http://www.talkingcock.com/html/article.php?sid=2098
hey, read the link before you get what i'm talking about. this comment is long overdue, but i still feel really strongly about it.
im not sure about you, but to me the girl's comments came as a great disappointment. im pretty sure they clarified the suspicions of many people that the education system is churning out 'elites' who simply have no empathy for the rest of society and revel in their self-absorbed state of mind. she is, in my humble opinion an obnoxious prick born with silver spoon in her mouth, who doesn't know anything about life, and who therefore should shut up.
beyond all that, (which pretty much any "Heartlander" singaporean can tell you), i am even more disappointed in her father. 1.) he explicitly acknowledged that her comments were accurate, and the fact that he is MP for Ang Mo Kio does not seem to be aligned with his personal views which have surfaced with this scandal. if im not wrong, Ang Mo Kio is very much filled with the "sadder class", to quote her words not mine. if i stayed in Ang Mo Kio, i would indeed be very disturbed and sad to note that my MP had these views... well needless to say, i doubt his chances of re-election as MP will be very high.
2.) he blames the school for not teaching her the right communication skills, instead of taking on any parental responsibility. this here is what really gets my goat! i'm so upset by the fact that schools nowadays are charged with almost every aspect of educating a child, including morals and values, societal code and the like. whatever happened to the role of parents in a child's life? surely a father has a duty beyond feeding his children and providing a roof over their heads (too comfortable a roof in this case)? i'm definitely not saying that educators have nothing to do with character development. rather, imbuing such values is a joint responsibility for schools AND for parents. and this is usually taught by setting an example for the child, which MP dad has sadly failed to do in this case. blaming it all on RJ really is the easiest way out.
Friday, March 09, 2007
Thursday, March 08, 2007
movies
have watched 3 movies recently so let me tell you about them.
1.) shortbus: of all three films i guess this was shot the most artistically. especially liked the sequence of the 3D painting of new york which was used at the beginning and interludes between scenes. about the film itself, of all the characters i think i really empathised the most with the gay guy who spent the last 6 months shooting a film to say goodbye to his boyfriend, and getting a third guy to enter their relationship so that the bf wouldnt feel alone after he committed suicide. the character doesn't talk much at all, but you see so much sadness in him and you feel that he's really screaming inside for someone to understand him. otherwise the movie has lots of sex scenes involved, but none that are very distasteful. (just shocking!) overall it still feels like something is missing though. the ending was also very... shall we say, dizzy and euphoric haha. 3.5/5
2.) the pursuit of happyness
watched this at the behest of emily tan. this is like the ultimate down-and-out movie with the happy ending! will smith's character is so freaking suay so its really easy to empathise with him. the kid is of course very cute.. i mean if u were a kid with such funky hair, u have got to be cute to pull it off. my favourite scene was when they spent the night in the toilet of the station. nuff said.. 4/5
1.) shortbus: of all three films i guess this was shot the most artistically. especially liked the sequence of the 3D painting of new york which was used at the beginning and interludes between scenes. about the film itself, of all the characters i think i really empathised the most with the gay guy who spent the last 6 months shooting a film to say goodbye to his boyfriend, and getting a third guy to enter their relationship so that the bf wouldnt feel alone after he committed suicide. the character doesn't talk much at all, but you see so much sadness in him and you feel that he's really screaming inside for someone to understand him. otherwise the movie has lots of sex scenes involved, but none that are very distasteful. (just shocking!) overall it still feels like something is missing though. the ending was also very... shall we say, dizzy and euphoric haha. 3.5/5
2.) the pursuit of happyness
watched this at the behest of emily tan. this is like the ultimate down-and-out movie with the happy ending! will smith's character is so freaking suay so its really easy to empathise with him. the kid is of course very cute.. i mean if u were a kid with such funky hair, u have got to be cute to pull it off. my favourite scene was when they spent the night in the toilet of the station. nuff said.. 4/5
3.) little miss sunshine
just watched this today. another one of those dysfunctional family movies but this one was done nicely. each one of them is a little bit strange and something sad happens to each of them along the way to california. oh and the part where the girl reveals the dance her grandfather taught is sooo funny.. 4/5.
and i'm gonna be watching the illusionist tonite, that being a reward for having completed all the essays of my 2nd year! woohoo. since the illusionist has edward norton im pretty sure it will be good ;)
just watched this today. another one of those dysfunctional family movies but this one was done nicely. each one of them is a little bit strange and something sad happens to each of them along the way to california. oh and the part where the girl reveals the dance her grandfather taught is sooo funny.. 4/5.
and i'm gonna be watching the illusionist tonite, that being a reward for having completed all the essays of my 2nd year! woohoo. since the illusionist has edward norton im pretty sure it will be good ;)
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