Somebody forgot to turn down the stereo
Yesterday was one awfully noisy night. Being a day before Chinese New Year dictates that politicians, wanting to kiss up and be gaudy with Fil-Chi populace, grab the opportunity to make an ostentatious display of a program rife with protracted speech and awful song-and-dance numbers. I mean, that’s cool, much as I loath to say this, I admit there’s something they will gain in return for granting such favor to the Chinese (namely, more votes. That’s the bottomline. Or, more like, always the bottomline). It’s also funny how I heard feedbacks from those who attended that they needed umbrellas to barricade Counselor (? Like I care) Miles Roces’ spits.
However, I don’t really think the program is worth anything at all, except it’s meant to keep disgruntled-but-reticent neighbors awake all night. The music they played yesterday are downright awful, but what makes it worse is that these song WERE performed on stage by "aspiring" (or is it frustrated-aspiring) singer. This made the chosen mainstream music to the point of being nearly a national anthem (I’m pointing at you, Chou Hua Chien’s Peng Yow) even more painful to the ears, which is no small feat. The songs were so bad, I wanted to shout right out of my window "STOP! PLEASE, FOR THE SAKE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, SPARE US OF YOUR ATROCIOUS SONGS AND SINGING VOICES!" I couldn’t, because they couldn’t hear me and I’m too far away from the place where the program is taking place. By midnight, they still haven’t stopped, and I’m still awake because of that.
Chinese New Year is a holiday I really look forward to each year, almost to the same intensity as Christmas and New Year. However, I don’t look forward to the next time such program will take place. And of course, it will take place again next year. Spare me, please.
Anyway, happy Chinese New Year to all!
February 1st, 2006 at 2:27 am
Kong Xi Fa Cai
February 1st, 2006 at 2:28 am
Kong Xi Fa Cai!!Ü