Song From A Band That I Hate

It don't really know what band I hate. People that sing too fast. I don't really like them. :p People that sing too slowly, don't really like them either. In any case, here's a band that I do sorta hate >>> Iron Maiden. Curse me not please... :( I can't help it. I just never caught on. And since I don't really like the band, I don't really want their song ruining my blog. SO I'm gonna skip putting the video up but here's the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9dWsSYStRM

Your Move

We meet new people all the time, get new things all the time, and it really is hard to hold on to everything. This sounds ironic because just a couple posts back, I talked about hard it is to let go. Now I'm talking about how hard it is to hold on. Seems like I'm finding it hard to do everything! Worry not cos it's not true.

I had two very unexpected conversations with two very important people in my life. The first person, I hadn't talked to her in about 2 days. The other person, I hadn't talked to him in about 2 YEARS?!?! OMG! What do you say to someone who has been absent for 2 years? A lot of "How are you"s. I did just that and so did he.

The calls just made me think about Friendships. How often are we friends that bring joy to our friends? Do we make an effort to maintain our friendships or do we rely on others to keep the fire burning? Or what if try as hard as we may, our efforts do not yield results because we just cannot seem to get along with the people but we still wanna maintain that friendship? Complicated. Makes me think a lot about the friendships I have. I've given up on some, wanna give up on some and want so much to hold on to others.

I'd love to ask of my friends for trust, love and respect and say in return you'll get the same. But reality is that we cannot dictate who others are without causing negative consequences. When I wonder what goes on in the lives of my friends, it creates a yearning to get to know them more. I believe that a relationship can only grow if you give it your time. If you're not spending any time with the other person, how then do you expect to become closer, better friends?

Perhaps I am obsessed with the notion of friendship and not with actually having any friends. Maybe I like being fussed about, maybe I like being centre of attention, or maybe I just want to seem better than others or maybe I just don't want to be alone. Perhaps all I ask is for an opportunity to care about you.

It isn't easy to find out someone's double-crossed you and it isn't easy to find out you've been betrayed or abandoned by your best friend. But at the end of the day, do we go back to the dictionary to define those words? No! Those words are defined by our own expectations, our own experiences, our own mind. We label our experiences based on what we think they could be, what we want them to be and occasionally what others want them to be.

I complain a lot about what others do to me. I complain that people forget me, disrespect me, ignore me, are rude to me, complacent in our friendship, etc etc. And when I reflect, I see that the names of the experiences are labels given to me. Not once is it because my friend calls to say "Hey! I've decided to disrespect you. That thing I said earlier, that was spite. Bye!" No one tells us how to deal with difficult friendships. You just get given two very broad options - terminate or continue.

It's going to be hard to lower your pride but if we want something done, we have to be a little less self-centered and be willing to put in more than our fair share of effort. Your efforts may come to nothing. You may never receive the respect, trust or love that you so desire and you may feel bitter. But for fear of that failure, will you risk not trying and sacrificing the joy and satisfaction when you get the love, trust and

respect from someone who truly treasures you? Your efforts could mean everything. You must probably be waiting for the other person to make the first move. Somehow, so is the other person, waiting for YOU to make that first move.

Westlife

A band that I love has definitely got to be Westlife!! I'm a sucker for ballads, pop, slow songs, good (sometimes cheesy lyrics). And they look good too!!!! If I had to choose, I'd go to a Westlife concert.

Day 11 - a song from a band that you love. I heart Westlife's Queen Of My Heart :)

Evacuating London

Letting go is never easy especially when you have to let go of someone or something or both at the same time. Letting go hurts.

I cannot decide if I'm annoyed with myself for not letting you go or if I'm annoyed with you for letting me go. Whatever it is, things were not meant to turn out this way. Not in my plan at least... People change. You've changed, I've changed, times have changed but I still find myself getting distressed over you. :s

Let times keep changing and let me change even more. You go ahead and change all you need to. I'd love to say I don't care about what you do anymore but fact remains I do. I worry about what will happen next. In any case, I really cannot afford to spend too much time losing sleep worrying about you. Not when what I need most now is sleep..



Day 10 - A song that makes you fall asleep. Intense but relaxing. Sorta. Kinda what I need now and thankfully already have on repeat...

