Although you can't officially call this a post (and i won't call it one either)... I'll have to do it anyway, cause i was a bit shocked by the fact that lq had actually worked on getting his arguement our on the case of the charity show. (Check the comments section of the previous post)
Firstly, to reply to lq first comment:
This first comment sort of reminded me of a post which i made fun of this group of companies before. You might want to check out the post on the good old tsunami, which you should be able to see on the list.
In case people get too lazy, here is the exact quote:
" I think we have heard several times that some companies are donating something to the disaster area by buying something from them. Seems to be an unfortunate incident to allow people to do charity and buy more things for them under the pretext that they are helping the people who are in needs. But as we all already know, charity should be done of one's free will. Why must the companies ask other people to buy things so that they would donate to the people who needs this things urgently..."
"As far as I can see, a lot of companies and even people are using this opportunity as a chance to make money...How wonderful, cashing in on someone's else misfortunes..."
That alone should sum up my point against lq argument. That the companies should just directly donate to the organisation involved.
On the 3rd point that lq made:
So you have yet to answer the question. Why is there a need for our local actors to perform such stunts. Why can't they sing or dance and get people to donate. You know why? Because our local actors are bad, as in they are lousy. Look at our television programmes, other than CNA, all stays local, none made it to the international. What does it prove, our actors are bad. So what can i say?
Sorry mediacorp, but i think you guys can't make it. Look at CCTV, Phoenix ... Cartoon Network, Nick, why can't you do it?
Discmon
Monday, April 25, 2005
Monday, April 11, 2005
Charity and what comes to mind...
I watched the charity drive on TV as usual. Of course, ever since I grew up and got a bit of perspective, i decided that this is not charity...
I mean, what is charity when you are actually just taking part in a lucky draw? Sure, sounds absurd, but this is what is happening in Singapore right now. I was watching the show and i puked when i saw how they are torturing their actors. Someone had to stop a fan moving with his tongue, some other person had to use only glass bottles as support and get on to the top of a structure. Sounds weird eh. In past years, someone had to sit on swords, had to be stepped on while lying on broken glass, had to be burned in fire... The list goes on with any thing that comes to your mind as what acrobats does.
I think that there is something drastically wrong with this approach.
First, if donating money means getting some prize money from some sponsors, why not just tell the sponsor to donate their prize money directly to the people who are benefitting from it.
Second, if winning prizes is the ultimate end to donating money, what are we telling our next generation of children? That we should only give money to help the needy so that we can, through a series of unfortunate event, get some quick cash? And it just get worse each year, from three calls and get a brochure, to cars, bungalows, and finally, if you called last year and do it this year, your chance of winning increases by almost four folds. This is getting to become a bit of a joke.
Thirdly, why ask your actors to perform dangerous stunts. All those stuntperson that we see in this world today are those who had practised for many years, and not just for a few weeks. What they are doing is endangering that lives of their actors. How many actors had decided to pull themselves out of this performance because of injuries? 1,2,3,4,5,....? In fact, i think quite a lot. Someone suffered a back injury, one had her hand cut by a knife, one had her body injured with multiple blades of knives, and this is just quoting a few...
Fourthly, maybe you should say our actors are only small little clowns not worth much attention unless they perform amazing stunts which unfortunately have to include the amazing fact that they have to put their lives at risk. Wheras when Zhou Hua Jian appears, what happened, call amounts erupted, people were singing along with all their might. Do you think such people would appear in Singapore?
So, what can i conclude from this, that Singapore is a place where people get quick cash, not exactly, as some people do donate the money they had won back. Of course, i still prefer the one on Channel U with no prize money, at least that is more like a charity drive...
Discmon
I mean, what is charity when you are actually just taking part in a lucky draw? Sure, sounds absurd, but this is what is happening in Singapore right now. I was watching the show and i puked when i saw how they are torturing their actors. Someone had to stop a fan moving with his tongue, some other person had to use only glass bottles as support and get on to the top of a structure. Sounds weird eh. In past years, someone had to sit on swords, had to be stepped on while lying on broken glass, had to be burned in fire... The list goes on with any thing that comes to your mind as what acrobats does.
I think that there is something drastically wrong with this approach.
First, if donating money means getting some prize money from some sponsors, why not just tell the sponsor to donate their prize money directly to the people who are benefitting from it.
