Jolly J! is a humor blog that features the online collection of funny anecdotes written by Jayred, a Filipino storyteller and traveler now based in Switzerland.
Jayred is an undercover singer and pianist — she performs for no one, not even for her partially deaf husband — who owns a high-tech karaoke machine, which she never really gets to use because she reckons that her amateur singing (and her shrill voice) might just fray the raw nerves of the geriatric group living in her quiet Swiss neighborhood.
She used to be articulate (well, according to her family, friends and workmates), but her speech organs have become severely underused in multilingual Switzerland where German, French, Italian, and Romansch are the national languages. She, therefore, describes herself as “forever speechless in Switzerland.”
However, Jayred remains hopeful that she will be able to speak like the natives before she turns 95. She asks her clueless family and friends alike to support her in her delusions. (August 2007)
– Last updated in December 2008.
(Note: This About page is not for the literal-minded and dry humor-challenged readers.)
