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Tuesday, July 05, 2005
It's Not That I Don't Like Music..

Sometime last year, Chien leaned over during Physics class and said, "I notice you don't listen to much music one hor?" I was like, "Yameh? I do have about 1 gig worth of songs in my computer..but ..you're right.."

Most people have appreciation for specific music genres. Somehow or other, I have not quite found mine.

Just last Saturday, while on the way to Kota Kemuning with Chee Kiang, he suddenly asked me, "Actually, I don't think I know what songs you like. What type of songs do you like?"

I found the question rather odd, as we've known each other for like 6 years. Even Chien's question was rather odd. She's known me for about 7-8 years and yeah, they've all watched me grow from the teeny bopper with the herd mentality.

I told Chee Kiang that these days, I usually get hooked onto songs that are in the movie sound tracks. A few examples would be like Vienna from 13 Going on 30 and When Christmas Comes To Town from The Polar Express.

He asked, "Not even Good Charlotte?" I shook my head. I think the "in" music now is no longer considered to be in my generation. I come from the days of Backstreet Boys, The Moffatts, Westlife.. yes, the boyband period.

Perhaps it was due to pressure. I remember back in standard 6, my then best friend Foo Siew Li would ask me if I've heard "Miss You Like Crazy" on the radio. I would put on an enthusiastic smile and suggest that she sing it to me and see if I can remember the song.

The truth was I did not even listen to the radio back then. I was at that age where I was eager not to lose any friends due to our difference in interests. So she would sing the chorus of "Miss You Like Crazy" and I would still have this fake smile plastered onto my face and just shake my head slowly and say, "No, I don't think I've heard that one.....Any others?" I just wanted the conversation to continue.

Our other best friend was Jocelyn Toh and it was quite difficult.. as three is a crowd. I was the least happening one because I didn't listen to any music at all. I felt abit peeved when Siew Li said to me, "How come you don't know any of the songs one??"

That weekend itself I went to the shops in SS19 and bought The Moffatt's Chapter One: A New Beginning. It cost me RM39.00 but no worries, listening to songs will make me appear cooler. I stuck it into my ancient cd player and the jingle to "I'll Be There For You" flooded into my ears.

After the first few songs, I became a full fledged Moffatts' fan and started imagining meeting Dave Moffatt in Australia for our university education when we're older. The funny thing is that I read somewhere that he really went to Australia for education last year.

I went back to school sang some Moffatts song to Siew Li and she got excited that we're finally on the same wave length. She then asked me, "Eh, Backstreet Boys' songs leh? Come! We sing together!"

Drat. Off I went to the bookshop to buy this cd that had BSB's picture on it. I went home to stick it into my ancient CD player and was pretty upset that it wouldn't play any songs.

I went back to the shop and complained about the cd.

Back in 1998, vcds were not popular yet. -_-;.

For a wider variety, I decided to learn how to tune the radio. I sort of forced myself to litsen to it whenever I'm free. I was doing it so much that it had become a habit.

The love for other bands like Westlife, N'Sync and etc slowly grew. By the end of standard 6, I genuinely loved pop songs and Siew Li and I would sing along to the songs in the MAX 4 album. (Anybody remember that?)

1999 came around and Britney Spears, LFO, Christina Aguilera and the likes became the themesongs to my puberty years. I met Melody that year and she had all these really nice lyrics to oldies like Eternal Flame and Right Here Waiting.

I was still listening to the radio alot back then.

My favourite year would be 2001. I especially love Poster Of Love, Can't Fight the Moonlight, We Could Be In Love etc. Mun Teng, Esther, Li Peng and I would sing and sing the whole day to the tunes from Hitz.fm. Sometimes we'd introduce a new song to each other and we'd get hooked on it.

Perhaps my appreciation for the chart topping hits stopped shortly after the release of Hot In Herre in 2002. I've become cool enough. Hahaha just kidding.


Still, I find it strange that these days I don't need to listen to music, that I don't need to turn on Windows Media Player and proudly display by musical tastes on MSN. Maybe I'm just embarassed about the amount of TVB songs I have playing. Tee-hee. And old school pop songs.

