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Wednesday, March 03, 2004
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Mood's better already.
Think getting out of the house was quite e remedy.
Needed desperately to be alone.
Watched Mystic myself. NOT impressive. Honestly. I would watch In America ANYDAY and Nicholas Nickleby or LOTR EVERYDAY. haha. Ok it wasn't that bad. But it was well overrated.
Firstly i'm not a fan of suspense, mystery or crime-busting.
Secondly, it was slow moving and the way they did e scene transitions got on my nerves. It either gave u e feeling that e scene was LONG over or e scene was not even over. Bad timing. And they basically used e "black screen" effect to interval each scene which made e film feel reeealllly loooong.
Thirdly, ok, i must admit Sean Penn was good. But not Oscar deserving. Not like I would know what the Oscar standards are but i think Jude Law did better. Cos Sean's role's pretty typical? U get alot of that from HK mafia films. But he is a very charming man for his age. Liked e costar better. The guy who acted as Sean? I think it's Kevin Bacon. *checks*
Yep it is Kevin Bacon (thanx to Zhengyong's movie page -> i am NOT going to help u publicise, at least not on my blog. :P )
In fact, Kevin really helped me get through the show thinking e show was still worth $6.50. He has a look. Like you'll never get to know what he's thinking? That's zhengyi cool.
Ok, e twist redeemed the entire movie for a moment. Really. Towards the end, i was just waiting. until they introduced e possibility of some other ending. I was impressed at that point. But underdeveloped, too much "telling" and little "showing" and ultimately, an ending that had me dissatisfied. "HUH?" Didn't know why. Dun wanna know why too.
It's a 3/5 man. I feel a bit sorry. Either for it or myself, i dunno. But overall, liked watching e movie alone. comfy.
Went to the bank. (man, don't i sound like a grownup already???? *eager kiddy look* )
Then went for my 2nd attempt at BTT. DUN ASK WHY. DUN HURRY TO LAUGH. DUN .
Think i'll get it over and done with this time round. I had better.
Then went to get a haircut.
Then got back home and i'm STILL waiting for my dad for dinner. But i'm in a good mood. That's all that matters!
Grandpa's having a mild relapse of his mild condition of Parkinsons, which is enough for anyone. He's legs wobble so much he can hardly stand. Went to visit him before e movie. And slept sitting down beside him on the sofa. That feels good. Sleeping beside granddad. *happy smile* I love my old old man.
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Creators of viruses and their accomplices should be HUNG. Yes. Hung. I think besides homicide and drug trafficking, virus related crimes, if major enough, should deserve the noose or if i had a say, rape then electrocution then skinning then whipped then knocked down by 10 cars then burnt to death ( by acid preferably ).
Really. I can never think why some people can be so F-ing inconsiderate and be such BASTARDS, to want to spend hours from their lives (altho their lives are lived as sonofabitch losers) to create something that causes such widespread INCONVENIENCE, ANGUISH and IRRITATION. GET A LIFE, U BLOODY NINCOMPOOPS.
I curse : May your BODY be infected with an IDENTICAL virus that will make you HANG 10000000 times a day, cause your printer software to malfunction, that will FORCE you to transfer gigabytes of data to your laptop and then find out that your laptop is infected AS WELL. YES. Ur body. I dunno how that can happen but YES. YOUR BODY.
Ok seriously, *shuts eyes tightly, clasps hands and prays* (earnestly and softly, articulating every word diligently) :
May all these freaking bastards get knocked down by a car and be in a wheelchair for life where their fingers that type and palm that slides the mouse are so badly torn that they would not even allow them to cover their mouths with them without inflicting on them a pain that would bring tears of blood to their eyes (which happen to be knocked inside out in the same accident).
Whew. Now that felt good.
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I wanna record sooon. Itching. But nose is still stuffy and i have a perpetual cough. :(
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First blow :
The revision of the Chinese Syllabus. Simplification to aid the weaker ones. "students who have extreme difficulties ... due to prolonged stays in overseas country or.... " yeah yeah, as long as e definition is flexible, a student's 7 day trip in Perth could be long enough a stay.
Second blow:
The introduction of English in Chinese Lessons proper. For ANOTHER 7 Primary Schools (my HPPS included). An aid (which i CONDEMN ) for the English-speaking children till primary two. A compromise. A freaking compromise, that's what it is.
Third blow :
The removal of Chinese 'AO' as a criteria for University Entrance. Okay. That does it.
Hello. I know i have some friends out there who are practically DISABLED in chinese but i'm sorry. i dun care.
This is terrible. We are Chinese. We ARE. Really. Like the black eyes and brows and hair isn't telling enough. Yes, that's why e yellow skin. Ok, dun give me crap about Singapore being different. It's all a COMPROMISE. I mean , yes i am typing this blog in English but hello, i still CAN speak Mandarin ( and i do too , for those who remember ). I dun see why we are doing all these reduction, simplification, compromise of our Chinese syllabus. And introducing English as a tool. Hah. Yay. So what now, a language to teach another language. What's next? Textbooks in ENGLISH maybe? Or have English teachers double as Chinese teachers? HONESTLY. I know it doesn't appear a HUGE matter NOW. But once u start to give in, u have surrendered. They'll ask for an extension of the aid. Prob till Pri 4 next? Then wat's after?
I actually saw what went on in the classroom from a news clip :
Ahem e.g.
Teacher :
"Dad went to the shop to buy some things.
How do you say that in Mandarin?
" Ba ba dao dian li mai dong xi " ....."
Oh man.
So wait. I dun't understand. I am TRULY confused. Are we teaching translation here? WHAT ON EARTH.
I do agree the students are much more spontaneous and interested in the language but fundamentally, it's a horrendously flawed method of education. And these Chinese teachers are not helping out by exploiting the convenience of using an English aid (i KNOW its hard to teach Chinese but ..).
Chinese took ages to develop to what it is now. It has a history, an extremely glorious one, which will not stand any smaller beside the history of our other first language.
And now, we have shamed ourselves. To border our language by another. To teach our young the basics of our MOTHER tongue with the AID of English. What are we saying? Are we even comparable to Westerners who pick up Chinese out of their own will? (and YES, with the AID of ENGLISH too - THEIR mother tongue )
And regarding the Uni entrance matter, dear high-ranking official or renowned dean or whoever, dun give me that bull about " We will eventually consider the Chinese linguistic abilities of the students so students should not think that they can neglect their Chi.. blardishitgobblegobbleblablapretentiousshitkickninnyass" CRAP. You want them to NOT neglect Chi , u JOLLY WELL include Chi in your entrance criteria ALRIGHT? Stop pretending most of our students aren't Chinese-hating /resisting to start with. Wake up, major stupid shits.
Help. Help define our Chinese identity. I do not even ask u to revive the long dormant pride of Chinese in you. Nor do I ask you to embrace the language or the history. Just give our race the respect it deserves. I appeal to you.
But all these will not get me down, for I can see what these will lead to, as the contradiction between what the ministry aims to achieve and in reality, practises, worsens ; as the dilemma of mixed identities and multiculture ,which tirelessly haunts our country, aggravates, it shall only profit me as they start to aggrandize the value and importance of Chinese teachers. They will need us more than ever as long as they do not bring themselves either to DO something about this OR give up. And if I do not have a Chinese identity i can be proud of, at least i will still have the materialistic benefits that this major identity crisis shall bring with it.
*bitter laugh*
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