Turn On the Radio

"Turn on the radio and listen to the news! Cos blah blah gonna win and u gotta lose! So back, back, back to your seat, cos blah blah gonna win and u gotta lose!"

The above cheer was much often used in my sec sch days during inter-department games and such. And yes, I am back to listening to the radio after a long break of 10 years.

I used to place a small radio set on my studying desk, and I would listen to 93.3FM every evening without fail. The radio set came with a cassette recorder. At all times, a cassette tape would be put on stand-by to prepare me to record any nice songs heard over the radio. Every evening, I would listen to the song dedications sent by students islandwide and a handful from Malaysia. Its a nice feeling hearing all the well wishes from ppl, and I could feel countless of students mugging hard alongside with me. Such a routined lifestyle took place hroughout my late pri sch and early sec sch days.

I took a complete break from the FM after entering the JC, and didn get the chance to listen to the radio in the army. When I was in NUS, I did not bring along any FM set with me to my hostel. A mini breakthrough occured after I bought my Nokia 8310, which come with the FM function. However, I only listen to Symphony 92.4FM during my study for examination in the library. Not so much of listening to the music, but to shield myself away from the distractions and noise made by others.

Now, I am back to a 'routined' lifestyle, staying at home with my hi-fi set placed next to my PC. Its just out of convenience that I switch it on to listen to the radio every evening. The voice of the deejays sound unfamiliar, and the ppl who dedicated the songs every evening are of age much younger than me now.

I used to listen to the chinese pop songs without paying much attention to the lyrics. I would be hymning the tunes for countless of times and yet I din know what the song was really about. Now, I tend to pay more attention to the lyrics. Very often, I would encounter a handful of songs which I feel the composer must have experienced quite a bit before he/she can write such touching, meaningful and wonderful lyrics. And perhaps its also due to my personal experiences I have gained over the past decade, that I can finally get to understand and appreciate some of the lyrics written.

Most of the song dedications nowadays seem to be from ppl troubled with love. Sighz...