As expected… year 2012 didn’t start off that well.  But… since I’m already kinda mentally prepared for that, it’s not that bad, I guess.

The weather’s been getting colder lately.  It’s too cold to even step into the shower room.  Brrrr…

Just went to A-Mei concert last night, and really, it was just amazing.  Her vocals are so darn powerful, and the whole concert was so high!  I was singing out loud with all others to her classics, and screaming my lungs out like a little girl.  *laughs*  I nearly lost my voice last night due to all that singing and screaming!  It was seriously worth the ticket money.  =)

All right, time to list some stuff to do for year 2012..

Travel plans for this year:  KL trip in April (most likely confirmed trip :D); as well as a New Year countdown trip to Taiwan end-December.  The latter is just a tentative idea as of now though… hard to say if I’ll definitely go for it.  I do want to go, but it all depends on whether my friend can make it or not.  None.

Movies to catch for this year:  MI3: Ghost Protocol (watched), The Darkest Hour (watched), GI Joe, Expendables 2, The Hobbit, Battleship (Transformers-wannabe~), Underworld Awakening, Haywire (it’s like a female Bourne, you know?  :D), Mirror Mirror (Julia Roberts as the evil queen?  Yes, please!), aaaaaannndddd of course, how can I forget, THE AVENGERS?!  Woohooooo~  It has that gorgeous, drool-worthy dude who acted in Thor~  What’s his name again?  Oh, Chris Hemsworth.  =D~  I hardly ever drool over Hollywood actors… and I think I can safely say he’s the first one.  (Matt Damon doesn’t count, since I don’t particularly drool over him.  I just love his movies, that’s all.)

Resolutions this year:  None.  LOL!  Really!  Maybe my resolutions are just to get all the above things done~!  Oh yeah, and to hit back gym soon.  Like, real soon.  Yeah.  As soon as this chilly season is over.  ;)

I should be blogging more often.

But… I don’t feel like it.

Oops.

On a side note, happy new year.  :)  May 2012 be a better year for all of us.  More smiles and laughter, less tears and heartbreaks.

Tired… both mentally and physically.

Went through an internal tug-of-war every month. Sigh… thank goodness there’s someone always there to hold me up, even though he’s always the ‘war casualty’. Sorry, and thank you… :3

Came back from a Genting trip at the beginning of the month… I don’t think I’ve ever been that relaxed during a Genting trip before. :) Couldn’t believe I had thoroughly enjoyed the trip amongst the clouds, despite breathing in some second-hand smoke and braving through some crowds at First World. And Genting didn’t had that limited food choices as what I remembered. They have so many different kind of food that we were kinda spoilt for choices. We ordered different stuff and shared with each other, so that we could get a taste of the various food offered. The buffet breakfast at Coffee Terrace was goooooood. So good that we had both of our breakfasts there. :D

We didn’t go to the theme park at all, so we literally just hung around the hotel room, walking around outside on the roads, enjoying the fresh mountain air and that sudden rain that poured down on the Saturday evening. =P It was an utterly relaxing weekend getaway. Thinking about it still brings a slight smile to my face. :)

Hong Kong trip in about one month’s time. Can’t wait for yet another relaxing (and longer!) holiday. I’m yearning for my dim sum (siew mai with whole prawn, anyone? =D) breakfasts, my wanton mee at 茶餐厅s, the shopping trips, the one-day trip to Ocean Park to ogle at the Giant Panda, the one night stay at Disneyland Hotel and catching the fireworks there. :3

This is the first time I’m going to a country with someone whom both of us don’t really know the country that well. *laughs* I think the experience will be fun! ^_^ It’s sure gonna require lots of patience and compromising, probably, but I’m sure it’ll strengthen our camaraderie. *grins*

Oh yes, I’m tired… as this entry was titled. But I’m happy too. Pretty odd combo here… but that’s the way things are at the moment. ^^

说了再见。

对这首歌的旋律还算是熟悉的。可是因为这是周杰伦的歌，所以从来不曾仔细的听它的歌词 （因为听不清楚嘛）…

直到看了昨天的超偶，听到了一位参赛者唱这首歌，我才发现原来这歌的歌词是这么的感人肺腑的。其实参赛者唱得不是很好听哦… 可是也就是幸好他/她唱了，荧幕上有字幕，我才能有这个机会接触到《说了再见》的歌词。

