I Wish I'm Paolo Nutini

Barring Westlife, BSB, and Take That(you guys are the best!) i can't seem to digest the musical exploits of teenage boys and boys in their 20's whether them being a group (boybands) or a solo artist (mostly a boyband ex-numbers).

These artists/performers generally gave me the impression of them being gay - though a former member of westlife confessed that he's indeed one -

For example; jesse mccartney, whose voice is so boyish you might wonder how he'll sing his numbers once he is, say... 30 years old? and also from the dancing type like n'sync which i
believe with their synchronised steps and pumping energy while doing so, would've delighted sir elton john's weeny if not for justin's gossip with britney spears when she was still young and innocent, which is a very long time ago...

But Zaid of the future, enter Paolo Nutini.

This guy is not jesse, and he's no n'sync either. He's not a manufactured pop shit. He's great. So, let's have a singalong shall we?




Paolo Nutini - Candy

I was perched outside in the pouring rain
Trying to make myself a sail
Then I'll float to you my darlin'
With the evening on my tail
Although not the most honest means of travel
It gets me there nonetheless
I'm a heartless man at worst, babe
And a helpless one at best

Darling I'll bathe your skin
I'll even wash your clothes
Just give me some candy, before I go
Oh, darling I'll kiss your eyes
And lay you down on your rug
Just give me some candy
After my heart

Oh I'm often false explaining
But to her it plays out all the same
and although I'm left defeated
It get's held against my name
I know you got plenty to offer baby
But I guess I've taken quite enough
Well I'm some stain there on your bedsheet
You're my diamond in the rough

Darling I'll bathe your skin
I'll even wash your clothes
Just give me some candy, before I go
Oh, darling I'll kiss your eyes
And lay you down on your rug
Just give me some candy
After my heart

I know that there´re writings on the wall
But Darling I'll bathe your skin
I'll even wash your clothes
Just give me some candy
After my heart
Oh I'll be there waiting for you (repeat)

All the cut throats and their jagged endsall of them have got me waiting and waiting
All the cheap and the sugary philosophies
have got me on the fence just waiting and waiting
All the angels and their halos
all of them have got me waiting and waiting

Checking Out Pulau Redang

I think im seeing signs that the world is getting ever nearer to apocalypse. You see, last monday the footballing world were given a stunner with Kaka's 67.2m euros move to real madrid which left the milan fans crying. Skip a few days later, we're left baffled with the mighty amount of 80m pounds (a world record) for the ungrateful-egoistic-circus-diver ronaldo of man utd. Then there are reports that a hundred million more euros are going to be spent by the galacticos on ribery, david villa and silva.

It got me thinking, how the hell did real madrid has such a ridiculous amount of money to spend? And to spend big on ronaldo the monkey is beyond me. No one is worth that much amount of money. No one. I just wish they end up bankurpt like leeds and parma for buying kaka! And hey! We haven't recovered fully from the world economic recession have we?

Enough with that, im currently pretty excited with the trip to pulau redang which is set to be on any day next week. Just have to pack the bags and wait. I haven't been there my entire life, so this will be my first time. Thus am currently browsing through the "things-to-do" in pulau redang and it happened to be that snorkeling and diving are the primary tourist activities there.

So the signs are encouraging. Reviewers gave good reviews and the pictures, fascinating. But whenever i feel like everything is going to plan, there will always, ALWAYS be something blocking the way. For all the snorkeling and diving spots they have, i could've been even more excited - intoxicated even - if not for my inability to swim without flailing my arms and legs like a tortured chimpanzee.

That said, i can't swim without the life jacket.

Change We Must!

I realise that certain browsers tend to display only part of this blog.
Other browsers mixed up the feedjit application into my posts.
I realise the songs are not playing in full in here.
I also realise that i put up a useless pop-up ad application which slows down the viewing.
The youtube videos on display are getting old. some can't even be played anymore.
The design is of course, a blogspot basic template which i appear to not have changed ever since i started this blog.


I realise that (to borrow obama's famous election campaign quote), it is time to change.





... which i also realise to have been one of my plan for the holidays.

Holiday Program List

I'll be having my break till July.

