Imogen Heap - Speeding Cars

This is one of those posts about certain songs and lyrics....I download songs from the OC a lot...well, one has to agree that they have a really good selection of songs featured in every episode...

Here's a song for those who feel really down...who are fed up with life maybe...who are frustrated with how things are going...I wish I can brighten up everyone's life...but I'm just one human being...if you dont know me, or aren't really close to me....here's my lil part in making your day...hopefully =)

you can listen to it via mytunes at this blog's sidebar - if you dont see it at the side, it might be wayy down the page (coz of some coding inconsistency...i guess)...have a listen, really nice..

Speeding Cars by Imogen Heap (heard on The OC 3rd season finale)

Here's the day you hoped would never come
Don’t feed me violence, just run with me
Through rows of speeding cars
The paper cuts, the cheating lovers
The coffee’s never strong enough
I know you think it’s more than just bad luck

There, there, baby
It’s just text book stuff
It’s in the ABC of growing up
Now, now, darlin’
Oh don’t lose your head
'Cause none of us were angels
And you know I'll love you, yeh

Sleeping pills, no sleeping dogs lie never
Far enough away
Glistening in the cold sweat of guilt
I’ve watched you slowly winding down for years
You can’t keep on like this
Now is as bad of time as any

There, there, baby
It’s just text book stuff
It’s in the ABC of growing up
Now, now, darlin’
Oh don’t kill yourself
'Cause none of us were angels
And you know I'll love you, yeh

It’s okay by me
It’s okay by me
It’s okay by me
It was a long time ago
It’s okay by me
It’s okay by me
It’s okay by me
It was a - long - time - ago

There, there, baby
It’s just text book stuff
It’s in the ABC of growing up
Now, now, darlin’
Oh don’t lose your head
'Cause none of us were angels
And you know I'll love you, yeh

There, there, baby
It’s just text book stuff
It’s in the ABC of growing up
Now, now, darlin’
Oh don’t kill yourself'
Cause none of us were angels
And you know I'll love you, yeh



It's just textbook stuff...it's in the ABC of growing up =)
Thats pretty much my fav part of the song...hehe...anyway, also updated on mytunes is one more song from imogen heap, also heard on the oc - finale of 2nd season.

smile!

the seeds of racism

this happen quite a few days ago...exactly the day when i said i wanted to go catch the man utd vs arsenal game that night....errr..i guess =P

i was walking to macquarie center, u know the shopping center thats just a stone's throw away from my house (literally), ehehehe....okay, i was wearing my red Manchester United shirt aite....

near the entrance of the shopping center, just after the pedestrian crossing...two boys were sitting at the side step...i think they are about 8-9ish years old?well, i'd give a max of 12....they asked me as i was walking past them, "u supporting man utd?"

err...so i answered "yea"...and straight away they say..."you suck"

thats like....whoahhhhh....i didnt really stop walking to be having that conversation, so....i just continued walking la...in my head was just, "kids nowadays...tsk3"

so i got my stuff...a phone card that i was supposed to buy ages ago =P hehe...i walked back to my house (to the annoyance of some ppl i would say, "the house thats just 'sepelaung' away from the shopping center"..hehe)...

the kids were still there...and when i approached them, they asked again, "u support man utd?"....this time i stopped coz i wanted to cross the road u c, and the light was red....and so i answered "yea"...and yes, they once again tell me, "you suck"...

no, this time it didnt stop there...sensing lousy arsenal fan, i asked them, "which team you supporting?"...you know, maybe they one of those gooners =P

they didnt answer...instead, they asked me..."which country you from?choina?"....i said, "malaysia"...and then they said, "go back to where you came from"....

