Recently, discover more and more people have expressed their complaints in the media. On the Sunday times, there is a reader who complained against Burger King advertising in the movie Spiderman 3. After reading his comment, I feel bewildered, what is the fact that Tobey Macguire being a vegetarian got to do with the ad by Burger King? He mentioned that having fast food advertisements in movies will encourage consumption of fast food by children, leading to health problems such as obesity. No doubt having too much fast food is bad for health, does the removal of fast food advertisements really solve the problem brought about by fast food. Could we further say that we should stop having fast food ads on TV? I am not making a personal attack against that concerned parent but just find that his comment is made without much thought. Moreover, by writing to the forum will not solve the "problem”, he should reflect to the Media Development Authority of Singapore.
Next, it is about the comments by viewers in the local magazines. I have been an avid fan of "I- weekly", a magazine discussing the Chinese movie and TV scene. In one of the sections, it allows viewers to voice their opinions. Find that there are a lot of smart alecks who make personal attacks against a particular actress, and often making baseless comments about her behaviour. I feel so sad for the actress, after all she have been in the local scene for more than a decade, and used to be the most sought after star. Now because she is older, a lot of people are 'attacking; her. Indeed we each have our likes and dislikes; we can dislike a particular actor or actress, but find it a bit too much to make a personal attack on him or her.Personally, I also complain about some drama serials, but I won't go to the extent to write bad things about them.
After all, acting is also a profession; would we like ourselves to be bombarded with negative comments in our work? For those who make negative comments before, please try to think before resorting to such childish actions. Being an actor is inevitable to be under the scrutiny of many eyes, but they do need motivation. By making such negative comments will only make them unhappy and not able to perform well. If you are so great, try to act yourself, then I will see how good you really are.Aiyah, really feel so sad for these people, they thought they are right, when they are in fact wrong. Alright, I end here now.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Relationships
For the past few weeks, have been listening to world of DTF narrated by Peifen. Peifen did a great job on every entry. I am just puzzled how come relationships can be so complex. Just a connection between a guy and a girl, yet seem to be so complicated. The school subjects are already so tough, yet the relationships matter can be even more complex. I have not fallen in love before neither am I in relationships, so I don't know. I also don't know what the feeling to like someone is. There are many readers who expressed that they used to be in the same predicament as DTF before, reading their comments really make me kind of sad. Is it true that most of us will have to face this problem that can be worse than our major examinations in life?
I don't know, perhaps those who happened to read my blog can leave a comment if you want, to enlighten me. There was an entry about DTF isolating herself from her parents, friends and the outside world, made me so shocked. I was puzzled as to how come it is so serious to make the "victim" so despondent, even losing the ability to carry out the normal routine. Logically, we should always look on the bright side, even if the one we like don't like us, we must still carry on with our lives. I am sure those around us do not want us to be so depressed. However, it seems that when the "love bug" bites us, we lose our "rationality" and "logic". Frankly speaking, I have never heard from anyone about their pain when they have a failed relationship as I do not have many friends. I feel that I do not need to pursue on these things, when it is time to come, it will come.
In my opinion, with regards to the story. I find that Ah toot and DTF are not really in love with each other. So I do not care if they did end up together, I just want DTF to be happy and carefree, Ah toot to remain as good friends with DTF. They might not like each other, but they broke up 5 years ago, and now want to get together again, it is hard. Many readers criticise Ah toot for being fickle-minded. I feel that he is of no fault, neither is DTF. In the first place, is Ah toot obliged to wait for DTF to confess to him? No, DTF did not express her feelings to Ah toot back then. They get together through an SMS, it is kind of abrupt. Secondly, DTF have been unsure of her feelings that pose a difficulty to the chance of being with Ah toot. Of course, can blame DTF as this type of things is hard to predict. Since the story have come into this stage, might as well accept DTF and Ah toot as good friends. I am analyzing it logically, but it is kind of weird to do that.
I guess I am not very good at understanding relationship matters, but this is just my opinion, no offence to anyone. Alright, I end here now
I don't know, perhaps those who happened to read my blog can leave a comment if you want, to enlighten me. There was an entry about DTF isolating herself from her parents, friends and the outside world, made me so shocked. I was puzzled as to how come it is so serious to make the "victim" so despondent, even losing the ability to carry out the normal routine. Logically, we should always look on the bright side, even if the one we like don't like us, we must still carry on with our lives. I am sure those around us do not want us to be so depressed. However, it seems that when the "love bug" bites us, we lose our "rationality" and "logic". Frankly speaking, I have never heard from anyone about their pain when they have a failed relationship as I do not have many friends. I feel that I do not need to pursue on these things, when it is time to come, it will come.
In my opinion, with regards to the story. I find that Ah toot and DTF are not really in love with each other. So I do not care if they did end up together, I just want DTF to be happy and carefree, Ah toot to remain as good friends with DTF. They might not like each other, but they broke up 5 years ago, and now want to get together again, it is hard. Many readers criticise Ah toot for being fickle-minded. I feel that he is of no fault, neither is DTF. In the first place, is Ah toot obliged to wait for DTF to confess to him? No, DTF did not express her feelings to Ah toot back then. They get together through an SMS, it is kind of abrupt. Secondly, DTF have been unsure of her feelings that pose a difficulty to the chance of being with Ah toot. Of course, can blame DTF as this type of things is hard to predict. Since the story have come into this stage, might as well accept DTF and Ah toot as good friends. I am analyzing it logically, but it is kind of weird to do that.
