Love it, Bob!

Currently infatuated with one song that I can play it over and over and over again...

As much as I like Jason Mraz's "I'm yours", I seem to be more attracted to this other song in his album. I am going to share with you the lyrics... I googled and I realised Bob Dylan wrote and sang this original song (1981 -- same age as me!!). So yesteryear!!!

It is adorable. Realised how they came up with the names, and how it perfectly rhymes... Brilliant creation. Love it, Bob!

Man Gave Names To All The Animals Lyrics
By: Bob Dylan

Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.

He saw an animal that liked to growl,
Big furry paws and he liked to howl,
Great big furry back and furry hair.
"Ah, think I'll call it a bear."

Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.

He saw an animal up on a hill
Chewing up so much grass until she was filled.
He saw milk comin' out but he didn't know how.
"Ah, think I'll call it a cow."

Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.

He saw an animal that liked to snort,
Horns on his head and they weren't too short.
It looked like there wasn't nothin' that he couldn't pull.
"Ah, think I'll call it a bull."

Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.

He saw an animal leavin' a muddy trail,
Real dirty face and a curly tail.
He wasn't too small and he wasn't too big.
"Ah, think I'll call it a pig."

Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.

Next animal that he did meet
Had wool on his back and hooves on his feet,
Eating grass on a mountainside so steep.
"Ah, think I'll call it a sheep."

Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.

He saw an animal as smooth as glass
Slithering his way through the grass.
Saw him disappear by a tree near a lake . . .

A special V day

And no.............. it's not with a man! Well, I don't think I have had many V days with the male species yet, there was one or a few but nothing memorable.

This year, I got a surprise from one of my best friends - 15 years of friendship! Geez. She gave me a little gift, she has been giving me a snowglobe every year since the day I mentioned I am collecting them. Very sweet of her! She gave me a card too, a handwritten one. I have written countless... countless letters or cards to my friends, and it has been ages someone wrote me one. I feel special. Privileged. Excited. And I wonder if these were the feelings of those whom have gotten my letters/cards in the past?! TELL ME please.

She wrote in the card that she has dedicated this song by 范玮琪 to me. Here's the song:

一个像夏天 一个像秋天

第一次见面看你不太顺眼
谁知道后来关系那么密切
我们一个像夏天一个像秋天
却总能把冬天变成了春天
你拖我离开一场爱的风雪
我背你逃出一次梦的断裂
遇见一个人然后生命全改变
原来不是恋爱才有的情节
如果不是妳 我不会相信
朋友比情人还死心塌地
就算我忙恋爱 把你冷冻结冰
你也不会恨我 只是骂我几句
如果不是妳 我不会确定
朋友比情人更懂得倾听
我的弦外之音 我的有口无心
我离不开Darling更离不开你
妳了解我所有得意的东西
才常泼我冷水怕我忘形
你知道我所有丢脸的事情
却为我的美好形象保密

I want to tell you and all my friends that no matter how little we communicate sometimes or how some of us lost touch over time... Some things will never change. A good friend will try to be there for you and the best are often always there even when you don't see it. So please cherish those you know whom are always there for you!!

My cradlesong

A lullaby that put me to sleep the other night.



Slipping Away

All that we needed was right
The fresh hold is breaking tonight

Open to everything happy and sad
Seeing the good when it's all going bad
Seeing the sun when I can't really see
Hoping the sun will at least look at me

Focus on everything better today
All that I need and I never could say
Hold on people that slipping away
Hold on to this while it's slipping away

All that we needed tonight
Are people who love us and like
I know how it feels to meant
Oh and we leave here, the seas

Open to everything happy and sad
Seeing the good when it's all going bad
Seeing the sun when I can't really see
Hoping the sun will at least look at me

Focus on everything better today
All that I need and I never could say
Hold on people that slipping away
Hold on to this while it's slipping away

So long
So long

Open to everything happy and sad
Seeing the good when it's all going bad
Seeing the sun when I can't really see
Hoping the sun will at least look at me

Focus on everything better today
All that I need and I never could say
Hold on to people that slipping away
[14x]


This song is a little sad, isn't it? But it's one of my favourite, I'm such a sucker for melancholy. But good songs are often sad, aren't they?? Everytime I listen to it, it inevitably reminds me of something sad.

