I've scrapped my two-diary system, and merged them both. Yeah, my personal and work diary. What started out as a firm attempt to separate my personal life from my work life, has eventually led to double and forgotten bookings. So it's back to one diary.
Despite my good intentions, I have fallen sick. Have had to leave ethan mummy in Batam alone in the room, cos I don't wanna pass the germs to her and baby. But thank God we got an adjoining room with L and J. So they can take care of her. Wish I could have attended the teaching on restoration today, but I guess that would have to wait. I am glad that yesterday's teaching on forgiveness stuck a chord - albeit a weepy one. At least, I benefited from that.
I thought maybe champagne might do me good at Kartaly's beautiful wedding last night. But alas, no. I enjoyed the wedding nonetheless, she was stunning in her one-bow gown.
Mich, my never-failing music ambassador, introduced me to this 2009 live album titled "Chris Botti in Boston". In it, I found the one track that brought me to heaven. Here's "Cinema Paradiso" by Chris Botti (trumpet), featuring his guest Yo-Yo Ma (cello).
Customer: Well, after much consideration, I’ve decided to install Love. Can you guide me through the process?
Tech Support: Yes. I can help you. Are you ready to proceed?
Customer: Well, I’m not very technical, but I think I’m ready. What do I do first?
Tech Support: The first step is to open your Heart. Have you located your Heart?
Customer: Yes, but there are several other programs running now. Is it okay to install Love while they are running? Tech Support: What programs are running ?
Customer: Let’s see, I have Past Hurt, Low Self-Esteem, Grudge and Resentment running right now.
Tech Support: No problem, Love will gradually erase Past Hurt from your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent memory but it will no longer disrupt other programs. Love will eventually override Low Self-Esteem with a module of its own called High Self-Esteem. However, you have to completely turn off Grudge and Resentment. Those programs prevent Love from being properly installed. Can you turn those off ?
Customer: I don’t know how to turn them off. Can you tell me how?
Tech Support: With pleasure. Go to your start menu and invoke Forgiveness. Do this as many times as necessary until Grudge and Resentment have been completely erased.
Customer: Okay, done! Love has started installing itself. Is that normal?
Tech Support: Yes, but remember that you have only the base program. You need to begin connecting to other Hearts in order to get the upgrades. Customer: Oops! I have an error message already. It says, “Error - Program not run on external components.” What should I do?
Tech Support: Don’t worry. It means that the Love program is set up to run on Internal Hearts, but has not yet been run on your Heart. In non-technical terms, it simply means you have to Love yourself before you can Love others.
Customer: So, what should I do? Tech Support: Pull down Self-Acceptance; then click on the following files: Forgive-Self; Realize Your Worth; and Acknowledge your Limitations.
Customer: Okay, done.
Tech Support: Now, copy them to the “My Heart” directory. The system will overwrite any conflicting files and begin patching faulty programming. Also, you need to delete Verbose Self-Criticism from all directories and empty your Recycle Bin to make sure it is completely gone and never comes back. Customer: Got it. Hey! My heart is filling up with new files. Smile is playing on my monitor and Peace and Contentment are copying themselves all over My Heart. Is this normal?
Tech Support: Sometimes. For others it takes awhile, but eventually everything gets it at the proper time. So Love is installed and running. One more thing before we hang up. Love is Freeware. Be sure to give it and its various modules to everyone you meet. They will in turn share it with others and return some cool modules back to you.
I never thought I'd say this, but I love Disney. Disney is neither tacky nor childish, it is just wonderful. The happiest day in Tokyo for me was spent at Tokyo DisneySEA, the water-themed park just next to Tokyo Disneyland. The moment I stepped into the Disney Resort Line (aka train) bringing us into the theme park, and saw the Mickey Mouse-shaped windows and handles in the train, I just felt my heart kick back and relax. It was pure bliss catching all the musicals, on land and on water, and waving non-stop to Mickey, Minnie, Donald Duck, Daisy, Chip & Dale, Goofy and Pinocchio. Even though most of it was in Japanese, I still sorta understood what was going on, because it was Disney. I know Ariel in The Little Mermaid... I know the Genie in Aladdin... I know the songs, the sounds, the stories...you tell it in a different language, I still know them. Because I grew up with them, starting with the Ladybird books that I used to read as a child. And therein lies the beauty of Disney's animated stories and universal themes of love, play and beauty. Or so I would like to think. Well, anyways, it so happened when I returned that youtube celeb Gabe Bondoc has been recording his Disney covers too! Oh my...they are veryveryvery lovely. He is the second person I know to choke over songs (the first is Mich, you cry), and he chokes over Disney's songs. Awww...
The first is Part Of Your World, originally sung by Ariel in The Little Mermaid. The second is really fun - A Whole New World - where Gabe sings only one part and lets you, the audience, sing the other half of the duet. I had a blast singing along with him, though the range is totally out for me - I either need to screech or sing damn low. Haha. Enjoy :)
A friend said my blog was very contemplative recently. Hmm...seems like it? So I thought I'd do some non-contemplative stuff this time! Every once in a while, my heart skips a little when I get a youtube subscription update sent to my hotmail. And my heart skips a little more when I check and see it's from Gabe Bondoc, American-Filipino young thing who sings and plays to make me happy. Enjoy :)
Tokyo has confirmed 4 cases of H1N1 flu. Good news is they were all detected at the airport - good job, people. Bad news is, do I get to visit Tokyo this Friday? Do I need to quarantine myself when I'm back? What a downer...
One of my lovelies is leaving for the US to do her master's degree, right after she gets married in June. It's the wedding I've been waiting for, but I'm sad she's gonna be out of Singapore for a year. My lovely, you know who you are.
Another of my lovelies, you're always ready to be on the receiving end of my late-night and random phone calls, despite having a hard day yourself with the kid. I can whine and cry, and you're always ok with it. Like I said, you should have been my boyfriend. :)
I hope I don't die later than the lovelies who make me feel lovely. That would make me sososo lonely.
