one day in bishan
singaporeans, apathetic? singaporeans hates her foreign talents? yeah right. those who say so obviously did not spend this afternoon at bishan junction 8's atrium.
to put it nicely, i can say that my afternoon there was one heck of a star struck one. first there's this ken chu guy.. i think he's from some boyband with the same name as one of the keys on our keyboards. then there's our very own singapore idol taufik, whose only body part i could actually see was the top of his cap.
a star can hardly call himself a star if he does not have fans. so i shall not state the obvious.
to those who have yet to know our sunny little isle, singaporeans are a very warm and passionate bunch. we totally adore our foreign talents. we spend time making silly little placards, badges, banners, what have you not for them, proclaiming our love for them. heck, we even show our love in the most warped way: screaming shrilly when we see above-mentioned foreign talent(s).
you'll know that a foreign talent is in town when you hear shrill screaming and wild jumping crowds around that corner. the level of fanaticism was so high i could hardly hear myself talking once they start squealing.
unwilling to risk bursting our eardrums with such passionate females, my boyfriend and i escaped to the movie theatres to watch "constantine". drooling over keanu reeves sure beats being squealed to deafness thanks to a lesser looking taiwanese guy.
what a difference 2 hours made. when we came out, we were serenaded by taufik's new album and the crowd was quieter and a seemingly more mature bunch. nobody really saw the need to squeal like a stuck pig upon seeing our very own singapore idol.
i attribute the more serene sitaution to two reasons:
a. taufik is singaporean. we support foreign talent more, man!
b. taufik's fanbase is significantly mature enough to keep their voices down.
in support of what is made in sing-gar-porh, i am more inclined to believe in reason (b). but hey, reason (a) should encourage more foreign talents to migrate to singapore too, since we *are* supposed to love them so much.
but be warned. bring your own earplugs because nobody will be paying the doctor's bills should your eardrums burst from your screaming fangirls. ^_^
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change of layout. to visitors: hope you like it.
to ray and mun: hope you don't mind. i'll change it back if either of you raise any objections. =x
to put it nicely, i can say that my afternoon there was one heck of a star struck one. first there's this ken chu guy.. i think he's from some boyband with the same name as one of the keys on our keyboards. then there's our very own singapore idol taufik, whose only body part i could actually see was the top of his cap.
a star can hardly call himself a star if he does not have fans. so i shall not state the obvious.
to those who have yet to know our sunny little isle, singaporeans are a very warm and passionate bunch. we totally adore our foreign talents. we spend time making silly little placards, badges, banners, what have you not for them, proclaiming our love for them. heck, we even show our love in the most warped way: screaming shrilly when we see above-mentioned foreign talent(s).
you'll know that a foreign talent is in town when you hear shrill screaming and wild jumping crowds around that corner. the level of fanaticism was so high i could hardly hear myself talking once they start squealing.
unwilling to risk bursting our eardrums with such passionate females, my boyfriend and i escaped to the movie theatres to watch "constantine". drooling over keanu reeves sure beats being squealed to deafness thanks to a lesser looking taiwanese guy.
what a difference 2 hours made. when we came out, we were serenaded by taufik's new album and the crowd was quieter and a seemingly more mature bunch. nobody really saw the need to squeal like a stuck pig upon seeing our very own singapore idol.
i attribute the more serene sitaution to two reasons:
a. taufik is singaporean. we support foreign talent more, man!
b. taufik's fanbase is significantly mature enough to keep their voices down.
in support of what is made in sing-gar-porh, i am more inclined to believe in reason (b). but hey, reason (a) should encourage more foreign talents to migrate to singapore too, since we *are* supposed to love them so much.
but be warned. bring your own earplugs because nobody will be paying the doctor's bills should your eardrums burst from your screaming fangirls. ^_^
change of layout. to visitors: hope you like it.
to ray and mun: hope you don't mind. i'll change it back if either of you raise any objections. =x
