britain's got talent 2009

i've never been much of a fan when it comes to british tv or movies, but these past few weeks i've been watching britain's got talent largely in part because of susan boyle. but after the magic that she has dissipated somewhat, i began to search for other acts or talents that the show has. i have to say, there are some really talented blokes out there, such as dance acts flawless & diversity, kids who can really sing like shaheen jafargholi & holly steele, rocker-looking-but-opera-loving gregg pritchard & crowd phobic jamie pugh who also sang opera like susan. but what really got me glued to the pc was when i clicked on this guy named shaun smith. i must admit, i clicked on his name because the pic that came with the video showed a good looking guy, and, because i'm a girl who likes good looking guys, i watched the video.

boy, what a video, what a voice, what a HUNK!!! shucks!!! my jaw just about dropped to the floor when he started singing "ain't no sunshine" by bill withers. his voice is so cool, so smooth, i can just listen to him forever. i couldn't wait for the next round when he would sing again, so, about a week later, i searched for a new post in youtube and almost said "allelujah!" when it produced new videos from the semi finals. he sang "with or without you" by u2, not an easy song, but he did it flawlessly. sigh...dreamy sigh...=)

i can't waitfor the finals. i can't wait to see who's going to win. i'm kinda torn because i have to admit, it's hard to choose when there's so many good talents! but still, shaun smith, i love the boy...i meant his voice...what i meant was I...LOVE...HIS...VOICE!!! but, whatever, i think i'm developing a huge fangirl crush...wahaha!!!

rugby player+nice guy+nice voice+great body= every single girl's fantasy!!!

just click the links below if you want to watch shaun's performance on BGT:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVgiJJsWbOE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXUqqLvEWN0

doing nothing

for the past 1 hour or so, i've been looking at this site i always frequent whenever i want to laugh. it's called cake wrecks, and its about,well, cakes in their mostly wrecked but often hilarious state. because of the foodie that i am, i can't help but be hungry when i look at the pictures, even though some of them are truly horrible, even disgusting to look at. but whatever, they're still cakes, which means i can still eat them! right? hahaha!!!

tomorrow, i'm off! yipee! finally, after what seemed like an eternity since my last day off (it's actually just 3 days, i think) i'm finally free to do everything and nothing at all...teehee... yup, will just laze around the house all day, probably watch a movie or two (or three, if i have the time). and maybe...do the laundry? weeeellll...ok, i'll think about it...tomorrow...

okay, ciao for now!
back to looking at cakes...

catch me, i'm fallin'

***disclaimer***
first of all, let me just state that claire made me do this. she's been singing this song for several days that it's just stuck in my head! so if this one is corny, well i'm sorry, you can blame claire, it's all her fault! =)

catch me, i'm fallin
by toni gonzaga

I don't know why
But when I look in your eyes
I feel something that seems so right
You've got yours
I've got mine
I think I'm loosing my mind
Cause I shouldn't feel this way

Catch me I'm falling for you
And I don't know what to do

How can something so wrong
Feel so right all along
Catch me I'm falling for you
How can time be so wrong
For love to come along
Catch me I'm falling for you

How can love let it grow
When it has no place to go
And I can't go along pretending
That love is in here to stay
Catch me I'm falling for you

If I could just walk away
Without you from day to day
I would die just thinkin' of you
I know we can never be
More than friends you and me
But why do I feel this way?

Catch I'm fallin' for you
And I don't know what to do

How can something so wrong
Feel so right all along
Catch me I'm falling for you
How can time be so wrong
For love to come along
Catch me I'm falling for you

Maybe someday I'll see
Why love did this to me
Coz I can't go along pretending
That love is in here to stay
Catch me I'm falling for you
Catch me I'm falling for you

And it's wrong for me
To feel this way
Coz I don't know what to
Do without you
I'm falling for you
Catch me I'm falling for you

How can something so wrong
Feel so right all along
Catch me I'm falling for you

love song

love song
by 311/the cure

whenever i'm alone with you
you make me feel like i am home again
whenever i'm alone with you
you make me feel like i am whole again

whenever i'm alone with you
you make me feel like i am young again
whenever i'm alone with you
you make me feel like i am fun again

however far away
i will always love you
however long i stay
i will always love you

whatever words i say
i will always love you
i will always love you

whenever i'm alone with you
you make me feel like i am free again
whenever i'm alone with you
you make me feel like i am clean again

however far away
i will always love you
however long i stay
i will always love you
whatever words i say
i will always love you
i will always love you

waiting all my life...