Even the hype about the iPod. I never quite got around to understanding why the need for so many songs whenever and whereever for RM1000(is it cheaper now?). With RM1000 I'd put it with my other savings and get a nice 3G phone or a nice camera.

I suppose each to his/her own.

I do listen to the radio these days but only when I'm driving. It'll be Mix.fm for me all the way because it plays the songs of my yesteryears and it's got a good dose of the current chart toppers for me to appear "in the know". Hitz.fm is just too noisy for me. I don't do alternative rock. If my poser-ish years happened to be around these few years, I'd be listening to Linkin' Park, Simple Plan etc just because everyone's listening to them as well. Just so we can sing together. Maybe I'm aging, that's why. Hahaha.

I believe that songs in one's formative years are the ones that sounds the nicest.

As I'm no avid music fan, I couldn't come up with good enough answers for this blog meme that April sent to me. But I'll see what I can do.

*

Total volume of music files on my computer/ Handphone:
Computer:1.31 Gigabytes.

the last CD/ringtone I downloaded/bought (I'm not giving any leads man):
CD:Mariah Carey's Charmbracelet. Yes, so long ago.
Ringtone: ...Get Over You By Sophie back in 2002.

Song/ringtone playing right now.
None.

Five songs/ringtones i listen to a lot/ringtones that I use a lot on this phone:
Songs: None

..aiks, that didn't go so well. I'm not much of a music person.

I'll tag ..
Kristine
Lancerlord
Bren

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Monday, July 04, 2005
Shopping For NS And Some Sidetracks.

My earring collection now stands at a figure of 80 pairs. I have only twenty more to buy before I hit my aim of 100 pairs!!

With all the stalls selling 3 pairs for RM10, that goal won't be a long way to go.


RM15 from Kama. I *thought* I found really cheap chandelier earrings. It's beautiful, but I was wrong about the price.


Mel talked me into buying these. LONG and BEAUTIFUL.

Even though the earrings I bought were a tad more than what I'd usually spend on accessories, I still love it. But nothing could beat the euphoria I felt when I came across this stall in Mid Valley selling THREE for RM10 chandelier earrings. I bought six pairs. Yup. Six.


I like the duo coloured beads at the top.


Turqoise earrings!!


Silver is always pretty in sharper designs.


I like the colour combination of the beads.


Something unique, but it still belongs to the funky category and most of my earrings are funky. I wonder what's my next earring fetish? Before this, the crazier the earring is, the more I want it.


I didn't know they had pink diamentes hanging from it as well.


My earring collection on a corkboard!!! I know I am mad, but I am not as mad as April who bought an earring tower to keep all her earrings.

I've bought quite a few things to bring to NS! My dad asked me if I am going for a party or what. Apparently everything I buy I use NS as an excuse. Not true. It's sensible items. I'm not talking about the earrings of course. ;)

Four pairs of good track pants from Reject Shop..altogether they only cost about RM109.00. One of them was 50% off. Compared to the RM89.90 baby blue tracks I saw at Giordano.


Murky green!


Flaming red ones..!


These are the most comfortable ones of the lot and they are the fuzzy kind.


YIKES I LOOK SO FAT HERE. It's the same one as the murky green tracks, except it's in pastel red.

They are all comfy and it's such a bargain.


Some necessities. Hehe.

 
More necessities. Pink glittery hairband to push up my hair when I wash my face!! .. Ok, maybe I'm using NS as an excuse to buy things. Hm.

 
My Climacool shoes were stolen a couple of months back and I do not have good sport shoes. Correction, I do not have any sport shoes. I've been stuffing tissue paper into my dad's old Power shoes and wearing it for lab sessions in college. Walking up the college stairs in oversized shoes took some practice.

Got this Power ones from the shoe warehouse shop in Subang Parade a week ago. I think that's where one of my readers whose name is Warren saw me. Next time, you should say hello even though I "looked pissed". I was not pissed. Hehehe.

