The man behind 'what are words'...

earlier i posted a youtube video of Chris Medina, the American Idol 2011 contestant who didn't make it to the top 24 but touched the hearts of many with his love and loyalty towards his fiancee who is brain damaged.

for those who have seen the video, you may be surprised by how beautiful the song was sung and may even be touched by how the singer expressed his emotions into his singing. well, he was able to do it because aside from being able to feel the song, a great composer was behind the lyrics and music.

the composer is unknown to people like me who doesn't really look into the people who came up with the songs as long as it's music to my ears. apparently, after much googling, the writer and producer of Chris' single 'what are words' is none other than the famous Rodney Jerkins whose credits include Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Kelly Clarkson.

so who is this Rodney Jerkins?

you can read up on him here: Darkchild or Rodney Jerkins

thank God for beautiful songs, thank God for love, thank God for creative minds :). There's still hope for human kind after all :p

i believe...

some of you may disagree with this entry and some may ignore it completely because this write up will be referring to all humans in general.

i'm not sure how many of us can recall our experiences of what we see or hear when we were still toddlers, where life was all too simple and we get easily amused even with the smallest things. i believe we must've been laughing out of excitement when we first took our first step of being able to walk or run with our own two feet. so excited we are that we exhausted ourselves perfecting the baby steps and trying so hard to be like the adults we look so highly upon. And it helps when the adults or the parents expressed their proudness by giving encouraging words or gestures over and over again making us believe that we are doing one hell of a task!

herein my point resides, we need people to believe in us in order to become someone great. but the act of believing works both ways, we need 'to be believed' and 'to believe' by and to someone or something..and this is where i say all humans are weak and strong at the same time.

let's put religion under the microscope as our subject of discussion. for centuries, we homosapiens has placed our belief/s to a one unseen being/s. We have been practicing and refining the art of believing up to the point of finally having several systems of religious constructs, from a lowly believer to the esteemed appointed by the people (or some may claim by God) religious leader/s.

the need to believe in the all seeing being can be easily explained by several factors where nurture and nature plays a big role in molding a person's belief. most of us are stuck with a religion because we were born in it and raised to embrace it and after years of believing what seems to be the ultimate faith, it would be difficult to turn our heads and ignore the divine existence or else be doomed to suffer in the fiery pit of hell for all eternity.

And yet, logic and rationality is against our beliefs, dictating the possibilities of His existence is next to zero, but still, we hung on to the hope that maybe..despite what our God given logic and rationality tells us, He may actually exist and would one day re-appear to save the souls of his believers and to lead those who are lost back to the right path.

We put our faith to something or someone for strength. we need to believe in something in order for us to achieve great things or to guide us to the path we desire. but most of all, we need it as proof of our own existence...that we are alive and living (although remotely) and that we are actually cared for (although it's only the mind saying it).

Geez, i have no idea what i'm rambling here....a sudden burst of idiotic inspiration out of nowhere. but hey, it's better than nothing right? hahaha.

Anyhow, enjoy the video (or rather song) people :).

nothing much....

Nothing much to say...just that, gonna watch STAR TREK tonight (i just love SPOCK's character :)) and i think i'm in love with the song 'MAD WORLD' sung by Adam Lambert hahahaha.

Ciao :)...

Boogie Wonderland!! :)

Went to bed quite early last night...okay, VERY early. I was asleep by 8pm, but it wasn't a fitful sleep. i was practically tossing on my bed (mattress to be exact hehehe) despite the tireness and sleepiness which has engulfed me the whole day! don't ask me why...what's supposed to be a night of total rest turned out to be another tiring next morning :).

I dont think i dream't anything at all...maybe i did, but i just can't recall it. But the weird thing was, it feels like i've been playing a particular song in my head the whole night! here's a clue...

"Day-light deals of bad hand

(Said) Baby uh-uh, it don't work

(Sung) Baby uh-uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh-uh-uhUh-uh-uh-uh, uh-uh-uh-uh

Midnight creeps so slowly into hearts of those

who, need more than they get"......

still don't get it? well, how's this for another clue..

'Boogie wonderland, uh-uh, dance!

