Interesting observation For Music in the 1st Quarter

I see many similarities between the top singles around the globe: Right Round by Flo Rida (ft. Kesha) and Poker Face by Lady Gaga. Haha.

It seems that most of us are exposed to these two singers/rappers through their first two singles; namely Low and Just Dance, which are also coincidentally year-end hits. And both appeal to the dance music lovers, and both have their two hits heavily rotated in MTV, VH1 and TRACE. Did I mention that both artists are American? And both songs are based on samples of number one hits.

However, the differences stop here.

It appears that Flo Rida had already released two albums while Lady Gaga, one. It also appears that Poker Face climbed and charted more charts (in fact, almost all the charts that it charted will end up in it topping the charts) while Right Round had debuted almost instant on top in some charts.

And although these two songs are on top of most charts around the world, they are a result of fragmentisation of the music market, due to the proliferation of variety of music that we can listen to through the Internet. Hence it is now more difficult for any artise to top a chart unless he (or she) commands the support of most of the audience in the music market he contests. With dance clubs and radio stations globally only playing that few tracks every night, it is inevitable that both Right Round and Poker Face will be frequently played and hence increasing their chances for domination for the time being. And on the adult music side, I'm Yours by Jason Mraz has still mentioned its position since March 2008 for one full year!  Fortunately, with earlier (minor) charted hits, Mraz will not be relegated to a one-hit wonder...

And yup, a big question on my head: will Love Sex Magic eventually top the charts? I wonder.

I miss my ol schs

Read if you miss your high school years. Do it if you miss it more! BIODATA. 1) Which school did you go to? XX Primary (shan't talk more abt pri sch anymore), Nan Hua High School, Pioneer Junior College (besides the NH part, I find it ok... but... :D) 2) What classes were you in? 102, 202, 306, 406, 07S05, 07S01, 08A04, 08A01 3) What was/were your favourite lesson(s)? Geography and History. (that's why I take them all the way!) And, to your astonishment, Chem too. (I take Econs now just to spend this time chit-chat with a friend and enjoy myself, not worrying about 'A's like others do) 4) If you could remember, what time was your recess? EVERY 2 HOURS (In PJ, I had 3 hours of consecutive lessons though :() 5) List down your favourite food/snacks. Mixed Vegetable Rice:) And doughnuts, a la Homer Simpsons Style :) STYLE. 1) Did you have a nickname way back in high school? Ginseng. Love this nickname 2) How did you wear your socks? Wear as high as I could. 3) Have you been suspended due to the way you put on your uniform? NO 4) Were you given plenty of reminders about your appearance? Yes. Tuck in the shirt please 5) Who did you look up to when you were in high school? Mdm Yip in NH and Mr "Awesome" Osman in JC. She opened my world in history. He opened new perspectives in geography for the first time in my life (no offence to my previous geog teachers but last year was the first time I took Geog seriously, lol) PUNISHMENT. 1) Name one memorable scene where you were punished in front of the whole class. Mocking the DM and called to the back. The deputy DM insisted I be punished but the no. 3 DM tried to budge... the no. 2 won and I just... got a whuppin'. 2) How many times did you skip class? What were you doing? None in NH, infinite number of times in PJ PE:P 3) Give one scene where you escaped from being caught/punished. Ask the cameras in all of my schools 4) Did you vandalize any school property? No time to vandalise. Study study study 5) Did you ever make any teacher cry? YEP. For my atrocious results in Promos and Sec 3. TEACHERS. 1) Who was your favourite teacher? Mdm Yip Kwai Fong! (actually, Ms Usha is a close second:)) 2) Describe your DM. My DM is a tall female teacher who is really beautiful and gorgeous but firm. She's actually... 3) Who was the funniest/weirdest/loudest teacher? Mr "Awesome"... He never fails to make me smile. FRIENDS. 1) Were you popular back then? I am notorious, not popular. Everybody knows what tricks I'd done 2) Were you in a big group of boys/girls or small ones? Big group of boys 3) Who were your best friends? Who is the classmate in my class for 7 years or so? Add Shazwan (pri sch schoolmate) to this... and if time could go back, add Leo and Hairul and briefly, Pallavi in the mix. 4) Did you and your friends have nicknames? I call all the nicknames 5) What were your favourite memories of you and your friends? Ponning the orientation in PJ and lying that I feel so low that I need Leo's and Dan's comfort. lol And not to forget in NH... the daily visit to my cousin's and Leo's classes (so near to each other!) CCA. 1) What type of CCA were you in? SV - (Whatever I forgot) Dance Club. A big reason why I may had chosen NH out of the blues when BP/Kranji don't want me :( NH - NP (woohoo), and also Infocomm Club PJ - Astronomy, then Board Games Club, then for now none. 2) What did you have to bring to your CCA? Pe shirt and shorts for pri and sec schs, basketball shoes (I wear this often though all the time), towel, bottle 3) What did your CCA require you to do? Run around here and there and do all the moves in almost all cases --- except Astro, in which I just listen to LB's lectures. 4) Got injured? Yup yup yup CRUSHES/LOVE. 1) Who was your first crush? Cherry (sec sch) 2) Are you in good terms with your last crush? Nope. Dunno where she is (physically). lol 3) Did you ever had a relationship with anyone in your high school? NOPE. 4) Have you ever made out in school? NOPE. CLOSING CEREMONY. 1) How did high school changed you? NH 2) Sing one verse of your school song. I wrote this on Wikipedia. Years it takes to build a nation, strive we to this end with valour always. Nurtured we from childhood through our youth, finest essence spread we all our days. Loving, loyal, filial, upright, courteous be. Patient, tolerent and humble we shall be. Work together each dutifully, forward to the future eagerly... 3) What was your favourite question? "What type of CCA were you in?" I got a low T-Score for PSLE but did fairly well for 'O's. Value-added, eh? But NH was so wonderful! CCAs is what brouight me into NH but they allow me to explore in other CCAs --- as well as study. PJ, too. 4) Who/what will you remember from your high school? The experience I got, duh 5) Any memories you will not forget. Too much white in my mind liao, see white space lah.