rule my world

You set yourself above

Better off forgiving God

You claim that you believe in

Your kind is gonna fall

Your ship is sinking fast

And all your able men are leaving

Only someone who's morally

Superior can possibly

And honestly deserve

To rule my world

I talk before I think

You shoot before you know

Who's in your line of fire

So somehow we're the same

We're causing people pain

But I stand and take the blame

You scramble to the night

Only someone who's morally

Superior can possibly

And honestly deserve

To rule my world

Explain me one more time

When they kill it's a crime

When you kill it is justice

Written by: Eirik Glambek Bøe, Erlend Øye

Kings of Convenience

Declaration of Dependence

Love this.

48 hours of Sunday, red, white, the moon and the stars.

Merry National day. :)

Love..LOVE long weekends. Always great for a rejuvenation, for replenishing my spirit from 5 days work routine.

Had my first drumming performance with the ensemble this weekend for National day. Great chilled day with morning sewings followed by happy drumming..perfect way to spend a day. :)

Finally did the long overdue waist pouch he requested for months last week - A little each morning for a week and a bit, before heading for work. He peeped each day to see the progress when he came home from work. Love the super satisfied grin on his face when its all finally done up.

Bought more new materials within this '48 hours of Sunday' as well. Its way better highs than shopping for anything else when you know you gonna see these materials bloom eventually into the visual you create in your head. Cant wait…!

Continuing now with my batch of happy bags! All the colors really help to start my mornings right. :)

11 July 2010

11th July 2010 was a huge day for the world in ways. It was crazily into the World Cup Finale and the total solar eclipse occurred on the same day. Somewhere in Borneo, the Rainforest World Music Festival 2010 was happening as well.

That day, the world embraced in all kinds of circles. :)

Rainforest World Music Festival 2010

We were there on the first and second day and flown back home on the third day. Love the workshops and the energy of some but the weather was crazily warm during daytime and raining heavily on the first night during the first set. The patch of green field right in the front of the main stage became complete mud on the second day and it felt like we people, always came along with some form of destructive nature somehow. That was the only downside that kept me from feeling totally glad about being there.

On performances, I love this iranian ensemble with a father and son duet in it - Shanbehzabehs Ensemble. Saied, the father, is a passionate man of music and dance. I had briefly watched them years back in WOMAD Singapore 2007 when the boy, Neghib, was so much younger and it's amazing watching them again - a trio this time for the festival. Also, Layatharanga(India) - Love their joyous music! So many more other musical super talents but right here, I remembered really enjoying these two sets.

End of the world cup month and life goes on.

Our morning masterpiece of daily world cup result scribbles. For the past one month, I stared at these updated scribbles every other moment and analyzed like some super soccer expert. Well, usually I don't get them right but analyzing is such a fun game. ;) ... And now, it's all over. Well, Spain, that is! Back to normal life... : j

the electronic box of green with a black & white ball.

There are the true blue fans whose buttons are permanently switched on until the day they die. There are the ones without the button in them who do not give a damn and then, there are those among the population whose buttons are switched on high once every 4 years.

For that once every 4 years, within a huge random number of people among the entire world population, a certain button will be switched on high. For a couple of weeks, the activated population will be enchanted by the world of green with black and white ball, joining the true blue fans, singing the same tune, running the same fever of world cup.

I love it. I love how for these couple of weeks, the world speaks the same language, cheers for the same joy, tears for the same lose.

There is just something really beautiful about a huge combination of spirits add together. Felt a similar combination of great spirits at the djembe jam session this evening too. Such grand energy.

It's been a great weekend of football and drumming and I'd love to keep this kind of energy for a long time. :)

last day of my 20s and the first day of my 30s.

woke early . had coffee . did some sewing . made a bag . had my favorite breakfast . had a swim . watched a movie . lots of strolling . to the museum . had a great japanese course dinner . a drive to a farm . evening nap . watched the world cup . with pizza . with the greatest companion .

merry 30th birthday!

an old fortune cookie.

Found this old piece of passage from years back tucked somewhere in my accumulated mess one night. I remembered liking what i read then so i kept that piece of paper.

"The universe has a funny way of delivering gifts in the most unexpected wrapping paper. This crisis turns out to be a blessing in disguise so do not be quick to jump to conclusions."

Its an amazing and strange feeling to read it years later by chance. How so much things have change in the most unexpected ways.