Second, if winning prizes is the ultimate end to donating money, what are we telling our next generation of children? That we should only give money to help the needy so that we can, through a series of unfortunate event, get some quick cash? And it just get worse each year, from three calls and get a brochure, to cars, bungalows, and finally, if you called last year and do it this year, your chance of winning increases by almost four folds. This is getting to become a bit of a joke.
Thirdly, why ask your actors to perform dangerous stunts. All those stuntperson that we see in this world today are those who had practised for many years, and not just for a few weeks. What they are doing is endangering that lives of their actors. How many actors had decided to pull themselves out of this performance because of injuries? 1,2,3,4,5,....? In fact, i think quite a lot. Someone suffered a back injury, one had her hand cut by a knife, one had her body injured with multiple blades of knives, and this is just quoting a few...
Fourthly, maybe you should say our actors are only small little clowns not worth much attention unless they perform amazing stunts which unfortunately have to include the amazing fact that they have to put their lives at risk. Wheras when Zhou Hua Jian appears, what happened, call amounts erupted, people were singing along with all their might. Do you think such people would appear in Singapore?
So, what can i conclude from this, that Singapore is a place where people get quick cash, not exactly, as some people do donate the money they had won back. Of course, i still prefer the one on Channel U with no prize money, at least that is more like a charity drive...
Discmon
The great historical editing...
Well, it has been a rather hectic week with a lot of homework, but i just could not stop myself from writing this.
If you people had been paying attention to the news lately, you would know that Japan is back to its old trick of rewriting history to suits its purpose. I do not think there is a need to quote a portion of it here as our school have enough people from china and just a single thought of this would send them into a frenzy of attacking the japanese.
As we all know, the chinese in mainland china had riot and the like. Well, in a riot, the most obvious target would be the Japan embassy in China. Here is the joke, remember that it was Japan who changed the history book and started the conflict. Rioters threw things into the embassy and broke several windows. Japan then uses all its might and its arrogance and asked the china government to apologise to them.
Anyone, who is not mad about Jap anime would see this as the ultimate insult. Does anyone of you read the very stupid comic called "la bi xiao xing"? Well, perhaps Japanese Government want to be just like the main character, the stupidest person who is laughed at by everyone by does not realise it.
I mean, if the japanese government wants to rewrite history, they also have to spare a "thought" for the atrocities that they had commited. Over thousands killed in Nanjing, the sook ching in Singapore, the death railway in thailand. I do not think that it is just korea and china to be afraid of this, but the countries in South east asia which suffered dearly in the hands of the japanese.
Lets get a bit of perspective shall we? Firstly, history book is written by the victors, so in a certian sense, history is never true. But this is getting way too absurd, for example "We INVADED countries in SOUTH EAST ASIA so that we can FREE THEM FROM COLONIAL RULE!!!!????!?" Do you think i would believe that?! It is a pile of utter rubbish.
Oh, its been over 60 years, wake up Japan, history might have been rewritten but it is by the victors. And please, for god sake, don't let history repeat itself.
Finally, JAPAN, you have yet to apologise for what you had done... Wait, i doubt that would be possible when a bunch of people in Japan are bringing people to court for announcing to the world the things that Japan had done wrong. If this continues..., well, do you think i need to explain...
Discmon
If you people had been paying attention to the news lately, you would know that Japan is back to its old trick of rewriting history to suits its purpose. I do not think there is a need to quote a portion of it here as our school have enough people from china and just a single thought of this would send them into a frenzy of attacking the japanese.
As we all know, the chinese in mainland china had riot and the like. Well, in a riot, the most obvious target would be the Japan embassy in China. Here is the joke, remember that it was Japan who changed the history book and started the conflict. Rioters threw things into the embassy and broke several windows. Japan then uses all its might and its arrogance and asked the china government to apologise to them.
Anyone, who is not mad about Jap anime would see this as the ultimate insult. Does anyone of you read the very stupid comic called "la bi xiao xing"? Well, perhaps Japanese Government want to be just like the main character, the stupidest person who is laughed at by everyone by does not realise it.
I mean, if the japanese government wants to rewrite history, they also have to spare a "thought" for the atrocities that they had commited. Over thousands killed in Nanjing, the sook ching in Singapore, the death railway in thailand. I do not think that it is just korea and china to be afraid of this, but the countries in South east asia which suffered dearly in the hands of the japanese.
