Still Believe in Love

The first time I heard this song, I totally love it... the lyrics was very meaningful and the song was just superb....... Apparently it was suppose to be one of the songs in the Twilight Saga soundtrack, unofficially I guess cos I have never seen it in the CDs of the soundtrack :)

Today, I share this... cos somehow, somewhere it feels appropriate to share the lyrics..... 
Sometimes, songs and movies...... they have a meaning behind them.... only if we look and understand them and not merely look at it as just another movie or song :)

It was a clear summer day
When I saw the tears in your face
I knew that our time was up on us

Our moment of end was so fast
But the kiss of goobye always lasts
Not even time could fade it away

Even though you are no longer here
There is still something between us
Even though life isn't fair
I'd never lose my trust

Chorus:
Just another lesson to be learned
Gotta move on and not lose faith
Just another obstacle to take
Live my life before it gets too late
I won't give up
I won't stay down
This is what life's worth living for
(Life's worth living for)
I still believe in love

I'm holding the warmth of your lips
It feels like the time we first kissed
When all of the stars lined up for us

But like the wind you said goodye
And left me alone here to cry
We shouldn't have gone our separate ways

Even though you are no longer here
There is still something between us
Even though life isn't fair
I'd never lose my trust

Chorus:
Just another lesson to be learned
Gotta move on and not lose faith
Just another obstacle to take
Live my life before it gets too late
I won't give up
I won't stay down
This is what life's worth living for
(Life's worth living for)
I still believe in love

Chorus:
Just another lesson to be learned
Gotta move on and not lose faith
Just another obstacle to take
Live my life before it gets too late
I won't give up
I won't stay down
This is what life's worth living for
(Life's worth living for)
I still believe in love

Dream about you

there was a time in my life
When I open my eyes and there you were
You were more than a dream
I could reach out and touch you
That was long ago

There are some things that I guess I'd never know
When you love someone
You gotta learn to let them go

When I dream about you
That's when eberything is alright
You're in my arms here next to me
Forever

When I dream about you
You never go away
Just close my eyes
Wait for my dreams
Cos I still love loving you

How can I get you to see
That I'm falling apart since you've been gone
I could never be sure I could ever let go
Your love is much too strong

There are some things that I guess I'd never know
When you love someone
You gotta learn to let them go

When I dream about you
That's when everything is alright
You're in my arms here next to me
Forever
When I dream about you
You never go away
Just close my eyes
Wait for my dreams
Cos I still love loving you


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Location:Jalan Loke Yew,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia

Plastic bagless / paperbag less Malaysia? Are we evolving or still living under the rocks?

I´m amazed... apparently, Malaysia is now currently trying to absorb the paperbag / plastic bagless community every saturday..... initially I thought it was certain shops only, but apparently it´s now on a wider scale of majority of the malls and shops around here. Even the small grocery shops in the housing areas.

I still remember my first encounter with our very own Malaysian citizen who went shopping to Carrefour on a Saturday morning...... I was out with my daughter that morning (some weeks ago before my daughter´s birthday) and decided to go to Carrefour to get some stuff for the party for my daughter´s birthday. Now, I somehow don´t really go shopping down here (rarely), so basically I didn´t know bout this Saturday paperbag / plasticbag less community that happens every saturday. But then, I never worry much cos whenever I am with my daughter, I rarely use a handbag and use a backpack more often. So anyways... when we were queuing up to pay our stuff, there was this man in front of us that kinda bought relatively alot of things, though there was a backpack on his back. When the cashier finished scanning all his items and didnt pass him a bag, he questioned her. And she politely told him ` I´m sorry sir, but every saturday is no plastic bag day´. 

ROFL

And you know what that jackass did? He scolded the poor poor cashier..... and worse... he said ´Since when we Malaysians are so caring for nature´..... WTF?!

Somehow, I got pissed... seeing that man screw the poor cashier for no reason.... so I casually asked her, when did Carrefour started it... she was scared, and she say... bout few months ago... and I did the most bizarre thing..... I told the cashier, in front of that damn man `Thats good. I so support it. You know, in Germany, no one uses paper bags at all EVERY DAY (emphasizing the every day) and we all take our own bags or BACK PACKS to put our groceries, even if its meat, eggs or vegetables... if u want a plastic bag, well PAY for it.. thats what happened in Germany and many countries OUT OF MALAYSIA` ROFL... someone should really take a photo of that man´s face... he turned a few shades of red and then purple, trying to recover from the anger and such.... especially when I emphasized a few of those words.... xD

You see... that man is partially right.... Malaysians never CARED bout our environement even though there are many bodies and even the governement trying to do everything to curb such things. But yet, the society are still so out of place, so traditional so mindless. People still throw rubbish or bits of papers every where, or just use as much tissues or paper like as if it grows on trees. Don´t just talk about the environment.... people down here, they are so tied to the asian culture and the traditional ways that they are not even growing........ 

I´m amazed...... especially education wise... how back dated we are compared to the relatively wide wide world. There is no such thing as... that is a western world and we are an Asian world. Does that mean that...... everyone all over the world is wanting to know and learn more but Asians prefer living under the rocks?

