Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head

post #311

It'd been a crazy busy bee week...ended with a nice weekend. Finally got a burden lifted off my shoulder, a project (could be said) was finished. I had to stay up till over midnite to get it done, but it's over now *deep sigh...yippieee....Now I could focus on another one.

Rain started to pour last few days, marked the rainy season. Well it's about time anyway.

I’ve been working up the courage to call you all year
There is nothing I can say
There are no good words left anyway
Besides people are cruel
And the world still moves without you....darling

Came Friday, the day I'd been waiting on last weekend working days. After yes-no, should I-shouldn't I and bla bla bla other thoughts... I finally gather enough guts to called her...asked her out...too bad it didn't work as planned. My friend asked me to watched P2, a thriller played by Rachel Nichols and I-don't-know-and-I-don't care actor who played the psycho parking guard. One thing to be noted, Rachel Nichols played in Alias and she would be the Scarlet O'Hara in GI Joe movie (expected to be released in 2009) . A Good movie...too bad I was still kinda tired after the long working hours on Thursday. But it was quite a good movie in overall. Went home, saw her online so I nudged her over the MSN late that nite. Of all other times that Speedy connection would irritating, it went on-off-on-off when I was texting. Darnnnnnnn......I finally gave her a call..talked a bit...then went to sleep.

Woke up at almost lunch time. Felt....plain...I had had some scenarios in my mind about what would happen if I told her...and what I felt was...plain...relief?? Maybe....but I also felt a little bit lighter. Ate brunch then accompanied my dad to check his eyes. On our way there, there was a very funny monkey on the side of the road. The funny thing was the monkey wore pants, shirt, vest, and even a hat. I took two pictures of it. In one of the pic, it posed like a boss....so darn hilarious....I was laughing like crazy when I looked at the pic again...lolzzzz...




Arrived there, registered and waited for our turn. While waiting for the turn, there was Peterpan concert in RCTI. Well, a nice way to kill the boredom of waiting. I loved Peterpan's songs. It was raining quite hard for about 40 minutes, then our turn came. Shortly, he needed an operation. Scheduled medical check up, biometry prescription, an operation that very afternoon. Had to take quick action. *sigh...Went back home after that, stopped by at Artha Gadink for a while, then played Futsal. It was good...as usual....It was very tiring and pumped my adrenaline...yeahhhhh.....went home quite early that nite.....took a long peaceful nap afterward.

To end the week, karaoke was a must...lolzzz...so I went to HPGG on Sunday after attended morning mass at St. James. Too bad D couldn't make it. He had to go to Mangga Dua. So it was only me, Agus and the girls...Went back home on the afternoon...feeling sleepy so I took an afternoon nap...a long one...woke up...took a bath...then went back to sleep again after browsing for a while....it was a fine day....

Well...today it was raining again in the afternoon...at around 4 PM. Reminded my of my days on my previous project where I got a window view, thus I could observe that it usually rained at around 4 PM. Rainy days were coming.....I'd never stop the rain by complaining....so I better be ready


BJ Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head

Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
Nothin' seems to fit
Those raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'

So I just did me some talkin' to the sun
And I said I didn't like the way he got things done
Sleepin' on the job
Those raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'

But there's one thing I know
The blues they send to meet me won't defeat me
It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me

Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red
Cryin's not for me
'Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'
Because I'm free
Nothin's worryin' me

It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me

Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red
Cryin's not for me
'Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'
Because I'm free
Nothin's worryin' me

Cellphone Craving

post #310

*Droolingggg......

Just wanna update my wish list at the moment.....Nokia N79 had been released in my country. The retail price was around US$ 500... Yeahh still expensive...I should wait for a while...wait for the price to fall (a bit)....I'd been consumptive lately..bought a g, a pair of new shoes, 4th gen Ipod Nano which now I wanted to trade with Ipod Touch....Plus I wanted to buy a new laptop...lolzzz...so many things.....Though there were other things that I need to buy, like new set of tires for both Karen and Elisha....Man...I should prioritize....

