Matters of The Heart: Idol Reality Shows In Singapore

Ever since the first Singapore Idol started, more and more idol reality shows have appeared out of nowhere. Shows like Project Superstar, Campus Superstar, Super Host, Super Actor, Super Band and Singapore Idol 2 have taken the media industry by storm. Is this a healthy sign for Singapore indicating that many talents are emerging from their shell into public and gaining fame for this Little Red Dot on Earth?

In my opinion, anything that is done out of balance is bad. MediaCorp has created so many idols in the past 2 years so much so that if they are going on this rate, celebritism in Singapore will become a norm and where ever you go you will get to meet with someone who was either on TV or someone who had won some contest.

Being a celebrity is an exclusive thing, a celebrity is the voice of a nation, it is like a walking state of the art. More than just flaunting their appearances, they are ambassadors of important messages such as : "Please donate if not these people will die", "Keep a dengue free home", "Let's stand together to fight SARS" etc...
Apart from their serious roles, they are those with talents and looks way above and beyond the general crowd being able to catch your attention due to their stunning x-factors.

Therefore, if those idol reality shows keep on coming with acceleration, Singapore would be overflowing with stars causing the exclusivity of celebritism to be degraded. Some would argue that no matter what those idols will still have a certain amount of value as they are voted by part of Singapore's population. Here is one thing that we mislook always, probably less than 10,000 people voted for our new Super Host, that means only less than 0.0025% of Singaporeans have given this lady the green light to be our first super host and not forgetting usually a large amount of people would love to do multiple voting. You do the maths.

How much are our idols really worth? Is our media industry doing too much in making stars? You tell me.

Matters of The Heart: Love

WARNING: This is a highly sensitive article. If you are allergic to issues that would pinch your heart painfully, please kindly stay away. Thank you.

What is love? Is love really blind? Today, I can confidently stand before you and say that 95% of Singapore’s population has no idea what love is all about. There are those who are born with the ability to love and there is the majority who need to learn what love is. Saying that love is a passionate feeling towards someone or something is a common and dangerous major misconception because we are humans and it is natural for us to get tired of things.

For example, you have a sudden crush towards this beautiful pink limited edition LV long wallet, you work really hard and manage to get the money to purchase your pink fancy. For the first few months you would feel like as if your wallet is glowing brightly with pride, every time you wish to buy a can of green tea from the coffee shop you would gracefully take out that precious wallet and silently shouting to the world saying “Hey! Look at my leeeemeeeted ediiiiition wallet!” You would also handle that non-living thing like a new born hamster protecting it from any form of pressure to prevent injuries. You tell yourself once in awhile “Oh I love my limited edition pink LV long wallet so much, I just love it”. In another 12 months you will definitely handle that wallet differently compared to the time when you first bought it. So have you greatly sinned for losing the love for that expensive wallet?

How about couples that would crazily gaze at one another over the dinner table till their food turns cold during their honeymoon period? Do you think this would continue at the later part of the relationship? I mean, frankly speaking, you really think this gazing effect would last?

I am here to present a revelation to you, love is not a feeling, love is a decision. If love is a feeling you will soon lose it and your marriage will be destroyed. If you sit in a cinema today with your spouse and on your left is sweet married couple and on your right is also a sweet married couple, you are in danger of becoming a statistic because 1 out of 3 married Singaporean couple ends up in a divorce.

Therefore, love is making a decision to be patient, kind, humble, courteous, unselfish, angelic and truthful with your life partner or family members. So don’t just live by your feelings, don’t let your emotions be the master over you. Make the decision to love.

You can be a professional lover.

General Election 06

I don't understand what is the big hoo ha all about.
It is actually very simple:
- Vote for opposition party and you will be ignored till the next election.
- Singapore has been under PAP for a long time and we are doing fairly okay.

Conclusion, vote for PAP. There is really nothing to think about at all.