Wednesday, January 31, 2007

A break please?? :)

Hello people...

Guess what? When Mr. Lim said, "Ohh... the more creative you are in asking for a break, the longer time i will give to you", we really took it seriously. Yes, we. Us. *Whatever* Sangheetha, Mariani, Maria, Eunice, and I. We created sort of "cheerleader" scene, so we hold letters that spelled like a B, an R, an E, an A, and a K, and planned to lift it up right after the 46th minutes after the class started. We took a picture, well... pictures actually, before we did the actual thing. And... BOO! Mr. Lim walked into the class when we were taking pictures! CRAP! "NOW he knows what we're doing!" But I guess he really pretended not to know anythingm and just let us do our action. It was nice anyway :) We'll take it as an appreciation of our hard work!

During the 45th minutes, the lesson was really tough that we really had to catch up with what Mr. Lim's saying while highlighting our textbook. So we decided to postpone our "cheerleader's yell" until 12.30 PM. But.... the problem was that there were not much unity in lifting those thing up, so we got it a bit "quiet"... Well, take that as the first learning experience, and we'll do CRAZIER things later in class :)

Anyway, here's the pictures!!!






Hmm... I guess we were too afraid of getting sued by Mr. Lim because of the disturbance in his class, so we posed for these look-like-prisoner style. Hahaha... Do we look like one? If we do, then call us the "break prisoners".

Nope. I'm just joking. Please call us by our names when you meet us.

Hahahaha...

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Media effects in my perspective... What do you think?

I post this to continue my comment on how media impacts the mind of its consumer that I posted on com242.wordpress.com ...

I am a gamer! I admit it. I play different kind of games in PS2 and computer and online g
ames. For me, game is a form of relaxation even though sometimes i found myself get stress about it. But the way I feel might not the same as some other people. Others might use it as the way they express about what they feel inside, especially for those introvert people, or people who just simply afraid of showing their true-self in front of others. Even worse, there are game-addicts, I called them "fragile people", who want to make their life as what they are playing in the game! Here's my personal story...

My younger brother, aged 12 now, used to play GTA on PS2, which is certainly rated for people 18 and above. For your information (for you who completely don't know what's the game about), it contains a lot of violence, harsh words, and a bit of sexual content. The character that you're playing should rob and shoot people on the street, take their vehicles, hit people using your car, and don't ever get caught by the police. After a while since my lil' bro played this game, i found him start talking nonsense when there were people jaywalking, and cars overtaking while i was driving my car. He would say things like, "Oohh, just hit 'em!!", or "Shit! These people really don't know how it feels to be killed by our car!" I was so shocked that he said such things, cos he used to be a very polite and sweet-type of boy. Then i found this game in our play room, and that's how I started to play GTA. For me, it was just a game, but for him, the whole game was fuly penetrated to his mind, and change the way he thinks. Well, I guess I was a bit selfish, that I finished the game myself, and after that I told my mom that my brother played harsh game on PS2, so my mom took and threw it. At least I DID save my lil' bro from getting more bad impact from the game.

It's not only games, few TV shows also give a bad impact for its consumer, especially children and those "fragile people" that I have mentioned before.
We all know "The Simpsons" show, how it views a kinda WEIRD family life, how's Bart being naughty and rebellious to Homer, how Homer treats his children, etc.

Celebrity death match, which is shown on MTV, shows a very disgusting bloody scene of death match by celebrities.

And last but not least, Russel Peters "Stand-up comedy" show. I'm sure you must be confused now, why Russel Peters? For you who have seen this show, you should pay attention to the last part of the comedy, the scene about beating the kids. Those of you who are completely lost about it, I'll tell you a bit of the story. Russel, an Indian guy, had a Caucasian friend named Ryan. He was trying to explain how people from different culture treat their parents in different ways. Here's the brief conversation to give you a lil' picture about it:

Russel : ... We walked to his (Ryan's) house after school one day, his mom goes, "Ryan go clean your room!"
Ryan : F**K YOU BI**H!!
Ryan's mom : What am I gonna do with him?
Russel : I go, "Ryan, you can't talk to your mom like that!"
Ryan : Yes I can. She's a jacka**!
Russel : Don't say that, man! She will hit you!
Ryan : No, she won't. She's not allowed to.
Russel : What the hell are you talking about, man? My parents hit me...
Ryan : Yeah. But next time they try it, you tell them to f**k off!