Been waiting for this variant for almost two months since Nokia officially announced two new models (N79 n N85). I'd been a fan of Nokia since...well...forever...All of my cellphones were Nokia and they're all in candy bar form factor. I liked the simplicity and sturdiness of this mono block...instead of sliding, flipping, twisting, rotating...etc you named it....

Nokia really knew how to make people craving for more (at least for me). On October 2nd, 2008, they announced the first cellphone with Symbian 60 5th edition called Nokia 5800 Express Music. It's the first touch screen cellphone based on Symbian. Nokia decided to go into the 'iphone' doppelganger war along with Samsung (Omnia), HTC (Diamond, Touch Pro), SE (XPeria), and now even RIM launched Blackberry Storm. I had to give it to Apple. It really set a standard which set it apart from the other manufacturers. Apple had become the third largest mobile phone manufacturer by revenue --> Source. Wow....a job well done, Steve Job ;)

Ermmm....Now I began to consider 5800 as an option...
Let see the pro cons...
5800:
+ Touch (n large) screen, 3.2" (640 x 360)
- 'Only' 3.2 MP camera

N79:
+ 5 MP Camera
- 'Only' 2.4", non touch screen (320 x 240)

Hmmm....Which one should I choose? Bigger screen but mediocre camera...or smaller screen but better camera (supposed to be better...but I doubt it) ? But when 5800 would arrive here...??

Well...without further ado....here are some pics of Nokia N79 and 5800 Express Music. Rumor had it that Nokia would launch 5800 in Q2 2009 and at the time preparing variants for touch screen version of E-series. Hmmmm......let's wait and see....

N79 Tech Spec
5800 Tech Spec
Both Phones Comparison


Nokia N79 and 5800 side by side
To be honest, I like 5800 color better


Nokia N79 Hands on, lights on


Nokia 5800 in different angles



And here are some videos of them
N79


5800



Btw...here's the Ipod I was talking about...It's tiny, offered a nice new feature such as shuffle when shaken, genius playlist, and auto rotate...quite a leap I had to say...


Yes...it's this slim...

What a Wonderful World

post #309

*Grin...
All the weariness, drowsiness just wash away when I listened to the sound record of my last gath on Saturday....that's a thing with feelings....it could change in a matter of second.

Ahhh...la vita e bella...Life is beautiful.

The long awaited Saturday finally came. Me and some friends from a forum had a music gathering. I brought one of my homies since they in a need of guitarist. We rendezvoused at PS food court. Then went to the studio. There were some newcomers that made it even merrier. I sang Untuk Dikenang n helped a bit in singing Truly Madly Deeply...a song I'd been fond of since 1997 (or was it 1996?) back to my Jr. High days...The gath was great...lots of laughters....lots of on the spot initiatives n some of the newcomers even brought us Bread Talk...yippieeee.....

After the gath, we ate at Senci. We had an interesting conversation and I met a colleague. She was about to get something to eat with her girlfriends. Then me and my homies continued to Gadink. The girls were already waiting at Dante. Winy had her laptop infected with spyware and she asked our help to clean it up. David came around at around 8 PM. We had some chat then we watched The House Bunny. Met Grace on our way up. Had a brief chit chat then we continued to XXI. House Bunny was so so; standard plot, but still quite entertaining. Anna Faris looked different, well probably because she showed a lot of skin there compared to the previous movie of her I watched (Scary Movie series).

Slept and woke up on Sunday quite late. I had a lunch appointment with a friend I hadn't met in couple of months. Met her at TGA bookstore, then we had a lunch. After that we enjoy a long conversation at Starbucks. It's nice to talk to someone who worked in the same industry, shared same hobby in watching TV serials, and interested in cellphones. There were lots to catch up. We talked much about work mainly....poor us...lolzzz....After I drove her home, I went to church to attend the afternoon mass. The sermon was good...it's interesting how same pericope could be looked from different angles. Not to mention there was this gorgeous girl who was sitting behind me (with hre bf unfortunately...). I noticed her when it was time to share peace greetings.

