Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Ghost Affairs

Two ghost met and both chat about how they died,

1st ghost : How did u died?

2nd ghost : I died of coldness.

1st ghost : How does it feel when you're dying in cold?

2nd ghost : Actually, I was imprisoned in the refrigerator. Initially, I was shivering, then my whole body started to freeze, later I felt the whole world was dark and I died. Fortunately, I died with not much sufferings.

1st ghost : You're so pityful....

2nd ghost : How about you? How did u die?

1st ghost : I died from heart attack.

2nd ghost : I see, why did u have a heart attack?

1st ghost : Actually, I found out that my wife is having an affair with another man.

One day, when I came back from work, I saw a pair of man shoes outside my house.

Then, I realized that the guy was in my house with my wife.

When I rushed into the bedroom, my wife was alone.

I must find where that bastard is hiding.

So I searched the toilet, I ran downstairs, looked in the storeroom, but the bastard was not there. So, I ran upstairs and searched the wardrobe, but I found nothing. Because I was too tired of all that running, I got a heart attack and died.

2nd ghost : Why didn't you look for the bastard in the fridge? If you did, both of us were alive now!

Monday, December 20, 2004

Phantom Of The Opera - All I Ask of You

RAOUL
No more talk
of darkness,
Forget these
wide-eyed fears.

I'm here,
nothing can harm you -
my words will
warm and calm you.

Let me be
your freedom,
let daylight
dry your tears.

I'm here,
with you, beside you,
to guard you
and to guide you . . .

CHRISTINE
Say you love me
every
waking moment,
turn my head
with talk of summertime . . .
Say you need me
with you,
now and always . . .
promise me that all
you say is true -

that's all I ask
of you . . .

RAOUL
Let me be
your shelter,

let me
be your light.
You're safe:
No-one will find you
your fears are
far behind you . . .

CHRISTINE
All I want
is freedom
,
a world with
no more night . . .
and you
always beside me

to hold me
and to hide me . . .
RAOUL
Then say you'll share with
me one
love, one lifetime . . .
Iet me lead you
from your solitude
. . .
Say you need me
with you
here, beside you . . .
anywhere you go,
let me go too
-
Christine,
that's all I ask
of you . . .

CHRISTINE
Say you'll share with
me one
love, one lifetime
. . .
say the word
and I will follow you . . .


BOTH
Share each day with
me, each
night, each morning . . .

CHRISTINE
Say you love me . . .

RAOUL
You know I do . . .

BOTH
Love me -
that's all I ask
of you . . .

(They kiss)
Anywhere you go
let me go too . . .
Love me -
that's all I ask
of you . .

(CHRISTINE starts from her reverie)

CHRISTINE
I must go -
they'll wonder where I am . . .
wait for me, Raoul!

RAOUL
Christine, I love you!

CHRISTINE;
Order your fine horses!
Be with them at the door!

RAOUL
And soon you'll be beside me!

CHRISTINE
You'll guard me, and you'll guide me . . .
(They hurry off. The PHANTOM emerges from
behind the statue)

Saturday, December 18, 2004

Top Ten Things NOT to Do With Your Handphone
by mrbrown@mrbrown.com

(Feel free to distribute for non-profit and non-commercial purposes but keep my byline, email address and URL intact please. Thanks)

In the light of the increased use of handphones in Singapore, I would like to present my own unofficial Top Ten list of social no-nos with regards to the use of handphones. This list was compiled with extensive research and expert opinions, namely mine, and its authority on the subject arises from the fact that I have used a handphone for a long time, and I have the free time to write about it.



1. Don't change the housing of the handphone to another design.

Do not change the housing of the handphone, especially to the transparent or gaudy kind. It will void your warranty. Also it is very Beng.

I actually saw a guy look at a faux marble replacement casing for the Nokia Banana phone (the one which is impossible to put into your back pocket unless your right or left butt is shaped like a football), in the window display of a handphone shop, with deep longing in his eyes, like he was looking at the Mona Lisa. And I heard him say to his wife, "Oi, xiao eh, look at that one, that one si beh swee, hor" or loosely translated, "My dear, that is an exquisite piece of art, is that Nokia faux marble casing".

When I say the marble look, I mean the kind of pale marble design you see on the floors of people's HDB flats. Yes dear, these designs exist, appalling as it may sound.

They even have matching batteries, for crying out loud. Myself, I am partial to that faux wood design, but that's just me. My present handphone is a tasteful mottled green.



You will not believe the plethora (I have waited a long time to use this word) of accessories available for handphones. They have replacement antennae (or antennas, as one salesman tolds me) in the original design, short fat design, super-long extendible design, the satellite dish design and the popular gold-ball-on-top design. When you have a gold ball on top of your handphone antenna, it says you have arrived.

They have housings of every colour, with matching batteries, to suit every style and taste (mostly bad).

My friend Carol recently noticed the pronounced bulge in my new handphone number pad after I had changed it, and asked me if I had "changed my pad, ah?". As a guy, I did the sensitive thing that modern sensitive guys do in a situation like this. I laughed at her face.

If you ever feel the need to express yourself and set your handphone apart from others with that transparent blue faux coral design, go and flush your head in the toilet bowl a few times. If your hair comes out curly, then go ahead and get that casing.



2. Do not answer your phone and talk loudly into it while watching
a movie.

You would think that this kind of thing would be understood by a person with an IQ of a squid, but no, to this day, I still hear handphones go off in theatres. Go off never mind, the clown goes on to conduct a thirty-two-minute conversation with the other party. By the end of the show, we know what he had for lunch (Fried Hokkien Mee), who he met (Ah Kow from the old neighbourhood) and what show we are watching. Thanks, we needed to know that.

Perhaps it is the darkness in the cinema that affords that sorry excuse for a human being the luxury of letting his handphone go off, and worse, answering it loudly. If they cannot see me, I am not guilty, seems to be the mentality. I suggest a new hi-tech system whereby sophisticated sensors can detect the handphone user in the dark and shine a powerful beam of light and lasers, thereby illuminating the culprit and frying his handphone into popcorn. Or illuminating the handphone and frying the culprit into popcorn, I am not too fussy about these things. Either that or every seat has a big red button to eject yobs like that personally. I think the latter is more fun.



3. Do not fart while using handphone.

Not long ago, while waiting for Ginny to try on some new clothes that she really needed (they always _need_ something -- black pants, white blouse, two-feet-tall platform shoes, you know, the basics), I encountered a guy, dressed very hip, with a happening white cap and all, using his handphone with panache. When I walked past him (I was heading to the hardware department), he happened to let go a 19-megaton nuclear explosion in his pants that killed most of his calculated cool, as well as most of the insects and organisms in a 3-metre radius.

By the time I turned around, which was two seconds later, the guy had moved, like, 3 miles away, and was somewhere in the ladies' lingerie department. I am sure that release was unplanned but it was not a pretty picture, I tell you. That section of the department store was an unusable wasteland for years. I doubt if they would use it for any handphone ads any time soon.



4. Do not pretend to own the handphone if it is not yours.

In the days when handphones were still a costly thing that few could afford (as compared to now, when handphones are a costly thing that students can afford, but you can't), it was a huge deal to be brandishing one, even if it was a huge one and looked like something the Yakuza used to bludgeon small animals to death. It was the Ultimate Fashion Statement to be seen talking into a brick that could make ringing sounds.

Well, there was this guy on the MRT who was carrying a handphone, and though he tried to look like he had owned a handphone all his life, he was obviously failing. This was deduced by the scientific method of observing his posture, method of holding his handphone, and lastly, from the fact that he did not know how to answer the phone when the thing went off. I swear I am not making this up.

He fumbled and jabbed frantically at the buttons as if his life depended on it but eventually, the handphone stopped ringing. Thoroughly embarrassed, his mind started working furiously (you could see the furious lines of thought across his forehead) to figure out a way to redeem his faux pas (translated from French: his "No-More-Face"-ness). Already, the passengers in the same MRT car were either smiling or laughing behind thick novels.

