good morning baby :)

Have you ever listened to Bic Runga's? This song on youtube that I'm showing you guys is probably not the best choice to introduce you to Bic Runga. Her fans would agree that it has to be Sway (a very nice song, one of my favourite. Search on it on youtube and listen to it!) Some info about her though, she is part Malaysian Chinese, part Maori. I got to know about her stuff when I was studying in NZ. Her songs (sway and good morning baby) actually made up the soundtrack for the movie American Pie (I love this movie, too! Classic story about horny American teenagers in a bone tickling funny potrayal. Only 1-3 are good tho, the others are crap, I tell you, crappp. They are just wannabes of American Pie). Nways, back to Bic (you say it as 'Bec' btw), her voice always comfort me and her songs always find their ways in soothing my anxious soul. So, here's Good Morning Baby for you. A perfect song to start your day :)



And here's the lyric too!

Between an overload of information
And a striving for a pure dedication
I find myself looking for the exit sign
See your pretty face in the sunshine
In the morning after staying up all night
I want to wake you just to hear you tell me it's alright
And all I want to be is too much sometimes for me

Good morning, baby I hope I'm gonna make it through another day
Good morning, baby I hope I'm gonna make it through another day

I see the stars and all the planets
Fly the great wide world and have it all
Yeah, I better get a ticket,
better get in line
I'm praying now for beautiful weather
Take a car and drive forever but I'm
Only ever sitting at the traffic light
And all the world to see is too much sometimes for me

Good morning, baby I hope I'm gonna make it through another day
Good morning, baby I hope I'm gonna make it through another day
Good morning, baby I hope I'm gonna make it through another day
Good morning, baby I hope I'm gonna make it through another day

(And when you rise)
And when you rise you'll find me here
(Open your eyes)
And see myself reflected there
(And for awhile)
A little room becomes an everywhere

Between an overload of information
And a striving for a pure dedication
I find myself looking for the exit sign

Good morning, baby I hope I'm gonna make it through another day
Good morning, baby I hope I'm gonna make it through another day
Good morning, baby I hope I'm gonna make it through another day
Good morning, baby I hope I'm gonna make it through another day (another day)

oh btw, this song is by Bic Runga AND Semisonic.

it's a record

I am in no way a great achiever in sport. It is never my thing. Has never been but am slowly getting immersed in it, because of my work now. Early of this year, I was busy handling the sports event at my school -specifically for my house (Go RED!). I came home late for almost every single weekdays. I got THE sunburn of my life.

Next, I was involved with softball. I have zero knowledge in this sport, let alone ever played it. But I was appointed as the team manager nonetheless and hey, I am not complaining because the title manager does, however, seems rather cool :) And during this one particular week where I went back home around 8pm every single freakin day, again, I got sunburn that is next to THE sunburn of my life (refer to 1st paragraph). I probably gonna have to go through with this horrific sunburn incident again (gah) this friday-sunday because the state level tournament will be held here and I'm probably gonna have to be one of the pegawai (nasib lah title pegawai tuh bes...).

Do you consider bowling as a sport? It IS, right?

I am no good in bowling too. I just bowl for fun and it didn't matter to me if the ball went into the gutter. Tak apa. As long as dapat baling kan. My percentage of getting total point that is over 100 is really rare. As rare as Batu Pahat feeling cold and breezy these days (it's heatwave season and I so hate it). So it was rather shocking when I actually surpass 100 a few weeks ago! And I actually beat some of my colleagues who are maniacs for bowling. Maybe their hands had gone numb on that night or maybe they were not feeling it. It doesn't matter. What matter is, I got 133 and I'm damn proud of it! (Altho...this is not likely to occur again. This record was out of pure luck, I reckon).


and oh, Y is me. The akak who key in the info called me Yana. Hahaha. After this record breaking history, we went out for a late supper (I am now, officially, restricted for supper, until further notice - i.e until I shed off heaps of kilos :P :P)

BTW,
I have another game this Thursday. It's for the teacher's day. Was forced to join it by my colleagues and I don't think I really mind joining it. It could be quite amusing to see these teachers behave outside the school compound you know :D

bliss!

I was just starting my aerobix routine. Sweating off my fats and trying to burn the calories. Need to shed a few kilos (impossible, kot within this 3 wix time!@) before my rendezvous wit fwens because I'm vain like that. And then it happened. The light went off and so did the fan. Utter darkness and I was alone at the basement. I breathed in the courage that I could gather and went upstairs, asking for matches/lighter from my roomie. She had none. With the dim light from my handphone (of which, has no spotlight on its own so I had to depend on the blue light from the screen), I went to the kitchen and light the candle using the stove. That must had burnt like couples of calories, I reckon, because I was sweating like mad. It felt like... bathing in hot spring in scorchingly hot weather. Of course, I just had to stop the aerobics. I'd rather use up the lappie's batt on going online and getting civilised rather than burning off the fats. I supposed the burning will just have to be postponed until tomorrow. Or until I'm feeling it :P

I went to my room, did a couple of toning exercises altho I was pretty sure that it was kinda useless because I'm gonna need to undergo about 20 mins of cardio before toning (or so I heard) but I did it anyway. I don't wanna feel too guilty. I focused on the contraction of my muscles. I imagined all of them getting crunched up and toned up. Oh, imagination.