Then went to Gadink for a while....met the girls again...at Dante (again)...this time Dovan also came. Chatted for a while then I went to Balai Samudra to attend a friend's wedding reception. To my surprise, met quite many friends I hadn't met in a long time. And she also came....with her husband. I was like...what the.....???? Gianicera. My Jr high crush, High School crush, then Univ crush. All of them this weekend, in the correct sequence also. What did it mean?? What a big, fat coincidence...lolzzz....anyway it was nice to met them again. She was still attractive. Her habit of playing with her hair also remained. Anyone would never guess that she's married and already gave birth. Well...the reception itself was grand. It was...wowwww...One of the dancer was cute also...lolzzzz... *sigh...when would my wedding reception take place? Ermm.....May.... maybe yes...maybe no...lolzzzz

Went back to Gadink after the photo session. We decided to hang out for a while...but the coffee shop was closed, so we decided to went back home. Four times from Sunday to Sunday...it's like...wowwwww.....lifted up my spirit....gave me additional energy to face the weekdays torture...and brought a simple smile on my face....

Have friends to share jokes...share laughters...share stories...
Bring a smile on gloomy days and make them a bit brighter...
To spend time...Do crazy things...
To lean on for while when we're weary
Being wanted, appreciated...needed...loved...

And I think to myself...what a wonderful weekend world....



Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom, for me and you
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

I see skies of blue, and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces, of people going by
I see friends shaking hands, sayin' "how do you do?"
They're really sayin' "I love you"

I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow
They'll learn much more, than I'll ever know
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

Yes I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Oh yeah

Soulmate

post #308

Who doesn't long for someone to hold?
Who knows how to love you without being told
Somebody tell me why I'm on my own
If there's a soulmate for everyone

Is it true?
Is there a soul mate for each and everyone of us?
First let's take a look at its definition
Soul mate often considered as the one and only other half of one's soul, for which all souls are driven to find and join.
Sometimes it's used to designate someone with whom one has a feeling of deep and natural affinity, friendship, love, intimacy, sexuality, spirituality and/or compatibility.

Do you believe in it? The idea that each and everyone of us had another pair of soul we need to find and unite with to become whole?
What if we search all of our lives, but never find it?
What if that soul mate die before us, or vice versa...then we would lose the only chance to become whole?
How can we know for sure that he/she is out soul mate? Feelings? Intuition? Compatibility matrix?
What if we're sure that a person is our soul mate, but the person thinks otherwise (or vice versa)?

What I know for sure was that every relationship needs effort from both parties. Just like a saying, it takes two to tango. It's fundamental in order to make the relationship work. I can't expect a relationship to work, to last if I only be the one who take, take, take....I also need to give. Give some love. If I only take, my counterpart would be (eventually) tired...she would be exhausted and all out of love. She wouldn't be able to give anymore, because I take them all.

Is a soul mate always refers to spouse?
A friend of mine once said that it didn't always necessary be like that. We could find our soul mate in form of a friend. Hmmm.....Probably this answered the question for people who stay unmarried in their lives.

Well...I guess like there's a saying...there are some things you just know and some times it's beyond common sense...If we feel comfortable with a person, we can be ourselves around that person, in our own skin, with all of our flaws....and that person accept it (vice versa).... Have we not found our soul mate? What if we feel that way toward several persons? Could we have soul mates? How do we determine which one of them are really our soul mate?

What about you?
Do believe in soul mate?
Have you find it? Are you sure?

If there's a soul mate for everyone...