So Mr Handphone decided to end all speculation as to who was the real owner of this handphone by dialing and calling his broker. He proceeded with much purpose, jabbing those buttons and talking loudly for all to see, giving "Buy! Buy!" and "Sell! Sell!" commands to the other party on the phone. All this ended when, in the midst of the very intense conversation he was having, the handphone decided to ring again. Either he had the Ultimate Call Waiting feature, or he was having a conversation with his handphone mic.

By this time, the whole MRT car had erupted in laughter, his fellow passengers no longer able to hold back their glee at the drama unfolding before their eyes. When the train stopped at the next station, the red-faced handphone pretender ran out, never to be heard of again. He was last seen running towards the Straits of Malacca.

So let that be a warning to you. Make sure you have the ringer "off" when you pretend to talk to your broker in the MRT.



5. Do not use your handphone without a hands-free kit while driving

I cannot stress this enough. It always baffles me as to why rich dudes driving huge cars that cost more than my 3-room flat cannot afford to buy a $400 car-kit or $70 hands-free kit for their 24k-gold-plated handphones. These are the same guys who paid $39,000 for the _number plate_ of their car so that it says "S 3 X".

In effect, these guys are driving around in their big (and sometimes mid-range) cars proclaiming, "WE ARE TOO CHEAP TO BUY A CAR KIT!"

Oh, I know I am going to get some irate letters from people who use their handphones this way protesting that they have hit only small animals so far. Of course they will always tell you that they know what they are doing and have full control of the car, even when they almost slammed their car into yours two seconds ago while chatting with their girlfriends on the ECP.

Still, I am going to come right out and say this: I don't think that the present laws are harsh enough to deal with this menace. If I had my way, anyone who is caught using a handphone in this manner should have electricity and/or blunt tools applied to their private parts. But that's just me.

Either that or we could have the offender stand in the middle of a road, while five one-armed guys drive around him using their handphones with one hand. We could make it into a public education program with amateur actors, like "Crimewatch" or "Shiver", and call it "Manhunter: True Life Handphone Offenders and Other Pond Scum" ("Hi, I am Joe Washed. I used to be a regular guy until some handphone-using driver rammed his BM into my DOHC Wagon R, damaging my BigBoy subwoofer and UFO soft toys beyond repair. Today, I spend my life tracking down toenail dirt like this...").

It should be a surefire hit with housewives and small school children.

Aside from the safety aspect, it is also difficult to do other important car-driving things when you use your handphone this way, like adjusting the stereo, fiddling with the air-conditioning or picking your teeth, fidgety stuff that guys do in their cars that their wives never quite understand.



6. Do not use the hands-free kit while walking.

Many people these days (I am thinking insurance/property agents and contractors here) walk around talking to themselves loudly. At first glance, they seem to need serious medical attention, but a second look convinces you it is worse than that, they are using their hands-free kits while walking.

To the uninitiated, a hands-free kit is a handphone accessory you buy that allows you to use your phone through a earphone-like wire that has a microphone attached. This means you can carry out important conversations without using your hands, like when you are hanging on for your dear life in a crowded bus or when you are engaged in heavy paperwork and serious business in the toilet.

While this is certainly convenient for the handphone user, it is extremely disconcerting for those around him, because nobody knows if he is about to take out a machete and hack everyone to death. I once saw this lady literally shouting on her way up a double-decker, causing the driver and passengers to look at her like she came from Planet Zorkon.

What is worse are those who use their hands-free kit by holding the dangling microphone near the mouth with one hand. Morons-1, Hands-free-0. It also makes them look like they are talking to their medication, holding that pill-sized mic that way.

I think it is a new fashion statement, this hands-free thing. I have seen people proudly walking around with the ear-piece surgically attached to their ears, as if to say, "I am such a busy person, I have no time to even lift up my handphone. Everybody calls me all the time! That is why I got my neighbourhood surgeon to permanently attach this wire to my head."

I would hate for the day when handphones and faxes get so advanced that they sell a body kit, that places the whole dang handphone or fax machine into your body so that there is nothing to carry and no appendages (except the natural ones) sticking out. Then you would probably see guys with constipated looks on their faces, like they are about to give birth to a small whale, when all they are doing is receiving a fax.

Still, hands-free kits have their place, in cars when you don't want to buy a car kit that usually costs more than the phone itself, and that requires the mechanic to rip your car apart to install and un-install. That would definitely put a damper on your plans to buy that new handphone model with built-in Microsoft Explorer Lite when it arrives ("We are NOT trying to extend our Windows monopoly to the handphone market!") . As is almost always the case, the new models will require a different, more expensive car kit and hands-free kit ("New improved model! Uses 9-pin adapter instead of the previous 8-pin one, because we felt like it!").



7. Do not set your handphone to play cute tunes.

Phones used to make only one sound. They rang. Then handphones came along and still, they rang. Then the competition got too hot and a features war broke out. Handphone manufacturers the world over, having included their last useful feature ("O.00025mhz more coverage!"), decided to do the next best thing in Product Differentiation. They gave us the Ringing Tones From Hell.

Now we can hear the Standard, Low, Medium and High rings, as well as 8 other melodies that only morons would use as their ringing sounds. So everyone, including me, used one of those 8. And the melodies aren't what you would call Top Forty material either. They weren't even Bottom Forty. They were melodies rejected by manufacturers of the "On Hold" feature of major PABX phone systems in most of the Free World.

In a bid to sound different from everyone else, everyone chose to use the same melodies, so now no one knows whose phone is ringing still. One handphone company even went further. They allowed their customers to program their own melodies into their phones. Great. Now we will get to hear The Macarena (Hokkien dance version) too.



8. Do not use your handphone in Classical Music Concerts.

With most handphones containing bad renditions of Andy Williams' "My Way" and Handel's "Messiah", it would not be wise to let your handphone go off in an SSO concert. This would affect the real classical piece of music that the orchestra is playing, since your version of the "Messiah" may not be in the same key. This is Cultural Suicide. Like clapping between movements, only worse.

The best device to use in these circumstances would be the vibrator attachment, a handy handphone accessory that attaches to your handphone so that instead of a loud ringing sound, it will give you a loud vibrating buzz. These vibrators should be used with caution, as they have the subtlety of stampeding buffalo, and should be used in combination with thick underwear. Most manufacturers do not provide any warranty against damaged bodily parts from improper use of this accessory.



9. Do not wear your handphone.

In the past, handphones were so huge you would have a hard time carrying it with a forklift, let alone clip it on your belt. Now they have models small enough to slip into your trouser pocket that won't look like you have deformed genitals and/or a permanent erection. So what did the manufacturers do? Make chains and other arm-bands to allow you to _wear_ your handphone.

So you will soon be seeing fashionable people with their handphones around their necks, expensive items that will almost certainly strangle them when someone tries to grab their phones, whereas in the past, all you lost from a stolen handphone were your phone, your dignity and maybe your pants.

After all that effort to make a handphone as small as possible to fit into your Gucchee handbag or Ah Beng baggy pants, so that you won't look like a crass show-off or a used-car salesman (not that I am suggesting any links between the two, you understand), they ask you to wear your five-gazillion-dollar handphone (that cost so much because they had to make the parts as small a flea's gonads to get the phone that size) way out there in the open.

"Come and rob and strangle me!" is a sign you may as well be wearing around your neck, or "Yank my chain because I am a hopeless fashion victim!", or "Moo!" (cows have their communications devices hung around their necks too).

I am making this clarion call to stop this madness before they make the phones any smaller and ask you to wear them as earrings or God forbid, navel and nipple rings. And people _will_ do it. Then you will have people having chats with their nipples. Think also of the battery charging problems _that_ will bring -- "Not now, ma, I am charging my nipple ring handphone battery in the wall socket!" Then you will really have some major social and health problems.



