Tuesday, December 27, 2005
I heard Debbie Gibson's 'Electric Youth' on radio while finishing up design for Hyatt Hangzhou. And boy does it really bring back tons of memory. (I think my girlfriends who mostly are now mothers - except for 2 - would agree to that)
It was almost 20 years ago when we were the ones who would perform at each and every concert that the school has - Teacher's Day, National Day, NPCC Farewell Cancert Day (also jadi) as long as we can prance on stage. But Debbie Gibson is especially nostalgic as it is one of the numbers that even though we got all the dance-steps to a T could not make for all adoring eyes to see as some teachers thought that we have performed 'enough' already - meaning give others a chancelah. I think when we were on the roll we performed so many numbers like "New Order-The Great Commandents" to "Starship's-Always". Any dance will do...even simple steps like moving left to right & waving your hands can do too...we even rope in some guys from our uniformed group to make it look like we do not dominate too much.Oh I was also involved in - are you ready for this - BORIA! So Melayu I know - must inject a bit of culturelah - support our people.
Back then Bros & Menudo were our idols,(Ricky Martin, who's part of Menudo was virtually unknown at that time) then came New Kids on the Block. The ultracool would put posters of Depeche Mode on their files & folders. I put all my favourite artistes on pins on my bag...until you can hardly see the surface of the bag if you know what I mean - the more the merrier. I memorised almost all Debbie's & Tiffany's songs..and sing along cassette tapes in walkmans.
aaahh..those were the days when you thought nothing else matters but the gel on your hair and the pom-poms on your socks.