...b.l.u.r.r...

the pedestrian crossing light turns green, with that oh so OZ tutututututututtutut sound...i didnt layan them further...i just crossed the road... (come on, pick a fight and bertikam lidah with kids who probably dont know where china is on the world map?i got class k...)

i didnt expect that from those kids...come on, maybe they are die hard arsenal fans who just wanna have fun teasing man u fans....i dont mind that...but whooaahhh...now thats what i call the seeds of racism...

made me think...hmm, how bout malaysians in malaysia?kids in malaysia also not any better actually...sometimes we think they just joking around but, what if they dont grow out of that joke? sad...pls do not teach our children racism wehh...and pls avoid prejudice between races, and hence avoid transferring those prejudice to the children...prejudice is a product of lack of knowledge, lack of understanding, and fear. so learn, understand, and make friends.

to those who share the same sentiment as these kids....unless u are aboriginese, u can also go back to where u came from...hehehe...

i wish i had utilized my fon and took their picture...so i can put here...*girls would probably say they are cute* hehe...chucky is kinda cute too....but he a deadly killer doll weyyyyyyy .. hahaa ... what the heck...



p/s - im feeling much better now after being down for the past few days...thanks to you, you know who =)

sigh...

Woke up to a frustrating day...but...who cares?

Gonna play Pro Evo Soccer...at least there i feel much better...

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....bollocks!

random day yeay yeayy...with heaps of nice theme songs for it =)

yesterday was a day of randomness - i would say....a generally pleasant day =)

ooops...IKLAN! mytunes at the side is updated with one of Jay Chou's new song "wu yao ke jiu" - with a catchy tune that makes me wanna dance, a nice ballad by Lee Hom...and this really nice song from The Be-Sharps from the cartoon series The Simpsons - Baby On Board! ok...back to the story...

i woke up really really early....went online for my usual routine...emails, news, soccer, blogs...blablabla...

then i noticed, its still early! hmm...i was hungry...but too lazy to get out of bed to fix sumthin to eat...so i was chatting...i guess...err...cant remember laa...i think i was chatting wif sumone...about random stuff....and then i went to look for interesting things online..totally random search...hehe...

about near noon...i finally got out of bed...made brunch...and after praying...went back to bed to continue facing that silver machine-friend of mine...btw, my laptop is at one end of my bed, and i lie down with my keyboard n mouse on my bed...hehehe... note:belum mandi lagi..kehkeh...

quite randomly...i suddenly felt like listening to oldies...and out of random...this tune was playing in my head...it goes..."~tell me when will you be mine....tell me quando quando quannnndooooo~"...hehe...so i was on a dwlding spree - in hunt of good oldies!

hah...my problem: everytime i wanna dwld songs, i cant remember the songs i wanted to dwld...

so i consulted google...doing searches like 'top oldies'...hehe...it was good...at least it helped me refresh my memory about those songs....

here are the songs that i dwlded:

1. Quando Quando by Engelbert Humperdink note: the micheal buble version is just crap
2. The End of The World by Skeeter Davis
3. Top of The World by The Carpenters
4. Killing Me Softly by The Carpenters
5. Yesterday Once More by The Carpenters
6. Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley
7. It Never Rains in Southern California by Albert Hammond
8. Stand By Me by Ben E.King
9. Light My Fire by The Doors
10. All Out of Love by Air Supply
11. Your Song by Elton John
12. There's A Kind of Hush by The Carpenters

niceeeee songs.....anyone wanna recommend any other songs? zek, i know u went thru this phase last week...sureeeeeely sumone with far more superior music knowledge than me, like u, can recommend summore good oldies? =)

after the downloadings and all...i was chatting, i guess...but i fell asleep...and when i woke up...i went to pray... (note: blom mandi lagi)....and i called seng chee...sensing that i need to leave this room of mine...GILA BuHSAN DAH!!hehe...i asked if he wanted to play soccer outside....he said, yea, ok... so i showered (finally!) and went to Seng Chee's..

well, i didnt play soccer....a lil change of plans saw me learning how to play mahjong - random! yes sunny..its time to get back at your roots! haha...im gonna learn it and hey, maybe can join my uncles and aunties in a few games during chinese new year =)

the rest of the night was total randomness, really....hehehe....was nice to be around good company....post retirement - chillin!

tonight: Go to Epping Hotel to watch soccer!!! Liverpool vs Chelsea, followed by Manchester United vs Arsenal....wah lau wehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

Manchester United and the MSA AGM and Election, scribblings of the x-prez...

i woke up early around 5am to catch Manchester United vs Celtic on SBS channel...in OZ, where soccer on free tv is almost non-existent and you dont have mamaks to supply free screenings of matches...i definitely can't miss it - seng chee rightfully pointed out that this is the first man utd goals i've seen live, and not from youtube.com. thank you SBS for showing the champions league on tv!