Lets get a bit of perspective shall we? Firstly, history book is written by the victors, so in a certian sense, history is never true. But this is getting way too absurd, for example "We INVADED countries in SOUTH EAST ASIA so that we can FREE THEM FROM COLONIAL RULE!!!!????!?" Do you think i would believe that?! It is a pile of utter rubbish.
Oh, its been over 60 years, wake up Japan, history might have been rewritten but it is by the victors. And please, for god sake, don't let history repeat itself.
Finally, JAPAN, you have yet to apologise for what you had done... Wait, i doubt that would be possible when a bunch of people in Japan are bringing people to court for announcing to the world the things that Japan had done wrong. If this continues..., well, do you think i need to explain...
Discmon
Friday, April 01, 2005
April's fool joke (Part 2)
I could not stand it, the urge for me to write this is overwhelming.
The SC nomination list is finally out after being delayed for a week. As I am the kind of people who usually heck care this sort of things, I naturally placed this right at the back of my mind and attended to other matters which I believed is significantly more important.
It was not until after school dismissal that I went and took a good look at the list. It turns out that i just found the joke of the week. For those of you whom had heard me rambling along about this would understand the irony of the situation here.
If you have been in the school for at least a year, you would know that the SC nomination were essentially the popular people and not the people who make unpopular decision in order for the greater good. Those who simply were able to make great friendships were usually the ones who get in. Sure, the principal says that we should consider our vote wisely and not just give it to our friends who might not be good leaders, but who do you think would listen?
Anyhow, the ironic part is of this. Last year, Lim Seok Hui and Winnie Lee Ying Ying were voted out of the SC due to a lack of votes. For Winnie, i think the situation is quite apparent as i am in the same class as her. The point is that the both of them were unable to stay in the SC as they lost quite a lot of popularity though their work. Well, for SH, i learnt that basically her entire class had hated her. Since she has been able to come back on to the nomination list, she must be more popular with her classmates now then...
Anyhow, that was the first irony, that support is recreated though a series of unfortunate events...
Secondly, the nomination ticket sepcifically states that nominees should have an L1R5 of at least 20. Well, thanks to a bunch of friends who are very efficient at getting information, they had compiled a lits of nominees with L1R5 more than 20. Sure, Fairness for everyone.
Well, this once again goes to show that popularity will get you somewhere in the SC. So the real question to ask now is, are we really picking the right people to be our leaders, to represent the school and also whether you would accept his leadership. As far as i can see, there was only that few influential leaders, others were well... average.
Finally, seems i am on the topic, I would like to offer my heartfelt condolences to Jin Liang, who has became the next seok hui as he has not been able to be nominated for another term of office in the SC. Jinliang has brought a good amount of life into SC and has also given us valuable insights. For that, i would like to thanks him and also for being a good friends during the time that we had met.
The saddest thing in everyone's life is when things don't work out the way you want, but maybe you could overcome it.
Discmon
The SC nomination list is finally out after being delayed for a week. As I am the kind of people who usually heck care this sort of things, I naturally placed this right at the back of my mind and attended to other matters which I believed is significantly more important.
It was not until after school dismissal that I went and took a good look at the list. It turns out that i just found the joke of the week. For those of you whom had heard me rambling along about this would understand the irony of the situation here.
If you have been in the school for at least a year, you would know that the SC nomination were essentially the popular people and not the people who make unpopular decision in order for the greater good. Those who simply were able to make great friendships were usually the ones who get in. Sure, the principal says that we should consider our vote wisely and not just give it to our friends who might not be good leaders, but who do you think would listen?
Anyhow, the ironic part is of this. Last year, Lim Seok Hui and Winnie Lee Ying Ying were voted out of the SC due to a lack of votes. For Winnie, i think the situation is quite apparent as i am in the same class as her. The point is that the both of them were unable to stay in the SC as they lost quite a lot of popularity though their work. Well, for SH, i learnt that basically her entire class had hated her. Since she has been able to come back on to the nomination list, she must be more popular with her classmates now then...
Anyhow, that was the first irony, that support is recreated though a series of unfortunate events...
Secondly, the nomination ticket sepcifically states that nominees should have an L1R5 of at least 20. Well, thanks to a bunch of friends who are very efficient at getting information, they had compiled a lits of nominees with L1R5 more than 20. Sure, Fairness for everyone.
Well, this once again goes to show that popularity will get you somewhere in the SC. So the real question to ask now is, are we really picking the right people to be our leaders, to represent the school and also whether you would accept his leadership. As far as i can see, there was only that few influential leaders, others were well... average.
