方大同-《可啦思刻》

After retail therapy, Edelyn is a happy kid again!
I bought Khalil Fong 方大同's Timeless album, 《可啦思刻》。

方大同's Timeless 可啦思刻.

I have no idea what ‘可啦思刻’is, but I'm guessing that it stands for 'Classical'. A search on the Internet tells me that 可啦思刻=可以‘啦’者唱的歌+思念时刻. Nice try.

All tracks in this album are covers of popular numbers such as You Are My Sunshine, Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You, Bad, 狂潮, La Bamba, 红豆, Georgia On My Mind, 记得, Wonderful Tonight and Moon River.

Oh, did I just name all ten tracks? Haha, sorry, but all are worth to be mentioned.

Well, frankly speaking, these covers are not as impressive as the originals, but they are still worth a listen. Well, just like a little fan singing his idols' classic hits in a karaoke lounge, I hear lyrics and techniques, however, some songs lack in emotions. [Bad -Michael Jackson], for example, is really mild, and leaves almost no impression on me even though I put the CD on repeat mode the whole night. [You Are The Sunshine Of My Life] has a querky start, but the the female voice （黄韵玲）of one line is really very random. [La Bamba -Ritchie Valens], like what Dad said, is weak compared to the original version, but again, it's Khalil's style. [Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You] sounds sweet and is rather catchy, a real timeless hit. [红豆 -Faye Wong] is a pleasant surprise, a slow melodic piece that is sure to capture one's attention. I personally like [Wonderful Tonight -Eric Clapton] a lot, okay, I admit that I love the original version, but Khalil's version has some sort of punch too that will make people want to listen to the song again over and over.
As the title of this album suggests, wonderful music pieces are Timeless and stays good forever. A little remix don't harm, be it good or bad. What Khalil is doing here is simply introducing good music to more people, using his popularity to let forgotten songs be remembered again.

Colbie Caillet's second album, Breakthrough. Haven't listened to this one yet, will do it during the weekends.

:)

That funny kid down the street.

Sometimes, I wonder is it Me who is too mature or that my Mum is very kiddy. She's like a 15 year old trapped in her body, always saying lame stuff and telling lame jokes. Haha, but she's like the coolest Mum ever.

Her sms to me just now:

Surprise! Dad n i are at cathay to watch District 9. Just to use the free ticket. Ken and Liz will ve mac for dinner.

!!!
She used 'Surprise!' to start her message, how cool is that?
Which mother in her sane mind will use 'Surprise!' to start a message for her daughter in this way? (Note the exclamation mark too)
Normal mums will use the 5 Ws 1 H, such as

• 'Where are you now?',


• 'What are you doing?',


• 'Why are you not home yet?',


• 'Who are you with?',


• 'How are you settling your dinner?' etc.

Right? Those are the typical mums you can find everywhere, anywhere.

Notice my mum's use of short forms too, 'n' and 've'. Damn cool. My mum uses sms lingo!!! OMG, how cool can she be?

Of course, I can't let her win me, so I replied :

Surprise! I know that already. Cos' I'm msning with Liz.

My parents are just too cool to be true; going on a rendezvous and letting my siblings have junk food as dinner. How awesome.

Random.

Sian.

Whatever.

Tired.

Whatever.

Full.

*burp*

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Union Day = Sleep-in Day

I woke up at 12 noon today. Haven't had such a shiok sleep for weeks.

Today is Union Day, so lessons from 10.30 to 2.30pm are cancelled.

I was actually going to meet Sarah today for lunch, but she fell sick and so lunch was cancelled too.

That's why I slept till 12nn. HAHA

Anyway, I'm trying to read my textbook now, but the more I read it, the more I feel like a zoologist. We have to study animal communications, and we learn how birds, bees, monkeys, apes etc. communicate. Then, even examples of Morphorlogy uses the words like 'birds' and 'cats'.

Too many things to read and understand, no mood to do so though.

Whatever. The rain is making me sleepy again.

ANYWAY, I gave myself a shock when I realised I have a MySpace account that was created in 2006. That's a freaking 3 million years ago la! I'm just puzzled why I don't have a single recollection of creating a MySpace account. It's so yesterday anyway. It's like my Facebook account, it's created in 2007 without my acknowledgement. Haha. All thanks to my cousin and my sister who found 'poking' people fun. My table in the hostel is so messy, like the table in my own room. Haha. Ok, this is getting random, like how my thoughts have been. I have French lesson again later in the day, exciting! Bye.

Mon nom francais est Catherine.

Je m'appelle Edelyn et mon nom francais est Catherine.
(I am Edelyn and my French name is Catherine.)

!!!

Ya, Katherine's daughter is Catherine. -.-'''

My French teacher gave us French names today so as to make his life easier.

He passed a list of names around for us to choose, and by the time the list made it to my my side of the class, not much names were left.

For convenience sake, I chose Catherine. Easy and impossible to forget.

Haha. I wonder if he will really address us by our French name. He'll probably stick to his French-style 'eeny meeny miny moe' to pick us for random one-to-one convos again. Haha.

Catherine, oh Catherine.

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Stitch :)

Mummy bought this for me.

She said she liked it the moment she saw it and knew that I would like it too.

Indeed, I like it a lot :)

I have never watched Lilo & Stitch, but weirdly, I like Stitch a lot. Don't you find it cute? Haha.

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Anyway, I love my weekends till the max!

Although I spend most of it in front of my television, I still think it's time wisely spent. Haha.

Nah, time out with my family is the best!
Went to Jack's Place for lunch (again) and shopped at Parkway.

I thought today was Sunday and gave Dad a scare when I said that I have to go back to campus tonight. Dad really got a shock and said "Not today right?"

I realised it's only Saturday and corrected myself, "I have to go back tomorrow."

Dad then said "I numb myself with work everyday just to wait for the weekends when you can come home and spend time with us.."

OMG, I'm feel like crying :(

I had tears in my eyes too when Dad said that in Jack's Place, but I don't like to cry in front of them over these mushy things, my brother will laugh till his ass falls off his body.

That's just how cute my parents are.

:)

YELL! OW! water.

Bonsoir~

I have been having diarrhoea for quite a number of times ever since school started. I gathered it could be the food or the water that's not too clean. May, however, thinks it's because I'm still not used to things here, that's why. Well, that could be a reason, or maybe I'm just too kancheong over lectures and tutorials and uni life.

Talking about unclean water, I actually really am skeptical about the water here in NTU. It's yellow.
I'm talking about the water that comes out from the shower heads in the washrooms. Initially, I thought it was just the reflection of the wall tiles on the water that made it seem yellow, but upon more checks, I can confirm that the water coming out from the shower heads indeed have a faint yellowish tinge. This means that the water pipes are rusty.
Every time I shower, I don't know if I'm cleaning myself or coating a layer of rust on myself instead. I think I'm just dirtying myself even more whenever I bathe. No wonder I feel itchy.

Oh oh oh, there's an SVC box here in the lounge of the hall. I thought it wasn't working, but actually it works fine, just that it only has sports channels in it. To me, it's as good as nothing. I don't watch sports unless it's like Olympics or something. Sian.

Haaa, tutorial today on Academic Writing was really really fun. Our tutor is this funny man who simply comes from Planet Laugh. Two hours of lesson in his class zoomed by in a series of laughter. HAHAHA. I laughed so much, I can't remember what I learnt in class today. HeeHee.

Okay, that's so random. I shall go read my French notes now, goodbye.