I flip the pages of a daily tabloid and my heart sickens at headlines like "Suffering continues amid peace efforts"and "Children- victims of war" et cetera, et cetera et cetera...
And elsewhere, on some local celebrity page, we read about the millions of ringgits splashed for a wedding by a Dato' (mind you, he's an old hand at marriages, his second !! ) to a local diva. By now, I pretty sure, everyone knows the breakdown and costs of expenditure, to the said wedding....sigh...in all honesty, I think I will be happy for the newly-weds....if.........(see para 4 ...)
By the way am I right to say that a "diva" is a famous person, well known, all over the civilised world ? I wonder why, we, so stupidly, refer our local artist/actors, who are known only in Malaysia, sometimes to a few Indonesians or Singaporeans or maybe, sometimes, be invited(for diplomatic reasons ,I beleive) to sing, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, be accorded the title "diva"?
Supposing...just supposing, all that money spent or splashed, had been channelled into, say, a few rumah yatims or shelter homes here in Malaysia , or even to the war ravaged, children of Timore Leste or Lebanon and Palestine or to the 'tsunami hit' orphans of Indonesia, my blessing and respect to this 'diva' and her hubby would have been intact and also, maybe, even a few broken-hearted 'romeos' who, would have had a crush, on this 'diva' prior, to the announcement of marriage, would not be considering suicide !
But what are they trying to prove or who are they showing-off to ? Are they trying to "ape" that much talked about Royal wedding in England many, many years ago, which ended in a bitter divorce and death of the other in an accident? "Touch-wood", I would never wish, such ill-will for this couple, honestly !
And my, my,...that very same television station pleading for funds and pledges for quake, flood, fire or any other natural disaster hit country, bragging of the coverage, this "marriage of the year"is seeking !
I would still say....supposssssssiiiinnnnggggg !!
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This is what people like to hear, shanghai fish. People like romance and drama, and any form of escapism -- especially when the economy is gloomy.
As for "the wedding of the year", it is disturbing when the "diva" who is a role model for many in this country should choose to splurge her money in such two-dimensional pursuits. What message is this giving her fans? Isn't there enough consumerism already?
this is what people want to watch and read? hmmm I don't know. I mean, people would blame the mass media now. saying that the media is responsible of putting it in the newspaper, magazines, air it on TV.
It's really chicken and egg situation.
101% agree with you. Too much publicity. Its only a wedding...hello. Just for one day. Live on TV. Very dificult to watch Badminton, Football etc matches on TV but for this 'Wedding of the year' LIVE for almost 2 hours. This is too much. They even put it on TV that "something that is very inportant to the country" is going to happen. What is this?
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