During the Days without Internet

I have tonnes of time on my hands today [28.01.2012], mainly because some idiot cut off the telephone line again, leaving me internet-less for the time being till it gets fixed. To pass time I dug up my old anime OST collection and I’ve been listening to it since..yesterday actually..haha

It feels good to listen to them songs again. Some of those songs are almost ten years old but hey, they say old is gold and I totally agree. Though I’ve been watching some new anime series these few days but their OSTs aren’t as good as the ones from 2003 till 2009. I think music was at its best in that time frame.

Listening to those old songs are really darn nostalgic and even soothing at times, especially when you’re listening to a song from a series that you absolutely loved to death!!! Honestly, they bring back so many memories that I almost cried. I haven't paid much attention those songs ever since I got into Kpop a couple of years back so listening to them now is like...saying hello to an old friend, one which kept me company when I was alone all those years ago.

Yes, when I was younger, people saw me as a weird kid who likes to watch series that nobody understood what the characters were talking about. So you'd think people would take time to understand me? pssh please..they cast me aside like some old movie.

I’ve been watching some ‘new’ series too these days but all those series were from almost ten years ago (2003 etc) and I do find them more enjoyable. Old is gold ey.

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Some kids grew up listening to Chinese songs, others English songs etc. I grew up a rather quirky kid. I only listened to JPop. I didn’t really care about what others think of me because I was doing something that I enjoyed doing so who are they to judge me on that ey? Honestly, I find JPop a way better choice of song genre compared to English songs. I don’t really understand what the lyrics mean but who needs to? Music is all about the beat, rhythm and the feelings the singer puts into it. Language plays no important role in music.

It is from all these JPop songs that I’ve heard that I have started to be able to understand the language a bit more. By comparing lyrics of various songs, I am able to come up with a conclusion of like what words/phrases mean what. It’s fun ya know, learning a new language through music. So who cares if you don’t understand the language of the song? It is not a good reason for you not to give it a chance and listen to a song in a foreign language.

I was never a normal kid. When little girls were fussing over their pretty little dresses, I was running around in jeans and t-shirt. When they were playing with their dolls, I was building forts using Lego tiles. When they were busy playing ‘house’ and ‘masak-masak’, I was running around with the boys playing police and robber. When they were fussing about good looking artists, I was watching anime and their good looking characters. I was different, in a way that I still believe was good. It would’ve been boring if I had turned out exactly the same as other girls my age – all with long hair, boy crazy(like, I’m not boy crazy at all to be honest. I’m pretty sure I’m straight, but damn, pretty girls are just too nice to look at, ya know what I mean yo?) taking piano classes etc. I like being different than them, even though it has made me a bit anti-social because I can’t talk to them about anime and so has chosen to keep things to myself.