Simple Life

My simple pleasures :

• Eating a hot steaming plate of white rice berlaukkan sardin dalam tin yang dimasak dengan kentang
• Listening to guitar strumming songs (Oasis-Wonderwall, Nidji-Laskar Pelangi, Glee Cast - Over the Rainbow, Greenday-21 Guns, Time of My Life)

• Watching the rain lapping on the ground
• Dancing in the rain
• Strolling aimlessly in some shopping complex (or somewhere crowded yet nobody knows me)
• Able to watch 2 (or more) movies in cinema back to back without anybody pastering me to go home.

This is a living list. Anytime when the going gets tough....I'll try to remember what are the simple things in life that I treasure :)

No me Ames

Dedicada a dieya, hasta la proxima clase!! ;)

Lethal Combination : Sedetik Lebih

KRU's brothers work + suara Anuar Zain yang meruntun hati + video klip yang artisitik + bait-bait lagu yang sanggaaaaaatttttt sweet. The whole thing was sold to me at the very first few seconds. I have soft spot for violin sounds. I used to think that piano makes a great sappy ballad, but I think violin just add the 'you break my heart' feeling even more.

*Apa ko merepek ni Jebat......?

*Entah....just check this out!!

Plus, Anuar Zain reminds me of somebody...huaaaa...lagi la sedih wei...

p/s: Thanks Adriza for sharing!!!

Laskar Pelangi

I am a huge educational movie fan-big time!! I found out about this movie from a colleague, and he even gave me the soft copy to watch. Somehow, I could not watched it and lost the soft copy. I found one seller on FB that sold the DVD, but till today no feedback. So last week when I saw the promo clips that it is going to be played in Astro for Maulidur Rasul, I was ecstatic :D I started telling people and asking them to watch. I really trusted this guy's word, so much so I was becoming the walking advert for the movie. I even called all my sis short before 9pm last night to remind them again.

Not sure whether it is made of true story, but I love it anyway. Its about a Sekolah Agama and its 10 students. The school is the oldest in Belitong, Sumatera which at that time was on the verge of being torn down due to the fact people no longer send their kids to these kind of school. The teachers (only 2 of them) were given the condition, they must have at least 10 students at the beginning of the year, else, school will be closed.

Come registration day, the first student that came is Lintang, a fisherman's son. The father could have easily asked Lintang to go out to the sea with him but he sent Lintang to school instead. Lintang had such a journey going to school, he have to cycle, not sure how far, and he would have to pass by an area where there is crocodile living, he would have to wait for the crocodile to pass. On rainy days, he would stop under some trees for shade and continue the journey when it permits, and yet he is always the first one that reached the school. The only time that he was late when the crocodile lingers on the road longer than it should have, then Lintang would have to wait longer too. 

The rest of the classmates, they have their own story as well. Basically the movie is about providing education, irregardless of their social status, where learning is not only gauge by numbers and marks on test paper, but what the children learnt in actual fact. Their learning is so open, one day they were late for class because they were carried away while watching rainbow. Cikgu Muslimah went and look for them and upon finding them, she called out, "Laskar pelangi......ayuh, masuk kelas...!!!" So that's how the troops were named. 

However not all of them had a happy ending. Lintang the genius of the class have to take care of his family after the father passed away. He did not have a chance to make it out of Belitong for a better life. Ikal, his sidekick who was telling this story in flashback were among that still able to chase his dream. The story of these kids are funny, hilarious and also moving at the same time. I love it to the core :) It teaches us the concept of 'bersyukur', we may thought we had a tough life, but somehow in some parts of the world, kids have to fight for their right to education.

A life motto worth to keep comes from Cikgu Harfan : Hiduplah untuk memberi sebanyak-banyaknya, bukan menerima sebanyak-banyaknya...

Last but not least, the movie soundtrack, by Nidji - Laskar Pelangi

Mimpi adalah kunci
Untuk kita menakhlukkan dunia
Berlarilah tanpa lelah
Sampai engkau meraihnya

Laskar pelangi
Tak kan terikat waktu
Bebaskan mimpimu di angkasa
Warnai bintang di jiwa


Menarilah dan terus tertawa
Walau dunia tak seindah surga
Bersyukurlah pada Yang Kuasa
Cinta kita di dunia
Selamanya…


Cinta kepada hidup
Memberikan senyuman abadi
Walau hidup kadang tak adil
Tapi cinta lengkapi kita


Laskar pelangi
Tak kan terikat waktu
Jangan berhenti mewarnai
Jutaan mimpi di bumi

Menarilah dan terus tertawa
Walau dunia tak seindah surga
Bersyukurlah pada Yang Kuasa
Cinta kita di dunia


Menarilah dan terus tertawa
Walau dunia tak seindah surga
Bersyukurlah pada Yang Kuasa
Cinta kita di dunia
Selamanya
Selamanya

I'm a Gleek ;)

I may never say it, but I am now!! I love GLEE!! so very much ;)



too bad they do not have the video for this one ;(

another favorite ;)



I am so digging the season finale, heck the whole season, can watch and listen to them over and over again ;)

p/s: not that I just watch it, just that never blogged about it ;)

Waka-waka is Do It, Do It!!

