i think i took the longest time to figure out zhang zhen yue. years ago when i first heard of him i thought he was an artist who dabbles in electronic music and i thought, wow cool, and then later i thought he was an angst ridden rocker who writes anthem about social ills, and then i found out that he actually wrote all these sappy love songs. anyway, he's one of the few things i like about chinese music. he's versatile, doesn't sound over polished or over produced, isn't one of the prefabricated pretty face idols that taiwan churns out, and his ballads aren't the soaked-in-piano drenched-in-strings kind. the songs have feel good guitar riffs instead of overused unauthentic r&b beats. he doesn't mumble. i think he must be one of most underrated voices in chinese pop. his is the perfect voice to sing for all the disenchanted self deprecating youths out there.

last night, watched 2046. it is an art film, it is like 'in the mood for love'. beautiful women in beehive dos leaning against the wall crying, everyone smoking while looking conflicted. love is the overarching theme and the story is unabashedly romantic. contains too many layers to write about. but i got sick of the 'if you have a secret whisper it into the tree' tag line. disappointed that the scene in the picture at the top did not actually appear in the film.

then did the most touristy thing. went to the long bar at raffle hotel to have a singapore sling. there were peanut shells all over the floor so we had fun dumping them from the table. live band was too loud and the foreigners were enjoying themselves. not a good place to talk. could imagine black and white flashbacks of me in my past life supping there sometime in 1930.

managed to fix the other computer when i got home. it's back to square one again, having to get all the usual programs like realplayer and quicktime. thinking of upgrading it. excited about resfest.