Looking for a light

This was actually supposed to be posted on Friday morn but one thing led to another and finally get the chance to get it up now. Btw Jerry Ong is still in SI. Congrats Singapore.

The series ended with Buffy smiling as she and the rest of the survivors, wind in their hair, sun on their faces, gazed at the crater that was once Sunnydale. As the credits rolled for the last time, and the music played, I reminisced and was actually quite sad bout the fact that Buffy had ended. I mean I had been watchin the show since I was in lower Sec. I remember being/and still am super infatuated with Buffy. In fact I used to carry around a picture of her just to look at now and then in my green school file. Oh well those were the days, I lost a bit of touch in season 6, but I pledged to catch season 7 no matter wat. But anyways, u noe sometimes there are just these TV programs that accompany you thru the years, and somehow all that rushing back home, all that staying up late was worth it for that one hour a week of Buffy. Well to me at least it is lar. I'm sad that I will never see the group together again. Buffy, Giles, Willow, Xander, Dawn, Angel,Cordelia, Spike and Anya. From the early days of fighting merely vamps to the super demons, and the first evil itself in the last season. Wow, its come a long way.

I hope perhaps when I'm 30 or 40, they'll have a re-run of Buffy on some obscure channel, and I'll def make time for it. In the mean time, I hope to see James Marsden who played Spike, star in some movies or TV progs and hope to see Emma Caulfield, who played Anya too. And of cos, i'd def wanna see Sarah Michelle Gellar realli soon! Sigh, i miss watchin Buffy already.

The show yesterdae was simply horrendous, all the way from the start to the end. And to make things worse the judges seemed to be pretty oblivivous to the whole situation. Sure some ppl. say, "If we don't compare SI to the American version its actually pretty ok." Bullshit. To put it simply, there is always a need to compare...and since when don't Singaporeans compare anyways? Singaporeans always compare, cos they wanna be ahead of the competition.

However, its obvious when it comes to SI, dat we seem to be living in a bubble, and most of the ppl, like the judges and those who actually bother to vote, seem to be living in an illusion that the standard of SI is ok. Lets face the facts, its not. Ok, sure I mean people like Olinda and Leandra still had some promise as of yesterdae, but c'mon as a whole, if and when we do unearth our own Singapore Idol in December, are we gonna kid ourselves and think that she/he might actually be able to compare/compete with the rest of the world?

Frankly I think that the judges are not playing their part, giving unhelpful comments and seeming to be pretty pleased with the standards. I mean you don't have to criticise, but at least keep the contestants on their toes so they keep trying to improve.

Ok, for example, David Yeo is getting worse by the week, I think him jumping around the stage yesterdae like a fuckin monkey is not doing him any good. Taufik, though initially promising, will not improve much without the judges' proper guidance and feedback, i mean have u listened to the original version of Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire"? Taufik really gave a rather limp performance. Sylvester sings "You Ain't Nothing but a Hound Dog" like he's singing a Bon Jovi song. Ok, I guess he's making it his own, but more importantly, he is not showcasing his flexibility. I mean would u wanna listen to his CD, if everything sounds like Bon Jovi?

I thought Maia was ok, at least she gave it a try to sound like rock and roll, but well still can improve lar. Oh and she was actually from my primary school! Yikez!! My mom was shocked knowing that the tattooed, single-mum was from Yu Neng Primary. And she was actually a prefect. Funny I didn't noe her even though she's only a year older than I am.

Then of cos, we come to my favourite man, Jerry Ong. Anybody who saw his performance yest would agree that he truly deserves to be kicked out tonight. But oh well, he prob won't right? Pitchin off....bad voice texture, bad rhythm ,and he coudn't even hold a simple note long enough at the end. Plain amateurish to me. In fact I think if he entered VJ Music Fest he prob wont make it into the final. He looked like such an idiot prancing around on stage, I felt embarrased for him.

Oh well, I'm writing this in office & gonna email it back and then publish later, I dunno whos gonna go off, since the competition is so so unpredictable. But wateva it is, the damage has been done, the standard is realli going down the drain, but well, I guess for every idol whos left now, there's at least bout 10 more talented ppl who just prefer to remain anonymous. IIts just too bad these "idols" dont put in the same effort into performing as they do into milking their image.

Well, even if they are, it sure in hell ain't good enough.