Natasha Bedingfield - Soulmate

Incompatible, it don't matter though
'cos someone's bound to hear my cry
Speak out if you do
You're not easy to find

Is it possible Mr Ms. Loveable
Is already in my life?
Right in front of me
Or maybe you're in disguise

Who doesn't long for someone to hold
Who knows how to love you without being told
Somebody tell me why I'm on my own
If there's a soulmate for everyone

Here we are again, circles never end
How do I find the perfect fit
There's enough for everyone
But I'm still waiting in line

Who doesn't long for someone to hold
Who knows how to love you without being told
Somebody tell me why I'm on my own
If there's a soulmate for everyone

If there's a soulmate for everyone

Most relationships seem so transitory
They're all good but not the permanent one

Who doesn't long for someone to hold
Who knows how to love you without being told
Somebody tell me why I'm on my own
If there's a soulmate for everyone

Who doesn't long for someone to hold
Who knows how to love you without being told
Somebody tell me why I'm on my own
If there's a soulmate for everyone
If there's a soulmate for everyone

Adolescent Adoration

post #307

HECTIC! That's one word that really fit to describe it. Another year, another promotion. Not that I wasn't grateful for it. It's great to achieve it. Got AnB award for Q3 n Q4 consecutively was a bonus. I had always been wondering could I achieve it, but now I knew I could. New role, more responsibilities...It's natural. I think I just still need to adapt to them. Meetings, discussions, heaps of work were a common thing. And this Friday, I had to stay over again for another cutover....darn...I will get through this in one piece.....I can...

Movies n TV Series. YEAHHHHH....things that kept my sanity in place. Lolzz...
- Heroes season 3. Finished watching ep 1-4...Ep 5 was on the way. Nice twist of the plot. It became more complex and interesting. Too bad Kristen Bell was not around much anymore.

- House season 5. Darn....I hadn't finished season 4 and season 5 was already being aired.

- Chuck season 2. Yeahhhh.....can't wait to see Chuck-Sarah relationship progression

- Gossip Girl season 2. Be careful D, S was a queen, B was a bitch, and J was not as innocent as you might think. Anyway you still have V, who was 'dumped' by N...and don't forget C, the BASShole and BASStard...you know you love me... xoxo.... Can't wait to watch the next episodes......wohooooooo

- Prison Break season 4. Sarah was not dead. I repeat, Sarah was not dead...YEAHHH!!!!!! Well, now that I had Michael Scofield's haircut...Could I get a girl like Sarah? *I wish!!! lolzzz...

- Eli Stone season 2. The modern day prophet would strike again. What was he up to now? Hmmm....

Goshhh...I missed a lot during the summer. Well the TV series was on a break anyway...lolzzz....So many 'homework' I need to do....jia you!!!

Been trying to sleep early, but this plan was a complete failure since Saturday. After scored a beautiful header goal in a very exhausting game, took a long sleep after midnite, we went karaoke on Sunday, Happy Puppy wasn't fully renovated so we went to NAV. Ate at Rice Bowl then watched Body of Lies...which I had to admit very good movie. Nice plot, lots of twists and intriguing lines. After that we went to La Porchetta and talked for a while.

There..I saw her again. The last time I saw her was probably few months ago when I was watching a movie with my homies. It's always good to see her. No more breeze...just nice to see her. I thought she's getting more beautiful.... *sigh

After Sunday recharge, I faced Monday with a new spirit. Work still tortured me, but it's okay. Then in the afternoon, one of my homies called. He said that the girls wanted to hang out after office hour. I said I could but it might be a lil bit late. He said ok. Then not so long after that she called me and told me that the plan was canceled. Then when I was browsing...a friend buzzed me and said that they would hang out at La Piazza. Since I was already tired n bored with work, I said ok and went there. Girls....they're like a switch...0 1 0 1...on off on off....yes no yes no...lolzzzz...

Then I met the girls at Tea Gallery. Nice, comfy place. We talked for a while, decided to grab something to eat...we ended up eating at Izzi Pizza and I became those girls' driver for the nite. While we're eating at Izzi, I got to see her better, the dim light shone her feature. She's still lovely. Drove the girls home, we had laughters along the way. Then I went back home. Chatted with a friend and something was said that made me thinking. Hmmmm...probably it's right. But what did it mean? Went to sleep, trying to shrugged of the thought from my mind...but it's still there.

