Monday, October 30, 2006
Sesame street was born in 1969, but as far as I'm concerned, it started in 1990 when I started watching.
What made it most memorable was it having no commercials whatsoever. Alot of cute cartoons in between, e.g. the count and his numbers, Ernie and Bert (my favourite when I was young!!!), and grover. I loved Grover!! The way he interacted with children and the way he bullies that blue fellow...the one where he was a waiter.. Then there was Kermit the Frog. I definitely remember the episode where he was demonstrating the X-Ray machine, and suddenly his skeleton image on the machine started dancing non-stop and that made him dance non-stop too! And elmo made forgettable appearances, enough to make me know who he is but not enough to make me remember specific episodes. Hmm...I found Oscar the Grouch the most intelligent one, and that him my most favourite today. He speaks intelligently and even when his schemes fail, HIS DAMN CUTE! Just. So. Adorable. Especially with Telly Monster... And did you know that Snuffles was actually just Big Bird's imaginery friend? Its because of a spate of child-abuse cases during the 70s or 80s that made the producers make Snuffles real; they didn't want people to think that children (like Big Bird) are lying if they happen to report about child-abuse. And by the way, Big Bird is 6 years old. Almost all the time =D
And there's Cookie Monster. There's one episode when he had a cookie shaped like the letter of the day (as usual).
He said," Me know what you're thinking. You thinking that me eat letter of the day. NOOOO, me no eat letter of the day. Me put letter of the day in the safe"
And he proceeded to put the cookie shaped like the letter of the day in the safe and locked up the safe, and said," Now me throw key away," and he threw the key behind his shoulder.
Then he stood and stared at the camera, clapsing his hands, and said something like," Nonono, me no eat cookie of the day"
After a while...
"Where's key?? I must eat cookie. OH NO! I threw key away!!"
And he just "AHMUMUMUM" or something like that, and ate the whole safe up.
So basiclaly what happened was in 1990, Jim Hansen died. Not that it mattered to me at that point, after all I was 2 and not to mention Singapore plays episodes from 3 years ago. Jim Hansen was the voice of Ernie and Kermit. What they did was replace the voice of Ernie, and.... killed Kermit. That's right, Kermit is actually killed. All that you see of Kermit today are repeats.
So what happened was when I was sec3 or so...I suddenly started missing these characters. Have fond memorie of Ernie especially. Begun watching again and found it a taaaddd bit different. There's some nagging suspicion that its not what it used to be. Furthermore, Elmo was starting to get my nerves and I thought he supposed to be the most popular muppet around.
Did what anybody in my situation would have done...googled and wikied Sesame street, and yup! There WERE changes. Due to Elmo's popularity, ("cash-making cow", they called him) the producers extended his time slot to 20 mins, and really, its sickening. For me and for alot of netizens out there. They criticize him for condescending to kids, the way he talks to them, and despises him for replacing Grover as the one who interects with kids. I can't really say, all i know is that i HATE the way he speaks..referring himself as a thrid person!! And I miss Grover, who I really don't see alot in Sesame Street today.
Furthremore, there were COMMERCIALS!! *gasp*
And before, all the characters had more or less equal screen time, with not so much of a structure in the show. As in, every episode do not follow a certain strucutre, as they do now. Oh well. But whatever the case, I need to thank them, for giving me the nicest songs like "If Moon were Cookie", and your damn cute skits!! Still worth watching.
And if you've lasted these far, and is probably waiting to see what msg I'm trying to put across by typing the history of Sesame street, I;m sorry, there's none. Just a random thought.
Anyway, Now Playing: Jin Yu yu Mu Yu (Gold fish and wooden fish...meaning the thing the monk hits.)
远方的山边有一朵白云
白云的深处流着一条小溪
小溪的里面住着一只金鱼
金鱼的每天就是游来游去
小溪的隔壁有一座庙宇
庙宇的大堂摆着一个神几
神几的上面住着一只木鱼
木鱼的每天都是敲来敲去
哦日升又日落好时光匆匆过
你敲来敲去敲什么
外面的世界水也甜花也红
人生得意要把握
哦潮起又潮落风无情浪汹涌
你游来游去游什么
明天的幸福总要靠今天修
风花雪月要看透才解脱
金鱼和木鱼有太多不同
永远弄不清别人过的生活
当一天和尚就要敲一天钟
所以他们就继续自己的梦
Haha =)) Its a lovely song (introed by my grandmother, heehee)
tis xmas, plz stay wit me..
xx
9:31 PM
# # # Friday, October 13, 2006
Should be starting for sats..but haha..lemme blog about ket and my plan first
First, we shall work in jtc and pub respectively and take over our dad's positions when they retire.
Then we can have collaborations!! Between jtc and pub
Then zhunrui will become prime minister. Already we're on the way to rule Singapore!!