10. Do not use your handphone near stereos and sensitive equipment

As many handphone users know, some handphone models emit extremely high amounts of, I am going to get real technical here, Some Kind of Radiation. This can wreak havoc on stereos and speakers. My own research has shown that these are really the Evil Rays of Doom and Bad Skin. I base this conclusion on the fact that Bruce Banner became The Incredible Hulk through his exposure to massive doses of Handphone Rays when a bookie was shouting numbers into his handphone nearby. That is the reason he became this ugly, bad-tempered guy with green skin (Bruce, not the bookie. The bookie became Dr Doom). But they covered it all up to prevent a public panic.

This is why handphones are not allowed in aircraft and in hospitals. Apparently, the handphone emissions mess up readings on sensitive equipment. ("Captain, the plane's odometer tells us that we are showing the wrong in-flight movie!" "Mien Gott, Hans! Prepare for crash landing!") On the other hand, it may all be a ploy to get rid of the Evil Yob Who Uses His Handphone Loudly In Inappropriate Places. ("I am in NUH, N-U-H! Yes, I am here for that breast enlargement. No, BREAST EN-LARGE-MENT!")

Still, I can see where all the hoo-hah comes from. My own handphone can pick up metal paper clips and even metal rulers. I use it in social functions all the time. It is a great way to break the ice. Ever since I learned how to use my handphone in this way, I have become more attractive, regained my self-esteem and accomplished world peace! You can too. Call the NUMBER on the screen RIGHT NOW and we will ALSO send you losers, um, viewers a few FREE MAGIC TRICKS to impress the BABES! That's right, discover the NEW YOU with our handphone tricks and washboard abs. With our 30-day money-back guarantee, you can't lose!

Let's see, where was I? Oh yes. Also, when my handphone goes off, stereo equipment in the immediate vicinity collectively cry out in some kind of Mournful Cry of Appliance Angst, not unlike a cow in labour (not that I would know exactly how that sounds like). I once witnessed my handphone in the living room cause the stereo in my bedrooms to do The Cry, through the walls and closed doors! That is the kind of awesome force we are dealing with, my friends.

Recently, there is even talk that handphones can make ABS brakes fail. That is still unconfirmed. I personally believe that it is _permed hair_ on men that cause ABS brake failure. Or it could be a combination of both.

I am told that these mysterious Handphone Rays of Doom can even cause brain damage to heavy users. I personally think that this is hogwash. I use my handphone everyday and I don't see any -- did I ever tell you that I was a Llama in a previous life? No, really, the animal. I was the Grand Llama of Panama Who Ate Bananas in My Pajamas -- side effects. So I really don't see any need to worry.

Besides, would I be writing useful, life-affirming articles like this if I had any brain damage?



By Lee Kin Mun (Copyright 1997)

Monday, December 06, 2004

The Cab Ride

Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. When I arrived at 2:30 a.m., the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. Under these circumstances, many drivers would just honk once or twice, wait a minute, then drive away. But, I had seen too many impoverished people who depended on taxis
as their only means of transportation. Unless a situation smelled of danger, I always went to the door. This passenger might be someone who needs my assistance, I reasoned to myself. So I walked to the door and knocked. "Just a minute," answered a frail, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor. After a long pause, the door opened.

A small woman in her 80's stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned on it, like somebody out of a 1940s movie. By her side was a small nylon suitcase. The apartment looked as if
no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was covered with sheets.There were no clocks on the walls, no knickknacks or utensils on the counters. In the corner was a cardboard box filled with photos and
glassware.

"Would you carry my bag out to the car?" she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, then returned to assist the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the curb. She kept thanking me for my kindness.

"It's nothing", I told her. "I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated."

"Oh, you're such a good boy," she said.

When we got in the cab, she gave me an address, then asked, "Could you drive through downtown?"

"It's not the shortest way," I answered quickly.

"Oh, I don't mind," she said. "I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice".

I looked in the rear-view mirror. Her eyes were glistening.

"I don't have any family left," she continued. "The doctor says I don't have very long."

I quietly reached over and shut off the meter. "What route would you like me to take?" I asked.

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator. We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds. She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she'd ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

As the first hint of sun was creasing the horizon, she suddenly said, "I'm tired. Let's go now."

We drove in silence to the address she had given me. It was a low building, like a small convalescent home, with a driveway that passed under a portico. Two orderlies came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up. They were solicitous and intent, watching her every move. They must have been expecting her.

I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door. The woman was already seated in a wheelchair.

"How much do I owe you?" she asked, reaching into her purse.

"Nothing," I said.

"You have to make a living," she answered.

"There are other passengers," I responded.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly.

"You gave an old woman a little moment of joy," she said.

"Thank you." I squeezed her hand, then walked into the dim morning light.

Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life. I didn't pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly lost in thought.

For the rest of that day, I could hardly talk. What if that woman had gotten an angry driver, or one who was impatient to end his shift? What if I had refused to take the run, or had honked once, then driven away? On a quick review, I don't think that I have done anything more important in my life.

We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments. But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one.

PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID, OR WHAT YOU SAID,
~BUT ~
THEY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.

Friday, December 03, 2004

Salty Coffee

He met her on a party.
She was so outstanding, many guys chasing after her, while he was so normal, nobody paid attention to him. At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him, she was surprised, but due to being polite, she promised.

They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, she felt uncomfortable, she thought, please, let me go home..
suddenly he asked the waiter: "would you please give me some salt?
I'd like to put it in my coffee."

Everybody stared at him, so strange!

His face turned red, but,still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it.

She asked him curiously: why you have this hobby?

He replied: "when I was a little boy, I was living near the sea, I liked playing in the sea, I could feel the taste of the sea , just like the taste of the salty coffee.
Now every time I have the salty coffee, I always think of my childhood, think of my hometown, I miss my hometown so much, I miss my parents who are still living there".

While saying that tears filled his eyes.
She was deeply touched.
That's his true feeling, from the bottom of his heart.
A man who can tell out his homesickness, he must be a man who loves home, cares about home, has responsibility of home..

Then she also started to speak, spoke about her faraway hometown, her childhood, her family.
That was a really nice talk, also a beautiful beginning of their story.
They continued to date.

She found that actually he was a man who meets all her demands; he had tolerance, was kind hearted, warm, careful.
He was such a good person but she almost missed him!

Thanks to his salty coffee!

Then the story was just like every beautiful love story, the princess married to the prince, then they were living the happy life...
And, every time she made coffee for him, she put some salt in the coffee, as she knew that's the way he liked it.

After 40 years, he passed away, left her a letter which said:
"My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my whole life lie.
This was the only lie I said to you---the salty coffee.
Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time, actually I wanted some sugar, but I said salt It was hard for me to change so I just went ahead.
I never thought that could be the start of our communication!
I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life, but I was too afraid to do that, as I have promised not to lie to you for
anything..
Now I'm dying, I afraid of nothing so I tell you the truth: I don't like the salty coffee, what a strange bad taste..
But I have had the salty coffee for my whole life!
Since I knew you, I never feel sorry for anything I do for you.
Having you with me is my biggest happiness for my whole life.
If I can live for the second time, still want to know you and have you for my whole life, even though I have to drink the salty coffee again".

Her tears made the letter totally wet.

Someday, someone asked her: what's the taste of salty coffee?

It's sweet.
She replied.

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.

Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Kurt Nilsen - Lost In Despair

Threw a stone
You're surrounded by glass
You need to get out of this place
'cause it's holding you back

So, baby run
-run like the wind
Look at what you're leaving behind
nothing more than a hole in the ground

It's too late
There's nothing to hold on to

It's so sad
' cause everything's shut down
It's too bad
' cause everything you had was here
You find yourself lost in despair

So take a dive
You're surrounded by water
You need to find peace of mind
It won't kill you if you give it a try

So, baby run
-run like the wind
Look at what you're leaving behind
nothing more than a hole in the ground

It's too late
There's nothing to hold on to
It's so sad
' cause everything's shut down

It's too bad
' cause everything you had was here

You find yourself lost in despair

You find yourself lost in despair
You find yourself lost in?

