position.

Min gross pay of RM10,000 a month with company benefits such as car allowance and healthcare benefits.

Successful candidate will be notified. If you have not heard from us within 3 days of your application, that means you have failed our CV screening test.

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So far, I have received hundreds of enquiries for Managers and Senior Managers position but only one enquiry for Junior Analyst position. I am not sure the reason for the lack of response for the Junior Analyst position since we are paying above market rate! Perhaps I should not fire the temporary trainee (for mistakenly calling me the janitor) and promote her to Junior Analyst as a short term measure to the shortage of Junior Analyst. She is lucky…for now.

Somerset House

I was in a foul mood last week. It’s winter. It's cold. It gets dark by 3 pm. There is less sunlight during the day. I had been busy ever since the start of 2008. It does not help when you have ‘punany’ neighbours, who decide to smoke along the staircase hallway (illegal by law) and stupid enough to leave a trail of ashes up to their flat door to tell the whole world that they are the bloody culprit. Here is my entry on 16 January 2008 if you don’t know what or who the ‘punanies’ are.

I was on a verge of putting on my Spartan amour and gather an army to give the punanies a special 'treat' they will never forget.

Warning to punany neighbbours. Do not test my temper. Source picture from the movie 300.

Then weekend came and Kay decides to organise an ice skating event with some of our friends at Somerset House. I wasn’t too keen at first given my long week of foul mood. I am not a good skater to start of with. I am not keen on the idea having to balance myself on two cleaver/ knife/ blades - whatever you call it.

In any case, Kay had already booked the tickets and paid for it. So, there is no turning back.

When I first walked into the skating ring, I held on tight to the rail to balance myself. Then I let go my hand and started to glide through the skating ring while my hands held up in the air, swinging around like a monkey as I attempt to keep my balance. I was really struggling to keep up until Kay turn up.

“Don’t stand straight up. Bend down a little and it will keep you well balance” she said.

I tried and it was a miracle! It worked! I started skating without much worry about falling off on my ass. And to put it simply, the trick not just use your head or your ass when you skate. You use both your head and ass to balance your body. In no time, I was beginning to feel like a professional skater like Will Ferrell on Blades of Glory!

On second thought, maybe not.
Anyway, it wasn’t as bad as what I had imagine. I had a great time though it was really tiring at the end of it. Here is a short video clip of the scene at Somerset House.

What’s tasty in Munich?

It has been a while since I have last gave a review/ recommend some of the European food. Today, Bob’s World will bring you to Munich to enjoy the taste of meat, pickled vegetables and wheat beer.

Munich is a remarkable place. The people are friendly. The food is fantastic. What more could I ask for? Personally, I ranked the Munich as one of the must visit place if any of you are going to travel to Germany. However, in this post I am just going to focus my review on German cuisine and the place to dine.

Ratskeller

The restaurant which serves local Bavarian food is located at Marienplatz hiding beneath the historic Rathaus. The food quality is good and the potion is fairly big for an Asian. I am not sure about dinner but lunch time could get really busy, so you could either make a reservation or get there early to secure a place.

Germany is well-known for its sausages (Wurst). It is a noble and highly respected part of German cuisine. So, please treat it with respect and not as if it is another Hot Dog Special from your local Ramli Burger stalls. Sausages are served with pickled cabbage (Sauerkraut) and in my case, mashed potatoes (taste more like potato puree but I am not complaining). Unfortunately, I could not remember the name for each of the sausages. But I am sure you can ask the waiter at Ratskeller to recommend.

When it comes to duck, I have only known the Chinese style roast duck you get back home in Malaysia or the Hong Kong crispy roast duck you get in Chinatown in London. Ratskeller offered an alternative perspective, German style roast duck. Ratskeller roast duck comes with Blaukraut (red cabbage sauerkraut) and dumplings (bound together by flour and potato).

Wirtshaus in der Au

Located at Lilienstrasse, Wirtshaus in der Au is a pub restaurant which serves Bavarian cuisine. I suggest you should either get there early or make a reservation because you might not get a place. Food quality is superb and the staffs are friendly. Problem is, the main dish is not as generous as Ratskeller. So you might want to go for dessert as well.