Since I'm not a fan of a "8-hour-part-time job" and the bloody swine flu chose a rather untimely period for an outbreak which hampers any move to get my father agreeing to a overseas holiday, I hereby have successfully laid out a list of my own holiday program which, I really do hope I have the discipline to at least follow 3 of them. Here goes;

1. Learn how to cook. No more frying frozen food.
2. Learn a new language. Either French, Japanese or Mandarin (not just the cursewords).
3. Change the blog layout. Its long overdued. Even the songs are not playing full.
4. Plan a beach holiday with friends.
5. Get to know those "unknowns" in my msn/ym. Its about time.
6. Dig deeper those "related artists" in my last.fm
7. Hangout with friends. Movies, pool, arcade, mamak, anywhere! (Now this is something I can do)
8. Learn a new skill. I can't think of one at the moment.
9. Fix the guitar. And learn a new song. (dah 3 sem)
10. Read books. Thomas Harris = awesomeness

That goes without saying the watch-tv and play-football-manager programs. I will return to my campus next wednesday coz I'm one of the runners for the Arau Open 09. WTF?

And I'm currently heavily addicted to the background song in this TV commercial.

I have been looking for the song name for two days now and I still cannot find it. Damn!

The US stock exchange has gone on a rally for a few past days but I'm expecting it to still be tied to a bearish market range since it doesn't get past the resistance level. Same goes to Bursa Malaysia. Of course!

Recovery period is definitely not within this year. Time to buy securities?

Cases of swine flu in Malaysia has been reported. There are 2 confirmed cases and both are reported in Penang. One in Bukit Mertajam. Of all places.

I have nothing else to say.

Its the Holidays! and I Got Tagged!

You have received this note because someone thinks you are a literary geek. Copy the questions into your own note, answer the questions, and tag any friends who would appreciate the quiz, including the person who sent you this.

1) What author do you own the most books by?

Dan Brown. I own all 4 of them. I heard the new one has been released. *looks at wallet*

2) What book do you own the most copies of?

Godfrey Howard's A Guide to Good English in the 1980s. I don't know how there's 2 of them on my bookshelf.

3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?

wth is prepositions?

4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?

Hermione. Only if she was hot.

4a) What fictional character would you most like to be?

The old dead guy from mitch albom's the 5 person you meet in heaven. i wanna go to heaven and meet the blue man.

4b) What fictional character do you think most resembles you?

Will Kelly from My Legendary Girlfriend

5) What book have you read the most times in your life?

The Da Vinci Code. god knows how many times.

6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?

Some enid blytons's(sp?) the famous five series. and some classics illustrations like rebecca, oliver twist and the 3 musketeers

7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?

Ian R. MacLeod - the Light Ages - I cant get pass the 3rd chapter and it was RM5. no wonder

8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?

Mike gayle's my legendary girlfriend. definitely in my top 5!

9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?

mitch albom's the 5 person you meet in heaven. the most beautiful book ive read

10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?

I have no idea.

11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?

anything stephen king

12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?

i don't know but it is rare to see a good movie adapted from the books. that said slumdog millionaire is unforgetable.

13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.

i shot shakespeare in the head. he's bald, can't help it.

14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?

LAW BOOKS!

15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?

Elizabeth Kostova's the Historian. it is so long and wordy. 2 months. and harper lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.

16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?

obscure? none.

17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?

French

18) Roth or Updike?

neither.

19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?

I don't know.

20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?

I only know Shakespeare.

21)Austen or Eliot?

wtf?

What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?

Biggest gap – the Historian. 2 months!

23) What is your favorite novel?

the 5 person you meet in heaven

24) Play?

Badang - The Untold Version... which is also the winner for my campus drama competition!

25) Poem?

none

26) Essay?

My groups' study on fashion and its role and effects in the 21st century pop culture. some group work during my matrics days...

27) Short story?

Adibah Amin's take on her university life

28) Work of non-fiction?

Adibah Amin's As I Was Passing and Lydia Teh's Honk! If You're a Malaysian

29) Who is your favorite writer?

Dan Brown. He writes easy-to-understand fictions.

30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?

dunno.

31) What is your desert island book?

3 easy steps on how to get away from a desert island. safely. can't imagine being there.

32) And ... what are you reading right now?

Thomas Harris - Hannibal Rising and Silence of the Lamb.

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Great, holiday till july! I'm home and i don't know what to do...