Time for a new entry and chapter. Tis a rare phenomenon to be witnessed whereby I have written posts of such frequency these few weeks indeed, if I do say so myself.
I am sure most people who have read yesterday's news have come across the article titled, ''Rad'-hot Ris Low'. And for those of us who happen to be Singaporeans, or are those several foreigners who have heard of her, I am quite confident that it would not be necessary to conduct a short introduction to the profile of this very well-known lady, or that of why she has achieved such fame, or from the persepctives of others, notoriety.
If I recall from the days I spent at English lessons taken at secondary school, my ex-classmates and I were often reccomended to partake in discussions with the general public so as to further our konwledge of the world, and improve our critical reasoning skills. In the process, of course, our command of the language was to improve.
However, I did not have the confidence to do so publicly, and thus I have resorted to something similar but of a smaller scale, that is, to write my opinions on my personal blogsite.
Hence, let us begin.
From the comments that I had read, I noticed quite a few mentioning how the authors were not in favour of her new found confidence and drive in building up a new, positive image, while doing what I like to call 'damage control'.
Well, in my humble opinion, I very much liked the sound of her looking towards the future in a bright light, and I felt as though there was nothing despicable about her clothes preferences, shopping habits, or casual use of personally coined words.
We were all born with a different individual body and mind, and I do not see myself in any position to declare her hobbies or harmless perferences as horendous.
I also noticed that some were commenting on how she should have done more self-reflections.
While I do agree that her crimes should not go unpunished, I feel that they had indeed been sufficiently judged punished by the proper authorities, taking into consideration both her medical conditions, and the obvious crimes that had to be balanced by justice.
But I cannot comment on whether her self-reflection was sufficient as there is not enough information included in the article for me to do so accurately enough.
Nevertheless, I applaud her new found drive for life.
I also found her courage to have entered the competition very commendable. This, in my opinion, was a respected clash of different opinions and perspectives as to what the qualities that should represent Singapore in general, mediated by experienced judges. One of these opinions in the clash was Ms. Ris Low's, and I find nothing wrong with her wanting to test them with such courage and tenacity.
No one said she had to win. In fact, if you wish to blame someone, then blame the judges. They were, after all, the ones who made the final judgement. The authorities who perceived those judges as dependable enough were also at fault.
Ms Low was simply one of those many contestants who dared to put her image to the test.
However, I do agree that her opinion that those who criticised her would have behaved and presented themselves in more or less the same way as she did, was not entirely correct.
Firstly, I feel that the only way to prove that theory is to have all these people whom she accused take part in the very same competiton, which is of course, quite impossible.
And commenting on how atrocious her command of english and manners compared to oneself, was a very strange way of presenting oneself as a gracious citizen fo Singapore who knows when to criticise and when to lay off (especially when I do not see any profit or beneifts gained from commenting like that).
Everyone's opinion is biased and influenced by one's attitude and view to a minimum extent.
That said, I did not like her sweeping statement of those who criticised her to be cowards or bespectacled computer addicts. She does not have enough evidence to support those words at all.
As a matter of fact, it may be true that some of them were indeed cowards, but what she should be spending her time doing is not calling them names or putting them into cliche stereotypes, but instead analyzing their useful points and learning from them, in order to further her evident drive into a bright future.
Calling them as such would simply lower her to their level, or even worse.
Until then.
"Justice and faith, ignorance and escapism. They never learn. They never listen! "
"After all, people can only understand what they’ve experienced."
- Rau Le Creuset, Fictional Character of Gundam Seed series, from Sunrise.
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