Lady Gaga - Vanish Into You

This song is just powerful and great.

See you in May, Lady Gaga. Still can't believe I got a ticket.

Lady Gaga - Zombieboy

 After five years, I was really looking forward to Mayhem. I've always been a Little Monster. I remembered the moment Chromatica was released. In the midst of a pandemic and when everybody was confined to the walls of our home (or room), Chromatica gave me warm and solace that I didn't even realise I needed. Chromatica was an awesome album, I listened to the songs at midnight on Spotify, immediately when it was released. I love the album. A few songs were so good, I can't fathom why they didn't become a single (Replay, for example).

So when Lady Gaga announced that she is releasing a new album, I was hooked. I've listened to her songs enough to know that I wouldn't like her song on first hear. I'm not sure why. I've tried listening to many of her songs and I almost never really like any of her songs on the first listening. It took me a while to like a few songs I absolutely love right now (Do What U Want - but screw R. Kelly, Stupid Love, or even Disease). 

But Zombieboy was different. It clicked immediately when I first heard it. I thought it would be something dark, but it turned out to be a charismatic, lively song with a hint of sadness, which turns out to be because it was written and sung in tribute to an actual model nicknamed Zombie Boy that Lady Gaga collaborated before and committed suicide a few years ago.

My inner empath is right - I often detect subtle emotions accurately.

At the moment I'm still more fond of Chromatica. A few songs in Mayhem is great but I probably need some time to grow some liking.

Speaking of Lady Gaga, she's coming to Singapore for a 4-day concert. I've never attended one and have never wanted to go to one, but you can bet that I will try with every fibre of my being to snatch a ticket!

Lady Gaga - Abracadabra

As a Gaga fan, I must said, I'm extremely thrilled for Mayhem!

Lady Gaga never disappoints. After 15 years, she's back to her root.

2024 End

It feels surreal that, in two hours, as I am typing this, we'll enter 2025. A new year.

Plenty has happened in 2024.

I've had a tough period at my job. But I've felt loved and appreciated, so it's a good thing.

I'm currently living in a place I enjoy. With friends. That's great.

I've travelled too much this year.....to attend weddings, not for leisure. It's getting very tiring.

I've just travelled to KL after many years. The public transport isn't great but is good enough for me to travel around. Quite a nice place to visit, but definitely not a desirable place to settle down.

Plus, I got sick on the last day. Quite miserable.

I visited Seletar Airport for the first time, took the ATR-72 flight for the first time. Not very comfortable, but tolerable and is alright. Can repeat in future.

I've visited Kuching after leaving that place since 2018. Many has changed. Food stalls have changed. Renovations were made. It has become an unfamiliar familiar place.

I travelled back to Penang a lot less frequently. Feel bad for my parents, but then I didn't do much even if I go back either.

2025, I hope is better. I pray for that every year, but it seldom transpires.

A new year, new hope? Maybe.

New reality? We shall see.

Lady Gaga - Disease

Lady Gaga has had an awesome year.

Joker 2 gave her a starring role. I wanted to watch it, but I didn't watch the first and rumour swirl (and later confirms) that the movie is a disappointment, so I forewent it.

But she dropped Die With A Smile with Bruno Mars, which I found to be kind of a random collaboration (btw, a great year for Bruno Mars it seems). I didn't quite enjoy it.

Some of her songs for Joker 2 were good though. Happy Mistake was a critically successful song that truly showcased her vocals.

Then she dropped the news that she'd be releasing Disease, a new single on 25th of Oct, at noon. It was a Friday, and it was a working hour.

OMG

I have been a Lady Gaga fan (but not a diehard one) since she released Bad Romance. She has truly influenced my life.

Needless to say, I immediately listened to it once it was released. Thank God for Spotify and internet.

Like all her usual songs, it didn't click on first hearing. But after giving it a few more tries, I must admit, it's one hell of a song.

Can't wait for her full album!

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT. (Official Music Video)

I never expected to like this song, nor did I expect this to become an ear worm.

Just as someone commented, this is a collaboration between two singers we never knew we needed and wanted, but which now everybody loves.

There might be a latent Gen-Z in me after all, it seems.

July 2024

Oh wow time flies, doesn't it?

I've generally become less active here, as you probably can tell. I'm providing less updates and at the moment it doesn't seem like I'll reverse this course, partly because, well, life changes, and I do not find it necessary to keep updating this blog. But I do not want it to die - after all, this is something I created a very long time ago, and had been a very important part of my life, and had been, and still is, an important part of my life. I won't let it die, but I'm diverting my energy away to something else at the moment.

Well, July 2024. Half a year has passed.

I'm one year now in the new company, and I love it. Surely, wherever I go, there are flaws. But currently the company I'm working at is perfect for what I need at the moment. Things might change down the road, but at the moment I'm content here.

I have to relearn many things I have long forgotten, and do things I had never done before. I love the challenge, but I am getting a bit 'old' to tire myself for things like this. Many people of my age have slowly abandoned the pursue and settled with what they are good at (or lack thereof) already, but I am thinking, I'm still young, I can afford to work hard a few more years. I'm sure it'll bear fruit eventually. Hopefully.

I've got an exam in September 2024. I'm a little panicky now, because I'm woefully underprepared.

Hopefully things will work out for me, as it always has. 

Usually...