a cappucino with a chocolate melting moment please…
another song for the week! actually for this week’s italian class… we have a choice of two songs… but since i’m still on my tiziano ferro fan-girl mood… here’s the song from him (lyrics taken from here)… it’s actually from the soundtrack of an italian movie ‘ho voliga di te’ starring the equally yummy riccardo scarmarcio… enjoy the MTV!
(update: heh… i can’t see the video in SG… so going to post another one up for those who have problems viewing the first one)
Ti Scatterò Una Foto (Tiziano Ferrò)
Italiano:
Ricorderò e comunque anche se non vorrai
Ti sposerò perché non te l’ ho detto mai
Come fa male cercare , trovarti poco dopo
E nell’ ansia che ti perdo ti scatterò una foto…
Ti scatterò una foto…
Ricorderò e comunque e so che non vorrai
Ti chiamerò perché tanto non risponderai
Come fa ridere adesso pensarti come a un gioco
E capendo che ti ho perso
Ti scatto un’ altra foto
Perché piccola potresti andartene dalle mie mani
Ed i giorni da prima lontani saranno anni
E ti scorderai di me
Quando piove i profili e le case ricordano te
E sarà bellissimo
Perché gioia e dolore han lo stesso sapore con te
Vorrei soltanto che la notte ora velocemente andasse
E tutto ciò che hai di me di colpo non tornasse
E voglio amore e tutte le attenzioni che sai dare
E voglio indifferenza semmai mi vorrai ferire
E riconobbi il tuo sguardo in quello di un passante
Ma pure avendoti qui ti sentirei distante
Cosa può significare sentirsi piccolo
Quando sei il più grande sogno il più grande incubo
Siamo figli di mondi diversi una sola memoria
Che cancella e disegna distratta la stessa storia
E ti scorderai di me
Quando piove i profili e le case ricordano te
E sarà bellissimo
Perché gioia e dolore han lo stesso sapore con te
Vorrei soltanto che la notte ora velocemente andasse
E tutto ciò che hai di me di colpo non tornasse
E voglio amore e tutte le attenzioni che sai dare
E voglio indifferenza semmai mi vorrai ferire
Non basta più il ricordo
Ora voglio il tuo ritorno…
E sarà bellissimo
Perché gioia e dolore han lo stesso sapore
Lo stesso sapore con te
Io Vorrei soltanto che la notte ora velocemente andasse
E tutto ciò che hai di me di colpo non tornasse
E voglio amore e tutte le attenzioni che sai dare
E voglio indifferenza semmai mi vorrai ferire
E voglio indifferenza semmai mi vorrai ferire…
English:
I will remember and however also if you will not want
You I will marry because you he did not say never
How it is bad to search, find yourself a little later
and in the anxiety that you I lose, you I will take a picture…
You I will take a picture…
I will remember and however and I know that you will not want
You I will call because you will not respond much
How it is to laugh now you think to yourself like a game
and understand that you I have lost
You I take another picture
Small because you could go from my hands
and the days from before long will be years
And you will forget me
When it rains the outlines and the houses they will remind you
and it will be very beautiful
Because joy and pain have the same flavour with you
I would want only that the night time quickly go
and all that you have of me suddenly not return
and I want to love and all the attention that you know to give
and I want indifference if ever me you will want to wound
And I recognised your gaze in that of a passer-by
but also you are having here you i would feel distant
what it can mean to feel small
when you are the greatest dream the greatest nightmare
We are children of different worlds one unique memory
that cancel and sketch distract the same history
And you will forget about me
When it rains the outline and the houses they will remind you
and it will be very beautiful
Because joy and pain have the same flavour with you
I would want only that the night time quickly go
and all that you have of me suddenly not return
and I want to love and all the attention that you know to give
and I want indifference if ever me you will want to wound
No longer enough the memory
Now I want your return…
and it will be very beautiful
Because joy and pain have the same flavour
the same flavour with you
I would want only that the night time quickly go
and all that you have of me suddenly not return
and I want to love and all the attention that you know to give
and I want indifference if ever me you will want to wound
and I want indifference if ever me you will want to wound…
posted this on my FB account… going to put them here for future reference… =)
I promised my colleague to do this once she has done hers… and she has so here’s my very own list of 25 Things…
1. I take really good care of my gadgets. My first CD player (Sony!) lasted me at least more than 3 years and looked like new on the outside but I had to get the gears replaced cause it was worn out. Then I passed it to my sister who promptly spoilt it… =(
2. My first soft toy (that I remembered) was a cloth-print rabbit that I named “Dolly” even though he was a boy. He went through many reincarnations (basically my parents just bought back the same doll and I continued the name) and even though the last one is now disintegrating, I still haven’t thrown him away. He’s folded in half in a plastic bag somewhere in my house… =P
3. My siblings and I created a whole universe for all our toys in my house. I know its childish but I don’t care. I used the same-said universe to create a proposal for a children game when I was in university and it got me good marks! ;)
4. I always felt like I had a guardian angel watching over me when I was young and so now I believe that everyone has a guardian angel too (in a non-reglious way)…
5. When I was in primary/secondary school, I received a Guess watch for my birthday that came in a Guess paperbag. The image on the paperbag was a model dressed in a white bikini with a scuba mask on her head. I brought that paperbag to school and was promptly scolded by everyone. Till this day, I have no idea what was so wrong about bringing that bag… hrmmm…
