Just the way you are by Bruno Mars

Her eyes, her eyes
make the stars look like they're not shining
Her hair, her hair
falls perfectly without her trying
She's so beautiful
And I tell her everyday

I know, I know
When I compliment her she won't believe me
And it's so, it's so
Sad to think that she don't see what I see
But every time she asks me "Do I look okay?"
I say

[Chorus:]
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
'Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while
'Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

Her lips, her lips
I could kiss them all day if she'd let me
Her laugh, her laugh
she hates but I think it's so sexy
She's so beautiful
And I tell her everyday

Oh you know, you know, you know
I'd never ask you to change
If perfect's what you're searching for
Then just stay the same
So don't even bother asking if you look okay
'Cause you know I'll say

[Chorus]
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
'Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while
'Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

The way you are
The way you are

[Chorus:]
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are



p.s. Cause your amazing just the way you are :)

To Sir With Love by Lulu

Songwriters: Granier, R; London, Marc; Black, Don;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKClt5pJLFQ&feature=related

Those schoolgirl days of telling tales
And biting nails are gone
But in my mind, I know they will
They'll still live on and on

But how do you thank someone
Who has taken you from crayons to perfume?
It isn't easy but I'll try

If you wanted the sky
I would write across the sky in letters
That would soar a thousand feet high

'To Sir, with love'

The time has come for closing books
And long last looks must end
And as I leave
I know that I am leaving my best friend

A friend who taught me right from wrong
And weak from strong
That's a lot to learn
But what can I give you in return?

If you wanted the moon
I would try to make that start
But I would rather you let me give my heart
'To Sir, with love'

Sing for my daddy yeah

If you wanted the moon
I would try to make that start
But I would rather you let me give my heart
'To Sir, with love'

p.s. Oldies are goodies.

Lucky by Jason Mraz feat Colbie Caillat

Do you hear me,
I'm talking to you
Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying
Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

They don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for you I promise you, I will

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

And so I'm sailing through the sea
To an island where we'll meet
You'll hear the music fill the air
I'll put a flower in your hair
Though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty you're all I see
As the world keeps spinning round
You hold me right here right now

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I'm lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

p.s. How often do you find your best friend? if you find 'em, don't you ever let go.

Work out trick of the day

Forward lunges (step bend knee, step bend knee) helps lose thigh fats.

p.s. Laughter is the best medicine.

What I learnt at gym today

1.Cardio (5 mins)
- Eleptical

2.Exercise
- bend knee, back against the wall
- step up, step down
- step front, bend knee
- step side, bend knee
(sets of 3)

3. Cardio (5 mins)
- Protector (i think that was what it was called)

4. Exercise
- lift small dumb bells up head
- lift dumb bells side to up
- lift dumb bells back to up
- sit up, body lying against ball
(sets of 3)

p.s. A healthy person is a happy person :)

Saturday Mornings, Gray Skies

I thought I knew alot about you,
But when your past starts catching up on you,
I just realize I don't really know you.

p.s. Going for dim sum brunch ... awesome life :)

A Crack On The Road

When I first came to Chicago everybody warn me that Chicago's all about 2 things - "Winter & Construction". Since the former is a natural phenomena that can't be avoided, I decided to just worry about construction then.

Every day there's traffic and it's because of construction on the Eisenhower, local routes ... basically everywhere. I guess the only time you can mend the road would be off winter season.

I admit I was quite curious as to why construction happens year after year? Does the Illinois government really have so much money to do construction? I can't remember there were any construction the last 3 years I was in California .. LOL

Finally, i found my answer. Day after day I drove the same route to work. Day after day I pass the same road with a huge crack. And every day every car tries to avoid it. And then there was construction (surprise surprise .. LOL) .... It took the construction workers to work on it for a few weeks. And then the cracked was gone. The road was all smooth and shiny :)

Fast forward two months later, today, I just realized there was a tiny crack on spot where the huge crack used to be. By now, most of you would say, "oh well, it's the reality of life. Even if you don't see the crack, but the crack will always be there." I totally agree. But what I learn today was even though there is a crack, we shouldn't just let it be. Like the construction, we should mend it even if it takes year after year to mend the same crack. If one commits into a relationship, even if the relationship crack, one should work hard on constructing and reconstructing for nothing is perfect -(just like the crack on the road).

p.s. "You know it when you meet her, you know it when you lose her" - Andy Griffith (Play the Game)

L.O.V.E by Nat King Cole

L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you adore and

Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Take my heart and please don't break it
Love was made for me and you

(trumpet instrumental)

L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you adore

Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Take my heart and please don't break it
Love was made for me and you
Love was made for me and you
Love was made for me and you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fJFtYaJptY&feature=related

Photo credit: quotesarcade.com

p.s. Love was made for me and you ....

