now, hold your horses (what a saying), treasure this moment. never will that sentence, in its entirety, be uttered ever again. i hope.
let me explain the two key subjects of the sentence.
'phobia 2' refers to an anthology of five thai short films of the horror genre. this is genre that i fail to understand. it's a movie designed to get hearts racing and to shock the viewer, which is unpleasant enough to sit through, but what i cannot stand is the scare tactics employed by every horror film i know (admittedly few). horror films simply cannot get past the cliched screeching soundtracks and dead people's faces slamming against windows and popping up behind the victim etc, just like how reality shows cannot do without 'knockout' stages and personal interviews with contestants for them to reveal how afraid they are of being the ones chosen to pack their bags for home. then again the last of the five short films was at least original and a bag of laughs to watch.
'platoon cohesion' refers to a social event where a bunch of army guys get a chance to dress up in civilian clothes and pick something civilian to do as a group, once every month. in short, an excuse.
i do have a fear though. which i've revealed twice recently, once for an interview, once, over a siglap chicken rice dinner.
i have a genuine fear of being holed up in an office room cubicle from 8 to 5, typing away at a computer screen, doing paperwork, wearing an itch-inducing office shirt and uncomfortable leather shoes, getting caught in the evening traffic jam, coming home stressed, exhausted but restless. this is why i'm in no hurry to get a degree and start working.
that imagery is more scary to me than any horror film.
which is why a bus ride through shenton way in the evening scares me to no end.
2 comments:
The most important thing is to do what you like. No one can make you do what you don't want to do.
Enjoy your years.
hello and thanks.
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