by Nonya Kway
It was revealed today that the new National Healthy Lifestyle
Campaign aerobic workout was apparently inspired by the rumours
that Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong slapped former Cabinet
colleague S. Dhanabalan.
TalkingCock uncovered this when they tracked down the choreographer
of the workout, Mr. Khee Pee Ee, an officer at the Health Promotion
Board.
Initially, Mr. Khee declined to participate in this interview,
until our reporter threatened to reveal details of his extensive
collection of photographs featuring school boys in PE shorts.
Mr. Khee, who holds a Masters in Burpees from Loughborough (which
Mr. Khee pronounced as Lowbrow) University in England, had
designed the workout to symbolize Singapore in all its various
aspects.
For instance, it includes moves from basketball (Singaporeans like
to carry balls, Mr. Khee explained) and line dancing (Now got FTA
with America, I thought it must be good to introduce people to
cowboy traditions).
The dance, however, also seemed to include some martial arts moves,
specifically a karate chop.
Thats not a chop, said Mr. Khee sheepishly. Its a slap.
Apparently, Mr. Khee had designed the workout partly in tribute to
soon-to-be Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
This year theres a whole push to make him more appealing, mah,
said Mr. Khee, So I wanted to include moves that he would be
comfortable doing.
Mr. Khee said it was obvious what move he should include.
I slapped it all together very quickly, he said, adding after a
pause, Uh, lemme rephrase that.
The Health Promotion Board, like most other civil service
departments, seems to have a fetish for acronyms, exemplified by
their rather ungainly new concoction, A.C.T.I.V.E. (All Companies
or Communities Together in Various Exercises) Day.
However, nowhere, not even on the HPB website or in the Straits
Times press release, could this reporter find out what FUNFITT, the
puzzling name of the official workout, stands for.
Mr. Khee refused to confirm or deny it stood for Fathers
Unilateral Nominee, Feeling Insulted, Tekans Thambi.