well, Man Utd won a sumwhat thrilling 'battle of britain' by 3 goals to 2. goals by Louis Saha (2) and Ole Solskjaer. Made me feel like gathering ppl n go play soccer as morning exercise =P so, eventho i slept for approx near 4 hours, i dont think im goin back to snoozyland...sleep less, pumped up, wake up early - soccer isnt bad when it helps you do all this rite?

i have been thinking about the Macquarie Uni Malaysian Students Assoc Annual General Meeting and Elections for the past few days...it was a chaotic day really, with unexpected problems arrising at the last minute, and rain to amplify them to a certain degree...hence, it was a lot improvisation to make sure it goes on the way we planned it as closely as possible...

Since a few weeks ago, i kept reminding myself - sunny, prepare your speech properly...this is a very very important occasion to think that you could get away with the usual impromptu yada yada....well....i didnt prepare early, and when things didnt go as smooth as i expected (hence, no time to prepare speech)...i had only about few minutes before the AGM to scribble out some points - nervously.

why nervous?

i pointed out that this was 'the day' that i have been waiting for since i first took over last year as president...not coz of i want it to end quickly, but coz this would be the reflection of how the members think of the work this MSA team had done....all this while this IS my motivation to do work to the best possible level...my agm would reflect on my work...and i dont ever want to have to end my term on a low note...

so questions were rushing thru my mind....will people come?do they care?did i slack?what if members didnt come?what if...

yes i was nervous...and so i didnt actually get to deliver all that i wanted to convey to everyone that attended the event...the biggest thing that i dont think i mentioned (or more suitable, 'praised') enough, is some members' volunteering and participation in sydney-wide events...not just normal volunteering, but volunteering with sheer class and quality...you don't get that too often - i must be the darndest luckiest prez to have you all in MSA...

about attendance...i cant really hide my dissapointment...turnout number from MSA members is nothing to be proud of...only about one-fifth of the whole MSA population...the situation i had wished didnt came did become reality.i could go on and blame the rain or that its just normal malaysian mentality....but really - i view that as my failure as a president to deliver a year that's worth the members coming to the AGM...

while i can take blame for that...i dont think what happened was fair to my other comm members...a lot of em worked hard, and deserved a better farewell...sigh..

i also think many members dont care enough to attend the election...many ppl think that what they have from this society will always be there...many dont care who will continue to steer MSA's growth...too comfortable...well, newsflash, it takes members' votes to determine how strong or how weak, how dedicated the leaders are...you dont show interest, they dont have motivation, if things go wrong - dont go around bitching about it...i thought you didnt care?

i must also say that i am very dissapointed with particular groups for some reasons...i wont go into details..you can ask me personally if you wish to know...

enough of the negatives...im taking the positives to move on...

some members DID come, and i thank you all from the bottom of my heart...it is really people like you all that keeps the organization alive...as you all can see, not everyone is as responsible, or as brave as you are - you are a class above the rest...i'm sure the future committee will strive to deliver their best, for members like you all...thank you..

i also had many colleagues from other associations, and seniors, that came to the AGM...and i thank all of you for being there to show support for MSA and myself all these times, to give me guidance and advice...its been an honour working with everyone...it was really nice to see you all there...

it has been a wonderful experience working with my mates on MSA...i feel like we all are family...its kinda sad that this part of my life has ended...and i didnt choose 'if only i could turn back time' for no reason...we all learn stuff...much or little, that depends on how much we put in...but definitely, we've learnt...myself, i have learnt about living a busy life having to juggle many things, i've learnt to deal with so many people, to control my emotions, i've learnt politics, i've learnt to improvise...too many things that i've learnt - altho many of them i havent mastered, MSA had definitely kick-started it all...

thank you dear committee members for your hard work, your support, and the opportunity to be your friend that you gave me...

thank you msa for the wonderful experience..for being my family here, and for giving a boy - once lonely - a life...

this is not goodbye...but rather, an end to one chapter of my life, and a beginning to a new one...

p/s - yes, happy belated birthday to huixieng - whose bday fell on the day of the agm... and you travelled so far up to attend msa's agm...i feel really really bad for not mentioning this during the AGM...eventho i actually reminded myself many2 times to give special mention to you =( don't get me wrong when i say 'wa bo lui'...i didnt mean it...sorry...i will make it up to you...promis...

p/s - happy belated bday to shim and devan - who wud've tot...our president candidates both share the same birthdate! 

