Time Capsule

Shojo Tai (少女队) & Happy Girls Trio
“Sweet Dreams and memory! Forever! Forever!”
The chorus is just bursting with bubble gum sweetness! Even now it still possess the power to make me singalong with it. The Shojo Tai were my first Japanese pop idol phenomena when I was a kid. They also [...]

Time Capsule

Cantopop
The Source of Love 愛的根源

Alan Tam’s (譚詠麟) 愛的根源 “The source of love” was probably my most listened to album in the 80s. I have many memories of listening to the album in my god-brother’s car. The biggest hit from the album has got to be 爱在深秋 (Love in the autumn). Still, “The [...]

Time Capsule

I opened up the time capsule and took a peek inside my 80s childhood…
Family
Those days, I lived with my god-parents on the weekdays and went back to my dad’s on the weekend and my mom came visit me occasionally. My god-parents’ family are very Chinese in their ways of thinking and doing things. [...]