6. I learnt how to drive before I learnt how to cycle. Don’t ask me why… it just happened.
7. I cannot stand the sight or thought of snails and escargots after seeing them smeared like jam all over the pavement on a rainy day in Australia. Smeared by cyclists… gah =/
8. I love Top Gear, F1, fast cars and speeeeeeeddddd. But if you start spewing numbers of BHP etc… I will still go blank unless some form of comparison is made to things I understand. But I will probably nod in understanding if you tell me “Maybe I should get a separate set of racing tires for track purposes…”
9. My favourite supercars atm: Audi R8 (diamond eyes!!), Lamborghini. I like the font of the Porsche ‘turbo’ word though…
10. I have decided that if I have the means to buy supercars, I will buy a Porsche 911 for daily use and a Lamborghini (or Audi R8) for those special occasions. Yes… much like a normal dress for daily wear and an evening gown for wedding dinners.
11. I think phone cameras are the best invention evar. My SE K800i coupled with a 4GB MS card makes me feel very powerful… I have not had to delete a single photo since I got the card… and mind you, I set the highest res possible… mwahahahah!
12. I think I have a weird sense of humor… I find certain things funny when others don’t… *snigger*
13. The best feeling in the world to me is when I step through the Departure Gate at Changi Airport. I know I’m going somewhere exciting. You cannot even begin to fathom the sheer amount of happiness that I get!! =D
14. On Flickr, the photos of my feet after a nicely done pedicure have more hits than my other photos. That is why I think my feet are ‘pornstars’ in their own right… LOL
15. I like a nice ass on a guy. Bonus marks if he’s taller than me (when I’m in my heels) and has a good sense of humor… LOL
16. As of now I’ve only been to 5 countries: Australia (Brisbane, Sydney), Taiwan (Taipei), USA (Las Vegas), Malaysia (Genting, Cameron Highlands, Pahang) and Indonesia (Bintan, Batam). Yes… I have never been to Bangkok… or Vietnam… or Hong Kong… ‘no feeling ah’… however I will definitely go Europe!
17. I had a crew cut once when I was in poly… it was really fun to just dry my hair simply by running my towel over it. I remember looking in fascination in the mirror at my hair standing by itself… however I will not repeat it again… am loving my long hair with a fringe atm.
18. I like mashed potatoes… I can eat a tub of large KFC mashed potatoes by myself… I absolutely love the fries from the “In and Out” burger joint too – please check it out when you are in the USA.
19. The best donuts in the world to me are those from Krispy Kreme. When I was in Vegas for an event, I survived on one Original Glazed donut every day that I was at the event hall and was absolutely contented with that… together with a cup of coffee of course!
20. This is my favourite number in this list simply because its my birthdate… 20 August people… 20 August… hehehehe
21. I tried to learn how to play the piano when I was young. Unfortunately I didn’t go very far… didn’t even pass the first grade test… didn’t like to practice and I didn’t really like my teacher who kept chiding me for not practicing… LOL
22. Besides pestering my parents to let me learn the piano, I also pestered them to let me learn how to draw. My mum didn’t know where to find art classes except the nearby community centre. I remember only attending one class and in that class I had to do still life (yes it was adult drawing class!)… I remember having much difficulty doing it but felt pretty great when the teacher gave me a “D”… the teacher was very kind to direct my mum to the more appropriate art classes that were held at the PAP kindergarten school and so I was subsequently enrolled there… and learnt drawing/painting etc till I stopped in Secondary 3.
23. I like to travel, it makes me feel alive and yet small so that my ego don’t grow too huge for its own good. However I don’t like to travel alone – not because I’m scared but sometimes you just want someone there to share the amazing experiences with.
24. I have a phobia of being near underwater creatures… not too sure why but it freaks me out very much. Visiting Underwater World is stressful for me let alone diving!
25. I don’t have a huge iTunes collection as I usually just listen to the same couple of songs (of the moment) on my computer and my iPod (Shuffle or Touch). My music collection atm includes English, Italian, Mandarin, Japanese and a few German tracks… =)
something inspirational for the afternoon… taken from steve pavlina who got it from goethe… (perhaps?)
