Yesterday's church sermon was pretty insightful; the pastor was talking about sexual desires. And it (the sermon) was actually rated MA15; i.e. they got those below 15 years old to go out of the service to attend children's / junior Sunday school before the sermon began. I could see why; because he was talking about rape, sexual promiscuity, masturbation etc. The main gist of it was that God created us as sexual beings, that we should not be ashamed of our sexuality, but the problem lies when sexual desires are applied into the wrong circumstances / places; that a real (genuine) desire is not necessarily equals to a right desire.
He was using an analogy of a 1) delicious chicken broth, and a 2) beautiful brunette with long hair.
So here you are cooking chicken soup, and you are about to taste it. Suddenly, to your digust, you find a long strand of hair (i.e. the reference to the woman) in the spoon containing the soup you are about to drink.
Yeah, that was his way of illustrating his point.
Something also struck me about why we watch pornography and stuff of a similar nature. It's because they are safe. Safe as in the sense that the woman (or guy) in the porn movie is passive, she does not resist your sense of aggressiveness and control. T4, one feels like he's in control.
Compare that to building real relationships with the opposite sex. They are usually hard, involves a lot of communication and interaction, and there's always the looming possibility of rejection. That, I thought, was a really good point that the pastor made.
Was watching this documentary that was introducing Singapore on SBS (= a TV channel here). It was hosted by Asha Gill, and it involved Seetoh (the Makan Sutra guy), and Kumar (that drag queen). Made me a bit homesick and a bit embarrassed as well. And it's really interesting to see Singapore "from the outside".
Embarrassed because:
1. The show featured the "Restroom Association" and their hunt for "Happy Toilets" across our island. It dangerously gives Aussies the impression that we are obsessed with cleaniness and "civilisation".
Homesick + Laughable moments:
1. The show had Asha Gill participating in some of the stuff ppl do during the Hungry Ghost Festival; like singing in the open air spaces to appease the spirits. They were actually showing an ang moh woman who makes a living by singing in these open-air stages. Funny thing was that the ruffian ah beng old man actor from Top Gun (or was it Top Show? That Monday 8pm Channel 8 show) was on the stage also.... going "zhang sheng gu li gu li" .... It was SO comical man.
2. Seetoh brought Asha Gill to eat bak chor mee at Hougang. Enough said. I was asking Jason if he thought we could walk into the TV.
3. Kumar doing his (her?) stuff at the Boom Boom Room. And him saying: "We're Singaporean, drag queen or otherwise". Brilliantly said. I appreciate more unorthodox Singaporeans in our midst.
4. Seetoh bringing Asha Gill to Geylang, and saying, "This is where Makan Sutra meets Karma Sutra". Priceless statement.
5. The show ending off with NDP parade; the show was made in 2003. Was wondering if I can organise a gathering in our place watching the webcast live this Tuesday. But got no projector or what also. And besides, my test is on Wednesday and I'm still seriously not yet finished reading it.
+ To my horror, I realised this week's (I mean, Tuesday's) USA History tutorial has > 100 pages to read.
Really should go out and take some photos in Perth now that I can upload stuff freely onto my blog.