Monday, November 22, 2004

Simple Plan - Crazy

Tell me what� wrong with society
When everywhere I look I see
Young girls dying to be on TV
Won� stop till they�e reached their dreams

Diet pills, surgery
Photo shop pictures in magazines
Telling them how they should be

It doesn� make sense to me

Is everybody going crazy
Is anybody gonna save me
Can anybody tell me what� going on
Tell me what� going on
If you open your eyes
You�l see that something is wrong


I guess things aren� how they used to be
There� no more normal families
Parents act like enemies
Making kids feel like it� World War 3

No one cares, no one� there
I guess we�e all just too damn busy
And money� our first priority
It doesn� make sense to me

Is everybody going crazy
Is anybody gonna save me
Can anybody tell me what� going on
Tell me what� going on
If you open your eyes
You�l see that something is wrong

Is everybody going crazy
Is everybody going crazy

Tell me what� wrong with society
When everywhere I look I see
Rich guys driving big SUV�
When kids are starving in the streets

No one cares
No one likes to share

Thursday, November 04, 2004

McFly - Not Alone

Life is getting harder day by day
And i don't know what to do or what to say
And my mind is growing weak every step i take
Its uncontrollable now they think i'm fake yeah

Coz i'm not alone
I'm not alone
I'm not alone

I get on the train on my own
And my tired radio keeps playin tired songs
And i know that there's not long to go
Coz all i wanna do is just go home

[chorus]

People rip me for the clothes i wear
Every day just seems to be the same
They just swear
They just don't care [x3]

[chorus]

Na na na na's

Coz i'm not alone
La la la la i'm not alone

Wednesday, November 03, 2004

Simple Plan - Perfect World

I never could�e seen this far
I never could�e seen this coming
Seems like my world� falling apart


Yeah

Why is everything so hard
I don� think I can deal with the things you said
It just won� go away

In a perfect world
This could never happen

In a perfect world
You� still be here
And it makes no sense
I could just pick up the pieces
But to you
This means nothing
Nothing at all


I used to think that I was strong
Until the day it all went wrong
I think I need a miracle to make it through


Yeah

I pictured I could bring you back
I pictured I could turn back time
Cuz I can� let go
I just can� find my way
Yeah
Without you I just can� find my way

In a perfect world
This could never happen
In a perfect world
You� still be here
And it makes no sense
I could just pick up the pieces
But to you
This means nothing
Nothing at all

I don� know what I should do now
I don� know where I should go
I� still here waiting for you
I� lost when you�e not around
I need to hold on to you
I just can� let you go

Yeah
Yeah

In a perfect world
This could never happen
In a perfect world
You� still be here
And it makes no sense
I could just pick up the pieces
But to you
This means nothing
Nothing at all
Nothing, nothing at all
Nothing at all

Monday, October 25, 2004

Interesting Facts!

Coca-Cola was originally green.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

The name of all the continents end with the sameletter that they start with.

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row ! of the keyboard.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze,you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history.
Spades - King David
Clubs - Alexander the Great,
Hearts - Charlemagne
Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laserprinters all have in common?
Ans. - All invented by women.

Question - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this?
Ans. - Honey

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

A snail can sleep for three years.

All polar bears are left handed.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.

Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different

And finally 99% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

Thursday, October 21, 2004

Lostprophets - Hello Again (lostprophets always end off with out-of-the-blue, but beautiful music. hmmm)
Hello again, why so old?,
Wasnt time your friend? I must be told
Hello again, it seems too long
Since we last met,
how has it gone

Don't accept the blame, I would not complain,
Cos i'm sure it wasn't your own fault
That you never made it out your vault
Just Lock the door, and find some time to scream
Just scream again...

Just say "Will you starve with me?"
With your life, bring it to an end
Just say "Will you convey an end?"
Just say Hello, Hello again...

Hello again, its not that hard.
No dead ends, even with the scars

Dont accept the blame, I would, I would not complain,
Cos im sure it wasnt your own fault
That you never made it out your vault
Just Lock the door, and find some time to scream

Just say "Will you starve with me?"
With your life, bring it to an end
Just say "Will you convey an end?"
Just say Hello, Hello again...

You have no hope, You lost your vote, Where has it gone?,
Well If it all comes back, would ya'll be in bed
By the Walking Dead, Stumble and you'd Crack
Well please tell, Just Say.....
Well, you could start again,
Just Say Well, Would you come back for me?
Just say hello, Say Hello Again,

Hello Again, Hello Again, Hello Again, Hello Again, Hello Again,

If i was here, would you just say Hello again...

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Chantal Kreviazuk - Time

Time, where did you go?
Why did you leave me here alone?

Wait, don't go so fast
I'm missing the moments as they pass
Now I've looked in the mirror and the world's getting clearer
So wait for me this time
I'm down I'm down on my knees I'm begging for all your sympathy
But you (I'm just an illusion) you don't seem to care (I wish that I could)
You humble people everywhere (I don't mean to hurt you)
Now I've looked in the mirror and the worlds getting clearer
I'll take what you give me. Please know that I'm learning
So wait for me this time
I should've know better
I shouldn't have wasted those days

And afternoons and mornings
I threw them all away

Now this is my time
I'm going to make this moment mine.
(I shouldn't have wasted those days)
I'll take what you give me. Please know that I'm learning
I've looked in the mirror
My world's getting clearer
So wait for me this time

Monday, October 11, 2004

Keane - On A Day Like Today

On a day like today
I looked at you and I
Saw something in the way

You stared into the sky
I saw you were sick
And tired of my wrong turns
If you only knew the way I feel
I'd really love to tell you


But I could never seem to say the words I needed to
On a day like today no other words would do

I saw you were sick
And tired of my wrong turns
If you only knew the way I feel
I'd really love to tell you

But I can never find the words to say and I don't know why
I can't find the words to say and I don't know why

Friday, October 08, 2004

Cradle Of Filth - Nymphetamine (Overdose)

Evanescent like the scent of decay
I was fading from the race
When in despair, my darkest days
Ran amok and forged her face

From the fairest of handmaidens to
A slick perverted wraith

Nymphetamine

Heaving midst narcissus
On a maledict blanket of stars
She was all three wishes
Sex, sex, sex

A lover hung on her death row
I was hooked on her disease
Highly strung like Cupid� bow
Whose arrows hungered meat
And the blinding flare of passion
In the shade of narrow streets
Where their poison never rationed
All the tips they left in me


Two tracks
Bric-a-brac
Something passed between us
Like a bad crack
Upward-lit
I� met another kind

Of rat
In fact
With every rome inside me
Licked and ransacked

She haunted at the corners of my mind

In black
Cataracts
Wouldn� whitewash away
Her filthy smoke stack
She burnt me like a furnace
For my future suicide

Lead to the river
Midsummer, I waved
A �� of black swans
On with hope to the grave
All through Red September
With skies fire-paved
I begged you appear
Like a thorn for the holy ones

Cold was my soul
Untold was the pain

I faced when you left me
A rose in the rain
So I swore to the razor
That never, enchained
Would your dark nails of faith
Be pushed through my veins again

Bared on your tomb
I� a prayer for your loneliness
And would you ever soon
Come above unto me?
For once upon a time
From the binds of your lowliness
I could always find
The right slot for your sacred key

Six feet deep is the incision
In my heart, that barless prison
Discolours all with tunnel vision
Sunsetter
Nymphetamine
Sick and weak from my condition
This lust, a vampyric addiction
To her alone in full submission
None better
Nymphetamine

Nymphetamine, nymphetamine
Nymphetamine girl
Nymphetamine, nymphetamine
My nymphetamine girl

Wracked with your charm
I am circled like prey
Back in the forest
Where whispers persuade
More sugar trails
More white lady laid
Than pillars of salt

Fold to my arms
Hold their mesmeric sway
And dance her to the moon
As we did in those golden days

Christening stars
I remember the way
We were needle and spoon
Mislaid in the burning hay

