this i promise you

 

love it since i first heard it in year 2000.

this song always makes me feel like christmas.

year ends are always so romantically beautiful.

this year end i will be stuck in office rushing financial year end closing, i think. haha.

 

i miss…

stepping into a cd shop and browsing for cds to buy.

i am very tempted to buy tanya’s new album. sometimes, downloading music do great injustice to good music and tanya’s album happens to be one of those.

tanya

i think tanya looks more gorgeous every year.

absolutely love this video and song.

i can totally relate to her songs thesedays….

no music, no life

i heard toni braxton’s “breathe again” last week and i have been humming it since (class 95 plays the best selection of songs, i think)

i was feeling so dull and restless i decided to download the song and blast it into the ear.

i felt better instantly.

music does wonders to my soul.

走吧, 这是爱你的代价.

i like 李宗盛 because he sounds really wise.

i once chanced upon a tv interview of him. he was asked about relationships. he said something which stuck with me all these while: -

“don’t get into a relationship, hoping for that person to be the one who solve all your misery, who brings you infinite joy. we humans are just too tired in this day and age to be constantly there for someone else, guessing your needs and moods, satisying your needs, and making sure you are always happy.”

i thought what he said made a lot of sense.

还记得年少时的梦吗
象朵永远不凋零的花
陪我经过那风吹雨打
看世事无常
看沧桑变化
那些为爱所付出的代价
是永远都难忘的啊
所有真心的痴心的话
永在我心中
虽然已没有他
走吧
走吧
人总要学着自己长大
走吧
走吧
人生难免经历苦痛挣扎
走吧
走吧
为自己的心找一个家
也曾伤心流泪
也曾黯然心碎
这是爱的代价
也许我偶尔还是会想他
偶尔难免会惦记着他
就当他是个老朋友啊
也让我心疼
也让我牵挂
只是我心中不再有火花
让往事都随风去吧

i am the hand that heals all mankind

i saw this video on mtv when i was on study leave last nov/dec. the video made me paused midway through my mcspicy meal because it was so inspiring, provoking and mind blowing. i had goosebumps watching it. i was so humbled and grateful for everything that i had suddenly. i felt so small. i was so moved by the compassionate acts that people were doing around the world.

i wanted to get out of my seat and go out and do something for the world but at that time, i could only finished my meal, switched off the tv and go back to studying.

that video was at the back of my head all these while. it’s just unfortunate that the daily humdrum of life tend to overshadow everything else in life.

i desperately need to do something for the world.

i shall go read up on the organisations featured in the video because that was what i told myself to do after watching the video in dec 2008. it’s almost been a year and i haven’t done a single thing yet!

i have been listening to this song lately and the chorus jumps out at me because it reminds me of lately.

What about now?
What about today?
What if you’re making me all that I was meant to be?
What if our love, it never went away?
What if it’s lost behind words we could never find?
Baby, before it’s too late,
What about now?

Now that we’re here,
Now that we’ve come this far,
Just hold on.
There is nothing to fear,
For I am right beside you.
For all my life,
I am yours.

i woke up to this song in my head

I will meet you
In some place
Where the light lends itself
To soft repose
I will let you undress me
But I warn you
I have thorns like any rose

You could hurt me
With your bare hands
You could hurt me
Using the sharp end of what you say
But Im lost to you now
And theres no amount of reason
That could save me

So break me
Take me
Just let me feel your arms again
Break me
Ill let you make me
Just let me feel your love again

Feels like being underwater
Now that Ive let go
And lost control
Water kisses fill my mouth
Water fills my soul

Kiss me once
Well, maybe twice
Oh, it never felt so nice

Just let me feel your love again

break me, jewel.

♣

i am amused because i haven’t heard this song in a while and the mind is apparently craving for it enough to make me sing it out loud.

方大同 singing 紅豆

i love this stripped down version of 紅豆.

i learnt today that he is the same age as me and is born in the month of july too. through him i learnt about the Bahá’í Faith.

hypnotised by 6, mesmerized by 7

crush, david archuleta

I hung up the phone tonight, Something happened for the first time,
Deep inside it was a rush, what a rush,
Cause the possibility that
You would ever feel the same away about me,
It’s just too much, just too much
Why do I keep running from the truth,
All I ever think about is you
You got me hypnotized, so mesmerized,
And I just got to know

Do you ever think, when you’re all alone,
All that we can be, where this thing can go,
Am I crazy or falling in love,
Is it real or just another crush
Do you catch a breath, when I look at you,
Are you holding back, like the way I do,
Cause I’m tryin’, tryin’ to walk away
But I know this crush aint’ goin’ away, goin’ away