The light from the candles swayed gracefully and it kinda got me in the zone for....sleeping. I gave it another 30 mins before I shower. And another 30 mins before I hit the sack. But until then, I was time for organising my wallet, making sure the notes are all neatly kept in order from biggest value to the smallest. With the picture of that dude (I'm still quite uncertain of whose picture that is on our notes) at the right side of the wallet. Organizing one's wallet could take up some time, you know. What with all the treasures that you can find in there. Should we call the ladies' as purse? Ah, screw that. Wallet sounds cooler. And I'm still missing that red wallet of mine which I bought in a new Billabong store at Queen St in Auckland back in 2006. I bought that out of impulse, I think? I was alone and the SA was really nice. And handsome. Heheheh. I was kinda in need of a new wallet, so maybe the timing was perfect. And the wallet was in RED. My ultimate favorite color. This new one is silver. Not bad altho what I was really lemming for was Coach's purse. Why was it more expensive than the handbags? I could only drool when I was in the States. But again, the SA was really super nice. I was like a kid in a candy store altho I was only shopping for friends at that time. Constantly showing my company the stuff that I think suit them but of course, it was pointless to show a guy and ask them to pick between two choices. They'll end up saying "both are really pretty" and snoozes on the couch (yes, the boutique has nice, comfy couches for these sorts of companies. Particularly bored guys). I wanna caress the paper bags going out from their boutique, going into another. It's a bliss living in the States because there are so many good stuff that are way cheaper than their marked up price here. Sigh.

Anyways,
sometimes it is kinda....serene to be living in the most minimal necessities that you can get, no? It must be stress-free to be living yearsss ago where the only source of light at night was lampu pelita. All the kids do their homework before they go off to bed while the momsies accompany the daddies smoking off their cigarettes. No tv that could messes up with the kids' minds and turns us into idiots. Early to bed, early to rise. Their days must've been very productive.

Seeing that it was particularly taking a long time for the electricity to get back on, I decided to shower. What a romantic feeling, showering under a dim light. All that was missing was a bathtub of rose petals and a man. Hehehehe. I had to slather on the lotion under a dim light too. I thought I was destined to sleep early tonight.

But,

I guess not.

The electricity went right back on as I was typing this entry and it was such a relief to see the lappie's batt being recharged. I say, one of my necessities nowadays is my laptop. I'd die out of boredom without it. I have been typing quite aimlessly. What I typed earlier was just random thoughts that had crossed my mind. I am so hyped up about the coming holidays. It is such a bummer though that I'm gonna have to wait for about 3 more weeks before the holidays come. I suppose this is one of the perks of my profession. Long holidays. And if you are not requested to attend courses etc during it, it can be quite a BLISS :) (Aiyo I'd die la if there's no breaks from seeing those rascals' for consecutive weeks).

confession of a teddy.

My name is Marley. This is a confession of a teddy bear.

I shall never forget the date I was united with my master. It was September 12, 2008. I knew we would click right away. I knew she would treat me right and love me with all of her heart. I promised myself that I would love her right back. I vowed to always, always be there for her at all times. I wanted to be the one who comfort her when she is sad, I wanted to be the one who she seeks for when she's feeling down and I wanted to share her happiness too.

As time goes by, I have seen her in both happy and sad times. I swear to God, there were many times where I wish I could say out loud that it's OK to cry and I would love her always and even when she cries, I still adores her and loves her the most.

I've seen her at her worst too. When she woke up and her hair seemed to be in a mess. When she got her measles and her face was swollen (I didn't dare to laugh though. kene lah jaga hati.) And well, couple of other times too that I shall not mention in case that would drive her mad and she would rub minyak cap kapak on my face.

I love it when she hugs me everytime she wants to fall asleep. And what flattered me the most was that, out of all teddies that she has (she has quite a lot! and there's this one teddy that is as big as me and we always fought for her attention but that's another story), she chose me! She brought me with her when she had to go away from home and started working. She brings me home with her too, almost every weekend. And when she does, she always, always make sure that my seatbelt is fasten securely. If that is not love, I don't know what that is :)

But there is something that has been bothering me lately. It has been two nights in a row where she woke up from her sleep in the middle of the night. I think she had nightmares. I don't know what they are about becuz she refused to talk about them with me. I just hope that it won't happen again tonight because there's nothing I like more than to watch her in her deep sleep. Untouched, and so in peace until her alarm goes on where she will snooze it for a couple of times before she finally wakes up. And then she will go to work and I would be left alone for hours. But hey, it's not too bad really because then I get to go online. I'm a tech-savvy teddy. And you know what, I think that is all for now. I'm gonna google sleep and see what I can do to ensure that she would have a really good, quality, uninterrupted sleep tonight.

Tata! :)

Lollipop by Big Bang! and 2NE1.

Here's something to make your weekend a cheerful, colourful one. I have to work on Saturday but hey, who's complaining. Wednesday was a holiday in Johor so I still had to work 5 days this week as usual, so I guess it's all good?

Nways, Big Bang is a group that I really, really adore (perhaps if they ditch their heavy eyeliners they'll rank up higher in my heart? ^^ but I do have the hots for T.O.P of this group tho - he's the one wearing glasses in this lollipop MV). Their songs are great and my personal favourite is 'haru haru'. The MV of that song is uber cool (they could act so well!) and I took an even deeper liking towards it upon reading the English translation of that song *sniffs* *sniffs*. Youtube it if you have the time and who knows, maybe you'll end up liking it too :) Apart from that song, I also love 'lies'. Well, actually I can't really make up my mind which I like more because it pretty much depends on my mood :P.

2NE1 is like the female version of Big Bang. They are very new to the Korean music industry and 'Lollipop' is their debut single and I foresee bright future for these girls!



oh btw, this MV is to promote the LG's Lollipop handphone. I want one!!!(but it has only been released in Korea so far *drools* *drools*)

Adoration overloads! Pink lollipop, I'm staring right at ya! ^O^