Boogie wonderlaaaaandddd'

yeah exactly. i had the Happy Feet soundtrack stuck in my head! yeah, strange as it may be, it did make me feel good the moment i wake up though hahaha.

enjoy the song since sharing is caring muahahahahaha *and may it gets stuck in your head as well hehehehehehehe :P*

(Verse)

Day-light deals of bad hand
(Said) Baby uh-uh, it don't work
(Sung) Baby uh-uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh-uh-uh
Uh-uh-uh-uh, uh-uh-uh-uh
Midnight creeps so slowly into hearts of those who, need more than they get
Day-light deals of bad hand, to a penguin that has laid too many bets
The mirror stares you in the face, and says "baby uh-uh, IT DON'T WORK!"
You say your prayers though you don't care
You sing and you shake the huuuuuurrrrrt
Dance!

(Chorus)
Boogie wonderland, uh-uh, dance!
Boogie wonderlaaaaandddd

(Verse)

Midnight creeps so slowly into hearts of men(who need more that they get)
Daylight deals of bad hand to a pengrin(who has laid to many bets)
(the mirror stares you in the face), and says "Baby uh-uh, it don't work"
(you say your prayers though you don't care), you sing and shake the hurt

(Chorus x2)

(Penguin rapping)

All the love in the world can't be gone
All the need to be loved can't be wrong
Oh the hearts all start sing and my heart will keep sayin
Boogie Wonderland, wonderland



(Chorus)

ps: good morning and cheers peeps :)

Grown Up Christmas Wish (.....hah! a wish is just an overated meaning to self deception haha)

i know i should start actively blogging like before, practically telling the whole world of all my doings and making my life an open book for everyone to read..but you know what, as much as i want to, i just can't. yeah, aside from losing the motivation (or inspiration..) to do so, i just don't seem to have the time to be updating this blog as frequent as i should've :).

anyhow, the reason for this current entry is to share with you one of my favourite x'mas song around hehehe

Grown Up Christmas List- Micheal Buble


Do you remember me
I sat upon your knee
I wrote to you
With childhood fantasies

Well, I'm all grown up now
Can you still help somehow
I'm not a child
But my heart still can dream

So here's my lifelong wish
My grown-up Christmas list
Not for myself
But for a world in need

No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
Every man would have a friend
That right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown-up
Christmas list

What is this illusion called
The innocence of youth
Maybe only in their blind belief
Can we ever find the truth

There'd be no more lives torn apart
And wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
Every man would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end

This is my grown-up Christmas list
This is my only lifelong wish
This is my grown-up Christmas list


ps: man, love this song..i could fall in love with anyone who could play this song on piano well haha!! just so you know, i want a compilation of Michael Buble's Christmas songss for my christmas gift hahaha .my next entry would probably be days or a week before Christmas...so hang on there peeps :).

Happy World AIDS Day...

yeah, i know this entry is a bit late to be put up..but i just wanna share it not only as the title but also as a shout out to everyone out there..

so, in honour of the World Aids Day, i have been walking around with the red ribbon pinned on my shirt collar :)...

on another note, got this you tube vid clip from DanJoe's entry...it gave me the goosebumps, not to mention touched by how the song was sung :P...

ciao peeps...:)

Daniel Powter - Next Plane Home

another nice song to share with you peeps :)...

Next Plane Home

I woke up early to baby blue eyes from a far whoah whoah
And when the sun comes through and lights you like the
angel you are whoah whoah
I know I do you wrong when I’m with you I’ve been gone

With every season change, it looks the same November to
June whoah whoah
And dont these empty streets skip a beat the flowers dont
 bloom whoah whoah

I can’t believe I missed your birthday again
and I wanna come back but I just don’t know when now

And I’m so lonely your're not here with me
That’s way I’m gonna be on the next plane home

The road that never ends around the bend I see your smile
whoah whoah
I’d swim across the sea to be with you for a while whoah
whoah
Cos I’ve made a life of being gone
Now the way that I feel I just don’t belong here

And I’m so lonely you’re not here with me
Thats why I’m gonna be on the next plane home
And you’re you’re the only face I wanna see
Thats why I’m gonna be on the next plane home

Stand around try to make every moment
And be somebody yeah anybody
It seems the whole world is taking me over
I need somebody to help me get back to it

And I’ve always been a million miles away
But things are gonna change
I just wanna come home

And you’re you’re the only face I wanna see
Thats why I gonna be on the next plane home
Yeah I’m taking the next plane home
Now I’m getting the next plane home
Now I’m taking the next plane home

Ciao Peeps :)...