When I was in the stadium, waiting for the kicks off, this song were playing repeateadly (plus the catchy Coke commercial + UN advert) So now I can never listen to this song like I listen to any other song. Some feelings are just to hard to fathom....

Waka-waka (This time for Africa) by Shakira

You’re a good soldier
Choosing your battles
Pick yourself up
And dust yourself off
Get back in the saddle

You’re on the front line
Everyone’s watching
You know it’s serious
We are getting closer
This isn’t over

The pressure is on
You feel it
But you got it all
Believe it

When you fall get up, oh oh
If you fall get up, eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
Cuz this is Africa
Tsamina mina, eh eh
Waka waka, eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
This time for Africa

Listen to your God
This is our motto
Your time to shine
Don’t wait in line
Y vamos por todo

People are raising
Their expectations
Go on and feed them
This is your moment
No hesitations

Today’s your day
I feel it
You paved the way
Believe it
If you get down get up, oh oh
When you get down get up, eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
This time for Africa

Tsamina mina, eh eh
Waka waka, eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
Anawa a a
Tsamina mina, eh eh
Waka waka, eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
This time for Africa

(Lady Singing)

Voice:

Tsamina mina,
Anawa a a
Tsamina mina
Tsamina mina,
Anawa a a
Tsamina mina, eh eh
Waka waka, eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
Anawa a a
Tsamina mina, eh eh
Waka waka, eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
This time for Africa
Django eh eh
Django eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
Anawa a a
Django eh eh
Django eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
Anawa a a
(2x) This time for Africa
(2x) We’re all Africa

*I definitely lived up to the song!! ;)

One Day In Your Life

Wanted to update blog, but I'm drained for ideas. Suddenly (bukan suddenly, I choose it) I listened to this song. This is my favorite MJ's song ;) Quite old actually, he sang this in his first solo album if I'm not mistaken...

One day in your life
You'll remember a place
Someone touching your face
You'll come back and you'll look around, you'll . . .

One day in your life
You'll remember the love you found here
You'll remember me somehow
Though you don't need me now
I will stay in your heart
And when things fall apart
You'll remember one day . . .

One day in your life
When you find that you're always waiting
For a love we used to share
Just call my name, and I'll be there
You'll remember me somehow
Though you don't need me now
I will stay in your heart
And when things fall apart
You'll remember one day . . .

One day in your life
When you find that you're always lonely
For a love we used to share
Just call my name, and I'll be there.

p/s: sentimentol la plak....

Love You Anyway

My boss IM'ed me? Is the dead guy from Boyzone? I quickly turned to him and ask 'What?' He replied 'Oh..the Gate something, he died yesterday, age 33 or something..' and I said 'Jap eh..I google..'

And I found out Stephen Gately died, choke by his own vomit after a night lad out, obviously he was pretty wasted. (Eww...gross!!!)They have just made a comeback last year I think, and this is definitely my favorite song.

Love You Anyway – Boyzone

Tell me what you want from me

So I can try to make you see

That I’m in no position for giving

Cos’ all I see you do is lie

And I can’t help but close my eyes

And wonder ’bout you in my life

I’m drowning in your tears

I’m delirious

Are you serious?

What goes on in your head?

I’m just curious

Cos’ I’m hanging here

Got me dangling here

Think your love, oh your love has got off my head

It’s unbelievably hard to love you

But I love you anyway

I’ve been trying too hard not to love you

But I love you anyway

Oh, I should’ve known

That you’d go and steal my eyes

Oh, I should’ve known

From then on I’d lose my life

I’m delirious

Are you serious?

What goes on in your head?

I’m just curious

Cos’ I’m hanging here

Got me dangling here

Think your love, oh your love has got off my head

It’s unbelievably hard to love you

But I love you anyway

I’ve been trying too hard not to love you

But I love you anyway

It’s so incredibly hard to love you

But I love you anyway

And every time I try too hard not to love you

I love you anyway

I don’t get it, I really don’t get it

I try to walk away but my feet won’t let me

I don’t get it, I just don’t get it

I try to walk away but my feet won’t let me

You have me baby

You drive me crazy

You have me baby

You drive me crazy

It’s unbelievably hard to love you

But I love you anyway

I’ve been trying too hard not to love you B

ut I love you anyway

You have me baby

It’s so incredibly hard to love you

You drive me crazy

But I love you anyway

And every time I try to hard not to love you

But I love you anyway

I don’t get it, I really don’t get it

I try to walk away but my feet won’t let me

I don’t get it, I just don’t get it

I try to walk away but my feet won’t let me..

Simple yet I like it. As for the death, not saddened by it (jahat tak?).

Memories...

This song was a hit back when I was in secondary school. Yet, I don't know another single soul who likes this song. YouTube has been diabled,

Title: Crazy for this Girl

By: Evan & Jaron

She rolls the window down
And she
Talks over the sound
Of the cars that pass us by
And I don't know why
But she's changed my mind

Chorus:

Would you look at her
She looks at me
She's got me thinking about her constantly
But she don't know how I feel
And as she carries on without a doubt
I wonder if she's figured out
I'm crazy for this girl
She was the one to hold me


The night
The sky fell down
And what was I thinking when
The world didn't end
Why didn't I know what I know now


Chorus
Right now
Face to face
All my fears
Pushed aside
And right now
I'm ready to spend the rest of my life
With you

Chorus 2x