Until one is committed,
there is hesitancy.
the chance to draw back,
always ineffectiveness
concerning all acts of initiative (and creation).There is one elemental truth,
the ignorance of which kills countless ideas
and splendid plans –
that the moment one definitely commits oneself,
then Providence moves all.All sorts of things occur to help one
that would never otherwise have occurred.A whole stream of events
issue from the decision,
raising in one’s favor
all manner of incidents
and meetings and material assistance
which no one could have dreamed
would come his or her way.Whatever you can do or dream you can,
begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Begin it now.
in keeping with the tune of celebrating my 30th birthday next year in europe (my bday is in august.. but well… i’m going to be 30 the whole year so who cares!) i’ve decided to try to come up with a list of 30 things i want to do when i’m there… initially i tot it was kinda hard… i mean it’s 30 things in 2 weeks! the last time i went to taiwan for a week i don’t think i did 15 things… but after doing a bit of research and thinking… GEEEEEESSSS it is hard to have ONLY 30 things… lol
and just by planning these 30 things… i am having to think of the itinerary that i might wanna be doing (and i’m doing this literally one and a half years before the trip… other pple take weeks to plan but i think i’m being super duper kiasu…) which at this moment is still up for debate (in my head that is….) and definitely changes…
nonetheless there are certain areas that i know i will definitely be going… munich in germany and tuscany, florence and rome in italy… obviously if i list every single attraction that i have to go in my list… it’ll go beyond 30 things… so i am goin to have to do a mix of specific places i wanna visit plus generic things i wanna do (eg: eat pasta…) so i’m not like some half-crazed tourist rushing ard everywhere… learnt that when i was in taiwan – nua-ed half my time there which was nice… ahahah
actually i have a million and one things that i wanna do… but of coz realistically i can’t squeeze allllllll of them in two weeks… as such i’m having to consider the regions/cities that i wanna visit very carefully… hrmmm
Links for reference:
another song i translated for the weekend practice! hehehe… it’s another song from tiziano ferro… ‘non me lo so spiegare’… lyrics taken from here… the song’s a bit sad and his voice is amazingly beautifullllll…
NON ME LO SO SPIEGARE (Tiziano Ferro)
Italiano:
Un po’ mi manca l’aria che tirava
O semplicemente la tua bianca schiena..nananana
E quell’orologio non girava
Stava fermo sempre da mattina a sera.
come me lui ti fissava
Io non piango mai per te
Non farò niente di simile…no mai.. nononono
Si, lo ammetto, un po’ ti penso
Ma mi scanso
Non mi tocchi più
Solo che pensavo a quanto è inutile farneticare
E credere di stare bene quando è inverno e te
Togli le tue mani calde
Non mi abbracci e mi ripeti che son grande,
mi ricordi che rivivo in tante cose…nananana
Case, libri, auto, viaggi, fogli di giornale
Che anche se non valgo niente perlomeno a te
Ti permetto di sognare
E se hai voglia, di lasciarti camminare
Scusa, sai, non ti vorrei mai disturbare
Ma vuoi dirmi come questo può finire?
Non me lo so spiegare
Io no me lo so spiegare
La notte fonda e la luna piena
Ci offrivano da dono solo l’atmosfera
Ma l’amavo e l’amo ancora
Ogni dettaglio è aria che mi manca
E se sto così..sarà la primavera..
Ma non regge più la scusa…
Solo che pensavo a quanto è inutile farneticare
E credere di stare bene quando è inverno e te
Togli le tue mani calde
Non mi abbracci e mi ripeti che son grande,
mi ricordi che rivivo in tante cose…nananana
Case, libri, auto, viaggi, fogli di giornale
Che anche se non valgo niente perlomeno a te
Ti permetto di sognare..
Solo che pensavo a quanto è inutile farneticare
E credere di stare bene quando è inverno e te
Togli le tue mani calde
Non mi abbracci e mi ripeti che son grande,
mi ricordi che rivivo in tante cose…nananana
Case, libri, auto, viaggi, fogli di giornale
Che anche se non valgo niente perlomeno a te
Ti permetto di sognare
E se hai voglia, di lasciarti camminare
Scusa, sai, non ti vorrei mai disturbare
Ma vuoi dirmi come questo può finire?
English:
A little I miss the air that has pulled
or simply your white back… nananana
and that watch that used not to turn
Used to stop always from morning to evening
like me she you used to fix
I don’t cry never for you
I will not do nothing the like of… no never… nononono
Yes that I admit, a little you I think
But I shift myself
You don’t touch me more
Only that I used to think how much it is useless to rave
and to think of staying well when it is winter and you
You take off your warm hands
You do not embrace me and you repeat me that is grand
You remember me that I revive in much things… nananana
Houses, books, cars, travels, sheets of papers
that also if I am not worth at least to you
I allow you dreams
and if you feel like you leave me to change
Excuse me, you know, I would not want to disturb you
But you want to tell me like this it can end?
I do not know to explain
I do not know to explain
The night establish and the moon full
We used to offer gift only from the atmosphere
but that I used to love and that I love still
Every detail it is air that I miss it
and if I stay so… it will be spring…
But it will no longer hold the excuse…
Only that I used to think how much it is useless to rave
and to think of staying well when it is winter and you
You take off your warm hands
You do not embrace me and you repeat me that is grand
You remember me that I revive in much things… nananana
Houses, books, cars, travels, sheets of papers
that also if I am not worth at least to you
I allow you dreams
Only that I used to think how much it is useless to rave
and to think of staying well when it is winter and you
You take off your warm hands
You do not embrace me and you repeat to me that is grand
You remember me that I revive in much things… nananana
Houses, books, cars, travels, sheets of papers
that also if I am not worth at least to you
I allow you dreams
and if you feel like you leave me to change
Excuse me, you know, I would not want to disturb you
But you want to tell me like this it can end?
