And the Grammy Nominees for......

Making my occasional John Mayer round ups through the loyal JM fan's blogs and I have never been more delighted to read about John getting nominated for next year's Grammy's XD

Nominations:

1. Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Say" by John Mayer (Continuum)

2. Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: "Lesson learned" by Alicia Keys & John Mayer

3. Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance: "Gravity" by John Mayer (Where The Light Is - Live in Los Angeles)

4. Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: "Say" by John Mayer (The Bucket List Original Soundtrack)

5. Best Long Form Music Video: Where The Light Is - Live from Los Angeles

He deserve another win especially for all his efforts in 3rd or 4th nominations!!!

Image Answers

“The rules are simple. Use Google Image to search the answers to the questions below. Then you must choose a picture in the first page of results, and post it as your answer.”
Got this off Mei's blog.I'm as bored as she was so yeah =p

1. The age at my next birthday:

2.A place I’d like to travel to:
Hawaii
3.A favourite place:
On the rooftop under a starry sky
4. A favourite thing:

5. A favourite food:

Apple Crumble
6.A favourite colour:

7.The city I live in
Bandar Seri Begawan
8.The country I was born in:
Philippines
9. Nick name I had:

10. First love:

11.Bad habit:

More like biting cuticles.
12. Hope for 2009:

Quotes of the Day

Here are some good quotes from my current read, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.

"Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors."- Rahim Khan

"A person who waste his God-given talents is a donkey."-Rahim Khan

"There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft....When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness."- Baba

"There are bad people in this world, and sometimes bad people stay bad. Sometimes you have to stand up to them." Amir

*Rahim called Amir in SF: "Now there is a way to be good again..." (Rahim knew what happened to Hassan in the alley, and how Amir framed Hassan for stealing his watch. Hassan and his father left Amir's family as a result, or so as Ali put it: "....we must leave, life is impossible for us here."

*Amir and Hassan cut the last kite, and Amir made Baba proud by winning the champion. Hassan ran the kite (hence "The Kite Runner") for
Amir..."For you, a thousand times over..."

Down with the flu.This is the season to be sick again.But all and all,I'm still alive but not so much kickin' hehehe.Happy Tuesday all.Salam=)

November Rain

HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY HUBZIE!We miss you loads (& Mun too).Take care....=')

Seeing Double

Am I the only one who thinks they look alike? Former Bond Villain,Sophie Marceau and new Bond girl,Olga Kurylenko.


Won't blog much on QOS.Just another movie to fill in th missing gaps of the Bond assemblage.It was just ok.

The Magic Was Lacking...I Mean Leaking

After 2 years of anticipating for Justin Timberlake's new single,a demo like this can't be prescribed as a new single.I'm not an official music source for you readers (So don't sue me imeem or JT).But I just have to make you JT fans listen to this.It's exciting at first just by looking at his name and a new song title.As I listen to this talented superstar hoping to surprise me,this song clearly lacks the edge on making it a hit (if this ever so happens to be his new single).Let's just hope this is just some 'i'm-bored-and-uninspired-yet-I-just-want-to-keep-the-fans-entertained' leaked out demo or a tune to fill in the gaps of his in-works future albums. Common JT, i'm sure you've got better magic tricks up your sleeve =p

Soy Niña Lola

This is just breathtakingly beautiful.I haven't heard jazz music this good in a very long time.With only some basic Spanish understood, I could still feel every emotion set in her voice.As how my uncle would describe jazz music 'kejiwa'.Concha Buika is a versatile artist who mix her music with flamenco,soul,jazz and funk.Now she is one of kind for someone who can handle many unique music styles.

Mi Niña Lola de Chonca Buika

Last night,I dreamt of the sea.The sound of the waves.My brother and me.Happy Belated Birthday bro.Wish you were here.

I Got The Light

Finally!My JM cd collection is expanding again.I just got 'Where The Light Is' both cd (out of surprise from A) and Blu-Ray dvd from my bro.Thanks A & H.I've never felt so spoiled.But who cares!I received both on the same day.How exciting is that?!! XD

Although it would be so much better if i get one of his custom made John Mayer Fender stratocasters.I'd be making love to it all day.Obviously I will name him John!

This one is so divine.With the John Mayer Signature Stratocaster® guitar, the old-school blues guitar gets a new voice. Grammy award-winning recording artist John Mayer has teamed up with Fender to create this must-have limited edition signature Stratocaster®, which comes in a unique new Cypress Mica finish.


