- a new initiative to get off the hook of having to wish people happy birthday every now and then.
295. echo her spirit
Album Review 83: Leona Lewis – Echo
1. Happy – 4.5/5
2. I Got You – 4/5
3. Can’t Breathe – 3.5/5
4. Brave – 3.5/5
5. Outta My Head – 4/5
6. My Hands – 3.5/5
7. Love Letter – 4/5
8. Broken – 5/5
9. Naked – 4.5/5
10. Stop Crying Your Heart Out – 4/5
11. Don’t Let Me Down – 4/5
12. Alive – 4/5
13. Lost Then Found – 4.5/5
14. Stone Hearts & Hand Grenades (Hidden Track) – 3/5
Leona Lewis – Echo:
56/14 =
4.00"echo" is a much better, less boring album than her previous "spirit". the songs are filled with more spirit and emotions, and then there's upbeat songs included to make the album less monotonous. lots of the songs are hits-qualified, especially since i think "broken" is better than "happy". bt sadly, i don't think this album would sell very well because the lead single is already punctured at no.50 on billboard hot 100. but this is definetely an album i won't fall asleep to, unlike a lot of other boring r&b and ballad albums.
Labels: album
294. fearless (platinum edition)
hi, i just reviewed the number??? edition of fearless, the plain-tinum edition, which was just released, and spammed 8 hot 100 singles in one week, the most for any female artist.
Album Review 80: Taylor Swift – Fearless (Platinum Edition)
1. Jump Then Fall – 5/5
2. Untouchable – 4/5
3. Forever & Always (Piano Version) – 3/5
4. Come In With The Rain – 3.5/5
5. SuperStar – 3/5
6. The Other Side Of The Door – 3.5/5
7. Fearless – 4/5
8. Fifteen – 3.5/5
9. Love Story – 5/5
10. Hey Stephen – 4/5
11. White Horse – 3/5
12. You Belong With Me – 5/5
13. Breathe – 4.5/5
14. Tell Me Why – 4/5
15. You’re Not Sorry – 4/5
16. The Way I Loved You – 3.5/5
17. Forever & Always – 4/5
18. The Best Day – 3.5/5
19. Change – 4/5
Taylor Swift – Fearless (Platinum Edition):
74/19 =
3.89quite glad that i dont have to listen to 19 tracks at 1 go, only 6 extra tracks built on to the previous fearless which i have graded. so there are 6 extra tracks, but she chose to release as yet another edition, and not an ep or whatsoever. its obviously a ploy to increase chart span of fearless on billboard 200 and also the sales of fearless. she's gonna release billions of edition till fearless goes diamond (10x platinum). poor addicted taylor swift fans, burning holes in their pocket believing in taylor swift's fantasies. nevertheless, the platinum edition still lags behind the standard edition, which got 4.00, mostly because of the piano version of "forever & always", which doesn't sound as nice as the original. luckily her collaboration with john mayer, the track "half of my heart", wasn't here. i would have graded that song 0 on this album (outside of this album, it's a 4.5/5) because i can't hear her in the track, she was practically non-existent there. perhaps thats why the song sounded better, because only john mayer can be heard.
Labels: album
293. the e.n.d.
once again, syncing with ky, we reviewed black eyed pea's the e.n.d.
Album Review 74: Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D.
1. Boom Boom Pow – 5/5
2. Rock That Body – 3.5/5
3. Meet Me Halfway – 5/5
4. Imma Be – 3.5/5
5. I Gotta Feeling – 5/5
6. Alive – 5/5
7. Missing You – 4/5
8. Ring-A-Ling – 3.5/5
9. Party All The Time – 4.5/5
10. Out Of My Head – 3.5/5
11. Electric City – 3/5
12. Showdown – 3.5/5
13. Now Generation – 3.5/5
14. One Tribe – 3.5/5
15. Rockin To The Beat – 3.5/5
Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D.:
59.5/15 =
3.97this is a lyrically retarded album, but very suitable dance album for a house party. fergie's lungs are too big, all across the album i hear her shouting, and it seems like they had to edit it to make it sound softer.
Labels: album
292. ocean eyes sucked balls
kwang yu "recommended" me to listen to owl city's "ocean eyes" album, i did so and im damn happy to have broken my all time lowest album review score previously set by mika's shit which got a 2.85. ocean eyes got a 2.33.
