Day 1 (The 30 Day Song Challenge)

Day 01 - Your favorite song
It's, without doubt, a hard choice to make. My favourite song. Hmmm, out of my vast number of songs in my head and heart, if I have to choose my favourite song, I'd choose...

English: Hey Monday - Candles

But can I choose both English and Chinese songs? Greedy me.  :x

Chinese: Huang Yi Da - Na Nu Hai Dui Wo Shuo


Q: Why I choose Candles?
A: Personally, the song kinda describe what I think I'll face in the future. The song literally soften the stress of life (not education, actually). The stress is the intangible stress I feel now, which pretty much the stress of aging up. Growing up every second means a nano-stress building up in my head. I'm already starting to worry how am I going to survive in this capitalized world, where only money and power dominates. How can I possibly lead a simple yet peaceful life in this century? (:

(Reason: With the rising prices of houses and what not, how can a normal Singaporean earning a mere, say, S$2500/month survive in this country? Say a monthly installment of housing cost me $1500 (excluding CPF). CPF is not even to be considered because people like me of age 20+ in the upcoming years can't possibly have a few thousands dollar to pay for the housing in my CPF. If I were to buy a simple car, say a 2008 Honda Civic (S$80,000), that means another ~S$500/month. With the prices of fuel for a whole year (which is also rising), road tax (~S$4500/year), coupon ($200/year), maintenance etc.., it'd cost roughly S$10,000/year, amounting to another ~S$800/month. So, a S$2500 income earner having to pay nearly S$3000 / month, not counting daily expenses on food, water/electricity bill, phone bills, and other areas. If that adds up, maybe S$4000/month? So if you wanna loan money from bank of about $2000/month, with the interest rate of say just 1.5%, that means an extra S$360/year. Worst still if you're working under a Singaporean boss, where educational certificate come first. Not that I want to boil things up, but how about if you're working on a job that do not have any promotion? One word - GG.)

Q: Why Na Nu Hai Dui Wo Shuo?
A: Childhood song. The age of this song is the length of time I knew all my bro. From sec 2 until now - 6 years. Introduced by my beloved HH, whenever I listen to this song, I remember the times we get scolded for doing stupid things in sec 2.