But what I wouldn't give to see your face again...my adolescent adoration

Tuesday was crazier than Monday. So many works...so many things...so much pressure...but managed to get through the day...and sleep late at nite of course. Yesterday was no different, except that the girls invited us to watch Eagle Eye premiere. A nice movie...full with suspense...Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan were the main cast. It's interesting to see what a computer that was too powerful (and smart) could do due to a decision mistake made by a president. Not only a president, but the president of US. Lots of action scenes and (as usual) it ended happily.


The pale full moon was watching me as I drove Elisha home tonite. Reminded me it'd been a while since the last time I watch the moon cycle. The paleness gave sad nuance that was different compared to the bright light it shown yesterday...

Well now I'm gonna watch Heroes season 3 ep 5...yeahhhhhhhhhh



Kylie Minogue - On A Night Like This

Dont, say, its like a fantasy
When, you, know this is how it should be

You kiss me, Im falling
Can you hear me calling
You touch me, I want you
Feels like Ive always known you

Chorus:
On a night like this
I wanna stay forever, stay forever
On a night like this
Just wanna be together
On a night like this

Now, im, getting closer to you
Hold, me, I just cant be without you

You kiss me, Im falling
Its your name Im calling
You touch me, I want you
Feels like Ive always known you

Chorus

Seams Ive known you a lifetime
Now its time to make you mine
On a night like this. . .

Chorus

Overload

post #306

ARGRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!$%^&(*@!##@%$#^%^$%$^%Y@#%$#%$:>
*Take a deep breath....that feels better
Too many things
Too many thoughts
Too much to do
So little time

Teruntukmu hatiku, diriku bersuara
Merangkai semua tanya, imaji yang terlintas

Berjalan pada satu tanya slalu menggangguku
Seseorang itukah dirimu...kasih?

I remember noticing you first
No one knew that I was looking at you
Kept a disguise for fear inside you didn't feel it too

Kepada yang tercinta, inginnya ku mengeluh
Semua resah di diri, mencari jawab pasti

Akankah seseorang yang ku impikan kan hadir
Raut halus.....menyelimuti jantungku

I wish I could define
All the thoughts that cross my mind
They seem too BIG for me to choose
I don't know which one's to lose

有太多人太多事 夾在我們之間咆哮
雜訊太多訊號弱 就連風吹都要干擾

Life is not about chances...
It's about choices and consequences...

If only I could turn back time,
If only I had said what I still hide
If only I could turn back time,
I would stay for the night... for the night

Help me figure out the difference
Between right and wrong, weak and strong
Day and night where I belong
Help me make the right decisions
Know which way to turn lessons to learn
And just what my purpose is here

Send someone to love me
I need to rest in arms
Keep me safe from harm
In pouring rain

I don't want to lose you
but I don't want to use you
just to have somebody by my side

Give me endless summer
Lord I fear the cold
Feel I'm getting old
Before my time

我想就這樣牽著妳的手不放開

That's a thing about Clark Kent.
He's not always there when you want him.
But he's always there when you need him.

Give me a moment before you go
There's something you ought to know

You are my fire
The one desire
Believe when I say
I want it that way

Kaulah yang dinginkan aku dari mimpiku
Coba terbangkan khayalku, dari sadarku

I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with a broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay for a while

And when you say you love me do you mean it?
Baby when you hold me do you feel it?
I believe in magic in your eyes,
I would wait until the end of time
To hear you say you love me like you mean it
Baby when you hold me make me feel it.
All I wanna do is make you mine

Will you love me when morning comes?
Forever and ever, babe

Will you love me for who I am?
No angel, just an ordinary man....

