Harapanku (My Hope)

Recently when I felt the world was grey, I took out as many cool songs I think that would uplift my spirit... from Mando to English but non of them could..

However, this one song by Malaysia's very own Vince Chong somehow managed to do so albeit very slowly.

Actually this is the 2nd time I felt the world kinda grey - and again, its the 2nd time that this song has uplifted my mood (the last time was bout 3 years back).

Anyway, why or how can this song change the world from grey to colourful? Well, I think the lyrics speak to me..

For those of u who understands Bahasa Malaysia, here it is. May you enjoy & be inspired by it too.


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*These are part of the lyrics that touch me:
"Sorakan menanti aku pasti... aku janji...

Halangan, rintangan cuba mematahkanku
Namun, ku mara ke depan
Ke arah itu tuju
Tentangan, rintangan biarpun beribu ribu
Tidak akan dapat memadamkan.. harapanku.."

Translated:
Cheers await me, I promise..
Though there are obstacle, I'm still moving fwd for it cant diminish my hope..

"Akan aku buktikan
Pada mata semua
Berkatnya keyakinan & juga cita cita
Andai dikau percaya
Pasti ada jalan-nya
Kuncinya ada di taganmu
Dikau tahu, dikau mahu..."

Translated:
I will prove that with hope & dreams, there is a way. The key lies within us - and whether we want to achieve it.


How powerful is that?! :)


*This song is a Malay version of a very popular Chinese love song - lao shu ai da mi. But the lyrics are different.

When The World Was Grey

Just before a few days back, I felt the world turn grey. Yes, that's how I'd roughly describe about 10 days of the beginning of September.

I had no appetite to eat - food had no taste and nothing excited me. No movies, DVDs, music or even sceneries made my eyes sparkle or glow. Business ideas were stagnant and life-less too. It was that bad that even the oh so yummy mooncakes were kept in the fridge untouched.. I was also gone from Twitterjaya & Facebookjaya.

It was really a weird period. Started off with me falling rather ill and very sick - high fever on my birthday. And then I read one book - which till now, I don't know if it's good or bad (don't ask me what book is it - don't feel too comfortable to mention it now). I'm not sure which made me feel bad though I think it's both..

Some friends teased and say its 'mid life crisis', but huh?

I talked to a few close friends and they could sense a very different QuaChee..

Anyway, I tried all ways to find Mr Inspiration & Miss Motivation back - through any means I could, despite feeling the world being so grey. But nothing really worked.. for a good 10 days.

And it was just hard to get out of it (though I knew at the back of my mind that that would be a phase - but I kept thinking "when?").

Anyway, somehow, like a miracle (and some inner motivation of wanting the usual life back), things began to change back to the positive-outlook life I usually have..

Food became tasty once again (I started eating the mooncakes!), music is now back to being inspiring.. and I can now watch DVDs once again (have yet to go to the cinemas though). My outlook on life is back to where it is - and maybe better.

Whatever it is, I'm glad that the world is now back to its colourful self and gone is the greyness.

For now, I am looking forward to happy sunny & bright days ahead, and wish for you too! :)

Oh Mooncake, I've Got You!

It's that time of the year.. when the round lil cakes make their way into shopping malls... and into my fridge haha! Yeah, mooncake season is back, and I can't be happier!

Some of you will remember my love for mooncakes especially this Raffles champagne mooncake from Singapore! The champagne mooncake is just... ah, what shall I say... yummiliciouslyfantastic! Haha! The first time I tried it a few years back, I so fell in love with it...

Anyway, 2 weekends back was a long holiday in Selangor and I took the opportunity to cuti cuti 1Singapura... hehe. Been a while since I've been there, and was a good time to catch up with some friends.. And while there, I made full use of the mooncake season.... getting myself the epitome of mooncakes... from non other than Raffles!

Btw apart from the ones from Raffles, I also got myself the durian mooncake from Marriott (though I know Goodwood Hotel is famed for that too, but somehow I prefer Marriotts).

So that weekend, Singapore has gotten a different tourist... I wasn't there for the integrated resorts, the casinos, the big Singapore flyer or anything else.. but simply, just them mooncakes! Yeah, nothing else matters when it comes to the mooncakes... and that's something I'll continue to visit Singapore for haha!

*I shared some of these mooncakes with a few bloggers friends, and I think they quite like it ar - from their blog postings! :)

TM iTalk Raya Goodie!

What is Raya without the 'green packet' heh? Dare say it's a lil like Christmas without Santa & the gift wrapped presents heh?



Well, TM iTalk takes note of this.. and is offering 20% additional talk time for those who reload the italk card from now to 31st October 2010! Well no monies there, but rebate is not too bad too, ya? That is if ur a customer of course!

Well since my company uses their services and yes we are their customer, this do sound like a good offer - at least something we can use. So hooray to the festive cheer! :)



*We use TM iTalk in our office to make overseas calls and so far, its still the best service in Malaysia (the clearest tho not the cheapest).



*TM credits can also be used to purchase for their other services (just look at the list!) - though we've yet to try those :)