One moment in time - How I love this song!

Whitney Houston simply gives me goosebumps singing this song. Great lyrics. Great composition.

When I first heard this song over the radio many years ago, I was madly searching around for the title and the lyrics. It was a case of love at first listen. I even made a music video of this song with my students, for the students of EVSS, and had it shown during a school event. The students simply loved it too. To say that the song is powerful is an understatement.

It is incredibly moving, tremendously inspirational, invoking that `I can do it' emotions and attitude. What more can you ask from a song... Enjoy this version which had been viewed by more than 32000 netizens.



One Moment in Time

Each day I live
I want to be
A day to give
The best of me
I'm only one
But not alone
My finest day
Is yet unknown

I broke my heart
Fought every gain
To taste the sweet
I face the pain
I rise and fall
Yet through it all
This much remains

I want one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that one moment of time
I will feel
I will feel eternity

I've lived to be
The very best
I want it all
No time for less
I've laid the plans
Now lay the chance
Here in my hands

Give me one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that one moment of time
I will feel
I will feel eternity

You're a winner for a lifetime
If you seize that one moment in time
Make it shine

Give me one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that one moment of time
I will be
I will be
I will be free
I will be
I will be free

The Impossible dream - A powerful, most motivating, most uplifting song

I love songs with nice melodies. I love them better if they have great lyrics. The Impossible Dream is one of them. I was first introduced to this song in RGS when we had our RGS Music and Drama Nite. It was the song we sang for the finale, when everybody in the audience stood up and sang along with the performers.

I remember, after the concert, I felt so motivated, so driven, so compelled to do well in my studies. It was like that every year after every concert. They had very uplifiting songs to end the concert. Those moments were just some of the moments I felt a lot of drive to leap forward.

These days, I would just sing the song again once in a while, to spur me on when motherhood appears just so challenging.


The Impossible Dream

Lyrics by Joe Darion
Music by Mitch Leigh

To dream the impossible dream,
to fight the unbeatable foe,
to bear with unbearable sorrow,
to run where the brave dare not go.

To right the unrightable wrong,
to love pure and chaste from afar,
to try when your arms are too weary,
to reach the unreachable star.

This is my quest,
to follow that star --
no matter how hopeless,
no matter how far.

To fight for the right
without question or pause,
to be willing to march into hell for a
heavenly cause.

And I know if I'll only be true to this
glorious quest
that my heart will be peaceful and calm
when I'm laid to my rest.

And the world will be better for this,
that one man scorned and covered with scars
still strove with his last ounce of courage.
To reach the unreachable stars.

Singapore, My Home

Yes, I must say that this is the place I've been marginalised before. Nobody can argue with me on this coz I experience this first hand. This is the place I have to work doubly harder than people of other races, when I was in school and at work (before I resigned). This is also the place I've heard racist remarks, read racist blogs by others. I've experienced them all. Yes, to say that I was devastated and flabbergasted about all those is an understatement. But this post is not about that.

Each time when National Day comes, I do feel, yes, I do feel for Singapore. Because of the sheer fact that this is My Home. This is where I have been given birth to and this is where I gave birth. This is where I have been raised and educated and this is where I am raising and educating. This is where I cry and laugh and this is also the place I make my family cry and laugh. This is where I got close to a non-Malay friend - a Punjabi when I was in primary school and a Chinese friend in JC. This is where I met great friends in RGS and NUS. This is where everything happens, well other than the occasional holiday trips abroad.

This place is for people who are willing to stay together harmoniously. This place is for Chinese, Malays, Indians, Eurasians and anybody who can live with differences. For those who cannot live with differences, I think, they should go live in China, India, Malaysia or wherever else, where there are predominantly Chinese, Indians and Malays respectively.

I am thankful and glad that we are a peaceful country, we have a clean government, we have everything, almost, working like clock-work. In celebrating our 41st year of independence, I must say that I appreciate what Singapore has for me and my family.

Happy Birthday Singapore.

Sick days.

Been nursing a terrible cough, running nose and headache lately. And I am not the only one. Everybody else in the family has been very sick, especially my girl, who is taking a longer time to recover because she just won't take her medicine regularly. Her brother is okay when taking medicine. He will even want to take second helping! Aiyoh! But the girl will just run away at the sight of the medicine. Imagine I had to pin her down (like martial arts..) and tried different positions so that she won't purposely drool out the medicine.

And even though I was rather sick, I guess, I still had to be there for the Prize Presentation / Closing Ceremony of the Bulan Bahasa 2006. I got a shock when, even after the MC announced about 6 names or so, she finally called my name as the third prize winner of the Blogging Competition. We were just told that we were one of the Top 10 winners in the beginning.

Initially, I figured I probably got 5th - one of the consolation prize winners because there were about 10 of us out of the 63 who took part, who were good. Alhamdulillah anyway. But really, there were some of the consolation prize winners who were just as good like Melayudilondon and Insanadia.

I want to get some rest.