MUSIC IS THE SAVIOUR TO MY SOUL

HI. HI HI HI HI. HEHEHEHE it is rare sharing about my joy in this space BUT today is an extremely happy day for me :-) I have to write it down before I lose hold of this feeling!! The past few days had been super exhausting and dreadful because I had to finish 2 4000-word essays that were due this morning. The moment I logged onto my laptop I felt like puking already -_- hahaha. So naturally I felt ultra liberated when I submitted both of them at noon. 

AND THEN..I went to shop for...legen...wait for it...dary HEADPHONES *o* I know this will be quite anti-climax for most of you but omg y'all have no idea man!! My iPhone earpiece suddenly crashed on me one day without prior signs of warning at all. Without music, my whole world collapsed :'(

MP-Klipsch Image ONE II Black On Ears

T_T *sheds tears of joy* I was so excited when unwrapping the box!! Even though I already knew what to expect inside..ahaha. I knew I have to take a day off from studies to just have time for myself to do anything I want. So I decided to have an adventure with my new headphones, be a day of tourist in my own country and explore the streets of Singapore in the East :-) Haha it felt like a solo trip in a modern city of another Southeast Asian country, except that I do not have to worry about communication problems and being mugged. 

It's...so awesome to listen to music from the headphones *v* I felt like music is surrounding me everywhere! I couldn't hear small chatters around me, I couldn't hear the hustle of the streets. It's like the whole city is playing music and everywhere I am is a dance floor! When sad songs come on, I do a slow contemporary dance. When happy songs are played, I do a little break dance and make some BBOY moves :D Except that all these dances only happened in my head and the people around me are rather emotionless (I was on the train to town). Hahahaha. 

And so I alighted at Dhoby Ghaut haha and began roaming about on the streets. That's when I really began to dance about in real life. Hahahaha. There's nothing restraining me at all. I just felt like leaping into the air & so I did. I felt so....free. Yep. FREE :-) just twirling, spinning around, beaming to myself and singing out loud even though I can't hear myself croaking I don't really care. LOL. Yeah I know what you are thinking. I think I am crazy too. Hahaha. When I felt like sitting down, I just sat down on the steps, and looked up at the sky. Just marvelling at the clouds..the colours of the sky..feel the wind blowing at my oily face and hair.. It's so refreshing :-) 

And I noticed things that I don't usually notice too! Such as this monument made for the lives lost during Konfrontasi. Haha. Really behaving like a tourist. The thing about headphones is, it really shields you from the outside world. I saw smiles on faces but I can't hear a single shit. I don't know their names, I don't know their stories. But whatever, I just like their smiles and I smile with them. Smiling is such an effortlessly wonderful thing to do :D 

While walking on the streets, I let my iPhone music shuffle playlist do its job of entertaining me. Whatever song was played, I listened and allowed my emotions to ebb and flow according to the songs. Heheh let me use this opportunity to introduce you to my world of music :-) I'm only going to list down the impactful songs yeah.

It was at Dhoby Ghaut when this song started playing. It's the first song I remember being entirely immersed in: 

1. Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars 

'Cause in a sky, cause in a sky full of stars
I think I see you
I think I see you

Because you're a sky, you're a sky full of stars
Such a heavenly view
You're such a heavenly view

I can't really pinpoint the exact feeling this song gives me. It's kind of a mixture of positive and sad feelings. Ok, more positive because of the immense amount of love I feel from it. "I don't care, go on and tear me apart" suggests that the protagonist is in a vulnerable position but then again he is firmly in love with the person he is singing to. Haha. I was very addicted to this song last year. It holds a great deal of meaning to me still :-) 

After walking about Penang Rd and Prinsep St, I took a bus to Lavender Station and walked towards Jalan Besar~

2. Kodaline - Talk



You were a moment in life that comes and goes
A riddle, a rhyme that no one knows
A change of a heart, a twist of fate
Couldn't fix it, it's too late

The entire lyrics of this song were written so beautifully I could quote almost every verse. Yeah, this is a super sad song. This guy has a tone of resignation in his words. He sounds so jaded and tired of the relationship that is seemingly beyond repair. "That was the time to say goodbye/ Let's put it to rest yeah, let it die." Nothing could change his mind about giving the relationship up anymore. Wah. Cannot. Feels. Haha yeah I just let the emotions surface and linger on for a little while. 

