Keep runnin’ don’t look back
Keep movin’ straight ahead
Keep goin’ don’t ever stop
There’s time to rest the day you’ll drop
Get it together you can get it all

Have I mentioned I love Scorpions?

Hmm…Guess I already did that.

Well I still love their music. No. I god damn adore it.

Scorpions: The Greatest Hard Rock Band in the World. Period.

Possibly the greatest song I’ve ever heard.

This is one of the best songs by any band ever. And after all these years I still haven’t grown tired of it. The words and the rhythm, absolutely brilliant.

Under the Same Sun – Scorpions
I saw the morning
It was shattered by a gun
Heard a scream, saw him fall, no one cried
I saw a mother
She was praying for her son
Bring him back, let him live, don’t let him die

Do you ever ask yourself
Is there a Heaven in the sky
Why can’t we get it right

’cause we all live under the same sun
We all walk under the same moon
Then why, why can’t we live as one

I saw the evening
Fading shadows one by one
We watch the lamb, lay down to the sacrifice
I saw the children
The children of the sun
How they wept, how they bled, how they died

Do you ever ask yourself
Is there a Heaven in the sky
Why can’t we stop the fight

’cause we all live under the same sun
We all walk under the same moon
Then why, why can’t we live as one

Sometimes I think I’m going mad
We’re loosing all we had and no one seems to care
But in my heart it doesn’t change
We’ve got to rearrange and bring our world some love

And does it really matter
If there’s a heaven up above
We sure could use some love

’cause we all live under the same sun
We all walk under the same moon
Then why, why can’t we live as one
’cause we all live under the same sky
We all look up at the same stars
Then why, tell me why can’t we live as one

Yesterday I got home and did weights for about 45 minutes. After which I did a flash banner and read a few pages of the Paulo Coelho book. I got tired and dosed off. I told my brother to wake me up at 10.30pm so that I could post another extract from the book and also continue with my Maya self learning. But instead I woke up at 10.50pm and went back to sleep thinking I could wake up at 11.30pm in order to prepare myself for my run.

All was not to be as I found myself waking up suddenly only to realize that it was 1.30am in the morning. I forced myself out of bed and went over to my laptop in my dining room and switched it off without saving the flash banner I did. I realized my mistake only when I got home today and read the email from Michelle saying that she no longer needed the banner.

And in the morning today, I was supposed to alight at Chua Chu Kang MRT station but I ended up missing the station totally. I had to alight at the next station to take the train back to Chua Chu Kang. By then I had missed the shuttle service to my camp.

Though I did manage to reach camp in time, I couldn’t believe how I could have let my mind drift away. If I am not wrong I think I was listening to the song, Roses are Red by the late Jim Reeves.

When I think about it, I can’t help but simile. I was so mesmerized by that song that I forgot I was even in the army.

Since today was a holiday my aunt invited my whole family for lunch at her home in Jurong. Although I was reluctant to go there my good conscience got the better of me. Besides it has been many years since I went to her house. I think it’s been more than 5 odd years and I don’t have a clear memory of where she stays.

The lunch was okay, nothing too fancy. I wasn’t complaining because a hungry man doesn’t have the right to comment upon the food. He just eats to satisfy his appetite. After lunch we sat a for while waiting for a few more relatives to arrive. Once the house become a little crowded my dad signaled it was time to head home. So we said our good byes and left. My brother and yours truly decided to take the bus to Jurong MRT station.

Once at the station, we decided to head to good old Popular bookstore. After browsing through some books, ok I admit I was looking for Paulo Coelho’s books but was utterly disappointed when I realized that Popular doesn’t carry his catalogue, we headed to CD Rama next.

And just for information, Rama is the first four letters of my father’s name. Why am I telling this right now? Because I felt that it was a strange coincidence and it was fated for me to go to this store that had my father’s name on it. Ok I am giving an elaborate excuse to go there and buy Kelly’s cd.

Whose is Kelly? Kelly Clarkson is the toothsome winner of Fox TV’s first American Idol competition. She is now my number 1 female singer. I just love her voice. She has the best singing voice in the music industry today, and hearing her sing some of the songs on her album, Breakaway, gives me goosebumps.

Most of you might not know this, but when it comes to music I am quite lost. I am not the type of person who runs down to the music store to buy the latest hits. Heck I don’t even know who is on the billboard right now.

I just buy or listen to any music that sounds good.I have always believed that songs you need to hear will always somehow find its way to your ears. And the moment you hear it you know this is a great song sang by a great artist.

This is how I got to know, the Scorpions, Seal, Michael Jackson, ABBA, Boney M, James Blunt, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Bonnie Tyler, Whitney Houston, Beatles, Michael Bolton, Westlife, Gorillaz, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Vonda Shephard, Metallica, Aerosmith, Rolling Stone ,Queens, Sex Pistol, Madonna, Nirvana, David Gates, Kylie Minogue, Coldplay, U2, Elvis Presley, Velvet Underground, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley and the Wailers. Well there are still so many more. But I guess you get the picture.

And by the gods, Kelly Clarkson is good, really good.

My Favourite Band.

Germany’s only global band, Scorpions happen to be my favourite hard rock band. To me they are the band that defined the hard rock genre. So as a tribute to this wonderful group, I have tracked down all of their albums and presented them here.

It is quite amazing that Scorpions have been together for more than 35 years, Today’s band’s can’t even last for 3 straight years. Anyways these guys were committed to their dreams and conquered the world through their music and stand today as the best rock band in the world.

So without much ado, here is the list of all their albums.

• Lonesome Crow, 1972
• Fly To The Rainbow, 1974
• In Trance, 1975
• Virgin Killer, 1976
• Taken By Force, 1977
• Tokyo Tapes, 1978
• Lovedrive, 1979
• Animal Magnetism, 1980
• Blackout, 1982
• Love At First Sting, 1984
• World Wide Live, 1985
• Savage Amusement, 1988
• Crazy World, 1990
• Face The Heat, 1993
• Lives Bites, 1995
• Pure Instinct, 1996
• Eye to Eye, 1999
• Moment of Glory, 2000
• Acoustica, 2001
• Unbreakable, 2004

One of my favorite songs.

It’s been 10 years since the “Kiss from a Rose” was sung by Seal. But this song has never left my mind.

Seal has one of the greatest voices I have ever heard and everything he sings is pretty much a hit. He one of those rare artist who has an endless depth of musical knowledge. His messages of peace and brotherhood, for all their sincerity, sometimes cross the line between inspiring and overwrought but nonetheless Seal’s vocals are untouchable.

“Kiss From A Rose” is a simply stupendous love song, its supple melody, rich orchestral backing and steady build providing the backdrop for one of Seal’s most remarkable vocal performances. It’s dramatic, evocative, masterful and wholly deserving of its Grammy. This was the song that made me a fan of Seal.