Album Review 68: Owl City - Ocean Eyes
1. Cave In - 3.5/5
2. The Bird And The Worm - 3/5
3. Hello Seattle - 2.5/5
4. Umbrella Beach - 4/5
5. The Saltwater Room - 2/5
6. Dental Care - 2/5
7. Meteor Shower - 1/5
8. On The Wing - 1/5
9. Fireflies - 3/5
10. The Tip Of The Iceberg - 1.5/5
11. Vanilla Twilight - 1.5/5
12. Tidal Wave - 3/5
Owl City - Ocean Eyes:
28/12 =
2.33well the first few songs were ok up to umbrella beach, and umbrella beach, even was doing quite nicely. but everything after that was a hell lot of hell with boring songs and more boring songs, and up till "meteor showers", the worst song on this album, and probably i have ever rated, i had to skim through the album to save my life before my brain crunches up into nothingness. but i think i will brave through mika's album again because i think he is still the worst shit i have ever heard.
Labels: album
291. happy hello-ween
hi all, happy halloween. since everyone's reflecting on their high school life, i think i can't miss out on it too or i would be too heartless like kanye west.
obviously sec 1 and sec 2 weren't the most happy days of my life because i would have spent it hating half of the class or doing something stupid, so our d class was probably the most ununited class (so much for dynamic). not like we would have taken a class photo like a and c class anyway because our dear joyce isn't here no more. ya, but absolutely no regrets for all i've done then. "im not your bitch, don't hang your shit on me."
and then flipping through the report book, i realised it was sec 1 that i got c5 for lit probably because of the lack of knowing how to write essaies because miss tan wasn't here till term 2, screwing up my msg while other subjects were a1 and a2. sec 2 wasn't that good either although i improved to a b3 for lit from diva's class, because my english, chinese and science dropped to b3, screwing up my msg even further.
sec 3 was a much better year because theres no more hateration in the class. became relative more fun class. and sec 4 was an even more fun year because... we have a common goal of great entertainment in class? the card business don't know operate for how many months already, and it was great bonding because nearly the whole class was involved in it. wow if this was accepted in the model class award form, we would have won for class spirit and bonding.
and then ya, lots of great friends. but unlike ky, for me, new friendships are forged, but the old ones are nearly mostly forgotten because a lot (but less compared to other classes) left for cse, leaving me with only saying hi to them, probably other than xujun and yupei.
also, not to forget the great fun in bsc, helping me lose my interest in short touring, where i made more friends too. lots of unforgettable memories, from "donkeypunching" vids, to aaron's big load of you know what, to zx's sleeptalk, to ky stealing my chips, to lester twisting his ankle (or was it a sprain) like chiucc. apparently, what i remember from bsc isn't about china, but about what you all did there. hope to be able to go on a long long trip, to places with internet connection.
last but not least (actually i have a lot to say but don't dare to say out), i would like to thank every teacher, let me try to recall what i can remember about them.
sec 1:
miss tan (english/lit): extremely knowledgeable and competent teacher, glad to have her teach me for 3 years.
miss tan (chinese): or is it madam or mrs? i don't know, but she has a loud voice, and something great just like other elder female teachers, undescribable.
miss cai (maths): sun tattoo on her back. most likely can't remember me.
mrs teo (lss): long live mrs teo. i regretted disliking her in sec 1. many unforgettable quotes, "you must be joking ah", "if you want to be outstanding, i can let your be out standing.". a pity out class wasn't badass enough to get her to scold the f word.
miss ling (history): left after 1.5 years, that was fast. her teaching was well, extraordinary. whole day videos. she actually still uses the account where she put hci in the hotmail address.
miss sunita (geog): who could forget her fantastic sarcasm, and the never ever laugh at her own jokes face. allergic to cocoa, yeah she told me.
sec 2:
miss tan mentioned, miss sunita mentioned
miss teo (chinese): damn loud voice. forever energetic.
miss pek (maths): great artist. project mentor, helped me get a b+.
mrs chua (chem): damn fast.
mrs chai aka diva (lit): love to sq. amiable teacher. flyer distributing teacher.
mr ho (history): typical male teacher? he looks a little unhappy to me.
mr lim (geog): although teach half a year only but he could still remember me. nothing much to complain about him. great.
mr koh (is): thanks for passing my c++. what a kind teacher.
mr sng (is): happy marriage. if it wasn't allowed to refer to others for c++ test, i would have failed.
sec 3:
miss tan mentioned.
miss lee (chinese): extreme gentleness.
miss tong (maths): the most caring and friendly teacher i have ever ever seen. thanks for sending a note during this year eoy to encourage us.
mr yap (physics): why leaving so soon?
mrs seck (chem): my thumbdrive is still with her lol. glad to have her follow up to sec 4.
mrs chan (ihc): still marvelling at her ability to get people to quiet down for a long time by just saying keep quiet. love her short tabled notes and little bible.
