My newfound singing talent

Yes. It is official. I can sing. Even if it's like an unnaturally angry and irritated hawker at the fish market, who has just had her thigh stung by a particularly poisonous bee. But at least I can sing. And, oh dear, how I used this newfound talent last Thursday at Isle of mtv!!! What a night it was! I promised myself I would not stop singing and clapping and cheering! And how I sang, how I clapped and cheered! Claire and Desiree were witness to the joys of having me constantly hopping about and getting excited for the duration of around 5 hours. I seriously loved every second of it. The sheer euphoria of just being part of a forty-thousand strong crowd all intent on having fun was enough for me. Ira gave a good show as usual while Enrique was the friendly, fun-loving Latino lover we all expected him to be. Maroon 5 turned out better than I expected them. To my musically uninformed ears, they sounded very tight and their music was very good- a healthy dose of cool, sun-drenched L.A. rock with a striking pop sensibility never did anyone any harm. The only problem was that the crowd did not seem to receive their lesser-known songs so well. Yet, I am proud to say I never stopped clapping, cos otherwise what's the fun? Thankfully in the end, the crowd recharged its enthusiasm for the lovely 'She Will be Loved', 'Sunday Morning' and the unforgettable 'This Love'. And that Adam what's his surname chap is kind of really hot. Ah yes. I think his surname is Levine. I also unexpectedly enjoyed the DJ-sets in between. They were kind of cool. They gave me the opportunity to hop a bit more, and raise my hands up in the cool air while practising my new dorky finger dance/rap and my izzi izzi beat. The kind of things only hopeless nerds would come up with, but, sigh, I just cannot help it.

After Maroon 5, both Claire and Desiree were too exhausted to stay so we stationed our weary bodies outside near the ice-cream van, while we ate chocolate ice-cream, sipped Coca cola and watched Akon belt out his songs in that unmistakeable squeaky voice of his on the big screen. At this point, I got an urge to get back to the Fosos square and make some more 'briju' but it was too late and so, we walked to the bus and went home. Desiree and I decided that we should save up and travel to go to some gigs abroad in the future. Obviously, the first band that came to mind was Coldplay, since both of us love 'em to bits. That way we can make sure that we both lose our voices by the end of the evening. Yet I still have to find someone who'd be willing to accompany me to a Keane concert. Yesterday I tried to lecture Desiree into liking them but kind of failed. Mitt bniedem, mitt fehma I guess... though no amount of disagreement will stop me from being able to recite all their lyrics even if under hypnosis. Thankfully I no longer worry myself to death about liking the 'right', critically acclaimed artists. I find that people who do that are rather miserable wannabes. People should just like what strikes a chord in their little hearts/ minds and stop trying to climb on a high horse and look down on others with a 'hipper-than-thou' attitude. Thankfully all the people who tease me about Keane do so with a good-natured sense of humour (or so I hope). And after all, Keane are good, right? Right? Right, I say!

Some news worth mentioning before I conclude my address to the reading throngs: I finally managed to speak to Dr. Callus (the English head of department)and he's endorsing my request, provided that I complete the missing study-units next year. However, I still have to speak to the German co-ordinator, the Dean and finally submit the request to the Student's Request Board (I hope they're nice like Dr.Callus). Here's hoping for the best. In other news, I started cleaning my room, did so for about half an hour and then stopped. I hope I'll make some noticeable improvements in this area. Housework remains my Achilles' heel hehe. But I have to help mum this summer, especially since now I'm officially unemployed! I guess playing some Keane in the background would help in the cleaning process:-D!!!!

Anyways, am really off now (super long blog Owwemmgi)
Take care,
Lizzy
xxxxx

PS I hope I wrote 'newfound' correctly. Bye byeee