Thursday, October 27, 2005
Radio (made in china)
Do you sometimes have passengers in your car that have itchy hands or just can’t stand what you are listening to while on the road? They just have to mess with your car’s radio or simply complain about you listening to crap radio stations? Acquaintances are fine because they don’t complain that much (or they don't dare to complain..haha..), but if you have a friend who just likes to be ‘cool’, ‘hip’ and equipped with that stylish but totally unnecessary slang ….that’s when all the trouble begins.
Ever since the CD player in the car decided to fail me, the only entertainment which prevents me from falling asleep while driving and smashing into a lamppost or whatsoever, is the tuner which never fails. And I realize this is always the case regardless of how sophisticated or antique your radio/hi-fi/mini-combo is.
I have this hi-fi player which is really just sitting there accumulating dust and counting the days left before it finds its destiny at the end of the rubbish chute. It has aged tremendously, it can’t play CDs anymore, it used to be able to take 3 at a time when it was at its prime, but I guess age caught up with him. Then, the cassette tape player decided to quit, too. Instead of playing them, it starts getting real pissed off with god-knows-what, and decides to chew on the cassette every time I slot one in. Sometimes it does such a bad job that it gets tape stuck between the teeth and I had to sacrifice my beloved tunes by slashing the tape to remove all the remains. Perhaps, all the high-speed dubbing I did while making copies was too much for him to take… Yet, the only trump card that is keeping this hi-fi in its position is the tuner function which never seems to fail. But this is a really, I mean really, really BIG FM receiver, considering I have another which can fit nicely in my palm.
Anyway, so now that I only have my tuner to accompany me on those lonely journeys, I tune in to 93.3. Yes, I’m very cina, in case you are wondering……your job is to read, so just read……I really can’t understand why there are so many English speaking people in this school, man. There are so many of them that sometimes it makes you feel weird to feel Chinese and wanting to be Chinese. Maybe I’m mixing with the wrong people who can’t give me some Chinese warmth. So if there are some miserable Chinese souls out there in school, maybe we can form a gang and start speaking mandarin loudly and parading around the school compound. Just to remind the 70% of the population that they are also yellow in colour and they can stop pretending to be white. You will still be yellow regardless of how much SK2 skin whitening cream you use.
Ok, perhaps I’m getting a little racist here. To my English speaking friends, I apologise, its not that I don’t like you or what. Just that I thought if you are Chinese, you hope to act like Chinese on some days just to feel Chinese for a while. I’m still fine with English though, it’s just that the English tunes don’t appeal to me. Thus, can I just stick to YES93.3? So the next time you want a lift from me, no matter you are white, brown, black or whitish-yellow, please be prepared for some hardcore Chinese numbers because my radio is 100% made in China!
Ever since the CD player in the car decided to fail me, the only entertainment which prevents me from falling asleep while driving and smashing into a lamppost or whatsoever, is the tuner which never fails. And I realize this is always the case regardless of how sophisticated or antique your radio/hi-fi/mini-combo is.
I have this hi-fi player which is really just sitting there accumulating dust and counting the days left before it finds its destiny at the end of the rubbish chute. It has aged tremendously, it can’t play CDs anymore, it used to be able to take 3 at a time when it was at its prime, but I guess age caught up with him. Then, the cassette tape player decided to quit, too. Instead of playing them, it starts getting real pissed off with god-knows-what, and decides to chew on the cassette every time I slot one in. Sometimes it does such a bad job that it gets tape stuck between the teeth and I had to sacrifice my beloved tunes by slashing the tape to remove all the remains. Perhaps, all the high-speed dubbing I did while making copies was too much for him to take… Yet, the only trump card that is keeping this hi-fi in its position is the tuner function which never seems to fail. But this is a really, I mean really, really BIG FM receiver, considering I have another which can fit nicely in my palm.
Anyway, so now that I only have my tuner to accompany me on those lonely journeys, I tune in to 93.3. Yes, I’m very cina, in case you are wondering……your job is to read, so just read……I really can’t understand why there are so many English speaking people in this school, man. There are so many of them that sometimes it makes you feel weird to feel Chinese and wanting to be Chinese. Maybe I’m mixing with the wrong people who can’t give me some Chinese warmth. So if there are some miserable Chinese souls out there in school, maybe we can form a gang and start speaking mandarin loudly and parading around the school compound. Just to remind the 70% of the population that they are also yellow in colour and they can stop pretending to be white. You will still be yellow regardless of how much SK2 skin whitening cream you use.
Ok, perhaps I’m getting a little racist here. To my English speaking friends, I apologise, its not that I don’t like you or what. Just that I thought if you are Chinese, you hope to act like Chinese on some days just to feel Chinese for a while. I’m still fine with English though, it’s just that the English tunes don’t appeal to me. Thus, can I just stick to YES93.3? So the next time you want a lift from me, no matter you are white, brown, black or whitish-yellow, please be prepared for some hardcore Chinese numbers because my radio is 100% made in China!
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