Comments on: The old voice of MRT http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/ a place to reveal | a place to hide Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:07:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: acroamatic http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17678 acroamatic Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:37:08 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17678 Just an update, in case anyone was wondering: The original voice belongs to <a href="http://tomorrow.sg/archives/2008/05/04/voice_of_mrt_-_juanita_melson.html" rel="nofollow">Juanita Melson</a>. Also refer to <a href="http://tanpinpin.com/sgg/story.html" rel="nofollow">this Singapore Gaga page</a>. Just an update, in case anyone was wondering: The original voice belongs to Juanita Melson. Also refer to this Singapore Gaga page.

]]> By: H http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17595 H Wed, 14 May 2008 10:25:12 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17595 I miss the old voice!!:( the new voice is very irritating to hear. The old voice was more natural spoken and it was nice to listen to! I hope the old voice will come back again I miss the old voice!!:( the new voice is very irritating to hear. The old voice was more natural spoken and it was nice to listen to! I hope the old voice will come back again

]]> By: budak http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17539 budak Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:14:56 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17539 Meanwhile in the London Tube... http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2008/04/calling_all_londoners.php Meanwhile in the London Tube…

http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2008/04/calling_all_londoners.php

]]> By: AF http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17496 AF Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:39:55 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17496 eh....I liked it that you recorded the 'old' announcements....maybe I should do the same for the London tube eh? The announcements on the tube are spoken in complete sentences, for example, "The next station is Waterloo." eh….I liked it that you recorded the ‘old’ announcements….maybe I should do the same for the London tube eh? The announcements on the tube are spoken in complete sentences, for example, “The next station is Waterloo.”

]]> By: acroamatic http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17488 acroamatic Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:34:35 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17488 <strong>@ Q</strong> Heh, didn't you know, I'm quite obssessive... Seriously though, I'm not the only one who thinks the new announcements are atrocious. I am quite sound-sensitive, so I can't tune the announcements out. They're meant to be heard, after all. I can even hear them if I'm plugged in to my music or PSP. @ Q Heh, didn’t you know, I’m quite obssessive…

Seriously though, I’m not the only one who thinks the new announcements are atrocious.

I am quite sound-sensitive, so I can’t tune the announcements out. They’re meant to be heard, after all. I can even hear them if I’m plugged in to my music or PSP.

]]> By: acroamatic http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17482 acroamatic Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:28:42 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17482 <strong>@ John</strong> Now you've gone and put a picture in my mind. Lucky train driver... <strong>@ Ee</strong> You're most welcome! Used my Nokia E51 to record. Pleasantly surprised at the quality. Thankfully, the train wasn't filled with noisy passengers that day. Feel free to link to the clips. Heheh. I mock the new announcer's versions of Bishan (very Ah Lian), Braddell (Bleh-del), Toa Payoh (Toh Payoh), Novena (NoVEEna), Somerset (Somer-<em>very slight pause, then wrong emphasis on</em>-SET)... The list goes on. @ John Now you’ve gone and put a picture in my mind. Lucky train driver…

@ Ee You’re most welcome! Used my Nokia E51 to record. Pleasantly surprised at the quality. Thankfully, the train wasn’t filled with noisy passengers that day. Feel free to link to the clips.

Heheh. I mock the new announcer’s versions of Bishan (very Ah Lian), Braddell (Bleh-del), Toa Payoh (Toh Payoh), Novena (NoVEEna), Somerset (Somer-very slight pause, then wrong emphasis on-SET)…

The list goes on.

]]> By: Q http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17480 Q Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:45:44 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17480 I swear if I didn't know you better, I'd think you're obsessing about it. :) Hahah.... alright... I don't take MRT that often. Hopefully there's a change over I swear if I didn’t know you better, I’d think you’re obsessing about it. :) Hahah…. alright… I don’t take MRT that often. Hopefully there’s a change over

]]> By: Ee http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17478 Ee Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:49:23 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17478 Zalila and i would always mocked the newer announcer's voice when they play the "Going to Johor Bahru? Take the SMRT bus services from..." Thanks for capturing the audio clips. :) Zalila and i would always mocked the newer announcer’s voice when they play the “Going to Johor Bahru? Take the SMRT bus services from…”

Thanks for capturing the audio clips. :)

]]> By: John Larkin http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17477 John Larkin Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:37:38 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17477 Hi, I will miss her dearly. Like the rainbow coloured flats that used to dominate Outram Park that voice on the SMRT is Singapore for me. I have fallen in love with that voice. I never wish to see her. I have visions of a classic beauty with that lilting voice, standing idly by the driver in a place where I can never venture, leaning against the door, the curves of her reposed body accentuating her femininity, in a figure hugging cheong-sam, split seductively up the side, a microphone held gracefully in one hand and a glass of wine in the other. Each station is like a seductive step, as she guides me carefully and lovingly, like my first love, towards the climax that we reach at the destination. I have a portion of that passion captured here... http://tinyurl.com/yu3ky8 For me she is so real, not like the disembodied voice on the North-East line where I know there is no place for a woman to hide, out of reach behind a door. John John Hi,

I will miss her dearly. Like the rainbow coloured flats that used to dominate Outram Park that voice on the SMRT is Singapore for me.

I have fallen in love with that voice. I never wish to see her. I have visions of a classic beauty with that lilting voice, standing idly by the driver in a place where I can never venture, leaning against the door, the curves of her reposed body accentuating her femininity, in a figure hugging cheong-sam, split seductively up the side, a microphone held gracefully in one hand and a glass of wine in the other. Each station is like a seductive step, as she guides me carefully and lovingly, like my first love, towards the climax that we reach at the destination.

I have a portion of that passion captured here…

http://tinyurl.com/yu3ky8

For me she is so real, not like the disembodied voice on the North-East line where I know there is no place for a woman to hide, out of reach behind a door.

John

John

]]> By: acroamatic http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17476 acroamatic Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:35:36 +0000 http://deadpoetscave.com/2008/03/the-old-voice-of-mrt/#comment-17476 My goodness, I googled to find <a href="http://www.emmaclarke.com/fun/mind-the-gap/spoof-london-underground-announcements" rel="nofollow">those spoof announcements</a>. She really should do something like that! Her name <em>might</em> have been featured in the credits of Tan Pin Pin's <a href="http://www.tanpinpin.com/wordpress/?page_id=43" rel="nofollow">Singapore GaGa</a>. Pin Pin interviewed her about the announcements, and she said that she'd like to re-do some of them because she wasn't happy with the results! Ah... a perfectionist, bless her. =) I wonder what she makes of the new announcements. Anyway, the reason I'm not sure her name appears in the credits is because she never appeared in the film! When the interview starts, the screen is blank. She talks about the announcements and how she did certain stations. Then MRT scenes come on as she continues to talk. The audience never gets to see the Voice of MRT. Reinstate the Voice of MRT and the Voice of the Tube! My goodness, I googled to find those spoof announcements. She really should do something like that!

Her name might have been featured in the credits of Tan Pin Pin’s Singapore GaGa.

Pin Pin interviewed her about the announcements, and she said that she’d like to re-do some of them because she wasn’t happy with the results! Ah… a perfectionist, bless her. =)

I wonder what she makes of the new announcements.

Anyway, the reason I’m not sure her name appears in the credits is because she never appeared in the film! When the interview starts, the screen is blank. She talks about the announcements and how she did certain stations. Then MRT scenes come on as she continues to talk.

The audience never gets to see the Voice of MRT.

Reinstate the Voice of MRT and the Voice of the Tube!

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