Pass it on

Vyanne passed me this blogging baton/baton survey thing. I thought it was kinda fun. See below:

1. What is the total amount of music files on your computer?
798MB

2. The CD you last bought?
Good question. Hmmm... probably the soundtrack of Rent, The Musical. This must've been...3, 4 years ago. In 2000 or 2001.


3. What was the last song you listened to before reading this message?
"我的骄傲" (My pride) by 容祖儿 I think. This was two days (or three ago). It's about a girl who has grown wiser after experiencing love. Or something like that.

4. Write down five songs that you often listen to or that mean a lot to you.
I listen to songs in spurts. Once I first listen to a song and like it, I keep listening to it almost all the time until I'm sated or the next song comes along.

- Recently, it's been "Eric's Song" by Vienna Teng. I've always liked the melody and her voice in parts of the song. This time round, I've finally really listened to the lyrics, and the simplicity of love in the song touches me. I'd like to be able to sing the song to someone.

- "New York, New York" by Frank Sinatra. I've just discovered the song on "Desperate Housewives", when Susan (Teri Hatcher) sang it in a bar with her ex-husband and her current cute plumber boyfriend. I love the whole big band thing. And when I'm alone in my room, I can't help but dance to it with my imaginary bowler hat and stick in the way you see performers do it in old black and white films. And it's the perfect song that encapsulates my love affair with the city that doesn't sleep, and describes my wandering feet ("vagabond shoes" - I love the words!).

- "屋顶" (Rooftop) by Jay Chou and some girl (please enlighten me). It's my ultimate romantic fantasy to meet someone serendipitously. By a wonderful quirk of fate, you meet the person of your dreams, because you are kindred spirits who are meant to meet each other. And it seems like the entire universe collapses and folds into itself so that you two may meet. On a musical note, I also like the way he jazzes it up.

- "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls. Because I'm secretly (maybe not so secretly) a depressive, sometimes very pessimistic about love and life, and a bit dramatic/angsty that way. Mostly I Do think that everything is made to be broken. And even if things fall apart... at least while it lasts, I want someone to see me for who I am.

I just watched "Shall we dance" tonight. And there's an amazing quote in there, which gave me a new perspective on marriage. It's like a lightbulb went on in my head: Yeah... maybe that's why people marry -
"We need a witness to our lives. There's a billion people on the planet... I mean, what does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you're promising to care about everything. The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things... all of it, all of the time, every day. You're saying 'Your life will not go unnoticed because I will notice it. Your life will not go un-witnessed because I will be your witness."

"Iris" captures some of that. Plus, it's such a great song to scrunch up your face while singing, and pretend you're a rock star to!

- "1999" by Penny Dai. She's a fellow Malaysian, a singer. And the song is about her leaving her native shores to pursue her dreams. I don't listen to the song often. But sometimes when I get pensive, or a little bit confused or lost, I listen to it.

5. Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?
1) Pervical. Because he gives me music, and bugs me for chinese songs. I'm still craving craving craving Anna Rose and the Shasta song...
2) Steve. Because he's always talking about songs anyway. *rolls eyes* ;D
3) kopikia. Because it's like I half know him and half don't. I'm just curious. It would add a bit more colour to the person behind the words. But mostly because he wrote an amazing entry which knocked all the air out of me. He's won the number one sweet-talking boyfriend/writer award as far as I'm concerned.

So there are more things I'd like to write about. But again, it's past this princess's bedtime, and I thought I'd really better do this baton thing before I forget about it (cos I have the memory of a gnat yeah...)

SW.. by the way, I loved your... what was it... braveman? or bravoman??-commecials thingey. I watched the one about "You have nice hair" one a few weeks back after my disastrous haircut at work, and I was totally cracking up. I shut it down before I got to the end, cos it was sooo sappy/corny, I couldn't ruin my rep yeah! *lol* And ahem, I resent the implication about the "doe eyes" thingey (I didn't watch it yet)... you're just too cynical man... Yo... like I can be totally innocent sometimes okaay... ;)