To shorten it, Russel went home and tried it to his dad...

Russel's dad : Russel, come and do the dishes!
Russel : F**k you, dad!!
Russel's dad : What the hell did you say to me? Do I look like Ryan's mom?!

Well, this scene is ridiculous, but can you imagine what will happen if kids and teenagers watch the show without any parental guide? They might do the same thing as what they have been told in the show!

So, is there anything we can do to solve these problems? We all need media! Do we have to "isolate" ourselves from it? Cos' i don't think media ratings really work. The fact is that my 12 years old brother got an easy access to buy a rated-18+ game. Parental guide is also not applicable at any time. How many parents out there really have time to spend with their kids, watching TV shows and playing games??

Have you come out with any solution? Do share with me.... :)

p.s. this is the Russel Peter's video that i was talking about. Have fun watching, and don't try it at home ;p



Tuesday, January 16, 2007

2nd class...

Since i didn't come for the 1st class, i'm gonna comment on the 2nd class of com 125...

I think the lesson is so interesting since the use of internet is a common thing for most of us. I always love lessons about today's technology. I did computer science subject in the last few semesters, and i really loved playing around with the html codes!

Today's lesson is about the blogging thing, and it kinda gives me a good picture in the mind of how's the lesson gonna look like. Some of my friends think that it's boring, but I LOVE IT!!!

till then... =)

p.s. Thank's to Mr. Lim for giving great informations about the web.

SORRY.... =(

I am so sorry that the font size used in my previous post was too small. Sorrryyyy........

First post: Me, Myself, and I...

Yuhuuuuwww...........!!!!!!! Hi everyone =)

First of all, please don't tell me that this blog should be written like a formal essay, because i seriously couldn't do it!!! Well, i could, actually, but i believe it will take forever just to write a five-short-sentences posting. Hahahahaaa....

What can i say about myself?

I'm CHEILLA (FYI, It's pronounced as "Shilla"). I really think that's my real name, because people have been calling me with that name since... i can't remember! My dad gave me a quite complicated name when i was born, and it sounds like GRACEILLA YVONNE ANDRIES, if I'm not mistaken. I use it just for for formal documentations, like identity card, licenses, passport, and of course the class register. The most ridiculous about my complicated name is that both of my parents can't even spell my name correctly until NOW! My dad assumes that it's spelled GRACIELLA, and my mom always think that it's GRACHEILLA. For me? I'm.... whatever they want to call me. =)

I'm certainly not a Singaporean (and I'm really sure about that!). I originally from Indonesia, a supposedly-rich-and-beautiful country, but in fact it's ruined by the greedy people inside the government system. Sometimes i feel so bad about this painful truth. Indonesia has a lot of natural resources, like gold, copper, tin, timber, oil, and many other things, but we can't even pay our debts to other countries! There are also millions of poor people in the country. Where does all the money go?! That's a question that should be answered by the government.

Anyway, if it seemed like I have interest in politics in the previous paragraph, it is absolutely not right. I hate politics! Hahaha.... My basic interest is just like most girls on earth: SHOPPING! \(^o^)/

Nope. I'm kidding.

I love music A LOT. I really mean it. My mom dragged me for a piano lesson when i was 5, and i screamed like crazy when it happened. Now, I thank her for doing that in the past, and for keep supporting me during those hard times understanding music scales. I also play several music instruments beside piano, such as bass guitar, drums, and violin. I'd love to go for a harp lesson SOON!

Other than that, I also have so much interest in entertainment business. I have plenty of activities regarding that matter back in my hometown, Batam. I used to be a presenter in a local TV station, and now I'm still doing my job as a radio DJ in a radio station called GFan FM. I'm glad that Batam is only a one-hour-long trip from Singapore, so I can still do my work every weekend.

A friend of mine set up an event organizer company named NO BOUNDARY, and I work for him as the PR. So far we have held few concerts and various charity programs. I really enjoy my work, and again, I am happy that i can always return to Batam whenever I have things to work on, because Batam is very near to Singapore =)

I think that's what I'm going to say about myself. I know it's a bit long (much, actually =p ....), but thank you for reading.

See you on the next post (^-^)/"

p.s. I'd love to share stories with all of you. Send me stories and comments, okay???