Jamie Slocum – Fragile

The lyrics for Jamie Slocum’s ‘Fragile’

The storms of life are surrounding me
They are closing in on every side
And I’m so scared I don’t know where to run
I’m crawling to Your door Jesus
I need a lifeline
Don’t turn me away

Here I am
Lord I need You to rescue me
This pain inside is too much for me
I’m broken and shattered
I need You more than ever
To piece me back together
Handle me with care
‘Cos You know my heart is fragile

I can’t take another sleepless night
I’m weary from the battles I’ve lost
God don’t be far away
I need You to find me
You’re the only one that I can talk to

Here I am
Lord I need You to rescue me
This pain inside is too much for me
I’m broken and shattered
I need You more than ever
So piece me back together
Handle me with care
‘Cos You know my heart is fragile

Here I am
Lord I need You to rescue me
This pain inside is too much for me
I’m broken and shattered
I need You more than ever
To piece me back together
Handle me with care

Here I am
Lord I need You to rescue me (please don’t leave me alone)
This pain inside is too much for me
I’m broken and shattered
I need You more than ever
To piece me back together
Handle me with care

‘Cos You know my heart is fragile
‘Cos You know my heart is fragile

The video for Jamie Slocum’s ‘Fragile’

My thoughts

What a great song! It’s exactly what I’m finding hard to say.

I especially love the line, “I need you more than ever”. The ad libs near the end are also the best. I have added the only audible line which is, “please don’t leave me alone”.

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In Loving Memory: 2 Years

It’s been a trying time for a lot of the people last week. I shall just say that some seemed on the edge of a nervous breakdown but recovered by early this week which is a relief.

I never believe in being manipulative with feelings. I think that is the wrong approach to any situation – to be emotionally manipulative. I try not to be even though I know I sink into that mode some times when I feel cornered but I hope it is something that we admit to and then will to change.

Also, I don’t think people should complain about each other. I wish that never existed. At work, at home, at church and well, just about anywhere. ‘Cos everyone has their faults. We’re not perfect. If we were, we’d be God.

It is unimaginable that it has been two years since Papa passed away but reflecting on things, a lot has changed in the last two years. I bought a dSLR first of all and I’ve toted it to almost all events. I guess memories are all you have left when someone leaves. And how do you store memories but with pictures and video? Even if they are badly taken.

Secondly, we got a daughter, a niece and a granddaughter. She’ll be 1 tomorrow. If that’s not a gift from God then I don’t know what it is. She is quite a bundle of attitude and character, something that I don’t think I’ve noticed from a baby before. The last ‘baby’ I knew intimately was my little sister and well, she was a docile little one.

I’ll always remember the grand exit my father got from this world, the convoy that followed him to where he would be buried, the fact that traffic stopped for him.

I remember my father’s smile, his easy-going nature and his lame jokes. I don’t remember the jokes specifically, just that he made them. I remember how we would sit at dinner and talk about things and that was probably the best time of the day for us as a family – dinner. After all, that was when we gathered together and ate together as a family, something that a lot of families don’t do these days.

My father was a real Chinese dad. He liked Chinese food, talked like a Chinese and just carried himself like one. I suppose that’s not a bad thing since he was after all a Chinese. He used to call me “his little English girl”. I think my little sister was bestowed that title too. We were the ones that like spaghetti and all that. :)

Before he slept, he would come check on us. Or he would check on us before we slept. :) And he was always on our side which was pretty cool. He’d back us up if we wanted something. :P

I remember when I first went to school here, I was in Grade/ Standard 3 and he came to watch me on Sports Day. He was laughing at how I clumsily collided into people while trying to swerve around them. Yes, I am that clumsy.

Fond memories. Forever and ever….

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Why is Mariah Carey promoting perfume instead of her album?

So Mariah Carey released her album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, on September 29, 2009.

I understand she coincided the launch of her album with the launch of her new perfume, Forever but it is weird that she is not truly promoting her album proper. Maybe she feels that making money is more important now or she has so many on-going projects that the album is secondary? Or is this supposed to be the new way to promote an album? Who knows…

Anyway, she looks really good. I really want her top. That black gauze-y top over the white wife beater. I want it!

Mariah Carey promotes her new fragrance Forever at Macys Herald Square

Mariah Carey launches Forever , her new fragrance in NYC

Mariah Carey promotes her new fragrance Forever at Macys Herald Square

Mariah Carey launches Forever , her new fragrance in NYC

Mariah Carey Launches Her New Fragrance Forever at Macys in NYC!

Mariah Carey Showcases Her New Fragrance Forever At Macys Herald Square

Mariah Carey - Forever Fragrance Launch

Mariah Carey appears at Macys to promote her new fragrance Forever

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Michael Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ Movie Poster

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Michael Jackson’s This Is It will be out October 29, 2009 and will only be in cinemas for 2 weeks.

Excited!

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In Loving Memory: 1 Year 11 Months

The other day when they I read of Michael Jackson’s homicide, I was thinking of my dad and I can understand the state of Michael Jackson’s mind and how he could have died from taking too much medication in such a short time.

