Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Time for Miracles



I always had a fear of the end days - never liked the book of Revelations, never liked movies like these...
But isn't it funny how nearly every culture, nearly every faith knows that this world is temporary and will fade someday...
I just pray I don't live to see this in my life time.

Ps. I'm sorry I don't really like Adam Lambert *guilty* He's talented alright, just not really my tupe :p but this is his music video.

Monday, November 2, 2009

God Only Knows


I 'discovered' Orianthi yesterday and I knew I had to show someone, anyone 'my GREAT discovery'... I sat Darrel down and he was stunned - I was satisfied :)

I phone my sis half way across Australia - in Perth and I was SO SO SO frustrated she didn't pick up Luke's phone :p I left her a Facebook post informing her of my awesome awesome discovery!!!
She replied this morning describing Orianthi as a Terrar Menerrar and NOW I am satisfied! :D :D :D

I know this is an obsession - but she is SO Good - even for non guitar playing people like me...

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I have always LOVED Santana - cuz not only is he so talented in guitar, but unlike some awesome guitarist like Steve Vai (who because they are so good - they just become weird!) And the stuff they play, I can't even appreciate... I mean I don't know HOW to appreciate... but Santana's different - his work is for anyone who likes music!!! I like technical musicians who can make it sound good too.

So when I found Orianthi, she reminded me SO much of Santana - NOT just because of the style she plays (and the very similar guitar she uses) but it's because she would be what I call an ARTIST! She is so awesome because you don't see it coming!!! I thought she was just a Paris Hilton wanna be, who maybe can sing...

BUT NO!!! She is talented, gorgeous, and absolutely enchanting - cuz of her skills. REALLY.
And best of all, she our home grown GIRL - from Adelaide :) I don't know why I am so proud, I am not even Aussie - but I always thought talent like these came from America!!! So proud to see some talent from this side of the world :)

And to all the men out there! GIRLS can play awesome guitar too!!! *haha*

This video, though not one of my favourite songs on her album Believe but it is this video that got me hooked on her.


My favourite songs would be: God only knows, Feels like home, Untogether, Drive Away, and Believe is pretty good too.

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Btw, I got a day off today - and I woke up at 9 ish - BY MYSELF~~!!! ie. no alarm :) :) :) so proud of my achievement!!!!

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Anywhere But Here


Is this the end of the moment
Or just a beautiful unfolding
Of a love that will never be?
Or maybe be
Everything that I never thought could happen
Or ever come to pass and
I wonder
If maybe
Maybe I could be
All you ever dreamed, cause you are

Beautiful inside
So lovely and I
Cant see why Id do anything without you, you are
And when Im not with you
I know that its true
That Id rather be anywhere but here without you

Is this a natural feeling
Or is it just me bleeding
All my thoughts and dreams
In hope that you will be with me or
Is this a moment to remember
Or just a cold day in December?
I wonder
If maybe
Maybe I could be
All you ever dreamed, cause you are

Beautiful inside
So lovely and I
Can't see why Id do anything without you, you are
And when Im not with you
I know that its true
That Id rather be anywhere but here without you

Is this the end of the moment
Or just a beautiful unfolding
Of a love that will never be
For you and me?

Cause you are
Youre beautiful inside
Youre so lovely and I
Can't see why Id do anything without you, you are
And when Im not with you, I know that its true
That Id rather be anywhere but here without you


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When I first heard this song - I was compelled to write about it - Ever had one of those songs? where it just hits you *haha*

This song brought me back to when I was a teen (I noticed I have been having many of these flashbacks recently - maybe I am going through some sort of mid life crisis *haha*).