The more I mix with others all over the world, the more I tend to ponder on whether or not are we even capable of not making a fool out of ourselves in many things........

The most obvious and ridiculous debate from time to time I have been seeing in the newspaper is...... Should we have sex education in school? And the most AMAZING answer I´ve read is ...... No, we shouldn´t have, cos we are not the western world. -.-

Can someone please wake the majority of the people down here please? Before we make a blunder out of ourselves?

Insanity of Men

Its lunch time now, as I sat at the receptionist table for the sit in duty of the receptionist whilst she eats lunch., I was browsing through The Star online today and am very sick to the core of reading the rape cases that are happening around here nowadays and nothing is being done about it. Innocent ladies are being the victims here, ruining their lives forever...... don't men have any feelings of sympathy? To destroy a young girl's life?

Reading the news, decided to share these two articles with you all....... is there no way for our own people to stand up and fight and curb these problems instead of just jailing them for a couple of years and they get to walk free?

Wednesday April 21, 2010

Girl raped after being sprayed with liquid
A 19-YEAR-OLD girl was raped by a man who sprayed her with a liquid, causing her to fall off her motorcycle and break her arm, reported Harian Metro.

In the 1.45am incident on Monday, the teenager was riding pillion on the motorcycle driven by her friend near Jalan Pasir Pedamar in Teluk Intan when another motorcyclist drew up beside them, brandishing a spray can.


The man sprayed them with liquid from the can, causing the friend to lose control of the motorcycle.


The girl, who was on her way home after helping her mother at her coffeeshop, broke her left arm in the accident, which also saw her friend suffering injuries to the body and leg.

Hilir Perak OCPD Supt Mohd Zaki Harun said the man then stopped near the girl but instead of helping her, began to molest her.

He also threatened to hurt her with his helmet if she tried to fight back.

“Ignoring her cries of pain, the man then took her to a nearby public toilet and raped her,” he said.


The girl walked home after the incident.


Wednesday April 21, 2010

Teen rapes orphan in classroom
By M. KUMAR and RACHAEL KAM
newsdesk@thestar.com.my

PETALING JAYA: The school became a place of horror for a 14-year-old orphan when she was raped by a classmate during recess at a secondary school in Rawang.


The 3.30pm incident occurred last Tuesday when the Form Two student was alone in her classroom during recess time.

The victim, a quiet teenager, did not report the rape to anyone at first. But, after nearly a week, she found the courage to inform a counsellor from her orphanage before lodging a police report on Monday.

The student has been living at the orphanage since she was nine.

Gombak OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Rahim Abdullah said the assailant was detained at the school several hours after the report was lodged.

“The girl has been sent to the Sela-yang Hospital for a medical checkup,” he said, adding that the boy had been remanded until April 26, to facilititate investigation under Section 376 of the Penal Code for rape.


Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said the district education department was helping with the investigation.

“Since both the suspect and the victim are underaged, we cannot disclose much,” he added.

Sources gotten from:
1) Teen Rapes Orphan in Classroom
2) Girl raped after being sprayed with liquid

I never feel guilty bout staying home.... but I am feeling immensely guilty for working......
thats.... being a single parent.... xD

Mums, stop feeling guilty about working or staying home

31 March 2010

CHILDWISE
By RUTH LIEW
I HAVE often been asked: “Who is better – the working mother or stay-at-home mother?” Mothers who want to quit working, want to know whether they are making the right choice. While mothers who are full-time home-makers want to know how it will affect their children when they join the workforce.

Whether working or stay-at-home, all mothers share the same fears and concerns. They wonder whether they are feeding their children right or spending enough time teaching them the right values.

You should always feel that you are doing your best for the children. Whether you work or stay at home, you are a full-time mother. There is no place for guilt. If you look after your children with knowledge, skill, love and patience, you are the kind of mother that deserves the highest recognition.

I grew up with a working mother whose own mother was a stay-at-home parent. When I was growing up, my mother and my grandmother often differed in their views on how children should be disciplined or how to manage certain behaviours.

Whenever my mother went on annual leave, we felt that she was cramping a year of parenting into a few short weeks. She made us clean our rooms and gave us extra written work for practice. We were quite relieved whenever she returned to work.

My siblings and I felt much better when Mother was at work. We wanted her to leave us to our own devices. When she was juggling work and raising us, she shared her time with us doing what really mattered. She took us on educational trips and introduced us to arts and culture.

My mother fared better outside the house. She also worked because we needed the extra income.

She could hardly cook but she took us out to great eateries to try out international cuisine. Sewing was not her forte either.

There were many things she did not do but my mother’s mothering style provided us with a great deal more.

We learned to do many things that she could not do. I started cooking at a young age because my mother encouraged me by buying as many cookbooks as she could afford.

Mothers get criticised for their choices. When they choose to work outside the home, many would frown on them and blame them for all the wrongs their children did because they were not able to stay home to spend time with their children.

When my children were babies, I had one stay-at-home mother who asked whether I breastfed my children. She also told me that I would not have much time for my children because of my busy schedule.

