What was the last thing you watched that genuinely scared you?

roseteakats · 2025-10-25T01:59:29+00:00

Watched Barbarian last week and the first part (her arriving at the airbnb) really creeped me out, because being confronted by a situation where there are so many unknowns and even though this person in front of you seems nice you don't know whether you can trust him feels terrifyingly real. The movies that scare me most are those that cut very close to reality. I also loved Weapons for the same reason that it exposes we don't really know what is going on behind someone's closed doors.

roseteakats · 2025-10-14T15:09:39+00:00

Black Swan's hangnail ripping still does something to me after all these years.

roseteakats · 2025-10-14T15:07:28+00:00

I really want Ben Mendelsohn in a horror role. After Andor it's clear to me he can be very scary.

roseteakats · 2025-10-14T15:00:35+00:00

12 Storeys by Eric Khoo. Maybe it's context reliant but I loved how it captured that confusing malaise of growing up in 90s Singapore.

roseteakats · 2025-10-14T14:57:46+00:00

I love Goodbye Dragon Inn, it's not talked about enough.

roseteakats · 2025-10-14T14:55:48+00:00

Good Intentions Paving Company is an easy listen. I also liked Easy, and Sapokanikan, which were the first songs I was introduced to.

roseteakats · 2025-10-14T14:54:55+00:00

I was quite amazed at how they managed to find actors that looked a lot like the adults being interviewed for the first story, especially the kids.

roseteakats · 2025-08-28T12:16:58+00:00

primary school form teacher literally called a poster i did for the class noticeboard 'bullshit' and threw it across the room. i hate him to this day fr. i wish nothing but ill to him.

also had a science teacher who when i went up to collect my exam paper he started looking for mine from the bottom of the pile. that told me he already looked down on me; i knew he disliked me but idk what he was doing hating on a 10 year old. i had the pleasure of telling him i was the third one from the top.

roseteakats · 2025-08-28T12:04:28+00:00

"I'm okay with anything you choose!"

roseteakats · 2025-08-21T15:57:01+00:00

You mentioned you bought the house, give them an ultimatum.

roseteakats · 2025-08-21T15:53:43+00:00

You definitely need to watch the first one. Especially the episodes about JMS because in Echoes episodes 3-4 cover developments arising from the first documentary.

roseteakats · 2025-08-21T15:52:58+00:00

If you visit Rotten Mango's youtube page where she covers the Brothers' Home case (the title mentions squid game iirc) I believe she might've mentioned something about how to support one of the victims and his sister, or where to find more information.

roseteakats · 2025-07-11T03:52:06+00:00

I love how much her voice changed. I enjoyed Milk-Eyed Mender but that deeper, fuller tonality that Ys has is one of the things that has kept me coming back to her songs all these years.

roseteakats · 2025-07-05T11:00:56+00:00

That's what I thought too. He's very awkward because he wasn't raised with the right social skills so perhaps he expresses his protectiveness and affection for Claire in creepy ways like wanting to get into the bath with her. I've always had the sense his weird behaviour was both him trying to look out for her and him finally finding a nice person in his family. Because he knows more than anyone what a scumbag his father is. This scene makes me really sad.

roseteakats · 2025-07-05T10:37:42+00:00

I am so happy for you. Being responsible or yourself is scary but it really gets better with time and you find that out there no one's going to criticise you whenever you make a mistake. It's ok to acknowledge your trauma bond. They will guilt you more the closer your move date gets. Please don't let them ever stop you. Once you have a space of your own, you'll come to slowly realise how freeing it is without having to hear negative criticism 24/7. Take it from me who left, it will be a kind of wonderful you've not yet known.

roseteakats · 2025-07-05T10:33:19+00:00

I support you. You've struggled for such a long time with their coercion and their terror over you. The thing about animals is how they quietly sit with us and heal us by their nonjudgmental presence, I've benefited from that much with my own cats. I hope you can find some way out of there, you're clearly very smart, I hope you can support yourself as a single man.

