Morbid songs....

I wonder how many of you actually listen to some of children's songs located all over the world. On my part, listening to some of them, I find that they are actually creepy. Take this children's song in French called Alouette:

Alouette, gentille alouette, (Lark, gentle lark)
Alouette, je te plumerais. (Lark, I will pluck you)
Je te plumerais la tête. (I will pluck you head)
Je te plumerais la tête. (I will pluck you head)
Et la tête, Et la tête ! (Your head, your head)
Et la tête, Et la tête ! (Your head, your head)
A, a, a, a
Alouette, gentille alouette, (Lark, gentle lark)
Alouette, je te plumerais. (Lark, I will pluck you)
Je te plumerais les nez. (I will pluck your nose)
Je te plumerais les nez. (I will pluck your nose)
Et les nez, Et les nez ! (Your nose, your nose)
Et les nez, Et les nez ! (Your nose, your nose)
A, a, a, a
Alouette, gentille alouette,
Alouette, je te plumerais.
Je te plumerais les youx. (I will pluck your eyes)
Je te plumerais les youx.
Et les youx, Et les youx !
Et les youx, Et les youx !
A, a, a, a
Alouette, gentille alouette,
Alouette, je te plumerais.
Je te plumerais la bouche. (I will pluck your mouth)
Je te plumerais la bouche.
Et la bouche, et la bouche !
Et la bouche, et la bouche !
A, a, a, a
Alouette, gentille alouette,
Alouette, je te plumerais.
Je te plumerais les bras. (I will pluck your arms)
Je te plumerais les bras.
Et les bras, et les bras !
Et les bras, et les bras !
A, a, a, a
Alouette, gentille alouette,
Alouette, je te plumerais.
Je te plumerais les mains. (I will pluck your hands)
Je te plumerais les mains.
Et les mains, et les mains !
Et les mains, et les mains !
A, a, a, a
Alouette, gentille alouette,
Alouette, je te plumerais.
Je te plumerais les jambes. (I will pluck your legs)
Je te plumerais les jambes.
Et les jambes, et les jambes !
Et les jambes, et les jambes !
A, a, a, a
Alouette, gentille alouette,
Alouette, je te plumerais.
Je te plumerais les pied. (I will pluck your feet)
Je te plumerais les pied.
Et les pied, et les pied !
Et les pied, et les pied !
A, a, a, a

And here's another one, Kagome Kagome. A Japanese children's game song. One child will be chosen as oni, or demon, and have to guess who's standing behind him/her. It's not so bad... except the tune is pretty creepy (totally not cheerful like children songs should be) and plus the fact it's about demon... yea...

かごめかごめ 籠の中の鳥は Kagome Kagome Kago no naka no Tori wa
いついつ出やる　夜明けの晩に Itsu Itsu deyaru? Yoake no ban ni
鶴と亀と滑った Tsuru to kame ga subetta.
後ろの正面だあれ。 Ushiro no shoumen daare ?

Kagome, Kagome, the bird in the cage,
when will you come out?
In the evening of the dawn,the crane and turtle slipped.
Who stands right behind you now?

Sometimes the last few lines are translated literally as the following:

At dawns and evenings.
Who is in front of the back,
where a crane and turtle slipped and fell?

And here's an English one, Gopher Guts:

Great green globs of greasy grimy gopher guts,
Mutilated monkey meat,
Little dirty birdies' feet,
Great green globs of greasy grimy gopher guts,
And I forgot my spoon!
Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts,
Mutilated monkey meat,
Itsy bitsy birdie feet,
French fried eye-balls,
Rolling down a muddy street,
And I forgot my spoon....But I got my straw!
Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts,
Mutilated monkey meat,
Saturated birdy feet,
All wrapped up in all purpose porpoise pus.
And me without a spoon!
Gee whiz! (but I've got a straw)
Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts
Mutilated monkey meat
Chopped up dirty birdy feet.
A one pound jar of all purpose porpoise pus
Swimming in pink lemonade.
Scab sandwich, spit on top
Monkey vomit, camel snot
Eagle eye and cookie goo
Made a sandwich just for you.

