oops have I really been talking about Modern Dance too much? LOL.
I actually wanted to talk about M&M now, which of course leads to Modern Dance, again! haha.. and CLDDS too. But by the way, M&M was fabulous. Okay maybe not in the audience point of view, but from performer's point of view. Shamelessly speaking, I LIKE MY GOTHIC LOOK! hahaha.. Okay maybe it's not really suitable for me cuz I kept on laughing the whole night, which spoils the whole gothic image. hahah..but it's really something I haven experimented before and it looks really amusing! hahah.. Will post up some pictures tomorrow when I chat about my Music & Movement experience. =D - For now... Shall start on my trip to Malaysia Desaru! I reached home close to midnight after the M&M with my parents who came to watch me. Then I had to sleep because directly, the next day I had to set off for Malaysia! So I had no time to blog, or to go online. It's a 2 days 1 night stay in Desaru, where I have been a lot of times alr. Accompanying me and my family are all my cousins and their families. Quite a large group. - During the first day, we basically spent the day on the beach and the swimming pool. It was low tide, so it wasn't very exciting. But still, the waters are so much better than Singapore's I must say. At night, we rushed to see the fireflies after paying for a 30 minutes boat trip. It was an awesome and impression-lasting experience! The fireflies, which only appeared when water was being splashed towards the trees, were so enchanting!!! They lighted up the trees and totally complimented the stars in the nightsky, all sparkly and bright. The stars are amazing, there were SO MANY of them I just felt so liberated and carefree. hahaa.. NO comparison to Singapore's nightsky at all. Love the whole thing. (: Oh ya I remember Cinny mentioning the fireflies thing to me before. And yes I caught some fireflies too! hahah but too bad at the end it somehow landed in the cousin's hands and I was unable to bring it back home to see it light up my bedroom at night. =(
Second day, at the beach AGAIN. But this time, the tide is waaaaay HIGH! =D Absolutely wonderful because I dun have to make an effort to purposely lower my body down so that the waves would seem higher and would cover my head, giving me the 'woo!' feeling[only experience this in Singapore]. Lol. I could just sit nonchantly at the shore and whoosh! The waves would come and make me wet from top to toe in no minutes, although you can imagine the salty water I have swallowed. I tried the Banana Boat too!(: Very fun! So I tried it two times with my relatives. hhaha.. and I fall over the boat three times in total. The falling part is the most thrilling part, so I purposely lean towards the direction which will eventually cause the boat to overturn. Wahaha.. and so the rest have to fall into the sea with me too! Lol no la, I where got that heavy, can control the whole boat. xD After that, we went shopping. I was looking forward to buying more DVDs[mwahahaa]during this trip. It was undeniably the main motivation of my entire trip here, and when I found out we were going to this different shopping mall we had never been to the last few times, and that there was no pirated DVDs sold there, I was devastated. =( hahaha. Really! Everywhere they are large sophisticated stores and HUGE bookstores and eating places, there is NO WAY pirated DVDs would be stored there. Seriously. I even took some pictures of how large EACH STORE IS and will post them up in my next post. So at the end, I didn't buy anything at all. Aww.. Hhahaha.. sounds like Singaporeans only go for pirated DVDs when they shop in Malaysia. Lol! Or maybe it's just me or sth. But still! Nevermind, shall have my chance when I go to China during Dec! MWAHAHAHAHA.xD and buying clothes and accessories too! yay! =)
P.S. I'm feeling very neutral right now. I sound high but in fact I'm not. and why is that?
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saturday, july 18th, 2009.
Michael Jackson, King of Pop
If I were to write this post one week ago I wouldn't have got past the first few lines, without crying so badly.
Admittedly, the news of his passing did not bothered, much less saddened me because my impression of him was vague and as a child I wasn;t exposed to any of this songs or videos, just news from the press every now and then. Till a few days after his death. I went on Youtube and before I knew it I was clicking videos after videos, watching and in awe of this man who not only served to entertain, but strived to serve the community with his enormous heart. And as I watched on and knew more, so much more about what he've been through his life, emotions started pouring in. And when I least expected it, tears started to come. I was never his fan, but now I regret not being one. It is not just one of those idol craze or whatever no, it was true sincere admiration for his works and humanitarianism that touched me, that made me look upon him as a role model.
