Mamma Mia!

I'm touched to blog about this movie and their music, as they involve my very first idol, the ever amazing ABBA. I grew up with a very musical father, and music was one of the fundamental background in my childhood, listening to Elvis, Beatles etc, and loads of music from the 60's and 70's like Close To You, Let It Be, Bridge Over Troubled Water, He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, Tell Laura I Love Her, It's Now Or Never, and the list goes on. But my very first idol, was definitely ABBA. Mind you, at the of four, I've already started having teenage symptoms like going ga-ga over idols, and I would be running to the stores everytime their out with a new album.

If I remember correctly, their first album I ever bought was Arrival, with songs like Dancing Queen, Knowing Me, Knowing You and Money, Money, Money. Then I started collecting their older albums with songs like Honey, Honey, Waterloo, Hasta Manana and Ring Ring.

These three music videos are some of my most favourite songs from ABBA, Super Trouper, Take A Chance On Me and Chiquitita. But there are just so many more. While I grew up listening to ABBA, my brother indulged in Bee Gees.

When the movie Mamma Mia! came I knew I had to go watch, and what more, the great Meryl Streep is in it! The movie started with the song I Had A Dream, and revealed a totally story line of its own, and it involves a mother and daughter relationship, both in search of love in their lives, a romance for the mother, and tracking down the real father for the daughter.

The movie absolutely did not disappoint at all. Music was great, they improvised the musical arrangements, not too much that it changes the orignal ABBA feel, plus altering some of the lyrics to suit the story. The characters were hillarious, scripts were entertaining. And of course, lots of colourful costumes & grand musical scenes.

Watching Mamma Mia! brought back many great memories to me. I will definitely continue listening to ABBA's music, their tunes still get me singing and moving anytime.

Agnetha, Frida, Benny & Bjorn, this post is dedicated to you. You guys rock!!

My Secret Fantasy Involves Black Men

It's no secret to my close buddies what my secret fantasy is. Yes, they involve black men. Something about how black men attracts me, making me confess without shame...

I am of course talking (or rather drooling) about mostly urban looking American blacks. Don't even get me started on thug-looking rappers! Yummy...

When I first saw this video of D'Angelo (above), I like sat there, eyes pinned to the TV and just went "Oh...my..."I didn't even know who he was, but who cares?! LOL

And there's the young black singers we have, Omarion (far right), loved him since his B2K days. Just watching him dance in his videos is a treat. Chris Brown (centre), who in the world doesn't think he's cute?! Of course another great dancer himself, he's becoming very huge nowadays. Then there's Bow Wow (far left), who released a duet album with Omarion titled Face Off. Hmm...perhaps I'll need separate posts altogether just to talk them thee hee...

Of Hectic Office Life, Much Lesser Gym, Late Nites With Friends & Snacks, And The Man Dat I Shudn't Fall 4

Not dat I am very diligent in updating dis blog of mine, but lately it has definitely died down. Yes, much to blame on the horrendous workload in office (I know, such a boring reason). The past few weeks have been days with long hours at work 4 me. Coming in to work at 8am and leaving the place after 9pm sort of scarily became a routine 4 me at least twice a week. At times I find myself feeling like a zombie after I pass 9PM at work. Dat is when I know I have to call it a day. Frens are starting to tease me "hey you work like a CEO, are they paying u like one meh?"

I am already guilty for not visiting the gym as frequent as I should, only like wat, twice a week, is already a good record for me for the past months. But lately it has gone worse. I come home feeling drained out and hungry. At almost 9PM at least, how do I even find the discipline and energy to push myself to drive to gym, I just don't know. Hence, gym became a stranger to me lately.

And to make things more guilty for me, with the already tired body and zombied mind, I will often throw myself onto the bed say like 12+ midnite, turn on my Friends series (FYI I am into Season 7 of my recycling of watching these evergreen series, dun judge me! i just love them OK LOL), start nibling my supper snacks. OMG, lack of rest, still want to sleep late, no exercise, and pigging out in the middle of the nite?? Yes, you can judge me on these...

And to top the cream to the cake of guilt and feeling of absurdity lately, I am recently starting to have feelings for dat person again. The very person I am totally not suppose to feel for, in any way. I started developing feelings for Mr. S, a person completely falling out of the range of my usual liking and taste, and for some weird reasons attracting me like mysterious moths to a flame. I knew it was spelling danger when it started, and when he sort of reciprocate, my world went upside down a little. I forced myself to take a step back at dat point. And it worked for a while, until now, months after. Lately, the feelings are coming on stronger than ever. And why you might be asking, I am forcing myself to avoid dis. Well, erm...just one reason, strong enuff more than ever to justify. He's married.....