Bared on your tomb
I� a prayer for your loneliness
And would you ever soon
Come above unto me?
For once upon a time
From the binds of your lowliness
I could always find
The right slot for your sacred key

Six feet deep is the incision
In my heart, that barless prison
Discolours all with tunnel vision
Sunsetter
Nymphetamine
Sick and weak from my condition
This lust, a vampyric addiction
To her alone in full submission
None better
Nymphetamine

Sunsetter
Nymphetamine (Nymphetamine)
None better
Nymphetamine

Two tracks
Bric-a-brac
Something passed between us
Like a bad crack
Upward-lit
I� met another kind

Of rat
In fact
With every rome inside me
Licked and ransacked
She haunted at the corners of my mind

In black
Cataracts
Wouldn� whitewash away
Her filthy smoke stack
She burnt me like a furnace
For my future suicide

Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

I walk a lonely road
The only one I that have ever known
Don't know were it goes
But its home and I walk alone

I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of broken dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk alone

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find
Till then I'll walk alone

Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh
Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh

I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind

On the border line of the edge
And where I walk alone

Read between the lines of what's
F**ked up and every thing's all right
Check my vital signs to know I'm still alive
And I walk alone

I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find
Till then I'll walk alone

Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh
Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh

I walk this empty street
On the boulevard of broken dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk a..

My shadows the only one that walks beside me
My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find
Till then I'll walk away!

Good Charlotte - I Just Wanna Live (their new album rocks!!!!)

I need an alarm system in my house
So I know when people are
Creeping about

These people are
Freaking me out

It� getting hectic everywhere that I go
They won� leave me alone
There� things they all wanna know
I'm paranoid about the people I meet
Why are they talking to me?
And why can� anyone see

I just wanna live
Don� really care about the things that they say
Don� really care about what happens to me
I just wanna live
Just wanna live [x6]

I rock a
Lawsuit when I� going to court
A white suit when I� gettin�divorced
A black suit at the funeral home
And my birthday suit when I� home alone
Talkin�on the phone
Got an interview
With the rolling stone
They�e saying
�ow you�e rich and
Now you�e famous
And fake ass girls all know your names and
Lifestyles of the rich and famous
Was your first hit aren� you ashamed?�
Of the life [x2]
Of the life we�e livin�/strong>

I just wanna live
Don� really care about the things that they say
Don� really care about what happens to me
I just wanna live

Stop your messin�around boy
Better think a your future
Better make some good plans boy
Said everyone of my teachers

Lookout
You better play it safe
You never know what hard times will come your way
We say
Where we�e coming from
We�e already seen
The wealth that this life can bring

Now we�e expected everywhere that we go
All the things that they say
Yeah we already know

I just wanna live
Don� really care about the things that they say
Don� really care about what happens to me
Just wanna live [x3]

I just wanna live
Just wanna live [x3]

I just wanna live
Just wanna live [x3]
Don� really care about the things that they say
Just wanna live [x3]
Don� really care about what happens to me

I just wanna live

Monday, October 04, 2004

HASH(0x8c204d4)
You are purple. What a romantic person you are.
You're sentimental and forward-looking (those
are opposites.). You're a sophisticated and
refined--with a refind taste for chocolates and
wine (yum...). Tempermental and moody, you let
people know when you're angry. But other
times, you just sit and sulk. Alone. When
around people, you're a generous person, with
insatiable needs. You're a starving artist,
basically. You're enjoy getting into debates
over politics and religion with people of the
same intelligence of you. But you know they
can never convince you otherwise, you stubborn
person, you. As a unique person you are (not
to mention just a tad bit eccentric...), you're
well-liked by either a few people, or too many
people...


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Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Horoscope Temper

ARIES MARCH 21 - APRIL 20

Nothing seems to ruffle you more than a lack of discipline, disloyalty and decorum. But Arians are also known to go into a rage very easily when challenged. Those of you who have been on the receiving end of the Aries temper know that if not calmed down they can even get violent. But one thing is certain if the opponent remains calm and does not react to their outburst, Arians cool down very fast. They are also the first to apologise, which makes them easier to forgive.

TAURUS APRIL 21 - MAY 20

You are generally quiet and have control over your emotions. It is difficult to predict what will upset you, so when you do lose your cool, people don't know how to react. Your temper is like that of a raging bull, and anyone trying to pacify you will be the first one to get a verbal bashing. You generally get upset when you are concerned or when people accuse you of doing something wrong. You also hate being reminded about mistakes you've made in the past. You also have the potential to be terribly vindictive if rubbed the wrong way.

GEMINI MAY 21 - June 29

You are recognised by your cheerful disposition and your jovial nature is easily susceptible to anger. In fact, you are the best person to have around when there is an ugly scene at a party you can bring the warring factions together quite diplomatically. But when you lose cool, you yell and scream and will not listen to reason. You must have the last word in a wordy duel. Your capacity to argue aggressively is matched only by your seductive charm.

CANCER JUNE 21 - JULY 21

Considering how charming, caring and kind you are, you dislike unpleasant scenes, much less creating one yourself. You have great tolerance and rarely get provoked into losing your temper. If someone is unreasonable or trying to create trouble, you are more likely to walk away quietly. But that does not mean you do not have a temper. When angry, in your effort to control your emotions, you tremble, your hands get sweaty and sometimes you fumble for words. Tears roll down your eyes easily and the opponent is touched by your innocence and will seek an apology immediately.

LEO JULY 22 - AUGUST 21

If anyone has total control over their emotions, it is you. But then, you can be described as stiff, cold and uncaring. You are known to lack spontaneity but you really don't care about opinions. You don't like to create scenes and will never accept invitations to a party where you suspect the presence of an unruly lot. But your very presence seems challenging to some and they take vicarious pleasure in your disquiet. When angry you can use critical language. A dressingdown can humiliate your opponent, causing a strain between both of you forever.



VIRGO AUGUST 22 - SEPTEMBER 21

Most of you are gentle and have full control over your emotions but those of you given to temper tantrums can certainly get violent. When see things with rage, you yell and shout and tend to break things lying close at hand. You can even harm yourself by banging your hands on a glass top table or wall. You should never get into any argument, for you are a sore loser. You feel that others are trying to persecute you and don't quite respect your opinions. When hurt, you can also hold grudges forever.

LIBRA SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 22

Did someone say that you are the charmers of the zodiac? Well, it's true. Few have ever seen you ruffled or angry. You are very conscious of your image, and you believe that anger distorts your face and personality. You also think you are above things like anger. But wait before you get into self-congratulatory mood. Your family or those very close to you know you better. You have an unmatched temper amongst all the zodiac signs, and what makes it worse is your capacity to justify it.

SCORPIO OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 21

Of course you don't lose your cool. But your very demeanour (manner) projects hauhtiness (arrogance, pride), pride and grand disdain (disregard) for lesser mortals (human). Others are often found saying that anger sits on your nose and you are raring to give your piece mind to the first person who try to be funny with you. You are selective in the choice of your friends, and have a low tolerance for the superflous (extra) types. Your tongue-lashing (attack) is generally in a soft hissing tone for when you scream, your voice tends to get shrill and loud and you do hate drawing attention to yourself! When upset, you are angrier with yourself for having shown weakness, for the last thing that Scorpio wants to show is being out of control.

SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 22 - DECEMBER 20

You are insensible and generally have no complete control over your emotions. You do get angry quickly and others marvel at your anger levels even when provoked. Actually, you get tongue-tied when angry and you will remove your anger waiting for the other person to calm down. Then you will reason with your opponent and convince the other person in a very gentle manner that the whole thing was just his mistake. You're also likely to totally sever ties with someone when you're upset with them.

CAPRICORN DECEMBER 21 - JANUARY 19

Few will believe that a hardcore practical and materialistic person like you is capable of sensitivity and genuine emotions. You project a hard exterior but are actually very sensitive, a trait you successfully hide from others. You can see thing with anger but will not betray your feelings. But then, there are times that even you cannot control your temper. Under such circumstances you can shout and scream, more with frustration at the situation than with anger at any particular person. Your outbursts can shock others and can make them feel guilty too.

