What are we?

What's so interesting about us anyway?



I think... After being influenced by the americans for so long... i think... we singaporeans need work.



Well, i think.



Wait. What the hell am I talking about, you, whoever YOU are, must be thinking.



I was just thinking... If i want to be a writer, i'll need material, right? And writers usually draw material from their immediate surroundings: The people. According to a friend, people outside asia find us exotic... they find us appealing to them because, well, we're different.



It's this way: things that are new, people will take notice. And then they'll react. So it's good news that they like us.



But i'm way ahead of myself.



Write with an audience in mind, right? And similarly, my audience is the people around me.



So what makes us tick?



I guess jackneothesonofabitch figured it out. Films about money, making more money, jobs, work, and the more recent, marriage: Things that Singaporeans tend to think about. Pepper that with with local dialogue: Hokkien, Chinese, broken English,etc. It's all fine, really. The only problem? He's making money out of it, and not me.



Alright, i'm joking. I won't be caught dead writing crap like that. jackneothesonofabitch writes for the mainstream, and given Singapore has a population of 50 people, 48 of which thinks like him, of course he'll hit the big time.



But jackneothesonofabitch does films that scratches the surface. He makes films that leaves you thinking: oh, familiar dialogue accurately portrayed on screen... But wtf was the point of that show?



Now, I don't watch alot of local arthouse films... Maybe i should. BRB.


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AND... 21 days later.. im back!

Yes yes, im a sgt now. Life is better. U don get bossed ard anymore. Hang up your feet.

Now's the time to get plan and prepare for the future!

Yes. Erm. So....

How do we do that?

Well... The only viable plan of action now is to hone your writing skills!

So that's it! Start writing! Start.... WRITING!