Fireflies lyrics - OWL CITY

You would not believe your eyes
If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep


'Cause they'd fill the open air
And leave teardrops everywhere
You'd think me rude
But I would just stand and stare


I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems


'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand lightning bugs
As they tried to teach me how to dance


A foxtrot above my head
A sock hop beneath my bed
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread


I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep


Leave my door open just a crack
(Please take me away from here)
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac
(Please take me away from here)
Why do I tire of counting sheep
(Please take me away from here)
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep


To ten million fireflies
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes
I got misty eyes as they said farewell


But I'll know where several are
If my dreams get real bizarre
'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar


I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep


I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep


I'd like to make myself believe
That planet earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
Because my dreams are bursting at the seams


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Saying No!

Sometimes.... no... most of the time I have a hard time saying No! I always try to please others even if I don't feel good about it. Sometimes, it makes me sick. And some people take advantage of me because of it.

Well, I am learning now how to say No. I am learning to assert myself. To assert my rights. I would settle for something that would make me happy. I would please myself first. I don't care much of what other people may say. I would protect myself.

I feel good. I hope that this feeling would continue...

The Climb lyrics - MILEY CYRUS

I can almost see it
That dream I am dreaming
But there's a voice inside my head saying
"You'll never reach it"


Every step I'm taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking


But I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high


There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose


Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb


The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I'm not breaking


I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going


And I, I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on


'Cause there's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose


Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!


There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Somebody's gonna have to lose


Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!


Keep on moving, keep climbing
Keep the faith, baby
It's all about, it's all about the climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, whoa

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TGIF!

Thank God it's Friday! It's been a busy week for me. We had a lot of activities at work. So today, I will go home early. I miss my family. I want to bond with them. I want to eat dinner with them.

I had a great time last night with my long time friends I haven't hear and seen for a while. I missed them. I miss talking and sharing jokes with them. It was so much fun.

It's really different when you are with your good friends. There's a bond that kept you together. You feel at ease. No pretensions whatsoever. They will accept you for what you are. They will not argue with you. They are there to listen. They are my real friends I can really count on.

HAPPY VALENTINES EVERYONE!!! Love love love.....

A V A T A R

Synopsis




A paraplegic ex-marine finds a new life on the distant planet of Pandora, only to find himself battling humankind alongside the planet's indigenous Na'vi race in this ambitious digital 3D sci-fi epic from Academy Award-winning Titanic director James Cameron. The film, which marks Cameron's first dramatic feature since 1997's Titanic, follows Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a war veteran who gets called to the depths of space to pick up the job of his slain twin brother for the scientific arm of a megacorporation looking to mine the planet of Pandora for a valued ore. Unfortunately the biggest deposit of the prized substance lies underneath the home of the Na'vi, a ten-foot-tall, blue-skinned native tribe who have been at war with the security arm of the company, lead by Col. Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang). Because of the planet's hostile atmosphere, humans have genetically grown half-alien/half-human bodies which they can jack their consciousnesses into and explore the world in. Since Jake's brother already had an incredibly expensive Avatar grown for him, he's able to connect with it using the same DNA code and experience first-hand the joys of Pandora while giving the scientific team, led by Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver) and Norm Spellman (Joel David Moore), some well-needed protection against the planet's more hostile forces.


On a chance meeting after getting separated from his team, Jake's Avatar is rescued by Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), a Na'vi princess, who brings him into her tribe in order to give the humans a second chance at relating to this new environment. When word gets out of his increasing time with the alien species, Quaritch enlists Jake to do some reconnaissance for the company, as they'd like to persuade the tribe to move their home before taking more drastic measures to harness the treasure hidden below. Yet as Jake becomes one with the tribe and begins to understand the secrets of Pandora, his conscience is torn between his new adopted world and the wheelchair-bound one awaiting him when the psychic connection to his Avatar is broken. Soon battle lines are drawn and Jake needs to decide which side he will fight on when the time comes. The film was shot on the proprietary FUSION digital 3D cameras developed by Cameron in collaboration with Vince Pace, and offers a groundbreaking mix of live-action dramatic performances and computer-generated effects. The revolutionary motion-capture system created for the film allows the facial expressions of actors to be captured as a virtual camera system enables them to see what their computer-generated counterparts will be seeing in the film, and Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning Weta Digital visual-effects house supervises Avatar's complex special effects. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide




My Movie Review




I had a great time watching the movie. It is a good quality film. Since Valentines day is near. I'd like to connect it with the movie. Love really comes in the most unexpected places. You will never know when and where you'll gonna fall in love. It just happens. And when it does, you'll do everything to protect the one you love and to be with him/her no matter what. Sigh. The magic of love.