miss yap (geog): another very friendly and kind teacher.
sec 4:
mrs seck mentioned, mrs chan mentioned, miss yap mentioned.
mrs wong (english): not bad, very friendly too.
mdm chiu (chinese): injures herself frequently? very o-level oriented? memorable sometimes-self-derogatory english "i.t retarded", "go to hell".
miss siew (maths): never punctual, damn friendly, occasional sudden scary flareups and back to normal with just a blink of an eye.
mr tieu (physics): thanks for improving my physics. great to "come" to your lessons.
miss gwee (geog): sorry for telling you the wrong date for paper check. the disneyland ppt must have sucked quite a bit.
wow that sure was a long post, but thanks to everyone in my high school life, even to those i wasn't on good terms with. don't feel like going over to jc, quite love life at the high school side.
"flames to dust, lovers to friends, why do all good things come to an end?"
1. Metallica – Master Of Puppets – 5.00
2. Madonna – Ray Of Light – 4.92
3. Metallica – Kill 'Em All – 4.80
4. Hootie & The Blowfish – Cracked Rear View – 4.77
5. AC/DC – Back In Black – 4.50*
6. Green Carnation – Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness – 4.50*
7. Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell – 4.50*
8. Metallica – Ride The Lightning – 4.50*
9. Metallica – Metallica – 4.50*
10. Metallica – Load – 4.50*
11. Shakira – She Wolf – 4.33
12. Madonna – True Blue – 4.28
13. Guns N' Roses – Appetite For Destruction – 4.25
14. Madonna – Madonna – 4.25
15. Metallica – ...And Justice For All – 4.22
16. Dido – No Angel – 4.21
17. Madonna – Music – 4.15
18. Madonna – Bedtime Stories – 4.14
19. U2 – Achtung Baby – 4.13
20. Def Leppard – Hysteria – 4.12
21. Beyonce – I Am... Sasha Fierce – 4.09
22. Bonnie Tyler – Faster Than The Speed Of Night – 4.06*
23. Michael Jackson – Thriller – 4.06*
24. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black – 4.05
25. Madonna – Confessions On A Dance Floor – 4.04
26. Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill – 4.00
27. Taylor Swift – Fearless – 4.00
28. Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D. – 3.97
29. Madonna – Hard Candy – 3.96
30. Madonna – American Life – 3.95**
31. Madonna – Like A Prayer – 3.95**
32. Def Leppard – Pyromania – 3.95*
33. Mariah Carey – Music Box – 3.95*
34. Metallica – Death Magnetic – 3.95*
35. Beyonce – I Am... Sasha Fierce Deluxe Edition – 3.94
36. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill – 3.92
37. Nirvana – Nevermind – 3.92
38. Taylor Swift – Fearless (Platinum Edition) – 3.89
39. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV – 3.88
40. Britney Spears – Britney – 3.83*
41. Mariah Carey – Daydream – 3.83*
42. Britney Spears – Blackout – 3.79*
43. Britney Spears – In The Zone – 3.79*
44. Janet Jackson – Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 – 3.79*
45. Mariah Carey – Butterfly – 3.79*
46. Muse – Black Holes And Revelations – 3.79*
47. Britney Spears – Oops!... I Did It Again – 3.75*
48. Lady Gaga – The Fame – 3.75*
49. Mariah Carey – Mariah Carey – 3.73
50. Mariah Carey – The Emancipation Of Mimi – 3.71
51. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon – 3.70*
52. Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded – 3.70*
53. Nelly Furtado – Loose – 3.69
54. Britney Spears – Circus – 3.67
55. Cher – Believe – 3.65*
56. Madonna – Like A Virgin – 3.65*
57. F.I.R. – 飞行部落 – 3.65*
58. Britney Spears – ...Baby One More Time – 3.59
59. Coldplay – Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends – 3.55
60. Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad – 3.54
61. Madonna – Erotica – 3.54
62. Mariah Carey – E=MC2 – 3.50
63. Mariah Carey – Rainbow – 3.46
64. Leona Lewis – Spirit – 3.46
65. Kylie Minouge – Fever – 3.46
66. Janet Jackson – Discipline – 3.42
67. Mariah Carey – Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel – 3.38
68. Mariah Carey – Emotions – 3.25
69. Alicia Keys – As I Am – 3.21
70. Mariah Carey – Charmbracelet – 2.47
71. Owl City – Ocean Eyes – 2.33
72. Mariah Carey – Glitter – 2.25
73. Mika – Life In Cartoon Motion – 2.05
74. Mika – The Boy Who Knew Too Much – 2.00
