no one does pop music like asians. especially the taiwanese. im telling you these guys put sugarplumfizzycolabubblegum yanks to shame!

 

i cant tell you the name of the albums or the names of the exact tracks but jolin tsai (chick) and jay chou are absolutely amazing. i have been bopping along to their tunes for the last few days. qual qual qual.

why would you ask someone to 'go to the movies' when you want to "catch up" with them? i couldn't imagine anything more antisocial for an occasion that is supposed to be highly social and chatty.

 

osb - offensive social behaviour.

 

 

apart from being evacuated down 60 flights of stairs TWICE yesterday (big earthquake hit Indonesia and we got the big aftershock treatment) and being reminded that this space is still in existence today, i owe a snapshot of the last few weeks. apparently the southern coast of indo has been devestated and we are supposed to be expecting more from the 'ring of fire' tectonic plates that sit underneath indo's surface. freaky shit. sitting 30 levels above the ground, i tell you it was a tad on the scary side watching my desk sway side to side and wondering if i was having a flashback to adolescent days of stupidity :)

 

both mum and wooj have flown through on their way to pakiland and have had too much fun with both, pics uploading shortly.

 

chinese new year was also really fun fun fun! wei was kind enough to adopt me as his familys orphan for the weekend, so i got to spend a lot of the festivities at the tan's place. we ate so much cool food, including a home done steamboat for the reunion dinner on new years eve when all the kids stay up as late as possible gambling to ensure their parents have a long life. no gambling was done but i do think i stayed up very very late that night (probably reading salman rushdie which i have not been able to put down!!).

 

i witnessed yet some more fab music moments (i was seriously not expecting it in SINGAPORE of all places!!!) when i firstly saw Muse, but more importantly caught the Beastie Boys at the Good Vibes festival. Having seen them at several big day outs and once at the metro in sydney, i was absolutely surprised to see them rock harder here!!!!!! they were simply buzzing all over the stage and entertained us all for over 1.25 hours!!! love a pleasant surprise, cos i was expecting them to be a bit flat as they are old codgers by now....

 

latest discovery (yeah im a bit daggy and tech unsavvy) but have discovered a WEALTH of music on the jjj website. live sets, mixed tapes, it's simply wicked stuff....im sharing the goodies, get on and have a look: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/music_specials/artist.htm

 

ok, pics being uploaded later. sorry for being boring, lets hug it out bitch.

chots xo