Limited Edition John Mayer Stratocaster®

This will be the ultimate bday gift from anyone who loves me.You have about 3 months to kumpul duit *hint
hint* lol

If I Were A Boy-Beyonce

For some personal reasons,this song can get some women all teary.
Beyonce’s honey toned voice hitting the right notes with the suitable emotion-A broken hearts’ feelings depicts the meaning of the chorus. Like a gentle cry in pain with many ‘’i love you’s but...’’ behind. Exposing women’s so obvious secret, the vulnerability expose as much either sex tries to stay strong , lying ‘im ok (when im actually not)’ excuses. See it this way “If i were a boy i’d be treating you this way. “ We just want to be loved, faithfully in the 2 way street of love.
Good song-catchy lyrics, nicely easy assembled tunes. Will get overplayed though. And don’t get me started with mobile phone ringtones. This is a good song ladies, cherish it. Don’t over expose it *jokes*.I’m sure it’ll reach number 1 in the music charts.

Hibernation Awakening

Little Bear-Smaller Trees
Reminds me of an old John Mayer tune from his early acoustic days.

I feel like getting in a car, and drive and drive too LiaS

LittleBear is currently working on his first LP.You can checkout his myspace page for some freebies.

Ray Lamontagne

Finally!!! For months i've been waiting for Ray's music to get some more exposure.Only until yesterday,I read JOHN MAYER'S BLOG and the man was hailing his own kind.
"I can't get over how powerful he is. He's so pure, it's arresting.If you want to know a songwriter's songwriter, and a singer's singer, it's Ray.
I should be writing songs when his CDs are playing."

It was sometime in spring,one artist led to another in the time of doing some musical research since I was hungry for something fresh,musically.That's when I came across this beardy fellow crooning in a husky tone over this ravishing ballad.
Hold You In My Arms

Belated Greeting

Thanks to RR's blog I was only 2 days away wishing Johnny boy a happy birthday.I had his birthday stated in my calendar.Ish!=p hahaha

HAPPY 31st JOHN.It has almost been 10 years since I discovered your music and it keeps getting better with age,not to mention yourself ;D

I LOVE YOUUUUUU!!!!Rock on \m/

The New Age Way to Start the Day

Morning routine

Rockband Overrated

Happy Monday all!

A Slight 'Bond' Fever

How intriguing is this? A blend of two artists from dissimilar genres producing a unique sound for the latest James Bond ‘Quantum of Solace’ movie soundtrack. As hyped up about it as I was in when I first read about this unique collaboration months ago, I got the opposite reaction when I told a few people. But I hope this would convince them once again. Both artists keep it real, blending blues and rock together, appending nervy dramatic tones. Jack’s trademark guitar riffs (i like how he struts his edgy guitar skills) fusing together with Alicia’s piano playing and silky vocals; looks like we’ve got another masterpiece here people. For some, experimental music can result in a ghastly outcome, but this one was well depicted. Setting the right mood for the movie, the theme is so Bond.Mysteriously dark, deep and rawwww!!!

Another Way To Die- Alicia Keys & Jack White

Quotes of the Day

While the fates permit, live happily; life speeds on with hurried step, and with winged days the wheel of the headlong year is turned.
-Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)

We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.
-Anais Nin (1903 - 1977)

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
-Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)

A week left to raya.Looks like some of us will be laying low this time.Why should I be complaing when most people won't be celebrating with their loved ones right?
For now I hope everyone's puasa is still going smooth.Fast well while it last.Salam=)

Uncertainty

The beauty of uncertainty is that it motivates us to seek certainty. We are compelled to replace doubt with conviction, to replace confusion with clarity, to be more fearful of old ideas instead of new ones. Nothing is more disparaged than the person who is lost, hesitant, and anxious. Yet the true path to fulfillment comes from these conditions. Uncertainty becomes truly beautiful when connected with the certainty that there is a better life beyond the life that is known. The artist, scientist, entrepreneur, athlete, and traveller: all embrace uncertainty as their muse. What is going to happen next is more enticing than what is happening now. The thrill of anticipation, the mystery of the unknown, the open road, mistakes as portals of discovery, the inevitability of change, purpose from chaos, questions leading to answers, failure as the threshold of knowledge. All of these conditions inform the life of the adventurer, the human being who is engaged in becoming. The beauty of uncertainty is that it prepares us to embrace life in the face of death. Allows us the strength to deal with the freedom to choose. To willingly exchange the fear of uncertainty for the security of certainty is to admit defeat. To surrender to the fear of actually living your life. Nothing moves forward except by the craving to seek certainty from uncertainty.