A mother who chooses to stay at home with her children is often misunderstood as someone who could not do much outside the home. I know of many well-educated and capable women who are home-makers.

I once met a lady who was conducting a survey on households.

She asked: “Madam, you don’t work outside the home. What is your educational background? Did you finish secondary school?” She looked surprised when I told her I had post-graduate qualifications. She had assumed that I was a stay-at-home mother because I had little education.

I used to have a neighbour who was a stay-at-home mother. Every day I could hear her screaming at her crying son. She was not happy and neither was her young son. She felt stressed out and lonely staying home the whole day with a young child.

What children really want is a happy mother, regardless of whether she is a career woman or a home-maker.

We raise our daughters on limitless possibilities of career choices. We must support them in the choices they make.

Children thrive on their mother’s love; there is no discrimination whether this love comes from a working mother or a stay-at-home one.

Be confident and trust that what you have chosen for yourself is also the best for your child.

At the beginning

This is dedicated to someone really special....Somehow the wordings kinda suits what we've gone thru......


We were strangers
Starting out on a journey
Never dreaming what we'd have to go through
Now here we are
And I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you.

No one told me
I was going to find you
Unexpected what you did to my heart
When I lost hope
You were there to remind me
This is the start

And life is a road
That I wanna keep going
Love is a river
I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road
Now and forever
Wonderful journey

I will be there when the world stops turning
I will be there when the storm is through
In the end I wanna be at the beginning with you

We were strangers
On a crazy adventure
Never dreaming
How our dreams would come true
Now here we stand
Unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you

I knew there was somebody somewhere
Like me alone in the dark
Now I know my dreams will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing's gonna tear us apart

And life is a road
That I wanna keep going
Love is a river
I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road
Now and forever
Wonderful journey

I will be there when the world stops turning
I will be there when the storm is through
In the end I wanna be at the beginning with you


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Location:Jalan Loke Yew,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia

Is it Smart to juggle between work and family?

I found this really interesting article regarding if its smart to juggle between work and family..... judging the women folk again on whether or not if we are capable of working and taking care of the family at the same time...... Somehow, the article is very interesting..... as being a single mum, I know certain people in my circle of life now accuses me of depending alot on my parents to take care of my daughter..... and I dont have time for my daughter at all and bla bla bla......

Don´t get me wrong... being a single mum isn´t easy... other than working... and my slight time devoted to the Lions Club... most of my time spent is with my daughter. I hardly .... RARELY go out at all with friends or meeting any new men..... it´s hard, I admit.. to juggle between work and my daughter... but I really try my best..... SOmetimes, I just can´t understand... why people judge so fast...... It seems that they think they themselves are the best?

ANyways... have fun reading this article... and... if you haven´t been a parent.... don´t be too harsh to judge those that are already parents....

Is it smart to juggle work and family?

29 March 2010

You’ve talked about being a full-time mother versus having a full-time career. Give us your view of a woman handling both responsibilities simultaneously. Is it doable, and is it smart?

Some women are able to maintain a busy career and a bustling family at the same time, and they do it beautifully. I admire them for their discipline and dedication.

It has been my observation, however, that this dual responsibility is a formula for exhaustion and frustration for many others. It can be a never-ending struggle for survival. Why? Because there is only so much energy within the human body, and when it is invested in one place it is not available for use in another.

Consider what it is like to be a mother of young children who must rise early in the morning, get her kids dressed, fed and sent to the child-care centre or babysitter for the day, then drive to work, labour from 9am-5pm (or later), go by the grocery store and pick up some stuff for dinner, retrieve the kids from the child-care centre or the babysitter, and then drive home. She is dead tired by that point and needs to put up a feet for a few minutes. But she can’t rest. The kids are hungry and they’ve been waiting to see her all day.

This tired woman then begins another four to six hours of very demanding “mothering” and household chores that will extend into the evening. And even if she does have a domestic helper, she may still not get her rest if she wants to spend time catering to her children’s needs.

You might ask the married woman, “Where is your husband and father in all this exertion? Why isn’t he carrying his fair share?” Well, he may be working a 15-hour day at his own job. Getting started in a business or a profession often demands that kind of commitment. Or he may simply choose not to help his wife. That is a common complaint among working mothers.

“Not fair,” you say.

I agree, but that’s the way the system often works.

Admittedly I have painted a more stressful scenario than most families have to endure. But perhaps not by much. Overcommitted and frazzled families are commonplace in our culture. Husbands and wives may have little time for each other. Life may be nothing more than work, work, work.

The issue, then, is not whether a woman should choose a career and be a mother, too. Of course, she has that right, and it is nobody’s business but hers and her husband’s.

I would simply plead that you not allow your family to get sucked into the black hole of exhaustion. However you choose to divide your responsibilities of working and family management, reserve some time and energy for yourselves – and for each other. Your children deserve the best you can give them, too.
This article was written by Focus on the Family Malaysia (www.family.org.my) and the Questions and Answers are extracted from “Complete Family and Marriage Home Reference Guide” by Dr James Dobson with permission.