I don't want to miss a thing

A classic by Aerosmith

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing,
Watch you smile while you are sleeping,
While you are far away and dreaming,
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender,
I could stay lost in this moment forever,
Where a moment spent with you is a moment I treasure,

(Chorus)
I don't want to close my eyes, I don't want to fall asleep,
Cause I miss you baby, And I don't want to miss a thing,
Cause even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream will never do,
I still miss you baby and I don't want to miss a thing

Lying close to you feeling your heart beating,
And I wondering what you are dreaming,
Wondering if it's me you are seeing,
Then I kiss your eyes and thank god we're together,
I just want to stay with you in this moment forever and forever forever

(Chorus)

And I don't want to miss one smile,
I don't want to miss one kiss,
I just want to be with you right here with you,
Just like this, I just want to hold you close,
I feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment,
For all of the rest of time

(Chorus)

It has been one of those days.

Just like the roots of a mangrove tree

A friend was telling me in her e-mail, "I saw a mangrove tree at the Botanic Garden and was reminded of the mangroves we saw at the Singapore Botanic Garden. Those are the trees that drop roots from the branches so they grow both up to the sky and down into the ground. Do you remember them?"

I told her I love the way she described how the roots of mangrove drop from the branches - "so they grow both up to the sky and down into the ground".

It sounds very much like what we humans are supposed to do as well - to grow both up to the sky and down into the ground.

"Tak perlu memiliki"

Apology to the non-Indonesian readers, this time it is an Indonesian song, sung by Rida Sita Dewi. The lyrics is so beautiful and can be interpreted in various ways. Just like every other thing in life. No right or wrong. Just different. Just varies.

I have my own interpretation - I have more than one. And I dedicate this to you. To You. Thanks.

Dingin bayu tak menjadikan 'ku ragu
Kedamaian t’lah lama ada di kalbu
Walau ‘ku melangkah sendiri, jiwaku tak sepi
Kudapat apa yang kucari dan tak harus kumiliki

Rinduku mencair dalam rintik air
Bagai selimut kaca yang menemani tidurmu
Kasih, kubicara dalam sunyi senja
Hadirku tanpa kata, tanpa satu rahasia lagi

Ketulusan tak pernah berjejak pinta
Janji fana, manis kata dunia, semua akan berlalu
Sepi yang mereka sangka sebuah siksa
Hampa yang mereka duga akhir segala-galanya

Rinduku mencair dalam rintik air
Bagai selimut kaca yang menemani tidurmu
Kasih, kubicara dalam sunyi senja
Hadirku tanpa kata, tanpa satu rahasia

Apa yang kausebut sejati, jadi milikmu kini
Karena apa yang kaucari, tak perlu kaumiliki

Sekeping damai surga yang hadir di jiwa
Jadi milikku selama dengan mencintaimu

Rinduku mencair dalam rintik air
Bagai selimut kaca yang menemani tidurmu
Kasih, kubicara dalam sunyi senja
Hadirku tanpa kata, tanpa satu rahasia

Cintaku mengalir tak akan berakhir
Tak perlu kaumengerti arti ketulusan ini
Cintaku mengalir tak akan berakhir
Tak perlu kaupahami arti keyakinan ini

Arti ketulusan ini, arti keyakinan ini

A determined soul

I have just expressed my admiration to the Ehret High School Basketball team, which has just won an ESPY awards, in my other blog Chipping in.

Their effort reminded me of a Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919), an American poet, writer and, as her admirers put it, a free thinker. The Poem titled "Will" goes like this:

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate
Can circumvent, or hinder, or control
The firm resolve of a determined soul.

Gifts count for nothing; will alone is great;

All things give way before it soon or late.
What obstacle can stay the mighty force
Of the sea-seeking river in its course,

Or cause the ascending orb of day to wait?
Each well-born soul must win what it deserves.

Let the fool prate of luck. The fortunate
Is he whose earnest purpose never swerves,
Whose slightest action or inaction serves
The one great aim.

Why, even Death stands still
And waits an hour sometimes for such a will.

Ma’s business card

The late Mother Teresa used to hand out prayer cards, which she referred to as her “business cards”. On them were printed the words:


The fruit of silence is prayer
The fruit of prayer is faith
The fruit of faith is love
The fruit of love is service
The fruit of service is peace.


“This is good business.” She liked to tell people as she dispensed them.

- Taken from Kathryn Spink’s book titled “Mother Teresa” -

Note: It is amazing how one's love to God can lead to such relentless effort, undying peace and unconditional devotion.

Happy birthday to a friend

… a dear friend, a beautiful person.

I know you like this song. This is the only song that I have ever heard you sing along to.

Losing my religion
by: REM

Life is bigger
It’s bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no I’ve said too much
I set it up

That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don’t know if I can do it
Oh no I’ve said too much
I haven’t said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

Every whisper
Of every waking hour I’m
Choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool
Oh no I’ve said too much
I set it up

Consider this
The hint of the century
Consider this
The slip that brought me
To my knees failed
What if all these fantasies
Come flailing around
Now I’ve said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

But that was just a dream
That was just a dream

Have a peaceful birthday - full of simple happiness and love. If only you realized how precious, gifted and blessed you really are. Take care.