at ym's room

haven't had these long heart-to-heart talk for quite some time.

went to ym's room today at PGP. It looks and feels like a rented room at a backpacker's inn. small, cosy and self-contained, with bits of herself thrown all over the room - jeans and skirts pegged behind the door, shawls and towels draping over the chair and bed. piles of cds, books, little trival items and a trusty diary strewn all over the desk, an icq msg beeping on her laptop. Just a little piece of haven, or should i say, sanctuary, which i too crave for at the end of each day, in my own study room, taking in the silence in the dead of the night.

we had met up for dinner and went to hmv afterwards - been some time since i take a listen to the testers there - and once again she enthralled me with the music she has been listening to, a nice change from the stuff i am used to

we took a long bus ride, climbed over the fence and finally reached her room, tucked away in isolation along pasir panjang road.
we settled down, loaded the cds - i played M83, an electronica outfit which i read in some review describes them as 'the electronica version of My Bloody Valentine' - ha, hm... finally she gets to listen to what i have been listening to - electronica/electro-clash/ambient/atmospheric/idunnowhatelsetodescribe it.

its quite funny how the music taste of the 3 of us have evolved

then she loaded skunk anansie - i like it... soulful, honest and gets you at the core, (to think that she listened to it at 16)
amy winehouse - witty, biting humour, all sang with a raspy voice, pretty good and the lyrics are refreshing, but i still prefer the heavier beats of skunk anansie
then eventualli phoenix, i had listened to one of their tracks from lost in translation soundtrack, din know they can sound so loungey

and while the music played on in the background, we talked and talked... its not one of those small talks u have to make to pple u hardly know, but one that i can feel so at ease with myself.
this is one of those things that is keeping me alive.