AQUARIUS JANUARY 20 - FEBRUARY 18

You are noble and kind and dislike losing control over yur emotions. It is very rare for you to get angry. You are also the pacifier in situations that involve arguments. It is always your endeavour to be perfect and socially correct in your behaviour and attitude, but if misunderstood and slighted you can give in to an angry outburst. You will shout and scream and then walk out from the scene. You cannot easily forget the situation and will be bitter about it for a long time.


PISCES FEBRUARY 19 - MARCH 20

The only thing that can be said about you dreamers is that you appear even more attractive when angry. You are very sensitive to others' feelings, so you rarely hurt them. But when others tend to hurt you, then things take a nasty turn. You will yell and use harsh words and feel inclined to shake everything and everyone up. Your creative imagination is at its best when angry, and you tend to get pretty dramatic. When upset, you refuse to listen to reason and wish to be left alone. But once you calm down, you repent your tantrums and seek forgiveness. SO nobody can be upset with you for too long.

Monday, September 20, 2004

Letting Go

Jenny was a bright-eyed, pretty five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery store, Jenny saw a plastic pearl necklace priced at $2.50.

How she wanted that necklace and when she asked her mother if she would buy it for her, her mother said, "Well, it is a pretty necklace, but it costs an awful lot of money. I'll tell you what. I'll buy you the necklace, and when we get home we can make up a list ! of chores that you can do to pay for the necklace.

And don't forget that for your birthday Grandma just might give you a whole dollar bill, too. Okay?" Jenny agreed, and her mother bought the pearl necklace for her.

Jenny worked on her chores very hard every day, and sure enough, her Grandma gave her a brand new dollar bill for her birthday.

Soon Jenny had paid off the pearls.How Jenny loved those pearls. She wore them everywhere - to kindergarten,bed, and when she went out with her mother to run errands.

The only time she didn't wear them was in the shower - her mother had told her that they would turn her neck green.

Now Jenny had a very loving daddy. When Jenny went to bed, he would get up from his favorite chair every night and read Jenny her favorite
story.

One night when he finished the story, he said, "Jenny, do you love me?"
"Oh yes, Daddy, you know I love you," the little girl said.
"Well, then, give me your pearls."

"Oh! Daddy, not my pearls!" Jenny said. "But you can have Rosie, my favorite doll. Remember her? You gave her to me last year for my birthday. And you can have her tea party outfit, too. Okay?"

"Oh no, darling, that's okay." Her father brushed her cheek with a kiss. Good night, little one."

A week later, her father once again asked Jenny after her story, "Do you love me?"
"Oh yes, Daddy, you know I love you. "Well, then, give me your pearls."

"Oh, Daddy, not my pearls! ! But you can have Ribbons, my toy horse. Do you remember her? She's my favorite. Her hair is so soft, and you can
play with it and braid it and everything. You can have Ribbons if you want her, Daddy," the little girl said to her father.

"No, that's okay," her father said and brushed her cheek again with a kiss." God bless you, little one. Sweet dreams."

Several days later, when Jenny's father came in to read her a story, Jenny was sitting on her bed and her lip was trembling. "Here, Daddy," she said, and held out her hand. She opened it and her beloved pearl necklace was inside. She let it slip into her father's hand. With one hand her father held the plastic pearls and with the other he pulled out of his pocket a blue velvet box. Inside of the box were real, genuine, beautiful pearls. He had them all along. He was waiting for Jen! ny to give up the cheap stuff so he could give her the real thing.

So it is with our Heavenly Father. He is waiting for us to give up the cheap things in our lives so that he can give us beautiful treasure. Isn't God good? (hmmm...)

Are you holding onto things which God wants you to let go of? Are you holding onto harmful or unnecessary partners, relationships, habits and activities which you have become so attached to that it seems impossible to let go?

Sometimes it is so hard to see what is in the other hand but do believe this one thing................. God will never take away something
without giving you something better in its place. (depends on how you see it)

Saturday, September 18, 2004

Withdrawn (I) 64.1% Outgoing (E) 35.9%
Imaginative (N) 52.63% Realistic (S) 47.37%
Intellectual (T) 54.29% Emotional (F) 45.71%
Improvised (P) 69.7% Organized (J) 30.3%
Your type is: INTP
You are an Architect, possible professions include - strategic planning, writer, staff development, lawyer, architect, software designer, financial analyst, college professor, photographer, logician, artist, systems analyst, neurologist, physicist, psychologist, research/development specialist, computer programmer, data base manager, chemist, biologist, investigator.
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Thursday, September 16, 2004

SR-71 - 1985

Debbie just hit the wall
She never had it all
One prozac a day
Husband's a C.P.A.
Here dreams went out the door
Once she turned 24
Only been with one man
What happened to her plans
She was gonna be an actress
She was gonna be a star
She was gonna shake that ass
On the hood of Whitesnake's car
Now her SUV has become the enemy
Looks at her average life
Nothing has been alright... since

Bruce Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana there was U2
And Blondie and music still on MTV
Her 2 kids in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
Cause she's still preoccupied
With 1985


She's seen all the classics
at least a hundred times
Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink,
Fast Times At Ridgemont
She rocks out to Wham!
Not a big Limp Bizkit fan
Never knew George was gay
Hoped they'd hook up one day
Where's her fairy tale, where's her dream?
Where's the quarterback
From her high school football team?
Where's her fairy tale, where's her dream?
How many times will she ask herself
What happened to me?
(the rubber broke) ... When

Bruce Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana there was U2
And Blondie and music still on MTV
Her 2 kids in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
Cause she's still preoccupied
With 1985

She hates time / make it stop
When did Motley Crue become classic rock
She hates time / make it stop

Bruce Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana there was U2
And Blondie and music still on MTV
Her 2 kids in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
Cause she's still preoccupied
With 1985

Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Monday, September 13, 2004

Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved

Beauty queen of only eighteen
She had some trouble with herself
He was always there to help her
She always belonged to someone else


I drove for miles and miles
And wound up at your door
I've had you so many times but somehow
I want more


I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain

Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
She will be loved

Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful
I know I tend to get insecure
It doesn't matter anymore

It's not always rainbows and butterflies
It's compromise that moves us along
My heart is full and my door's always open
You can come anytime you want

I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
She will be loved

I know where you hide
Alone in your car
Know all of the things that make you who you are
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
Comes back and begs me to catch her every time she falls

Friday, September 10, 2004

Liz Phair - Why Can't I?

Get a load of me, get a load of you
Walkin' down the street, and I hardly know you
It's just like we were meant to be

Holding hands with you, and we're out at night
Got a girlfriend, you say it isn't right
And I've got someone waiting too

This is, this is just the beginning
We're already wet, and we're gonna go swimming

Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you
Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you
It's inevitable, it's a fact that we're gonna get down to it
So tell me
Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you

Isn't this the best part of breakin' up
Finding someone else you can't get enough of
Someone who wants to be with you too

It's an itch we know we are gonna scratch
Gonna take a while for this egg to hatch
But wouldn't it be beautiful

Here we are, we're at the beginning
We haven't f**ked yet, but my head's spinning

Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you
Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you
It's inevitable, it's a fact that we're gonna get down to it
So tell me
Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you

I'd love for you to make me wonder
Where it's goin'
I'd love for you to pull me under
Somethin's growin'
for this that we can control
Baby I am dyin'

Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you
Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you

Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you
Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you
It's inevitable, it's a fact that we're gonna get down to it
So tell me
Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you

Thursday, September 09, 2004

Blink 182 - I Miss You

Hello there, the angel from my nightmare
The shadow in the background of the morgue
The unsuspecting victim of darkness in the valley
We can live like Jack and Sally if we want
Where you can always find me
We'll have Halloween on Christmas
And in the night we'll wish this never ends
We'll wish this never ends

Don't waste your time on me you're already
The voice inside my head (I miss you miss you)
Don't waste your time on me you're already
The voice inside my head (I miss you miss you)