And so... last night, I decided that my cradlesong has to be a happier one and I listened to some French songs my sister once introduced me to. They are much more lively, chirpy and since I didn't understand them, it's much more convincing that they're the "happy pills". Here's the French artist (Ridan) I'm currently so into... and his songs make very good lullabies ;)

한국어/조선말

And so.... I spent 56 dollars yesterday. I told you I was in the shopping mood... My mum told me last night," You're beginning to be like your sister (who happens to be a shopaholic)." Geeez, I'm not and don't want to be. Anyway for the almost $190 worth, I only paid 30% of the original price because they are on sale, so maybe I did save some money. It's a magenta long wool liner cardigan, trendy and very 'warm' for my rainy days and future autumn holidays!! I also got a korean made make-up/toiletry bag at a very cheap price, 70% off the original price. Very retro design, I like! In fact, I went to a couple of shops, very tempted to buy, luckily I exercised some self-control!

我可以写华语了！！！

Oh yea, I finally managed to make "chinese input" possible on my laptop. Sometimes I feel more IT-knowledgeable than some guys (well, than a guy I used to work with at least). Geeez, those really turned me off especially when they asked you simple Qs like "How do you open the video file?". OMG!!


What am I????
Yesterday at the shop, the sales person (who has lived in Korea) said I look KOREAN!! It's the first time, I heard someone said 'korean'. Well, I have never been there, never had korean friends, so I wouldn't know if I do look like them. So half the time she was talking to me in chinese and another half she tried english when she thought I didn't understand. Well, a lot of people do actually start the conversation in English, even those "chinese-speaking" aunties when I try to buy things from them.

Here's an amusing list of the race/nationalities I have been mistaken to be:
Eurasian. Indonesian chinese. Filipino. Chinese mixed indian/malay/just something else they can't name. Thai (only when I'm in thailand, haa). Japanese. Korean. South American (chinese??).


Something to share

A song (currently playing on my discman) that reminds me of that day one year ago... is it exactly one year already?? Gosh, I feel like I didn't live the last year well, there is so much I don't remember...

重播
歌手：袁惟仁

我应该勇敢地告诉你
还是让沉默住进屋子里
必要时我可以搬出去
热情和冷静都需要距离

我可以虚假地抱着你
让温度刻意保持在那里
甚至屏住自己的呼吸
只为了留滋暂的和平

去年这个时候我们还没有分手
相爱的故事剧情可以不断地重播
今年三月以后我们再没有联络
彼此的电话号码谁也没想过重播


Thank God, its Friday. Weekend and time for myself!
By the way, sorry guys, but Lemon Biscuits are finished, too hungry this morning! BS, you should have come my office that day, could have gotten one of the last 3 pieces, sigh. Gone! But it's amazing they stay crispy for some days, as I didn't tie the packet, just folded it nicely back in the box.

2 songs: For whom I loved & whom I detest

Here's a song that constantly rings in my head... sang by a chinese singer, its called "How could you let me be upset" (translated by me of course). The lyrics just appeared from nowhere whenever I felt upset and I found myself humming along to this song. And it also perfectly describes the scenario...

你怎麼捨得我難過 - 黃品源

對你的思念是一天又一天
孤單的我還是沒有改變
美麗的夢何時才能出現
親愛的你好想再見你一面

秋天的風一陣陣的吹過
想起了去年的這個時候
你的心到底在想些甚麼
為甚麼留下這個結局讓我承受

最愛你的人是我　你怎麼捨得我難過
在我最需要你的時候　沒有說一句話就走
最愛你的人是我　你怎麼捨得我難過
對你付出了這麼多　你卻沒有感動過


Here's another song that I've modified from the above song to describe my feelings to someone I really detest at work!!! It's called "Why do you make my life so hard to go by". Does it sound any good to you??


你使我日子很難過 - 我

對着你工作痛苦的每一天
可怜的我還是沒有选择
快乐时光何時才会出現
无奈的我好想给你个耳光

每天对着你真的好难过
想起昨日在车上的時候
你的嘴到底何时能闭上
為甚麼给我留下這噩梦的回忆

最憎恨的人是你　我怎麼捨得你快乐
在我最厌倦你的時候　我会让你更加痛苦
最憎恨的人是你　我怎麼捨得你快乐
對你臭骂了這麼多　你卻沒有清醒過

I'm not a superwoman...

but maybe I can be one...

Recalling yesterday, I was running with my heels down a flight of stairs just to catch the bus, luckily the bus didn't drive off... It's been a while since I wore heels, I have been favoring the flats more. But my thoughts have been drifting away, everytime the door is closing, I realized I've already reached my destination. Like today in the MRT, like yesterday on the bus!! So I ended up alighting without tapping my Ez-link at the exit, because I anxiously ran down. I hate this stupid system, where you pay the maximum fare and get the rest refunded when you alight. Why can't they learn from London bus that we pay a fixed amount of fare!! Old people forget, anxious people like me forget... So I thought I'd check it out how I can get a refund at the ticket sales office. It ended up that I can only collect the pathetic 40cents back with the receipt a week later at any sales office. How silly, only 40 cents, takes a week?? Forget it lah hor... Well, if I do remember and if I do have the receipt... Should I write in to them that they should really improve their system!