Feeling Like I don't belong .......

Feeling like a bum. Don't you get one of those days once in a blue moon. Been getting alot of it lately but. But I just refuse to face it. That is why it hasn't got to me yet. Feel like I haven't been contributing much in my work. Saddest of all, I don't seem to be helping my colleagues. In fact, it's more like they are saving my but for me. Aw..... feeling like i have to buck up ...... and be stronger, more serious, more energy, more enthusiasm, more love for my work .....

p.s. A free lunch is only found in mousetrap - John Capuzzi
Photo credit: brandoncoffey.blogspot.com

Someone like you by Shawn Colvin

I've been searching a long time
For someone exactly like you
I've been traveling all around the world
Waiting for you to come through.
Someone like you makes it
All worth while

Someone like you keeps
Me satisfied. Someone exactly
Like you.

I've been travelin' a hard road
Lookin' for someone exactly like you
I've been carryin' my heavy load
Waiting for the light to come
Shining through.

Someone like you makes it
All worth while
Someone like you keeps
Me satisfied. Someone exactly
Like you.

I've been doin' some soul searching
To find out where you're at
I've been up and down the highway
In all kinds of foreign lands

Someone like you makes it
All worth while
Someone like you keeps
Me satisfied.

I've been all around the world
Marching to the beat of a different
Drum.
But just lately I have
Realized
The best is yet to come.

Someone like you makes it
All worth while
Someone like you keeps
Me satisfied. Someone exactly
Like you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faPRvig_Q9c

Photo credit: http://sandmsexcellentadventures.blogspot.com

p.s. perfect wedding song :)

A Day In The City

It was a hot hot summer Saturday. But didn't let it absorb me .... had fun in the city.

First, had brunch at a cute place "Bongo Room". Very limited space, super long line, but wait was worth it. Food was amazingly delicious and special. Tasted like a combination of western + mediterranean. Portion was good for two.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/bongo-room-chicago#query:loop%20restaurants%20wabash


Egg benedict, spinach and potatoes


Somebody else's dish - tasted like dessert and it's a paradise for a sweet tooth.

Up next, to "Taste of Randolph" for more food tasting on the streets, entertainment and my favorite past time - people watching :)


Just the perfect kiosk, atm machine for peeps like us who don't practice carrying cash.


Outdoor music is the best. You can sing or dance along and nobody could care :)

Photo credits: Zoe's camera

Summer Shoe Craze

Shoe fetish for the week .... ahem ... i mean for the entire summer ....introducing, Vanna White (White sandals), Red Riding Hood (red flats), Daisy Duke (Denim kitten heels) and last but not least, Little Miss Sunshine (Pastel Yellow flats).

p/s: No better therapy like a retail therapy ~ well said by a lost friend :)

Love is a journey starting at forever and ending at never.
~ by Anonymous ~
Photo credit: http://dimaagkadahi.wordpress.com/2009/04/

I Knew I loved You by Savage Garden

Maybe it's intuition
But some things you just don't question
Like in your eyes
I see my future in an instant
And there it goes
I think I've found my best friend
I know that it might sound more than a little crazy
But I believe

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

There's just no rhyme or reason
Only this sense of completion
And in your eyes
I see the missing pieces
I'm searching for
I think I've found my way home

I know that it might sound more than a little crazy
But I believe

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

A thousand angels dance around you
I am complete now that I've found you

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

Photo credits: http://storyteller.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c2251d5623604a00c2251da487f219.html

p.s. Lying on the bed listening to 90's boyband feeds my soul

The Day We Find Love by 911

Don't you worry, I don't mean to make you sad
My tears will soon be over
With your conscience clear for a new life ahead
Don't be sorry, I really need to hear the truth
But the only thing I'm asking, 'cos I need you to
Remember me, as the only one who set you free
Maybe time alone will make you see
How deep our love could be
No, it's never too late

