'Production' then and now

This was something that I dug out from my diaryland, well, DIARY. I posted in up on diaryland *duh* and I thought I would post it up here now. This poem is the one that I love the most so far. Below is also the description that came with it as I posted it up on my diaryland diary. It will tell u where I'm coming from when I wrote that poem.

I wrote a poem during the principal's rally... ... Haf to admit I wasn't listening much. The bugger is a nice guy, he means well, but he juz talks nonsense sometimes. Anyway, the following will be the poem. Inspired by my geog teacher during a human geog lesson talking about mass production. but the poem didn't formulate in my mind until my lit teacher told my friend and I to try writing a poem keeping closely to the style of Sylvia Plath, the poet whose book of poems 'Ariel' we r doing a close reading on. Be warn, those who r attempting to do her poems, u must know her background to understand how those weird things came out of her. still, she still must be respected and I attempted to delve into her mind and style to write this poem. So this poem is dedicated to my geog and lit teachers and Homage to Sylvia Plath.


Production

This is the factory where
dolls in similiar outfit,
marching in to join in the great
Production.
Now this is exciting!

Everbody has to run in by
half past seven
or else
the masters will get even.
Detention that is would be mention

Sitting in stacks of boxes with two doors
one in front and one at the back
Little dark windows
to let some air in
Lest the dolls get suffocated.

Breathe in Breath out
the dolls melt under the sun
Masters push them
The sun shining it's spiteful rays on them.
Pant, Pant, Pant, Pant.
They long to run out

The noise the noise
hammering down on them.
Words, words, words, words
Squirming through their heads.
Their brains are made bigger.

Then the quality check.
the dolls move throught a torture chamber
compressed by time and space
After that,
the defunct dolls has to go.

Some cry to relieve their pain
of not being able to go thought the next rein.
It's the survival of the fittest.
Only the strong can move on
to the next stage of oblivion

Education

A long and arduous Journey
Like a Pilgrimage
We all have to go through
As students.

Along the way
We learn Subjects
that are important
At least for exams
To get the grades
for our certification.

Yet we do not use them throughout our lives
Like that funny thing called Adverbial.
Adverbial is inconsequential at times,
Yet without them sometimes
The sentence is incomplete
Or not make any sense. Like this.

Likewise
During examinations
If we omit Subjects
We get Objects
Coming after us
like enjambments, line over line, line after line, and it spills on over and over, running after us, over us, it runs on to the next line and after.
Not so nice

After all
We wonder
what examinations
are for
they have Subjects
and attached to it, Objects.
Definitely not Adverbials
What are they?

The destination?
Examination
Does it equal to
Education?

It’s a wonder
my sanity still reminds
Or is it?
after all that trekking up hill
of the horrible Journey.
This makes no sense to me at all!

I really hope this is a learning journey!

SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm in the midst of my exams and I dunno why I'm here on my blog! haha... but then again its friday night! I'm de-stressing by blogging it out! It's ironic that I put my blog title as Maia Chryseis's Bildungsroman, when Bildungsroman truly means a story it which the main character grows up in he process. *that's for lit* I first heard that word when my lecturer was introducing or rather RE-introducing Narratives to us. Since we are in uni, everything we learn though same as before, has to be somewhat different in approach. So we got to learn new terms. Bildungsroman... I like the ring of the word... So anyway, Speaking of Narrative module was cool. The headaches and morale crushers are the english papers! GRAMMAR TOTALLY MESSED ME UP! And Linguistics was like regurgitation of what we learnt! and I thought it was about application! okok I did the last years papers. BUT. It didn't occur to me the extend of vomit-on-paper I had to do until I reached end of the paper. *bangs head against the wall* BAH!

Introducion to the Study of Language. Then... Speaking of Narrative. Then... Exploring the Grammar of English. All back to back 3 days straight in the mornings. and I've got sore eyes! haha... Oh my... and I got insomnia *I sleep late but can't help waking up at 5 or so* it's a wonder my sanity is still intact! or is it?... ... Oh well, whatever the matter, there's still 1 more paper. SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE I!!!! All the Middle English and stuff! ~>.<~

OK Mildred! u can do it! Like what the title of the entry suggests... I really do hope I learnt something!

On a lighter note, My cousin-in-laws, one on my mum's side and one on my dad's side, just gave birth recently. 2 lovelys born into this world! Welcome to the stage of fools! Welcome to Insanity! Delirium awaits u! ok, just kidding... ... hehe... ... I love children, that y I wanna be a teacher! *peace* (I must remind myself y the hell I'm in NIE!)

Feeling loved... The Unforgettable Birthday Experience!

I feel loved! Thank you my friends for giving me such a nice a wonderful b-day experience.

1st was on 23 oct with my NIE lit class. Thank you Piggy(Adeline), Bunny(Melody), Kitty(Bernice), Froggy(Jonathan) and Goaty(Elson) for organising the Fish & Co outing. Thank you Azizah, Charmaine, Izzan and Yin Wei for coming along. :) Nvm the fact they made me stand on the chair during the birthday song, I loved the food! Glutton me! SNAKEY SENDS OUT HER LOVE.(to Sam too for the nice Birthday card!) Happy Halloween cum Birthday, SAM the Halloween gal!

2nd was 24th oct on the day of my b-day itself, Kai Jian coming down to NIE campus to help me celebrate my birthday on the day itself! and the nicest thing was that Huda was the one who coordinated with him! Thanks alot sensei and Huda!!

3rd was with my SRJC friends on 25th oct: Celebrating not just mine but Kai's birthday as well. I dun care what present was given to me, I care most about the company! *GROUP HUG* Steffy, Clare-sama, Fairy Rui Min, Lydia-sama/ Shi Mu(sensei's wife)... Angel. Thank you Kitty Tim and David Denise for organising it! Well done David and Kai! u 2 were sporting! haha! Mind's cafe(does matter which branch it is) is filled up in my mind as THE Hang Out Place for us!

and last but not least... 1 nov... After my dreaded Music theory exam... Outing with MOO AND LIZZAY(BIRD)! My childhood buddies! okok... To make myself look less out here... From a cow, a bird and a human becomes A Cow, A Bird and A Rat(although I would very much like a Snake). Why u maybe wondering a rat? Longstory dating back to the times in Primary school Sunday School... No thanks to Uncle Bernard making fun of our names as forfeit when we couldn't get the number right in the game of 7-up... I kept losing...So I leave it up to the readers' imagination to figure out what became of my name. What does a Cow produce? and wat was the animal mentioned above to refer to me? hehe... sad childhood for me... Anyway, nice jap restaurant and nice desserts(oh mudpie... drools) at NYDC. Though we didn't cam whore too much, cos it was night time, I still had a wonderful time! *hugs* Many bad things might have happened to me over the week (last week of oct), I dare say that it was the thought of enjoying this outing with Bird and Moo that kept me going for the week.

On the side line... Other than me, for the birthdays IN THE MONTH OF OCT, according to chronological order, there's Clive(JC Schoolmate), Hillary(Sec1-2 classmate), my granny, Jeanie(P1-P3 classmate)Izzan, Kai Jian, Wen Xin(Sec1-2 classmate), my second brother and Samantha. Happy Birthday DuDes!

I thank God for such wonderful friends around me! Snakey/ Mil-Chan/ Milk-Rat sends her love to all these people who made her life more enjoyable and fulfilling, & for giving her The Unforgettable Birthday Experience!