"Hello, hello...HOLA!"

Yesterday, I was chatting with 2 friends over msn (shall just call them E and G). They know that I'm kinda going through a rough patch, and they suggested that I try smoking pot to help me relax!! LOL!!! I can't believe them! Really cracked me up.

E is studying in Australia...so its available there you see (sorry E, thanks for the offer, but i'm NOT marrying you. You DO have a gf afterall.) Then, G gently reminded me that it's illegal in S'pore....and that i'd probably hate it anyway, cos I don't enjoy smoking (i'm still stifling giggles here) Guys, thanks for making me laugh!

Then while talking to Pammy just now, she sent me this URL for some ice-cream that she's currently obsessed with. She's got 4 tubs (tiramisu, creme brulee, vanilla, caramel pear) in her fridge right now. She can be so random, but I so love her for that quirk. hehe!

Andrea and I were gushing over how much we are enjoying U2....how infectious the guit riff is for "Vertigo". We were joking abt hollering "Hello hello, HOLA!!!" to Bernice who was teaching her class or something. Farneee! And so this is for you Andrea. haha! HOLA!!!!!!!!!

Vertigo (U2)
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Chorus:

Hello, Hello
Hola! [Spanish for Hello]
I'm at a place called vertigo (¿Dónde está?) [Where is it?]
It's everything I wish I didn't know
Except you give me something I can feel
Feel

Let it RIP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, I'm in the mood for some serious ROCK'N'ROLL!!!! I've uploaded some tracks by 'The Darkness', U2, Matchbox 20 and Train. (would upload more, but i've exceeded my quota for the mth). Sometimes you just wanna go crazy, head-bang and drink beer with your friends. haha! Who's in the mood for that?? I haven't been to Timbre for a long time. heh!

http://jazzymoo.multiply.com/music

"Foolish Games"- Jewel

http://jazzymoo.multiply.com/music

Thanks May for the mp3....time to sing-a-long and get all emo!! ha!

"Foolish Games"-Jewel
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You took your coat off and stood in the rain,
You're always crazy like that.
And I watched from my window,
Always felt I was outside looking in on you.
You're always the mysterious one with
Dark eyes and careless hair,
You were fashionably sensitive
But too cool to care.
You stood in my doorway, with nothing to say
Besides some comment on the weather.

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Well in case you failed to notice,
In case you failed to see,
This is my heart bleeding before you,
This is me down on my knees, and...

[Chorus]
These foolish games are tearing me apart,
And your thoughtless words are breaking my heart.
You're breaking my heart.

You're always brilliant in the morning,
Smoking your cigarettes and talking over coffee.
Your philosophies on art, Baroque moved you.
You loved Mozart and you'd speak of your loved ones
As I clumsily strummed my guitar.
You'd teach me of honest things,
Things that were daring, things that were clean.
Things that knew what an honest dollar did mean.
I hid my soiled hands behind my back.
Somewhere along the line, I must've gone
Off track with you.

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Well, excuse me, guess I've mistaken you for somebody else,
Somebody who gave a damn,
Somebody more like myself.

[Chorus]
You took your coat off,
Stood in the rain,
You're always crazy like that.

"Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day"

Gospel music. I've been getting bk into it. It's so intense, expressive,uplifting, honest and soulful. Very therapeutic for me now. Here are some amazing gems from the "Sister Act 2" soundtrack. YOU MUST, YOU MUST at least give a listen to "His eye is on the sparrow" and "Joyful, joyful". Let it blow your brains out! haha! The vocals are incredible....Lauryn Hill does some killer runs.

http://jazzymoo.multiply.com/music

Here are the lyrics to 2 of the songs. "Joyful Joyful" in particular, has such creative and beautifully crafted lyrics. This is the best-known of van Dyke's hymns. He stated his purpose in writing it as follows:

"These verses are simple expressions of common Christian feelings and desires in this present time, hymns of today that may be sung together by people who know the thought of the age, and are not afraid that any truth of science will destroy their religion or that any revolution on earth will overthrow the kingdom of heaven. Therefore these are hymns of trust and hope."

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
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(Henry Van Dyke 1852-1933)

Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee
God of glory, Lord of love
Hearts unfold like flow'rs before Thee
Hail Thee as the sun above
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness
Drive the dark of doubt away
Giver of immortal gladness
Fill us with the light of day


His Eye Is On The Sparrow
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(C.D Martin and Charles H.Gabriel)

Why should I feel discouraged
Why should the shadows come
Why should my heart feel lonely
And long for heaven and home
When Jesus is my portion
A constant friend is He
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know He watches over me
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know He watches me

I sing because I'm happy
I sing because I'm free
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know He watches me
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know He watches
I know He watches
I know He watches me

Next on the 'hit list': DW

Ok, this is prob annoying those of you who are NOT my colleagues. So just ignore this post if you ain't interested. It's more of an indulgent 'newsletter' for us at BMI. heh!


The note that was slotted into Daniel Wilson's file.
"You got punk'd, Nelly! Muahahaha!"


Next to go on were the plasters (a Nelly trademark. this whole Nelly thing started when DW showed us how he cld play a Nelly song on the keyboard. it was hilarious!)....followed by layers n layers of clingfoil!


Another view of the final pdt. n Danny went "erm...but April Fool's day is over oredi rite?". Er yeahhh...but we dun care, everyone's gonna kena!


Aaron must be real bored. I got HIT AGAIN!!! 3 times tdy....n so many pple were involved again. Man, my poor, vulnerable soft toys! First he hid them under some cushions. I found them and put them back in their basket.

2nd round, Aaron, Bel and Danny scattered them all ard the office..some under tables, in the microwave (!!!), on plants etc. It was like a freaking treasure hunt! Some of the coaches helped to hunt for them too. (must be funny for students to overhear us from the counter. "where's the unicorn???") I found them again, put them back.
The 3rd round, Aaron tied them all together with string, and hung them on the sprinkler!!! Warrau!

