I've moved!!!

http://soulgroovesg.wordpress.com

Bye blogspot!

TEST AGAIN.

This shitty interface by blogspot is irritating me. I wonder why they changed it from the old one.

can't post links can't do anything except write.

KNS i think I may want to change to wordpress.

BLAH.

test

testing testing. blogspot is so screwed.

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fark... just wrote a pretty long post just now with lots of random things and blogspot just screws it up. there's something abt it with firefox. using safari now. makes me wanna switch to livejournal or wordpress. it also explains the lack of photos and the absence from blogging after such a long time coming back from japan.

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anyway, was saying that lots of things happened this week. visited CMC. visited mediacorp studios. watched midsummer night's dream. ate with rey and jared and CT. did a totally weird photoshoot. met up and on the phone with contractors. blah blah blah. i forsee next week to be busy as well...

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You know, Straits Times really is quite a trashy newspaper if you look at it from the.... what's that word... arty farty political undergraduate student point of view. if one has any simple thought process at all, one can immediately see through all the bullshit they're putting on the headlines. the thing is, most singaporeans just don't have the thought process at all. and of course willingly get psycho-ed.

in today's INSIGHT, where they had the 3 MPs talk about the decriminalisation of homosexuality, 3 points of view. law evolves by pace of society vs law prevents harm to others vs law is about morality. seriously, the whole debate is SO NOT about homosexuality. it's about the philosophy of law, the purpose of law and what law is all about. fortunately, i did AS last last sem and was able to see this point. hurhurhur.

indranee rajah takes the stand on that law evolvees through the norms of society. very similar to what mr balaji said about censorship a few months ago in SMU. but it begs the question. who should take the lead? law or society? does the law change first or society change first? in many instances, the law has changed first. think casino. in other instances, society changes first. think women's rights. then again, how do you even measure how much society can accept? surveys? where is the line drawn? what is the threshold? 54%? 75%? 90%? as you can see, it is quite frustrating if u follow this path.

siew kum hong takes the no harm principle. again, question: what is harm? harm to one person might not be harm to another. think rascist jokes. think media criticism. next, harm to who? 1 person? same severity as to 5 people? 20? harm to society? how do you measure gambling's harm to society? number of people who commit suicides? number of broken families? if gambling harms, why are we still having a casino? although the harm principle may seem the most sensible and logical of all, there is really a different perspective to it.

lim biow chuan's stance by saying law "to reflect social norms and values which are acceptable by the general population" is a politically correct one. he betrays his stand by saying earlier "i think the position of the church is correct, which is that we should hate the sin but embrace the sinner." apparently, this green horn has much to learn about politics. how is law suppose to effect then? we will send homosexuality to jail for 10 years but danny, you may walk free from this courtroom and be purged from gay-ness forever!!!!! HAHAHAHHAa... this guy is a christian and he just CANNOT accept anything against the bible. his bible is above the law. period. family values? don't make me laugh. this family values thingy is being promoted way out of hand by the current government. since when did family get such a good name? just ask lao jiu. HAHAHAHHA... so, please just stop trying to impose your values on the rest of society and say that's its society's values too. BLAH.

oh man... it just seems our MPs, our law-MAKERS, our legislators, can't make any sense of their own philosophy of law. these pple are suppose to MAKE LAW for our country, which I am part of, which YOU are part of. Of course I'm not saying they're stupid or I'm smarter. I make no such unfounded allegations or accusations. I'm just trying to look at their arguments and have a thought process. that's all. most singaporeans lack a though process.

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please DON'T get me started on the articles a few days ago about the NEED for NTUC and its co-ops to DOMINATE and increase MARKETSHARE for the benefit of the masses. questions questions questions. what exactly is NTUC anyway? The purpose of the co-ops? These answers we know. but the FUNCTIONS of these co-ops? are they making a profit? how much profits are they making? how are they financed? who calls the shots? WHY ARE THEY EVEN MAKING A PROFIT? they're not BUSINESSES. who are their shareholders? workers? do they have voting rights? do they have decision making power? who accounts for the transparency of the various co-ops? AND we haven't even dealt into the ethics behind market competition yet.

i was fortunate enough in short and sweet to be able to meet somebody who had previous working experience there and the answers that i was given were still unimpressive and unconvincing for the justification of these co-ops and the "performance" of NTUC. how does one measures NTUC's performance? how does one measures the co-op's performance?

again, i'm not saying lim swee say is a bad man. he's nice. i've seen him. heard him talk. he knows his stuff. he's a president's scholar for goodness sakes. but in that forum, i thought he was seriously struggling to answer eleanor wong's questions. hurhurhur... there are simply too many questions of NTUC left unanswered.

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if there's one thing that i took away from the business law module last sem, that is to ask questions. about every single word and its meaning behind it. about every single sentence, its structure, intended purpose, stated purpose and meaning at face value.

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Without wax,
soulgroove

Going, going, gone...

