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sunnuntai, elokuuta 13, 2006
speed of sound
i'm irked out of my mind because my whole post just disappeared. ARGH
anyways. i know i'm supposed to be on hiatus but i will vent a little. for now.
so, me being miss i-can-tell-sharp-from-flat-most-of-the-time, this year's singapore idol has been quite a disappointment.
like, seriously? i mean, why in the world are joakim and jasmine tye in the competition. is it me or has singapore's mobile phone owners and sms senders gone deaf or something?
i know singapore's talent pool is relatively small but heck, i didn't think it was
that small. the lack of good pipes on this years season is dismal. i've been having very evil fantasies of saving up my pocket money to transport simon cowell here to give the contestants an earful. i suppose if he really did come (of his own accord, of course) he'd probably send half of those taking part packing their bags and running home with tears streaming down their face. yep. straight into arms of mom and dad, and to have recurrent nightmares of the englishman telling them that their performance was abysmal. muahahahaha.
because seriously, i'm getting quite irked by jasmine and her flowery friend and the other lot of posers on that show. and also by the lousy teeny bopper teens that are voting for their teeny bopper idols on that show. and by the fact that they have so much money to fling around that they can afford to vote 10 times for the flower boy when even he very well knows that he isn't talented.
the fact is, i don't think singapore is mature enough for these kinds of shows. and i think that the idol sg is gonna send to the world idol competition isn't even going to be considered by the judges. and the weirdest thing is, that i've met many mature people in singapore. so mature in fact, that they know not to pay a hefty sum every month in terms on mobile phone bills during the idol season.
you see, in
my time *ahem*, kids were alot more prudent. people simply didn't have the money to spend on countless sms-es and phonecalls to keep a sorta can make it looking idol on stage. no, not like the kids of today.
and besides, even if those jokers made it, they simply wouldn't last in singapore's market. because you see, on the whole, singapore's people are prudent. its all explained in macroeconomics essays under the conclusion/synthesis section where you're supposed to impress the Cambridge examiners. and then you know that singapore's economic growth isn't really affected by consumption, so the government aims to boost the economy by allowing for trade to take place and creating incentives for investment. that is because the mpc of singapore is relatively small, and the mps is quite large. and also because of the fact that out of every one dollar spent in singapore, 51 cents is spent on imports, which of course, does NOT include the joakim gomez's newest single that is out in all good stores, which is a domestic good, and oh dearie me, isn't likely to be exported either because no one who's sane would buy singapore dollars in the forex market just to buy it.
heh.
i know the govt is trying to create a more cultured society and yadayadayada promote the arts yadayadayada. but in my opinion, i don't think it'll happen anytime soon. for one, it seems as if singapore's society isn't open or creative or passionate or mature enough. one or all of the above, of course.
everything seems so clean cut and plastic. there is not rough edges, no ruggedness. no raw talent that you see elsewhere. and whatever amount there is (cos i don't believe its possible for there to be none) it seems almost negligible, or hiding somewhere. i mean, sure there are clusters of people here and there but no one is taking notice. its like, no one wants art or anything that hints at it. its the same reason why i read once in the forum that arts streams should be removed from jcs. people think it is 1. impractical. 2. narrows your choices by ALOT and 3. too aerie faerie to make a living out of. and of course i disagree, because arts students (or at least the ones i've met) are fully aware of the fact that their choices are limited, but are determined to make it anyway. and the better ones have talent and even passion, which is extremely rare
nowsaday and look at the arts cohorts in jcs, in comparison to the throngs of science people.
maybe one of the aspiring doctors in future will discover art-phobia. haha
so anyways, SI is to me, a sort of example of this art-phobia, if you like. the posers vote the the "cute" ones, and the ppl who have sharp ears aren't voting because their scared they'll get stoned to death by the image loving majority on their way to school. everyone loves music, yea, but does everyone bother to know what goes into good music? no. even crap sounds like music to some of the ppl voting. hrmph.
imagine, all future brides of joakim gomez (in your dreams lar). i'm sure he's a nice guy and all (i really do mean this part), and he's sorta kinda can make it half past six cutish *puke* i guess. i mean, i wouldn't know cos i have met him and i don't judge based on tv cos its a load of deception BUT hey you haven't either! and lets say, if and i really mean IF he makes it and makes his own record and stuff. do you really think he's gonna remember you. that smile in the crowd, the one of MANY who teared when he was in the bottom two on night? that placard toting speck in the sea of ladies, willing to throw himself at his feet? i reckon, no. he'll probably end up becoming something like fiona xie's new toyboy. and there go your dreams of having him to yourself. POOF. just like that.
and jasmine tye lovers? boys, do you really think she's looking for a young pimply lad like yourself, who sends her your used boxers and waits for her at the "hangout" at mount emily just to have her hug you and sign your shirt? that she'd want someone like YOU to fill that void in her life. i think she's probably looking for a man, with hair not too spiky and who whisks her off to the US for a whole week of shopping. do you think you fit the bill? i don't know. maybe. but most likely not aye?
and i have to mention this. i really CANNOT take nurul maideen anymore. i think she is being herself but i really don't like her "omygawdthatsopurrrdyiamahappygoober" bouncy stuff. seriously. i even USED to think she had a good voice. right up to the second time i saw her, when i started to think she was getting obnoxious and that the voice was going. i don't know.
even paul twohill i can take (that's cos i listen to some emocore myself) BUT its only cos he has character. i don't think he can sing. and he has little talent. i wonder if he has gotten a crick in the neck yet from all that flicking of the fringe. and i think he kinda sings and talks and acts like cookiemonster. a really twisted version of cookiemonster. i only stand him cos he's kinda melayu, and that amuses me and makes me laugh. haha.
without a doubt. if the abovementioned characters had any guts. i think they'd pack their bags now and leave. just give the people who maybe have less teeny bopper appeal but good pipes (MATHILDA!) the chance to go further. at for once, make a show that is worth watching. for once. (even the adverts in indonesia seem to be more amusing than some of the local shows on tv)
if this goes on, i think i'll just stick to watching channel newsasia and arts central when idol starts breaking my heart. till then, i'm still waiting for flower boy to leave.
marlz
8/13/2006 03:04:00 ip.