Thank gdness Danny was kind enuff to rescue them...and leave incriminating clues (he left the remainder string poking out of Aaron's locker). Ok guys....ENUFF OF THE FOOLING ARD WITH MY POOR TOYS!!!

Over the rainbow

Yeah yeah, warm n fuzzy music. I've posted a few tracks from the "You've got mail" soundtrack onto my Multiply site. It's my all-time fav movie! haha!
http://jazzymoo.multiply.com/music

Steph, I'll post the United Live tracks another day. Got no time leh. hehe!

Barter Trade??

Yeah, apparently it ain't over yet...the mischief in BMI tt is. Looks like this is just the beginning of more madness. hehe!
Here in the pic, we have Dorcas on the left, and Miriam on the right. Remember the last time, Aaron left a note on my basket of soft toys that said 'For sale, 1 for $0.20'? Well, Dorcas and Miriam are taking it quite seriously. Dorcas is trying to barter trade her banana (worth $0.20) for one of my soft toys, which Miriam is gleefully handing over to her. Tsk tsk!

Another funny idea they came up with was to grab all my 6 soft toys, and leave a $2 note in the basket, together with a note that says:
"Keep the change". haha!

Berno gets hit....

Guess who was next on the 'hit list'? haha! Our dear Bernice with her 'tortured bear'. Aaron and Daniel Wilson wanted to recreate a 'suicide scene', but they cldn't find any string for the bear to hang on. This was the best they could come up with. haha!

April Fool's Day @BMI

It was a glorious day of mischief at the office. Andrea, Bernice and I plotted a prank against Aaron over MSN(our naughty boy who barricaded Danny's cubicle with C.S.I tape on Mon nite). What we didn't expect was how the prank would snowball and spin out of ctrl, as the other coaches caught on and wanted a bit of the action too. hahaha!

Bel and I were pleasantly surprised by everyone's enthusiasm....looks like that little kid in us is still very much alive! :) It turned out to be one of the most fun day at work, I must say. (Pammy and Andrea, wish you were there to witness for yourselves)

Here are some pics of our grand day! It's really funny to see how Aaron's locker gets more and more absurd.


Original state of Aaron's plastered locker. The official 'renovation notice' was pasted by Bernice, who came into the office at 9am.
However, Bel and I decided that the locker wasn't messy enuff, and proceeded to paste loads of masking tape on it.






Aaron arrives in the office and discovers that he's been punk'd. A big "wah lau....too much lah! Danny, is it you???" holler is heard. Danny protests and claims innocence.


Aaron realizes that it's April Fool's day and finds out the identity of the pranksters after reading the note. (B.M.A Pte Ltd standing for "Berno, Michelle, Andrea". Bernice came up with it, cos it's very similar sounding to BMI. or Cld be "Believer Music Avengers". haha!)


A sleepy Aaron with some chocs that came with the note, to make-up for the mess we made. Heh! No love lost lah....he was pretty sporting, and even said 'thank you!' for the little joke. I thought he was gonna tear everything off...but apparently he likes it so much, he wants to leave it there. haha!

Danny continues to give me funny looks after that. It makes me feel guilty, and I finally blurt out, "why you look at me lke dat??". He wags his finger at me sternly, "Naughty....I like. hahaha!"


Obviously, tt isn't the end of the tale. When the other coaches saw Aaron's locker, they joined in on the mischief, while Aaron was bz in class. Check out the classic pig's head, "Owe $$$ Pay $$$" threat written by Daniel Wilson, Miriam and Dorcas. Together they formed 'DMD Loansharks'. Fierce sia?


Danny couldn't resist pasting his own 'disclaimer' post-it: "it's not me!" But Bel scribbled across with her own 'yeah'. haha!


the FINAL item pasted on Aaron's locker. Daniel Wilson was the mastermind behind this notice. We're terrible aren't we? Posing as the boss. Check out the totally ironic sign off, 'Cheers'!


Final state of Aaron's 'vandalized' locker. He had to remove the sensitive 'you're fired' notice, in case we get into trouble with the 'authorities'. haha!


Well obviously, I knew that I wasn't gonna get away with all that so easily. I got punk'd too while I was away in class...but I guess I had it coming. haha! Aaron got his payback by kidnapping my entire basket of precious stuffed toys, and getting the recep gals to hide it. I hunted high and low for them....but the gals only gave them bk to me after class. They placed the basket on the front desk, with the notice 'for sale at $0.20 each.

BUT, the bigger prank was how Aaron stuffed loads of shredded pper into my locker and my bag....with the help of other colleagues too lah. I even have the freaking video of their 'crime'in my phone. It's quite brilliant I must say. This Bernice ah...even had the cheek to say "let's take a photo of us in action with her phone camera!". My my...she's not as innocent as she looks that gal. haha!

All in all, it was SUCH a fun day....I'm so glad to have the fellowship of my BMI family. YOU GUYS (PRANKSTERS/GANGSTERS) ROCK MY WORLD!!!! :)

Frozen Grapes Anyone??

Yes, another brilliant, eccentric idea from my funky grandma. Haha! Remember the last time I blogged abt her GIANT pineapple tarts/ CNY cookies etc? Well, I had dinner with her last nite....and she showed me her new craze...freezing her fruits (from durians, to strawberries and grapes). She forced me to try her frozen grapes, "it's like eating ice-cream lah gal!"

It wasn't a pleasant experience I tell you....frozen grapes are hard, icy, (hence, not as sweet) and sure give your teeth hell. I cringed after popping one into my mouth..."Mama, you and your crazy ideas lah!". She laughed and popped another frozen grape into her mouth.