The Media Industry

I dont know if you feel the same.
Mediacorp has been doing nothing but giving us lousy actors, lousy scripts, coupled with lousy producers and a terrible fashion sense.
The script's always about adultry, some illegitimate child looking for the father, or some uncle acting as a ah beng wannabe.
oh yes. i'm tired.

Why are we paying $110 for TV license when the only use for my TV is for my Play Station 2?

i got this off the MDA Webiste:
http://www.mda.gov.sg/wms.www/1001qns.aspx
What does the MDA do?
The MDA was established in 2003 to champion the realisation of the Media 21 vision and in the process, transform Singapore into a vibrant global media city. The MDA will achieve this with its dual-function role i.e championing the growth of the media industry through the Media 21 blueprint and manage media content to protect core values and safeguard consumers’ interests.

"championing the growth of the media industry"
What growth?

Yawn.
Do we actually have to pay to watch Mediacorp shows? Cos i'll gladly subscribe to Starhub Cable and watch HBO Movies all day.

I'm not watching these home made shit like.. What's that 9pm show with Zoe Tay and Lee Nan Xing?
Zzzz..

I cant help but notice the uncanny resemblance with Holland Village and most of the other shows.
On the other hand, i also think it looks like those typical Hong Kong series.. Except with lousier actors cos all Mediacorp actors do is scream at the top of your lungs and make such terrible noises.. Like.. Yvonne Lin Xiang Ping? God knows if i got her name correct.

I hate it cos when they play such shows in TV Mobile, her high pitch voice with mark my words one expression - fierce means that i'll get a headache when i try to sleep.

Note to all Mediacorp artists: Frowning is only one type of expression. It does not apply to everything like sadness, agony, frustration, jealousy, and hatred. Cos I really cant tell the difference between all these expressions when all you do is frown, then shriek.

Please do something about the scripts.
Oh.. And the Superstar, superband, campus superstar??
Shit, they're all the same.
I seriously doubt the capabilities of some of their judges? Like Zhou Chong Qing? Seriously? I think you only tell me if they look good. And you dont look good in terms of your dress sense to begin with, so i guess you cant criticise much.

You want growth?
I'm teaching you growth.
Seriously, if the relevant organisations take my advice, you'll see growth.

Marriage

I can never understand why our outings always turn into a debate about marriage.

Guess it's because the guys, being generally older, and well.. dating their girlfriends for eons.. kind of consider that option.
Well, being the nice responsible people they are, they considered.

I have to admit those are great catches. So much so that i compare them to some of my friends and scream "go do something about it and stop whining!"

so it's like you do know you dont really have the qualities to make it on my list. Please go do something about it and stop whining. My criteria is not insane.

But again, it's funny that different people talk to the same person about different topics..and they reveal how much they know. Some guys are obsessed with dota, but i guess you do see the other side of them that has.. well.. depth. Quite unlike what most no life gamers are... that probably account for 98% of those in the gaming world.

High IQ, even higher EQ, and a hell lot of humour packed with it. What else can you ask for?
Oh right.

Committment.

But seriously, with such wonderful qualities, you should be worried.

Grades!!

camera's spoilt.
pictures turned out..


If my grades had to be so consistent, i was kind of hoping for a straight As rather than a straight Bs. But again.. i got the job.. so..

Women of our time

Was watching Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, and the evil villian Barkis Bittern asked the corpse bride "Can a heart still break after it's stopped beating?"
Funny. I've never thought of it that way.

You know how zombies in movies always appear as mindless creatures? inability to think, to feel?
like those in Resident Evil?
Those chinese movies always portray them as being some bloodthirsty freak.
It's everything that you picture the dead to be.

Dead.

Guess i liked the film cos the corpse bride's got spunk.

Speaking of which, i just realised that Audrey Hepburn has a size 10 feet!
Ha. If there's a connection.. any at all to the greatest actress (or so i claim) of all time, I dont mind admitting that i have big feet as well!

I didnt like her because she's pretty. I like her because she's a beautiful person.

Funny. Why did i name this entry "women of our time" when the people i'm talking about are dead?

Not that you dont already know that the other person i adore is Queen Cleopatra herself. Mind you, not Elizabeth Taylor. I meant the Egyption. At least, what Shakespare depicts her to be.

Hmm.
So.. what's going on?
Where have all the great women gone?

Tiffany's blue box

This blog's getting impossible to load..

I love Tiffany & Co. Partly cos of its pretty jewellery..



but more because of the prestige in that little blue box.



That's branding.



I wonder why most Singaporeans dont frequent it.
(Partly due to its prices i guess..)

But hey! Assuming you dont get divorced, it's actually pretty cheap say.. when you depreciate it over 50 years.
Alright.
Who am i kididng?

Guess i got obsessed with helping my friend select the perfect ring.

D____*: "Lee Hwa or SK?"
Snufflezz: "How about Tiffany's?"
D____: "@#$%^&*()(*&^%$"

So much for trying to be helpful...
In the end we settled for SK, mainly due to the price (Singaporean men~~)
Although i suspected that the miserable 2 carat wont be good enough for his more than perfect girlfriend, good luck with the proposal!!