Coz I know, this isn't the first time
It won't be the last time
I surrender my soul
Coz you're always, keepin' me waitin', anticipatin'
The day we find love once again

I won't give up while there's a glimmer of a chance
A dream that's never ending
Inviting love and a perfect romance
A burning passion, oh baby you're my destiny
But the message I'm receiving,
is your through with me
But I'll be there, even though you
tell me you don't care
How could you forget the times we've shared
Don't throw our love away, you
know it's never too late

Coz I know, this isn't the first time
It won't be the last time
I surrender my soul
Coz you're always, keepin' me waitin', anticipatin'
The day we find love once again

Remember me, as the only one who set you free
Maybe time alone will make you see
How deep our love could be
No, it's never too late

Coz I know, this isn't the first time
It won't be the last time
I surrender my soul
Coz you're always, keepin' me waitin', anticipatin'
The day we find love once again
This isn't the first time (The day we find love)
It won't be the last time (And I
need you one more time)
Keepin' me waitin', anticipatin'
This isn't the first time
It won't be the last time

Photo credits: http://i2.kickasstorrents.com/artists/40901361.png

p.s. Once in a while, getting soaked in the rain is refreshing .... like flowers in spring :)

Biscotti

The word Biscotti in Italian is the plural form of biscotto. It applies to any type of biscuit that is a very dry and hard cookie. The word originates from the medieval Latin word biscoctus, which means that the biscuit had been baked twice. That is why it is very dry and could be stored for long periods of time. Pliny the Elder once boasted that the biscotti would be edible for centuries. Such nonperishable food was particularly useful in the past on long journeys and wars, and twice baked breads were a staple food of the Roman Legions. Later, the word was imported into the English language as biscuit. Although in English it does not refer specifically to a twice-baked cookie like the Italian.

Biscotti usually contain nuts such as almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios, pine nuts etc and spices. Recently I had even had one that has white chocolate. Some of the more popular spices include anise and cinnamon or glazed with chocolate, yum!

Since biscotti is very dry, it is traditionally served with a drink, which it could be dipped in such as coffee, tea or hot chocolate. In Italy biscotti is served with vin santo. In North America they are usually dipped in coffee. In Spain biscotti is commonly served with a small glass of a sweet dessert wine such as muscat or moscatell.

p.s. Laughter is the best medicine

My Tribute by Crystal Lewis

How can I say thanks
For the things you have done for me
Things so undeserved
Yet You gave to prove your love for me
The voices of a million angels
Could not express my gratitude
All that I am and ever hope to be
I owe it all to thee

To God be the glory, to God be the glory
To God be the glory,
For the things He has done
With His blood He has saved me
With His power He has raised me
To God be the glory,
For the things He has done

Just let me live my life
And let it be pleasing Lord to thee
And should I gain any praise
Let it go to Calvary

With His blood He has saved me
With His power He has raised me
To God be the glory
For the things He has done

To God be the glory, to God be the glory
To God be the glory,
For the things He has done
With His blood He has saved me
With His power He has raised me
To God be the glory,
For the things He has done

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8w-2skZp-Q&feature=related

p.s. To God be the Glory

Shout To The Lord

My Jesus, My Savior,
Lord, there is none like You;
All of my days
I want to praise
The wonders of Your mighty love.

My comfort, my shelter,
Tower of refuge and strength;
Let every breath, all that I am
Never cease to worship You.

Shout to the Lord, all the earth,
Let us sing
Power and majesty, praise to the King;
Mountains bow down and the seas will roar
At the sound of Your name.
I sing for joy at the work of Your hands,
Forever I'll love You, forever I'll stand,
Nothing compares to the promise I have in You.

Shout to the Lord, all the earth,
Let us sing
Power and majesty, praise to the King;
Mountains bow down and the seas will roar
At the sound of Your name.
I sing for joy at the work of Your hands,
Forever I'll love You, forever I'll stand,
Nothing compares to the promise I have in You.
Nothing compares to the promise I have
Nothing compares to the promise I have in you

p.s. Praise The Lord

2010

We celebrate the end of 365 days and the starting of day 1 .... How did 365 days become a year? I will never know the answer to this question. But just like everything, when there is a starting, there is an ending. The alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end. May this year be an even better year than last year. May there be love, peace, joy and happiness even when you least expect it to happen.

Photo credits: glennguan.com
p.s. God is good all the time :)