yeah....Things will only get better

Yeah.. it's the new year.... or rather another new year again. Nothing special , nothing significant.

In a way, pretty glad that 2003 's over. I'll be the first to admit that 2003 wasn't that wonderful a year. What have we got? Oh well, other than my horrible grades, we have SARS, wars, suicide bombings, deaths in SAF and the HK enterntainment circle and oh well... I guess the list goes on.

Of course, the incidents are not listed in any order. I won't want to put a weightage on these events, not too nice. A death is a death. Of course, my horrible grades defintely pale in comparison.

The death of Anita Mui defintely dampened sprits for the HK music scence. I'm not the most ardent fan of hers, but I defintely respect her for her contribution to the HK music circle. She died of lung failure due to cancer.

Her life's defintely not a bed or roses. Her father died when she was a child and she started earning money to support her family at the age of 4 1/2, singing at live shows with her older sister who died of womb cancer in 2000.

Her big break came in 1982 when, at 17, she won the first New Talent Singing Competition in Hong Kong and a recording contract with Capital Artist.

Transforming herself, chameleon-like, from a teddy girl in one album (Anita Mui, 1985) to an Arabian seductress in the next (Bewitching Girl, 1986), she was called the Madonna of Asia and became the supreme idol of a generation who had never seen a Chinese performer like her before.

Her greates regret in life? Not having the chance to get married. She may be a superstar, with lotsa adoring fans, however, that defintely caused problems for her love life. Whoever said being famous is wonderful?

'Any man who goes out with Anita Mui will eventually end up asking himself, 'Why am I Anita Mui's boyfriend?'--- the late Anita Mui

She said in recent interviews that she had given up hope of ever getting married. At last month's concerts, she wore the jewellery she had been saving for her wedding because she said she would never get the chance to wear them otherwise. She also wore a wedding gown.

I guess you gain some, you lose some


* One minute of silence*