Love has no boundaries. Even if you came from different worlds, love will always find its ways to unite you. Love is really unexplainable. No words can really define and express it. You can just feel it. Amazing! No matter what the hindrances are, in the end love will always prevail.

Double Celebration!!

February 14 would be a double celebration. It's a celebration of the Chinese New Year and the Valentine's day. Wow! Love will surely be in the air in the year of the tiger. I hope that there will be more peace in the world. Everybody would love each other more.

I am always looking forward to the forecasts of the Chinese experts. Every year I always want to know what's in store for me for the year. Hoping for a better and much brighter year. I also do some of the chinese rituals even if I'm not Chinese. There's no harm to it anyway. I am always excited every year doing it.

I guess, the new year brings another hope to all of us. It's another chance for us to do better in life. To change and to work harder to reach our dreams. I am looking forward for a better year for me. I think that I have started it right. I have accomplished one thing that I've been wanting to be done and get over with for the longest time. I was brave enough to face the consequences of my action. And it felt good.

Well, only God is in control of our lives. So, let's give it to Him to take control. The year is still a long way to go. Let's continue to pray and ask for His guidance. Surely, our year would be more wonderful and joyful.

Kung Hei Fat Choi and Happy Valentines everyone!!! =)

Life story...

I have come to realized that every person has it's own struggles in life. Sometimes I tend to complain on my life. I feel bored at work. I feel unproductive. I feel that my life is not evolving. I envy my friends who are working abroad. But, I've found out that they also feel my anguish in life. They have their own struggles too. Life abroad is not all bliss. They are still struggling. They are also facing problems.

And the sad thing about it is that they are away from their families. I'm more luckier since I'm still with my family. I have a work. I should be thankful for all the blessings that come my way. My life is so much easier. Their problems are more harder and difficult than mine.

Come to think of it, my life is so beautiful. I should complain less! =)

Monday Fever!!

It's Monday once again. Back to work. I had a great weekend. I was fully rested. he he I brought my laptop with me today. I planned to watch Avatar. But my plan failed. I was assigned to take charge of someone else office. sigh! I felt frustrated! grrrr.

Anyways, Mondays are really boring. I guess I'm just bored with my work. I wanna move out. It's not healthy for me anymore. I am unproductive. I'm stagnant. Help!

I want to have a change of environment. The system here also sucks. No proper management. My stay here is long enough. It is time to move on and move forward. Can't wait!

Perfect Timing

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.
~Pablo Picasso

I wriggled out of my underwear underneath my ankle-length skirt and slipped on my shorts. In one decisive move, I undid the knot that held the skirt wrapped around my waist, and let the long, hot fabric drop to the ground. My boyfriend and I had been cycling for nearly a month in Morocco, and despite the ninety-degree temperatures, I usually kept my skin covered out of respect for the Muslim culture.

We had decided to take this detour to Africa halfway through our six-month bicycle trip in Europe. Now I wished we hadn't come here. Bob and I had been dating for five years, and we'd joked that we'd either come back from the trip engaged, or on separate planes. It didn't seem very funny any more.

Wearing just my running shorts and a T-shirt, I felt practically naked. All day, we'd been riding east along the Route des Kasbahs through a broad, flat valley bordered on our left by the Atlas Mountains. As we peddled through miles of empty desert, I thought about just one thing: ice-cold watermelon. It was my birthday, and since we were in the middle of the desert, I knew there would be no fancy dinner and no celebratory alcoholic beverages. But there could be watermelon.

