the four right chords can make me cry

so disturbing.
although it was a documentary done by the discovery channel (supposed to be objective, supposed), it still smelt like a national education ploy. the same meta-narratives and motifs. but its kinda international education now i guess, since you can't force non-singaporeans to take national education for exams (the only way to make them have anything to do with their heritage), but you can lull them into acceptance with tv. go mass media!
can't remember what david pawson said on this, something about there being 4 levels of looking at history. the first being personalities, seeing history as a collective biography for people who've left their mark. hitler, churchill, lenin, che etc. i think the second one was events, but im not too sure. the third took it one step up the hierachy, to the level of looking at cycles. The rise and fall of civilisations. and lastly, history from the perspective of infinity, able to discern from the beginning of time, and stretching to the very end of time itself. and the bible is the only historical book in that category. so read your bibles. cool stuff.
i digress.
but yeah, i guess this documentary remained largely at level one. the deification of raffles and lee kwan yew. same old. i found it neo-colonial. just look at the title, very condescending. Raffles' little child. erm ok. i think being from the prestigious (elitist?) Raffles family just lost a whole lot of shine for me, not that it was particularly shiny before. Really no offense if you're from Raffles, what school you come from really doesnt matter to me, but i just have a thing against colonialism.
ok enough ranting!

heard the bay camp went really well!! so fabulous =) almost makes me wish i were there. almost. but yes, so encouraged by what i've heard, and the change i've seen too. great job everyone =)

was very interesting to see new old faces today. seven years. my goodness. i can't believe its been that long. i was... egads, 13? and she still remembers me. always thought i was low profile. i wonder what made her remember me. =) she's really like her brother, appearance and personality. i remember them with affection.

yes dears, i will get to talk to you soon. hopefully. better make an appointment for you.

i really should start packing, right?

posted by beckyboo @ 10:14 PM