On how my day got ruined, zombie, and Aretha

What on earth possessed me to sleep at 1 last night? I'm just not cut out for late night activities. I should have slept at 9, just like how my grandma taught me to. After a jolt of hyperness this morning - provided by the late night dessert intake, I am now having the appearance of a drunken zombie. The more I think of it, my current state is not that much of a difference from those Chinese mummy that was once the famous subject of 90s Hongkong films.

A tragedy beset upon me this morning. As I tried to lock the car's door, I was damned enough to have my breakfast box (as opposed to lunch box) slipped from my grip. It was surprisingly didn't go directly to the ground. Instead, it was on the air for a while, moving in approximately 60-degree trajectory and performed a 360-degree spin at the peak before finally landing on the ground.

OK, so, maybe I did some exaggeration, but I remember it was on air long enough to give me time to scream a loud "Nooooooooo!" for the amusement of everyone in the neighborhood. Gravity force finally descended my breakfast box and destiny deemed it to be appropriate to sprinkle some condiments called dirt on my breakfast and stamped my whole day as "RUINED".

Anyway, I listened to the music of Aretha Franklin last night, and I was floored ... again. I have the same reaction every time I listen to her music after some vacuum period.



It's very unfortunate that her talent is being overshadowed by the many repulsive karaoke renditions of her famous songs (Respect, Chain of Fools, etc) and also her weight problems. People should give a chance to her music and listen to it without some preconceived idea (preferably on her 60s-70s repertoire). Not only that she has amazing technical chops, what's more important is the raw emotion that exudes in her singing.

Check Do Right Woman, Do Right Man

Aretha, together with Otis Redding and Sam Cooke helped positioned Soul as the respected music genre, and she totally deserved the title Queen of Soul.

Before I end this post, let me do a bit more complaining. The client that always calls me "Meme" is back, and he managed to blurted out "Meme" about 10 times or more during the 5 minutes that he was here. Gahhh ...

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