This Bill is so alive.
It must be such a daunting experience for Bill Clinton to had held his tears for that long during Oprah's recent interview with him about 'My Life'. His voice didn't crack a single bit. I thought by writing the book, he could hide his guilt behind big, beautiful lieswords which he could use to redeem himself with. I didn't eat the whole day last Sunday and food was what I wanted to dedicate my hour to but the intense remorse I could hear in Bill's voice was too calling... it's his own words there in his book and even his eyes told the truth. Other than in form of money, he gained forgiveness in its real form too.
The one thing I envy about Americans is their ability in being very frank. And having someone like Oprah to be in the Fortune 500 list for knowing how to bank on her country's strength.
Over here, frankness is always misunderstood as rudeness. Hardly anyone can look at themselves and accept their imperfections with humility. Credits for Simon Cowell although he's not an American, through American Idol, he had shown that it is he who is the real idol-he validates the existence of the whole show. The world received a free lesson on The Art of Brutal Honesty from him. His views against the world, one after another consistently and yet that made his approval most sought after and most meaningful.
We are so misunderstood that we are bound by our graceful Asian culture that supposedly shy us against the deepest and the truth. It is such a relief there's Marina Mahathir who steps forward to educate everyone furiously about HIV although she could just drown herself in glamour and glitter. There's nothing ungraceful or taboo in teaching people how to use the condom and practise safe sex, that's better than trying to tell everyone not to have extra marital sex cause it still happens as often we take our breath. Which brings my point on why 'Tak Nak's strategies are so silly, RM100million, half can be invested into real solutions.
I think beyond various local and foreign reality tv shows and even National Service, is a good platform for people to learn how to laugh at themselves (coz I know a lot of people went for the reality tv shows shortlisting and NS to test their fear), judge people and then look within ourselves, be laughed at, accept criticisms, be critical constructively, be expressive free spiritedly, be you when you voice something out.
The one thing I envy about Americans is their ability in being very frank. And having someone like Oprah to be in the Fortune 500 list for knowing how to bank on her country's strength.
Over here, frankness is always misunderstood as rudeness. Hardly anyone can look at themselves and accept their imperfections with humility. Credits for Simon Cowell although he's not an American, through American Idol, he had shown that it is he who is the real idol-he validates the existence of the whole show. The world received a free lesson on The Art of Brutal Honesty from him. His views against the world, one after another consistently and yet that made his approval most sought after and most meaningful.
We are so misunderstood that we are bound by our graceful Asian culture that supposedly shy us against the deepest and the truth. It is such a relief there's Marina Mahathir who steps forward to educate everyone furiously about HIV although she could just drown herself in glamour and glitter. There's nothing ungraceful or taboo in teaching people how to use the condom and practise safe sex, that's better than trying to tell everyone not to have extra marital sex cause it still happens as often we take our breath. Which brings my point on why 'Tak Nak's strategies are so silly, RM100million, half can be invested into real solutions.
I think beyond various local and foreign reality tv shows and even National Service, is a good platform for people to learn how to laugh at themselves (coz I know a lot of people went for the reality tv shows shortlisting and NS to test their fear), judge people and then look within ourselves, be laughed at, accept criticisms, be critical constructively, be expressive free spiritedly, be you when you voice something out.
posted by Maine at 12:01 AM
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