I love the sound of rain. I love it even more when I hear it when I'm sleeping. It's soothing, therapeutic and puts you into a really deep comfortable sleep.

Early this morning, I woke up to the sound of water pouring on the window pane. In my groggy state, I thought, "Cool!!!! It's raining! I love sleeping in the rain!" Although I did find the sound of the rain a little bit too loud and near but I thought, oh well, who cares, Thank God I have another hour to sleep with the rain pouring outside!!!! And I dozed off blissfully.

Until an hour later, I woke up, walked to my bathroom and I realised the floor was wet. I pushed opened the bathroom door and water was splashing out all over me!! Apparently, the tap burst and the water was coming out in full force. And this is the RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel so stupid!!! I was happily sleeping away, counting my lucky stars that it should rain, when all along a disaster was happening in my bathroom!

The damage?

Everything was soaked. My entire makeup collection! When I opened up my blushers, water came running out. Not cheap!!! =(

Amazing. But I cannot stop laughing at myself. It's so comical!

I feel so thankful that at least I get to watch snippets of the would-be concert, even though they were rehearsals, they were impressive enough to put me in awe. I see a man who not only can sing, he was pitch perfect and the way he delivered his songs was so filled with passion. The expressions, deliverance made me feel for the songs in another way. He stood out from his young backup dancers, his moves still as energetic and as mind blowing as from years ago. And the visual effects were so beautiful. It's a whole package of experience that we can never get from just listening to his songs. And all these, only from shots from rehearsals, in which he has not even given his all, but only just enough so that, like he said, "at least we get a feel of it".

And I'm just very impressed with how he paid so much attention to every little detail to make everything perfect- at which moment the dramatic pause would be most dramatic, which exact second should the drum comes in, how long more should the chord drag on before it changes, etc etc, taking part in every aspect, the visuals, the music, the dance, the props, etc. etc. Perfection really comes with 100% talent and 100% hard work. A man who puts his heart and soul to do what he loves doing and is so good at it, so filled with passion about delivering it.. is a very very charming man.

I feel kinda torn after watching the show. I feel glad that at least I get to watch snippets of what could have been and yet I feel like I have missed what could have been really the best concert I would have ever seen- even if its DVD. But oh well, at we get a feel of it.

I really respect him. And all the negative media reports about him only shows how cruel the world really is. They can worship you one second and drop you the next. It's not worth it. At least he brought something different to us. I'm so sick of listening to songs about heartbreaks, cheating, sex, etc. His lyrics written by himself, I think, reveals more to me about what kinda person he is. The most romantic and heart melting love song I heard came from him. I really wish that his life would have been less tormented.

When you're alone, bored and scared, you tend to calm yourself down by making yourself laugh. Today, I went for my eye check up again. Although I don't show it, I was quite nervous because this time, the results will probably give a clear indication of which way it's gonna go from here.

While I sat on the doctor's chair, all I could think about was.... omg omg, he is so charming, his voice is so soothing, he is so reassuring, he is so cute, his voice is so sexy, he is so sensitive... And you know right, for eye check ups, the doctor sits really close to you, face to face, at eye level..... and the lights in the room has to be dimmed......

Can you believe it? While I was waiting for the all-defining moment of result, all I could think about was how I hope he doesn't hear my heart pounding so loudly? :P

You can roll your eyes and call me an airhead for all you want but it's better than sitting there, worrying myself sick and depressed right? I guess sometimes you just have to turn everything into a joke and laugh.


This aside, I've come to experience first hand, how EQ and relationship management matters so much. If he had not looked at me in the eye when I sought him for that second opinion and asked me to trust his, versus others', because he said in all certainty, this is what he does best, if he had not been so reassuring, so confident, so sincere and honest with me, I would not have taken the risk to wait it out further and then probably, everything would have been sealed, for maybe nothing at all.

And you know when you are feeling what I was feeling, all this actually matters much more than anything else? I feel like he and I are a team! (and it's not because I find him charming ok!)

This inspires me to be like he is with my own customers. True, we may not be indispensable these days but we can at least try to be the one who is different.

just for narcissism's sake!

1) This is said to be made by rubbing on a beautiful woman's thigh- what is it?

2) Which brand of cigarettes has the tag line, "Come to where the flavor is"?

3) Who said this, "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"?

4) Who said this, "Let me begin, I am an African.."?

5) Which epic movie won 10 academy awards in the 1940s?


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