As much as I would like to jab cheating a**holes with pitchforks on behalf of womankind, let's not allow the media to continue harping on this matter anymore. This might be bad defense, but humans err, misjudge, step on pins and crush their noses bloody. Yes, he's gotten the bad press treatment, the nosey reporter-stalkers and the finger-pointing but no, he doesn't need more salt in his wounds. You'd say he saw it coming; I'd say let's give him a break. We won't forget, but let's allow our benevolence to help this fallen fellow pick up the pieces again. As a husband, he might have failed to practise what he preached, but as a creative talent he should still be allowed the chance to shine.
Visit to the News Room!
Amazing experience, all thanks to my CNM lecturer Alfred who manage to snag a session with Mr. Peter Khoo, senior vice president of the English and Malay newspaper division. He offered us a comprehensive presentation on SPH from the economics perspective, including bombastic figures I wouldn't even dream about making in my entire lifetime. Make that 10. And SPH has been defending itself pretty well from the onslaught of new media and paradigm shifts, emerging as the 5th largest news media company in the world. The WORLD! No one thought of that, did we? The tour of the newsroom was an eye opener; everything I've read and heard about SPH came alive! Watching the editors huddling at the many meeting tables situated around the newsroom, walking by tables belonging to journalists I used to know only by the BY line, deciphering which beat each journalist covers simply by the items at their desks (including Batman figurines, limited-edition Jay Chou posters, fish tanks (!), photos with artists), and taking in the sight of it all. Amazing place to be. Question is: Am I supposed to find my place here? That's for time and tide to tell. :)
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