Song Of The Month (Nov)

1. KELLY CLARKSON - BECAUSE OF YOU

I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself
Cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did
You fell so hard
I've learned the hard way
To never let it get that far

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because you know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake
A smile, a laugh everyday of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

I watched you die
I heard you cry every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should have known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry in the middle of the night
For the same damn thing

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I try my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you
I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid
Because of you
Because of you





2. SUGABABES - PUSH THE BUTTON

I'm busy throwing hints that he keeps missing
Don't have to think about it
I wanna kiss and everything around it but he's too distant
I wanna feel his body
I can't resist it

I know my hidden looks can be deceiving
But how obvious should a girl be?
I was taken by the early conversation piece
And I really like the way that he respect me

I've been waiting patiently for him to come and get it
I wonder if he knows that he can say it and I'm with it
I knew I had my mind made up from the very beginning
Catch this opportunity so you and me could feel it 'cos

If you're ready for me boy
You'd better push the button and let me know
Before I get the wrong idea and go
You're gonna miss the freak that I control

I'm busy showing him what he's been missing
I'm kind of showing off for his full attention
My sexy ass has got him in the new dimension
I'm ready to do something to relieve this mission

After waiting patiently for him to come and get it
He came on through and asked me if I wanted to get with him
I knew I had my mind made up from the very beginning
Won't miss this opportunity so you and me could feel it 'cos

If you're ready for me boy
You'd better push the button and let me know
Before I get the wrong idea and go
You're gonna miss the freak that I control

If you're ready for me boy
You'd better push the button and let me know
Before I get the wrong idea and go
You're gonna miss the freak that I control

I've been dropping so many hints
You’re still not getting it
Now that you’ve heard everything I have to say
Where we gonna go from here?

After waiting patiently for him to come and get it
He came over and asked me if I wanted to get with him
I knew I had my mind made up from the very beginning
Won't miss this opportunity so you and me could feel it 'cos

If you're ready for me boy
You'd better push the button and let me know
Before I get the wrong idea and go
You're gonna miss the freak that I control

If you're ready for me boy
You'd better push the button and let me know
Before I get the wrong idea and go
You're gonna miss the freak that I control

Announcement

I have decided to put a stop to all those random comments/spams appearing in the comments section of my articles.

If you are an interested reader, and choose to post a comment which is related to what I have posted, then by all means feel free to do so.

But I will surely clamp down on those cheap adverts put up by unethical marketers. My blog is not an avenue for your free advertising. Neither am I interested in your disgusting sites.

Please stop the spamming, or I'll stop it for you. :)

The Mentally Illiterate

One of my lecturers said something today and I totally agree with him.

It was along the lines of "A lot of Singaporeans are literate, but certainly not mature. Literate just means they are able to read and write, but it does not necessarily mean that they are mature."

He was talking about conservative Singaporeans who were not mature enough to accept changes in the media industry, and who expected the media to be run according to their stagnant, conservative values - if you would even call them values.

Considering the many taboo topics our society does not even dare venture to talk about, and how media professionals have been reproached, if not dismissed, for writing or talking about topics some consider to be taboo in our society, I seriously think some Singaporeans need to grow up in terms of their mindset. We're not even talking about sedition or some other topic that would cause social unrest here - just "unusual" topics some Singaporeans aren't graceful enough to accept.

We hear of the occasional incident where media professionals are sacked for talking or writing about things the public deems "inappropriate". This usually happens when readers, listeners or viewers take offence at comments passed on by these media professionals, and then go on to, like spoilt children who's sore that someone just had differing views, send complaint letters to all the conceivable authorities to get the media professional out of job.

I agree that everyone has the right to agree or disagree, but our disagreement should just remain as a disagreement, and not cost others their jobs. It is a very sad thing that many media companies actually entertain these childish individuals.

The "Oh that guy has said something I consider unacceptable and it has hurt me so bad because what he said was true, so now I'm going to write in to the company he's working for so I can have a shot at making him lose his job" mentality is indeed prevalent in many of these childish individuals.

I think conservativeness is the single, biggest stumbling block to growth. To remain in our comfort zones and to refuse to embrace changes will surely stagnate societal growth. To deny people access from certain information is just going to make them more curious. Thus, they will be more eager to find out. And boy, when they find out, it will make YOU look really bad.

Instead, educate as much as possible and allow everyone access to information we consider taboo, and let them as thinking individuals, decide for themselves whether they are for or against the point of contention. For all else we would be like unknown citizens, having lives and values shaped after the general consensus.

And that would be a sad reality, if people don't start learning how to open up, and continue to resort to complaint letters or the denial of access to information in their ever futile and meaningless effort to resolve disagreements or dissuade people from touching on taboo topics.

For that, they will become the mentally illiterate.

Back To School

I'm finally back in school after 2 years of National Service to finish the remnants of my course.

Although it feels weird to be back in school after such a long absence, I'm proud to be back and to be part of the School of Film and Media Studies once again.

I just love Mass Communication. No maths or the other subjects I hated in secondary school, which was partly why I had applied for the course in the first place, besides the fact that I preferred to indulge in the creativities of life rather than go through the motion - primary school then secondary school then junior college then NUS. You know it.

Now everything I learn is related only to the media, creativity and english. And english rocks, rocks, ROCKS.

Besides, it feels really good to be out of army. So good, I can smell freedom in the air. Campus, compared to army life is so much better. Imagine an inverted society where the uneducated are given immense power over the educated. Imagine a place where the system of meritocracy was replaced by bureaucracy - well that's army life for you. Well it's always good to back to the REAL world.

Anyway, last week was littered with public holidays so lectures started proper this week.

First module for the week - Ethical Dilemmas. It was really fun discussing about highly controversial ethical issues regarding euthanasia and certain political agendas.

Second week of school and already the assignments are slowly creeping in.

So.... back to work!!