I received an e-mail... This is interesting and has surfaced many debates. Here's how the e-mail goes...
Hi,
I read today's BH, during the press conference, how they treat Taufik as though he didn't exist at all , they continually speak in Mandarin and focus on Sly. When ask to the Sony/BMG'spoke person eagerly planning to maket Sly, but for Taufik.. no planning yet. CONGRATS and all the best to Taufik Batisah!!
TNP I truly pity, sympathise the FIRST SINGAPORE IDOL ...the media never failed to repeat that his mother is a cleaner at a condominium (what impact have that got to do with the competition??, but purposefully failed to repeat when Sylvester's name crops up that his mother is under investigation for $$$$, his father a $bankrupt$.Ultimately the show at the Singapore Indoor Stadium is a big façade, best joke of the year, a game, a waste of public money, an insult to the President of Singapore (e.g., Nadya and Glenda's almost immediate exit?). Now we know how poorly planned the First Ever Singapore Idol has been managed because at the end of the day being the runner-up actually received the glory of the Singapore Idol title because whatever prize the 1st IDOL gets, the runner-up will get the same package? Amnesia must be settling in with the organisers -- who actually won the SINGAPORE IDOL last night??Imagine the organisers planning the future of the runner-up, but nothing concrete for the ultimate winner of the SINGAPORE IDOL. This COMPETITION is such nonsence, injustice, mean, something is surely not right with the logic of the system or with the people managing it?! Remember how Dick, Florence, Douglas & Ken keep on harping throughout the competition how well & how far Sylvester can go in the music industry how they can market him etc etc .... Any thoughts to map Taufik's future??? Where is his glory limelight that he so deserved! It looks like even if you're talented to sing and perform, but u cannot sing chinese (because of course u wld want to show case it during the finale, because this is Singapore - majority Chinese) you'll have a good chance at being marketable publicity product, oh ya! Don't forget to practise your killer ken smile, get tips from Ken Lim. If u're a malay, indian, eurasian... think twice, maybe better forget it --- don't bother to audition for the Singapore Idol. You'll end up as Singapore IDLE instead, even when u r truly the deserved winner?? The ultimate Final Prize: Unknown future?? --a sad state for Singapore music competition.But then, that's my own personal opinion.
regards,R. ALIF
I so agree with you man! Though I'm never there to watch a single "Singapore Idol" for many reasons than one. But i did watch the last hours of the finale.. It's bullshit... Really.. It all comes back to the colour of your skin... Try to reason with me... Come on.. I challenge you to!
I guess Taufik won not only because he has a voice made up for or the many fans that sees his talents but also to shut up those rumours of Sly's representative are paying people to get him somewhere... Which so prove to be true after what that Sony/BMG has for Sly- it's so much more than our dearest winner Taufik!
It's all true, be a malay, indian who got a mishap and well, be one of the poor ones... The majority just looks down at you no matter how high your education can be... But if you're a chinese, haha... no joke help will rest on your laps in no time.
You can be a degree holder or PhD or Masters or whatever you have, and sadly, you're one of the minority... you think you can get far... Think again. Singapore is a Mini-China... You know no Mandarin... Sorry.. Out the door please... That's so f%&#ing true! If you're a tourist going to say Indonesia, to understand them it's logic to learn their bahasa Indonesia or at least engage a translater to get your way, right? In singapore... You give way to China People and speak Mandarin... God damn it!
We, minorities are so full of talent, a talent to adapt, a talent to tolerate, a talent to be what we wanna be, we stay afloat, we earn our education, we step forward and stay forward... In the end, colour is what that matters. You call that what? Not racism, then what? Answer me!!
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Now the equation's almost clear. Someone is definitely paying Media or what-so-ever to get this Sly somewhere.. It's the race issue, it's clear.. Some people are still cursing over Sly's lost, but come on... He still gets the bigger share... Taufik's fans should be the ones cursing for the glorious limelight is stolen from him with no chance at all. Well, fret not folks, what comes around, gets around.. It's no longer Singapore I once knew.. It's truly ChinChaPorr... The Singapore I knew was Singapura that has been gone with the waves...
hey, i juz dropped by to read abt the latest one.. hm.. well, i support inaz there, why create such a drama out of this crap? at LEAST, both of them GOT a recording contract alright. and doesn't mean, if you're NOT chinese, you DON'T have the talents. if malay, indian and eurasian DON'T have the talents, then what? the chinese DO? huh? doesn't mean that MAJORITY ARE CHINESE, chinese are able to rule it alright. SINGAPORE wus made with MALAYs, and later chinamens, indian and eurasian came. so WHY create all this drama crap out of all this? and so WHAT if taufik's mum is a CLEANER? is it a BIG DEAL?? as long as taufik batisah and sylvester sim can be able to produce an album, that is fantastic enough. let me see. don't you think they sing better than hilary duff? and hey! do we even care abt it wether or not taufik's mum is a cleaner, sylvester's mum is under investigation for money and his dad is bankrupt? yes, its pitiful, but let's not take that to ruin their future. as long as taufik and sylvester are happy, let it be. dun make such a big fuss. yeah?
No fuss, No frets, No riots, No Nothing. Just opinions after opinions. Just comments after comments. I'll just sit back and watch... Who won the battle and who was left to bleed and die.. For all I know, I've got no issues. Peace!
hullo! well... i guess that is why many people are more open to moving out of s'pore and call elsewhere home. but then again, looking at how things are at the moment, Muslims don't really have much choice do they? its sad, really.
read ur post n the comments.. do u guys rmb american idol, last year?? ruben was the one who won but hey, look! clay aiken is more popular. does this means runner-ups make better singers?? or shud i say idol?? wth.
whatever it is, taufik, who has a stronger vocal, is gg world idol, if im not wrong. at least he wud make an impression tt singapore's full of ah bengs, like what the bloody pck did when he was in amazing race. and at least the world knows that singapore has people who's race are not chinese but malay or indian. and also by this, they will know that we malays do not have any surnames. don't they ever geddit after all this freakin years?!
yeah. talked enuf crap. byz.
well.... anonymous before here, said that when Ruben won the A.I. competition, no doubt Clay Aiken is more famous. Yeah, it's true. But in this case, Taufik vs Sylvester = R&B vs Rock. is it? oh i don't know. But even if Taufik goes to the World Idol, woah, that's so fantastic.. if Sylvester had won, and be able to go to the World Idol, which is not confirmed that it's going to be held, he would have made a BIG FOOL out of himself, and it would PROOF that Singapore is made out of Ah Bengs. Would you like that? NoOoOoO!!!!! It would just spoil the Singapore's name. Yeah, and at least Taufik is a Malay, and it proofs that at least Malays also do have the talents. Let's see, and if this Alif guy who sent you the e-mail said "if you are a malay, indian or eurasian, don't join singapore idol or you'll become singapore idle instead".. that is SO not true. you see, in Malaysia, Siti Nurhaliza, AT LEAST SHE'S FAMOUS OK, and she's a MALAY for goodness sake! She may not be famous in the world, and of course probably not the whole world knows about her, but she is a fantastic singer known throughout Southeast Asia. Yeah, Taufik can be like that too! OK? doesn't mean you're not CHINESE, you don't have the TALENTS, okies? don't do all this belardy bull$#!T ok!!!!!!
True about Clay Aiken is more famous but on that day when Ruben was the winner, at least they focus a lot more on Ruben than on Aiken... And yes, they both earned a contract.. But hey, at the end of the night you know for sure it's Ruben who won.. Our Sg Idol... I guess many are confused... Sly, the runner-up, received more attention and limelight than the winner Taufik. Ah well... That's what I think.
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