So Not Over You - SImply Red

Just sharing the beautiful lyrics of the song by Simply Red. Perhaps, may be the emotional emptiness of what I'm going to right now....

You may want to watch the vidz at youtube...but a bit too hot..(that's why I don't post it here)..

So Not Over You - Simply Red
Don't know why I still slept on my side of the bed

The emptiness when you were gone kept ringing in my head

Told myself I really had to move along now

Stop regretting all the things I left unsaid, yeah yeah

So I tore up your letters

Took your picture off my wallI deleted your number, it was too hard not to call

Felt a little better, told myself I'd be fine

Got to live for the good times up ahead, yeah yeah

[Chorus:]

'Cause everywhere I go

There's a love song that reminds me of you

And even though I knew I had to be strong

I was still not over you

'Cause I still believe and I could see how there's nothing left of you and me

That time is over

'Cause I'm so not over you

All my friends try to tell me better find somebody new

Why waste time being lonely when there's nothing left to lose?

Anything to get you out of my mind

I'm a fool if I thought I could forget

And I could not forget

[Repeat Chorus]

[Bridge]

Now I found a way to keep you there beside me

To where my love won't be denied

I can only hope to keep you there and guide me

There's no more need to hide from all this pain inside

[Repeat Chorus]

So not over you

That time is over

'Cause I'm so not over you

for the love of Jack Sparrow...

OK lah...I know Pirates of Carribean 3 is really lousy.
Yes, yes, they are making FAST BUCKS and think we are SUCKERS..... yes, the plot is tursy-turvy....... and most people watching & wondering is going on the screen..... especially when Chow Yun Fatt appears..... alamak is this a Fu Man Chu's movie???

BUT, the ONLY reason I watch to movie & will never get tired of the Pirate series is because of none other than ..... Captain Jack Sparrow.

I love him to DEATH, really!!!!

Return of THE POLICE....hurray!!!!

These are the days of all the Disbanded Rock Bands of OLD.... suddenly having REUNIONS & REFORMING...just to make....the FAST BUCKS....and may be to have FAST CHICKS.

Just like Eagles with the 'Hell Freezes Over' sell-out concerts and then when they have made MORE THAN ENOUGH... suddenly held a FAREWELL TOUR & chabut to enjoy the money. During that period too, we have the reunions of KISS, Ozzy & Black Sabbath, Duran Duran (with Original Members)...and many-many others.

Now we have THE POLICE reforming....I just hope these guys still got what it takes...because if you remember, these guys split-up when they were at the PEAK with the "Synchronicity" album hitting the roof & the song "Every Breath You Take" was No.1 at The Grammy's.

Having said that, giving the due respect, these 3 guys are very accomplished musicians of their rights. Sting bass-playing & song-writing is out-of-this world. Andy Summers textural less-is-more guitar works are second to none. Steward Copeland is not only a great drummer but also famous for writing music for screen plays and movies.

Just hope these guys release one more album of new tunes.

With Blair's gone, what can we expect now?

George Bush lost his greatest ally, Tony Blair when the latter stay as the Prime Minister of Britain expired last Tuesday. The two men can be held responsible for whatever is happening to Iraq right now.

I really wonder how these two will face the All-Mighty on Judgement Day & answer for all their actions. And beside them on that day will be Osama & Ayman al-Zawahiri with blood of the innocents on their hands trying very hard to justify all their misdeeds.

And if Hell is like Queenstown Remand Prison, the four of them will share the same cell.....becoming best of friends dancing into the FIRE.

Now there's talks of making Blair a Peace Envoy to the Middle-East??? Oh no!!! God forbids.... it a FAILURE from the Start.

When Blair first came to power in 1997, he was enjoying a massive support from the English Muslims. One can say that this is one of the main reasons for him to be elected in power.

But when he getting too close to Bush and becoming just like Garfield & Jon....that's it. Feeling betrayed, the English Muslims turned their backs on him.

Now, Bush is trying hard to get his buddy to be the Peace Envoy.....and with that, all I say....

THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR PEACE.

LA Galaxy Newest Investor, Mr Tom Cruise

First Mr. Thaksin bought Man City...now Mr Mission Impossible, Top Cruise of Tom Gun....alamak terbalik lah....sorry.....Tom Cruise of Top Gun is investing $80 million USD to LA Galaxy... that club which Daud Bakar...oops I mean, David Beckham will be playing sometime next month.

Anyway, being a MAD Soccer Fan, I too dreamt of owning a Football Club. And that Club MUST BE MUFC!! Oh GOD, pls answer my prayer.

