Sunday, February 20, 2005
Hello. Been awhile since I updated... But here I am. Yesterday was just a typical Saturday which was really hot. Went to meet Elite Team to session @ SengKang. Yesterday's session was pretty fun. Everybody was training pretty hard. Floorskillz is like 3 weeks away.. Really looking forward to it. Recently I've been reading about different subcultures such as the Emo, punk and goth culture. Read that Goths evolved out of the Punk culture and goths used to be known as "Positive punks". That's pretty interesting. Found out that Punks believe firmly in anti-racism and anarchism.
“Punk has its earliest roots in the United States, in New York city. It was there in the very late 1960s and early 1970s that bands such as the Ramones, Television, Patti Smith, and Blondie emerged on the New York punk scene. It is important to keep in mind that it was a scene and not the movement that occurred in Great Britain in the latter parts of the 1970s” (Cahill 1998: 1).The scene in the US remained small until the punk movement in Britain was given considerable media attention. Because punk is a counter culture it cannot be pinpointed exactly when the movement began."However, most would agree that it was sometime in 1975. Britain was suffering from a recession at the time, and in times of extreme hardship, people look for an outlet for their anger"(Cahill 1998: 1). This is exactly what happened in Great Britain. Adolescents became angry and showed their frustration and dissatisfaction of situations or conditions. In 1975, the poor working class youths of Britain began to use the style of the New York punk scene. Adolescents were angry because they seemed domed to living out an existence on the dole. This, coupled with normal adolescent feelings of isolation and estrangement gave rise to the punk movement. Punk music became a strong way in which pinks could give vent to their feelings and identify themselves as a counter culture. Their dress also became a means of identification. “Punk as a subculture was beginning to take shape, conformity was what punk stood against."(Cahill 1998: 1).Interesting, ain't it?
OBS begins for me tomorrow. Kinda excited about it. Haven't really finished packing my stuff.. In fact I haven't really began. Imma go pack muh stuff after I finish blogging. I'm very sure I would be dying to get a cup of ice cold Coke while I'm there cos that's how I felt when I was at the Sec 3 adventure camp last year. And oh yea... I would confirm freak out while doing the high elements. I'm a chicken when it comes to stuff like this. Lol. Went to buy sun block and zip-lock bags just now.. The fucking sun block costs 22bucks. That really burnt a whole in my wallet. I think Imma bring more than enough shirts and undies to last me thru the 5 days. I don't wanna end up re-wearing any of my shirts or undies. Haha.
I'm listening to Eminem's Mocking Bird now. Its a really nice song... One of the very few hiphop songs which I actually like. All the hiphop music that is being produced nowadays just totally sucks balls... Punk rock is still muh favourite :)
I can see you're sad even when U smile, even when you laugh. I can see it in your eyes, deep inside U wanna cryBefore I end this entry, I wanna wish all my school mates the very best for the common tests that begins for them tomorrow. Do study hard yea? I'll see ya guys when I return from OBS...
Love y'all. Muacks!
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