Good night sleep tight world :)

xoxo

Day 9

24 hours later, I'm feeling so much better. Not good enough to dance, but much better. That being said, if it was necessary, play me this, and I wouldn't be able to resist putting my hands up to Blame It On The Boogie!

Colors of the Wind

Week 2 of the 30 Day Song Challenge... 

Advice to self (if I ever attempt this again): Pre-choose all 30 songs. 

Day 8: A song you know all the words to... So MANY!!!!! Nearly everything Disney but here goes, from one of my favorite Disney movies.. Pocahontas :) 

Together We Are One Family

Events, events, events...

Fun Fact: 2006 was the first time my entire family travelled on a plane together. Apart from the other time when I was an only child. As a family, we cam to Perth!!! In that short time that we were here, we must have heard "Advance Australia Fair" like 100 times!! For all the gold medals Australia won in the commonwealth games. 

Together We Are One is a good remembrance of our holiday :) 

ENFJ/ENFP

ENFJ: "Pedagogue" make outstanding group leaders. They try hard to help others be the best that they can be. They make up 5% of the total population. An ENJF's idealism can sometimes be the cause of distress when their assumptions are unable to weather the winds of reality.

Possible ENFJ careers include:
entertainer
recruiter
artist
newscaster
writer/journalist
recreation director
librarian
facilitator
politician
psychologist
housing director
career counselor
sales trainer
travel agent
program designer
corporate/team trainer
child welfare worker
social worker (elderly...services)
interpreter/translator
occupational therapist
executive: small business
alcohol/drug counselor
sales manager

ENFP: "Journalist"are people who love novelty and surprises. They are big on emotions and expression. Life is an exciting drama. They are good at sales, advertising, politics, and acting. About 5% of people are ENFPs.

ENFPs have a tendency to overextend themselves in both their physical and emotional commitments. Their charming personalities can show signs of irritability and over-sensitivity when their desires to please different people come into conflict. During times of stress, ENFPs feel alienated.

Possible ENFP careers include:
conference planner
speech pathologist
HR development trainer
ombudsman
clergy
journalist
newscaster
career counselor
housing director
acting
sales
musician/composer
artist
information-graphics...designer
human resource manager
politics
advertising account manager
dietitian/nutritionist
speech pathologist
massage therapist
editor/art director

Personality tests are my new best friends. Job hunting is stressful especially when people are constantly asking you if you've found a job. When you say no, their next question is usually how come? Like I'd know... But in any case, these personality tests have given me a reason to persevere in job hunting! :)

Home

If you don't already know, I'm a Singaporean currently living in Australia and it has been the case for the last 3 years. I decided to pick a song that made me think of Singapore. I struggled long and hard to think of a song that would remind me of a place. I tossed between picking High by The Lighthouse Family and Bad Boys by Alexandra Burke, both of which were songs that accompanied me on my most recent trip to Singapore. But as I started typing out this post, I stopped to think if either song really was the best thing I could pick to remind me of the country I grew up in. :S

I'm not the biggest fan of Singapore but I am a big fan of this song and it reminds me of the country I grew up in. :)

One Way

This song not only reminds me of someone. It reminds me of a whole big part of my life!!! The fun we shared in the service we gave, Youth Camps,  ILCs, conferences, Music Min, the friendships that I made along the way... The memories are unforgettable. Who could forget this awesome song that we played over and over again... Till we achieved perfection!!!

Dedication to all my FTW & YFC friends! And special shout-out to my assorted band mates Clare, Anna, Jon Goh, Dave, Kuya Fredney, Jon Cheong, Pat, Edmar, Isaac, Aika, Miles, Marwin, Kuya Joseph, etc etc! I miss all of you!!! Much loves to all of you!

Why Sad?

Here goes again... Day 4 of the 30 Day Song Challenge.

I started out this challenge because
1. I love putting songs on my blog and what a better way to share songs than through a theme,
2. I really wanted to share some of the days.
But on days like today, Day 4, I wonder why I even bothered to do this. It was hard picking a song that makes me sad.

I remember walking by a huge lake just as the sun was nearly done setting. The sky with just that glimmer of remaining light and this song playing on my iPod, I couldn't help but feel extreme sadness. Somewhere Only We Know by Keane is my sad song for the challenge. The movie, the lyrics, the tune, the time it came out, the places I took this song to, this song has many memories that I wanna relive.
Keane has beautiful songs and here's Somewhere Only We Know. The music video's incomplete but it's nevertheless still wonderful.