If you just really fancy sausages and have not had enough of it, go for the Auer farmer sausages. Portion is small (since there is only three pieces) but the meat is juicy. Like all wurst dishes, it is served with sauerkraut.

Another dish you might fancy is a portion of suckling pig. The suckling pig’s meat is tender and its skin is crispy. The dish is served with garlic flavoured dumpling.

If there is room, go for the desserts because they are really good. Recommended desserts are ice-cream dumpling filled with appricot served in straberry sauce with roasted almonds….

… and flamed creme with cranberry and pear ice-cream.

Weissbier or wheat beer, which, of course is made of wheat rather than barley is a must try when you are visiting Munich. To add the atmosphere into your beer drinking experience, make sure you have it at the beer garden. Sometime it is served with lemon (giving it a sweet flavour like Shandy) or you may opt for dark wheat beer (personally I haven’t tried it but the colour is much darker compared to other wheat beer.

Overall, I am pleased with the quality and the friendly service. There are other foods that you should try as well when you are there, such as the pork knuckle and schnitzel (pork or chicken breast – pounded flat - coated with breadcrumbs and pan-fried), which is a well-known dish at Ratskellar. If you ask me, I would give 8 out of 10 for both of the restaurants.

Naked Body Massage

Now that I have caught your attention, let’s start with today’s post. No, I am not giving you one nor am I receiving one from anyone. Actually, I just want to comment on something I stumbled upon while browsing the STAR website the other day:-

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Friday January 18, 2008

Youth arrested for sodomising friend (By BERNARD SEE)

PENANG: A youth was arrested for allegedly sodomising his friend while giving him a massage at an apartment in Sungai Nibong here.

George Town OCPD Asst Comm Azam Abd Hamid said the duo, aged 18 and 20, had gone out for dinner before going to the older youth's apartment at about 10pm on Thursday.

"While in the house, the youth decided to give his friend a naked body massage. He then proceeded to sodomise the latter before allowing him to leave.

Read more at:

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/18/nation/20080118172717&sec=nation

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Focus on the bold words you will notice that both men had a naked body massage experience! Unless I have misunderstood the report, the youth seems to have consented to a naked body massage before the other counterpart decided to ... you know what. I am not sure if this is the latest culture but I am sure during my last trip back to KL, naked body massage between men has not caught up in trend.

Why did that bloke even come to an agreement to strip down and allow another male counterpart to caress his body is beyond me. And who would believe that when you strip down naked, it is just going to be a massage and nothing more.

Would you believe that? I wouldn’t. Not in this life time.

When is RM1 million enough?

“It’s going to be another 2 weeks before the next salary comes in. Wouldn’t it be great if I’ve got RM1 million to start of with?” Brenda started.

Money matters came into topic during one of my lunch conversation with my ex-colleague Brenda (not her real name) during my days in KL. Our salary had increased since we first started working but still, it’s not enough to sustain our life style (boozing, partying, buy expensive toys, strip club etc). We always wish for more money but never realised that it was not the lack of money that is the problem. It’s our attitude towards money – that’s the problem.

Hypothetically, if I give any of you RM1 million now, what are you going to do about it? How are you going to spend it?


My imaginary friend Smeagol would most likely spend on some useless ring…

Someone told me that they are going to get the latest car model if they got the money. Others aspire to build a bigger house (so that he can organise as swinger party). But after you have spend that RM1 million, most likely you would whine about if you’ve got an additional RM10 million to spend with. And the problem would probably never end.

People read ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ (by Robert Kiyosaki) and generally misunderstood that jumping onto the property wagon or start their own business is the best way to make money. But they fail to realise that the essence of managing your money. I’ve got representatives from direct selling establishment taking ideas from ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ and talked about work on your own and start a business. Unfortunately, they fail to tell people that the new joiners would be ‘working for’ and feeding the people on the top – so much for work for yourselves. They encouraged people to spend money so that they could motivate or signal to potential new joiners how wealthy they are. At the end of the day, some people left the establishment as they were not able to achieve of what they were told of.