Its hard to believe that since the media had portrayed him as some wacko freak, paedophile, child molester..etc. but may I say, BULLSHIT. he is none of that sort. Other than being the greatest entertainer of the time and coming up with the most original dance moves that many stars tried hard (but pale in comparison in my opinion) to imitate, Micheal Jackson shares the love he has, especially to children, to people around him. He was a philanthropist, donating millions of dollars to the record 39 charities he supported, and raising more through his own Heal the World Foundation. He built NeverLand Ranch, complete with amusement parks, fun rides, a place where children dreamed of going for fun and laughter. From young, Michael Jackson had a childhood very different from others, where had to perform at a very young age. When he made mistakes, his father used to beat him, and not only with a belt.
To make up for his lost childhood, Michael had always adored children and he himself is somehow like a child trapped in an adult body (watch his documentary, ignore the stupid bastard interviewer who was plain bias and selfish to see that such a nature still exists in a man so great he just had to bring him down. shall not waste time elaborating on this backstabbing ass because he's simply not worth it. If you're interested, watch the documentary Living with Michael Jackson on youtube. I could'nt get past to the last few parts because I got so fed up with his narrow-mindedness and ignorance that I closed the window). So back to the point. Michael Jackson brought orphans to NeverLand, where they play freely in the theme parks and find joy and laughter, which he himself derive more than anyone else' from the happy looks on their faces. Children were invited for sleepovers at his place, because it was safe, secure. But when news of him being a child paedophile arose after being charged by one of the kids who slept in his room, he ended up paying millions of dollars aside from being publicly humiliated and disgraced. because he did nothing disgraceful of that sort. because a few years later the kid owned up that it was his parents who made him to do, succumbed to the temptation of money, something which Micheal Jackson do not lacked. The father was tape-recorded discussing his intention to pursue charges, where he said, "If I go through with this, I win big-time. There's no way I lose. I will get everything I want and they will be destroyed forever ... Michael's career will be over". It was painful. Yet Michael still persisted, years later, in bringing less fortunate children to NeverLand, because that was more important to him. Even though the pain and hurt he had gone through had probably never healed. His strength is one of the reasons why I admire him so much.
Then there was another incident, this time of him 'dangling' his baby over the window. 'omg he's crazy he wants to throw the baby down!!!!' maybe that's what it seemed like on tv and on papers, but what they didn't show is the crowd of fans below the hotel he's staying, yelling his name and wanting to also see his baby. So Michael showed them his baby, his hands wrapped under his baby's arms so tight and pulled him back as fast as he could. But what did the viewers see? A slowed-down version of him apparently dangling his baby in mid-air like a bad father. Its ignorance if people believed he was going to actually throw his own baby down the building. And at that time, I was one of the ignorant ones. I remembered looking at the pictures on some gossip magazine and felt slightly freaked out. But now I realise how much he loved his children, and how hard he tried to protect them from the media. And again, all these negative press and biasness probably was too overwhelming....how much pain can a person take? we would never know because we're not him, its hard to understand. But maybe all these people will leave him alone now, since he's already gone.
I bought The Essential Michael Jackson cd, a compilation of hit songs by him. My dad and I watched his concerts and performances and music videos and we were more than in awe, in fact I think thats an understatement. Newfound respect and admiration for the man who was so creative and original, who dared to do things not commonly seen, creating dance steps while he sang at those times when most singers just stood there and sung. He thought of challenging and exciting music videos where people had never seen the injection of extra footage to create a kind of story. And not to mention those crazy vocals, coordinated dance moves, the famous moonwalk (I never get tired of it) and this amazing 45degree tilt he does which simply blows my mind away. It was all his signature style, the gloves, the crotch-grabbing whatever. Every single performance was done in class and so much more. He was an inspiration to people over the world, different races, and especially to African-Americans. He was an icon and also their pride.
I can rattle on and on because there's too many things about him that are truly inspiring and simply awesome but sometimes words just cant fully express it. And yes maybe I do seem a little bias but this is what I truly feel. My only regret is that I have and will never get the chance to attend one of his mind-blowing concerts and be one of those lucky fans who felt the presence of Michael Jackson, the most successful entertainer of all time, the King Of Pop.
'Smile, even though your heart is aching.'
This is one of the lyrics from his favourite song 'Smile', written by Charlie Chaplin and was sung during his memorial.
I remembered someone said something like this during the memorial, 'Even though we need him here, but I guess God needed him more'. Even though we miss him so much, Heaven is probably the place he needs to be, away from any pain, suffering or cruelty. (rhymes!) He has already achieved so much and left behind a wonderful legecy that will pass down to generations after generations.
Thank you Michael.