Hope for your prayers too, you all Beautiful People out there!

PEACE & LOVE

David Beckham is a University Lecturer????

The world is really going upside down. First Salman Rushdie received knighthood....then Osama got the title "sword of Allah"....and now David Beckham becomes a Lecturer at the prestigious University of Southern California (USC)!!

Alamak, the guy flunk even his 'O' levels. If he can becomes a University Lecturer...then I, a gynae at KK!!!

But come to think of it, I must admit Beckham himself is a Global Brand Name. No matter the little paper qualifications he has, the man is a master at marketing himself. If you still do not know, his 5-year contract with Los Angeles Galaxy worth 128 million pounds!!!

So, ok lah...all this CANNOT be achieved by LUCK alone...he's sure to have something up there...inside his head, right???

How can Salman Rushdie be called 'SIR' !!!!

Much to my dismay when the British government bestowed a knighthood on Salman Rushdie. I mean why him?? I sincerely think there are million other writers who are more 'qualified' than this chap.

Even our Singapore Ghost Story writer, Russell Lee is a better candidate from Rushdie. Why does the British always need to provoke Muslims, when knowingly knows this evil man has totally insulted & degraded the Prophet of Islam (pbuh).

Having said that, though in anger, I felt it is TOTALLY RIDICULOUS for the Pakistani Ulema Council giving Osama Bin Laden the title "Saifullah" (the sword of Allah)in response to the knighthood awarded to Rushdie by Britain.

Alamak!!! Come on, lah....I can only call this act as childish & lame. Really make us Muslims look like 'no standard'. Just like Charlie Brown calling his friend's mother "Witch' & the friend responded & called Charlie's mum, 'Vampire'. So goes on & on & On......

Muslims are rational people with good values and the Pakistanis show the world otherwise.

Stop Bullying SBS Drivers!!!!

SBS Transit has come up with a publicity blitz aimed at stopping attacks on its bus drivers/captains by members of the public.



There have been 18 assaults on SBS Transit bus drivers in the first six months of this year — four more than the total number for the whole of last year.



Why did people feel too heated up until they assaulted the drivers? There MUST be reasons why people do what they did, right?

So when SBS comes up with this publicity blitz, we passengers also have our own...

How about that????

What's NEW? Another Charity Scandal in S'pore!!!

First NKF, then Teen Challenge and now the St John's Home for Elderly Persons embroiled in a charity scandal.

What went wrong?

This time about S$3.8 million in funds have reportedly disappeared from the Home's fixed deposit accounts in two banks.

This is a BIG blow to our squeky clean image. It really goes to show there are quite a number of Greedy people here in S'pore.

The situation is NOT PEANUTS but seems to be out-of-control!!!

That is why I'm sharing the above rare video by George Michael called, "Praying For Time" - which is about the greed of human society today.

May GOD saves us all. Amen.

You can call me SINATRA???

Thaksin must OUT-OF-HIS-MIND to be asking Manchester City fans to call him, Sinatra. Alamak! What an insult to the Ole-Blue Eye! To me, there is ONLY ONE Sinatra & that is Frankie.

Any way, I'm really pleased if this MCFC purchase by Thaksin goes through legally. BUT, his selection of having Sven Erikson as the Coach is sure a MISTAKE from the Start.

I'm sure all EPL fans around the world will agree with me.

Finally, Gunners are Goners...with Henry gone....

With such an amazing talent, Thierry Henry should have already earned many many medals at his 31 years of age. But...with his standards, they are really very few.





So who are to be blame??





Of Course, Arsenal lah. Overly engrossed with the new stadium until not getting the right players for the team. I also point my finger to Arsene Wenger who due to his French ego refused to put proper team in the Carling Cup Final against Chelsea...thus making 2007 a barren year for the Gunners.





Arsene Wenger was not in his correct mind to beef up his team with youngsters. He really thought he got great bargain in his purchase of youngsters to replace the Great Arsenal Team...but now with Henry's gone...everything is falling apart............& I bet Wenger will chabut soon.....

Are we losing the war against Terrorism?

The arrest of Abdul Basheer recently really shocked me. Thought this JI episode is over & buried with.....BUT phew, how wrong am I???



So spent last few days to think & "analyze" this whole scenerio. Here, wish to share my sincere & humble opinion on how can S'pore win this WAR against Terrorism.



HOW S'PORE CAN WIN THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM?



