Playing for change

Aware of Aware

The way the recent Aware saga had unfolded left a bitter taste in my mouth - I assume i did for many too. My response is one of irritation, because my take on the whole episode is that it was a calculated move (gone horribly wrong) to milk publicity. One of the biggest giveaway is the calling of a press conference to ANNOUNCE (whine) that they receive death threats. lol, closing one eye to the blatant mud-slinging, one could not close the other to the tempting of fate here. Should anything (touch wood) happen to any one of them or their loved ones (so said in the death threats), I'll leave you to imagine the headlines. So why the goading here to make the person who made the threats have more incentives for carrying them out. If they deem him/her incapable of such deeds, why the ultimate distress at the press conference? Hence, pointing to my conclusion that this is just a publicity stunt. Similarly for the email "leaks", change of locks episode, cat fights, agenda/homosexuality issues... etc etc.. Note that I'm not questioning the authenticity of the above-mentioned items, but just pointing out that a lot of unnecessary actions have been taken with the aim of raising awareness about Aware.

Well, I guess the entire Singapore at least heard of Aware now, but it's still a move gone horribly wrong. Why? While it may seem in the papers that a lively debate is going on, it's probably an illusion. After surveying 100 people in 2 weeks, I realised that a large majority of Singaporeans steer clear of controversy. Aware being in the centre of controversy now, most of us onlookers would just want to keep a distance away until it settles its problems. So while more people are aware of Aware now, the overall impression of them has gone down the drain. Lastly, the triviality of it all is exemplified when you see how fast we sweep the Aware issue under the carpet in the face of swine flu. Aware should take a breather, work on its damaged reputation, and the most important thing - stop wasting journalistic resources

perfect read

i'm glad i held my faith in my people reading abilities, even when they tell me things i never wanted to know. Congratz.

And i finally can heave a sigh of relief....

And technology shoots you right back in the face...

well well... jen han's [in your face] comment sums it all up. While the entire world bowls over susan boyles (7.9 million views at last count), these 96 musicians from all over the world gathering at carnegie hall in new york were given the cold shoulder by many. To clarify, eroica is the title of the piece written by tan dun (if you don't know who he is, think crouching tiger hidden dragon soundtrack and China olympics music) as the "youtube symphony", drawing inspiration from beethoven and chinese traditional music. The scores were released online, and musicians all round the world were invited to audition by posting a video of their audition on youtube for a place in the YTSO (youtube symphony orchestra), which gathered together on april 15 at carnegie hall to perform. To think that the passion and joy of the 96 involved (some of them even amateurs) could not rival 1 woman in Britain who suceeded despite her looks. I'm not saying Susan Boyles is underserving of the attention and publicity, I'm asking why the 96 musicians accomplishing the same, if not greater feat, were not given the same treatment.

I'm itching to try out the newly formed PCN cycling shops chain, anyone interested in 40km cycle pls pm me... haha....

Eroica - The triumph over technology

In a age where the conveniences of the internet are seemingly fully exploited and the internet itself seem to be sinking into the dark ages amongst the dark waves of illegal downloading, pornography, credit card spams, junk email, viruses etc etc, YTSO reminds us that we are still masters of our own creation, capable of the most amazing and wonderful things that bring about an intensity of emotions that can only be translated as joy.

random insight from surveyor job - I had a conversation with 50 different people in 3 days, that's like one-quarter the people i have on Facebook. And I was just thinking - I think I know some of them better than at least 50% of my facebook "friends" Ouch....

I've got a pair of free tics to Wolverine on 29 April at Tiong Bahru GV. Anyone interested pls contact me. Trust Safra to give such strange gifts o_0 No, you dun get free movies passes, you get free movie tickets (ie. alr bought with seat no., date and time -_-") And yah, signed up for both National Runway Cycling and Army Half. Looking for kakis....