Doe, a Deer

We used to watch The Sound of Music EVERYDAY in VHS format. That was how we filled up our primary school holidays, in between playing badminton and cycling in the neighborhood. Idyllic children.


Looking back, the adults around us must had been grinding their teeth in pain as it’s like putting Barney on repeat mode all the time. I remember it used to take forever to rewind the silly tape because the movie was so long.

We later graduated to La Bamba, Dirty Dancing, and Laser Discs and now DVDs that won't grow mouldy. I’m sorry we missed out on Grease, which would have been another fun sing-along movie.

I just bought the 35th Anniversary Collector’s Edition of The Sound of Music. It has additional Edelweiss mixes, and also Orchestra music not on the Original ST album. Double CD for $8, very good value. I will pass the CDs to my sister when she’s next in Singapore, then she can also relive the raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens moments. On repeat mode if she likes. Heh heh, and torture other adults around her.