I just realized that my last post was 2 weeks ago.  I am amazed that how a yapper like me could stop yapping in the blogosphere for 2 weeks?!

A convenient excuse would be Twitter, I guess.  Yup, Ms Yappety Yap decided to go one liner-ing for a fortnight and she loved it.

I woke up yesterday and spent 30 minutes mourning for Michael Jackson.  Weird.  I thought I would never do that.  After hearing and reading about the news of his death, I was indifferent.  Neither am I moved to tears or  happy about it.

But my heart changed.  Yes, I find that it was such a loss for a talent to die at 50 and at that state.  But what started as reading The Age online turned into clicking multiple links that reveal MJ’s history of 50 years in a matter of minutes on my laptop.  Strange how technology works.  I was really baffled to see the progression change of MJ’s physical appearance throughout the years.  Radical, I would say.  Scary to a point.

I am not sure if he did have vitiligo which caused him to be white from a very dark skinned man.  If he did, I feel really bad for him.  If he didn’t, I guess vanity has a price tag to it.

Physical appearance aside, I personally think that Michael Jackson is a very talented man; A man ahead of his time.  A pioneer in the music industry.  Just a sad thing that like many stars that started off young, his childhood was robbed off him.  I emphatize this poor soul who spent his albeit successful life lonely.  Must’ve been tough.  Doesn’t help when the media blows his issues larger than its proportion.  Turmoil.

I just hope that wherever he is right now, he’ll be at peace with himself for who he is.