Then ofe will be the minister of law
and giri will be minister of sports and recreation or something like tht...
and jonteo will head mediacorp
jeffrey will head ida
zhenghao will head astar
or maybe zhenghao will head ida
zhunwei will be minister of health
darren will be heada of cna
maybe janaki will head satyam! or she'll win singapore idol!
den trevor will be a model...or he'll be in charge of a magazine!! e.t.c.e.t.c
yixuan or kevin head sco...
hahhaa..den 3H will rule singapore...and every important event would just be like a class outing..and ket and I can collaborate alotalotalot. And mrs yeo will be soo proud..she'll get vip invitations to all the important events all the time. Hahaha..oh well =P
tis xmas, plz stay wit me..
xx
9:40 PM
# # # Sunday, October 08, 2006
Haha...Fa ting qiao jia ren is soo sweet. hahaha...i bet i;m the onli person who thinks a ch8 show is sweet. Its not even tht sweet...the only part worth watching is the last 10 mins where thomas ong was released from jail. Then he rushes to shuyang's bedside and proposes to a comatose shuyang and she almost dies. But of course, singapore scriptwriters carn write about protagonists dying cos singaporeans will kick up a big fuss. So in typical mediacorp fashion..the next scene flahses to a year later...and u have thomas ong walking and in deep thought towards the court. den he reminenses about all the memories with shuyang....damn rou ma but damn sweet..make us think tht she;'s dead
Then ohhhh..its mega sweet. He enters the court and he looks surprised..he sees shuyang. (of course we're all not surprised) den he puts himself on trial and allows shuyang to question him cos he wants to marry her. She scolds him for proposing to her 3 times but still never got around to marrying her. den there's this whole line of mushy words. she asks him to define marriage...and he recites a gp essay on marriage (good material for mingren)..blahblah..ppl say marriage is the end of love blahblah..but i think marriage is good and the dunno what of love
she says: not good enough..i;m not satisfied...
so he leaves the winess stand and goes up to her and says a bunch of rou ma stuff..den he propoes again
she says: no..(writers expect audience to gasp here)....how can u proposeand expect me to agree without a ring
him: *puts hishands into his pocket and shows her his clenched fists, meaning he wants her to guess which fists contain the rings*
ohwell.as cliche would have it..none contains the ring.she smiles coyly and says: how dare u lie in court!!
he removes the ring from his breast pocket and says: rings should be places close to the heart..its more sincere tht way.
ROU MA!!
but awww...
den they walked..holding each other...along sg river...awwwww
i'll never get tht scene out of my mind. Heehee..ive lee and thomas ong makes a cute pair =DDD
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Mooncakes ranking tis mid-autumn festival!!
i must say my mum has alot of generous clients
1. durian mooncakes. Mg..this is not the ordinary mooncakes with durian paste. My mum was urging me to try but i hate durian paste..so anyway being nice and filial..i popped a piece in..omg..HEAVEN. its REAL DURIANS..not durian paste. its essentially snowskin wrapped around real durian meat..with the firbres and all..heaven. courtesy of goodwood hotel
2. chocolate truffles mooncakes. another heavenly tasting one. my mum said, (again) just try it. So again, i popped one in..ohh..heaven AGAIN. first its snowskin...very thin layer..den its a layer of white chocolate..and after u get past tht layer its white chocolate cream in the centre. mooncake makers are getting more and more creative by the year. courtesy of raffles hotel.
3. traditional? u can never forget the traditional...and these are avalable everywhere =D
tis xmas, plz stay wit me..
xx
8:28 PM
# # # Wednesday, October 04, 2006
I think I'm the luckiest person in the world. Goodness, I found my wallet even before I realised I lost it.
So yesterday morning I was looking for my wallet before going to school. Can't find it and thought its somewhere in the house...at 8.00 my fther msged me tht a neighbour's maid found my wallet on the road in the nearby vicinity and returned it.
WHOO.
tis xmas, plz stay wit me..
xx
6:21 PM
# # # Monday, October 02, 2006
I attribute my depression to school. There's nothing to look forward to, my brain has degraded irreversibly from all the slacking, there's nothing new to learn...i mean there was nothing new to learn since 2 mths ago, but there's only so much revision you can do...nothing to look forward to.
*glompz*
I just realised its OCT. Meaning its Nov next month. Waaayyyyy too fast. I can't beleive I'm appraoching 18 and already dreading ageing. What happened to those years when I can't wait for Nov to appraoch? 5 years old, 6 years old, 7 years and counting. Here I am, appraoching 18 and already reminescing about my childhood. I can imagine my self at 60, 70 or 80 reminescing baout my junior colelge days...friendships..memories..maybe memories are a torture after all. I dun want to grow old!! Where every move is a pain...eating is a pain...going to the toilet is a pain! everyone finds u a pain! I DUN WANT TO GROW OLD. i can't do what i like.
omg.the way i'm talking i think i;m really ageing
tis xmas, plz stay wit me..
xx
9:26 PM
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Something is dreadfulyl wrong. I'm feeling so ultimate sian... don't feel like doing a single thing. Granted..there are papers to try...testimonials to write...application forms to fill...notes to read...but argh...I just don't feel like doing anything. Not even in the mood to watch tv or play games. So yesterday I was snacking and sleepng not cos I;m tired or hungry but cos I needed something to DO. And today the smell of food just makes me nauseus yet I'm getting gastric.
I attribute it to mid-life crisis...and mid life crisis at 18 means..I'll die at 36.
tis xmas, plz stay wit me..
xx
6:09 PM
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