Rocket

As I've mentioned, I would put up the lyrics for Rocket. So here it is..

Remove the covers of the morning
And I don't see the new day dawning
Just can't cope
Cold shadows hide me as I go through the day
No one at all seeming to say
The feelings they long to convey
But could it be I am the one who has lost my way?

Why can't I see my future clearly?
Is there a chance that I can break free?
Please help me
This maze has complicated day into night
Repetitive hours I see
My spirit is ready to flee
Then suddenly you came to me and everything's alright

You've given me reason to live
You've given me reason to try
You've given me reason to stand
You've given me reason to stand
Don't let life pass me by
Whenever I feel hopelessness
Whenever I feel I could cry
You rocket me up to the sky
Give me wings and then I can fly

Together soaring to the sunrise
I feel the passion comes from your eyes
And I know
Strength cast away the fear and faith made the soul sing clear
And love is the music we can all hear

You've given me reason to live
You've given me reason to tryYou've given me reason to stand
You've given me reason to stand
Don't let life pass me by
Whenever I feel hopelessness
Whenever I feel I could cryYou rocket me up to the sky
Give me wings and then I can fly

Whoa.. I can fly
Whoa.. Fly away with you forever
Fly away till end of never

You've given me reason to live
You've given me reason to tryYou've given me reason to stand
You've given me reason to stand
Don't let life pass me by
Whenever I feel hopelessness
Whenever I feel I could cryYou rocket me up to the sky
Give me wings and then I can fly

~~ Ten Tenors - Rocket ~~

Love these kind of songs - inspirational like. I'm a sucker for harmonized music, what's more this one is by 10 people, hence the name Ten Tenors. The other groups I love are The Maranatha Singers and *NSync. Yeah, I know, the latter is a boy band. But have you tried listening to them especially in the slower songs? They're even better when they sing in acapella. *Sighz*

She Will Be Loved

Hmm.. Am deciding which lyrics should I put in today. Between Maroon 5's or Ten Tenor's.. Maroon 5 wins today! You know, I'm thinking of putting up a Lyrics Blog or something.. I'll see how that goes later. Here are the lyrics to She Will Be Loved.

Beauty queen of only eighteen
She had some trouble with herself
He was always there to help her
She always belonged to someone else

I drove for miles and miles and wound up at your door
I've had you so many times but somehow I want more

I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved, and she will be loved

Tap on my window, knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful
I know I tend to get so insecure
It doesn't matter anymore

It's not always rainbows and butterflies
It's compromise that moves us along
My heart is full and my door's always open
You can come anytime you want

I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rainLook for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved, and she will be loved

And she will be loved, and she will be loved

I know where you hide alone in your car
Know all of the things that make you who you are
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
Comes back and begs me to catch her everytime she falls

Tap on my window, knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful

I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rainLook for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved, and she will be loved

And she will be loved, and she will be loved

Please don't try so hard to say goodbye, please don't try so hard to say goodbye

I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain

Please don't try so hard to say goodbye.

~~ Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved ~~

This song got me bopping my head the whole time. Love this song, but the MTV's a bit uhm.. Not so suitable for the lyrics. I don't know.. But yeah, I still love it. Next up, Ten Tenors!

Chinese Mid Autumn Celebration

It's the time of the year when the Chinese get to munch on mooncakes and play lanterns! I shall not launch into how this celebration came about, so, go Google it lar. ;)

When I was young, 'Zhong Chiu Jie' (as it is known in Mandarin) was always fun to celebrate at night. We would all meet up at my Grandma's house for dinner. Then dessert will be served in the kinds of mooncakes, pomelos and some other sweet stuffs. Few of them are this white, sugary, round 'cake' and a kind of nut with thick, black skin in the shape of a Batman. The younger generation would play with lanterns and light candles all over the car porch and the main gate. Dad would fish out his binoculars and let us take turns to look at the bright, round moon through them, to see if there was really a lady in the moon. :Þ

Over the years, mooncakes have been sold earlier and earlier (this year, they were sold at least 2 months ahead) and they have evolved. From the traditional red bean and lotus pastes, now they have durian, chocolate and green tea mooncakes! Even the packaing is getting nicer!

