Secret War Journal[26 July 2014]
I was recently invited to attend a musical play by Lai Yin. Performed by her church, it was a play that deals with the internal struggles that a teenager would face in the society.
As every young adult would probably face during their teenage years, it is a period where one struggles to find their own identity in the society. The story follows a girl who is doing well in academics. However, she wanted to fit in with the more popular kids. She was always not invited to social gatherings as she was not popular with the friends. Thus, she decided to spent more effort in becoming more 'popular'. The main character's family is not very well-to-do. Hence, they do not have lot of money to spare and her parents are not willing to spend on unnecessary things.
The girl decided that, to be become popular with her peers, she has to dress better and do the things the peers do to fit in. All these cost money, however. To get the money, she lied to her mother that the money is for buying textbooks. In the end, she was not able to fit in despite her efforts and her lies were subsequently exposed.
As it turned out, people liked her as she was before. Thus, there was not a need for her to 'pretend' to be someone else. That is the message that this play seeks to tell us: Just be yourself.
It was an interesting play. I went with Laura. Along the way, I met Siew Yan and friends. No photos, we are not a group that likes to take pictures. Not sure if Lai Yin took though. Hahas.
I was recently invited to attend a musical play by Lai Yin. Performed by her church, it was a play that deals with the internal struggles that a teenager would face in the society.
As every young adult would probably face during their teenage years, it is a period where one struggles to find their own identity in the society. The story follows a girl who is doing well in academics. However, she wanted to fit in with the more popular kids. She was always not invited to social gatherings as she was not popular with the friends. Thus, she decided to spent more effort in becoming more 'popular'. The main character's family is not very well-to-do. Hence, they do not have lot of money to spare and her parents are not willing to spend on unnecessary things.
The girl decided that, to be become popular with her peers, she has to dress better and do the things the peers do to fit in. All these cost money, however. To get the money, she lied to her mother that the money is for buying textbooks. In the end, she was not able to fit in despite her efforts and her lies were subsequently exposed.
As it turned out, people liked her as she was before. Thus, there was not a need for her to 'pretend' to be someone else. That is the message that this play seeks to tell us: Just be yourself.
It was an interesting play. I went with Laura. Along the way, I met Siew Yan and friends. No photos, we are not a group that likes to take pictures. Not sure if Lai Yin took though. Hahas.
