the guidelines of the hippie code:
“Do your own thing, wherever you have to do it and whenever you want. Drop out. Leave society as you have known it. Leave it utterly. Blow the mind of every straight person you can reach. Turn them on, if not to drugs, then to beauty, love, honesty, fun.”
i reckon it was much much more happening then……..
i shouldn’t feel this way, really…cause i didn’t do that much in office..hahaha…… anyway, i just felt tired, not physically, not so severe… so i won’t say emotionally… but just, you know the lazy plus blue blue feeling…. so i thought i would listen to goldfrapp latest album - felt mountain. they/she’s being idle in my playlist for quite some time… the last time, nay..i didn’t really listen well….just felt that it is so different from black cherry/supernature…not exactly the goldfrapp i known…
tonite.. at this moment, surrounded by friends called lazy and blue-blue … this album sounds ermm..not too bad, actually…..wouldn’t say i’m in love with it….but overall tracks are not too bad.. i suppose, or maybe i’m saying/writing this now because goldfrapp now, are in-sync with my current state and my two friends here…..inside felt mountain there are combos of blue-blue (not soul, not jazzy - both segements that i have yet to acuire taste in, yet…), moderate electro, psychedelic, ambient kind of tunes…hmm..suits my current state….wouldn’t comment all her tracks, one by one..too lazy.. too blue-blue….now… but just a few tracks…. few tracks that i like and i don’t like……
- utopia… the front part remind me of a sci-fic movie.. where the blue alien sings.. cant remember the name of the movie…staring bruce wills and the lady who star in resident evil.. i think called milla something… she has orange hair/wig in that movie.. oh ya, movie’s called the fifth element
- deer stop…. don’t like it..the cocorosie effect is too strong, too hard to swallow.. esp when they come from goldfrapp ……..
- lovely head & pilots….perfect sound for lounge – ambient kinda of setting… nice……
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enjoy her in utopia………
Bangkok Day 2 (25/2/06) Part 1
Eikk…how ‘obvious’ is Nite’s hint. Let me quote: “I deliberately give a few days space for that counterpart of mine to blog something”. Then Nite ended with the ultimatum “We had the intention of writing down our trip as a journal…I guess, it should be Verb’s turn to write”. Ok, I think I have no choice to blog up something or else I would always be held responsible (Freshman - by Verve Pipe playing in the background).
Let me then continue where Nite stop. On 25/2/06, the second day of our little escape, we (or at least, for myself), did the most walking in our life. Our poor legs were so sour after that. As the day is pack, I’ll blog the first part of the day, and leave the rest of the day to Nite (muahahaha….).
The day begins early for us. We woke up around 8am. Finish our western style breakfast (included in the guest house list) . Each of us, armed with camera, a bottle of 1 liter mineral water and a bag leaves the guest house around 8.30am. We headed straight to Thong Lo BTS and asked for the daily pass. I’m sure that the BTS guy recognized us from the day before. From Thong Lo, it takes about emm….around 45 - 60 minutes to Saphan Taksin, with an interchanged in Siam. The ride is pretty painless, I would say.
In Saphan Taksin (which is the last stop for BTS), we catch a public express boat to Grand Palace. A tip for future travelers, don’t be con: There are actually two types of express boat, public and private. It does matter that you know which one to take because the price is significantly different. From Saphan Taksin, we stop at Chang Pier to visit Grand Palace. I don’t think, I’ll explain in detail what is inside Grand Palace, but believe me, it’s really Grand. Don’t believe me? Here are some of the pictures we took there.
Taken from the front entrance of Grand Palace
Inside Grand Palace
One of the Wat in Grand Palace
We spent half the day in Grand Palace. Before moving on to the next tourist spot. Hehehe…. be sure to read the next part by Nite. (Hint: The next part is more errr…colurful: How we kena maki hamun from a tok tok driver?). I wouldn’t reveal too much…
Ok, I admit…. I’m officially a fan of BLEACH and it’s opening song. Note the lyrics.
The first opening song is called Asterisk by Orange Range.