I told Bob my fantasy. As I set up our tent in the garden at the youth hostel in Goulmima, Bob had walked to the market down the street to get a watermelon. A group of men sat in the shade in front of the hostel, talking and drinking sweet mint tea. I had wanted to sit in the garden under the apricot and pomegranate trees, split the watermelon in half, and eat until all that was left was the empty, green bowl of the rind.

Bob had returned, cradling a large watermelon like a baby. In a friendly gesture, he had offered to share the watermelon with the men at the hostel. I, however, wasn't going to budge. As Bob walked back to the men, he promised to bring me a slice of watermelon. I sat in the garden, fuming. Bob didn't come back. Finally, I walked over to the house and saw the men eating watermelon. My watermelon.

"Thanks for bringing me some watermelon," I had snapped at Bob. I was so angry I was shaking. Bob looked at me, startled. This wasn't like me.

I'd been struggling with how to maintain my sense of identity on our trip. The clothing was just the beginning. My relationship with Bob had changed. Public displays of affection -- holding hands and kissing, but also the casual touch on the arm -- were taboo, and after trying so hard to remember these new rules all day, at night when we were alone in our tent, we forgot to fall back into our old, affectionate habits. But mostly, I hated that we had to call each other husband and wife to appear proper, because I wasn't his wife. And I wanted to be, more than anything.
Suddenly, I felt trapped in the walled compound of the youth hostel. If I couldn't have my watermelon, I was going to give myself something I'd wanted for a long time. And that was when I stripped down to my running shorts.

"I'm going for a run. Alone." I told Bob.

"Be careful!" he called as I turned to leave.

Outside the gate, I looked right, the direction we had come from, and turned left down the dusty street. I'd been a faithful runner for years, but had given it up after a painful marathon. As I started running, it felt like being reacquainted with a lover after a long absence -- I remembered how good it used to be, but now it was just awkward. My stride was stiff, and I could feel pebbles through the worn-down soles of my shoes. The wind was blowing dust so thick that I closed my eyes and held my breath as I ran through a tunnel. On the other side, I opened my eyes to see people filling the narrow street.

"Ça va bien?" people called out to me.

Nodding, I replied tersely, "Oui, ça va bien." It's going very well.

It was true. My stride wasn't smooth, and I was breathing hard, but it felt good to run. My feet kicked up puffs of dust as I ran past boys playing soccer and girls filling plastic jugs at a well. Soon, my body took over and I found my rhythm. Running was as easy as breathing when everything's right in the world. As my pace slowed to a walk, I realized it had been a long time since I'd felt at peace with myself.
My anger about the watermelon had been hiding something else: a hurt that sat like a hard lump in my throat. I had thought Bob was waiting for the perfect opportunity to ask me to marry him. But maybe it wasn't about the perfect opportunity. The truth was, I probably wanted more from Bob than he might be able to give me.

I turned around and headed back to the hostel. I wanted to go back and tell Bob about the kasbah I ran past in town. Most evenings we'd sit outside our tent in the dark, drinking tea and talking. But after taking so many turns on my run through town, I wasn't sure how far it was back to the hostel. My mouth was chalky dry, and I regretted leaving my water bottle behind. At the edge of town, when I looked up to see Bob walking towards me, carrying a bottle of water, I almost didn't believe it could be him.

"I'm sorry," he said, and handed me the water. I took a long drink. "Here's your birthday present." He handed me a Picasso postcard from a museum in Madrid we'd been to more than a month ago. On the back of the postcard, he asked me to marry him.

"How did you find me?" I asked.

"I just knew," he said. "I walked out of the hostel and I asked myself which way you would go, and I knew that if I just kept going, I'd find you."

I looked down at the card. Bob always knew when to keep me company and when to let me go on my own, like when he helped me train for the London marathon, and then waited for three months for me to come back from Europe.
"You don't have to answer now, if you don't want," Bob told me.

It was the worst time for a proposal. We'd just had a fight and I was covered in dirt. There was no ring. Instead, he brought me a bottle of water because he knew I'd be thirsty. He followed his heart to find me, and I realized that's all I needed.

"Of course! Of course I'll marry you!" I told him. A group of twelve-year-old girls were watching us nearby, and to their delight, Bob gave me a brief hug. We held hands for a moment, and the girls covered their mouths and giggled as we walk side-by-side back to the hostel.

