Yesterday Once More
Just heard the song "zuo2 tian1", which means "yesterday" in Mandarin, on radio. It was a rendition by Shi Xinhui in her new album, but I guess few people know that it was originally sung by Kit Chan in her second album. I remember this song because it holds some special memories of my days in SP CLS.
I was in the choral group and we had to occasionally present songs as a group. This was the song I had chosen for my group, and although the singing wasn’t that very good, it was still a memorable experience for me. I am not sure if my group members still remember this song, and the times we spent practising it. I had found the song rather special, just that it was a neglected piece of work - at least I haven’t really heard it being dedicated by listeners on radio.
The version I just heard was a live performance accompanied by the piano, and it sounds closer to the original Kit Chan version, which I like better. Don’t like the new arrangement in Xinhui’s album version as much. She still reminds me of Kit Chan though, probably bcos of some similarity in their voices, so I am still glad that it is Xinhui and not any other person giving the song a new rendition now. Like the feeling of nostalgia. Stubborn me, huh.
A pity I had bought Kit’s albums in the form of cassette tapes (yes, it was that long ago, cassette tapes!!), except for one CD. I think I shall have to search for the CDs one by one after graduation, after I have accumulated some vitamin $M haha. Her songs bring back a lot of memories, and I would really like to keep the songs so that I can listen to them when I am old (I am already old, considering I bought the tapes like more than 10 yrs ago!). Those were the days man (poly days), uni is not even that happening, or I should say, uni is dead and lifeless, for me lah.
Feel that as one gets older, life events seem to become less memorable, probably bcos there were more "first times" when one was younger, so memories were more deeply etched in the mind. Sometimes wish that I could relive one day in those years once more, but that is not possible of cos. No choice lor, I should just go get that album.