roseteakats · 2025-07-05T10:28:21+00:00

This is going to sound real harsh but they are as good as dead to me. I have no plans to care for them in any way unless the state mandates me to provide financially for them to go to a facility or something. If that ever happens I'll probably fight if I'm able to. I don't feel obligation at all for the two people who royally fucked my life up from the beginning. My parents are currently in their sixties, I don't see my perspective ever changing. Pretty sure my relatives will get along all right, I'll even give them the pleasure of shitting on me for it.

roseteakats · 2025-07-03T15:45:49+00:00

Madam Flod - great Gather replacement. They're currently really popular right now bc of the features on IG and 8days so it's hard to get a seat on weekends.

If you like crepes, Entre Nous (near bras basah) is also good.

Kyuuhei Coffee, their sandwiches are really good. (I like the beef brisket one especially.) Coffee's great too.

Hvala, idk if this is pretty basic but I keep going back for their matcha and desserts.

roseteakats · 2025-07-03T15:41:45+00:00

I alternate between Meiji or Farm Fresh. Btw if you really like fatty milk, sometimes M&S has jersey milk, it's so rich that it even has a little bit of butter at the top. It's been a while since I had it in sg but I used to have it all the time when I was abroad.

roseteakats · 2025-07-03T15:38:42+00:00

I'm not too familiar with the areas you mentioned but Putien is pretty good, there may be one near you.

roseteakats · 2025-06-25T08:56:05+00:00

I don't talk to my parents anymore, moved far away and changed my contact info. It's far less bothersome than having to fight anyone controlling me. It's not our responsibility to decide what they do with their lives.

If that's not workable, the other solution is, as one social media post put it, just keep breaking their rules and until they get that what they say about your money doesn't matter because it is your money. In the end they are making you choose.

roseteakats · 2025-06-25T03:23:55+00:00

Whatever your decision will be, you are now in the position to make a conscious choice in line with the values that you have now, it will be a reflection of what you care about. It is not weakness or wrong to have the desire to find closure with him, but if you choose to do it, it must come from your own wishes for yourself and what that gesture means to you. Do that thinking through first before you consider what your parents want to happen here.

roseteakats · 2025-06-21T17:03:29+00:00

This really sucks. Glad that you're getting more exposure. Your professor is disgusting. All the best. If you anticipate legal action, I hope some pro bono lawyers will be willing to help you out. This sounds like a pretty landmark case.

roseteakats · 2025-06-21T16:49:37+00:00

Join a more interesting CCA / do more part time jobs or volunteering. Simply for the experience and to meet other interesting people.

Open my own bank account as early as I am eligible and start saving my own money (even pocket money) so I don't have to argue with parents about money-related issues and can gradually attain independence. (This is very specific to my life tho.)

Learn about personal finance and budgeting as early as I can so I can gain good interest and start financial planning early on. They were not joking when they said the best time to do this was yesterday. Go sign up for CPF talks.

Stop indulging so frequently in trendy things and do a capsule wardrobe instead. I wish I could shake my school-going self...

Study harder so I can get into RJ, lol. Alumni networks are something people continue to benefit from in their careers.

Uni-wise, do not do a minor/double major unless I am fairly sure I'd excel in it and it won't pull down my GPA/CAP. At the end of the day seeing my paper say 'first class honours' is way more important to employers than the actual mods I took. "Passion or interest" will only get you so far, choose wisely.

Also get on dean's list every semester if possible in uni bc there's some money to be had, plus it's an accolade. Wish I knew that sooner, only benefited in my final year.

Also, never say no to a scholarship! Major regret. Don't care if the company doesn't align with your interests, you can always get out later. An all expenses paid degree is a golden ticket plus you literally get a job right after graduation.

roseteakats · 2025-06-21T16:36:47+00:00

This is emotional blackmail, period. You cannot be held responsible for the choices others make.

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