That night, we sat outside our tent, eating watermelon and spitting seeds into the garden. When you just know, you don't have to wait for the perfect time to ask.

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Just Dance Lyrics - Lady Gaga

(feat. Colby O'Donis)

A red one
Konvict
Gaga

I've had a little bit too much
All of the people start to rush.
Start to rush by.
A dizzy twister dance
Can't find my drink or man.
Where are my keys, I lost my phone.
What's going on on the floor?
I love this record baby, but I can't see straight anymore.
Keep it cool what's the name of this club?
I can't remember but it's alright, alright.

[Chorus:]
Just dance. Gonna be okay.
Da-doo-doo-doo
Just dance. Spin that record babe.
Da-doo-doo-doo
Just dance. Gonna be okay.
Duh-duh-duh-duh
Dance. Dance. Dance. Just dance.

Wish I could shut my playboy mouth.
How'd I turn my shirt inside out? Inside out, right.
Control your poison babe
Roses have thorns they say.
And we're all gettin' hosed tonight.
What's going on on the floor?
I love this record baby, but I can't see straight anymore.
Keep it cool what's the name of this club?
I can't remember but it's alright, alright.

[Chorus]

[Colby O'Donis]
When I come through on the dance floor checking out that catalogue.
Can't believe my eyes so many women without a flaw.

And I ain't gonna' give it up, steady tryna pick it up like a call
I'm gonna hit it, I'm gonna hit it and flex and do it until tomorrow, yeah
Shorty i can see that you got so much energy
The way you twirling up them hips round and round
There's no reason at all why you can't leave here with me
In the meantime stay, let me watch you break it down.

[Chorus]

Half Psychotic, Sick hypnotic got my blueprint its symphonic.
Half Psychotic, sick hypnotic got my blueprint electronic.
Half Psychotic, Sick hypnotic got my blueprint its symphonic.
Half Psychotic, sick hypnotic got my blueprint electronic.

Go. Use your muscle, carve it out, work it, hustle
I got it, just stay close enough to get it
Don't slow! Drive it, clean it lysol, bleed it
Spend the last dough
(I got it)
In your Pocko
(I got it)

[Chorus]


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Celebrate 'Love Month' in style

On Valentine’s Day, make your loved ones feel more “special” by cooking up something from the heart – while also celebrating it in style right in the comfort of your own home.

Chef James Antolin, vice president of the Pastry Alliance of the Philippines, with the help of Glad Cook ‘n’ Bake, a versatile cooking partner you can use not just for baking but also for other cooking methods, has prepared this unique recipe in celebration of the 'love month.' Read on.

Pavlova with Seasonal Berries

Ingredients

3 pcs egg whites
½ cups granulated Sugar
1 tsp white Wine Vinegar
1 tsp cornstarch
¼ cup Caster Sugar
1 ¼ cups whipping cream
½ cup kiwi
½ cup strawberries
½ cup blueberries

Procedure:

1. Whip egg whites until soft peaks. Gradually add the 125g caster sugar and continue whipping until stiff peaks form.

2. Mix the white wine vinegar with cornstarch and 50g caster sugar. Fold into the egg white mixture.

3. Shape into a nest of about 5cm in a sheet tray lined with Glad Cook n’ Bake paper.

4. Bake at 150oC/300oF for 1 hour. Turn the oven off and leave the meringue to dry out and cool.

5. Whip cream until stiff peak form.

6. Fill shell with whipped cram no earlier than 1 hour before service. Garnish with fresh fruits.

Yield: 4 to 5 pieces.

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Waiting Game..

Life is full of mystery. We have to be patient to know what's God's purpose in our lives. We have to wait for the day to unfold to reveal some mysteries in life. I don't know what's in store for me in the future. I just walk by faith and not by sight.

I'm only human, I also get frustrated every now and then. I am impatient over things. For the prayers not yet answered. But there's no other way for me but to wait. In God's perfect time, all my prayers and questions wil be answered.

Still, I am very blessed for having a supportive family and friends. God is so good to me. Thank you Lord.