Where are you and I'm so sorry
I cannot sleep I cannot dream tonight
I need somebody and always
This sick strange darkness
Comes creeping on so haunting every time
And as I stared I counted
Webs from all the spiders
Catching things and eating their insides
Like indecision to call you
and hear your voice of treason
Will you come home and stop this pain tonight
Stop this pain tonight

Don't waste your time on me you're already
The voice inside my head (miss you miss you)
Don't waste your time on me you're already
The voice inside my head (miss you miss you)

Don't waste your time on me you're already
The voice inside my head (I miss you miss you)
Don't waste your time on me you're already
The voice inside my head (I miss you miss you}

Wednesday, September 08, 2004

Story Of The Year - Sidewalks

The bridge is all crumbled.
The water soaks into rocks
that fell at the bottom of the road (At the end of the town.)
The town that we lived in.
The memories shaken apart from the weeds that grow

Over the sidewalks,
Running away from the streets we knew,
Sidewalks,
Like the time we thought was made for you.
Or

Out on the front porch,
watching the cars as they go by
(Eighteen blue, twenty one grey)
Looking ahead for the first time that we could drive,
Out on our own,
To speed away

From the sidewalks,
Running away from the streets we knew,
Sidewalks,
Like the time we thought was made for you. Or

All of the days have passed us by,
All of the sun is gone... away.

Sidewalks,
Running away from the streets we knew,

Sidewalks,
Running away from the streets we knew,
Sidewalks,
Like the time we thought was made for you.
(Sidewalks)
The bridges are crumpled,
(Sidewalks)
The water soaks into rocks,
That fell at the bottom of the road.

Tuesday, September 07, 2004

Thrice - In Years To Come

i want to take the bullet,
the one aimed straight for your heart,
i want to meet the wolves halfway,
and let them tear me apart.
but that's not the way they do it here.

i want to lay on the tracks,
feel hot steel screaming at me,
expose the bones on my back,
let me show you what i mean.

yeah its a different kind of love,
i want to climb barbed wire fences
and warm our hands in blood.

and this is my gift,
is asking you to fix
my ruined hands.

and its a gift that keeps on giving,
and its a gift that keeps on giving,
and its a gift that keeps on giving,
and right now its all i have to give.

i want to lay on the tracks,
feel hot steel screaming at me,
expose the bones on my back,
let me show you what i mean
i want to lay on the tracks,
feel hot steel screaming at me,
expose the bones on my back,
let me show you what i mean

i want to write the perfect song,
and play it just for you,

while you are tangled up in sleep.
i need you more than ill ever know
until i stop breathing

my lungs will take you for granted.

Monday, September 06, 2004

Athens 2004 Top 10 Comments

Here are the top nine comments made by NBC sports commentators so far during the Summer Olympics that they would like to take back:

1. Weightlifting commentator:
"This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing."

2. Dressage commentator:
"This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother."

3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast:
"I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father."

4. Boxing Analyst:
"Sure there have been injuries, and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious."

5. Softball announcer:
"If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again."

6. Basketball analyst:
"He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces."

7. At the rowing medal ceremony:
"Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew."

8. Soccer commentator:
"Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field."

9. Tennis commentator:
"One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them... Oh my God, what have I just said?"

Friday, September 03, 2004

Shakespear's Sister - Stay

if this world is wearing thin
and you're thinking of escape
i'll go anywhere with you
just wrap me up in chains
but if you try to go alone
don't think i'll understand

stay with me, stay with me

in the silence of your room
in the darkness of your dreams
you must only think of me
there can be no in between
when your pride is on the floor
i'll make you beg for more

you'd better hope and pray
that you'll make it safe
back to your own world
you'd better hope and pray
that you'll wake one day
in your own world

Cos when you sleep at night
They dont hear you cries in your own world
Only time will tell if you can break the spell
Back in your own world

Wednesday, September 01, 2004

Ana - We Are

See the devil on the doorstep now (my oh my)
Telling everybody oh just how to live their lives
Sliding down the information highway
Buying in just like a bunch of fools
Time is ticking and we can't go back (my oh my)

What about the world today
What about the place that we call home
We�e never been so many
And we've never been so alone

(Chorus)
You keep watching from your picket fence
You keep talking but it makes no sense
You say we're not responsible
But we are, we are
You wash your hands and come out clean
Fail to recognise the enemies within
You say we're not responsible
But we are, we are, we are, we are


One step forward making two steps back (my oh my)
Riding piggy on the bad boys back for life
Lining up for the grand illusion
No answers for no questions asked
Lining up for the execution
Without knowing why


(Chorus)

It� all about power then
Take control
Breaking the rule
Breaking the soul
They suck us dry till there� nothing left
My oh my, my oh my

What about the world today
What about the place that we call home
We' ve never been so many
And we've never been so alone.... so alone

(Chorus)

It� all about power then (we are)
Take control (we are)
Breaking the rule (we are, we are)
Breaking the soul (we are)
They suck us dry till there� nothing left (we are, we are)
My oh my, my oh my

We are
We are (its all )
We are
We are, we are (take control)
We are
We are
It� all about power Then take control

Sunday, August 29, 2004






You Are Vanilla Ice Cream!






What Flavor Ice Cream Are You? Take This Quiz :-)




Find the Love of Your Life
(and More Love Quizzes) at Your New Romance.




You Are An Independent Girlfriend!

Whoa, Ms. Independent! Your guy digs your modern style...
But he's sometimes left to wonder if you really like him.
Keep that unique spirit, but show him your love a bit more often.
No worries - you're light years away from smothering him!

What Kind Of Girlfriend Are You? Take This Quiz :-)

Find the Love of Your Life (and More Love Quizzes) at Your New Romance.

Scrabbling

DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM


PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters:BEST IN PRAYER


DESPERATION: When you rearrange the letters: A ROPE ENDS IT


GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE


THE MORSE CODE: When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME DOTS

SLOT MACHINES: When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME


ANIMOSITY: When you rearrange the letters: IS NO AMITY


MOTHER-IN-LAW: When you rearrange the letters: WOMAN HITLER

SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters: ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S


A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters: IM A DOT IN PLACE

THE EARTHQUAKES: When you rearrange the letters: THAT QUEER SHAKE


ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters: TWELVE PLUS ONE


AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:

PRESIDENT CLINTON OF THE USA: When you rearrange the letters (With no letters left over and using each letter only once):TO COPULATE HE FINDS INTERNS


Friday, August 27, 2004

Mario Winans (feat. Puff Daddy) - I Don't Wanna Know

[P. Diddy - talking]
Hold up, let me answer my phone
Some bitch callin me about some bullshit probably
I'ma call you right back I'm doin this mixtape right here
Now back to what I was sayin

[Verse 1 - Mario Winans]
Somebody said they saw you
The person you were kissing wasn't me
And I would never ask you
I just kept it to myself

[Chorus - Mario Winans]
I don't wanna know
If your playin me, keep it on the low
Cause my heart can't take it anymore
And if your creepin, please don't let it show
Oh baby, I don't wanna know

[Verse 2 - Mario Winans]
Oh baby I think about it when I hold you
When lookin in your eyes,
I can't believe I don't mean to know the truth
Baby keep it to yourself

[Chorus - Mario Winans]
I don't wanna know
If your playin me, keep it on the low
Cause my heart can't take it anymore
And if your creepin, please don't let it show
Oh baby, I don't wanna know

[Break - Mario Winans]
Baby taught you better then me (taught you better then me)
Then why you fall asleep (why you fall asleep)
Shove 'em off and stay, what you used to do to me (do to me baby)
If your better off that way (better off that way)
Baby what I like to say (all that I can say)
Go on and do your thing and don't come back to me
(Stay away from me baby)