The essence of the ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ material goes to as simple as saving your money and utilising it for the best possible return, in the case of Robert Kiyosaki – property investment. With the property value in US declining, I wonder how is Mr Kiyosaki doing right now?

I would like to add; to manage your money, it all boils down to your attitude towards money. If you start spending on something which has no investment value, you would most likely end up poorer before you were given your RM1 million, so much so because you get too comfortable with spending money.

So, it’s not the issue of having RM1 million or RM10 million. It is the issue of how do you spend your money – even as little as RM100 starting now. It is more like prioritising your expenditure and spend on what is needed and invest in something which gives you a suitable return.

I am not saying I am rich nor am I signalling that I have done a good job in managing money. In fact, I had my fair share of spending money unnecessarily during my early working days. Now, I am still working on changing my spending ways because it’s easy to take up a bad habit and it takes a long time to get rid of it.


My fair share of worthless pursuits… toy soldiers

“So after all the ranting about managing money, what should I do with my savings now?" some of you may ask.

Good question – I have so far figure out ‘how not to spend money’. But I have not mastered the principal of ‘how to make money’. Maybe we can discuss this another time.

Note: Apologies to Brenda. The conversation where Brenda was moaning about being broke did not take place.As such, I have amended it accordingly in order to be factually accurate. However, I do note that the conversation regarding having RM1 million did took place.

Sorry Brenda....and hope you like the pen name.

Punany neighbours

You know you’ve ‘punany’ neighbors when ...

1. They would just spit as they pleased along the staircase hallway in your flat;
2. They stomp their elephant feet along the staircase hallway in your flat when they return home during the wee hours;
3. They come home at 4.00 am (on a bloody working day!) after a clubbing spree and talk out loud right outside of your flat;
4. Their guest were so drunk that they press on your doorbell during midnight instead of theirs;
5. Their pet dog, just like the owner, pee and take a dump anywhere as it pleased; and
6. They take your morning papers as though its theirs.

And that's my story about my neighbors. And they are a punany. How about your neighbor?

When the US sneezes…

Just over the weekend, Smiley (a good friend of mine) and I had a gossip an intellectual discussion about the latest sex scandal issue about US recession and whether it would hold or not. Then, I came across an article on The STAR commenting on the impact of US recession in Malaysia.

Here is an excerpt of the article:

US recession won’t hurt Malaysia much

Sunday January 13, 2008

BACHOK: The Finance Ministry does not expect Malaysia to be drastically affected if the United States, which is the world’s largest economy, spirals into recession this year due to external and internal issues.

Deputy Minister Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin said that while there may be some effects, the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) figure was still poised to register a 6.5% forecast growth.

The economy’s positive factors are driven by the global appreciation of commodity prices, healthy domestic consumption and high crude oil price momentum.

“Our fundamentals should remain steady despite worries about the US economy. We are not unduly worried even though the price of crude oil has touched US$100 a barrel as we also benefit to a degree,” he said after attending the opening of a bridge in Kampung Kual here.

To read more please go to:

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/13/nation/19995904&sec=nation

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Just for discussion purposes, here is a lay man’s way of analysing the impact of the recent sex scandal US recession against Malaysia:

According to the article, Malaysia is maintaining the forecast of a 6.5% growth in the GDP. But what determines the GDP growth?

In lay man term, GDP (or Gross Domestic Product) is the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time (i.e. a year) (Reference made to Wikipedia. Click here for more on GDP). This total market value is driven by consumer consumption, government consumption, level of investments and net export of a country.

This then produce the formula of:

GDP = Consumer + Government + Investment + Net Export

In other words, the GDP will grow if there is an increase in spending of consumers (like Smiley and me and everyone else spending money on porn at 1-Utama shopping) together with the government spending money in projects (like road works), businesses investing in Malaysia (local and foreign companies starting new business) and Malaysia continue to increase export of goods to other countries. The increase in GDP could be driven individually by the factors highlighted above or as a combination of two or more factors.

Can Malaysia maintain a 6.5% GDP growth if there is a US recession?

In the article, despite US recession, Malaysia will thrive with healthy domestic consumption (increase in consumer spending). This is possible if there is no increase in oil price in Malaysia. If the government decides to maintain the oil price at current market price despite the price of crude oil has touched US$100 a barrel, there is a possibility that there is a healthy domestic consumption.