Mika - Happy Ending

owh....yeah, before heading to bed i'd like to leave you with this song. this was my theme for today and probably the next few days to come :).. enjoy :)

Happy Ending - MIKA

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.

Wake up in the morning, stumble on my life
Can't get no love without sacrifice
If anything should happen, I guess I wish you well
A little bit of heaven, but a little bit of hell

This is the hardest story that I've ever told
No hope, or love, or glory
Happy endings gone forever more
I feel as if I'm wasted
And I'm wastin' every day

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.

2 o'clock in the morning, something's on my mind
Can't get no rest; keep walkin' around
If I pretend that nothin' ever went wrong, I can get to my sleep
I can think that we just carried on

This is the hardest story that I've ever told
No hope, or love, or glory
Happy endings gone forever more
I feel as if I'm wasted
And I'm wastin' every day

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.

A Little bit of love, little bit of love
Little bit of love, little bit of love[repeat]

I feel as if I'm wasted
And I waste everyday

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
To live the rest of our life,
But not together.

ps: just feeling tired and melodramatic hehe. browse through the song in my playlist and tell me it isn't true :p...

ciao peeps..and final goodnight hehe

monday morning rambling

see, my mind is running on auto mode again..the moment i woke up this morning which was at 6am hahaha, i had this song playing in my head...darn it :P.

Still - Lionel Richie
lady, morning's just a moment away
and i'm without you once again
you laughed at me,
you sayed you never needed me
i wonder if you need me now?

so many dreams that flew away
so many words we didn't say
two people lost in a storm
where did we go?
where'd we go?
lost but never found
you know we let each other down
but then most of all-
i do love you-
still!

we played the games that people play
we made our mistakes along the way
somehow i know deep in my heart
you needed me
cause i needed you so desparately!
we were to blind to see
but then the most of all
i do love you-
still !

i tried searching for the song in the net for my playlist, but instead i stumbled on another song of the same title by Brian McKnight. sadly, i couldn't find the Lionel Richie version :(. either way you look at it, both songs conveys more or less the same message. listen more to this song in my playlist peeps :)

Still- Brian McKnight
Funny when you stop and think
times goes faster then you blink
nothings ever like it was
but girl we've got a special thing
all the happiness it brings
is more than enough

I know its hard to believe
your still the biggest part of me
all I'm living for
I still think about you
I still dream about you
I still want you
and need you by my side
I'm still mad about you
all I ever wanted was you
your still the one [2x]

It's hard to breathe when were apart
your like sunshine in my heart
I keep you here inside
you've been everything to me
you've been and always will be
the apple of my eye

And I know its hard to believe
your still the biggest part of me
all I'm living for
I still think about you
I still dream about you
I still want you
and need you by my side
I still mad about you
all i ever wanted was you
your still the one [2x]

If you love me
look into my eyes and say you do
I've been waiting all my life
for someone just like you
baby all that we've been through
girl im still in love with you
and I want you to know I do, I do

I still think about you
I still dream about you
I still want you
and need you by my side
I'm still mad about you
all I ever wanted was you
your still the one [2x]

happy monday peeps...in conjunction with the monday blues today, do enjoy these two songs i've just posted hehehe.. ciao :P..

