i was just watching the telly just now and was just rather 'put off (i really cannot find any other words to describe the feeling)' at the congratulatory advertisement to team singapore for their stellar performance at the asian games in doha.
why? simply because when we struck gold in italy at the international choral competition there, we received no congratulatory message from anybody with exception of the school and our local choral support. now now now, from the bottom of my heart i really do think that team singapore did very well- stellar performance really! the way tao li went against all odds and beat strong competition from swimming poweerhouses china and japan; the way our bowlers went on strong till the end; the way our young athletes did so so well at the games, all these have truly made me feel proud to be a singaporean.
but yet somehow i feel that there is such a biasness to the arts groups here in Singapore. well, maybe it's because there ain't no live telecast of the arts competition here in singapore or maybe there ain't a strong base of support for these budding arts groups here in singapore. hold on a second, i just recalled that sports for the physically impaired also do not get as much attention as us. then again, at least they get some support from some external organisation, we don't. *sigh* what else can i say? somehow when i watch that advertisement, i don't feel as if the choir i was in achieved as much as team singapore in doha although we won 3 golds there. i don't even feel as if i represent singapore when i sing at such an international competition.
"where is that 4 million strong sideline that came with Team Singapore?"
why? simply because when we struck gold in italy at the international choral competition there, we received no congratulatory message from anybody with exception of the school and our local choral support. now now now, from the bottom of my heart i really do think that team singapore did very well- stellar performance really! the way tao li went against all odds and beat strong competition from swimming poweerhouses china and japan; the way our bowlers went on strong till the end; the way our young athletes did so so well at the games, all these have truly made me feel proud to be a singaporean.
but yet somehow i feel that there is such a biasness to the arts groups here in Singapore. well, maybe it's because there ain't no live telecast of the arts competition here in singapore or maybe there ain't a strong base of support for these budding arts groups here in singapore. hold on a second, i just recalled that sports for the physically impaired also do not get as much attention as us. then again, at least they get some support from some external organisation, we don't. *sigh* what else can i say? somehow when i watch that advertisement, i don't feel as if the choir i was in achieved as much as team singapore in doha although we won 3 golds there. i don't even feel as if i represent singapore when i sing at such an international competition.
"where is that 4 million strong sideline that came with Team Singapore?"
don't we want our little nation to be known internationally to be not just as a sporting powerhouse but one that is equally involved in the arts? are we balanced? what sort of signal are we sending to our budding young talents in these arts-related groups? well i can't say for all, but personally i don't really feel that sort of national pride when i sing and win for that matter- basically, i don't feel that i won the coveted medal for my nation, instead, i feel i won it more for my choir and school. is that the sort of 'national pride' that we are trying to instill here in the people?
you know it really brings me great Great GREAT pleasure whenever i'm reminded of the international rankings that the VICTORIA JUNIOR COLLEGE CHOIR is 9th IN THE WORLD and 2nd INTERNATIONALLY IN THE MIXED CHOIR CATEGORY even without the support of you, external organistations. so kudos and lots of thanks to everybody at vjc for your support and encouragement.
no thanks to you external organisations.
go reflect.
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