Chapter 2: Light My Fire
Joseph exposed Morrison to Blues music since he was born. It seemed that Morrison enjoyed Light My Fire most out of all the songs Joseph introduced to him.
One month later, on 12 March 1969, a tent was built on the field beside their block. Over there, Joseph threw a party to celebrate Morrison’s first month of living. Joseph invited all his relatives and friends to the party. His church Reverend was invited too. Below is the schedule for the party.
16 00: Opening speech and prayer by Reverend
16 30: Singing of hymns
17 00: Photo taking with Morrison
17 30: Games
18 00: Dinner
19 00: Performance by Blue Windows
19 30: Happy chatting
20 00: End
The party started exactly at 4 p.m.. Firstly, the Reverend gave thanks to God for Morrison’s birth. Afterwards, he gave Joseph and his wife some encouragement including words of wisdom. He also interviewed the couple. At 4.30 p.m., everyone sang Joseph’s favourite hymns. They are To God be the Glory, Great is Thy Faithfulness, Thanks to God, He Lives, God Rest Merry Gentlemen, Jesus Loves Me and Onward Christian Soldiers.
Next, those who turned up at the party took photographs with Morrison. At 5.30 p.m., there were lots of scrumptious food such as Laksa, hard boiled eggs, chicken wings,fried rice, fish balls and cakes. At 7 p.m., Blue Windows got ready for their performance. They performed their cover of Light My Fire which was Singapore’s second most popular song during its release in January 1968. Morrison seemed to enjoy the chorus of the song.
Come on baby light my fire
Come on baby light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
Next, they performed their first original written by Joseph called Light of the Morning. It was Singapore’s fourth most popular song when released in February 1965. Light of the Morning was released together with No Racism. No Racism was written to oppose the racial riots.
After all the performance, Joseph’s relatives and friends chatted jubilantly with one another. What a day it had been!
Every day without fail. Joseph would teach Morrison new words and even Chinese words. Morrison would also learn how to walk. When he was around six months old, he could articulate a number a words without much problem. Joseph was quite pleased about it. Morrison could even count from one to forty and read some Chinese words. Joseph recorded Morrison’s learning progress.
12 September 1969: 29 English words, count from 1-50, 15 Chinese words
12 October 1969: 40 English words, count from 1-60, 27 Chinese words
12 November 1969: 54 English words, count from 1-70, 37 Chinese words
12 December 1969: 69 English words, count from 1-90, 50 Chinese words, able to walk for 5s
12 January 1970: 88 English words, count from 1-110, 66 Chinese words, able to walk for 10s
12 February 1970: 119 English words, count from 1-150, 90 Chinese words, able to walk for 20s
12 March 1970: 136 English words, count from 1-190, 115 Chinese words, able to walk for 35s
12 April 1970: 170 English words, count from 1-220, 130 Chinese words, able to walk for 50s
12 May 1970: 200 English words, count from 1-250, 160 Chinese words, able to walk for 1 min 20s
12 June 1970: 235 English words, count from 1-300, 188 Chinese words, able to walk for 1 min 50s
12 July 1970: 270 English words, count from 1-330, 209 Chinese words, able to walk for 2 min 30s
12 August 1970: 300 English words, count from 1-380, 236 Chinese words, able to walk for 3 min
12 September 1970: 350 English words, count from 1-420, 270 Chinese words, able to walk for 4 min
12 October 1970: 401 English words, count from 1-480, 319 Chinese words, able to walk for 5 min
12 November 1970: 450 English words, count from 1-530, 350 Chinese words, able to walk for 7 min
12 December 1970: 500 English words, count from 1-590, 400 Chinese words, able to walk for 9 min
12 January 1971: 550 English words, count from 1-640, 450 Chinese words, able to walk for 15 min
12 February 1971: 630 English words, count from 1-700, 530 Chinese words, able to walk non-stop
Joseph came to the conclusion that Morrison was able to walk non-stop when Morrison walked steadily throughout his walk around Toa Payoh.
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Life as a Musician V1
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