But what if the government reduces the subsidy and raises the oil price? My last experience was every business in town began to raise the prices of their products, starting out with food (which is the essentials) due to the increase in transportation prices. Now with the price increase but no change in your salary, will you spend more? Rationally you don’t and you will cut down on your spending. Now, imagine if everyone in the country did the same thing as what you’ve decided to do (that is to slow down in spending). I am not sure if the healthy domestic consumption would happen.

What about commodity prices and high crude oil price momentum? Surely this will drive the net export?

The price increases because everyone in the world wants the commodity (such as palm oil and rubber) and crude oil, particularly China. If there are lots of demand but not enough of supply, price will increase. Correct me if I am wrong but the press says that China is consuming most of these commodities and crude oil to support the growth in the country. China is consuming more because it is supporting its business which in turn is exporting most of the goods to US. So if you follow the link, Malaysia supply commodities to China and China supply goods to US. At the same time, majority of Malaysia’s export is going to US as well (electronic goods).

But if there is US recession, wouldn’t it mean that US will slow down in spending and import of goods from China and Malaysia will slow down?

If US’s spending began to slow down, surely there would be an impact on Malaysia’s net export. US will buy less from China and China would respond by buying less (commodities) from Malaysia. Even if China continue to buy commodities from Malaysia (since it has large population to support the economy), there would still be an impact in Malaysia’s net export given that we would be exporting less to US.

This leaves us with Investment and Government to push the GDP upwards. I have done enough of thinking so I will leave the rest of the analysis to you whether there is sufficient level of investments and government spending to maintain the GDP growth forecast.

Nevertheless, I am not an economist and I may be wrong about the analysis above since I am relying on recent press papers and simplistic economic model of cause and effect. This is just A-Level stuff without complex and fancy graphs. Maybe the Ministry of Finance has some other economic data which support its claim (which were not available to me for the purpose of this analysis).

Disclaimer: The content of this post is merely a simplistic description of the impact to Malaysia’s economy under a US recession scenario and is based on the writer’s personal opinion. Readers are advised to perform their own analysis and research. Bob’s World, the writer and its agent will not be responsible for any damages, losses, and liabilities arising from the reader’s adoption of the content of this article for whatever reason.

Carrot and the stick; the extreme measure

Here is a Bob’s way of managing delinquent staff member:

Internal Memo

To: All employees of Company ABC

From: CEO
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It has come to my attention that of recent, many of our employees are not wiling to take on additional projects which are in the pipeline, citing that there are too many projects at hand.

Whilst I appreciate your concern and your well-being within the company, I am also mindful that, in my observation, there is a fair number of people (actually everyone) comes to work by half an hour late and leave 30 minutes earlier than the normal working time as per the terms of your employment. Accordingly, it is clearly that there is still room for our people to work on some of the new projects within the pipeline.

As I am not an authoritarian and prefer members of the staff to volunteer themselves, I am proposing a new system of project allocation, which follows the free market system (since I am an economist by training). Every month, new projects will be release on the information board with relevant information (the amount of ‘shit’ you would need to address). People are required to choose the relevant projects (based on your own expertise and experience) as soon as possible on a first come first serve basis.

For those who did not volunteer to undertake a project within 24 hours after the release of information on the information board, I would assume that you are not willing to participate in this free market system and prefer to be subject under authoritarian rule, which I am more than happy to accommodate.

In this case, I would let the fruits to decide your fate. Each member of staff will be given a range of fruits (rambutan, apple, pineapple and durian) to choose from. Each of these fruits represent the complexity of the projects where rambutans would represent the most complicated project and less complicated projects would be represented by durians. The chosen choice of fruits would be shoved into your own ass. That means, you would have to endure the pain of complicated projects if you have a tiny rambutan shoved into your ass. Where as, if you prefer to endure the pain first and enjoy the luxury of an easy project later, you are welcomed to take the durian.

The fruits will be discarded after the ‘shovelling’ exercise, unless some member of the staff deemed that it is too wasteful, I am more than happy to have the fruits left on the common area for consumption.

