4 walls around me
its been awhile.
for all of u eagerly anticipating another post from me, which is a long shot but a shot worth shooting, i've been in kl for the past 4 days. wat did i do there? nothing much except sleeping fitfully, spending a lot of money satisfactorily and just experiencing life outside s'pore however not that far kl is. trust me sitting in a car for 4 hours straight is quite a chore, especially if ur driver can only drive to techno music. i swear now i know the full lyrics to blue by reset, yes it was that bad.
anyways rather than regale my not so mainstream adventures to u dear readers (i'll personally tell u wat happened if u ask), i'll tell u abt this show i watched by teater kami last fri.
white baju. a story about life in a woman's prison in a theatrical equivalent of singapore. a motley crue of characters we all know exist but we never think would exist in a prison. the story was ok. it told its story and was enjoyable but not breathtaking. the acting was good. i was particularly impressed with Faezah Rahmat's portrayal of the sarcastic and very witty loner Gem and the never disappointing Dalifah Shahril who played Yayan, drug addict and grateful wife who hooks up with Abang played by Suraini Salam with equal aplomb.
what i gained from it however was the thought of life behind bars. juz one mistake, one wrong move and ur in. it may be ur very first time doing it or u may have been doing it for 20 years like clockwork without being caught. but one mistake and thats it. its like your found dead un a hotel room with s&m stuff lying all around. NOONE will remember you as anything else but a sexual sadist who enjoys weird sex. wat if u were juz trying it out for the first time. what if (ok this is stretching it a bit) someone found u dead and dressed you up in that shit?
isnt it scary that you will forever be branded a convict and judged by anyone who knows your history juz because of one conviction? i mean i'm not gonna differentiate first-timers or regular visitors because i think they are faced with the same problems. and i got no answers about wat we can do about it. i juz want you to think about wat they face. and wat all of us potentially faces if we do juz one crime, and get caught lah. you dun get caught i also dunno mah.
the last line was due to spending four days with an ah beng.
