"My taste in music is perfect and anyone who disagrees is wrong and probably smells weird."

The theme i had been waiting two weeks for!

HAI GUISE.

Quick update: common test starts next week for me. On a Saturday. The reason behind that is beyond me. I haven’t started studying because my brain thought it was the optimum time to get back in to reading after not touching books during the holidays. Hey Trudy, is it true that TP's starts two weeks from now? jealousy.

Anyways, I can’t really remember anything I did this week besides celebrating Seong Eun's birthday and meeting up with Liza for Starbucks. Those are probably the highlight of my week. Funny, cos I had days like that every week back in secondary school.

WHICH REMINDS ME. GRACE HAVE YOU WISHED SEONG EUN HAPPY BIRTHDAY YET?

All right so on with the week’s theme. I CANNOT CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT.

Oh and I totally laughed out loud whenever Grace pointedly tells me not to hate on her type in music. HAHAHA. I miss art days. I miss you, Grace.

(This is probably in order of favouritism. Probably.)

1. ALL TIME LOW

This comes as no surprise since I’m pretty open with my love for them. No, I will not call it an obsession even if it looks close to it. Obsession is such a Sec 2 word. Haha.

Whenever their fans describes them, they always say, “they helped me get through a very difficult moment in my life” and “they were there when no one else was” or “I wouldn’t be here if not for them, I owe them my life”. Sadly, All Time Low and I didn’t share such drama. I love them just because. No other reason, no life-altering moments that brought us together.

Anyway, I can remember the exact time I listened to them. Six Feet Under The Stars was the first song I’ve heard of them. I didn’t particularly liked it at first but then it started to grow on me. Enough to make me remember the band’s name, but not enough to make me listen to all the songs the band has. Then Essential15 did a cover of Remembering Sunday in youtube. I fell in love with it, and that was the time I “discovered” All Time Low.

I fell even more in love with them when I got to know who they are off stage. As far as you can really get to know a band that is, they are amazing people. I’ve seen them live and it was such a great experience. One that I’ll keep with me for the rest of my life, even when I’m in my 30s and probably think they’re shit, I’d still treasure the moment I spent watching them.

My favourite album is either Put Up Or Shut Up or So Wrong, It’s Right. My least favourite is The Party Scene, their first album. Man, did they suck then. Hahaha. And I Feel Like Dancin’ is probably their worst song.

Favourite song: Painting Flowers or Therapy

2. Mayday Parade and The Maine

I can’t decide which band I like more.

Mayday Parade is probably one of the very, very few bands that stayed close to their original sound after selling out moving to a more widely recognised record label. I enjoy their music so much. Some of their songs take a while to grow on you. Definitely won’t stick with you on the first listening. Besides Fall Out Boy, they have the most kick-ass song titles. And their lyrics are just so… asdaslfflkdjfds. No other bands really write like that anymore.

Let's drink to memories we shared Down one to all the hopes and cares Here's two for being unaware that you're gone Because before too long you'll be a memory

(One Man Drinking Game)

Now I'm wearing a smile that I don't believe in, inside I feel like screaming.

(Bruise And Scarred)

The Maine. I’ve listened to Girls Do What They Want and their cover of I Wanna Love You for as long as I can remember. Mostly just because I thought that John O’Callaghan is the hottest piece of ass ever existed on stage. I’ve only gotten into them fairly recently. Don’t get me wrong, I still think that John’s sexy and I would still like to have epic sex with his voice, but I had fallen in love with their music too. I love how there’s some unexpected humour injected into some of their love songs.

Mayday Parade: If You Wanted A Song Written About You, All You Had To Do Was Ask OR Miserable At Best

The Maine: Into Your Arms

(John O' looks positively dishy in this one!)

3. We The Kings

The person who introduced me to this band is WEE KIAT. Hahaha. He probably didn’t realise it. It was back in Secondary 3. We were on our way to Wee Cee Pee and I rummaged through his song lists and listened to Check Yes Juliet for the first time. For a long while, I kept singing it to myself and loving people who sing it with me then. Ahhh, memories. Then Liza heard me singing it and offered to send me the whole album. I WOULD NEVER STOP LOVING YOU FOR THAT LIZA <3

Their first album, We The Kings, was perfect. Like probably one of the best albums out there. All of the songs were great. That guaranteed them instant popularity, if I’m not wrong, they got signed up to a major record label. I couldn’t say the same for their second album, Smile Kid, though, it still had some songs that had the same quality I loved about their first album, but somewhat forgettable. That’s fine, maybe it’s just because I was expecting so much because of their first album. However, the third album isn't good. I refuse to believe that Travis wrote “Sleep With Me”. Granted that I don't like their latest album, my love for their first is enough to make me still look forward for the fourth album! I remember how excited I got for their second album and how Liza said, “I don’t like them anymore. I realised they’re pretty gay” or somewhere along those lines. HAHA. Liza is never one to mince her words. SMH. Anyway, I believe that even if I don’t like some of their songs, it doesn't make me less of a fan compared to someone who likes everything. That just happens to be my opinion. :)

Favourite song: August is Over and Secret Valentine

I love that We The Kings has music videos for their best songs.

People (Grace. HAHA.) tell me that I listen to bands that sound the same. I disagree. They have the same genre, but I can definitely differentiate their sound from the other. :)