Clearly the stress and the lack of sleep was making him distressed, restless and agitated. When you are in that state and try to sleep, you won’t be able to. And because you can’t you get more upset and aggravated.

So I think that’s what happened with Michael. Clearly he needed the rest and he knew it but he wasn’t getting it ‘cos of the pressure he was under. And it only makes sense why he would need and demand more medication to force him to sleep and when it didn’t work, he needed and demanded more powerful ones and even though the doctor may have been monitoring him, some times you just over-do it and because of the distress the patient is under you take a more liberal approach and forget about the side effects thinking ‘it’ll be ok’… but obviously it was not.

I’m not justifying that Dr. Conrad Murray was right. I’m saying I understand the situation and perhaps, he just got overwhelmed. He was wrong and still had a responsibility to be a good doctor.

I understand the predicament that Michael Jackson may have been under because I had a similar experience with my dad. I was with my father the night before his last birthday (August 30, 2007). I saw my father toss and turn in pain and it increased 10 fold because he wanted to sleep and make it stop but couldn’t. He had just come out of ICU that week and he was still not very well. I will remember that night.

I wanted to take the pain away and if I could, I would have stood in his place. But all I could do was whine to the nurses to get a doctor to prescribe medication. And they hated me for it but I couldn’t help myself. They had prescribed a sleeping pill and/or a painkiller in the beginning but that didn’t work. They couldn’t prescribe another medicine too soon because of my father’s weak state and the fact that there would have been too many drugs in his body. So they just monitored which got me angry.

At the time, seeing my father suffer was even worse. Anything to let him rest. I stayed awake with my dad and he would tell me not to bother the nurses but how could I let them sit nonchalantly outside when he was thrashing in pain? How could I bear it?

Eventually, by early morning when my dad’s doctor had finally come to do his morning rounds, he prescribed morphine as a last resort and because he knew nothing was going to work for my dad. My dad had taken several painkillers and sleeping pills over the night and it didn’t work.

When I saw my dad finally rest, I felt like a burden was lifted. But the danger of morphine and the reason why the doctor did not want to prescribe it at first was because when he had done it before when my dad was in ICU the week before, my father’s blood pressure had dipped so low that my father could have died. His blood pressure was lowered this time too but he rested for a good 12 hours at least.

When he finally woke up at 6 in the evening, he looked so fresh and well-rested that my heart soared even though I hadn’t slept a wink. I was so happy to see my dad smiling so widely. It was his last birthday with us. :’(

My cousins had driven from KL to visit him in Singapore. What a grand gesture of love. I can never thank them enough and I am forever indebted to them for what they’ve done. And I am glad my dad got to see them when he woke up and even then, he asked them how they were! Can you imagine?! My father was amazing.

That night my father sent me home and said he knew I hadn’t slept the night before. And he said he was ok and I could tell. He was the best dad.

So you see, I can kind of understand the kind of atmosphere that Michael Jackson could have experienced in those last hours. Maybe it was like my dad’s experience. Or not. I don’t know but when I read the details of Michael Jackson’s homicide case, that’s what I recalled. Obviously, Dr. Conrad Murray wasn’t responsible enough to not listen to the patient and be the doctor… perhaps. Luckily, bless the nurses and the doctors, they just let me rant and rave and monitored my dad…

Tomorrow my niece will be 11 months. Blessings from heaven.

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In Loving Memory: Happy Birthday, Papa!

Papa would have been 60 today. But he’s not here with us. We visited him yesterday at the graveyard yesterday. We just took out the old flowers and put in new ones. They cut the grass so it’s a bit browner than usual.

My uncle asked us if we would have liked to visit Papa together but I didn’t answer my phone in time. I am sad about that. I wished we could have gone with him. Only he will admit it and say he remembers Papa’s birthday and I really appreciate it.

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Movie Review – Dance Flick

So I watched ‘Dance Flick’ last week and thought it was old and every other country in the world had already screened it. Not true since it is only coming out in the UK tomorrow so I thought I would stick up my review for it since I really loved Dance Flick. Although slightly stupid, I liked it ‘cos I could spot so many of the movies it made fun of and it made me feel quite relevant and in with pop culture. I think that’s what added to the humour.

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Before you watch a movie that is a parody of other films, you need to watch the films that the spoof makes fun of for it to make sense and actually be funny. Yes, I like stating the obvious.

Dance Flick pokes fun at many of the song-and-dance movies we’ve been treated to in recent years and even in the past, from Fame to Step Up to High School Musical. It is almost like you’re having constant déjà vu flashes watching Dance Flick because it feels like you have seen it all before. And you probably have, though not with this kind of spin.

It is uncanny how you feel like you are watching a cast-off version of Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba) from Honey when you first set eyes on Megan (Shoshana Bush) who also resembles Sara (Julia Stiles) from Save the Last Dance. Or the uneasy feeling when you watch Ross Thomas’ character Tyler because he walks, talks and broods like Channing Tatum’s Tyler in Step Up.

