let the rains begin again

weather report: wear yer watertight booties to school. hehe

the past few days have been a blur... i must say the sleepover we all had on friday night was tres fantastique
but i was utterly tired out and i didn't expect me parents to wanna go on a shopping sprint after lunch
as a result i only had half an hour before my edith piaf concert at alliance francaise.

orchard park suites is pretty nice. i think i might want to rent me a maisonette kinda room if i ever manage to be that rich so much so that i can actually afford to throw that much money away. but seriously, i just love 24-hour fresh aircon and there's nothing in the guise of strenuous work to do. now that sounded a trifle weird. never mind. i'm just the future independent tai-tai type. so sue me.

i figure i'd better do something in the way of educating the masses while i'm writing this pretty pointless blog entry.. something like public service television (university education's gotten something through to me at least!), where anyone can aimlessly stumble across my webbielog and learn something. apart from my whims and fancies (hrmmm what do i want now? nothing much. just help me zoom past these days quickly till after the 20th of april...).. so here's what i learnt at alliance on saturday afternoon... through blocked up ears and sleep-lidded eyes...


Edith Piaf was Paris's most famous singer ever.. born in rue de Belleville (if you're wondering why i included that, it's because i STAYED in rue de Belleville during the length of time i was in Paris last year... how exciting heh) on December 19, 1915. Starting out as a street performer, she eventually became world famous, even earning a 7 minute standing ovation at Carnegie Hall! (at least, that's what Hossan Leong said during the concert.)She penned the lyrics and music to the song La Vie en Rose, which has been sung by the likes of Celine Dion, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti... and i never knew about this French singer till yesterday. some people might gasp, but tis' true. ah well. now you can't say you've never heard about Edith Piaf. actually some of her songs sound pretty familiar, but maybe if it was translated into English i'd understand the lyrics better. all i know is, the songs really managed to capture the feeling that's Paris, unmistakable and unexplainable, but if you'd been there before, you'd know what i mean.