Day 3 - A Song That Makes Me Happy

Essentially, a song that would make me happy is actually any song that reminds of the people I love and love spending time with. Picking this song is cheating a little, because it really is actually two songs in one, and it two songs that I really love. But I think what's more important is that I feel happy when I hear this song and I sincerely hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Life has changed a lot in the last one year and this song reminds me of my flies.

I dedicate especially, this song, to all my flies Jorine aka Housefly, ChenYi aka Dragonfly, Sharon aka Butterfly and Celia aka Fruitfly, for all the good times and the laughter we shared.

With much love, Tiffany aka Firefly *mwah*

Who No Speak Americano?

Day 2 of the 30 Day Song Challenge presents my least favorite song.

We No Speak Americano = one of my least favorite songs. The song's no way as good as the people featured in this video. For Yolanda Be Cool, I hope you like this song more than I do.

My Favorite Song

Probably nearly everyone uses YouTube to complete their 30 Day Challenge so here goes! The start of my 30 Day Song Challenge.

I present to you, Day 1, with a little twist. Enjoy my favorite song in one of my favorite scenes from one of my all time favorite TV-series.

Chasing Cars in Grey's Anatomy.

Late Night Dreams

It's late and I'm tempted to quit. I'm tired of waiting. Damn you job hunting! I wanna begin something else.

Like this!!!

Thank you Aldy :) 

What A Wonderful World

With all that's been happening in this world, the natural disasters, the loss of lives of both old and young, one cannot help but wonder if the world is going to come to end. Then I see people fighting for freedom, the political unrests in the Middle East, the Iraq war and I wonder what this world is coming to.

But then,
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, clouds of white
The bright blessed days, the dark sacred nights
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 the people going by
I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do
They're really saying I love you

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

I live in.

For A Better World

You cannot help but wonder what's with all the natural disasters around the world. Just the other day, the entire Pacific region received a tsunami warning. I remember 2004 was the first time I'd heard of a tsunami. I watched the waves on television in shock, horror and awe.

This time round, I listen with pain to the various news of disasters affecting the global world in my safe haven of Western Australia. I think I am truly blessed that the area in which I'm living in has not devastation.

I remember receiving a cyclone warning while I was away from my family. I awaited the cyclone with excitement actually. To my slight disappointment, the cyclone left Perth as it was. Then I awaited the hailstorm, hoping for a little excitement. I think looking back to the hailstorm previously, how I worried for my friends, anxiously trying to reach people to find out if they were okay, maybe what I'm looking forward to is not a natural disaster but to once again feel that love and care that radiated from everyone. The commitment and the steadfastness, the unity to help the less fortunate.

Perhaps this is what the disasters are all about - the floods, the cyclones, the earthquakes, the bushfires, the tsunamis, the disasters in the Pacific region amid all the political unrests in the Middle East - it's about once again getting us to care about people. To care about more than our own advances.

To remember that we cannot actually control what happens. Look at Japan, they'd received their tsunami warning but there was nothing they could do to stop the tsunami. They too knew that anytime, their nuclear plants would just blow. I believe God, and your God if you do not believe in my God, is telling that He alone has power over us and if we do not stop, repent and change our sinful ways, there will be no need for us to do anything more. The world will come to an end.

I pray to find it my heart, strength, determination, courage and faith to resist temptation and change my ways for the Lord. I pray for you that you continue to stay on the path of righteousness. For us as a world, I pray that this adversity unites and makes us better people.

To Japan, With Love

As I worry about invisible lines, finding a good job, buying a nice car, saving enough money to visit Europe, I think about how Japan mourns the lost of lives, talents, opportunity and beauty to earthquakes, tsunamis. Now they face nuclear threats.

It's in times like these, I stop and think about my life, running through my list of achievements and my to-do list. In times like these, I want to be with the people I love. Living away from most of my family, I want to protect you the ones who occupy my life.

For my family, I pray for your health, your safety. I pray that we will be able to see each other once again. I miss all of you.

Especially for you Yeh Yeh, I pray that your health allows you to once again return to my home, that I may give you even just one more kiss, that you may kiss me even just once more, that I can hold your hand again and give you that one more hug and tell you I love you. To have that one more moment with you.

For Japan, I pray for you with all of my heart.