Showing posts with label U2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label U2. Show all posts

Thursday, June 24, 2010

20100624: Boot Licking

I learnt this new term over-hearding some young junior high kids. I know apple-polishing, & sesame grinding. But boot licking? Hmmm... reminds me of U2 Get On Your Boots, Puss in Boots.
Nowadays, not many people wearing boots, as compare to people eating apple (Is it a generation gap thingy?). So, I come to conclude that this is quite an "opiang" term taught by their opiang boot-wearing teacher.
Next time, if want to get flattered or feel like a million bucks, please wear boots. I have a few pairs of boots which I only wore for gardening or during raining days which seems like going to flood.
The only thing that would lick them would be my lab, but everytime I imagine I would say "Shoo dog, smelly, poison."
Well, it's still pretty hard to imagine boot licking in my dictionary. I wonder how they came to term this, imagine your boss saying: "Come... Lick my boots." "Boss, you're wearing air jordan today wo. How about if I polish your apple." "Darn, those boots are uncomfy compare my AJ1. Ok la, give me the apple good for my health I'll give you more increment if we survive this financial year." "Sure bos, anything you say bos, I polish this apple with enzyme so all the chemical wax is gone. That's how we do it at home."
Hmmm, I think those apple we buy is necessary to polish if we want to eat the nutricious skin.
So, apple polishing might turn out to be a good sport.

There's no boots to lick nowadays anyway... ;-)

Might be due to all the yellow anti-slip safety boot Phua Chu Kang. Could they be associate with that? PCK private boot licking limited?
Speaking about apple, Steve Jobs probably would recommend you to polish his Apple Iphone as if your life depended on it.

Monday, June 7, 2010

20100607: All That You Can't Leave Behind

Mixed emotion flow on Monday . . . for no reason. The weather this morning is as unpredictable as can be; what's certain is: "It's a good morning for sleep zzz."
Same as Saturday, I could sleep for hours on this morning which feels like a day after storm in a long vacation... cuddle up in bed like a chipmunk in winter.
W A I T UP!!! it's Monday, I could not do like a weekend. #$%^&* !!!Woke up ate breakfast and head off for work; following that day to day routine & timing. Heck, I could be a robot. except for the 24 hours thingy.
A seemingly serene monday on the working front; will knock off early to catch a movie (catch a Nightmare is more like it).
Seems I can leave it behind for now [ to do that, you'll have to be ahead a few layer ;-) ]. Chow.... baby.
Song from U2 "Walk On"
"Leave it behind
You gotta leave it behind
All that you fashion
All that you make
All that you build
All that you break
All that you measure
All that you steal
All this you can leave behind
All that you reason
All that you sense
All that you speak
All you dress up
All that you scheme
You gotta leave it behind"

Monday, March 8, 2010

20100307: U2 No Line On the Horizon

It's been few months since I bought my last CD. Was window shopping & found this U2 CD amongst the piles of "others" on sale (50%; half of the price). I think it's quite a good deal around 28 ringgit. That's almost the price of things during my school time.

The CD section of the shop has been shrinking every year. What hinders consumer like me to always buy a few CDs to every month? think think think...
1) The Exorbitant price. Money used for necessities, like daily food (Survival).
2) Only one/few songs are good why buy the whole album (Only 10% of product is useful).
[After listening for many umpteen time, 18% is perfect for me, 64% OK, 18% - no comment.]
3) I'll probably ripped it to my ipod anyway, why don't I just get from my friends the one good song (Social norm).
4) Do not feel a need to listen to it until become a zombie; actually bought 5 days ago but not open it yet (Not a music addict).
5) Laziness to got to the store, queue up at the counter, chat with the girl a little, bring wallet out from my pocket, take out & count money from wallet, money pass to girl, girl "ka-ching" & pass me the change, change put in pocket while receiving item in a non-biodegradable plastic bag, bring things & plastic bag home, find a place to store it (Convenience issue).
6) Overheard some young people shy to browse the "discount tray" because the CDs probably from few hundred years ago (Peer pressure).
7) It's cooler to buy from online music store like itunes (Technology advancement)
[Without seeing the lyrics, cannot hear the greatness in the songs too. Not a music critic who's job is to study the song for a living.]
Anyways, I just loaded it into my Ipod, will be listening to it later. :-)
[13-March:- Already listened & reviewed, time to keep the few good songs for shuffle mode & delete the rest. Just feels that the songs in this album are not as "urgent" as previous. Maybe they already earned too much money? ;-) ]