3. Kodaline - Latch

I feel so encaptured,
Got me wrapped up in your touch,
Feel so enamored,
Hold me tight within your clutch,
How did you do it?
You got me losing all my breath,
How did you give me,
To have my heartbeat out my chest?

Similarly, I feel like I could quote the whole lyrics of this song. This band is brilliant man. I very much prefer this version to Disclosure/Sam Smith's. There's just something about his voice that brings up a lot of feels. Haha I was already at Lavender St. when this song came on. 

Dark clouds were looming but I didn't bother to quicken my pace or whatsoever. If the rain was going to pour, I would trudge on anyway. Was just totally immersed in the music U.U hahaha. 

I really don't come to this side of Singapore often. Maybe once in a few months? I was feeling my way to sweechoon hahaha. Kinda recognised the directions because I once walked there with Camp Mumbo people :-) 

Caught this view..mmm interesting landscape of high-rise buildings and shophouses. To be honest, it looks very ugly to me. The flats are a misfit in this area. Well, understandable. Maximising the use of land for our growing population haha. 

Weird right, you see

heh hey! swee choon. wow, gotta love the dark clouds in the background man.

And this!! Reminds me of the photo on girls having PMS HAHA. Half of the sky is rainbow and the other half is filled with streaks of lightning. 

4. 周杰伦 － 我不配

这感觉已经不对　
我最后才了解
一页页不忍翻阅的情节你好累
你默背为我掉过几次泪多憔悴
而我心碎你受罪你的美我不配

(This feeling has gone wrong  

And I finally understood it 

You're too tired to flip the pages of the rest of our story 

Silently you cry for me & so frail you've become 

And I'm heartbroken about the grievances you feel 

I'm not fit for you and your beauty) 

SOMETHING LIKE THAT LOL. I tried my best to translate. But you know, certain meanings and feels will be lost in translation. This song is written by Jay Chou and yeah by watching the MV, you'll gain a clearer understanding of what he went through during relationships as a celebrity. Well, glad that he has found his happiness now! The song speaks to me in many ways..reminds me of the people I have let down before because I feel undeserving of their love. 

I assume this is the thieves' market.

5. Sara Bareilles - Gravity 

I never wanted anything so much than to drown in your love and not feel your reign.

Set me free, leave me be. I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity.
Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I'm supposed to be.
But you're on to me and all over me.

You loved me 'cause I'm fragile.
When I thought that I was strong.

Personal favourite version of this song. Really makes me cringe all the time when she sings the part "keeping me downnnn"~ This. Is the ultimate sad song. And yeah, it holds a lot of personal meaning to me. Irreplaceable.  

6. Tenth Avenue North - By Your Side 

'Cause I'll be by your side wherever you fall
In the dead of night whenever you call
And please don't fight these hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you


Fell in love with this song in 2012 when Tay used this song for Mag's birthday video. Yeah there is Christian meaning in the lyrics, but the song is still relatable in many ways. The love, the encouragement, the support :-) It's the perfect song to encourage someone who is lost or drained in life. 

Haha I was making my way to Bugis from Jalan Besar at this point of time. And I decided that it was time to reward myself with.....................MATCHA! :-) So I took bus 65 to Harborfront.   