For the last 4 months, I rarely bumped into my neighbour, this Honkie-British old couple... Till the day before, I happened to see them at the lift lobby. Since my holidaymaking in London, my neighbour auntie has been encouraging me to stay on in UK and suggests lots of ways I could stay there. I wish it is that easy! Can I give up my passport for theirs??

My life is getting routine and I seriously detest it... Work, eat and sleep. Basically, that's all I do. Finishing work, I get home around 12am or before if I'm luckier... Sleep around 3am (if I do manage a hair wash) or some TV (fortunately World Cup ended)... it means I get more beauty sleep. Woke up at 11am, not much time left after a breakfast and shower, then I need to prepare to leave for work at 1pm. Tabulek tahan!!! I don't even find the decent time to paint my nails, think about my long-termed career - I need that!

I dream every night... I wonder if all my creative cells have been resting too much at work and they all worked throughout my sleep! There is no need for my creative juice to flow at work, so sad... luckily they aren't dying, they just changed their shift to work the later night shift :S The night before I dreamt about Emperor and fruits (a buffet)... don't ask me why, maybe watched too much Korea serial the last time round. Last night, I actually dreamt I met up with Dan. A friend I have known online since I was 16... 8 years now, we lost contact and got back in touch. It's funny that we are so near yet very far at the same time. He was like a brother to me, though now we're not as close as before... He lives some bus-stops away from my workplace, but we just have not decided to meet. The later part of the dream was horrible because I met a pervert... there's no one around to help me :((((((((((

Early in the morning
I put breakfast at your table
And make sure that your coffee
Has its sugar and cream

Your eggs are over easy
Your toast done lightly
All that's missing is your morning kiss
That used to greet me

Now you say the juice is sour
It used to be so sweet
And I can't help but to wonder
If you're talking 'bout me

We don't talk the way we used to talk
It's hurtin' so deep
I've got my pride, I will not cry
But it's makin' me weak

*I'm not your superwoman
I'm not the kind of girl that you can let down
And think that everything's okay
Boy, I am only human
This girl needs more than occasional
Hugs as a token of love from you to me, ooh, baby*

I fought my way through the rush hour
Trying to make it home just for you
I want to make sure that your dinner
Will be waiting for you

But when you get there you just tell me
You're not hungry at all
You said you'd rather read the paper
And you don't want to talk

You like to think that I'm just crazy
When I say that you changed
I'm convinced I know the problem
You don't love me the same

You're just going through the motions
And you're not being fair
I've got my pride, I will not cry
Still I can't help but care

*chorus* x 2

Oh, baby, look into the corners of your mind
I'll always be there for you through good and bad times
But I can't be that superwoman that you want me to be
I'll give my everlasting love if you'll return love to me

*chorus*

If you feel it in your heart
And you understand me
Stop right where you are
Everybody sing along with me

Hoo, hoo, hoo, ooh, ooh, hoo
Hoo, hoo, hoo, ooh, ooh, hoo
I'm the kind of girl that can treat you so sweet
But you got to realize that you got to be sweeter to me, oh, ho, ho

Hoo, hoo, hoo, ooh, ooh, hoo
Hoo, hoo, hoo, ooh, ooh, hoo
I need love
I need just your love

*chorus*

I'm not your superwoman

A song that perfectly describes my feelings...

Twinkle twinkle little star

I really really really really really really really x 1000000000000000... want to get my dream job ;)

Funkel, funkel, kleiner Stern,
Ach wie bist du mir so fern,
Wunderschön und unbekannt,
Wie ein strahlend Diamant,
Funkel, funkel, kleiner Stern,
Ach wie bist du mir so fern.

Funkel, funkel, kleiner Stern,
Ach was haben wir dich gern,
Strahlend schön am Himmelszelt,
Erleuchtest hell die ganze Welt,
Funkel, funkel, kleiner Stern
Ach was haben wir dich gern.

High soaring

... flying swiftly like a swallow

I called home for 8 minutes. All seem to be fine and a lot more cheery than when I first left, I feel relieved. I asked my dad for a red packet (he always gives me one on my birthday every year), he said he forgot to mail it. So I get double next year ;) As usual, they're dying for my return - the usual "Don't wait till january, come back when you don't have a job or don't have enough to survive". I understand the worries of my parents but somehow I'm enjoying the distance from home. The 6000 over miles is making them accepting me, and bringing us closer at the same time. I love and miss home... I know I'll return one day, so let me fly with my own wings for a while till I'm tired... When I can no longer fly, I'll be back!


