yet another 'brilliant' charity 'effort'..

the show started at 7pm.
the cause - to aid cancer patients.
it went on for more than 3 hours..the network had to replace the usual 30min news at10 to a very short 'new-in-brief'..
the whole thing reeked of desperation.
a desperate scam to do more than raise funds for cancer patients.
it's such a predictable silly affair everytime ch8 'artistes' get together to raise funds for charity.
it's become a show to promote stars instead of a charity performance. it's disgusting.
a stupid popularity thing.

here are some of the highlights (of whatever little bits i watched) of last night's show :

1) when tay ping hui & wat's his name..ohh..allan wu..did their strong man thing..
they apparently had metal chains? wrapped around their bodies which they had to use their oooo strong man strenth to break loose? goodness..i have nothing against the guys but it's a plain stupid stunt. i mean..WHY?!@ it's not v macho..the wires look so thin? i couldn't watch it for fear that they might get sliced..?
ergh.. i didn't know how the stunt turned out but i think they were unhurt
but i did hear that some members of the audience laughed..hmm...why am i not surpriseD?
it's silly laaa

2) the worse segment of the show.. when some local singer called ocean who has a not bad voice but never shows his face and is only represented by a cartoon - a flat faced no nosed small eyes square faced cartoon...came out to sing.
i heard recently that he was gonna unveil himself in an up coming concert..which i thought had happened already but based on what i saw last night...hasn't taken place yet.
as the host was presenting him..i thought he was really gonna show his precious face but
nooo... we were all misled..
coz he was on stage in person alright..BUT he sat behind this screen.
FABULOUS. you could only see his legs..the rest of him was hiding behind the screen.
how silly is that?? you can't even see a clear silhouette of him coz the screen is like ridged?!
i don't get that. why the secrecy? and mr ocean even said he was supposed to be unveil at this certain date but he's here now doing this..all for charity..what a line?
even if he really did mean that..the organisers of the show could have done a classier segment for him?
like put him COMPLETELY behind a white screen instead of showing half his body? and try to recreate a black and white scene from one of his videos?

3) the 'queen of caldecott hill' (oooo ahhhh) indian dance/nail bed walk
that was quite a desperate i thought.. although she deserves some credit was walking cross beds of nails
but it seemed like she was trying to regain her popularity after taking time off acting to have her baby.. and trying to show the rest of singapore that she's skinny again and that her extr!m endorsement was for real.. and to tell singaporeans she's still 'queen'
coz she was decked out in this midriff revealing red outfit.. being carried on a platform but 4 guys while trying to execute sexy fluid movements.. and there was ALOT of focus on her stomach.. ok whatever..
anything for 'the queen' i guess..

4) i heard that there was plenty of appearances by the recent channel u project superstar winner. he sings well yes..but once again..its so typical. it's that "you're hot now..i'm gonna make full use of your current popularity then toss you aside once a new media darling is found" kind of mentality that mediacorp if sooooo famous for... the brutality of showbiz..
just look at taufik..wasn't he also featured everywhere after he was crowned singapore idol? charity shows..national day..the bloody idiotic singapore idol sitcom..but where is he now?

5) one of the last items..i think? a group item thing involving poles..
yes the one with the bloody ugly white attire with splashes of very bright shades of green..that looked suspiciously like the costumes worn at another charity event..
one doesn't just forget a ghastly costume like that...
anyways.. that was such a scam.. well parts of it
the artistes did stunts on the poles.. actually i didn't watch the whole thing coz i was watching the apprentice on the other channel but i heard from my sis that alot of the stunts was just wire work. as in it was physically not possible for one to support oneself completely horizontal off a vertical pole with both arms fully extended out straight.
it is just NOT POSSIBLE. even if you're really really strong..it's just not possible coz there's no way you can support yourself so effortlessly with your hands.
*sigh
when will this stupidity end??

6) the pained look of various artiste as they were performing.. and when they are asking for people to call after their stunts.. and how they always use the same lines..
"yes we suffer while doing these stunts and we've had our fair share of mishaps during rehearsals..but that little bit of pain and hardship is nothing compared to the kind of pain the patients have to go through..so please show them your support by calling these numbers 1900 xxx xxxx la la blah..." *tear
no matter if it's truly a physically demanding/dangerous stunt or a tamer less demanding stunt.. It's the same speech repeated with the same kind of pained face..
oh please..
is that really the way to appeal for donations?