Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Time of our lives

There seems to be much to talk about, starting with the resurgence of the elitist issue. I'm really fed up with this thing already. My only wish is people don't blow up the matter again and those who wield power to influence others not fuel the fire.
It all started with the HC boy (I deliberately used the word boy) who punched the bus driver over a frankly silly matter. A writer tried to argue that students in elite schools have more pressure thus are more likely to snap.
Frankly speaking, I think that, after going to so many schools, students from elite schools are no different from those in other schools. I think it's absolute crap that one should think they are any different. Doing so merely just messes with your thinking. It doesn't mean you came from a brand name school you're set for success.
I just hope that people can stop having such wrong notions of such students. Also, one thing I believe in, is that it is pointless to argue the case for students in such schools, as it'll be hard to find any sympathy or understanding from a society who currently have wrong ideas about them.
Talking to Nick about our respective futures, he said he really wants to be a farmer in NZ. I said if he gets to become that, I'll visit him every year with my family. The kids will play in the field while we sip wine on the patio talking cock. Good life, no?
Just had this idea of creating a new drama serial after talking to Nick and watching Bones on Channel 5.
It'll be a story about this social worker, who isn't your ordinary kind helpful stereotype. He does social work to get to know emotionally vulnerable women so he can take advantage of their instability, chooses who to help, and only helps those who he thinks are worth helping, yet, he still gets the praise of many. This newly hired social worker who is very idealistic and paired up with him finds him reprehensible at first, as she disagrees with his ways. In the end, she gets convinced by his unorthodox and unconventional methods to help people.
The crux of the situation is that the guy himself doesn't believe what he does helps anyone anyway. "I'm not a good person." he'd constantly say, because he believes that he will never reach the point that he can help someone without thinking about how it'd benefit him. And he is not totally convinced about social work, he sees it as a job, unlike the girl who is filled with ideals, he just does it because, in his own words, "I want to."
Just throw all sorts of situations for them to handle, which they will in their own ways, causing conflict which need to be resolved by the end of the episode, and voila we get a full season. Character development would show the guy have a bit more faith in what he does, and the girl would temper her idealism to something more practical.
Removed my P plate. Am now officially able to accrue less than 24 points before losing my license.
Just feel a bit of ennui. It seems like in my haste to do many things, I have exhausted myself of things to do. Time to go search for more stuff to do before restlessness sets in.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

why don't you just write it such that every character in the charity org has his own antihero-esque reasons for being there. and no the guy must not change. and the girl will not temper her idealism, she will discover her own ulterior motive, which is entirely non-altruistic.

so exciting. i watched too much eva.