There are so many of these look-alikes in Dance Flick that it becomes funny how all these characters can co-exist in one movie.

Then you start to notice that Dance Flick even spoofs iconic dance and musical scenes from Singing in the Rain. It is an endless stream of parodies and you cannot help but laugh because you took those scenes so seriously before.

It does not help that the storyline for Dance Flick is also oh-so-familiar: the girl wants to become a professional dancer but takes to the streets to do a dance-off and gains street credibility instead. Romance and gangsters are thrown in for good measure.

Although this film relies very much on its slapstick elements, it is smart comedy at the same time because the Wayans Brothers have included savvy pop culture references that make it even funnier. They have a knack for good comedy not because they try hard to make something stupid but because they obviously took time to fine-tune the gags.

Some of the lyrics for the songs are well-written too, so although you may be apprehensive at first about watching Dance Flick, you will come out with a smile on your face.

Remember White Chicks? That was pure genius and Dance Flick is no exception. The Wayans Brothers know how not to take themselves seriously.

So this review is not half as funny as Dance Flick. It is not even a third as funny. In fact this review is quite serious for such a light-hearted movie. There is not a dull moment in Dance Flick, which is even more enjoyable if you love the movies it spoofs.

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Church is full of Stories

After watching this great video and some others from Christian Central Church, Las Vegas, it’s made me think more about how much stories are left untold in church.

I mean, when your church is big, you really don’t hear of the miracles or the heart-wrenching stories. So many stories of hope, of despair and of thanksgiving are swept under the carpet.

I think it’s really important for people to hear these stories of their church members. First of all, you start to see church-goers as more than pew warmers. Secondly, you begin to relate to them and understand their history and/or background. Thirdly, you begin to see the glory of God shine and the faith of believers stay steadfast or waver in trying times. Indeed this is why testimonies are important!

It would be such a wonderful project if we could get a series of these running! I’d love to be involved in such a project. A story-telling project of the people in your church.

Sure, you have cell groups but this is different. I am sure churches have a lot of stories to tell.

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In Loving Memory: 1 Year 10 Months 4 Days

I remember when I first started my blog and earning money off Adsense, it was a thrill just to see any amount of money coming in. It used to be $0.01, $0.02, etc and then one day it was $0.20. I was so ecstatic, I was whooping and jumping up and down and Papa was like, “what are you so happy about?” After I told him he was like, “Cheh, that’s all and you’re so happy?” hahahah…

Anyway, I was reading up about a Pastor my dad knew. This pastor even visited my dad and it turns out that he’s got some scandals about him – things like how he never pays up when contracting work, how he seems to be a false prophet and how he may have left a girl stranded somewhere. The point is, this Pastor RM I shall call him, I remember him. He visited Papa when he was sick. In fact, Papa revered him. The pastor came with his Volvo and he was in a suit and everything. I never paid much attention to him but from what I heard, he had set up a few things in Malaysia.

So I was just telling my mom about him and how he may be a false prophet or whatever and she mentioned that maybe people want to slander him and that could be true but the truth is, you’ll be able to tell a false prophet if you stick close to God.

One of my fears is that my family will lack faith. My fear is that they won’t have a relationship with God. My fear is that they will rely on their own strength to get things done. This is my greatest fear and I should pray for them more but I hardly pray ‘cos … ‘cos even I find it tiresome too. :( FORGIVE ME, GOD!

I guess this is why we need to keep close to God and know Him personally so that when false prophets come and try to sweep us off our feet, we’ll know that they are wrong and God is right.

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LINDSAY LOHAN ON THE COVER OF ELLE UK (SEPTEMBER 2009)

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LINDSAY LOHAN ELLE UK SEPTEMBER 2009

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She looks so pretty in these shots! The article accompanying these photos by Rankin is also great. Pretty positive throughout and although Lindsay seems like a mad woman, I don’t blame her since there’s so many things she’s got going all at the same time. I’m surprised she can still look flawless doing it all. Ahh, I love her!!!

This September issue of ELLE Magazine is on sale August 5th 2009.

You can read more and see other pictures from the shoot at:-

- Lindsay Lohan sparkles in photoshoot where thieves stole £24,000 of gems (Daily Mail)
- Lindsay Lohan AND Pamela Anderson in sexy shoots for Elle magazine – see the pics (Mirror)
- Lindsay Gets Sexy for the September Issue of Elle! (x17online)
- Lindsay Lohan for ELLE UK, September 2009 (Fever of Fate)
- SPREAD UM: LINDSAY LOHAN IN ELLE UK SEPTEMBER 2009 (Fashion Indie)
- Behind the Scenes at the Lindsay Lohan ‘Missing Jewels’ Shoot (People)
- Lindsay Lohan doesn’t come out looking too good in “Elle UK” (After Ellen)
- Elle UK September 2009 : Lindsay Lohan by Rankin (The Fashion Spot Forums)

Watch the Behind-the-Scenes from Elle UK

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