Saturday, 24 January 2015

Oslo Gospel Choir - En Stjerne Skinner I Natt

So!!! It's high time to introduce the first song for my 2015 edition of LSSes: En Stjerne Skinner I Natt by the Oslo Gospel Choir. I don't speak nor understand a word of Norwegian, but the melody is just so beautiful and soothing like a lullaby that I just had to do a little digging. Thanks to Google, En Stjerne Skinner I Natt translates to A Star Shines Tonight. And with the annotations on the YouTube video, I am treated to this lovely Christmas song with beautiful lyrics that tell of the Hope that has come down on earth one night oh, so many years ago.

Oh yeah. I also have to thank my brother for tuning to Spotify(!) and inadvertently introducing this song and the awesome Oslo Gospel Choir. For maximum musical enjoyment, just hit the play button! 



Sunday, 18 January 2015

20 things...

...this old gal is thankful for in the year 2014, listed randomly.

1. can now walk in heels without tripping. ha!
2. mum's cancer scare is just that, a scare. but scary nonetheless that one fateful week.
3. lovely views of sky, sky, and more sky in the sky.
4. new friends.
5. old friends.
6. learning how to work really fast, even if it takes me at a snail's pace. (huh...)
7. can apply make-up in less than an hour. ha-ha! (still needs more improvement though! i still look like a clown sometimes.)
8. my cousin is safe after being in a plane accident.
9. seeing my tita and cousin finally after seven years and bonding with them. oh, what a happy, happy day!!!
10. be able to travel for work and i don't mean my current job. :)
11. finally be able to fit in my old clothes from ten years ago... 60 kilos, baby!!! just need to update my wardrobe. haha!
12. have the opportunity to do my most favourite thing in the world--voice overs.
13. new sounds, of course!
14. basically being able to do the things i hardly ever did or never had the interest in. numbers 1 and 7 included. :) may i just bluntly add that doing, or rather, having to do these things are not without much tantrums and resistance on my part.
15. papa's 70th birthday.
16. more bonding moments with cousins.
17. able to read and finish several books amongst the numerous yet unread books i've bought.
18. precious days off!
19. receiving help from the most unlikely of persons. so humbling.
20. awesome first flight and last flight for the year.

(belated) happy new year!

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