Reflections of my childhood

with all the hullabaloo of the BSB UK tour i decided to reflect on my childhood. everyone i know (well almost every1 i know) have gone to watch or going to watch BSB perform. the reason, well because they all grew up with BSB. that got me thinking. i actually never liked boybands. i listened to BSB songs and i know who they are but i never was into them. i liked spice girls and wouldve gone to listen to the them perform had i the time and money but thats about it. i can't really say that i liked any particular boyband/girlband that truly influence my childhood. i did not memorize any dance steps albeit i can probably sing a long to majority of their songs but it stops there. am i weird? possibly.

my first crush was on Prince William. a prince! hahahahaha i did not imagine Nick Carter serenading me, instead i imagined myself in a castle with a crown on my head and a long flowy dress. i guess i've always had an obsession to be a princess. then i moved on to a footballer. only after a while did i like Aaron Carter but that's about as far as i go in liking boys who cant really sing LoL

so instead, what childhood dreams do i want to live out? since everyones going bananas over BSB, all i want to do is go and meet Prince William, or maybe Barney HAHAHAHA no, actually i realized that my childhood is pretty much boring. abnormal and boring. i remembered watching Sound of Music for hours, then Beauty and the Beast, then Mary Poppins, then Adams Family. I seem to really like those movies when i was a kid. owh n i loved Space Jam for some odd reason. so what i really would like to do is watch Sound of Music on stage and go to Austria and visit the house. that's my childhood dream, boring huh? ohhhh and of course since i was 12 when cikgu sri spoke about Le Fantome de l'Opera ive always wanted to watch it on stage...wait, i already DID!

yup, on saturday, suki and i went to watch the Phantom of the Opera. and BRILLIANT sums it all up. the stage we thought was small, how wrong were we! it was amazing! the effects, the lighting, the chandelier coming down, the gargoyle hanging and the phantom standing on it. masquerade was absolutely delightful to watch, they did haf a stair case! and of course the lake in the basement, the boat, everything. i just cant describe how blown away i was by it. it truly is a classic! a must see for every1, no wonder it's always sold out! we sat at the stalls (55pounds/ticket) and so we had a pretty up close view of all the actors...wonderful, wonderful, wonderful i wouldnt mind watching it again :D

so since i was a kid ive always liked these things, musicals, books and other boring things. maybe it's partly attributed to the fact that i was homeschooled most of the time that led me to never getting into all the BSB, N Sync, watever else craze there was. i used to read Smash Hits and i had Spice Girls posters in my room, yet the pop scene didnt really influence my life. i loved music by the Corrs and i adored Buffy the Vampire Slayer. did i have an abnormal childhood for idealising Buffy, i think not.

maybe some aspects of my childhood is questionable. i mean i did listen to Pearl Jam and Oasis thanks to my brothers strumming their guitars and singing ever so loudly from their rooms...now what sort of kid sings a long to lyrics such as "oh where oh where could my baby be? the Lord took her away from me, she's gone to heaven so i gotta be good so i can see my baby when i leave this world"? i didnt even know what it meant at the time LoL

anyways, i'll like everyone to go and listen to Wonderwall by Oasis...aishah got me to listen to them in the first place and then i was thinking, ive heard this song from somewhere. then i remembered, my brother played it on his guitar if im not mistaken. ahhhh childhood memories. that's one thing i noe that brings normalcy to my childhood, my r'ship wid my bro. every1 has a close sibling/friend....and this is so gonna sound spastic (lets hope he never reads dis) but my bro was my friend through out growing up...and i guess a lot of my childhood memories consists of him either bullying me or making me happy or spent chasing each other around the dining table (which we did till i left for d UK LoL)...so go, listen to Oasis now ;)