What Are You Dreaming Of?

Singapore Dreaming...this must have been the best local film I've ever watched. Not that I know Colin Goh or Woo Yen Yen personally, or that I watch so many local films. However comparing to the J-Team flicks and some more cheem arty films...I was touched by the simple sincerity of the movie. Many times I was moved to tears. Ok, maybe I'm just being sentimental. But this is the first time I ever allow my tears to flow freely down my cheeks in the public cinema. So malu...

Besides the superbly written script of a typical Chinese Singaporean family, many a times you'll find somewhere in the movie, reflections of our daily lives. So real and so close to the heart. Kudos to the superb cast headed by ever so good uncle, Richard Low (刘谦益), Alice Lim (林倩萍), Serene Chen (陈惠玲 ), Dick Su (苏才忠), Lim Yu Beng (林友明) and last but not least a very impressive performance by Yeo Yann Yann (杨雁雁). I really would not miss a chance to watch this strong ensemble doing a class act in the cinema again.

Cleverly crafted lines (predominently in Hokkien, injected with proper English, crisp Chinese and the 'uniquely Singapore' Singlish) and thought provoking plots. What do we all want in our lives? What are we dreaming of? To be happy? To be rich? To lead a simple life with a close family bond? But yet we know that life is never easy in Singapore without the cash in hand. But is money the solution and the almighty in life? Well, we need it to bring bread to the table to feed the family and to lead a decent life? But what is a decent life? To have Cash, Card, Car, Condo and Club? Hence explain why we often wish we can strike it big in the lottery, buying 'hope' and wait to strike it rich instantly in this lifetime.

Are the 5C's really the answer to a good decent life? Perhaps afterall, we all eventually will end up in the 6th C, a Coffin. Hmm...life is so complicated. Well, like a friend who used to tell me, stress in self implemented. Indeed we created our own stress in life. But can Singaporeans really do away with chasing this dream to be in the upper crust? Like what it was said by the 'foreign talent' in the movie: "你們新加坡人就是這個樣, 整天埋怨, 你們的生活很苦嗎?"

But hey...Complaining is a afterall our favourite past-time, a Singaporean Culture... Haha...Singapore is like that one, mah lah ooh bian...

Singapore Dreaming is definitely a must watch for all 4 million smiling Singaporeans!!!

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