|Music| ‘Lunar Sea’ – Camera Obscura
I’m 17! Gosh, that sounds so old. I never thought I’d hit my twenties when I was younger, but now that I’m 17… I realised that I’m close to 20 than I am to 10. *groans* No! Childhood! Please come back! In any case, I don’t feel any older, though I feel different this year, being in a new environment for school.
My birthday, like ALL my other birthdays, was pretty low key. It’s not that no one knew about it, but I don’t like large, wild parties, so I’ve never had one, a huge one anyway. 7th of April so happened to fall on a Tuesday in year 2009, the day when lessons end latest, so that was quite a bummer. I also had to stay back for some CCA thing that I won’t mention and it probably stretched way into the night, but because I’m a firm believer in not letting school rule my life, I went home at 6. Dinner cheered me up quite a bit though, because my mother bought 2 of my favourite foods AND a small cake.
I also feel very very blessed because I received tons of Happy Birthday SMSes, plus Happy Birthday wishes on Facebook. I never thought anyone really remembered, partly because I’m not good at remembering others’ birthdays myself!
Also, I didn’t have a birthday list last year and I feel like having one this year, so here goes.
1. Book vouchers
2. River Island vouchers
3. A meal at an authentic Northern Indian restaurant
4. A guitar(Acoustic? I like the sound of it)
5. ‘Wir sind Helden’ CDs
6. A backpack(beige in colour, preferably! Something simple but unique)
7. A brown rustic messenger bag
8. A brown/white/beige trenchcoat, NON PUFFY (I know I won’t use it in Singapore, but I LOVE winter wear)
9. Ear muffs(cute ones) with a wooly snow cap(with the puff ball at the end) to match
10. Calf length snow boots with a thick sole and 2 furry balls danging off each boot (It’s not practical, but they’re so cool. I would wear them if I COULD)
11. The weather to permit me to wear all these and layer clothes. Who said that summery weather allowed you to wear anything you wanted? That’s crap!
12. A hairdryer with a ‘cold wind’ option and the flat, long mouth.
13. A comb! A good one too.
14. A free day with no commitments
15. An hour long hair wash or head massage. It feels SO GOOD when someone is rubbing your head for you. It’s a little painful at times, but the pain is kind of liberating. That’s why I always get my hair washed when I cut my hair at the hairdresser’s.
I know I probably won’t get anything up there. That’s why I always buy presents for myself. In some ways its quite fulfilling and it’s great since you get what you want. But there’s no element of surprise. All I can say is, I seem to be getting lesser presents as I grow older.
I’m also listening to Camera Obscura right now because I don’t know where to discover new bands/artists so I’m listening to a band with a relatively unique style amongst all the other ‘indie’ bands(though this is quite a broad genre). It’s hard to describe their style. They give off an oldish feel that I can always sense in their songs, but somehow I still can’t quite imagine it in the ‘old’ times. Some of their songs match that feeling I get when I’m in a really dreamy mood and don’t feel like myself. When I feel like escaping into a timeless dimension of an alternate universe where things are the same but look different and the nostalgia is overwhelming. They’er the kind of songs I’d like to have whenI’m all quiet in a room with nothing to do because when I’m listening to it while doing something else, I can’t really appreciate it in its true form since it’s intensity is diluted by whatever I’m doing. But when I’m listening to it and ONLY it, I realise that even if its a really quiet song with only vocals and light strumming, its still silently moving.
As Owen Armstrong from ‘Just Listen’ said, “Silence is so freaking loud”.
I couldn’t agree more.
