Magic

I call it magic, I call it truth.




Magic by Coldplay (cover by Derran Day)

All of Me

All of Me by John Legend


What would I do without your smart mouth?
Drawing me in, and you kicking me out
You've got my head spinning, no kidding, I can't pin you down
What's going on in that beautiful mind
I'm on your magical mystery ride
And I'm so dizzy, don't know what hit me, but I'll be alright

My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind

'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, oh

How many times do I have to tell you
Even when you're crying you're beautiful too
The world is beating you down, I'm around through every mood
You're my downfall, you're my muse
My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues
I can't stop singing, it's ringing, in my head for you

My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind

'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, oh

Give me all of you
Cards on the table, we're both showing hearts
Risking it all, though it's hard

'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you

I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, oh

Wrecking Ball.

Feels dark in there. Light's are off.






We clawed, we chained, our hearts in vain
We jumped, never asking why
We kissed, I fell under your spell
A love no one could deny

Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
I can't live a lie, running for my life
I will always want you

I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me

I put you high up in the sky
And now, you're not coming down
It slowly turned, you let me burn
And now, we're ashes on the ground

I never meant to start a war
I just wanted you to let me in
And instead of using force
I guess I should've let you win
I never meant to start a war
I just wanted you to let me in
I guess I should've let you win

Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you

I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck me

I came in like a wrecking ball
Yeah, I just closed my eyes and swung
Left me crashing in a blazing fall
All you ever did was wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me

Life in Point Form

Overwhelming.

Like trying to fill the glass of soda as much as you can and have the froth spilling over.

Few things:

1. Will be voting first time this year for the General Election. Excited to be a part of history, albeit I'm just one out of the 13.26 million voters this year. My decision counts.

2. Will be anchoring the GE with live updates covering every nook and cranny in Malaysia, and every possible range of sectors.

3. Impossibly high benchmarks to match and break.

4. More people waiting to break you down.

5. I'm the only person I can trust right now, and even then I still can't trust myself sometimes.


And finally but most importantly: I'm exhausted. Really, really exhausted.


*On a side note, I'm beyond happy that Spotify has reached our shores. But still find myself dedicating a tab for my Grooveshark. Good stuff.

**Another side not: Suddenly miss the cold breeze of Glenelg Beach in Adelaide. Where it would swish swoosh my hair but doesnt make it frizzy. Miss looking out across the sea to mere nothingness, while the sun melts as it reach the tip of the horizon. Miss being free.

Click here to be linked to a song I'm dedicating to you. Surprise.

Let Her Go by Passenger

"Only know you love her when you let her go.."

Moving Pictures Silent Films

Moving Pictures Silent Films by Great Lake Swimmers

"Or is this the dream I've been saving? / Oh where the heart beats slower and slower / To almost nothing"

Goodbye 2012, Hello 2013

How do you say it? 

Two-Oh-Twelve or Twenty Twelve?

I say it as Two-Oh-Effing-Twelve.

It has been one hell of a ride, and I still can't believe I made it out alive.

As any other year, a lot has happened. But this time around, I hit so many milestones that I just can't help giving myself a pat on the back.

I made important life decisions, chose between crossroads, fell and stood up by myself and all in all just tried to be a champion at battles against myself.

Whether I succeeded.. let's wait for the answer this year and see if I can reap the rewards.

And before I start complaining and whining I want to just say one thing:

Alhamdulillah.

I truly appreciate all that I have gained throughout this year (and all through my life).

Thank you Allah. I know I have been asking for too much, that I sometimes forget to thank You.

All the hard truths, brutal experiences.. I appreciate them all.

Very loving and harmonious family who's always there for me regardless, understanding boyfriend who I can't imagine living without now, a few great friends that I really cherish, fun acquaintances and new friends, nice colleagues and workplace, a job that I'm starting to really have a soft spot for, comfortable new house (where I finally have my own room), and the ability to travel as I want.

Thank you.

The only standing question now is, what was I doing at the end of 2012 and the start of 2013?

I was here.

I was praying right in front of the Kaabah, with a few thousand other Muslims from all over the world.

It was definitely an amazing opportunity and I count myself lucky.

Definitely the right way to end and start the year. I pray that I will be able to make this an annual tradition.

And so to 2012, I thank you for being a great teacher of experience, and I have come out a little wiser.

I look forward to a rocky (where's the fun in not having a few turbulances? :p) yet fruitful year with the people I love the most around me.

And now I officially say so long to you 2012, a year that I used to know and you shall be in the equation that makes me who I am right now.

And I say hello 2013. Please treat me well.


The Best of Me - The Starting Line

Hard Enough

Hard Enough by Brandon Flowers

"Where would I be tonight if you hadn't held me here, in your arms?"

