Fall of the Pop King...

so i was actually looking fwd to his concert in London (not that I can make it there, but was hoping he would do a world tour after London!) yet it's just totally shocking to learn from the news this morning that he has past away!

I didn't grown up with the Jackson's 5 (COME ON I'm not THAT OLD! !! HAHAHA yet, enough "re-run" on MTV during my high school time! not to mention their song "ABC") I remember my first LD at home (i.e. before i went to Boise!!) was MJ's Moonwalker!!! that's like so precious as it's the FIRST ever LD at home!! (and you can imagine it just show again and again!!) LOL

I don't know what'd happened to the LD (i guess it's "gone" once the LD player was replaced by DVD player?

It's a lost to the world's pop music - he's not only an American Idol, he's truly a world class. I'm sure no one will deny it. Although I don't agree w/ his personal life (quite a mess!) yet I really love his voice (his slow song is very good!!! You are not alone is one of the best!). It's just so unique and so comfortable to listen to. Of all of his outstanding music videos, I love the Thriller the most (esp. when they show it during Halloween! EVERY YEAR! ) LOL.... for those who's too young to know about what i'm talking about, chk out the below (hope they won't remove it soon)...

RIP MJ...

20 yrs... the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre

I remember I was in P.6, I don't think I know much about the Red China back then, I was too young.

I do remember photos w/ tanks running over students, every day shocking photos on newspapers' cover page...

I bought a photo magazine issued back then - buying those magazine w/ my very limited pocket money is consider as a "luxury".

Yet, as many other HKese back then, I have no confident w/ the Chinese Gov't, not sure what could happen after the 97 turn over! I wanted to make sure my family and I would not get in any type of trouble if one day the Chinese military (解放軍) search my house and found that book!!

So I put the precious magazine in my High school time capsule - just make sure I won't get in trouble w/ the Red Chinese...

It has been more than a decade since HK returned to the "Red Chinese". With the very limited exposure w/ China in the last few yrs I had a mixed feelings w/ our motherland: I wouldn't say I know China a lot (still have a natural "repelling" feeling of the Chinese gov't), yet, I think the "hate" part has dilute a bit.

I do think the Chinese Gov't has tried and improved (to become more open) when compare w/ where she was 20 yrs ago, yet, w/ a western educated background, for sure I think there're still lots of rooms for her to "improve"...

I didn't go to Victoria Park tonight, yet, I didn't forget what'd happened 20 yrs ago.