Anime
MTV
The second opening song is called D-tecnolife by UVERworld
Anime
MTV
The third opening song is called Ichirin no Hana by High and Mighty Color
Anime
MTV
Have fun rocking with J-Rock!!!
Someone sent me this for the up and coming Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s. Love is just a Great Pretender.Loneliness is a crowded room full of broken hearts that turned to stone. All together, yet alone…
Do you argee?
Though, I’m late by a few hours (ok, ok! - a few days!), just wanted to wish everybody - HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006. (though, I don’t why we are celebrating that the earth is getting older!). Still, its not good to mourn on the first few days of the year. Cheers, everyone.
See the child
With the golden hair
Yet eyes that snow the emptiness inside
Do we know
Can we understand just how he feels
Or have we really tried
See him now
As he stands alone
And watches children play a children’s game
Simple child
He looks almost like the others
Yet they know he’s not the same
Scorn not his simplicity
But rather try to love him all the more
Scorn not his simplicity
Oh no
Oh no
See him stare
Not recognizing the kind face
That only yesterday he loved
The loving face
Of a mother who can’t understand what she’s been guilty of
How she cried tears of happiness
The day the doctor told her it’s a boy
Now she cries tears of helplessness
And thinks of all the things he can’t enjoy
Scorn not his simplicity
But rather try to love him all the more
Scorn not his simplicity
Oh no
Oh no
Only he knows how to face the future hopefully
Surrounded by despair
He won’t ask for your pity or your sympathy
But surely you should care
Scorn not his simplicity
But rather try to love him all the more
Scorn not his simplicity
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Written by Phil Coulter, an Irish songwritter. The song is reffering to his own son, who was mentally impaired. According to the net, the song was also sang by Luke Kelly (who?). People commented that Luke Kelly, singing was better. Judge for yourself. Luke Kelly or Sinead. I prefer, Sinead version better.
Universal Mother - Sinead O’ Connor
Sinead o conors - a name that provokes. The last song I heard from her was ‘Nothing compares to you’. After that, I read somewhere in the news about her little act. Tearing up the pope picture. Then, it’s like she had disappeared. There wasn’t any news (at least to me) since then …. until now. I wouldn’t say I know her music much because I don’t. The one and only song I ever known from her was ‘Nothing compares to you’. Even that, was not her own. It was just a cover version by Prince.
Recently, a friend re-introduces me back to her. He played ‘Thank you for hearing me’. It’s a simple song. Really simple, with two to three different sentences, repeated again and again. The tune is Celtic (if I’m not mistaken). Because of its simplicity, it’s very pleasant and calming on the ear. Something like Enya but I doubt that is a good comparison. Sinead and Enya are two different artist altogether.
I managed to preview the whole album - Universal Mother, released in 1994, which makes it 11 years old. Gosh. I think she named the album well - Universal Mother. If music must be categorized as masculine and feminine, then I would say this album is definitely feminine. It’s more emotional. Most of the tracks are about her child. You even get to preview her little boy singing in ‘Am I a human?’ .Two tracks I like most are ‘Scorn not his simplicity’ and ‘Thank you for hearing me’. Apart from that, the rest of the tracks are ok, but not exactly my favorites. I’m looking forward to preview her latest (well, not quite) work - Collaborations.
Besides my ahemm… Music Review column, I’m starting another new column. It’s called (applause please!) Quotes. This column is not exclusively mine of course. After all, the quotes that I’ll be quoting are not mine either. I plagiarized it from some one else. Hmm…lately, plagiarized is a taboo word for me but I’m not going to dwell on that now. Anyway, Quotes is open to everybody. No rules. No categories. Just quotes.
“All things must return to its form”
Japanese Anime, Naruto
“The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you wan to connect, it makes it easier to connect”
Esther Dyson
TRY this NOW:
1. Go to www.google.com
2. Type in “Failure”, without the quotes
3. Instead of hitting “Search” hit “I’m feeling Lucky”
4. Look at it and Suprise? Don’t Be ……..
Tell your friends before the people at Google fix it