Has it ever cross your mind when we’re hangin’,
Spending time girl,
Are we just friends, is there more, is there more,
See it’s a chance we’ve gotta take,
Cause I believe that we can make this into
Something that will last,
Last forever, forever

Do you ever think, when you’re all alone,
all that we can be, where this thing can go,
Am I crazy or falling in love,
Is it real or just another crush
Do you catch a breath, when I look at you,
Are you holding back, like the way I do,
Cause I’m tryin’, tryin’ to walk away
But I know this crush aint’ goin’ away, goin’ away

Why do I keep running from the truth,
All I ever think about is you
You got me hypnotized, so mesmerized,
And I just got to know

Do you ever think, when you’re all alone,
all that we can be, where this thing can go,
Am I crazy or falling in love,
Is it real or just another crush
Do you catch a breath, when I look at you,
Are you holding back, like the way I do,
Cause I’m tryin’, tryin’ to walk away But I know this crush aint’ goin’ away, goin’ away

you found an impossible girl when it was impossible to find a girl like me

fall for you, secondhand serenade.

Best thing about tonight’s that we’re not fighting
Could it be that we have been this way before
I know you don’t think that I am trying……
I know you’re wearing thin down to the core..

But hold your breath
Because tonight will be the night that i will fall for you
Over again
Don’t make me change my mind
Or I won’t live to see another day
I swear its true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You’re impossible to find

This is not what I intended
I always swore to you I’d never fall apart
You always thought that I was stronger
I may have failed
But I have loved you from the start

Oh, But hold your breath
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don’t make me change my mind
Or I won’t live to see another day
I swear it’s true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
It’s impossible

So breathe in so deep
Breathe me in
I’m yours to keep

And hold onto your words
‘Cause talk is cheap
And remember me tonight
When you’re asleep

我只在乎你

some songs are timeless. some favourites never change.

this has been my favourite teresa teng song since i was young. quiet pleading love can be so painfully beautiful. ouch.

也许有那么一天 你说即将要离去
我会迷失我自己 走入无边人海里
不要什么诺言 只要天天在一起
我不能只依靠片片回忆活下去
任时光匆匆流去 我只在乎你
心甘情愿感染你的气息
人生几何 能够得到知己
失去生命的力量也不可惜
所以我求求你 别让我离开你
除了你 我不能感到 一丝丝情意

nothing compares to you

i was helping one of my colleagues with her wedding song list. i found about 30 songs for her – some from my existing collection and some freshly downloaded because i didn’t mind adding those songs to my music collections.

i spend a good 2 days listening to the songs and i realised most songs feel very alien to me because i don’t relate to them. most of them were great hits of the 90s and some true classics -  songs i’ve heard off but never bought the albums or downloaded the music until now.

i decided to examine my collection of music – ah, i barely got enough grand love songs to play at a wedding for more than 30 minutes. i have enough love songs to play through umpteen heartaches though, to accompany anyone through lonely nights of deep longing and to cry till your eyes turn red.

i hope it’s a reflection of my melancholic taste in music and not the dire condition of my heart.

while listening to the songs, one haunting melody and voice caught my attention – sinead o’conno’s “nothing compares to you”. me love her voice.

It’s been seven hours and fifteen days
Since you took your love away
I go out every night and sleep all day
Since you took your love away
Since you been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
But nothing
I said nothing can take away these blues
`Cause nothing compares
Nothing compares to you

It’s been so lonely without you here
Like a bird without a song
Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling
Tell me baby where did I go wrong
I could put my arms around every boy I see
But they’d only remind me of you
I went to the doctor n’guess what he told me
Guess what he told me
He said girl u better try to have fun
No matter what you’ll do
But he’s a fool
`Cause nothing compares
Nothing compares to you

all the flowers that you planted, mama
In the back yard
All died when you went away
I know that living with you baby was sometimes hard
But I’m willing to give it another try
Nothing compares
Nothing compares to you
Nothing compares
Nothing compares to you
Nothing compares
Nothing compares to you

one for you, one for me

Now I’m speechless over the edge, I’m just breathless
I never thought that I’d catch this lovebug again
Hopeless, head over heels in the moment
I never thought that I’d get hit by this lovebug again

I can’t get your smile out of my mind
(I can’t get you outta my mind)
I think about your eyes all the time
You’re beautiful but you don’t even try
(You don’t even, don’t even try)
Modesty is just so hard to find

love bug, jonas brothers