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Welcome to Egypt x2

First, the animal rights weirdo gets schooled by KFC employees.

Now, a Singaporean pop star and her obviously lame-o managers get absolutely nailed Cairo-style trying to shoot a video here. Too funny:
"LOCAL singer Stefanie Sun did not face guns or armed robbers in Egypt, as some stories had it.
Click to see larger image....she and a film crew - there to shoot two music videos - did lose more than US$10,000 ($15,000) to a mystery man in Cairo.

Mr Chen said that the money had been paid to a 'stranger who claimed he had government connections' and had reportedly turned up uninvited with the local guide.....The man then allegedly demanded 'payment' every few hours as the crew moved from location to location for filming. Even Stefanie, 29, ended up charging US$3,500 ($5,348) to her card, the singer's father told Lianhe Wanbao."
There is something about South-East Asians in Cairo, they just get the best of bad Cairo treatment. I guess looking tiny and vulnerable is one factor - but then being so unbelievably passive and sucker-like as to actually fall for it as well. I can't imagine Germans or Americans getting suckered into paying thousands of dollars into a mobile credit card machine many times thoughout a single day just because some sketchy Egyptian tells them they have to.

3 Responses to “Welcome to Egypt x2”

  1. # Blogger Merili

    Hahaha, this text might give the Bosnians an idea too, they love this kind of mischief...
    I must admit it's a crazy idea but it obviously worked for this guy.  

  2. # Blogger Aly

    hahah....this post blasted laugh out me :D  

  3. # Blogger Pierre

    The sad part is that stefanie's actually not too bad to look at. She's the one who sang that sugary pop hit "Green light". The same one that sends all the far eastern aiesercers, especially the girls, into a tizzy every time it's played in plenary.  

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