At the airport. Gate's opening in 10mins. Byez. =o)

Without wax,
Soulgroove

Bye...

Woohoo... leaving for the airport in 1 hour. Flying in 5. Can't wait to get outta this place. hurhurhur...

See you all when I get back! Therapy group, Sec Sch group and of course, Bjorny. HAHAHAHAHa...

Satisfied. Just wanna go...

Woah... 1 week since i last blogged.

short and sweet was finally over. cleared a bit of CIP hours. but more importantly, saw how outside theatre worked and established contacts.

now nothing much to do except worry about finalising sets for July production Lao Jiu. And waiting for Sunday to go Japan. =)

Oh and all results are out... Some expected, some unexpected.

LTB (A+): totally unexpected. think it was my quiz and learning journal that pulled me up.

Intro Econs (A+): expected. quietly confident that i did most of the right things. thankfully my lousy final exam score didn't pull me down.

FA (A): totally unexpected. thot i was hovering between an A-/B+. think my project and class participation pulled me up.

BLaw (A-): expected. knew that i screwed up my final exam paper. project also didn't do so well. was targeting for A tho. but its ok.

Comms (A-): expected but kinda pissed. screwed up my 2nd writing assignment. blah blah blah. was targeting A.

So, all in all, good GPA!! But erm, secretly think that it can be better! Hohohoho... Think other students who see this will prob kill me. so a few unexpected. a few miss target. but hey, got onto dean's list so at least that's good. Earned my japan trip. Hohohoho...

Eh my cousin says white chocolate and potato in hokkaido is good. anyone wants me to buy anything? hehehehehe.... =)

Without wax,
Soulgroove

of theatre

Volunteered to do backstage work for Short and Sweet. It is held at NAFA, Studio Theatre.

Production Manager: Ireland.
Creative Director: Australia.
Lights and Sounds Crew: China.
Stage Manager & Me: Singapore.

Nice international mix I suppose? Hurhurhur... Quite an eye-opener to be at NAFA and to do such work for a public performance. 10 quality plays. Cheap, cheap. go watch if you can.

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Went to watch 251 over the weekend (which explains the 2 condoms). I must say, it was quite disappointing. Of all the plays I've watched so far (I think I've watched quite a few) - dead last. I'm not saying there were no positives. There were. But the bleah points outweighed the positive points I think.

I think much has to do with the script. After doing Melange and now doing Short and Sweet, I've come to think that the script is really really damn impt. No matter how good your actors are, they'll still be limited by the script. Ng Yi-Sheng, the playwright for 251, tried to do too many things in 1 show, and not surprisingly, revisited his old theme of gay rights. Too many things. Too many things. No central thread running through all the scenes. Or at least I couldn't see it.

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Glad the summer got off to a busy start.

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Without wax,
Soulgroove

ahaha...

OK, I now have 2 packets of Okamoto "harmony" "vibra-ribbed" "for greater excitement" condoms in my bag. I mean, you need to have a partner to USE these things right? Current sex life is like... zilch? Anyone wants to help me use them? =-O

Question: Do these things have expiry dates? =X

Without wax,
Soulgroove

Guess...

His hand trembles violently under the straining weight of the spoon. Drops of soup jump up and spille onto the tiles below, staining the clean white surface, drawing looks of disgust from others near him. The veins that criss-cross the back of his wrinkled hand pulse with tired blood, urging the fingers to grip the spoon ever tighter, fruitlessly willing the hand to stop trembling. As the spoon with what is left of the soup finally reaches his dry, chaped lips, he draws it in like how a drowning man would draw his last gasp of breath, heavily, deeply. Then, relief.

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The air was heavy with the burden of sweat, yet she still gasped desperately for it, almost hyperventilating, as it is the only kind of air that can replenish her sinfully deprived blood that is charging through her body. The vein at her temple trobed in tandem with her pumping heart and at that very same spot at the temple, a bead of sweat snaked its way down and carassed her smooth delicate cheek. Spent, she rested her head on his bare chest while the bead of sweat saw the end of its harrasment of her virgin cheek when it was wiped away by his rough fingers which then ran like a comb through her long, soft hair.

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The sharp blades of the grass cut his cheek with microscopic precision as he laid there, eagle-spread, staring at the far end of the pitch. The piercing bright lights flooded the sky and blurred his vision. He could hardly make out the shape of the crowd. Deep, laboured, rhythmic breathing caused his chest to heave up and down and he couldn't hear anything else. Blinking furiously, his vision suddenly cleared and he could see everything. Everything.

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Guess what's the main thread running through these 3 mini stories of mine? Very very easy.

Without wax,
Soulgroove

So...

So exams are over. Think I screwed my last paper. Not that I didn't study enough. But the question sucked I thought. And I got my first grade for Comms. Expected but not what I wanted. Sian.

Nvm. Lots of long long long time to look forward to...

Without wax,
Soulgroove