caffetteria

it’s the end of another year! would i say that time flies? it didn’t feel like that this year… time moved at its own pace and i was able to follow it quite closely i must add… none of the ‘omg! it’s the end of the year and what have i done?!’ kinda thoughts in my head at the moment…

next week i will sign up again for italian classes… and this marks the second year that i’m learning italian! at the moment i’m good at listening and reading and terrible at conversations… i know, totally defeats the purpose right? hahahaha i’m just so not used to hearing myself speak in italian and think in the language as well… think that would be my focus in the coming year…

recently stumbled upon the work of  eddie izzard who is a uber-duper funny comedian from the UK… the first few clips i saw of him in youtube were from ten years back – he calls himself an executive transvestite/male lesbian and it wasn’t until i read his profile in wiki that i realised he plays roman nagel in ocean’s twelve and thirteen!! omg!! i watched the two shows sooooo many times and the british-y guy in there is actually a really brilliant comedian!! XD

here are a few clips taken from his past and present gigs that i really liked:

i laughed my head off at this following one… however according to wiki it’s an urban legend… STILL it’s funny like mad!! ‘it’s a slanggggg… he’s american… he’s a donut!!’ ROFLOL

ahahhaha this reminded me of italian very much… the different forms…

you have to check out the rest of his clips on youtube man… it’s blardee hilarious!!

perhaps you can say i’m a bit slow at picking up on what’s going on in the music world, but i must say i know who lady gaga is since her first single ‘poker face’ was released… i remember watching mtv and seeing the video for the song being played till i was immuned to it… it was a catchy song but didn’t jump out at me for some reason… then just a couple of months back, i saw her performance at the mtv video music awards and was impressed and attracted to the single ‘paparazzi’ which she sang during the show and so went online to check out the video… and was somewhat hooked…

BUT it wasn’t until my sister told me about her latest single ‘bad romance’ and the video that was released with it that i began to truly appreciate the talent that is lady gaga… as we all know, lady gaga creates her own fashion style together with the creative team set up called ‘haus of gaga’ and i must say ‘bad romance’ is to me the definitive lady gaga video to date… all the clothes, materials used (latex outfits!) and accessories (bat on her head!!) just made me go ‘ZOMG’…

i must also share this video with you… shot before lady gaga became lady gaga… really love the two songs!

Captivated (Stefani Germanotta)

One look and I’m done
One glance from your eyes and I’m captivated
The taste of your skin
The warmth of your hungry lips has me so taken
And I love the way you can make me dance from miles away
When I’m with you I’m so sedated
I’m captivated by you.

You’re just like the wind cause
everything moves when you’re around
The sun is just like the sound of
your voice in the morning when you light my world up
And I love the way you can make me dance from miles away
When I’m with you I’m never jaded
I’m captivated

I’ll never stop believing in this crazy love we’re leading
Sugar hold me close and make me sweeter
I need you, I love you

So please show me that smile
make me laugh for just a little while
Then breathe me one breath
I only need one to fill the emptiness
And I love the way you can make me dance from miles away
It’s been so long but now I’ve waited and now
I’m captivated

in a blink of an eye we’re reaching the end of november and almost to the end of the year… had quite a relaxing start to the month but of course true to the style of my company… the past couple of weeks was spent rushing out visuals for events that will be held next week… not that i’m complaining, instead it’s quite enjoyable to me (half work related, half not.. ahhaha) but nonetheless i’m glad it wasn’t as crazy as the month of july/august (i broke my own record for taxi claims that month… $400++ in a month alone! i usually chalk up that amount in three months…)

also found out that MUSE will be having a concert in singapore next year!! =D i just booked the tickets for my sisters and me to attend – for my youngest sis, that’s going to be her 21st bday present… for my second sister… she has to pay me back! LOL… am quite looking forward to it coz i’ve seen their live performances on youtube and it’s FWAH… so come 3rd feb 2010… i will be able to experience that FWAHness for myself!