Anyway, we had our yearly lantern session with Chef, Player and their gfs. This time, it was near Help's library, where the orangey poles are. We lighted candles on top of each poles, hung lanterns wherever possible and even played fireworks. I saved them up since CNY! *lol* It was fun while it lasted. I felt like a kid all over again (since when do I NOT act like a kid??). I don't care if people think that it's childish to still play with lanterns when we're all working adults now. I don't see anything wrong in that. We can still have fun, can't we?

Oh well, I managed to snap some pics of the mooncakes and boxes we got at home. Inspector bought this Corporate Box from Tai Thong for Mum over the weekend. It's beautiful!

Back row (L-R) : Tai Thong Corporate Box (I love the golden butterflies), and Purple Cane mini lantern box.

Middle row (L-R) : Mooncakes - Tai Thong Golden Custard with Pure Red Bean, Tai Thong Snow Skin Yam Paste Single Yolk (snow skin is also known as 'ping pei'), Lian Bee Chocolate Single Yolk, and Purple Cane Assorted Nuts Green Tea.

Front row (L-R) : 'Zhu zhai beng' (pig biscuits?) - Crab, Fish, and Koala Bear shapes.

(L-R) : Mooncake packagings by Oversea Restaurant and Lian Bee

Too bad, Mum didn't manage to get those Batman nuts and we've almost finished up the white, sugary 'cake'. Perhaps I'll try to get some next year, and snap some pics on them and lanterns. Oh well.. Double yolk mooncake, anyone?

Tai Ee Long

Came across this article from TV Smith's site. Hehe.. Hilarious, I must say.. I think it's a pretty good idea he thought of that. Maybe those Tai Ee Longs really should use it. ;)

For Those Who Are Home Alone.. Please Take Note

Something for you to know and be aware of. I'm pretty sure you've received chains of e-mails stating that so-and-so was stopped by strangers, or so-and-so was 'hypnotized' into giving in their valuable stuffs to unsuspecting strangers. It actually happened to Mum. Well.. Almost, actually. Thank God!

It happened this morning. Mum was home alone as usual, when the doorbell rang. She walked upstairs towards the main door. As we have a grilled door right after that, she opened the main door to take a peek at who was by the wooden gate. She couldn't see anyone, so she opened the grilled door. Then she saw a Punjabi guy, very smartly dressed. He didn't speak, but she could clearly see his fingers were moving, like how monks move their fingers when they pray. Mum sensed a very strong headache, and she instantly locked the grilled door and the main door. As she tried to walk downstairs to the living room, she felt a 'pull', like, telling her to go back up and open the doors. Thank God that she listened to her inner voice, that told her to keep walking downstairs, and tried to get herself distracted by doing some washing. The headache was still there, but she kept washing until it stopped, which was almost an hour later.

Now, it's not often that headaches would appear just like that, and it's not that she was being overly sensitive about it. But, it's just so suspicious about that guy. What was he doing? Why wasn't he speaking? If he was doing door-to-door sales or doing surveys, he would have instantly said something when Mum opened the door. But why was he silent, and moving his fingers? Recalling all those e-mails about people 'hypnotizing' someone else, and unconsciously they open the doors, then gave them their money, jewellery and stuffs like that, it's really scary. I mean, Mum's alone at home. What if she didn't listen to her inner voice? It's really frightening. I really thank God for keeping Mum safe. There's been too many people ringing our doorbells, especially when Mum's home alone. I told her not to open any doors to anyone at all, not even the postman. Even if it's someone we know, they'll surely call us first, right.

It's really scary. People have resorted to these methods to lure innocent people. I just hope that you take this things seriously, take precautions, especially if your family members are home alone.

Slippers And Appeton

Had a great weekend. Went for gym last afternoon. Moorish came shortly after that. Was quite amused at her squirming and giving me some kind of look when one of the trainers was flirting at her. Hehe.. There weren't too many people at the gym, so I had some fun fooling around with the machines, trying to build muscle as much as I could and lifting dumbbells. 2 kgs only laaa.. Very 'malu'. But then again, quite 'syok' when the bulge appeared on my arms. Woo hoo! I feel like a mini female version of The Rock. I got muscles!! Which will only last for 1-2 days. *grin*

Oh well.. My family went to Malacca for a day's trip. Guess what Sis bought for me? A new pair of bedroom slippers.. It's a piggy!! You'd probably think I'm childish but hey, no harm feeling young again, right. ;) Oohh.. You got to see the pic below..