It reminds me now of my favourite song I used to sing in school:

DONNA DONNA

On a wagon bound for market
There's a calf with a mournful eye
High above him there's a swallow
Winging swiftly through the sky
How the winds are laughing,
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna Donna Donna Don
Donna Donna Donna Donna
Donna Donna Donna Don
'Stop complaining' said the farmer
'Who told you a calf to be
Why don't you have wings to fly with
like the swallow, so proud and free?'
How the winds are laughing...
Calves are easily bound and slaughtered
Never know the reason why
But whoever treasures freedom
Like the swallow, has learned to fly
How the winds are laughing...

Is this my dream...

Quoting this from my buddy's blog... 
p.s: u'll need chinese encoding to read the lyrics!

"It's been about 2 weeks since Trixy left for London to embark on her holiday maker dream. Time flies fast. I'm still trying to believe that she's really over there in the UK already. We still get to msn each other rather often still since she's currently putting up at a friend's place for the time being. But thanks to her I finally got the answer to my marks and spencers smoked salmon sandwich. Shall think about that when I have the chance to visit the cold storage or super market.

Gonna pinch myself. Okay, I ain't dreaming. She's really there. Tsk tsk...

As I was saying, I'm still trying to believe she's really over there now. I remembered the day we went to send her off at the airport. Suddenly I seemed so heartless, my eyes wouldn't shed a single tear during our farewell. Amongst the Fab4, Syndy was the first to cry. At the gate, I could see Trixy's parents and elder sister tearing. Trixy too along with Syndy and even Lisi. Only I did not cried. I really wonder why too. How I wish I could. Perhaps I was happy for Trixy and maybe a little envy, hence I felt there wasn't a need for tears under such circumstances. Glad for her that she's flying off to start off a new chapter in her life. But I wrote her a letter that's to be read on the plane. In it I mentioned about one of JJ's song, 翅膀 [wings]. I wanted to dedicate that song to Trixy not because it's by JJ , but for it's words and meaning. Hope it can be a sorta motivation for her whenever she's feeling down or lonely there.

The song was written when JJ [think so] was feeling down in Taiwan, thinking about his ex-gal. Unfortunately JJ borke off with his gal as he had to fly off to Taiwan to become a singer. [Hope I did a good enough translation of the lyrics]

翅膀 - wings

同样的机场 不同世界 - the same airport yet different worlds
同样的咖啡 不同味觉 - the same coffee yet different tastes
同样的我和我 都少了一些 - the same me and I, seem lacking a little something
看飞机划过天空 不见了 - the plane flew past, disappearing into the sky
用你给我的翅膀飞 - I'm flying with the wings you gave me
我懂这不是伤悲 再高都不会累 - I know that this isn't saddness, it won't tire me out no matter how high I soar
我们都说好了 用你给我的翅膀飞 - we've agreed, to fly with the wings you gave me
我感觉己够安慰 乌云也不再多 - I'm comforted enough, gloomy clouds no longer seem that much
我们也不为谁掉眼泪 - we won't have to shed tears for each other
空气中藏着 你的香味 - your fragrance's been hidden in the air
回忆里躲着 你的眼泪 - your tears's been hidden in the memories
最后拥抱的 温暖还有一些 - I remembered our last warm hug
我拖着行李往前 一直走 - I kept on walking ahead while dragging my luggage
看一看回忆 是云朵 一朵朵的飘过 - memories are just like clouds, floating away one by one.
若想要回头 就无法傲翔 - I won't be able to soar if I were to turn back

JJ’s case was that he had to leave his beloved to pursue his career. Whereas Trix's was to leave Singapore and loved ones in search and pursue of her dreams and to travel around Europe. Though both JJ and Trix had different reasons for leaving, but still for a same cause. i.e. Dreams~

Hope this new pair of wings will help Trix soar high towards her dreams and goals. I envy Trix [not cos of the holidaymaker thingy] who manage to discover her dreams and going ahead to realizing it, making it come true. She's chasing after it while me am still lost as ever, without any hint of where to head.

Nevertheless I'm glad that I didn't tag along with her this time, for if I do, it's her dream that I'm chasing and not mine. Although I really hope I can be a holidaymaker too, I guess it ain't the right time for me yet. I waver too much.

So here's wishing Trixy lotsa luck. Take care and have fun! Cya soon next year! Miss ya lots! *muacks*

posted Tuesday, 31 August 2004

Song of my day

Losing my religion -- REM
Life is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no I've said too much
I set it up
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
Every whisper
Of every waking hour I'm
Choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool
Oh no I've said too much
I set it up
Consider this
The hint of the century
Consider this
The slip that brought me
To my knees failed
What if all these fantasies
Come flailing around
Now I've said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
But that was just a dream
That was just a dream