Define: Mohd Sunny Tan

Mohd Sunny Tan (n.)

-- a muslim...of mixed racial background - malay and chinese...
-- a guy...straight...
-- fashion sense lies within the interval bounded by 'acceptable' and 'bad'...
-- speaks, reads, and writes in malay, english, and mandarin (maybe not written)...
-- loves winning eleven and pro evo soccer games, played on any platform except handheld.
-- very confused when it comes to music taste...do not have a fav genre...
-- same case when it comes to movies...no specific favourites...
-- very very bad at celebrity names or faces...(maybe coz he doesn't think its important)
-- tries his best to be righteous...learnt the word 'righteous' after watching Young and Dangerous...
-- prefers to just shut up. but sometimes can be loud and noisy...
-- loves to be in spotlight at times, but doesn't care if he is or not...
-- sometimes funny, sometimes lame, sometimes serious. (no idea which state is default)...
-- shy with girls and unfamiliar crowd, and can be mistaken as 'sombong'...
-- confused with self - lazy or workaholic?
-- can be trusted...
-- is somewhere between boring and so-so...
-- does not like to be lectured on things he already know...
-- ego ranges from non-existence to high...it's not a fixed parameter...
-- loves to (hence, tries to) look at the 'bigger picture'...instead of bitching about little things...
-- being on-time is of very very high priority...feels greatly ashamed when self is late for any reason...and disgusted when others are late for unreasonable reasons...
-- flexible and tolerant...would try his best to see and feel things from others' perspective...
-- hates racists and prejudice between races...maybe because self is brought up in typical malay and chinese surroundings - simultaneously...
-- hates people who talk like they know all and accuse strongly without solid proof...
-- does not fancy people with high confidence, such that they do not believe (by default) that they could be wrong...
-- does not fancy 'gedik'ness, and people who are too pampered, 'leceh', bitch about the slightest difficulties, too materialistic, and worships brands...
-- is generous when is able to be generous...
-- loyal untill proven betrayed...
-- girlfriend says he is charming - but which girlfriend won't say his boyfriend is charming, rite?


err...this started out as an exercise to define me, Mohd Sunny Tan bin Mohd Saiful Tan (yes, my name is spelt as s-u-n-n-y =P ) at this current point of time...why 'at this current point of time'? well, coz people change, and i might be a different me tomorrow...

defining me is almost impossible, i guess...i could really think of many many more things to add to the list above...regardless, the list so far is true and from the heart...

why do this in the first place? well...i just wanna see what i think of me, and you all could also compare what you think of me and what i think of myself...maybe my actions defer from my words...that's definitely possible, since we all are hypocrites - one way or the other...

what's certain - when i list it all...i begin to actually realize what i think of me...coz all this while, its kinda blurr ya see - i know me, but i cant really say who i am...at least now i have sumwhat a checklist =)

who am i? ask yourself - who is mohd sunny tan? =P

Malaysia Fest 2006...a day i'll remember forever...

The day started quite early...but not as early as how it was for the past 2 mfest...this year, i am there as a marketing EP, and as a performer...not as an MC, nor as an Entertainment EP...this was the year i experience things from a different perspective..

It was bright and sunny...but patches of clouds here and there, teasing with the emotions of us MFest committee...is it going to rain?what happens if it rains?God...please hold the rain....even the slightest thought of a wet day is unbareable...all this is too much to just go down the drain with pouring rain water...too precious..one whole year of hard work of many many people...thousands of dollars...its just too much...