Brian Hendricks
HOBO Magazine

The Distance In Love Is A Difficult Thing

Caught up with an old friend recently,and she introduced this song to me.Coincidentally this song expresses how I've been feeling lately (as some of you may notice from my previous post).The people I love won't be here for a while.I feel as if i'm experiencing one of those moments where "my friends left me here to rot for the summer",only its going to be a loooong one even though it has ended.It seems like mine has just begun!*long sigh*
Someday Someday by Thirsty Merc


I know you gotta go to university and I'm just trying to make some cash to follow my dreams.
But please don't say we're too busy to give each other the time and support we need
I know we gotta work our jobs and make some money to get by in this expensive world.
Don't let that overtake the fact that before all that....

When It Rains-Paramore and John Mayer

My favourite Paramore song is sounding a little too bland I must admit.But I was still pleased seeing this performance and still maintain as a true fan of both.For your viewing pleasure JM/Paramore fans.Enjoy!


One down,three to go.And i'm still on a roll on this fasting month!Take care all.Salam=)

Mini Intimate Birthday Bash

K's 19th birthday celebration with some close friends in my room (had to take out the bed to keep it spacious).Felt like I was throwing a small college thanksgiving/christmas party.With just kareoke to entertain us,we still had a blast.Not to mention some inside jokes and the sarcasm shared,S nailed the final joke of the night.

Quotes of the Day

Every artist was first an amateur.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Letters and Social Aims: Progress of Culture, 1876

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
-Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)

If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake.
-Frank Wilczek (1951 - )

Bad Dreams

I was going through a crowd of people risking their lives trying to make your celebration possible yet no matter how far i go,towards the end of the horizon,i still couldn't find you.

Images from that day keeps on playing in my head.I think of you when I drink coffee.We miss you dearly brother.

The Day That 'I Wish' Never Came

To my dearest brother.Im reminded of A whenever this song plays.
Just keep them closed,
Keep praying just keep waiting,

God I'll make them pay,
Take you back one day,
I'll end this day,
I'll splatter color on this gray,

Love is a fallen word,
And never spoken here,
Love is a fallen word,
Here in this prison,

I suffer this no longer,
I'll put an end to,
This i swear, This i swear,

The sun will shine,
This i swear, This i swear,
This i swear

Happy Ramadhan Al Mubarak

Ramadhan Prayer

May your blessings be too many to count... And your worries too few to matter May your days be filled with Sunshine... And your nights in comfort May you never go hungry... And be able to share your bounty May Allah bless and protect you... And strengthen your faith May Allah Bless all muslims everywhere... And answer their prayers May the next Eid we celebrate be free from oppression, hatred, persecution, and fear...My wishes to all for a blessed Ramadan and please remember those who go hungry all year long… Ramadan Mubarak to all,happy fasting. Take care & Salam =)

A Different Goodbye

How many more goodbyes can one person take?I wish I had made you pancakes that night.You would've loved it.At least you have my last Oreo's abang.I'll miss barging in your room with out any purpose just to see how you're doing.It's NOT FAIR you had to go.

Great friends are leaving soon too.
But this is a nightmare!

Not a UFO

As some of you may know,I dont own a pro fancy camera so this is closest i could get capturing a good shot of the moon.Taken sometime last week when the moon is at it's brightest and full round circle under a cloudless sky...oh the beauty!

