MJ-A year apart

Without me realising, its been a year....

I used to listen to hitz fm, and today, for the whole day, it played late Jacko's songs. But it seems, it never got me bored.

Bizarre, but it still hurts each time I'd listen to 'You're Not Alone', 'Ben' and 'I'll Be There'.

(emo la gua ni kan?)

some pick from the net (credit to edmonton.ctv)

One year after pop legend Michael Jackson died suddenly of a prescription drug overdose at the age of 50, mourning fans around the world are marking the anniversary in unique ways.

In Tokyo, 50 Japanese admirers -- one for each year of his life – have been picked to spend a night at Tokyo Tower among the singer's possessions in the Neverland Collection, the only official Michael Jackson exhibition. They were chosen from among 10,000 applicants who vied for the honour.

Across the Pacific in Los Angeles, thousands of fans are expected to descend on Forest Lawn Memorial Park, where the pop star's remains and his golden casket lay entombed in a mausoleum.

The Apollo Theater in Harlem, N.Y., where a young Michael Jackson and his brothers won an amateur night contest decades ago, plans to host a commemoration Friday of Jackson's life in front of the recently installed plaque honouring him.

Later in the afternoon in Harlem, Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network will hold a moment of silence around the hour of Jackson's death.

"He meant a lot to us of all races in terms of bringing us together in another kind of spirit," Sharpton said. "I wanted to make sure that we showed that in the middle of all this that is going on in the world that Michael is someone that we would all stop for... He was more than just a singer; he was a social force and a sense of inspiration."

Jackson died from a prescription drug overdose at a rented Los Angeles mansion on June 25 last year, as he was in the midst of rehearsals for a series of London concerts aimed at reviving his shattered career.

The L.A. County coroner's office later determined the cause of death was "acute propofol intoxication" in combination with the use of sedatives. Jackson's personal doctor, Conrad Murray, was charged in February with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death.
One year later, the pop star whose finances were disarray at this death, is enjoying new fortunes -- or at least, his estate is.

Music industry trade paper Billboard recently estimated that Jackson's earnings in the past year have hit US$1 billion. That includes album sales of $383 million. As well, revenue from the film "This Is It" hit nearly $400 million.

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One thing forsure, he was now, even more famous after his death.

Just imagine, even my kids now can even humm & know his songs by hard, & I believe, the same as other kids,.. and thats the magic of him.

...well said MJ, u're still dearly missed...