a typical post
the man in the video in one of the CAAL sessions was being absolutely typical. when asked to comment on children with disabilities working to earn their worth by making handicraft-like stuff, the 30-odd executive (yet another office worker in singapore's bottomless pool) commented,
"this goes to show that the disabled are capable, and with determination and hard work, anything is possible."
if there's an A level subject called typical response, cambridge markers would have been shocked at the degree of proficiency this guy has. well, then again, singaporean students would ace the subject along with him.
this reminds me of the time we went to that basketball match between singapore slingers and some random australian team. what was devastating was that, throughout the whole match, the commentator alternated between these words: "BIG D", "DEFENCE", "STRONG D". never mind his rudeness towards the away team. his lack of variety is enough to piss anyone off.
next time, they might as well use a computer comment generator. just type your keywords, press enter, and let the computer give the comments through the speakers. now computer technology is quite advanced in commentating, i must comment. colin's whatever soccer game is able to give realistic responses to different moves in the field. which i found amazing, apparently. (thought you should know)
what i derive from the above observations is that singaporeans lack variety. probably good humour too. i cant understand why people laugh at the really dammit-its-just-not-funny jokes. like, for example,
context: someone mispronounced geography into geomancy.
"funny" response: its geography, not geomancy! geomancy is this *bends arms so they're parallel to the floor, looks at the arms and spins around* (as in looking at 八卦 action)
i swear, if you find that funny, i'll give you like, my monthly allowance.
one of the reasons why i do boredlela is to fight a proxy against such bland, what-the-hell humor. variety and creativity seems to be dying in our community.
come on, people, the next time you speak, after judging whether it is a sensitive remark, also consider whether its a creative remark. typical response is not an A level subject; GP is.
now, you might wonder what i'd say if i were that executive. its this:
" - "
see you at talentime 2008.
"this goes to show that the disabled are capable, and with determination and hard work, anything is possible."
if there's an A level subject called typical response, cambridge markers would have been shocked at the degree of proficiency this guy has. well, then again, singaporean students would ace the subject along with him.
this reminds me of the time we went to that basketball match between singapore slingers and some random australian team. what was devastating was that, throughout the whole match, the commentator alternated between these words: "BIG D", "DEFENCE", "STRONG D". never mind his rudeness towards the away team. his lack of variety is enough to piss anyone off.
next time, they might as well use a computer comment generator. just type your keywords, press enter, and let the computer give the comments through the speakers. now computer technology is quite advanced in commentating, i must comment. colin's whatever soccer game is able to give realistic responses to different moves in the field. which i found amazing, apparently. (thought you should know)
what i derive from the above observations is that singaporeans lack variety. probably good humour too. i cant understand why people laugh at the really dammit-its-just-not-funny jokes. like, for example,
context: someone mispronounced geography into geomancy.
"funny" response: its geography, not geomancy! geomancy is this *bends arms so they're parallel to the floor, looks at the arms and spins around* (as in looking at 八卦 action)
i swear, if you find that funny, i'll give you like, my monthly allowance.
one of the reasons why i do boredlela is to fight a proxy against such bland, what-the-hell humor. variety and creativity seems to be dying in our community.
come on, people, the next time you speak, after judging whether it is a sensitive remark, also consider whether its a creative remark. typical response is not an A level subject; GP is.
now, you might wonder what i'd say if i were that executive. its this:
" - "
see you at talentime 2008.
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