but at the moment… i’m just wondering when i will get that promised present from my german friend… LOL =P august and countinggggg!!

another tiziano ferro song that i recently heard… lovely lyrics i must add… =) i can’t embed the video but you can check it out here…

Imbranato (Tiziano Ferro)

Italiano:

E’ iniziato tutto per un tuo capriccio
Io non mi fidavo… era solo sesso
Ma il sesso è un’attitudine
Come l’arte in genere
E forse l’ho capito e sono qui
Scusa sai se provo a insistere
Divento insopportabile
Ma ti amo… ti amo… ti amo
Ci risiamo… vabè, è antico, ma ti amo.

E scusa se ti amo e se ci conosciamo
Da due mesi o poco più
E scusa se non parlo piano
Ma se non urlo muoio
Non so se sai che ti amo…
E scusami se rido, dall’imbarazzo cedo
Ti guardo, fisso e tramo
All’idea di averti accanto
E sentirmi tuo soltanto
E sono qui che parlo emozionato
…E sono un imbranato!

Ciao… come stai? Domanda inutile!
Ma a me l’amore mi rende prevedibile
Parlo poco, lo so… è strano, guido piano
Sarà il vento, sarà il tempo, sarà… fuoco!

E scusa se ti amo e se ci conosciamo
Da due mesi o poco più
E scusa se non parlo piano
Ma se non urlo muoio
Non so se sai che ti amo…
E scusami se rido, dall’imbarazzo cedo
Ti guardo fisso e tremo
All’idea di averti accanto
E sentirmi tuo soltanto
E sono qui che parlo emozionato
Si… E sono un imbranato!
E sono un imbranato… si
Ma ti amo

English:

It began all for your one whim
I don’t trust myself… it was only sex
But the sex and an attitude
like art in general
and maybe that I have understood and I am here.
Sorry you know if I try to insist
I become unbearable
But I love you… I love you… I love you
Here we go again… very well, it is ancient but I love you

And sorry if I love you and if we know each other
for two months and more
and sorry if I do not speak gently
but if I don’t shout I die
I don’t know if you know that I love you
and excuse me if I laugh, from the embarassment I surrender
I see you, I fix and I weave
to the idea of having you near
and you hear only me
and I am here that I speak excited/emotionally
and I am an oaf (clumsy)

Hi… how are you? Useless question
But to me love makes me predictable
I speak less, I know, it’s strange, I drive slow
There will be wind, there will be time, there will be fire!

and sorry if I love you and if we know each other
for two months and a little more
and sorry if I don’t speak gently
but if I don’t shout I die
I don’t know if you know that I love you
and excuse me if I laugh, from the embarassment I surrender
I see you, I fix and I weave
to the idea of having you near
and you hear only me
and I am here that I speak excited/emotionally
and I am an oaf (clumsy)
Yes… I am an oaf!
and I am an oaf… yes
but I love you.

bobby passed away yesterday night. i’m quite upset now as i really liked this crazy/grumpy/funny dog. he was always bullied (at least in my eyes) by the other male dog in the house… so i always showered him with extra attention whenever i was there. i hope he’s having fun wherever he is now… =’(

i was actually scared of him at the start… he would bark and bark at me at the gate so i didn’t really like to go to my friend’s place… but after a while i learnt to ignore the barking and instead recognise that that was his way of saying ‘look at me!! look at me!!’ but in a rather rude way… ahahha

he refused to let anyone touch his feet (not too sure why)… gets super mad when u try to touch his mouth (dunno why as well) and would actually bite when provoked (which was why i still get a bit apprehensive whenever i wanted to give him a small snack)… but when he realised that you were giving him the attention he wanted… he was quite a nice dog (sorta…) and would follow you whenever you go… of coz i suspected that was becoz of the food… hrmmm…

how not to love such a grumpy weird dog?