Makes me wonder... do the children realize what they are singing? In fact, does the parents actually listen to the content of the songs that children sings?

What a morbid world....

Deja vu anyone?

I was just minding my own studies the other day (it being the day of my midterm held at night) when my roommate came back from buying dinner and informed me that she's going next door to play cards. FYI, next door means the room besides ours instead of another apartment. I was curious, I mean I know they play cards every once in a while but I have never went to join or even see what kind of card games they're playing. And I admit, I was plain bored from studying and it being just an hour and a half from exam, I decided to venture into the next room to check out the fuss.

Turn out they were playing 'chor di' on the floor. And no, I did not play... I think I'll lose. Not because they're that good, but more like they have no tactics, techniques or even styles! They just throw out whichever cards they have and hope that their last card will win. The one game which I sat through from beginning to the end have them throwing all the big cards and the last few cards are all small numbers. Granted, it's real good for a laugh 'cause it's so haywire! I even told them that they have no tactics, which they just laugh at.

That brought me to think about the whole house and the 'structure'. It's eerily similar to my first year where I stayed at EP as well. My room then was facing the toilet, like the room I'm having now. And the room where they all go play 'chor di', yup, the same room was used to play 'chor di' in my first year. And when take in account the characters I have in my house now and then... they are almost alike.

Scary... but fun!

It's just unfortunate that they all speaks in Mandarin and not Cantonese like my first year. Of course, the minute they all realize I understands Mandarin despite not speaking it... well, taking advantage would be the right word to use. They just go on speaking in mandarin to me despite me replying in English. Ah... beggars can't be choosers I guess.

I told my old roomy about my new housemates and all, and she just laugh her head off. She came back to EP for a year without me, and she managed to land the room facing the toilet. Maybe it's fate that we just have that room...

Or maybe lady Fate is having a good laugh at my expense... who knows?

Well, as long as it doesn't hurt me or put me in trouble, deja vu amuses me too.

Update for the month of February!!

Hmm... now that I think about it, update for the month of February includes CNY as well isn't it? Hmm... Ah! Now I remember, I absolutely have to post a few pictures up. Especially the dress I wore for the 1st day. You guys will never believe I actually wore something like this for the whole day...


Nice dress? What do you guys think? My labrat claimed that he has never seen me so girlish! My dad was actually pretty pleased with the dress... which I'm very surprise and pleased... since he's a hard man to please with his old-fashioned mind. I guess it helps too when my Lili is dress more provocatively... Hehehe...

And the picture below... is my niece!!! Some-what... my cousin's daughter. Cute brat, but damn, she has a damn good pair of lungs.


I had a good CNY in whole. Had a great time with my cousins as well as the normal gathering on the 3rd day of CNY. Chao is right though, this year's gathering lacked a lot of people. Sigh... how sad...

After that, I have been in Malacca for my final semester... and I must say... It's boring. With a capital B... as a matter of fact, capitalize the whole word. Can't help it I guess, half my normal hang-out buddies have return to their respective home town... Miss you guys lots...

I guess the highlight of my time here would be GACC which was held on March 1 and 2. I was asked (Note: begged by puppy eyes, threatened and whined at) to attend by one of my friends as she will be cos-playing... I guess she want to show off her outfit... Of course, was suppose to go together with Ray, Mei Ling and a few others but they ended up going KL and I'm left all alone... and I did tell Uncle Ee I'll be going to see him play in his band... and another friend to meet up... So ya, I went on my own in the end. Damn near freak out right at the entrance... you people better be thankful I actually went AND stayed. On both days too!!

I admit, I did have fun... lots of fun. Especially on the 2nd day since Chao was there. Met her friend Imran there... He's a nice guy, I just wished he did not feel the need to tell me how Hard Gay smells like up close. Ignorance is truly bliss you know... I mean... right. Next!

Go find Chao for nice pictures of the event. I did not take any pictures... will get some from a few friends, but go get it from those who has a camera! Hehehe...

Right... and that's it for the month of February...

I know i know... but a lazy person like me need slack... so... until next time!



When I remember that is....