Besides that, the day started well...pretty much everything went as planned...i had to handle a few things before the event, but they were all ok...not much anyway...and then i was focusing on my part in dikir barat and sketch...changing outfit from my full set baju melayu to my all black and kain pelekat for dikir barat...and back to baju melayu..

as i walked in and out, i was checking on the crowd...maybe what i did for marketing was helping, maybe its just the nice weather... i dont care, doesnt matter how it happened, i just want to see a huge crowd...and about 11am...there they were...flooding in to tumbalong park...as much as i was happy, i cant really show it on my face..."God, please dont let it rain"...i dont wanna jinx it...no, ok, crowd is good...ok...good...dont talk about it yet...dont jinx it... i can also tell that my colleagues were avoiding the topic of weather...

dikir barat was great...maybe others have different opinions, and i definitely cannot say that it was perfect...but i am happy with the whole thingy coz its the best from us all...i am proud to be a macquarie uni student...i am proud that my mates are brave and courageous to take on the challenge of performing for mfest...as i know for sure, not everyone has that sort of courage and determination, to practice almost everyday for the final week, and regurlarly for the weeks before that...thank you macquarians...you are a great bunch of people...for dikir barat, ulek mayang, volunteering, for everything...i thank you all...

other performances were also well performed...the sketch was probably our one and only good run...the asmarada and ulek mayang - me and zek was right to choose the word 'enthralling'...the brissie's masca idol were entertaining...everything was great lah..juz so happy...

the rest of the day...it threatened to rain...sometimes it was dark and i swear i feel rain drops (probably a product of my imagination)...but just then, the sun came back...and the day was back to being great...this entry would have been different if it rained...

to talk about the whole day...its just too much to be written about here...all i remember is, walking here there, chatting with friends...and checking out if the stalls are doing ok, checking out ppms' selera sejati and 'the' tarik kiosk...to see if zek and faisal were doing great or not....checking out on ming yow to see if the marketing crew was doing ok (thanx ming yow!)...and worrying...that a nightmare would repeat itself...a wet mfest...

at the end of the day, i am happy it all went well...a packed crowd from beginning till end, with people actually lepaking from start to end, oh gosh....i am just satisfied...long ques at stalls - satisfied...smooth performances - satisfied...friends opening stalls that are happy - satisfied...and all of it combined...thank Allah...i felt relieved...really really relieved...

I have to thank the peepz working in my department....the 2006 MFest Marketing Department...start of with my precious techy, talented, and creative directors - Zek and Hui Xieng...i am blessed to have you two in my department...without you two, marketing department is just ideas...it wont be real, not much could happen...both of you are really talented people...may you both achieve more greatness in the future...

thanx also to the rest of the department...jenny, faiz, edwin, azy...you all were the best supporters i could wish for...i am sorry if you didnt have much to do, or if i havent coordinated everyone as good as you would wish...the truth is, there was not much work for everyone in the first place =) to my colleagues in the organizing committee...alan, danny, kristy, azan, sean, edward, jx, edwin...congratulations to all of you...i hope now everyone can sleep soundly at night =) to everyone else who helped...faisal, erin, cam, the volunteers, the performers...is there even such thing as 'enough' thanks?

to all, i'm very sorry if sometimes i say the wrong things, put too much pressure on you guys, or was being 'leceh' with changes to this and that...again, my sincerest apologies..

there is just too much that's going on in my mind...and a single topic could take forever to elaborate...but i guess those who understands mfest and all it means would already get my point...and understand what this posting is all about...those who do not know about even the festival and what it means...this is a really long post that doesnt really make sense...

it would take awhile for it all to sink in my head...hmm..i would like to say for one last time here....

Malaysia Fest 2006 - One Festival, Many Faces, A World of Excitement!

From Left: Majapahit's Gusti Lohes, Choina's Emperor Wei, and Malacca's Bendahara Sunny and Sultan Ve

The Macquarie Uni MSA Dikir Group

The Cast for Puteri Gunung Ledang: The Mfest Sketch

A crazy and random morning at Channel 7's Sunrise

The MFest 06 EPs - From Left: Danny Tan, Edwin Low, Azan Azlan, JX Yeow, Alan Lau, Mohd Sunny Tan (me) , Kristy Tan, Edward Low, and Sean Tan

The crowd building up in the morning..

That's it for now, i will be putting up more pics once i grabbed em other ppl =)

Happy Birthday Cik GG - 3rd September 06

I am no poet or writer or whatever romantic or fancy...this is sumthin for you...

really sorry this weekend had to be my busiest...hope you understand...happy birthday, and may Allah bless you always...