Oh.. Merry Christmas to all!

*Name removed to protect the poor dude's identity.

Beauty Queen

Jason insists that his Princess girl's the prettiest girl he's ever laid eyes on.
Of cos, being the hypocrite friend that i am, i politely didnt point out the fact that her nose is a little to flat to be considered of beauty queen quality. I also politely didnt mention the fact that unless he thinks his - genes & his wife's - genes could turn into + genes, she needs to consider plastic surgery to join miss universe. but again, if you take a look at the miss singapore contestants that look so.... plain, anyone can join, so he really shouldnt worry. But again, these bad karma really hits you like a boomerang. Take for e.g., my nasty boyfriend who doesnt think i'm anywhere near good looking. Fortunately, there's easier alternatives to solve it... say.. running off with someone who appreciates me better.

But that would add on to the bad karma. Jason is so going to kill me when he reads this.

Every parent thinks their child is the prettiest.

But i've come to the sudden realisation that contrary to what they think, the only baby i think is cute is the kid off Jackie Chan's Rob B Hood. Or maybe me when i was an infant!

Ok, the second one's probably biased.

So are you going to market yourself as a carrier of good genes so the person who consummates with you has a better chance of having a prettier baby?
At least a better chance i guess.

If that's really the case, make sure you define beauty from a broader perspective, cos what you think is pretty may not appeal to the mass.

Sexual Consent

Came across this.

WILL YOU STOP HARPING ABOUT IT ALREADY?

it's simple. really.
so one day you tell yourself let's shut out all your friends.
cling on to your family and most beloved boy/girlfriend.
sure, your parents wont desert you.
your boy/girlfriend might.
then one day you'll have no friends + no boy/girlfriend.
then as you age, one day your parents might leave this world.
then one day you wake up to find yourself so helpless because you have no friends + no boy/girlfriend + no parents.

now that's going to be very sad.

but i'm not supposed to care.
we're all not supposed to care.
because this day you turn us from your door.
compare our affections like a jealous kid.
then this is the day we shut you out.

then this is the day you'll find out how selfish man can be.
and i may not even be there to see that day come.

who i ought to be

i ought to be a politician.
given my notorious sarcasm for the kind of policies in singapore, the government need voices like mine.
then perhaps i should write in the forum in the name of "paper voices", ripped off a character named julia marks in one of the books i read when i was ten.
but again, my views are superficial, usually ranting about the misery lives of the lower income without caring about the concerns of the "elite and uncaring".
and of cos, in the general welfare of my great democratic country.

let's work on that part called "democracy".

and that "7% GST".

but again, when i'm one of the very well paid MPs, i probably couldnt care less.
now that's the fundamental behavior of all mankind.
why contradict with the guys that pay you?

that's one of my biased beliefs.

but again, that's how the enron scandal got about.
hmm..

i'm beginning to think that all pays, allowances, transport and entertainment expenses of all MPs should be declared. for better corporate governance.
(are they already declared?)

maybe that's something i need to research on..
hmm..

Camp Ideapolis

Back from camp.
this is the first camp i didnt have fun at all.
maybe i learnt something.
i wont have 8 kids.

Aftermath

Finally! Chalet's over!
Here's your favourite part:

I kept thinking that 40 people's really a small and manageable group.

i forgot that:

1) some people get lost --> have to fetch them

2) some people dont know anyone else --> have to entertain them

3) some people like some other people from the chalet --> have to matchmake them

Hmm.. Busy day.. but pretty fun..

I've got a couple of nice pressies too!

The tak-lors gave me a calendar.

NTU peeps wrote notes for me in a little book.

I thought those were really sweet.

These too!

Hee:

Hope you guys had fun!

Time for the war for module!

Announcement

This announcement will remain on the top post until 3 Dec. Please scroll down for newer posts.

Hi guys,

The details of the chalet are as follows:

Date: 2 Dec 2006 (you can consider staying all the way til the 4th) - taklors, please try to come on the first, we have the whole place to ourselves!!!
Time: any time after 6 = dinner ready

Chalet: HomeTeamNS Pasir Ris Holiday Chalets
Unit: A2

Address: 124A – 124H Pasir Ris Road, Pasir Ris Beach Park, Singapore 519120
Nearest car park: Public Car park F

Please refer to attached pdf for map or visit http://www.hometeamns.sg/index.cfm?GPID=47 for more details.

I wont be catering cos of the cost ($$$) > benefit issue, so will be having a BBQ and I’ll find some other food to keep us alive. Hope you guys don’t mind.

Things you might wanna consider bringing:
Mahjong set & chips (please tell me if you wanna bring that so I can go rent tables)
Cards
Stuff you usually bring + an extra change of clothes if you have the intention of smashing the cake in my face cos I wont make your life any easier after that :p
Cameras!


Strictly no drugs please.
By invitation only: i will turn you away if i dont feel like seeing you that day.