Take A Break From Me.

Keroncong Untuk Ana by Qi Razali feat Yuna (M. Nasir Cover)

Musim Hujan

They say babies born around the end of the year are always more mellow, and morbid.

I was born in December, so I can testify to that.

I think it's the monsoon and rainy weather, and the winter season.

Anyways, what country is more gloomy and mellow than Iceland.

So here's another Icelandic delight, to feed your ears.




Horfid by Lay Low

It's Deepavali tomorrow, and school holiday has begun.

Then it's Christmas, and New Year.

I love year-ends. It spells family-time, loved ones, feasts, holidays, celebrations and happy people.

Not gloomy or morbid at all ;)

Love, Love, Love by Of Monsters and Men


Well, maybe I'm a crook for stealing your heart away
And maybe I'm a crook for not caring for it
Maybe I'm a bad, bad, bad.. bad person
Well, baby I know.

So I think it's best
We both forget
Before we dwell on it.

The way you held me so tight
All through the night
'til it was near morning

Cause you love, love, love
When you know I can't love
You love, love, love
When you know I can't love
You love, love, love
When you know I can't love

And these fingertips
Will never run through your skin
Those bright blue eyes
Can only meet mine across the room
Filled with people that are less important than you.

Of Music and Men

I couldn't care less about celebrating Halloween.

But I went to a Halloween gig anyway, because I celebrate music.

It's a gig by Converse in conjunction with their brand-new Boots line and was by invitation only.

So been wanting to check this band out, coz people say their live shows are awesome.

The band's called Enterprise. This is them. The drummer's totally rad, and these guys are awesome!

Enterprise

It was extra sweet when I won myself a pair of the new Converse boots! Jyeah.

My musical appetite has been fulfilled as far as 2012 is concerned, but I'm still looking forward to Urbanscapes this month for Sigur Ros and Yuna!

My friends and I were supposed to represent The Syndicats at that event, but due to our unforgiving schedules, we had to give our slot away.

Cancelled my trip to Singapore for Sigur Ros, to catch them in KL instead so that I get some Yuna treatment as well. Win!

Loving this year so far. And as the year approaches that corner where New Year is, the Laneway Festival will keep me on my toes!

Rock on! \m/

Ekki Mukk

I have always been fascinated by trees.

And this, this is just an art of philosophy. To fuse the different natural elements of the human being and the tree.. subliminal.

Kudos to the runner-up of the Sigur Ros's Film Experiment Competition, Caroline Fisher.




Film by Caroline Fisher
Music by Sigur Ros

Check out other Sigur Ros' films on their website: Click here.

On a day like this

River Flows in You by Yiruma

Higher Love

Higher Love by James Vincent McMorrow


Apart from being thoroughly obsessed with Icelandic musical maestros, I have also been extremely infatuated with Irish folk singer songwriters i.e. the above and Damien Rice.

On a slightly different note, I have been very happy lately. In fact it is an impossible amount of happiness that I thought I would never feel.

I was thinking loudly the other day; you lose some, you win some. And how true are those words that I have now gain something so much better, something I have only been dreaming of my entire life.

I have only been so used to expressing my anger and my sorrows that I am incapable of showing how happy I feel, but I am learning and that's something I'm happy to do.

Demo #2

Demo #2 by The Khaki Scouts

A friend recommended and I instantly fell in love.

You might want to get to know her a little bit better, so head on here: Chandler the Robot

Just One Look

I've made up my mind.

This will be my wedding song, for the first dance with my future husband.





Just One Look by Doris Troy

In This Moment

Just sitting in a neighbourhood cafe; flirting with this sexy whipcream they put atop of my mocha.

Looking around at the amount of strangers who are apparently not at work, and listening to music.

Can this be the life?

What? Isn't this what people do when they're alone and bored? Hehe.

Ok, currently, this very moment, soundtrack of my life would be: 

Cigarette Burns by Flunk

Funky tune, and a girl with a dimple. What's not to love?

One Morning

Una Mattina by Ludovico Einaudi

Saw a French film recently, Intouchables - it was amazing. Not so much of the technicalities or visual aesthetics (although yes, the background is Paris), but it was just the simple, clean-cut story line.



I think somehow, what made it a good film was the fact that it has the resonance of "realness". Intouchables was based on a true story, and I will not spoil it here, but do watch if you can.

Throughout the entire film, I remembered listening to only two kinds of background music:
1) Songs by Earth, Wind and Fire 
2) Songs by Ludovico Einaudi


I instantly fell in love with the piano solo by Ludovico Einaudi. Repeated the end credit over and over just to listen to Una Mattina.


Una Mattina is translated as One Morning.

Mermaid

Mermaid by Yuna