so here it is: late, as per my usual style, but here nonetheless. my Michael Jackson tribute post. :(



i dont know, maybe i needed time for the news to sink and settle in. i mean, seriously, Michael Jackson dead?! i found out last night, and spent the entire day hoping Michael Jackson would suddenly pop up and say "SURPRISE! JOKE!" and the news wouldnt be true. but they are.

i found out in the laundry room last night, when i was playing with Jae's iphone and went on facebook. and saw a few statuses saying "Michael Jackson?!" and "RIP MJ". and i was like :O:O:O WHAT OMG NO WAY. then i went on google to look for news. and told Jae. and we went on the New York Times, CNN, BBC and Guardian and found solid reports. and then i announced aloud to the whole laundry room in disbelief, "MICHAEL JACKSON IS DEAD". @_____@

seriously, this is the first celeb passing i've ever remotely cared about. well, Heath Ledger la, but that registered more shock than sadness and honestly cannot compare to the way i felt after finding out about MJ.

i cant place my finger exactly on why the world cares so much for Michael Jackson's death. i mean, you didnt see movie theatres suddenly coming out with Heath Ledger movie marathons. i didnt feel compelled to suddenly put on 10 Things I Hate About You. but this morning, i woke up and like the rest of the world, i put on Man in the Mirror on my itunes.

maybe its because he was more than just a part of our lives. he defined foot-tapping childhoods, turbulent teenage years, funky coming-of-ages. he actually was our lives at one point.

and so each of us have a Michael Jackson memory. or two. or more.

i remember i first heard of Michael Jackson when i went over to my next-door-neighbour's house to play and she put on the Thriller tape on her VCR. hahaha i remember i was hooked from the beginning. i was like super into the video okay wtf. i was enthralled by the storyline (wtf ZOMBIE AT THE END OMG LADY WATCH OUTTTT) and mimicked the zombie dance and all. i even borrowed back the tape and made my sister watch it with me every afternoon even though she was scared of the zombies wtf. and then that evening at dinner, i sat down and announced to my parents that I LOVE MICHAEL JACKSON. HE IS MY FAVOURITE SINGER! :D

watching Michael Jackson music videos - i REALLY dont remember what music video this was for: i've been trying to find it on google and youtube the entire day but cannot find. do any of you guys know? i was so young, all i remember is MJ in a white shirt singing against a lush green nature backdrop. +_+ hahah i remember i must've been super young cos that was before we got Astro or Mega TV (zomg guys, remember MEGA TV?!) and the only time i could watch music videos was when they showed on public TV. like in between tv programmes and commercials. zomg i would get so excited. got one time my dad wanted to change the channel and i screeched "DONT DO THAT, DADDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!" like fuck, as if he was scalding me in boiling water or something wtf. :p

anyways yeah. after i got Astro, it was MTV all the way. and i remember watching MJ music videos allll the time. Remember the Time, Black and White (hahaha fuck i remember i was like ZOMGZOMGZOMG at the end of the video too cos he change into leopard wtffff), Give in To Me, You Are Not Alone...

my dad's favourite cup - this white plastic thing printed with the Dangerous album cover (yeah my parents damn 7 lame).


my favourite question as a kid was "do you know who the King of Pop is!" to which my mom would tiredly answer, "Michael Jackson".

dancing along to Thriller and Billie Jean. hahaha i remember jumping around on my house's tiles and being like, wtf why dont light up wan. -_-"

wanting to go to the Michael Jackson concert, but parents dont lettttttt. wuwuwu. T_T

singing Heal the World during assembly in secondary school.

getting excited over Michael Jackson Week on American Idol.

and i swear to god, just a few months ago, i got caught up in this Michael Jackson phase hahaha. i listened to his entire Greatest Hits album daily, told everyone on MSN about it, and went to Reading and annoyed the shit out of Aimi singing The Way You Make Me Feel and making her watch the music video on youtube with me. :D

and Jman and i were just talking about his comeback concert in London when we went for the Jason Mraz concert, and saying how we would totally have paid to attend it if we had been in UK over the summer.

and so i am resolutely ignoring the disrespectful idiots out there who update their facebook statuses with "Thank God Michael Jackson is dead - now his kids can actually walk around without wearing bags over their heads" and "HAHAHA WACKO JACKO IS DEAD" and that one person who, when i said i was saddened by MJ's death, said: "aiya i bet you dont even care la. look what he did during his lifetime. and what a convenient death, now he doesnt have to pay off his debts".

because... I LARV YEW, MICHAEL JACKSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

RIP, MJ. you've definitely gone too soon. x