when i first started telling people that i follow taiwanese varitey show “lollipop模范棒棒堂” most people’s 1st impression is that i am crazy for watching such seemingly idotic and pointless show…

it all started when i first got 1-2 episodes of this show from my cousin because there were famous artist who went to that show for promoting their album or something…..trust me …i thought it was the stupidest show as well….for i dunno what they were doing syok sendiri, singing without getting a single note right, dancing amatuerishly….and doing all those stuns a normal artist won’t wanna do on tv….

and yet, they are gaining lots of popularity from all over asia….FAST!

over the years i’ve been watching shows and performance from super stars who can do perform very well on stage as if they are bornt to do just that…..it’s like it’s in their blood….every performance is done perfectly without any flaw….once they pick up a microphone….the voice just come out naturally….

sooner or later…..i was numbed by it….as in the so called perfect voice/performance cannot give me the touching feeling that i look for in each performance i see….their standard is so high that they are expected to do things perfectly…..we don see the beauty of this perfection….instead…we tend to look for flaws in their performance… 

on the other hand….these boys in the show…they are totally opposite from perfection….in fact they are just normal people who wants to be an artist….not all of them are gifted with good vocals to sing like jacky cheung or andy lau, and not all of them are given the talent to dance as well….

and yet i still find them more entertaining….for all the good reasons….

no i do not find stupidity entertaining, in contrast to what my friends misunderstood me when i said ” i find them entertaining” :-（

rather than idolizing a ready made super star, i prefer to see a super star in the making…

i find the process of them trying so hard to work on things that they are not given talents to do, inspiring….

even if the end result is far from perfection, as they would’ve expected… it’s the “process” of working towards it that makes it atttractive and worth spending my time on…..

the imperfection simply means there are still room for improvement that’s worth anticipating on in their next performance….

when we do not have high expectations, we tend to look for the good things, rather than flaws….coz flaws are expected from them….whereas each improvement is a surprise….that we can’t help but to give them applause…

when a performer is still at an amatuerish stage, when there’re still doubts and uncertainties in their mind on how things should be done……they put in more effort and heart in their performance….they tend to give their best at the monent, for the fear that there might not be a next time…..the effort can certainly be felt by the audiance….

a person with alot of experience……well, not that they are not good enough…..just that their performance seems automated and effortless….and altho there might not be any flaw in their performance….i do not find that attractive, not anymore…

a ready made super star will seem so far and unreachable….whereas those  whom we see starting from nothing and later growing to become a fan of thousands and even millions….gives us hope that we too, can be like them…(i mean in all aspects of life…not just becoming an artist….i know pretty well that i am not destined for this path lol….) what i mean is that, as long as we are determined to work hard in whatever we do, nothing is impossible….

so yea, the process of becoming perfect is more beautiful and charming than the perfection itself…and we could always find some inspiration in imperfection…..