Lisa Loeb- Stay

Classically timeless.Incase you ever wondered how this song got popular press play to find out.I never fully watched Reality Bites though.
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Spent most of the day playing Scrabble online when I was suppose to be umm....reading.You know what,I miss the 90s.Don't you?;p

Quotes of the Day

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
-Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)

There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer; no disease that enough love will not heal; no door that enough love will not open.
-Emmet Fox

The World is three days: As for yesterday, it has vanished, along with all that was in it. As for tomorrow, you may never see it. As for today, it is yours, so work in it.
- Hassan al-Basri

A friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in time of need, behind your back, and after your death.
- Ali ibn abi Talib (radiAllah anhu)


Have a lovely Monday all.Salam=)

Eventful August

*5 down and 3 more family birthdays to go.One just ended and another one just started today.
*Beijing Olympics will end tonight.I will miss this especially Swimming.Them US studs made my mornings worthwhile ;) huhuhuhu
*Tennis-U.S opens kicks off on Monday
*Second week already in the English Premiere League(mainly sports yeah hehe)
*The unjustly accussations continues....
*Lastly,it's finally time to get back on the study band wagon after 2 years hiatus.Its scary=s

Eventful much?oh VERY!I'm still down with a bloody cold.Kareokeing wasn't easy last night and not to mention the heartburns i've been getting.Ouch!='(

Forgetful Much

*Small sibling gathering last week. It took me a while to realise I was wearing 2 different pairs of Crocs towards the end of the gathering. They felt so alike that I hardly notice the difference hehehe.

*Played futsal the night after that. Room key in my pocket. I didn’t realise i dropped it on my way to the tennis court. As I head back home, my bro found it in a flower pot. How weird is that? Especially when i didn’t walk pass any flower pots before futsal.

*Monday is laundry day for me usually. All this while whilst all my clothes were in the washing machine, apparently my earphones was in it too!

Theres one incident in Singapore last year where I packed all my foot wear and left none to put on to fly back home.Our lugagges had to be sent to the airport a few hours before we arrive in the airport.After packing everything in the wee hours of morning,I slept for a bit whitout any worries.Only when i woke up,it just hit me what i was suppose to leave behind.The luggages gone already.So i thought its either hotel slippers or barefoot.But oddly enough ,yet lucky for me,my sister left 2 footwears behind. I was serious about the hotel slippers though lol.

Could I Be Anymore Stubborn?

When you're down with a cold and a soar throat its best to lay off the chocs and dairy for a while.Only to make matters worse,I indulge in it whitout any regret.So of course the consequences is the uncomfortableness in my throat which kept me waking up almost every hour last night =s Right now I'm trying to discipline myself by drinking enough warm water throughout the day.But I was thinking of playing tennis,swim or run today.Not so smart yea?hehehe.....

Unexpected Cravings

Food that I use to depise but have now grown to love.Weird transition in a good way.Is this how being 20 is like???
*Peanut Butter.Hated this berabis!I like it now especially with waffles.I use to hate anything nutty in general.Not anymore!
*Tempeh.I've always liked tofu more and tempeh less.It's the other way round now.
*Corn Pops cereals.I use to give the whole box to best friend whenever my mum distributes it everyone at home.Only this time,I finished the whole box in a week!or less I think...

Those who knows me well might reckon that I might indulge in some local fruits someday.Save that thought.Forcing me to consume it will just make me resent it even more.Durian,ciku,cempedak,tarap.......well you get the picture,ain't gonna happen!=P

Breaking the Stereotypes with Queen Rania Through Youtube

I've always admire Queen Rania.Not just her beauty but mainly the things she does to help make the world a better place and create a better understanding from different cultures to another.
I was stereotyped in my younger days.Mainly I was labelled as a Bosnian kid.WTF?
Kids in ugama school,guys mainly,would verbally abuse us for being different.Different you ask?By means of how my siblings and I communicate to each other and how different some of us look and where we live.Given that most people in our school looked mainly Malay,what do you expect?So it's these kind of cause that I strongly support.

Click here to check out more.

And since this is a part John Mayer blog,i cannot miss out posting the video below also taken from Queen Rania's channel.See John Mayer never fails to make such an impact with his music=)

You can also check out more of Mia Rose.She's quiet the musician and looks like a John Mayer fan too;)
And on a lighter note to end my ordinary Monday(this could make up for missing out blogging for a week if i were to miss out huh?hehe)


Super Queen,you rock!=)

Little Inner Instinctive Happiness

Running in the rain(especially when it gets all stormy) can be a bit isane especially to the older people.But not for me & i love the feeling.I just did and it's not my first time.Have you?Have a lovely week ahead everyone.Salam!
"The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as means to other things, are knowledge, art, instinctive happiness, and relations of friendship or affection."
-Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

Khatam Pictures 07.08.08

A Different Tagged

I've been tagged,again.But this time by the cookie jar .Clearly i have nothing to do right now so i might as well waste my time on typing down some random facts about me.Thanks for making me kill time with this ka haha.

