Tehehe

Ten years ago, we would sometimes eat duck rice at a hawkwer centre near school for lunch. We would pass under a building, dark and mostly empty. And then Goh Jianda would, sometimes on our request, other times on his own volition, laugh his trademark loud and sinister laugh that will echo against the walls and send us into juvenile squeals of laughter.

Ten years on, I've added him on Facebook. It tells me he is studying aeraspace engineering at NTU. I vaguely remember him telling me he wanted to do that, probably in sec 2 when we weren't in the same class, when we were just a tad more serious.

Goh Jianda, if you're reading this, I hope you haven't forgotten how to laugh.

On Friday I took a random stab at a free music performance by The Cheese Monkeys. I figured I wouldn't like Bubblegum Pop much, but they gave those old pop songs a jazz/blues veneer which I think works because some of those songs get too melodramatic at times.

I will never be able to play music on stage because I will never feel comfortable smiling and moving my body to the music - things that would make a world of difference for a live audience.

You will want to check the Waterfront website every now and then for free performances. I think it's a great initiative; I must remember to write a supportive email sometime. I'm looking forward to the Mosaic Music Festival in March. I will definitely be catching The Trees and the Wild. They're a great Indonesian band.

Here's a song in the meantime.