Don't you think they're cute? ;)

The left pair is mine. They even had the ribbon placed right and left respectively, so that I know which is left, which is right. Haha.. The right pair is Sis'. Hers is very cute too, I love the nose and the leafy 'hat'. Hehe.. They're very new, so they actually squeak when I walk on them! Quite hilarious whenever both of us walk around the house, walk up and down the stairs, like babies with those squeaky shoes. *lol*

Oh by the way, remember I wrote about building muscle just now? I bought atin of Appeton Weight Gain for Sis and myself. This is already the state for desperate measures! We're supposed to drink it 3 times a day, and if we do follow the instructions, we should finish the tin within 6 days. If we keep on drinking it, we should be able to see the effect within 2-3 months. But we're gonna drink it once a day, after dinner. Do you think it will work? I just want 5 kgsssssssss.. My precious 5 kgssssssss...

I like the stickmen images on the tin. ;D

As I'm typing this entry out, I'm in the midst of munching a bar of Snickers. This is so depressing.. But then again, my piggy slippers are looking up on me. I'm all smily and childish again! ;)

Internet Withdrawal Symptoms

Oh gosh.. Being internet-less was so depressing. Can't believe that I'm soooo addicted to the Net after, what more than 8 years! My office's Streamyx line went down since last morning - Couldn't ICQ, couldn't MSN, couldn't check webmails, couldn't read or write blogs, couldn't surf the net, couldn't play online games. Aiyoyoooo... Really suffering from Internet withdrawal symptoms. Sheeeeeesh.. All we managed to have was just the DNS mails (that also through dial-up modem) and MS-DOS' Net Send. Urgh..

After 1 and 1/2 days of being sooo isolated, we finally got the Webbit package. Hehe.. I don't care what, as long as the Internet is back. Not only me, kay. My colleagues also grumbled. Even my boss himself (Okay, he's actually worse than us) had to walk around the R&D room, find something to do to keep him distracted from the symptoms. Hehe..

Is this common to most of you?

Venting My Frustration...

Am currently listening to some worship songs as I'm typing away. The past few days had been mind exhausting, and I had often nearly been close to tears here at work. I don't know, I may not be a Christian, but somehow worship songs soothe me and I feel calm again.

I shall not dwell too much on the event, but I'll just summarize it. The issue was about getting a place of our own and we were just so eager to get it there and then. We were so close to placing the booking fees for it. Then came in the issues on the parents regarding the choice of property, the financial part and the commitment of being tied down to it for almost 30 years. Frustration and anger just kept building up, opinions flew left and right. We were just so torn into making a decision that satisfies everyone and hopefully not one that we would regret in the future. In the end, we did not get it..

It's frustrating when the things you really want but you can't afford, you have to rely on your parents and their decision becomes your decision. *Sighz* Looks like we shall have to wait until it's the right time to get a property then.

On the other hand, I think my frustration was obviously shown on my face while at work. I heard from a colleague that another colleague was very concerned that he prayed for me. It suddenly dawned on me that there are people who cares for me and actually took the time to ask God to be there for me, despite being clueless about what I was going through. I feel blessed.

To my colleagues, thank you very much for your thoughts and prayers. :)

Sunflowerians' Double Celebration

The day started off with me sending an e-mail to the Sunflowerians - to wish our dear Tai Sou a very Happy Birthday. I'm sure this birthday is a very special one for her, with little G really celebrating his Mummy's birthday for the first time. Last don't really count, coz he was only 1 month old then. ;) And not forgetting Tai Lou suprising her by sending a bouquet of flowers to her office. Awwwwwwwwwwwww...

As the mails poured in with more birthday greetings and catching up from the Sunflowerians, Chino announced that he has already set his wedding date on the 8th January 2005. The last time we all met for lunch, that was in May, he announced that he has already proposed and that they would tie the knot sometime next year. Today, the date has officially been set. We knew this day would come, but it now only starting to sink in. Ooohhh...

Nutty's gonna fly in from Bintulu few days before the occasion. We're all definitely gonna rope in and help Chino make this a very memorable day. He's the 2nd person to tie the knot (after Tai Lou). This leaves us all wondering who's gonna be next - Aneh, FRG, Nutty or me. Oh wow.. Ooohh.. I'm gonna be sentimental now..

If you happen to know us, PRETEND you heard nothing of the wedding. Chino will officially announce it to you guys later as well as hand you the red card. Shhhhh!!! But remember yah. 8th January 2005, it's a Saturday. Woo hoo.. Can't wait for their big day!!