the-undergraduate

• we go through trials in life to ...

  Posted: July 8, 2009, 4:41 pm

  we go through trials in life to remind us to give thanks for what we have
  even though it might seem like a 'moving the mountain' task,nothing is ever too hard,nothing is impossible
  when you feel like giving up,always remember there's someone out there,
  maybe a couple million who would be willing to help if only you asked

• R.I.P. 'Michael Mj' Jackson

  Posted: July 8, 2009, 2:38 am

  ''You and i must make a pack,
  We must bring salvation back,
  Where there is love,I'll be there
  I'll reach out my hand to you
  I'll have faith in all you do
  Just call my name and i'll be there''
  
  This was one of the 1st MJ songs i fell in love with...
  Years later...
  ''if you should ever find someone new,i know he better be good to you,cos if he doesnt i'll be there'' this line made me cry a couple of times when i had my heart broken cos it trully showed what self less love is about.Loving someone so much your willing to wish them well in whatever comes after
  
  I heard 'Ben' the morning after he died...
  ''the two of us need look no more,we both found what we were looking for,with a friend to call my own,i'll never be alone and you my ben will see you've got a friend in me''
  This took me back to when i was three years old.Back then the world as i saw it through my innocent eyes was perfect and things seemed destined to only get better
  ''i used to say i and me,now its us now its we''
  Isnt that what it feels like when yot meet your very first bestfriend *sigh*
  
  ''well i tried to write a special song,a love song just for you,to explain the way you make me feel inside,though the meaning maybe simple,and the words may not be new,i couldnt make it better if i tried''
  This was a hit song when i was around 9-10 years old,my aunt had just died on my birthday and i remember just how sad everyone was.I hated seeing my cousins so sad and i remember the youngest one who was in class 8 at the time kept replaying ''i need you and i couldnt live a day without you,i need you more than anyone could ever know''.That was also the year my birthday jinx started and for many years it became the friday 13th in my family.
  
  ''ABC its easy as 123 or simple as doh reh mi,baby you and me girl'' who can forget the days when colored television and Ktn hit the scene.All of a sudden i didnt have to wait till 4pm for Kbc to start broadcasting.How I loved the Ktn sunday comedies :)
  
  ''Aint no sunshine when she's gone,it's not warm when she's away,aint no sunshine when she's gone and she's always gone too long anytime she goes away'' this just spells out Kbc movies like Cookamanga or whatever that camp movie was called and the others too like parent trap and first kid.They made you dream about endless possibilities
  
  ''Billie Jean is not my lo8e,she's a girl who says i am the one,the kid is not my son'' this takes me back to my last semester as an undergrad.for the first time i was living alone.i cant help but think of my first time going to club velvet in westy cos the song was played atleast 3 times before midnight
  
  ''since you went away,dont you know that i sit around with my head hanging down,and i wonder who's loving you,i should have never made you cry since you went away,i sit around with my head hanging down,and i wonder who's loving you'' i guess one's obvious what it reminds me of
  
  ''Liberian girl,you know that you came and you changed my world,just like in the movies''
  This has got my last year in high school written all over it.Not just because the liberians in my school were full of drama but because id all of a sudden found myself in a completely new environment and started experiencing self doubt in certain issues
  
  ''oh baby give me one more chance to show you that i love you,wont you please let me back in your heart,oh darling i was blind to let you go'' i bet we all have that one person we wish would say this to us
  
  ''There's a choice were making and we're saving our own lives,it's true we make a better day just you and me'' arguably the most famous charity song,and with his music he did heal the world of parts of its wounds
  
  Goodbye Michael,Goodbye good old 90s flavour
  His death made me miss all those ive lost over the years,may you all rest in peace

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