Relax

We have to handle many things in our lives and stress creeps in without any permission. If we do not deal with it, it will overcome us and we will be consumed. Relaxing is then an important thing in life.

Singing is my hobby. I can't live without singing. I do sing every single day, especially when I'm taking shower. The bathroom is like my own karaoke room. hahaha And I always sing on the balcony after my dinner. (p/s. I always wonder if my neighbors hear me singing and maybe they would launch a complaint to the management office ? *shrug* haha) Anyway, this is the way I release my stress.

And of course I love listening to songs too ! The rhythm. The lyrics. Wowww Especially when the lyrics is like talking to me. AWESOME. Yeah. That's the word to describe it.  I always try to find out the every single words of the songs and the stories or messages the singers want to tell or deliver without referring to the lyrics from web. English songs are somehow a challenge for me. So, I have to give up sometimes. haha

I'm listening to Lorde's songs now.  I didn't like this kind of music in the past but I find it very attractive now ! People do change, right ? *wink* Speaking of Lorde, she's younger than I thought ! OMG  Her voice is sooooo special and I can't imagine a teenager could sing those songs in such a perfect way. And, she's songwriter too !!! Unlike Taylor Swift who always writes about romance and love story, Lorde writes more about LIFE and ATTITUDES. She wrote the these idea in 'Team', 'Bravado', 'Royals', 'Buzzcut Session' and so on. And all of these songs are collected in her album, Pure Heroine. I really like the album name without any reasons. It says, " We live in city, you'll never see on screen. Not very pretty but we sure know how to run things." in her song, 'Team'. Yes. Our lives are not very pretty somehow and we do not know what are we exactly doing sometimes but we would find a way to deal with the problem in the end. This is the way we run things. This is the way that I run things, in exact.

And yeah, I really enjoy tonight. I'm all alone in house. A silent night with Lorde's songs. I guess this is the most relax moment in my life. Close the eyes. Enjoy the songs. Listen to the words she sings. That's it ! Satisfied.

Ok. It's getting late.  Time to sleep ! Goodnight ! :)

Memories

I just finished reading the novel "Before I Go to Sleep" yesterday. It is a thriller kind. I found that I really like this kind of novel or movies because I will keep guessing how would the story ends when I'm reading. And, I felt very excited when I finally found out what's going on in the story.

This novel is a story of a woman, Christine who lost her memories when she wakes up everyday. Let's imagine if you were her. How awful it would be. It says, 'Memories define us.' at the back of the novel. I'm totally agree with it, especially when I finished reading. What would it be if you trust the people around you when you wake up without memories as it is probably the only thing that you could do or would do and in the end you find out they could not be trusted at all or they have been telling lies ? Wow. Thrilled. That's exactly what Christine experienced. If I were her, I would write journal like she did to note down what happens everyday. But, one problem is when the one who close to you (in Christine'case, her "husband") does not mean to let you memorize anything of the past and he would tear out some part of your journal and make up lies to let you live the way he wants and be the person he wants you to be, but you would not know as you just simply learn your past from the "modified journal". Perhaps you remember something someday or find the pages that were torn, then you only realize things are going wrong.  So, you have to find out the truth on your own.

I think memories make up our lives. We are nothing without memories, it would like you lost your soul.  And, memories have good and bad but they are ours, our life. So, don't try to let go of them. Learn from the past and move on with experiences. That's how life should be.

p/s : I heard that this novel is going to be made into film. I'm quite longing for it. xD