Valentine's Day 2011 and after.

1 bad thing for me about having a public holiday is staying up late the night before, like seriously very very late.

I was up till 2am on Mon morning, after an extremely enjoyable dinner at a close friend's home with meimei playing happily and quietly with her similarly aged dotter. We came back about 12 and after everyone settled down in their sweet slumber, the night was peaceful and quiet, except for the sound that came from the tv which hub was watching his drama series.

I browsed on the internet, looking for pre-loved songs to download (still!) and was really happy to find more of those 80s and 90s songs. It's obvious, though it didn't quite occur to me that obviously before, that those 80s are more cantonese while the 90s are more mandarin.

Coming to those 90s mandarin songs, I listened a lot of them during those varsity days and learned a lot of chinese words by leaps and bounds. I couldn't write, but I could speak and recognize quite a number of them. Those days, I would ask my friends (who are mainly chinese educated) for the lyrics and ask my dad when I was back home then, to read the words to me and explain what it means. It was a good bonding time with my dad as well, I would say.

When I finally stumble across an album which I listened to quite a LOT those times, I was overwhelmed with ecstasy and happiness. How magical it is listening to songs can transport you back to a certain time, or flooded with certain memories, is really beyond me.

Now, this album. It has a story.

During my first year in USM, before the 2nd semester ended, I moved out of the hostel (not kicked out) to stay with a bunch of 15 crazy insane friends in a semidee, just a few steps away from the side gate's guardpost. (I was the only sane one)

Came our first christmas, we had a little party and we did some gift exchange. Earlier, we drew names from a ballot box, girls drawing from a boy's and vice versa, so we know who to buy a gift for and everyone would have a gift during the party.

I received this tape and it accompanied me lots when I was walking, studying and idling all around campus and home. So, those songs just got drilled into my head. Never know then that my friend, didn't just give me a tape for that christmas all of us housemates of 26 Lengkuk Sg Dua had, it was so much more.

So, back to that night. It was Valentine's night. I got nothing, which is expected. Hub said to treat the night before's dinner at Chillis as valentine celebration. *roll eyes*

And we climbed back into bed at 2am and he gave me a massage. After an hour, he was sleeping soundly while I desperately wanted to sleep but can't because something was itching. It wasn't sex. It was very annoying! I finally drift into sleep around 5am. And got up at 9+. I was very cranky the next day! That was why public holidays are not good for me.