Yellow Monday 黄色星期一

Is that the opposite of a black Monday? Had a surprisingly pleasant day at work today. : )

Havin heard a great part of their latest album, I now see why WeiFoong described Simple Plan’s songs as whiny. They do complain quite a lot. Perhaps music as a platform for critical observations is cool, but it aint so when it’s from the narrow viewpoint of an individual, or rather, a class of individuals. Their songs seem to be rife with teen angst. And the tunes and style of music were rather similar throughout the album. But there are some gems. As self-sympathizing as Welcome To My Life is, it does strike a chord when one feels that down.

The mainstream hits – Perfect and Untitled, do sound good. Crazy contains some acute observations on young girls’ obsession with their looks, and the media’s role in this. But I’d say it shies in comparison to Edison Chen (feat MC Yan)’s “Circus” (Ma Hei Tuen馬戲團) though. This one’s metaphoric criticism on how Hong Kong society is increasingly distracted by the face value of things. This album’s quite a gem by the way. Will write a full-blown commentary on it soon.

With only like 3 weeks left till I'm off back to manchester, i've gotta fast forward the spring cleaning.. in various aspects of my life.

erm..as for the dual-language title, it's just my attempt at practising my chinese and fully utilising that software : D