[Verse 3 - P. Diddy]
I don't wanna know
where your whereabouts or how you movin
I know when you in the house or when you cruisin
It's been proven, my love you abusin
I can't understand, how a man got you choosin (yeah)
Undecided, I came and provided ma
My undivided, you came and denied it (why?)
Don't even try it, I know when you lyin (I know when you lyin)
Don't even do that, I know why you cryin (stop cryin)
I'm not applyin no pressure, just wanna let you know
That I don't wanna let you go (I don't wanna let you go)
And I don't wanna let you leave
Can't say I didn't let you breathe
Gave you extra cheese (c'mon), put you in the SUV
You wanted ice so I made you freeze
Made you hot like the Western Beach (that's right)
Now it's time you invest in me
Cause if not then it's best you leave
Holla, yeah

[Chorus - Mario Winans]
I don't wanna know
If your playin me, keep it on the low
Cause my heart can't take it anymore
And if your creepin, please don't let it show
Oh baby, I don't wanna know
If your playin me, keep it on the low
Cause my heart can't take it anymore
And if your creepin, please don't let it show
Oh baby, I don't wanna know
If your playin me, keep it on the low
Cause my heart can't take it anymore
And if your creepin, please don't let it show
Oh baby, I don't wanna know

Saturday, August 21, 2004

will she stop stop stop saying she cannot finish her food when she's hungry????
erghhh my com really sucks. tried to format it yesterday. all went well until i accidentally pressed something that uninstalled my internet explorer and all the games i have. now my laptop has no life. bluarghz. the worst thing is i can't reinstall them again cos i don't have the windows xp home edition os. so i have to install the xp pro os (that's the only one i've got) , but it didn't reinstall back my internet explorer and all that crap. guess i have to reformat them again. haiz. and it's so sucky cos i installed office 2003 but the global ime online couldn't match this version and i have to enable the languages by downloading from the home edition again. this time can probably download from the xp pro version since i changed my os. still. sucky. wasted a few hours. arghhhh >:(

Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Eels - I Need Some Sleep (ooh this is a very soothing song...)

Everyone says
I'm getting down too low
Everyone says
You just gotta let it go

You just gotta let it go
You just gotta let it go
I need some sleep
Time to put the old horse down

I'm in too deep
And the wheels keep spinnin 'round
Everyone says
I'm getting down too low
Everyone says
You just gotta let it go
You just gotta let it go
You just gotta let it go
You just gotta let it go
You just gotta let it go
Just gotta let it go

Monday, August 02, 2004

Types Of Woman

HARD-DISK Woman:
She remembers everything, FOREVER.

RAM Woman:
She forgets about you, the moment you turn her off.

WINDOWS Woman:
Everyone knows that she can't do a thing right, but no one can live without
her.

EXCEL Woman:
They say she can do a lot of things but you mostly use her for your four
basic needs.

SCREENSAVER Woman:
She is good for nothing but at least she is fun!

INTERNET Woman:
Difficult to access.

SERVER Woman:
Always busy when you need her.

MULTIMEDIA Woman:
She makes horrible things look beautiful.

CD-ROM Woman:
She is always faster and faster.

E-MAIL Woman:
Every ten things she says, eight are nonsense.
&
VIRUS Woman:
Also known as "WIFE"; when you are not expecting her, she comes, installs herself and uses all your resources. If you try to uninstall her you will lose something, if you don't try to uninstall her you will lose everything............


Thursday, July 29, 2004

this new blogger thingy to create new posts thingy really is very sucky.
 
some very irritatingly naggy complaints -
finally managed to finish downloading 1 album over the course of probably a month. (-_-`) bluarghz. just realised that the song i'm looking for is actually in the punisher soundtrack. been searching for it ever since the punisher's trailer came out featuring that song. yeah it's the one i've just posted. and i only realised that after the freaking shareazaa finally finished it's downloading. after a month. using broadband. after a month. thanks. thanks a lot. (-_-`) 1 album in a month. (-_-`) bahhh
Seether (feat. Amy Lee) - Broken

I wanted you to know I love the way you laugh
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain away
I keep your photograph; I know it serves me well
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
 
�strong>Cause I� broken when I� open

And I don� feel like I am strong enough
�ause I� broken when I� lonesome
And I don� feel right when you�e gone away
 
The worst is over now and we can breathe again
I wanna hold you high, you steal my pain away
There� so much left to learn, and no one left to fight
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
 
�ause I� broken when I� open
And I don� feel like I am strong enough
�ause I� broken when I� lonesome
And I don� feel right when you�e gone away
 
�ause I� broken when I� open
And I don� feel like I am strong enough
�ause I� broken when I� lonesome
And I don� feel light when you�e gone away

Sunday, July 25, 2004

The Positive Side Of Life
     
Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun every year. 
How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on.      

Birthdays are good for you; the more you have, the longer you live.      
Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you left open.      
Ever notice that the people who are late are often much jollier than the people who have to wait for them?     
Most of us go to our grave with our music still inside of us.      
If Wal-Mart is lowering prices every day, how come nothing is free yet?     
You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.      
Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.      
Don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened.      
We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors.... but they all exist very nicely in the same box.      
A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.      
Have an awesome day, and know that someone who thinks you're great has thought about you today!

Sunday, July 04, 2004

Dear Mom

A mother passing by her daughter's bedroom was astonished to see the bed was nicely made and everything was picked up.
Then she saw an envelope propped up prominently on the center of the bed. It was addressed, "Mom."
With the worst premonition, she opened the envelope and read the letter with trembling hands:
Dear Mom,
It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to elope with my new boyfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with Dad and you. I've been finding real passion with John and he is so nice-even with all his piercings, tattoos, beard, and his motorcycle clothes.

But it's not only the passion mom, I'm pregnant and John said that we will be very happy. He already owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. He wants to have many more children with me and that's now one of my dreams too.

John taught me that marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone and we'll be growing it for us and trading it with his friends for all the cocaine and ecstasy we want. In the meantime, we'll pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so John can get better; he sure deserves it!!

Don't worry Mom, I'm 15 years old now and I know how to take care of myself. Some day I'm sure we'll be back to visit so you can get to know your grandchildren.

Your daughter,
Judith


PS: Mom, none of the above is true. I'm over at the neighbor's house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than my report card that's in my desk center drawer. I love you! Call when it is safe for me to come home.

Saturday, July 03, 2004

Did You Know?

Did you know that when you envy someone, it's because you really like that person?

Did you know that those who appear to be very strong in heart, are real weaklings and most succeptible?

Did you know that those who spend their time protecting others are the ones that really need some one to protect them?

Did you know that the three most difficult things to say are : I love you,Sorry and help me The people who say these are those that actually need them or really feel them, and they are the ones you really need to treasure, because they have said them.

Did you know that people who occupy themselves by keeping others company or helping others are the ones that actually need your company and help?

Did you know that those who dress in red are more confident in themselves?

Did you know that those who dress in yellow are those that enjoy thier beauty?

Did you know that those who dress in black, are those who want to be unnoticed and need your help and understanding?

Did you know that when you help someone, the help is returned in two folds?

Did you know that those who need more of you are those that did not mention it to you?

Did you know that it's easier to say what you feel in writting than saying it to someone in the face?But did you know that it has more value when you say it in the face?

Did you know that what is most difficult for you to say or do is much more valuable than anything that is valuable that you can buy with money?

Did you know that if y ou ask for something in faith, your wishes are granted?

Did you know that you can make your dreams come true, like falling in love, becoming rich, staying healthy, if you ask for it by faith, and if you really knew, you'd be surprised by what you could do.

But don't believe everything I tell you, until you try it for yourself , if you know someone that is in need of something that I mentioned of,and you know that you can help,you'll see that it will be returned in two folds.

"One day, we mad people will change the world...or we are already changing it " THE BALL IS NOW IN YOUR COURT... If the world were to end in 24 hours,all the phone lines, chat rooms and email will be saturated from people sending messages to others, saying: "I regret having made you feel bad", "Pardon me", "I love you", "I hold you in high esteem", take good care of yourself" and sometimes "I have always loved you, only I never told you".