And I present all my awards to all my employees!

i've just watched the repeat encore telecast of Stars Awards 2005.
Okok i know i'm a bit slow. paiseh lah, i was working when Stars Awards was telecasted live.

In fact, i remember i was at the client's place, going through the policy when the tv was blaring, and I was quite sian knowing that I have to give it a miss.

nothing like 3-hours of self-praising and gloating.


Pork Barrel Awards 2005

And as usual, Cherub feels like subscribing satellite TV immediately after watching mediacorp's shows.
oh wait, satellite TV's banned here...damnit.

I almost choked when the hosts said something abt how special the awards are, that Channel 8 and Channel U must co-host them together in both channels so that all singaporeans can watch them. something like that lah.

wah liew, u mean got pple somewhere on our island that receive Channel 8 but not channel U?
or pple who can get Channel U but not Channel 8?

CANNOT BE RIGHT?

both are free-to-air broadcast. how many pple could there be with only 1 but not the other free channel?? Pls lah!! want to force pple to watch your company own-awards-give-own-pple show, say so lah.

Really...... i can't, for the sake of entertainment, think of a single good reason from 2 channels broadcasting the same show.

and i can't help but feel its a pork-barrel politics award show.

来啊，来啊。。。。分猪肉啊！！！！！

I have no idea why is our NATIONAL PRESIDENT there? eh, mr nathan, i don't mean to be rude, but do you have better things to do? I mean, you're a president! surely u should be endorsing some more important national event? or maybe, u know go through the constitutions and be a real president? Or do some real work for the people? After all, you're the PEOPLE's PRESIDENT. Ok lah, not really choosen by us, but by a shadow committee that decides who and who are eligible for president *silly me! i always tot thats the role of elections, but hey he's still an "Elected President", elected by the citizen's elected government's 'elected' Presidential Committee.....*

why are u endorsing an entertainment show!!!

and for that matter, why would celebrities be happy about receiving an award from a President?
I mean, if i'm a celebrity, surely I would be very happy if i receive an award from a vetern actor. Or a renowned singer.
or someone who entertains very well lah.

A national president??????

haih, wat does cherub know.....



anyway, my 2cents worth.
programming quality was definitely much better when there were 2 TV rivals.
yes, competition was fierce. money was lost.
but surely that's the singapore way? u know, free and most competitive market?

it was ugly only when each side mustered resources in other avenue (read: newspapers and other print media) to give biased and one-sided reports.
straits times would report on Today's flaws and Channel 8 & 5 problems.
Today would similarly report on SPH when their stocks plummets.

and of course there are other unfair advantages, most notably Mediacorp's government subsidies for social documentary and news productions.
Plus, with liberalisation new and fresh, both rivals are confused and slugging it out.

its ironic that the act on Competitive was unveiled just before the 2 TV stations mergered.

the Compeititive Act would have stabilised the market and give a fairer assessment.
And in any case, the presence of 2 TV stations have given so much more choices and better quality in programming.
How could that be a bad thing?


Maybe if the 2 TV stations are still around, we shld have a real national StarAwards. And each stations would a pro-rated percentage of the subsidies based on each station's performance in the star awards.
then it would be real competition, real fun. and no more pork barrel politics!!
and it would be DAMN ENTERTAINING!!! :D

sigh. we'd never know...

but i do know one thing.


Most Drama Queen 2005! You win!



Zoe Tay, you're damn entertaining lah!!!