Teohlogy? His words of Tok Kokk...

Patrick Teoh is by all accounts the high priest of 'tokking kok' - a word used quite so often in his maiden book, Teohlogy. It is by no mean the words of God through (or according to) Patrick. Talking about 'tokking kok', when I was in varsity back in 1983, my group of seniors used to use it quite so often that since that was the first time I had heard such a phrase, I actually thought that the word was coined by them. It must have been derived from the saying 'talking cock and bull stories'. Malaysian, being economical in the number of words they like to utter must have shortened it.
An example of Malaysian and his stinginess with words can be seen in any customer service department. In any European, Australian or American shop, if the thing that you are looking for is not available, the shopkeeper/ customer relation officer will go at length to tell you how he will check with his superiors/ other branches and he will get back to you if you could kindly leave for contact, bla, bla... In Malaysia, it would a simple. 'No Stock!!!' Full stop.
For those who grew up in the 80s in Malaysia, Patrick Teoh is no stranger. He was the first radio DJ whose unaccented English and was a regular voice in sponsored radio shows and the only English radio channel 'Breakfast Show'. He used to handle many phone-ins and was razor sharp in his wit and sarcasm. He was fired when his well crafted April Fool joke on how a foreign based company was making a commercial on dancing ducks by placing them on hot-plates worked very well, making everyone (including animal protection societies) up in arms. When the truth was told a few days later, the SPCA was not amused. They lodged a police report for prank.
If Patrick Teoh keeps on writing his brand of book, pretty soon you would see words 'tokking kok' and 'fler'(how Malaysian pronounce the word 'fellow') would make it into the Oxford Dictionary.
If you want an idea of how this book is....
If you think this blog is of a cynical rumbling of a soon to be an old man and is redundantly redundant, then the book can described as something of the same vein but long winded. It is about an senior pretty intelligent (too smart for his pants) Chinaman with the grasp of the language using his level best to take a punch at the government, civil servants and their apathy to the well being of the country. Whenever he can, he also takes a swipe at our southern neighbour, sometimes using crass jokes.
As Teoh points out, we are very good at complaining about  when we are having our beers or teh tarik, forget all about it when we finish it, and complain again when we meet up for another drink, most probably on something new!
I found the book initially a light entertaining read but as the pages progressed, I found it a wee bit tedious as the topics seem repetitive. You can only bash Singaporeans and politicians so much.  Overall it is a good read when you have nothing to do when you are answering nature's call.
P.S. Readers can hit Patrick Teoh's blog which has hit more than 4.5 million visitors. The name of the blog is Niamah!!!, which means 'your mother' in the profane Cantonese dialect - quite how profound!