1.I always find the need to at least hold a guitar like a kid holding on to their teddy bear constantly even if i cant play the guitar really well.
2.My favourite thing to draw in my childhood days are Prince Eric and Prince Charming LOL .As much men draws women often,me opposite lah.
3.Allergic to pennicillin
4.Chocolate mints doesnt appeal to me.Preferrebly seperated.
5.I love spicy food
6.A real animal lover
7.A swimmer & a runner

A Great Learning Experience

So that went well.A few misses here and there,but all and all,alhamdulillah!But who would've thought it would turn to be such a big event?The media was there to cover the event.Click here and here to read more.
I'm going to miss my qur'an teacher.If it wasn't for her,reading the Qur'an would still leave me astray whitout her guidance.Writing and reading jawi was never easy for me as I use to fail terribly in ugama studies/ejaan or tulisan jawi (I sucked in malay as well,big time!).Only because I kept on reading till I khatam, that to my surprise,I was amazed when I thought my younger brother jawi a couple of years back thatI was able to read any (malay) jawi easily.I came up with my own technique to make the rest understand how to spell it.Did it work?Only Allah knows.But im positive it did hehe.Being the not so pious person I am,reading the Qur'an is rather joyful,a pure one indeed.

I'll always remember the wisdom and advice you fall upon me.And value what you have thought me.You have humbled me in a way that even on most days ill admit to have desserted the holy book.But in times of be it sorrow or happinness i will always resort to what makes me chant with true meaning.More than 20 years of having you around my family has been a blessing.Thank you from the bottom of my heart Cikgu.
Salam!

Special Day

7th August is always a special day for my mother every year.As of today she just turned 45.This day is also extra special,in terms of religion.We're going to hold a khatam Al-Qur'an ceremony.I am one of the 18 people who'll be reciting the surahs tonight.Weeks of practice has prepared me for this day.And I hope it will be a blessed one.Amin!Im glad to have sharpen my reading the Qur'an for it will help me tremendously to being a better person in the future.It's going to start in 2hours.I pray we won't screw up and hope no one's going to muck around (speak for my self,gauk much!!hehehe ;p)Big night tonight.


"I hope you'll have a wonderful year ahead despite the negativity that surrounds you daily,you deserve better.May Allah bless you always with many good things to come,amin!.I love you everyday mummyno matter what.Happy bitrhday Mummy"

Salam all=) TTFN

Some Exposure Please

My talent needs some creativity exapansion.So im making offers to anyone interested-sketching,designing, (I have designed logo's for two of my brother's wedding & an unfinished wedding card ),painting,etc...anything art related mainly.In a way you will be helping me improve my artistic ability (thank u in advance).So please,if you’re interested,don’t hesistate to drop your request in my cbox or leave your comments.Its a two way street-you request,i make my attempt.We'll both be pleased!=)You can check out my previous art works in deviant art. Salam!

Happy Belated 4th of July America

Its been a while since i last do something like this.I have to admit it was a bit nerve wrecking because i was afraid that i might screw it up.But the outcome has never been more overwhelming.Yes it's another copy,but i'd say this is a good practice to get back on the band wagon.I must say this is my best work so far (with colour especially).Guess ive got my mojo back ;)Alhamdulillah Here's to my newfound friends in America and well, America haha.Or any comic/superhero lovers or anyone who just admires/appreciates any good art works.Hope you guys like it=D






Have a lovely day all.Salam!=)

Music Albums I Like

Heres a starting point.The female songbirds. Singing has always been the first thing that caught my attention, as it is my first love in music.I lose myself easily in the realm of their voices.It was mainstream female RnB,Soul,Pop music that my caretaker and my siblings surrounded me with (other than oldies, love songs, ballads...ill be sure to blog about this one day)and of course MTV,my main source back then.But nonetheless,its not just them chanting that i pay attention to, but also their talents in playing instruments but most importantly its also their songwriting that defines themselves as true female artist.



Care to rant,recommend or suggest people? Are my choices good enough for you?hmm ;)More fav albums to come.Lets share people,reminisce the past and today in the music world.Shall we...ive got the cbox huhuhu.TTFN!

Hot New Look

*drools*

Seeing One Too Many

3 things i've lately been seeing everywhere,well almost.

Rubik's cube
Cupcakes
Ray-ban glasses

soon to be over rated.