everyday, on my way to work, i always make it a point to listen to music on my phone, partly to while away the time commuting and partly to chase the boredom away. recently, although on shuffle mode, my phone just keeps going back to this song by US country band rascall flatts. and, as is my custom, i tried to pinpoint exactly how this song affects my life. well, surprisingly, or maybe not at all, it affects it pretty much in a huge way. let's put it this way, i've been waiting ALL my life to find YOU, that one person who can make me whole, who can cover up all the gaping holes that need filling. just where the heck are you??!! =)

waiting all my life

by rascall flatts

Everybody needs it

Everybody wants it

Everybody's searching for someone

Been down a thousand highways

I never thought would end

Baby, I've been

[Chorus]

Waiting all my life to find you

Always been one step behind you

Your love babe

I've been waiting all my life

I was tired of waiting

Every night was praying

Everyday would be the day I'd find you

I grew so impatient, how long would it take

To know you were out there somewhere

Somewhere waiting, wondering just like me

[Second Chorus]

I've been waiting all my life to love you

All that time I was dreaming of you

Your love babe

I've been waiting all my life

And did I lose faith, did I lose heart

Maybe I did, but I never lost my way

To where you are-I've been

[Repeat Chorus]

[Repeat Second Chorus]

Your love I've been waiting

Your love I've been waiting all my life

All my life, all my life

i'll be over you

i'll be over you
by: Toto

some people live their dreams,
some people close their eyes,
some people's destiny
passes by

there are no guarantees
there are no alibis
that's how our love must be
don't ask why

it takes some time
God knows how long
i know that i can forget you

as soon as my heart stops breaking
anticipating
as soon as forever is through
i'll be over you

remembering times gone by
promises we once made
what are the reasons why
nothing stays the same

there were the nights
holding you close
someday i'll try to forget them
someday i'll be over you

tonight i can write the saddest lines

Tonight I can write the saddest lines
by Pablo Neruda

Write for example,
'The night is shattered
and the blue stars shiver in the distance.

'The night wind revolves
in the sky and sings.

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.
I loved her,
and sometimes she loved me too.

Through nights like this one
I held her in my arms.

I kissed her again and again
under the endless sky.

She loved me,
sometimes I loved her too.

How could one not have loved
her great still eyes.

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.
To think that I do not have her.

To feel that I have lost her.
To hear immense night,
still more immense without her.

And the verse falls to the soul
like dew to a pasture.

What does it matter that my love
could not keep her.

The night is shattered
and she is not with me.
This is all.

In the distance
someone is singing.

In the distance.
My soul is not satisfied
that it has lost her.

My sight searches for her
as though to go to her.

My heart looks for her,
and she is not with me.

The same night whitening
the same trees.

We, of that time,
are no longer the same.

I no longer love her, that's certain,
but how I loved her.

My voice tried to find the wind
to touch her hearing.

Another's.
She will be another's.
Like my kisses before.

Her voice.
Her bright body.
Her infinite eyes.

I no longer love her,
that's certain,
but maybe I love her.

Love is short,
forgetting is so long.

Because through nights like this one
I held her in my arms
my soul is not satisfied
that it has lost her.

Though this be the last pain
that she makes me suffer
and these the last verses
that I write for her.

10 things i hate about you

when i was in college, there was this movie called "10 things i hate about you" which is an adaptation of shakespeare's "taming of the shrew". back then, although i love reading & shakespeare, it was a pain having to read words that's just too deep for even me to comprehend. i basically need a dictionary everytime i tried to read any one of shakespeare's works (i still do). so whenever there were modern movie adaptations of his works, like romeo & juliet (my fave!) w/ leonardo di caprio & claire danes, she's the man w/ amanda bynes and 10 things i hate about you w/ heath ledger & julia stiles, i always, always make a point to watch it.

i loved this movie. it was the first time i ever watched julia stiles & heath ledger and i thought their chemistry was so good, you'll almost think they're not acting. i also loved the poem that julia's character recites at the end of the movie. it kinda reflects almost the same way i'm feeling now. i guess you can interpret that last sentence any way you'd like, but here's the poem. read it, and then watch the film, and then maybe you'd also get to appreciate shakespeare's genius like i do.

10 things i hate about you

I hate the way you talk to me,

and the way you cut your hair.

I hate the way you drive my car,

I hate it when you stare.

I hate your big dumb combat boots

and the way you read my mind.

I hate you so much it makes me sick,

it even makes me rhyme.

I hate the way you're always right,

I hate it when you lie.

I hate it when you make me laugh,

even worse when you make me cry.

I hate it when you're not around,

and the fact that you didn't call.

But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you,

not even close,

not even a little bit,

not even at all.