Boys Don't Cry

It's been a tough day at work. Never have I yearned so much to knock off. Right from the very start, it had been bumpy. Then I decided that I shall make today one of those sinful days where I indulge in full force negativity blasting. It was strong, and worked too, like how I wanted it to. Things went haywire everywhere. It had been completely chaotic, so much so that I felt desperate and wanted to cry. But boys don't cry. I saw it all coming, but I felt better, cos I achieved what I expected.

So it's the end of the day and I happened to catch Star Idol on Channel 8. One of their silly elimination round. Talent quest for budding actors and actresses. But by the look of things, there's hardly any talent at all in the 5 female and 5 male contestants.

So the guys elimination round narrowed down to 2 contestants. Videorecording of judges aired. All three judges thought Guy 1 would be booted out. Comperes asked Guy 1 on his confidence level. He answered very shakily that he has hardly any confidence left. That's kinda wrong eh? You're in a competition, mind you, not supposed to say that! Then started to tear. But boys don't cry.

The very same thing happened to Guy 2. The judges thought he'd be out too. Then after the commercial breaks and the ridiculous antics of booting out contestants, Guy 2 got kicked out. As usual, they had the goodbye video played and then, Guy 2 started crying! So I thought, But boys don't cry!

After a farewell speech and feeble encouragements from the 'fans', Guy 1 came onto screen. And golly! He was weeping!!! BIG BOYS DON'T CRY!!! Not on national TV at least! His tears streamed down and glistened under the spotlights. His microphone picked up some of his pitiful sobs while the compere was talking.

While they were wallowing in self pity, I was having the biggest laugh of the century. It's just so funny. So unconventional. Now, that's reality TV! The female contestant that got booted out managed to fight back those precious tears. Managed to look cool on national TV.

But I don't understand wy she got kicked out. She looks most pleasing to me. With funky hair cut and all. Plus cool name too. Two Chinese characters only. Anyways, she didn't cry, nor weep. Unlike the guys. Booted out, cry and weep, never kena booted out, still cry and weep, and can sob some more. Geez...

The 'fans' were atrocious. For one, they were ashamed of themselves, then they couldn't cheer properly. They were hiding behind placards whenever the camera caught them on screen. They were delayed in reaction when the comperes urged for some encouragement from the crowd. Their vocal cords and lung power haven't been put to good use. Describing the 'fans' as lukewarm would be letting get away with too much. They were more like freezing cold. Ice cold.

Well, there's a pretty good reason for them to behave this way, anyway.

And one last thing. Forget about Boys don't cry. I think we're stepping into a different era now.