thought i'd take a brake from phlogging. and talk about my best friend the telly. and now upon the acquisition of digital cable, i know that now my A's are done for. cable first appeared in my house after my PSLE ended and its had a profound effect on my brothers' and my ability to sit in a spot and study for hours like the scholar kids do. cable is loverly. and its majorly addicitive. and ITS BAD FOR YOU. as bad as smoking. but i still watch it for hours on end anyways.
so now i have BBC Prime (yay BBC! as mentioned in my friendster profile, i love English culture. English, mind you. not scottish, welsh or northern irish. i mean, i already listen to loads of shows on BBC radio 1 and the BBC Asian network using the comp, so its really nice that i now have the tv version to accompany it.
pity though, there aren't any proper BBC programmes like the soap opera Eastenders. but there's the old stuff like Delia's how to cook(love that prog. its so incredibly clinical and posh and stuck up and stiff upper lip that it makes me appreciate jamie oliver all the more), Goodness Gracious Me(which is classic and QUALITY), The weakest link (which is an absolute bore to watch cos the brits who go on the show are incredibly un-worldly most of time).
but some of the stuff they havent shown on S'pore tv or ripped off from the BBC is absolutely brilliant. like "what not to wear", with these 2 charming brit ladies who look like ex-top of the pops hosts, who keep touching their victims..bits. like blatantly squeezing their lumps and humps, to borrow a line from fergie. and they get away with it! thats the best part :D
and of course, "blackadder" starring Rowan Atkinson of Mr Bean fame, Hugh Laurie of House fame and Miranda Richardson of Rita Skeeter fame! how excellent is that! and to think, blackadder was made ages ago, like in 1983( i imdb-ed it so its probably accurate). its "shakespeare" as i would have liked to have read it. so incredibly crude full of explicitly funny jokes. like i told someone recently, ïts very testosteronal". and yes i know there's no such word. the epitome of British wit and dry humor.
moving along, i got the live 8 dvd about a week ago but i've gotten through the first of the FOUR dvds. loved it so much when i watched it in july on cable, that is just HAD to get it. set my dad back 50 quid though. i had BETTER do well for the O's man. i have so much to be thankful for.
coming back, it was during live 8 when i first heard "fix you"by coldplay so that was really special. haha coldplay has that effect on me. even that time when i first heard "politik"performed live at the 2003 grammies or something, iwas blown away. guess i've always been a fan of coldplay, ever since "yellow" but never really realised iy until recently. *shrugs*
and another iconic moment in live 8 was when will smith snapped his fingers every 3 seconds to symbolise the dying of a child in africa due to a preventable disease. i think pretty much the whole world joined him in doing it..even i rmb doing it while sitting on the sofa. that was powerful man. and the whole event was so..Gandhi, as in using non-violence to put across a message effectively. it would've been absolutely pointless to protest and have assasination attempts on the leaders of the G8 nations. that could've very well been the situation, but thanks bob geldof, for using the most powerful communication media, MUSIC (which "makes the bourgeoise and the rebel", to quote madonna), and really showing it as it is to the world and most importantly the big wigs at the G8 summit.
i'm quite sure that the funding and debt cancellation has helped the african nations majorly, but the root of the problem, the Government, as we have learnt in Geog Elect., will still be there. so the corrupt officials in Africa have to be weeded out first for the country to get a move on.
i mean, the country has a wealth of resources, but they dont have the capability to utilise any of it, which is REALLY SAD. cos look what happened to Britain during the industrial revolution? all they had to do was get up off their laurels and develop the "black gold" industry. and look where they are now! just imagine what Africa could do: Coal, diamonds, oli, livestock, cotton, the list goes on. its a real bloody pity.
i'm off.
EDIT: the song you're hearing is Bittersweet Symphony, by The Verve. its one of those one hit wonder songs. it came out in 97, which means i was in...primary 2? yes. primary 2. and i first heard it on one of those channel 5 adverts for the Champions League or the EPL or something. Honestly! haha..and to think. years later, its one of my fave songs and i love soccer like a boy. its the violins i tell you. i'm a sucker for violins'.
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