Just a bit of history, I think I have always grew up a bit awkward - ie. I was never exactly 'smooth' with guys. It's not that I found it hard to talk to the opposite sex - it was just I was too much of their friend, they never saw me to be more than that. It also doesn't mean that I never had people liking me, it's just I never felt the same way back. And for the ones I liked, I always had a crush on them from afar - I could never bring myself to confess, or let them know. It reached to a point where I seriously thought I would most probably be one of those single career women FOREVER *sigh*

My friends still laugh when they recall me inviting myself to their wedding just because I always told them that I wouldn't be getting married anytime soon. But to be very honest, I said those words out of genuine belief... I mean wouldn't you? When you go through your entire high school life having crushes of boys whom you know for sure would NEVER feel the same way back and then to make matters worst - EVERYONE else around you seems to have no problem at all finding a significant other.

To top that, one of my FIRST critiria in a guy besides the fact that he has to be a christian, older than me (you know the NORMAL stuff), I really wanted a guy who never had a girlfriend before, cuz selfishly I wanted to be the ONLY woman in his life!!! Secretly, I just didn't want to be compared with. I mean I was so noob in this relationship thingy, so naturally I wouldn't want to be with pro right? or so I reasoned that he wouldn't want to be with me either.

And so you could see why TIME mattered alot - cuz the older I grew, the chances of me meeting another noob guy (who, let me stress: meets all my criteria) would get exponentially lower!

I guess as time passed, I was left wondering most of the time - When would it be MY turn?

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This song brought back the same memories as to when I sincerely believed that I could never possibly find that guy whom I love as much as he loves me :)

And yet, miracles do happen.

I still do believe this: that we humans - with a lot of help from God do miraculously find that specially someone SOMEHOW...

For some it happens almost effortlessly, for some it may take longer than usual, for others it may take more than one try...

But we still pick ourselves up, leave our disappointments and fears behind, in hope for better tomorrow...

And out of 6 billion people in this world, two people WILL meet and FIT each other in such a perfect and orchestrated manner that NO ONE can possibly prove to be a coincidence...

And from the very core of my being, I now get it, what my parents meant. NO ONE tell me otherwise, for now I know that I know that I know that marriages are made in HEAVEN.

Ps. picture taken by Jenny Sun - I just crop'd it :)

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Someday



LOVE.HOPE.PEACE


Again Jesus spoke to them, saying "I am the LIGHT of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the LIGHT of LIFE."
John 8:12

SHINE YOUR LIGHT!

Monday, October 26, 2009

Happy


Most of my favourite videos tell a story. But the ones that make me feel something... They are even better...

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Everyday, on my way to work - I think I will drive past at least 3 schools. And while at the many traffic lights that I stop that, I will see packs of high school students walking to school.

Well lately I somehow found myself being... 'envious' of these high school students... I find it so ironic cuz when I was their age, I couldn't WAIT to grow up and get out of Malaysia. I was SO looking forward to growing up, having freedom that I wonder if I actually appreciated those priceless years...

I remember just a couple years ago, I couldn't even imagine being 21, being a young adult (It suddenly hit me that I am a young adult now - after attending a young adult retreat), I couldn't even imagine NOT ticking the 'student' box when asked for my occupation, I couldn't imagine getting married, couldn't imagine working full time, couldn't imagine so many things... that I am now...

*sigh* I found myself being so envious of their TIME, their care-freeness etc.
It's not that I wanna go back to school again - I mean I can study whenever I want to, technically... But I can't turn back time... and I found myself wishing I was 16 again... Funny huh?

But then... I realised that I spent so much of my teenage life WISHING to grow up faster (I was watching 13 going on 30 again a couple of days ago, and I was so reminded of how I felt when I was thirteen) and now if I were to WASTE my precious young adulthood wishing to be a teen again - then what happens when I am 30, 40, 50??? Will I wish I appreciated being a young adult?

So I have decided that in every season that I go through I will appreciate its own perks... Now, I guess I am happy that I have ALL the time in the world to spend with Darrel (without kids to 'disturb' us *haha*) and I LIKE it ALOT!!! I like having someone to travel around with - just the two of us! I like having a little more disposable income to spoil ourselves with...

And I guess - it is all these perks that made me look forward to being a YOUNG ADULT when I was 16 :)

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