happy melancholy               

yay. happy chinese new year to all.

great time for some family gathering and relinking up of relationships
with relatives over some good food (bak kwa), gambling and comparisons
of ang bao collections.

i only have one gripe on this yearly event. what's up with all the blasting
of chinese new year songs all over the place man? and i really mean ALL
over the place! outdoor shops, indoor shops, work places, etc.

but seriously, don't take me wrong. i'm can tolerate the classic chinese
new year songs. but i saw something the other day that really drove me
crazy. ct girls singing techno versions of chinese new year songs!
and accompanied by stupid mtvs of the ct(or is it city? ie. their marketing failed)
girls in stupid costumes with really lousy cg effects. oh man...

i was thinking, who'd be crazy to write the tunes to such songs?
who'd be crazier to sing such songs?
who'd be craziest to want and produce and sell such songs?
who'd be the craziestest to buy such songs and play them in their area of
business? is it really that aurally pleasing?

i had to force myself to attain amnesia to forget the stupid mtvs. and
apparently its not working, because here i am still thinking and writing
about it. so, excuse me while i go and play a game of dota to temporarily
relieve myself from those scarring images in my head...