Hey now I''m hanging out at StephL's. Hmm, JCs aren't really that reliable, seriously. Take a certain JC, leadership things over grades? Gee I don''t know, plus I've had enough of cheena school environments that are boring. stuffy, and not a hotbed for creativity. In fact, it can literally be a thriving ground for communistic tendencies of keeping a propagandish media, say China/Russia/North Korea/Myanmar? Food for thought.
Besides, i seriously doubt their student welfare. Gosh i can't live with that. I've had enough of this, seriously, ever since pri.sch. Like, the people at the top just care about you giving academic achievements to the school, or those cca awards etc. This shouldn't be the case la... Ever heard of nurturing learning?
Oh yeah, the school banners (not very truthful arh) are afterall school banners. How far can you trust them? Hmm, anyways, since checking out DSA for AC, I've seriously decided on poly. Even DSA Drama, gosh I had no idea the awards in their list even existed. See? So stifling xP. I'm on the side for polytechnic education. And i ain't slacker. Though poly students are a lot of hyper fun and eat a lot :p
DADP again. Gotta get past COP 12. Aim single-digit still the best, though sometimes it's kinda out of my league. Anyways, you gotta pass an aptitiude test first too. Ha, and didcha know that even if you don't have anywhere near 12, can appeal de! xP, of course not that easy la, got so many smartasses wanting to take your place. Ah well, such is the competitive world.
Singapore's environment isn't anything like the Western countries, at least not in the schools I go to or am aware of. There's actually a lot of difference. For one thing, you can choose to be an Art of Science major, and still be respected all the same. Crappy environment la .. here you study Arts and people laugh at you. And for a good reason actually, what's there to look at for Arts in Singapore? Land area too small, money no enough for Arts as much as Sciences. Seriously, I have never doubted the supply of ideas in this country. Maybe you can't be a tech hub etc. and be an art hub at the same time ... the result of wanting to mash up the two in this very small land area seems kinda wannabe-ish.
It's a bit impossible to say that Singapore is cosmoplitan like, say, London?
Oh well ... poly prepares you for the industry? Till now I don't get the differences fully, guess time will tell. :p So Mr Ng kinda wasted his breath trying to explain to me.
It's sad how some things work at times, but we're not in control. Therefore, we can only hope for the better and just laugh along with all the shit. So there, like the musical. Yeah, it's merely for publicity - the image that the school wishes to portray. Gosh I tell the hard truth, tongue-in-cheek. It's my little bit of cyberspace anyway.
Still, looking at everything in the musical, so much more can be done. Like, everything's fine actually, in fact, I happen to think that lots of people in this school are more talented than they're given credit for. It's the same as with Singapore and this school. If you keep picking from the same pool of talent that you know, and don't keep a lookout for more undiscovered raw talents, people are never gonna realise a full potential due to the vice of laziness and convenience. Then, someone else is going to pick them and give them better opportunities. And which nitwit would stay to help somebody who doesn't give a shit about them? Still wanna complain about brain drain?
Damn, it's like, so much talent with expensive help. Why throw it to waste with a crappy musical storyline? Pro-pa-gan-da. Now struggling to cover the costs? Harhar, thing is, if it was a better, different storyline, a lot of people would pay even more to see it. Rather than an hour of crap they've been told over and over again for $30. LOL, we even thought that a spoof would be worth 5o bucks and 2 shows won't be enough okay!
Sigh, gotta keep the image and the donations pouring in, right? What's the point? Tsk, some sort of giving the Arts a bigger scene. That's like saying ELDDS/any other arts group gets to have the Pulse Studio for practice sessions. Yeah, only in the case where you need us to bring home an award or something.
As much as the Alumni are probably people with small fortunes, with very traditional Chinese values, and with company names like "Tan and Ah Kow Holdings" who will be confused at something artsy and would rather watch something that they wanna see, like say, history of JSS? Gosh, I mean, what's there to brag about? Honestly! Our school history so exciting meh? xP it would be if they cared more about us. Ah, every organisation has it's flaws and preferences, yes?
What we all have in mind, is a musical that's more intelligent than that, I think. These words are my own. Wouldn't it be great if we can showcase JSS as a school that welcomes the Arts instead of the heavy censorship that blocks out the "wrong stuff"? We have to learn to laugh at ourselves, seriously. The atmosphere's too tensed and we're not getting anywhere. Art is an expression. Talent is to express what people feel effectively, yes? It's a great pity that all is going to waste. You say how you feel, not how other people want you to feel. That's what I know.
From the more pragmatic side, fine. I can be realistic too. If you get a role, yay! It's difficult to make money as an artist, that's for sure. Oh well, that's just the vision in my idealistic head. As my uncle would say, I'm too young too be pissed at such things that cannot be changed. Might as well accept. Uh uh, I won't embrace it, but make the most of it.
Next post: What's wrong in the first place? Other than all these heh heh, my rants are neverending. RARRAR
Labels: Essence of Sprouting, Questions, Quirks, Real Life, Secondary School Life, Teen Angst
