Twist in My Sobriety

Quite unexpectedly a song from the old archives of my mind popped up. It was Tanita Tikaram's Twist in My Sobriety. Of course I had to find the video from Youtube.

Twist in My Sobriety was a huge hit in Europe in the 80's. I liked the song back then and I still do. It has not lost its magic as years have gone by. Maybe the dark sound of the song appeals to my Finnish soul.

I have not heard much about Tanita since the 80's. I googled to see what had happened to her. She is turning 40 next month and is still in making music. Tanita has a website and even a blog. She also makes podcasts. I was a bit surprised to learn that her mother is Malaysian and father Indo-Fijian. By that she has a sort of a contact to my Singaporean life :)

A semi-ancient payphone

Today a friend of mine took me for a Sunday lunch at a traditional Singaporean restaurant. I don't remember the name of the place or even the street, but it was behind Raffles Hotel on a small street.

While waiting to be seated I noticed the above 1970's style pay phone at the restaurant's entrance. As it had to be over 30 years old, it still was in superb shape and probably working. This could only happen in Singapore, where everything is well taken care off.

The phone reminds me of the shapes and colors that were used in toys when I was a child.