真的写的太棒，太棒了… 我跟着歌词唱着，唱着… 竟然哭了。

说了再见 
作词：古小力、黄凌嘉
作曲：周杰伦
编曲：钟兴民

天凉了　雨下了　你走了
清楚了　我爱的　遗失了
落叶飘在湖面上睡着了

想要放　放不掉　泪在飘
你看看　你看看不到
我假装过去不重要
却发现自己办不到

说了再见　才发现再也见不到
我不能　就这样　失去你的微笑
口红待在桌角　而你我找不到
若角色对调　你说好不好

说了再见　才发现再也见不到
能不能　就这样　忍着痛　泪不掉
说好陪我到老　永恒往那里找
再次拥抱　一分一秒　都好

你的笑　你的好　脑海里　一直在绕
我的手　忘不了　你手的温度
心　碎了一地　捡不回从前的心跳
身陷过去我无力逃跑

如果有一天，我说了再见后，你就再也见不到我了。不知道你会不会想起这首歌，会不会终于能体会这歌词里的意思与感情呢…?

I was a huge fan of Backstreet Boys when they first broke out of the boyband scene about 15 years ago.  I bought almost every of their album, bought every magazine that featured them… I was just crazy over them.  I had a small crush on Nick, and I just loved Brian’s vocals.  After a few years, however, my interest in them waned after I graduated from JC…

Today a new colleague was playing this song on her iPhone, and my ears instantly perked up.  Damn, the vocals sounded so familiar!  And the lyrics… oh my.  Although most love songs just have cliche lyrics, and this is no exception, but there are just a few lines that somehow clicked for me. After a quick check on SoundHound (and with confirmation from my colleague, of course), I got to know that the song she was playing was Drowning, by Backstreet Boys.  No wonder they sounded familiar!

Enjoy their MV and lyrics below (with the bolded words being the meaningful stuff that somehow struck a chord within me):

Drowning – Backstreet Boys

Don’t pretend you’re sorry
I know you’re not
You know you got the power
To make me weak inside
Girl you leave me breathless
But it’s okay ’cause
You are my survival
Now hear me say
I can’t imagine life 
Without your love 
Even forever don’t seem 
Like long enough

‘Cause everytime I breathe
I take you in
And my heart beats again
Baby I can’t help it
You keep me
Drowning in your love
Everytime I try to rise above 
I’m swept away by love 
Baby I can’t help it 
You keep me 
Drowning in your love 

Maybe I’m a drifter
Late at night
‘Cause I long for the safety
Of flowing freely
In your arms
I don’t need another life line
It’s not for me
‘Cause only you can save me
Oh can’t you see
I can’t imagine life
Without your love
And even forever don’t seem
Like long enough

‘Cause everytime I breathe
I take you in
And my heart beats again
Baby I can’t help it
You keep me
Drowning in your love
Everytime I try to rise above
I’m swept away by love
Baby I can’t help it
You keep me
Drowning in your love

Go on and pull me under
Cover me with dreams, yeah
Love me mouth to mouth now
You know I can’t resist
‘Cause you’re the air
That I breathe

Everytime I breathe
I take you in
And my heart beats again
Baby I can’t help it
You keep me
Drowning in your love
Everytime I try to rise above
I’m swept away by love
And baby I can’t help it
You keep me
Drowning your love

Baby I can’t help it
Keep me drowning
In your love
I keep drowning
In your love
Baby I can’t help it
Can’t help it no, no

‘Cause everytime I breathe
I take you in
And my heart beats again
Baby I can’t help it
You keep me
Drowning in your love
Everytime I try to rise above
I’m swept away by love
Baby I can’t help it
You keep me
Drowning in your love

Reactivated one of the old themes that I had.  Just feel like doing so…

Kinda in a contented mood now, after a rather difficult, rollercoaster week.  Finally found some peace… after deciding to throw caution to the wind.  LOL.  Sounds a little contradictory, huh?  Well, let’s just say that sometimes one shouldn’t over-think too much.  Oh yes, that’s what I’m telling myself at the moment.  Just go with the flow, I guess.  If one doesn’t try, one will never know, perhaps.  Trying too hard to protect myself may result in things/people/experiences that I shouldn’t have missed…

If you don’t understand what I’m talking about, then perhaps you are not meant to understand it.  Haha!  Maybe only one or two person would understand what I’m trying to say here. ;)

In any case, the Hong Kong trip is confirmed!  Airtickets booked, hotels reserved, itinerary tentatively planned.  =D  Just waiting for the week to be here!  About… 3 more months, I guess?  Darn, such an agonizing wait!  :(

On a side note, hanging out with someone whom you can totally click with feels so different.  I had thought I could click with Reko and he was my soulmate or something… but wow,  how wrong I was.  There are people out there whom I can talk to on a totally different level.  It’s really amazing… Ok, enough of the self-mumbling here.  Off to play some games!  ^^