I don't watch TV.
Let me clarify that, I DO have a TV, I just watch DVDs or downloaded stuff on it.
On occasion, I accidentally catch a glimpse of what's on TV. And I am reminded, again, why I don't watch TV.
Why is Singapore devoid of culture or grace? Blame TCS, that's right. Blame MediaCorpTV Singapore.
DISCLAIMER - I could only take a few minutes of mindless torture before I had to regain my sanity elsewhere and change channels.
Yesterday night, for instance, a locally produced 'docu-drama' about missing children. Story of a child that has been missing since the 1970s. 'Detectives' researching the case, hypothesize maybe he was kidnapped and sold in Thailand as a slave!
Without any clues/hints/facts, a 'dream' sequence 10 minutes long of a legless begger child walking about Thailand. 10 minutes! On something that is PURE speculation.
What kind of BOGEYMAN URBAN LEGENDS are MediaCorpTV trying to scare the Singapore population with!?
A couple of nights ago, a documentary on ghosts and such in Singapore. There is apparently a tour organized by some guys, bringing people to all the hot places with ghosts and sightings.
So in an interview, the tourguide brings out an infrared temperature gun. Points it at a random place, and informs us that 'its is proven that when there is a temperature drop, it is a sign that a ghost is present'.
PROVEN! Proven??
What kind of BOGEYMAN URBAN LEGENDS are MediaCorpTV trying to scare the Singapore population with!?
Already, Singaporeans are watching MediaCorpTV's mindless shows with slack jawed amazement. (Don't believe me? Go to any food court during dinner, and see whole families shovel food down their agape mouths with eyes glued to the TVs above them.)
Argh.
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