I completed Episode Four and started work on the finale this morning. I’m not really in a hurry to finish it, cos I don’t want the thrill to end so soon.

Meantime, people have asked about the songs in this production. I wanted ballads because 暗巷 is basically a love story. There aren’t much lovey dovey scenes but the characters are where they are because they had found love, and subsequently coping with the consequences of their decisions.

Oh, there’s this scene at the end of Episode One where two doctors conduct some body check-ups beyond their job scope. It’s actually more descriptive in the original novel but I’ve scaled it down to match requirements. And I don’t really intend to do a porn production at my first attempt you know? The most frequently heard line “总有一天，你们会有报应的” was deliberately repeated to dramatise the production- so will Zhuang Jing take her revenge on the old lady during the operation? Find out in Episodes 3 and 4.

小情歌 by 苏打绿 was chosen as the theme song, because the producer- ME, likes the song lah! Haha. My bestest friend had me buy their second album 小宇宙 in Taiwan earlier this year because no one marketed the album locally. I really like the melancholic and endearing feel of 吴青峰’s vocals.

The other song you hear is a really sad ballad about a guy who kept all his relationship problems to himself. Despite a brave front, he was actually in misery and didn’t know whether to make a hasty retreat or to continue loving the person he loves.

路人甲 was chosen as the interlude song because it’s relevant to parts of the radio drama, and more importantly, the simple fact that the producer of this show is the one who wrote the lyrics.

There are concerts which I wouldn’t attend.

There are concerts which I would attend if I have nothing else to do.

And there are concerts which I die die also wanna go.

I turned down all other appointments on Saturday night because “I was going to the Indoor Stadium to hear Lee Hom sing Kiss Goodbye“. A couple of SMSes came in at 9pm,

“Okie, now that he has kissed goodbye, you may go now.” Hahaha.

In that four minutes, memories flooded back. I remembered my midnight speeding adventures while having that song on repeat mode, my bleached hair, my solitary retreat to Bangkok and more…

Oh well.

I was invited to *woah* make a guest appearance, cos they said they needed some *star quotient* to entice people to turn up.

Huh? Then you must have looked for the wrong person!

Stepping into an University really made me wanna quit my job and further my studies.

*** OK, ok! Before you open that bottle of champagne to mark my departure, or start a petition to make me stay, I’m not going anywhere for the time being lah. At least, not till my contract ends next year.

When I was younger, I didn’t fancy studying. I liked campus life, as I mentioned a million times on this blog, but I absolutely hated examinations. I figured I’m better off facing the real world than to helplessly stare at stacks of books and use up tonnes of highlighters and foolscap paper.

Money was an issue back then, of course. Not that we have to scrimp and save, but I didn’t want to stretch into my parents’ pockets for more education funds, in case I decided to adopt a “pass can already” mentality in University. Since the spendthrift me, obviously didn’t have enough money on my own to make it through, I started working the day I ORD-ed.

(Yes, while my cohort was scrambling back to camp to get their pink IC on ORD, I was busy preparing for the launch of my first weekday show. In fact, I never went back to camp and had my Chief Clerk deliver my IC to my office when she went to collect a prize she won on the Tamil radio station. Hee.)

I very envy those who went overseas for their degrees… Arthover, [m]:chae!, Kitty, Andrew… Never mind some detractors who claim that people go overseas because they couldn’t get a place locally. Well, even if it’s true (oops!), the overseas students had a very different experience, compared to those mugging at NUS and NTU and I’m green with envy at that.

I think I must have missed out a lot, being deprived of a full time University education and all. Sure I can take a full time degree any time I want, but the feel isn’t the same any more- you know what I mean? But I can’t say I regret the path I took, cos I wouldn’t have progressed to this stage in my career had I became a full time undergrad then.

To you guys reading now, and probably would still be tuning in later… … Should I decide to leave Radio and further my studies overseas someday, please do not send me tearful appeals k? Cos now you know that’s what I really, really want to do

暗恋一个人的时候，你需要勇气开口向他表白。

明恋一个人的时候，你需要勇气要求和他牵手。

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选择和一个人一刀两断的时候，你需要更多更多的勇气。

决定把X的号码删除

决定不再和X见面

决定不再和X有任何瓜葛

决定不再为X伤心

丁志勇这个周末很有勇气。你呢？

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933的Ah Beng现在要点另一个Ah Beng的歌给自己：

想到了第一次见到你

你有一种奇怪的魔力

我感觉到我自己

偷偷想靠近你

想到了第二次见到你

感觉我并没那么高兴

因为我发现自己和你的距离

我只好把我想说的话都放在心里

因为我只想要你开心

我知道我会辛苦也会难过

但我什么都愿意

不在乎狂风暴雨

不管你在哪里

突然又想听一首Ah Lian的歌

听着自已的心跳

没有规则的跳跃

我安静的在思考

并不想被谁打扰

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时间分割成对角停止你对我的好

瓦解我们的依靠

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在你离开之后的天空

我像风筝寻一个梦

雨后的天空

是否有放晴后的面容

我静静的望着天空

试着寻找失落的感动

只能用笑容

期待着雨过天晴的彩虹