i read it in the news!

(in reference to the today's print of the straits times life! section)

(yea, i know both of them personally in some ways)

it's so weird, viewing your friends from the perspective of the media. not that i detected any obvious slants or non-facts from the article, but the very mention of a person in the press seems to immediately elevate or degrade his/her status, don't you think? i mean, if he/she's not news-worthy and therefore unworthy he/she won't be reported on mass media, right?

in this case, it's obviously elevation. pretty cool. almost as cool as being a psc scholar, or the kid who got perfect grades for his/her o levels. and then you would cut up and laminated the article with your name and smiley face in it and hang it up somewhere in your bedroom. haha so sweet.

the yearning to be 'famous' is shared by many people, i suppose? by the quotation marks i mean, even if it's just for a 3 second commercial or a calefare. to be watched and (potentially?) wanted by as many people as possible, that's celebrity status!

i think it's the feeling of worthiness that makes popularity so attractive, true right? somehow you get a lot of concern pouring from people whom you don't know, but you have shared part of your life with them and they depend on you for something, like emotional support, entertainment, outlet for lust etc.

speaking of stars, i hope jeanette aw's character in little nyonya will continue to be as fiesty but get into less trouble erps. independent i like. mm!

and utada hikaru appeared in my paper today. i was so happy, until i read the content. so worried, i hope she isn't sick or anything ):

sometimes, you don't need to communicate in person to the other party to like him/her. their image has been extrapolated by our wonderful imagination and we picture him/her to be a certain way, and it's usually in some sort of stereotype. which makes news about them all the more interesting and juicy! whenever they do something that adds credibility to their image, that's awesome. when they do something naughty, that's even more awesome (only when they're perceived to be 'bad').

and i guess that's how i perceive jeanette aw and utada hikaru. but, judging from interviews on them and their performances on stage or on screen, they're really the persons i make them out to be... *dreams*