I could never change you
I don't want to blame you.
Baby, you don't have to take the fall.
Yes, I may have hurt you, but I did not desert you.
Maybe I just want to have it all

And I'd give it all away
Just to have somewhere to go to
Give it all away
To have someone to come home to....

Poison Ivy

post #305

After a bit reminiscing wild nights we had back in univ times.....I couldn't stop thinking about the advice my friend gave me.

"Don't put yourself in things that might end up messy. Just use hookers, they're simple and practical. Use them whenever you need them. You get what you pay for, that's it. No more, no less."

Hmmmm.......do we, human (by this commonly men) tend to be promiscuous? Can't we pledge ourselves to a person throughout our (short) lives in this small world. I remember a line, but couldn't remember in what movie.
Q : Can we be monogamous?
A : You're in the wrong species, you should be a duck.

I was like....lolzz...lolzz.....

Reminded me again also about the conversation I had with David while I drove him home. So many examples of successful (read: has lots of money) men still fooling around outside their home, have second wife, have mistress(es)...some even have child from their second, third, and so on wives....*sigh...If that so I doubt I wanna be that successful. We both didn't want to become one of them. Was I just being too idealistic?

They still played the role of a good husband (even good father) for their 'primary' family....but outside the home, they're bachelor....some even with their wives' consent. Their wives knew, and they just close their eyes, as long as their husbands do not bring any STD back home and still manage to perform their responsibilities as the head of the family. If the husbands could still play their role well, it's okay, right? Or was it wrong?

In this crazy world....the line between white and black was so thin.....and there's hugeeeee gray area between those two.

Maybe the wives could tolerate their husbands because they see it just sex, without feelings and emotions involved...just simply lust...so they could forgive their husband's infidelity. Women were usually more scared if they found out that their husbands were having an affair which involved feelings with another woman....

I remember this quote from Love Actually. Alan Rickman played a middle aged husband who bought a necklace for his secretary. FYI, he's the one who played Severus Snape in Harry Potter. He's a very good actor. I didn't see Snape character at all in Love Actually....well done.

Karen: Tell me, if you were in my position, what would you do?
Harry: What position is that?
Karen: Imagine your husband bought a gold necklace and come Christmas gave it to somebody else...
Harry: Oh, Karen...
Karen: Would you wait around to find out if it's just a necklace, or if it's sex and a necklace, or if worst of all it's a necklace and love? Would you stay, knowing life would always be a little bit worse? Or would you cut and run?
Harry: Oh, God. I am so in the wrong. The classic fool.
Karen: [voice breaking] Yes, but you've also made a fool out of me, and you've made the life I lead foolish too.

Hmmm.....questions...
What is the definition of cheating?
What if the husband didn't cheat physically (by having sex) with another woman, but cheat emotionally; ie. have deeper feeling and being closer to another woman?
Which one is more tolerable? The physical or the emotional cheating?

Sure, each woman would have different answers. These kind of things really shook the idea of marriage, attacked the value of marriage....but gotta keep the faith, there were few examples of duck-men (if I may use the term) who could pledge themselves to a woman and a woman only. It's not easy....but hey life's never been easy....at least to most of us. Once you've made a choice, you gotta be ready to bear the consequences. So think thoroughly and choose wisely. I hope I could be one of those duck-men.

Ivy...A sweet, delicate poison....



Britney Spears - Toxic

Baby, can't you see, I'm calling
A guy like you should wear a warnin'
It's dangerous, I'm fallin'

There's no escape, I can't wait
I need a hit, baby give me it
You're dangerous, I'm lovin' it

[Bridge:]
Too high, can't come down
Losing my head,
Spinning 'round and 'round
Do you feel me now?

[Chorus:]
With a taste of your lips, I'm on a ride
You're toxic, I'm slippin' under
taste of a poison paradise
I'm addicted to you
Don't you know that you're toxic?
And I love what you do
Don't you know that you're toxic?

It's getting late to give you up
I took a sip from my devil's cup
slowly, It's taking over me

[Bridge]
Too high, can't come down
It's in the air and it's all around
Can you feel me now?

