The First American CD I Bought in 1993

 The first that I ever bought, sampai je di DC, was through mail order, and it was SWV's debut album, It's About Time. :)

The major songs

I'm So Into You

Weak

Right Here (Human Nature Mix)

You're Always On My Mind

The Wikipedia link is here.

That's why whenever I hear these songs, them DC memories flow ..

A recent live performance with all these hits

SWV NPR Behind The Desk performance

 

The First Three Cassette Singles I Bought in DC

 It was in the first week of my arrival in Washington DC, August 1993, to study in George Washington University. Still remember the air ... anyway, one of the places I visited in the vicinity of the apartment I was temporarily staying, was Tower Records, Foggy Bottom, Washington DC. Yes, the time of record stores.

For an avid music fan, stepping into it for the first time was an experience :) It was two floors, and the cassette singles were on the 2nd floor. I flipped through them and bought these three singles.

UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love

Shai - Baby I'm Yours 

Madonna - Rain

Memories :)

My dorm room work table at PPP/ITM

 

the original picture

the label picture

1 - self passport photo

2 - 3.5 inch floppy disk magnetic tape

3 - gambar Sofea Jane (from newspaper)

4 - fiction novels - buku library

5 - bekas floppy 3.5 inch

6 - cassettes

7 - artikel newspaper motivasi Tan Sri Ani Arope

8 - poster Ghost Rider 

9 - music cassettes

10 - code 10 gel case, containing coins

Posting it here for memories

Selamat Hari Jadi, Rakan Penaku Johanizah Johan

 Pada hari post ini adalah birthday ke xx, sahabat pena den, Johanizah Johan.

Fyi, beliau adalah rakan pena (penpal) saya masa awal2 sekolah menengah dahulu (late 80s). Kami berjumpa kembali, connect kembali, melalui Facebook, beberapa tahun lepas.

Cara kami berkenalan agak mudah. Saya lihat profile beliau dalam majalah kanak-kanak Kuntum, sekitar umur saya 11-12 tahun, di ruangan teman pena. Tengok pix beliau dan alamat beliau di Grik, Perak, menarik minat untuk saya menulis surat perkenalan kepada beliau. Zaman kami, tiada SMS / Whatsapp, jadi surat menyurat lah cara berkenalan :) Beliau membalas dan dari saat itulah, bermula perkenalan kami.

Kami pernah berjumpa face to face sekali. 1988, masa saya form 3. Saya singgah rumah beliau, berdasarkan alamat pos yg ada. Terkejut dia, but she was cool. :) Tapi jumpa camtu je, tak lama, just a few minutes, sebab masa tu, kami sekeluarga (parents n us) on the way ke Kota Bharu dari Kulim. 

Tapi, selepas itu, kami lost contact. Biasalah, kisah2 sahabat pena memang camni. Tapi, rupanya saya ada dua rakan-rakan belajar yang kenal dengan beliau, Haizam (MRSM Jasin) dan Aisyah ( PPP). Haizam ada pertalian saudara, dan Aisyah adalah rakan MRSM Balik Pulau beliau.

Oh well ;) nice knowing you my pen friend. 

Selamat hari jadi :D

Majalah Kuntum