Finally, seems i am on the topic, I would like to offer my heartfelt condolences to Jin Liang, who has became the next seok hui as he has not been able to be nominated for another term of office in the SC. Jinliang has brought a good amount of life into SC and has also given us valuable insights. For that, i would like to thanks him and also for being a good friends during the time that we had met.
The saddest thing in everyone's life is when things don't work out the way you want, but maybe you could overcome it.
Discmon
April's fool joke...
Ya, really sorry to all you people who asked me to update my blog. I am trying to find time to do some updating on my current dislike to certain things that have to happen in this world.
In case you are wondering, the joke this year put up by the Bus service here in sunny singapore got to be the best anywhere else.
Lets get some perspective, Hillview Ave has a very bad name for transportation and ammenities. What with the government plan to knock down all the HDB blocks in Hillview and also the wet market here is just making the place even more hard to live in. Now, to add on to the pressure, they are moving the Bus stop for certain buses further away even though they still go pass that bus stop. It takes another five minutes to walk to the new bus stop. And just as we all expect, one bus still stops there. So it is kind of crappy that all the other buses bypass it when they could just stop there.
Ok, enough with that. Sure, five minutes walk seem to be quite a short distance for you. However, look at it in another way. Why force Children who goes to school by themselves run a longer distance when they see the bus right in front of them and they are way way too far away from the bus stop. Is this promoting the welfare of the people?
Sure, Hillview Ave is a PRIME estate, which simply means that the people who live here are supposed to be rich rich rich... Does that means that our parents drive their children to school everyday? Well, it there is nods here and there, than this would be the worst stereotype in history... Look, childrens also need to grow up. They can't continue to rely on their parents forever.
Sure, we could be rich. We would have to drive everywhere just to get anywhere... Food courts are unfortunately gone, shopping centers or cheap bargains area and not to be found within a near vincinity. Sure, we are rich, we drive EVERYWHERE!!!
Sure, this move benefits the new condominium that is being built up, but is this going to improve the situation of the old condominium in any way? I doubt. You are just making the older condominium less accessible.
Oh that reminds me, what is that piece of ground that is going to be leveled due to the destruction of the HDB going to be used for? Another condominium? Oh for heaven's sake, there is two more condominium along the stretch of road cutting through Hillview that has remain unbuilt for over seven years! We are in an economic recession people,use your mind and think, sure, go ahead and build condos, cos no one is gonna buy it as no one have money...
Well, that should be quite enough.
Discmon
In case you are wondering, the joke this year put up by the Bus service here in sunny singapore got to be the best anywhere else.
Lets get some perspective, Hillview Ave has a very bad name for transportation and ammenities. What with the government plan to knock down all the HDB blocks in Hillview and also the wet market here is just making the place even more hard to live in. Now, to add on to the pressure, they are moving the Bus stop for certain buses further away even though they still go pass that bus stop. It takes another five minutes to walk to the new bus stop. And just as we all expect, one bus still stops there. So it is kind of crappy that all the other buses bypass it when they could just stop there.
Ok, enough with that. Sure, five minutes walk seem to be quite a short distance for you. However, look at it in another way. Why force Children who goes to school by themselves run a longer distance when they see the bus right in front of them and they are way way too far away from the bus stop. Is this promoting the welfare of the people?
Sure, Hillview Ave is a PRIME estate, which simply means that the people who live here are supposed to be rich rich rich... Does that means that our parents drive their children to school everyday? Well, it there is nods here and there, than this would be the worst stereotype in history... Look, childrens also need to grow up. They can't continue to rely on their parents forever.
Sure, we could be rich. We would have to drive everywhere just to get anywhere... Food courts are unfortunately gone, shopping centers or cheap bargains area and not to be found within a near vincinity. Sure, we are rich, we drive EVERYWHERE!!!
Sure, this move benefits the new condominium that is being built up, but is this going to improve the situation of the old condominium in any way? I doubt. You are just making the older condominium less accessible.
Oh that reminds me, what is that piece of ground that is going to be leveled due to the destruction of the HDB going to be used for? Another condominium? Oh for heaven's sake, there is two more condominium along the stretch of road cutting through Hillview that has remain unbuilt for over seven years! We are in an economic recession people,use your mind and think, sure, go ahead and build condos, cos no one is gonna buy it as no one have money...
Well, that should be quite enough.
Discmon
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