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I'm totally exhausted after a long day of boring lessons; I've stood in the hot sun for 15 minutes waiting for the bus; and now I'm trying to get some rest after slopping down into a seat on a KMB bus.

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My eyes are just drooping closed when suddenly the bus's TV screen blares 'Nami, Nami, Nami'. It's that annoying bra advert featuring women jumping and waving their hands about. Great, just what I need when I'm trying have a quick snooze.

Next comes a series of slimming commercials, one showing the magic transformation of a chubby woman into a slim and pretty lady. Extrim, Fancl extra-slim-up ... boy, am I sick of these adverts.

Just as I think the adverts have finally ended, up pops Viann the clown, behaving like a three-year-old, persuading you to dial #9619 to buy their

i-club products.

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I am left wondering about the purpose of these roadshow TVs. Are they supposed to be educational, entertaining or are they just there to make you realise how fat you are?

Are they simply providing an in-motion catalogue of advertisements?

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