Afternoon Delight

This is the song of the day after I watched Good Will Hunting :)

Afternoon Delight - the Starland Vocal Band

Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight
gonna grab some afternoon delight.
My motto's always been; when it's right, it's right.
Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night.
When everything's a little clearer in the light of day.
And you know the night is always gonna be there any way.

Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.

Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite
looking forward to a little afternoon delight.
Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
and the thought of rubbin' you is getting so exciting.

Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.

Started out this morning feeling so polite
I always though a fish could not be caught who wouldn't bite
But you've got some bait a waitin' and I think I might try nibbling
a little afternoon delight.

Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.

Please be waiting for me baby when I come around.
We could make a lot of lovin' 'for the sun goes down.

Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.
Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.

Can't Take That Away From Me

I have two job interviews tomorrow and even though there is a small chance that I am going to get the job, I will not accept the fact that I am not good enough to be hired. It just can't be true. It is a high chance that I won't be hired because I am a foreigner, and also because I am not a genius. What I can say for myself is that I know I am above average, and I will, unlike many other people, contrary to popular belief, work hard and do my utmost best to get to where I want. If all else is lost, I know that I will always have my desire, the burning desire to be all I can be. They just can't take that away from me.

Can't Take That Away From Me - Mariah Carey

Mmmmh
Whoaaa

They can say,
Anything they want to say,
Try to bring me down,
But I will not allow anyone to succeed hanging clouds over me,
And they can try
Hard to make me feel that I,
Don't matter at all,
But I refuse to falter in what I believe or lose faith in my dreams

'Cause there's,
There's a light in me,
That shines brightly,
Yes, They can try,
But they can't take that away from me
From me

No no nooo

Oh they,
They can do
Anything they want to you,
If you let them in,
But they won't ever win,
If you cling to you pride, and just push them aside,
See I..
I have learned,
There's an inner peace I own,
Something in my soul that they can not possess
So I won't be afraid and the darkness will fade

'Cause there's,
There's light in me me,
That shines brightly,
Yes, They can try,
But they can't take that away from me

No oh oh,
They can't take this
Precious love I'll always have inside me,
Certainly the Lord will guide me where I need to go

Woah, woah
They can say
Anything they want to say,
Try to bring me down,
But I won't face the ground,
I will rise steadily sailing out of their reach,
Oh, Lord, they do try,
Hard to make me feel that I,
Don't matter at all
But I refuse to falter
In what I believe or lose faith in my dreams,
'Cause there's a light in me,
That shines brightly

Yes, They can try but they can't take that away from
Me
From me
No no nooo
Me

Ode To Joy

There are just days where no words can explain them. They are just what they are. Nevertheless, we have the opportunity to celebrate life, hence, I have decided to give you guys Mozart's Ode To Joy, no words, simply an ode to joy.

Mozart - Ode To Joy

Life Soundtrack

One of my professors, Karl Voss, wisely said that one of the greatest shortcomings of life is that it lacks a soundtrack. You should have happy music playing in the background for happy times, sad music for sad times, romantic music for romantic times. I tend to agree with him. So from today onwards, I will start a project, of creating a soundtrack for my life, and I will post a download link for the song that basically describes the general outcome at the end of each day, and I take no responsibility in justifying or confirming what you may think or deduce about my life from the songs that I post. I just hope you celebrate life with me, in a more melodious way.

I posted below the song "Had a Bad Day" by Daniel Powter, not because I had a bad day, but because some other people did and I wish them well and hope that they can bounce back and exhibit their true worth eventually, of course, better sooner than later.

Had A Bad Day

Had A Bad Day - Daniel Powter

Where is the moment we needed the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
You tell me your blue skies fade to grey
You tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carryin' on

You stand in the line just to hit a new low
You're faking a smile with the coffee to go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces everytime
And I don't need no carryin' on

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Well you need a blue sky holiday
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don't need no carryin' on

You had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day

(Oh.. Holiday..)