No More Drama - Mary J. Blige

'a new slate, a new change..'

i first heard this song a few years back, and ever since then this has been one of my favourite song ever by the singer. but back then, i didnt know why this song had an impact on me. i was never in an emotional predicament but everytime this song was on air, my heart would just melt as if crying.

but after several years, i now understand what this song is saying..and during my sabbatical from blogging and everything or everyone around me, i came across this song once again. i realized why this song had an effect then and now.

then, i never cared much about having a serious relationship..of being serious with anyone because i was practically waiting or looking for someone who could be totally in sync with myself. i met a lot of people but no one worth looking at twice, there wasn't any chemistry. i've had relationships in the past, but it was platonic..we were together just for the sake of having someone to spend our time with. this song reminded me how lucky i was of not having to go through the pain and heartaches of relationships turned sour.

after years of going through life without anything or anyone to care about, my time to experience pain and heartache finally came and it hit me with full force. i wasnt prepared for it though i've told myself over and over again that if 1 day i have to go through this phase, i will get over it quickly without any complications. yeah, saying it is damn easier than actually doing it. few weeks later i heard this song on air and that's when i knew what this song means and why is it significant during my sabbatical. the song became my pillar of strength to get through the tough times..but hey, i've learned to deal with it now and taking one thing at a time is definitely the best remedy to get over things.

anyway, listen to the song in my playlist and read through the lyrics. you might probably have an idea on what am i rambling about here :).

No More Drama

So tired, tired of these drama
No more, no more
I wanna be free
I'm so tired, so tired

Broken heart again
Another lesson learn
Better know your friends
Or else you will get burn
Gotta count on me
Cause I can guarantee
That I'll be fine

No more pain (no more pain)
No more pain (no more pain)
No drama (no more drama in my life)
Noone's gonna make me hurt again

Why'd I play the fool
Go through ups and downs
Knowing all the time
You wouldn't be around
Or maybe I like the stress
Cause I was young and restless
But that was long ago
I don't wanna cry no more

No more pain (no more pain)
No more game (no more game messin with my mind)
No drama (no more drama in my life)
No one's gonna make me hurt again
No more tears (no more tears,
I'm tired of cryin everynight)
No more fears (no more fears, I really don't wanna cry)
No drama (no more drama in my life)
I don't ever wanna hurt again
Wanna speak my mind, wanna speak my mind

Uh, it feel so good
When you let go
Avoid these drama in your life
Now you're free from all the pain
Free from all the game
Free from all the stress
So find your happiness
I don't know
Only God knows where the story ends for me
But I know where the story begins
It's up to us to choose
Whether we win or loose
And I choose to win

No more pain (no more pain)
No more game (tired of your playin' game with my mind)
No drama (no more drama in my life)
No more, no more, No more, no more
No more tears (no more tears, no more cryin every night)
No more fears (no more waking be up in the morning)
No drama, no more in my life

No more drama, no more drama
No more drama, no more drama
NO MORE DRAMA
NO MORE DRAMA
NO MORE DRAMA
NO MORE DRAMA
NO MORE DRAMA
No more drama in my life
So tired, tired of these drama

geez...Saturday afternoon drama hahaha.
You have a good Saturday aight :)..ciao peeps...

David Archuleta- The Next Idol

okay, i'm not the kinda guy who goes for all these reality tv shows. but after listening to this Archuleta guy singing, i kinda fell in love with his voice :).

he has a great voice, and browsing through youtube gave me a chance to see him perform aside from his AI stage breaks and everytime i listen to him sing my heart somehow melts (this is not an exaggeration hehe). it's as if his innocence, sincerity and passion flows through in his songs.

i may be impartial when it comes AI cos i dont watch the others perform, only DA makes the show worth watching hahaha. frankly speaking, the rest of the contestants doesnt really attract me. they sing for the sake of singing (i know they're good), but in DA's case, he sings cos he loves doing it and it shows. winning doesnt seem to matter to him (heck, i bet he's still gonna be a singer even if he lost..and a damn popular one at it :)).

the only other male artist which has ever made me feel this way is Michael Buble (still love the dude hehe), but comparing the both of them in terms of whois better wouldnt be fair to either one :p. for me, both of them are similar in many ways but on a different level :). one obvious similarity is that, they sing their hearts out and thats the only thing i look at when listening to other people sings. heck, if Buble were to come down to Malaysia to perform i wouldnt think twice about getting the tickets hehe :p.

yeah, i may sound like an infatuated schoolboy rambling about stuff like these, in a way, i am...to their voice that is hehe. but enough rambling, enjoy this you tube of DA performing :).



ciao peeps :)..