yesterday was an awesome day for me because i finally got access to the rest of Season 4 of The Office. the production stalled last November because of the writers strike that lasted 100 long days. and when the strike ended in Feb this year, the new episodes weren't being released as quickly as i had expected them to. and when they finally got aired on NBC, they weren't making their way to ardent fans in faraway lands like sunny Singapore. so.. you can understand why i think that yesterday was an awesome day.
- :) the dysfunctional dunder mifflin paper company-
i found the whole writers strike episode pretty intriguing. Sure. in the Land of the Free, unions have all the right to strike in order to prove a point or make a stand. nevertheless, i was still intrigued by 2 issues:- Why don't we see strikes in Singapore? Yes, this would be a cliched response, warranting cliched arguments that could go uncomfortably political. and since I don't exactly like prison food, I shall be wary and not elaborate on them except to say that our country would be a far more exciting place to live in if we had strikes. wouldn't it be exciting if suddenly we don't have radio deejays, or supermarkets, or water, or electricity, or hospitals, or..
- Having said that, how effective would a writers strike be in Singapore? Really, who would give a hoot if local programming was suspended? Or if local musicians stopped releasing albums? Rhetorical. I have to say... if I were brought up in a place where the potential for good moolah to be made by musicians was higher than here (in the Land of the Free, for example), I might have considered taking up music professionally. This is NOT a ruse to justify my musical stagnation or, even, deterioration. :(
I have an inkling that Singapore's not gonna make it to World Cup 2010, or 2100 for that matter. punters made a shitload as always. seriously, 7-3 is retarded.
