Monday, March 20, 2006
Just thoughtsWell, some random thoughts just pop out and i thot i would type it down.
Just watched the Star Idol final last night. What a horrible show!
Firstly, I thought that the programmers planned it horribly. The plot of the scenes were not linked, nobody really knew what the story was about.
And the two supposedly star idol-elects really can't act!!!
Stiff facial expressions, incoherent speaking and unnatural acting.
How the hell did they get so far??
It's no wonder the story felt so 'substanceless'. They couldn't carry the characters required of them, or bring the audience into the emotions of the characters. In stark contrast to experienced actors like ann kok and felicia chin, their poor acting stood out even more. I just can feel they they are 'acting', as opposed to the real actors who made me feel I'm seeing a story unfold in front of me.
And one major downfall, for them and all the previous contestants, were their command of mandarin, or the lack of it.
Since like in sec sch, I noticed how horribly our youngsters nowadays in speaking the language. Many of us, including me, profess to use the language in our daily conversations.
But why spoken horribly when we have to use it formally?
Being in Taiwan then exposed me to the fact that how unfluently I speak proper mandarin. Think I have to practise it through my daily conversations.. I have to cut down on relying on English whenever I stumble upon a Chinese word to express my thoughts. I want to speak fluently in both languages!!
This and many other factors brought me to think of the importance of the Chinese language. Guess I haven't been touch the language for a while! Since I'll be in the Arts fac, I'll definitely take some Chinese modules.. But not the Chinese literature-ic modules though, I have enough of it in sec 3 and sec 4! I probably will be taking some commercial chinese modules or something more modern.. miss speaking mandarin in class!
Yah, and now i look forward to see the superband show. I love people making 'live' music, and the contestants look promising I must say. I've no doubt they'll play great music, but I'm not so sure about the singing... usually in one band u can see the guitarists, keyboardist and drummer playing all so well, but the singing will bring everything down. And Chinese rock bands in Singapore are not common. Or should I say mostly are not purely chinese bands, but english-speaking people trying to sing chinese songs.
Would the singing be good? Let' s see.
And I'm sick of look for a job. Went for countless interviews and filled in countless forms. I'm so sick of them! Hopefully the agents will call.. real soon.
These are the jobs that i rejected:
1. Organisation raising funds for charity.
--They earn quite a lot per hr, and they take commission from sale of things like keychains, toys etc to members of public. Meaning: They take a certain percentage off public donations, and make it their income! If the your average fund-raiser gets some commission, imagine the team leader, imagine your boss, imagine the company! It's no wonder sometimes only a few cents out of a dollar from our donations go to the needy we intend to help. Makes me more sceptical about donating next time.
2. Factory work. Pack Cds. 12hr per day.. $58! I'm an A'Levels Certificate holder u know? less than $5 per hr! Crap!
3. MLMs (two) - Nuff said. FUCK OFF.
Maybe this is the price you pay for freedom. New things get in to trouble you.
and i'm confused. What do I want? Will the future really bring what I hope it will bring? What do I have to do to solve the $ problems in uni? WHO? Why does my mind keep flying around? Why am I so sentimental about certain things? And am I fickle?
These are the things I need to sort out along the way.. Hope He shows me the plan soon enough and I just will follow it..
just some thoughts.
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