7. Gentle Bones - Until We Die 

Settle down my friend, we're inching closer,
reach your hand out to the finish line
This will soon be over, it'll be paradise next,
its our paradise next

(and) Darling we will sing until we die,
we'll never waste these tears on fears and cries
and now the world is ours to take
and every single move is ours to make

This song is so relatable to finals, don't you think so? LOL. I guess he wrote it while mugging for As hahaha. It's truly encouraging la. My mood always brightens up when I listen to it :-) Only started listening to his music after last September when I went for his very small gig at UCC. And have been inspired since to make my own. LOL. Busking on the streets of Europe, that's it baby ;) 

So..I arrived at vivo and walked towards St Marc Cafe. Then I stopped at the SG50 booth as I happened to glance at the notes hanged up. The kids' drawings are so adorable!! People are supposed to write their wishes for Singapore on the note. 

Such simple idea of happiness :-) Balloons, ice-cream cones and maybe funny-looking aeroplanes, ships hahaha

The label says "nice" :') awww the kid's wish is for Singapore's society to be filled with nice people I guess. 

Flowers and sun hahaha.

AND THEN, contrast the kids' wishes with those of the adults.....

How money-minded the adults are. Sigh. Haha. Which is why I said before, the innocence of kids is so valuable. 

8. Capital City - Safe and Sound

I could lift you up
I could show you what you wanna see
And take you where you wanna be

I could show you love
In a tidal wave of mystery
You'll still be standing next to me

We're safe and sound

This song is like a happy pill to me. Hahaha. I feel instantly better whenever I listen to this song :D
It's like..everything is alright. Everything is so fine, so fly~ And I feel empowered. LOL.

To be honest, I still prefer Nana's Matcha Parfait...Wish I had that instead. Hahaha. I finally came to rest at a quiet corner of this cafe. It had been really fun traveling to the East and just not care a hoot about how people think of me when I was jamming to myself. HAHA. Felt like the characters in the movie "Begin Again" when they just plugged in and walked around the streets of New York. You guys should try it too, one day. I feel so rejuvenated now, after this little adventure. Heheheh. It's a huge contrast from my last post yeah. Guess I also died and resurrected. Thank God. Mmm okay I maintain that I am not really religious but reading the Bible occasionally has enlightened me in many ways. I came to understand why people can find comfort and strength in the verses. A handful of them are truly relatable to life and I more often than not find myself being encouraged by those words :-) 

9. S Club 7 - Never Had A Dream Come True 

Everybody's got something they had to leave behind
One regret from yesterday that just seems to grow with time
There's no use looking back or wondering
How it could be now or might have been

Because love is a strange and funny thing

Even though I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby

And I know no matter where life takes me to
A part of me will always be with you

Ups and downs. There are days we feel like shit, there are also days we feel better and happier. There is no shame to feel whatever we feel. This is something I have learnt along the way:

"I will allow space for all the feelings my heart holds. I will not cower or hide from myself. It’s okay to feel the ugly messy things. It’s okay to feel the burning brilliance of beauty. It’s okay to feel the soft winds of happiness and the quiet bursts of loneliness. Its okay to feel it all. It’s okay to be myself, all of myself, not just the good."

Special thanks to a friend who shared this quote with me :D There is no right or wrong when it comes to matters of heart. So hurting other people is inevitable. Just gotta give each other time and space to decide what to do with those feelings.

Last but not least, I will end this post with this song. It is so integral to my being that I can't describe how this song makes me feel everytime I play it.


10. Sebastian Ingrosso, Alesso - Calling (Lose My mind) ft. Ryan Tedder




Can we freeze karma and surrender our rights and wrongs
Can we just for a night let the stars decide where we belong
Maybe heaven right now is a devil or angel away
That won't change
Together we vow that our colors will sparkle the faith

And I will find you
I will find you
I will reach you
Or I, I, I will lose my mind
Lose my mind
Lose my mind
Lose my mind, yeah

I will lose my mind, yeah
Lose my mind, yeah

P.S. Seriously guys, go out there and roam the streets with music in your ears. Best experience you can get from your daily lives.