I guess I am not very good at understanding relationship matters, but this is just my opinion, no offence to anyone. Alright, I end here now
Saturday, May 12, 2007
All this While
It has been almost two months since I last blog. Partly it is because of academic stuff; partly it is just that I am not in the mood to blog. I now can understand why some bloggers do not blog for months, they are not in the mood or too busy. I know not many people visit my blog; in the first place, my purpose is not to attract readers, just to pen down thoughts, some which are instantaneous, some which are "plan" beforehand. I admit my standard of English is really below average but I feel that as long as I understand what I am writing, it doesn't matter.Just finished my exams this Friday, it was okay, and I will get to know the results only on 060607. Next sem onwards, classes are conducted in the evenings. The most logical thing to do is to find myself a job, if possible an accounting related job, however I have not worked before perhaps no employer is willing to employ me. Anyway, I am no longer so ignorant anymore, so must somehow make the best out of the remaining 2.5 years as a student. Let's see how it goes.
In April, catch a cartoon on DVD; it is titled the adventures of McDull (麦兜). It is about a piglet name McDull and his childhood experiences. If the story was this plain, it will be boring. However, the scriptwriter through the main character talks about the lifes of Hongkongers. Though I am living in Hong Kong, I still feel a sense of warmth and belonging, because the film did bring out some of the innocent childhood experiences most children will have. There was a scene where his mother bought a turkey for Christmas Eve dinner, McDull was really excited and imagine how tasty the turkey will be. Initially, he was elated when he taste the turkey, however, subsequently when he eat it everyday for months, he became so sick of it. Of course, the film is exaggerating the scene, how can a person eat turkey for months, the meat would be so hard by then. I am not very good at describing the scene, for all those who are interested; maybe you can get yourself the DVD. It is enjoyable yet meaningful. It has been a long time since I watch an enjoyable and meaningful Mandarin cartoon.
In the film, there was mention of a traditional ritual in Chang Zhou, Hong Kong of "Snatching the bun" or in Chinese known as" 抢包山" . It goes like this, there are huge towers filled with buns, and villagers will tend to snatch the most buns for good luck and fortune. I was not aware of this before watching the film.No offence to anyone, but I feel that watching this type of cartoon beats watching films that depicts explicit scenes of violence and sex. Personally, I do not like to watch action movies, find that they are meaningless, maybe in this world there are no heroes or villains, only kind hearted people and evil-doers. However, the purpose of movies is to entertain people, so I am not saying that films that depict sex and violence are to be banned. In my opinion, I just do not prefer them. Find that as a blogger, I have to be careful with what I write, because if it leads to misunderstanding, then it not only defeats the purpose of blogging, it made people more restricted. So those who happened to read my blog, do not get the wrong idea, I do not wish to get into trouble over what I wrote.
On the last week of April, I got to know about the screening of "Eternal Summer". It is a controversial Taiwanese film about guy-guy relationship. Actually, if we view the film in a neutral state of mind, there is nothing to be disgusted about. However, I do not dare to watch this type of film; firstly it is my parents will object, secondly, I just feel weird. I am neutral to the idea but thinking and seeing is different. Well, at least we are becoming more tolerant as a society. Personally, I do not have any of such friends, but I guess they are also human beings, also need people to respect them. I guess that is about it, will blog next time. Alright, I end here now.
In April, catch a cartoon on DVD; it is titled the adventures of McDull (麦兜). It is about a piglet name McDull and his childhood experiences. If the story was this plain, it will be boring. However, the scriptwriter through the main character talks about the lifes of Hongkongers. Though I am living in Hong Kong, I still feel a sense of warmth and belonging, because the film did bring out some of the innocent childhood experiences most children will have. There was a scene where his mother bought a turkey for Christmas Eve dinner, McDull was really excited and imagine how tasty the turkey will be. Initially, he was elated when he taste the turkey, however, subsequently when he eat it everyday for months, he became so sick of it. Of course, the film is exaggerating the scene, how can a person eat turkey for months, the meat would be so hard by then. I am not very good at describing the scene, for all those who are interested; maybe you can get yourself the DVD. It is enjoyable yet meaningful. It has been a long time since I watch an enjoyable and meaningful Mandarin cartoon.
In the film, there was mention of a traditional ritual in Chang Zhou, Hong Kong of "Snatching the bun" or in Chinese known as" 抢包山" . It goes like this, there are huge towers filled with buns, and villagers will tend to snatch the most buns for good luck and fortune. I was not aware of this before watching the film.No offence to anyone, but I feel that watching this type of cartoon beats watching films that depicts explicit scenes of violence and sex. Personally, I do not like to watch action movies, find that they are meaningless, maybe in this world there are no heroes or villains, only kind hearted people and evil-doers. However, the purpose of movies is to entertain people, so I am not saying that films that depict sex and violence are to be banned. In my opinion, I just do not prefer them. Find that as a blogger, I have to be careful with what I write, because if it leads to misunderstanding, then it not only defeats the purpose of blogging, it made people more restricted. So those who happened to read my blog, do not get the wrong idea, I do not wish to get into trouble over what I wrote.
On the last week of April, I got to know about the screening of "Eternal Summer". It is a controversial Taiwanese film about guy-guy relationship. Actually, if we view the film in a neutral state of mind, there is nothing to be disgusted about. However, I do not dare to watch this type of film; firstly it is my parents will object, secondly, I just feel weird. I am neutral to the idea but thinking and seeing is different. Well, at least we are becoming more tolerant as a society. Personally, I do not have any of such friends, but I guess they are also human beings, also need people to respect them. I guess that is about it, will blog next time. Alright, I end here now.
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