[Chorus:]
Don't you know that you're toxic?

(Taste of your lips I'm on a ride)
You're toxic, I'm slippin' under
With a taste of a poison paradise
I'm addicted to you
Don't you know that you're toxic?

With a taste of your lips, I'm on a ride
You're toxic, I'm slippin' under (Toxic)
With a taste of a poison paradise
I'm addicted to you
Don't you know that you're toxic?

Intoxicate me now
With your lovin' now
I think I'm ready now
(I think I'm ready now)
Intoxicate me now
With your lovin' now
I think I'm ready now.

(If) Life Is So Short

post #304

Isn't it funny
How times seems to slip away so fast
One minute you're happy
The other you're sad

Sang the above fragment of song while I was on the boat, accompanying my cousin to spread his mom ashes (my auntie) into the sea. You'd never know what the future hold. The holiday that I had been longing for, ended so fast, I almost didn't realize that it was over and I had to go back to work again.

I didn't complain though. Everything happened for a reason. There's gotta be lessons that could be learned. Been visiting the hospital during the holiday. Only had few times I could really enjoy for myself.

My aunt. She was 55 when she had the stroke. She already had some problems with her kidney and blood pressure. She just recently went back home from Penang for a medication and supposed to be back in two months. But fate thought otherwise. Her stroke put her in critical condition. She was brought to hospital. She gained consciousness and her condition was getting better. But then she went into coma and after almost two weeks, she passed away.

Mom was shocked when she heard the news and often visited her at the hospital. She tried to accompany her in her last days. My aunt died in such young age. She was under heavy stress, plus her condition (kidneys n blood pressure) made the stroke give a knock out punch, not instantly...but still it's a deadly blow *sigh What about me?? Would I reach or surpass that age?

One thing I really admire was the prompt response of her church members. Visiting her while she was in the hospital. Arranging service at the grieving house and the crematorium. They did almost all the work. They did it out of care and love. They really looked after one another. Salute for them, GKJMB n GKJPI. I guess that's the virtue of a not too big denomination. The members were really well taken care of.

Flying airplanes was a common sight near the crematorium. I looked up at the clear blue sky and the (unfortunately far from clean blue) dirty water while the boat was heading to the sea. I realized once again....how small a person was compared to this earth, to mother nature. Reminded me the last time I visited my auntie at the hospital, a day before she passed away. She looked so weak and helpless.

I thought about everything that had been happening. In less than a week after the last visit, I went to the crematorium, picking up her ashes n bones using chopsticks. While I was picking up her bones I couldn't help to think, "These bones were a living person three days ago. But now, they're only bones, the remains of a person who used to live.....they're lifeless."

It's kinda sad...and in a way, reminded me again. It made me think about the most important things in life....my life.
Re-prioritize, if necessary.
Life is short.
Use time wisely
Live a better, healthier lifestyle.

We all given 24 hours a day, no more, no less. It depended on each of us how we use that time in our lives.

Holiday's over..
(quoting Carrie Underwood)...but there were lessons learned....

What about your life?
Have you thought about it?
What are your life's priorities?
Are they need to be changed?
Think about it...coz you would never know...when your time has run out.
We never know....


The Moffatts - If Life Is So Short

Isn't it funny
How times seems to slip away
So fast
One minute you're happy
The other you're sad
But if you give me one more chance
To show my love for you is true
I'll stand by your side
Your whole life trough

If life is short
Why won't you let me love you
Before we run out of time
If love is so strong
Why won't you take the chance
Before our time has come
If life is so short
If life is so short

Love is a word that explains
How I feel for you
And when you're in my arms
All my dreams come true
And when you're not around
You can't hardly see
These tears that I'm crying
Now are for you to be with me

If life is short
Why won't you let me love you
Before we run out of time
If love is so strong
Why won't you take the chance
Before our time has come
If life is so short
If life is so short