ZL : i got alot of other stuff to worry about now.. haha

MAJ : oh.. i see. what is it that is worrying you?

ZL : harhar music.. mainly that's it. lol

MAJ : hahh.. you love music??

ZL : yeah... when ever im at home.. i practise until the sun goes down. haha.. when i dun practise.. i feel like a day has gone to waste.. haha... i wan to study music after my army...

MAJ : oh.. wah.. i love acting. hahha..and i dont seem one who love acting.

ZL says: haha wad kind of acting? then isint there like .. some kind of drama club or something in ur school?

MAJ : no no no.. i dont like that. i would prefer mediacorp

ZL : haha.. yeah but.. u gotta start somewhere wad.. u wont be able to practise acting.. unless u get into these kind of things wad..

MAJ : oh. ya.
ZL : its like... wanting to play music... but u dun have an instrument to play.. haha.. u want to act... but uve got no script to act... know wad i mean?

MAJ : hahaha.. yea..

ZL : if this is wad u really wanna do... then u sld pursue it... media corp is not going to walk up to u one day and offer u and acting contract... u have to work ur way there wad..

MAJ : hahah.. ya loh. oh man. but i think i better clear my o lvls first.

ZL : haha.... of course.. but i think... thts wad really s**ks in singapore.. everything is education 1st..

MAJ: ya loh ya loh ya loh!

ZL : tts y we dun have talent.. its not tht we dun have talent... most of us dunno tht we have talent.. cause the society forces us to study... which requires no talent..

MAJ: ya loh ya loh. wah..

ZL: lol so sad rite?

MAJ: haha. i suddenly feel that you got a lot of talent in you. and i oso sunddenly feel that i got alot of talent in me. hahaha

ZL: haha... u definately have alot of talent in u.. just have to spend time figuring out wad they r... in singapore... we dun have time to do tht... thts we most of us dun find them in the end..
haha... screw it man..

MAJ : wah.. hahahaahh... and singapore always import foreighn talnts in.

ZL : yeah... cause they r freaking blinded... i wanna get out of here and study music man seriously.. lol

MAJ : im sure theres a place for you

ZL : haha... im sure there is too.. lol.. not here defaintely... aha..

MAJ: ya. not in singapore

ZL : its so much harder to do wad u want to do in singapore... compared to in other countries.. in singapore.... say u wan to be an actor... u aint going to be an actor until after uve at least finished Olvls..by then ur already 16..or 17..

MAJ: hahhaaha

ZL : other countries.. if this kid wans to act.. thts it... hes going to act..

MAJ: almost 17

ZL: in japan.. there are so many actors and actresses.. who r like... 13 15 yrs old...

MAJ:hahah..

ZL: and theyve already been in the industry for yrs..

MAJ: ya.. korea oso

ZL: i was shocked loh... huh?? so young?? damn it man..

MAJ: haha. but they dont have to study ah?

ZL: if they want to act its up to them if they want to contiune studying ah.. but in singapore... "if" u are an actor below 16.. u will have to study at the same time also..

MAJ: like that no good leh. no matter what at least a cert to bring you anywhere if results are good.

ZL: u mean to quit school and act full time is not a good idea ah?

MAJ: ya loh.

ZL: thts how it is in singapore... this is how our society has taught us..tht we need something to call back on..which is not a good thing also..because if ur always thinking tht u need to at least get an O lvl cert before u do anything then u will always be caught in between studies and acting.. and as long as tht is the case... u will never be the actor tht u have the potential to be..
cause ur not giving acting ur 100%

MAJ: wah. thats motivating

ZL: haha.. thts how it is in singapore wad.... the only way we can do wad we really wan to do is to get the heck out of here... unless u really wan to study ah... and do just normal work.. like engineering and all those kind of educated stuff... in singapore loh... thts wad singapore is best for wad.. lol . certs...

MAJ : ahha. certs are just papers to bring you around in singapore.

ZL : yeah exactly... thts how it is in singapore...i dunno if my panrets will let me leave this place and do music...my mom is considering... my dad is the problem..

MAJ: i thought you and your family are migrating ??

ZL: yeah we are.. i mean.. they are..i dunno about me.. but i sure wan to leave also... but i dunno if i wan to go to the same place as my parents are going.. if i am... then i wont need to serve ns already.. lol..

MAJ: haha. i see. i see.. ns is the place where boy become man.

ZL: haha.. im sure it will tke much more then NS to make a man...