By the way, RM39.00 for pink sport shoes is definitely a good buy. If someone actually steals them during NS, it's not as heart breaking as losing RM300 shoes. My brother insists Power is a kid's brand. Whatever, I like it and that's that.

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Shopping, Dinner and A Minor Booze Party

Blook opened in Subang Parade yesterday and they put on a bit of a show to wow the crowd. The turnout wasn't that great, what with a few chairs lining the sides and a hideous stage to boot. Anyone who has been to Parade recently and has by passed the centre court would have seen the ugly rotating 'flying bees' buzzing around on the stage.

I don't think that's the image Blook is trying to portray though. Spastic nature and boho fashion so does not go together.
Their casual wears are nothing much to scream about but their wispy dresses are really nice though. Mostly cocktail dresses and dressy tops are their specialty. They should focus on that rather than the casual wear. I don't quite like the casual wear. But yes, we saw loads of cropped cardigans.


See? Nice smock halter top. Not so nice capris. I'm guilty of owning a pair though. From FOS back in 1999.


A sweet paiseley dress. A nice combination of green and perhaps the frilly sleeves is an overkill. The scarf came with the door gifts.(No, I didn't receive one, Mel did since she was representing Seventeen.)

OOOoh! Beautiful. Lovely cutting and all. However, the choice of prints is only average.

I've been meaning to photograph some of the beautiful accessories in this shop that has only recently opened in Parade. The place is called Kama and it's located in that alley of boutiques near MPH.


Earrings galore!! RM10 for a pair. These usually cost RM30 plus plus because they are "authentic".


Cute jewelry boxes with mirror motives.


OOOooo.. Mel bought this necklace and I think Chien has a pair of earrings like that. Don't know if it's a real stone or if they just uses a glass casing and crumpled glittery paper into it.


I was tempted to buy this one but Mel said that it's simple to make.


Charm bracelets!!!!! But there are more to choose from the weekend bazaar there.


What's a trip to Subang Parade without stopping at Uncle Lim's?


Alicia and her nasi lemak. I love her chicken even though it's spicy.

Mel looking gorgeous here.

And Esther as well. Hehe.


So does the egg shell. Uncle Lim's serves the best half boiled eggs. It's up there with the likes of Melur and Tanjung. Wish I could say the same about the other mamak in SS19. Can't remember the name.


I bought earrings from Kama!! Here's a sneak preview to my barrage of earrings. There'll be more because I bought like 6 more at Midvalley today!
Wen Bin called for a dinner at night and so we met up at Salmon Steak.


l-r: Jia Jun, Wen Bin, Jiun Haw

l-r: Edison, Teng Choon, Chun Shiong

l-r: Chee Kiang, Me, Li Peng, Edison

Edison and Teng Choon

l-r: Sophia, Khek Tjian, David and Tze Leet.

Jiun Haw and Wei Loong
After the dinner, Chee Kiang and I went to Kota Kemuning for Daryl's party. Loads of drinks. The occasion was his sister Joanne's graduation. His parents are in UK for her graduation. Hahahaha.

We were walking around the huge house looking for Daryl.. and we found a toilet..and we found puppies!!!!! Besides his love for cars, Daryl loves dogs as well. He is a breeder.:) Ever since I've known him he has been joining all these dog shows and winning extra pocket money. He has 16 other dogs as well. By the way, the mother dog's name is Bear Bear. So cute right?

The mother is snubbing Chee Kiang.


It has really sharp teeth for something so small.

Awwww!! It says sorry for biting.


L-r: Chee Kiang, Yi Wen's Bf(sorry didn't get his name) and Justin.

l-r: Chee Kiang, Me, Woon, Jamie, Pei Sze and Seow Yen.

Justin and Daryl. Damn cute man this picture!

Chee Kiang and Daryl's .. er, boombox. He used his car to blast music. After awhile, something blew. My condolences, Daryl. Daryl and Justin love their cars so so so so much.

Nadine and me.

l-r: Yazliza, Nadine, Justin, Suzanna, Jonathan.

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