At about 4:30am,  I logged onto my Twitter account.

That’s when I first received the news that Michael Jackson may have died of cardiac arrest. I had to pause for a while to take in the thought. Then, my friend Jerrick, twittered, “Jerrick thinks we shouldn’t believe the rumours. They managed to revive #michaeljackson before taking him to the hospital. He’s PRLY not dead yet!” and I felt relieved. Whew, so it was just rumors after all. Whew!

But not long after that, another friend forwarded a twitter by the LA Times City Desk. The message read, “Michael Jackson has died. City and LAPD sources have confirmed it for us.”

What a shock. Such horrifying news. Michael Jackson was only 50 years old.
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Similar to the lost of Kero, it took a while to put out this post because it somehow felt too close and personal a wound. While I have not followed the life of Michael Jackson closely, I have seen him on screen enough times to feel engaged with him in person. There are many videos of his unsurpassable performances online and as I browsed through them today, I was most struck by the emotiveness of a young Michael in this song.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF0o-W5uu8o

It is a song about a man who lost his wife in a divorce.

Michael Jackson rose to superstardom status at a very young age and one can say that his success is well-deserved. There is no doubt that Michael Jackson is incredibly hardworking, ambitious, intuitive and multi-talented. At one time, it felt as though Michael Jackson is invincible. In his latest album, HIStory, Michael Jackson even made himself seem like a god.

But the man is a human being and not a god. As powerful as he had made himself out to be, the real God in heaven has every power and great mercy to strike him dead at His perfect timing for Michael’s life. And while Jesus the holy man and God was resurrected three days after death, Michael Jackson, the human being, remains dead.

But I am not like my friends! I am hip and young!

And Jason Mraz is old. (At least I think so).

So I still prefer punky tunes about cute Sk8ter Bois and demanding Girlfriends.

A girl can still fantasize…

Right now, I am ever so glad to be Malaysian because I can easily drive to Avril Lavigne’s Live in Malaysia ’08 and have fun with her a full week before my Singapore-based readers get a chance to glimpse her shadow.

And I can enjoy the experience for as little as RM98 while my Singapore-based readers will have to fork out SGD75.

I can make them jealous! *grin* *grin* *grin*

Okay, let’s not be so mean. For you who don’t care either way because you are still waiting to have Jason Mraz alive, here is a little treat for you:-

A picture of Jason Mraz, shirtless.

What do you think he is trying to advertise?

Scissor-Cut Curry Rice?

Image of half naked Jason Mraz from http://squarehippies.com

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