Dad'll be back!

Tonight! Probably at around 1-ish. Couldn't sleep much last night due to adrenaline rush for weekend ahead, and have been jumpy and dangerously light-hearted all day. Need to look out; chances are that weekend'll be a big letdown. The trick is to breathe deeply and drink hot water (not tea).

Listened to Cardigan's Gran Turismo album this morning. The CD I found in SY's collection of the music that chronicled his life in Guam - rock album packed in the aluminum case with their jewel cases long thrown away. I like their first album better. The tunes of Gran Turismo are more catchy at first hearing, unlike those in Emmerdale, which got to me only after I've listened to them three or four times. The songs are captivating enough, and melodies are closer to being oriental; but the arrangement sounds a little too synthesized for my liking. Nina Persson doesn't sound as clear and sugar-kittenish as she does in Emmerdale, and sang instead with a drawl. Maybe that's her real voice. She sounds so much like Faye Wong in many of the songs. It's amazing. I still wonder where she got her American accent from. An American born in Europe? Or maybe she sounds different when she speaks? It is very interesting that Americans born and raised in other countries retain their accents perfectly. A hotel administration major who is (or was?) boyfriend of a Singaporean/HK girl in Cornell (Shanghai). My supervisor's boss (Laos). I've never known people from other nationalities who retain accents of their mother tongue. I guess everyone's just too eager to learn English. Anyway, can't wait to get back to US to download other albums of the Cs.