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'Teohlogy' arrives in Penang

Ex-Radio DJ Patrick Teoh was at Gurney Plaza, Penang last weekend to promote his newly launched book called ā€œTeohlogy, the word according to Patrick Teohā€.

ā€˜Teohlogy’ is a compilation of articles that Patrick wrote for the ā€œOff-The Edgeā€ column about six years back. Written from a first-person’s perspective ala Patrick Teoh, ā€˜Teohlogy’ is unabashedly penned with wit, sarcasm together with a liberal amount of stinging humour. A book reviewer described the book as ā€˜ascerbic’.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng dropped by to congratulate Patrick for his book. When the representative from Popular Bookstore pinned an orchid corsage onto the shirt of the CM, the100-odd crowd responded just as directed and rehearsed by Patrick: ā€œHuwah… so cute!ā€

During his speech, Patrick commented that Penang had become so clean and nice that he felt like he was in a different country the moment he crossed the Penang Bridge. Just as Patrick was praising the Chief Minister for his good management, the crowd rose to give the CM a standing ovation.

Patrick also expressed wishes to sell enough books so that he could purchase a piece of property here in Penang.

ā€œPenang property prices are so expensive,ā€ he quipped.

Comparing his sales to a book that Dr. Mahathir just released, he revealed that Dr. M had managed to sell 40,000 copies to date, whereas he targets to make the millionth mark.

ā€˜Teohlogy’ is a fun read to those who are interested in the local political scene.

ā€œAs you read page to page, there is a familiarity about this book. In each article, that familiarity comes off the pages because they are the everyday concerns of everyday Malaysian,ā€ said Lim Guan Eng.

The 303-pages book is priced at RM38.00 each and is available in bookstores nationwide.

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