This policy will commence with immediate effect. The project information will be release next week Monday morning at 9.00 am (same time the stock exchange is open for trading) and will close by 5.00 pm. The relevant fruits which I have taken pain to personally select (wait till you see the durian I’ve got…the biggest D24 I’ve ever seen) will arrive on Tuesday morning to meet those believer of authoritarian rule.

Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Disclaimer: This internal memo is writen as a form of a humour for entertainment purpose. Bob's World have not performed such action reflected in this blog nor does he agree with this practice (of using fruits for HR purpose). If this is similar to any actual event, it is purely coincidental.

It is not intended for any right-minded CEO or management to adopt or to practice the fruit system. Bob's World is not responsible for any injuries, liabilities, cost and damages arising from the adoption/ practicing the content of this blog.

Quick F@#k

Now don't get me wrong. I am not unleashing profanities in my own blog. I was merely commenting on an alcoholic drink serve in most of the bars and clubs in KL. Most likely like you guys, I was dumbfounded when I was first introduced to this drink.

In one of my drinking session last year, a good friend of mine walked over and ask "Bob, do you want a quick f#@k?". I was lost of words at that very moment and immediately replied "I am a faithful husband and I will not engage in such activities!"

My friend then replied "It's a drink you idiot! A drink!"

So long it's just a drink, that is ok. After a shot of that drink, I realised you don't call it a quick f#@k for nothing. In fact, the minute after you consume it, you would have been, excuse my French, totally f#@ked!

Anyway, I kinda miss that drink and I was at a bar tonight with some of my colleagues. For old time sake, after a few beers, I asked my colleague whether the bar here serve quick f#@k. My colleague's jaw drop and said he had never heard of such drink before. He did suggest that I should ask the bartender. I was about to until I saw this giant, hairy bloke serving behind the counter. He was giving me this smile as I approach him. I stopped and thought, it might not be a good idea just in case he might have the wrong idea. So after some rational thinking (thankfully without the influence of alcohol) I changed my mind and asked for another beer instead.

So, if any of you want to try a quick f#@k, don't be shy. Go to the bar and ask for it. That is unless you've got a mysterious bartender that grins at you when you approach him.

Almost 3 decades...

I walked into the office today and received a few birthday wishes from some of my friends. Thanks guys for still remembering me even though I have not seen some of you since I left to London.

However when I sit down and started thinking, I realised I was drawing nearer to the third decade of my life. And there is struck me. I have lived through more than a quarter of century and now I am wondering what have I been doing with my life all these while?

I guess it would make sense if I started off listing the memorable stuff I have done for the last one year. And the list goes:

1. Left my comfort zone and went over to London for a better career path. Along the way, I have joined the ranks as a ‘Pendatang’ (of course with a legal work permit);

2. Began a two-person life without the luxury of parent’s help to pick up the trash;

3. Travel to five different countries within a year. Something which I can’t even achieved in the last five years;

4. Meet new friends;

5. Learned how to construct a photo montage – a new hobby for Kay and myself;

6. Watched 2 West End theatre plays;

7. Had a ‘Quick Fuck’ with a good friend of mine. It’s the drink…the alcoholic drink! Stop having kinky thoughts.

8. Pilot a helicopter… actually it was Flying Bob, the remote control helicopter.

9. Started a blog;

10. Went to a strip club and was surrounded by ten ‘curvy’ girls. I had one hell of a night! Okay, that didn’t happen. I made it up, just so to make sure you are not sleeping as the list goes down.

Looking back, its not something to shout about. In fact, it sounded a little bit pathetic to me. Nevertheless, there is always another year for me to make things right. So, for this coming year, I am determined to start of doing stuff which I have been meant to do for a long time (i.e. losing weight etc).

And I will start right away, the next day.

Before that, might as well indulge in the surprise dinner that Kay prepared for me, which I will discuss in my future entries.

A bitch on Facebook

My apologies if I sounded rude.

I was only being 'technical'. In fact, I was referring to my younger brother's pet dog. Recently, he sent me a message on a Facebook and apparently, he had signed up the bitch on her behalf on Facebook. Check out the part where I have circled:

I have to give my brother the credit for being creative.