Sometimes the system goes on the blink
And the whole thing turns out wrong
You might not make it back and you know
That you could be well oh that strong
And I'm not wrong (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeeeah)

So where is the passion when you need it the most
Oh you and I
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
You've seen what you like
And how does it feel for one more time
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

(Oh, yeah, yeaaah, yeah)
Had a bad day
(Oh, had a bad day)
Had a bad day
(Oh, yeah, yeah, yeeeeah)
Had a bad day
(Oh, had a bad day)
Had a bad day...
Had a bad day...

Mutatis Mutandis

Change only what needs changing. This Latin phrase is usually used in mathematics to save lazy mathematicians (FYI, all mathematicians are lazy) but for some reason, this phrase keeps playing in my mind. Isn't this how we approach life? Maybe "life" is too big a word. How about relationships? More specifically, relationships that we wish to retain. I mean, why bother about people that we have no intention in developing relationships with? I am not talking about couple relationships, but just relationships in general, platonic, business, and of course, sexual. I venture to claim that people who have "perfect" relationships, and by this, I mean the ideal, unconditional relationships, in their dreams. For example, guys play ignorant and claim that they are who they are and girls should never try to change them, or the more ridiculous, "I have a girls' night out with my friends and this is what girls do". Well, sad news, guys and girls, in this life, we always have to have priorities, something must be done before the other, just because time is irreversible. So if you place more importance in your relationship with a particular someone, you have to change your priorities to fit with that person's wants, and sometimes needs. This doesn't go so far as to say that we have to change our lives completely for the sake of someone that we deem is important to us. Hence, mutatis mutandis.

From my personal experience, change is vital in maintaining a strong relationship. I used to be very stubborn in being who I am. I didn't care what other people thought about me, I didn't care if I hurt someone else's feelings, not because I am mean, but because I felt that they should just get over it because there is more to life than just "that something that was troubling them", usually something I deem as very trivial such as "my cat died", or "I think I might get a C in my mid-term test", or "I can't find my notes". That must have been the longest modifying clause ever. So anyway, when someone means a lot more to you than anyone else does, things change. I was ready and willing to change my ways, to try to be gentler, and more sensitive, and in a more metro-sexual context, not detest shopping. But then again, people then say, "but, but, but... that would mean you're not yourself anymore". Well, I say, "mutatis mutandis". Change only what needs changing

A Walk Worthwhile...

I have been thinking about this for a while now and I never really got around to answer it myself. Why do people keep blogs? Specifically, why do bother maintaining my personal blog? I mean, it is one thing to share my thoughts and feelings with the world, but is that it? There just has to be more than this. I even titled my blog, "A Walk To Remember". I guess that really says it all for me, or so I thought. I am not known for ranting about whatever shit that happens in my life, in fact, I am very seldom in a sharing mood. Why do I keep a blog if I don't intend to share? Well, it's not that I don't like sharing, I actually love to share my thoughts and feelings and especially experiences. But just not in a blog. But just as the word share would suggest, I'd like sharing to be a two-way exchange. I'd like some feedback every now and then. But I digress.

So why is this "walk" worth remembering? I think about all the posts that I have written thus far, and I don't remember all of them. Maybe that's why I need to write them down. But why let other people into my private thoughts? Or are they really meant to be private? Am I just letting off steam? Am I just expressing the pent-up frustration that resides within me most of the time? Do I have anger-management issues? I'd like to think that I am actually a pretty laid-back guy. I work best when I am relaxed. My mind works like magic when I feel no pressure. Maybe that's why I suck at exams. But the funny thing about all of this is, my mind refuses to work at all if there is no impending deadline. This is pretty ironic, but this is what America does to you. The lack of challenge in my final semesters at college is just dulling my sharpest tool (Fuck you, Kok, not what you're thinking about).

I can't wait to go out to "the world" and be who I am meant to be. As Philip Zimbardo put it, "Every one of us has the capacity to be a hero... a hero is not someone extraordinary, but someone ordinary put in an extraordinary situation doing an extraordinary deed." Maybe, just maybe, if you believe enough, at some point in our lives, we will be put into a situation when you know was you were just meant to be there, you were born for that moment, and that is when you know your "walk" was worthwhile, a walk worth remembering.