An awful Tiger woman here, and an awesome Tiger woman in London

Many netizens are talking admiringly about one helluva Tiger woman. I'm referring of course to Wendi Deng, the wife of media baron Rupert Murdoch.

But first, there's this STOMP story which insing.com carried, about a different kind of Tiger woman -- someone who, if the story is true, should be ashamed of herself.

A 62-year-old woman,  although burdened with shopping bags, had to stand until she eventually got a seat on the train. When an elderly man got on board, she asked a young woman who was in the priority seat for people who need them, to give up her seat to the old man.

When she refused to do so, the older woman used her phone camera to take pictures of the young woman, who was with a young man. That was when the young woman threatened her.

I should reiterate that the "citizen journalism" account here gives only the older woman's side of the story and is unverified.

But assuming it is true, the couple then reportedly followed the now frightened woman when she exited the train and this time, both the man and the woman harassed her. Still, she managed to get into a taxi.

When she got back home, she called the train operator's control station. Amazingly, the man who answered her call reportedly said: "I am new and I just took over the shift. Please call again tomorrow as I do not want to get involved in this matter." This guy is no alpha male or beta male (see yesterday's posting)... he's simply lost his marbles!

Here's the link to the story:

http://news.insing.com/tabloid/couple-abuse-old-lady-at-mrt-station/id-a2973c00

Okay, now for Wendi Deng aka Tiger Mother, aka Smack Down Sister, aka Wonder Woman, aka China's Charlie's Angel. etc, etc...

The 42-year-old Guangzhou-born third wife of 80-year-old Rupert Murdoch is now an Internet sensation, after she lightning-fast got up and tackled a man who had tried to smear some shaving foam on the face of her husband, who was attending an inquiry hearing in the British Parliament. She not only foiled the attacker Jon May-bowles -- who also calls himself Jonnie Marbles -- but she managed to turn the tables and saw to it that Marbles too was smeared with the foam!

Reports say that Deng has been dubbed "Smack Down Sister" in China's cyberspace -- she is now one of the hottest topics on the country's Twitter-like service Weibo. "When you marry, you should marry a Chinese woman. In times of danger, she will act," crowed one Chinese netizen. Even the Taiwanese were impressed. One video mashup had Deng transforming into a Tigress as she hovered over the hapless Marbles.

There are now many links about her on the Net. Here's one:

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/184532/20110721/wendi-deng-murdoch-ninja-slap-jonnie-marbles-rupert-murdoch-video.htm