Vodka Boodoos
I'm not going to pretend I don't like Mean Girls, because it was a great movie. At first glimspe, you might think it's just another teenage girl flick packed with corny comedy, but it's so much more than that. The show teaches people how hurtful backstabbing and gossip might be, and how these stuff doesn't benefit you. (Very much related to those blabbermouths at the park we saw last night, who were discriminating us taking pictures in Malay) Personally quoted from Lindsay's character, Cady:
"It doesn't make you more clever when you call someone stupid, it doesn't make you prettier if you call someone ugly, and it doesn't make you thinner by saying someone fat,"
If you think about it, what actually do we gain when we say something bad about someone else? Hardly any happiness, loads of scoffing and an additional bad-reputation if it leaks out. I guess we can't stop ourselves spreading rumours about others but we could minimise such situations. That's why I pledge myself right now to try not to talk about someone behind their backs if it is lethal and not very nice.
Sadly, most of the teenage race here in Singapore don't get the point. I know I am a victim of critisism, but I admit I do say bad things about other people too. There is no one understanding teacher that would rise up and face us and say 'It's time for an attitude change,' what we hear is only discussions about it. And are the adults doing any action? No.
The Plastics, a group of mean girls in the show, showed us how bad the human race could be... sarcasm to the fullest, backstabbing to the prime, and how we can counter-attack it. It is impossible to make someone change how they feel about other people, but it is possible to not spill it out. Just imagine someone writing down how bad you are in a compilation that's called 'The Burn Book'. Even though in Singapore, it's not about 'pretty' people and their troubles with life, but it's about looking good when you look bad. What is the use of dressing up to impress girls when the only attention you get are of those who are too caught up in the materialistic world? Whatever it is, Mean Girls prove to be a point of authority where we should do something about the youth society here today.
And about baybeats, it was a huge fiesta outside the esplanade and there were loads of smokers and punks. It's rather hard to breathe in there... kinda like a pasar malam without the friendly faces of vendors. There were nice rock music of course, but Shan Hui, Darrell, Matthew and I just decided to go, it was that hot and humid.