1) Reviewing the role of Mosques & MUIS

Our Mosques today seem to be overly involved in their fund-raising activities and thus losing focus on their primary role for the ummah.



So the issue here is WHY they have to do this? I agree that fund is the one of the most essential things for any activities & projects. So are our Mosques not well funded? If Mosques activities are based only on public donations & none from MUIS, then we know where the fault lies.



Bottomline, role of Mosques needs to be reviewed in view of the rising fundmentalism & radicalism. And having programmes that counter this phenomenon.



For MUIS, they must be upfront in eradicating any Wahhabism influence, if any, within the organizations. I've heard there are a number of officials who are Wahhabis in MUIS. I pray to God that this is NOT TRUE. MUIS should also eridicate those Ustaz that have leaning towards Wahhabism.



2) Reviewing the role & delivery contents of Religious Leaders to the Ummah

Whenever one attends a syarahan or religious talk in Mosques or elsewhere, the focus & themes of the talk are usually onhalal & haram (permissibility & non-permissibility), how to pray properly, how to do this & that..etc



I think the need to go back to basics in our overall Islamic education. That is to focus more on knowing in depth who is Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)and what were His real messages. Love, Peace, Brotherhood, Goodness, Universality & Inclusive Nature of Islam as a whole.



Another point is also to make the talks attractive to so more people will attend such talks. Talks on "Do This, Don't Do That" are a REAL Turn-off to most people especially the youths.





3) Making Good Use of the Malay Media (Berita Harian, SURIA and WARNA)

Berita Harian has done a great job in counter attacking radical ideologies with many of their in-depth articles. As an attraction to the majority of the masses, there should more interviews with respected Ulamas.



Ulamas like Sheikhs Tantawi, Yusuf Qardhawi, Hisham Kabbani & Hamzah Yusuf. Conducting & publishing interviews with famous Muslims like Yusuf Islam (Cats Steven), Muhammad Ali (the Former Boxing Champion), Zinedine Zidane (the Former Great Footballer), Shirin Ebadi (Nobel PeacePrize Winner) with focus on Peace & Humanity.



Both SURIA & WARNA can expand on this approach. Getting The Straits Times to feature these interviews is also good because there a quite a number of educated Malays who does not read Berita Harian.

It is really beneficial that these personnel conduct talks to the Public as well.



4) Others

Last year, I attended a beautiful conference held by Aleem Siddique Mosque called, "The Journey to Ihsan" where a numbers of famous Muslim speakers were invited. I heard there was ZERO support from MUIS...WHY????

During that conference, one American Muslim lady shared a video on "Beads of Faith" who showed the common practice in using tasbeeh or rosary among people of different faiths. That was really an eye-opener to me.

Any way, I agree with the Government stand it is only through the Community that Terrorism can be stopped. However, the Government must also its part in helping those in the Community who are in dire financial needs. This is because those radicals who their enormous amount of cash can easily lure the poor or in-need into their evil activities.

Enuff Said....

Karen Armstrong was in S'pore????

I really don't know how to say this.............but I think MUIS always do things with the left foot. Don't get me wrong..... what I'm saying is MUIS always has good intention in doing things but their execution of their plan always fall apart.

Good example is the invitation Karen Armstrong to S'pore. That is on-the-spot decision.....BUT none of the public know & invited to her talks!!!!! Strange right? Heard the talks were opened only to Diplomats, Religious Leaders...etc....well was our Abdul Basheer was from any of these categories???

I've read one of Karen's books, History of GOD which I found really insightful and a good read to all especially those Muslims.

Hey MUIS, heard John Esposito is coming in September???? Will there be any OPEN session Muslims here????

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Pls refer to here to know more of Karen Armstrong & her visit to S'pore:
http://chlim01.blogspot.com/2007/06/karen-armstrong-in-singapore.html

Malay TV Show with HIGHEST Ratings in S'pore

Phew.....Monday nights will never be the same with Suria televising 2 hours of that Indonesian drama "Hikmah".

2 Hours where all Malay homes are put to a stand still. Where all eyes glued only on the tv sets.

Only heard at times, disgust words like "Aiyoh why this Ana soooo stupid?" or "This Eva really...too much lah"....

And the end of each show, you will definitely hear some say, "I never gonna watch this show ever again!!" But come Monday night, they will the same people sitting infront of their tv. Ha! Ha! Ha!

Anyway, you don't have tp wait till Monday to check out the happenings of Hikmah Sr2. With Youtube, you can watch Hikmah all day till the final of Hikmah 3 episode 60 (see the video above)

God bless youtube...he,he, he