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    Saturday, November 24, 2007
    Title : Constant :: Change
    Time : 10:31 pm

    It's amazing how after 9 years, the Westlife formula has not changed.

    Cover version- check
    Shane and Mark: lead vocals- check
    Nicky and Kian: stand around, look pretty- check
    Brief silence before rousing chorus towards the end- check



    Westlife was like my first boyband obsession.
    ::In 2000, my very first email was sweetnicky_westlife24/7@mail.com what a mouthful eh?
    ::My first Smash Hits magazine had Westlife on the cover wearing devil horns.
    ::I had e-pals and penpals I exchanged mails with due to the mutual liking of Westlife.
    ::Everytime I went online I will look at the numerous Westlife sites bookmarked under favourites. Constantly up-to-date with their gossips! I read a number of fan fiction too. I remember Aiko, but I think the site is not there anymore. Guess she's moved on.
    ::I went to three of their ocncerts in Malaysia and saw them at MTV asia awards 2002.
    ::Are there still posters on my study room wall? I forget if we've taken them down.
    ::I liked their first 3 albums a lot. I memorised the tracklisting and song lyrics. I would scribble their lyrics onto my exam scripts in Secondary School when I have too much time left.
    ::I would listen to the UK top 40 on the radio every weekend, especially when Westlife's single is on.
    ::I used to tape radio interviews/songs and MTV videos of Westlife.
    ::I wrote cheesy fan fiction about them which I only showed my sister.
    ::I have too many Westlife memorabilia, I think for the first album itself, I had the CD version, the cassette version and the Special edition version that came with a DVD. Countless magazines, ordered postcards, Westlife offical book, tour DVDs...extravagance courtesy of my mum! It's embarrassing really!

    But after they did one too many covers and look same-y, their fourth album Turnaround didn't leave much of an impression on me and I just grew to like other 'proper' bands (with instruments) more.

    I just recently wiki-ed them. Nicky's a father of fraternal twins and Mark's gay. But they're still continuing to churn out music. Ah well, at least they proved the sceptics wrong about them breaking up. Even though I'm not a fan of their music now, Westlife would always remain an integral part of my teenage life. Listening to their first few albums will always bring back memories of the relatively carefree days.