Got my very first walkman when I was twelve. Got it when I joined a school trip to Singapore, after finishing primary six. It was a blue Sony walkman. Can't remember how much I paid for it but I can remember the very first cassette I put in it -- The Very Best Of Sam Hui! He was my childhood hero...you guys remember 最佳排挡? He was the only singer I listened to, until Junior Middle Three...
During Junior Middle Three, a friend by the name of Tan Kok Sai(陈国狮) introduced me to a band called Beyond, from Hong Kong. They played the most marvelous rock music, ever! Until one of the band member died tragically while performing...
In Senior Middle Two, Celene introduced me to Arron Kwok and the Four Heavenly Kings, but I think the best is still Jacky Cheung. Some of you might disagree with me but fans from these four 'camps' still hate each other till this day!
Stopped listening to music for a while after graduating from high school and the entertaining industry wasn't really producing much quality artists. Recently read an article about a Chinese artist by the name of Sa Ding Ding (萨顶顶). Got on to Youtube and found some of her MTV...the music/sound was awesome...you guys heard of her? She even developed her own language!!
Last week, my wife was experiencing some kind of pain in her stomach. She said the pain was like someone slicing open her flesh! We went to our family doctor and he said it might be some sort of infection. He took some urine sample for testing and told us we would get the result in 2-3 days...2-3 days?! I was not ready to wait 2-3 days for the result!! The next morning, we went straight to the hospital. We spent 7 hours in the hospital doing all kinds of tests and also waiting for test results. After all the waiting, the tests came back negative, there weren't any infections! All thats left to do now is to listen to the baby's heartbeat...the doctor turn on a special listening device, put some gel on the device and started rubbing it onto my wife's stomach and...bopop,bopop,bopop...that WAS the world's best music/sound I've ever heard! It wasn't my childhood hero, it wasn't a rock band, definitely not those four Heavenly Kings, or the Chinese singer. It was the very healthy heartbeat of my unborn child!
I suddenly realised that my child's heartbeat was the best music/sound I've ever heard. And I am sure that it will also be the only music/sound I will ever want to listen to...for the next 200 years!
13 August, 2008
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