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Happy Happy Birthday Baby – Tune Weavers

 Happy Happy Birthday Baby – Tune Weavers

Happy, happy birthday, baby
Although you’re with somebody new
Thought I’d drop a line to say
That I wish this happy day
Would find me beside you

Happy, happy birthday, baby
No I can’t call you my baby
Seems like years ago we met
On a day I can’t forget
‘Cause that’s when we fell in love

Do you remember the names we had for each other
I was your pretty, you were my baby
How could we say goodbye

Hope I didn’t spoil your birthday
I’m not acting like a lady
So I’ll close this note to you
With good luck and wishes too
Happy, happy birthday, baby

Personal Life TodoList

The Gurus often tell us that if there is anything in life that you want to do, then you will need to write it down. Only by writing it down will you been inclined to work towards accomplishing your goals…….well there are so many things I want to do or at least have wanted to do but haven’t got round to doing them. So for now it is a dream list…..

• Bungeee Jumping
• Take up Aikido ( Only got TaeKwanDo Green Belt but that was ages ago)
• The Various Latin American Dances
• The Waltz
• Visit New Zealand
• Visit Hawaii
• Visit Rome
• Visit Spain
• Visit Melbourne
• Visit Austria
• Visit Germany
• Lindy Hop Dance Beginners Course
• Lose 20Kgs
• Skinny Dip
• Learning the art of Bonsai Tree Growing
• Riding In A Hot Air Balloon
• Sky Dive ( But as age is catching up…doubt if I still have the guts)
• Brazillian Waxing ( Just to say I did it….yikes! )
• Shisha ( soon….soon )

Well that’s it for now…..will have to update this either as done or add more to go I guess…

Candy Girl – The Archies

I absoulutely adore this song….always puts me in a good mood! 

Candy Girl – The Archies

Sugar,
Oh, Honey Honey.
You are my candy girl,
and you got me wanting you.
Honey,
Oh, Sugar, Sugar.
You are my candy girl
and you got me wanting you.I just can’t believe the loveliness of loving you.
(I just can’t believe it’s true).
I just can’t believe the wonder of this feeling too.
(I just can’t believe it’s true).Sugar,
Oh, Honey Honey.
You are my candy girl,
and you got me wanting you.
Honey,
Oh, Sugar, Sugar.
You are my candy girl
and you got me wanting you.When I kissed you girl,
I knew how sweet a kiss could be.
(I know how sweet a kiss can be)
Like the summer sunshine
pour your sweetness over me.
(Pour your sweetness over me).

Oh pour little sugar on me honey (sugar)
Pour little sugar on me baby (honey honey)
When you make love so sweet (Yeah Yeah Yeah.)
Pour little sugar on me (oh yeah)
Pour little sugar on me honey
Pour little sugar on me baby
I’m gonna make love so sweet (hey hey hey)
Pour little sugar on me honey.

Ah sugar.
Oh honey, honey.
You are my candy, girl,
and you got me wanting you.

Oh honey (honey, honey, sugar, sugar)
Sugar, sugar
You are my candy girl.

My Bird Brain

Ha ha just typing up the title got me laughing! Well basically after two consecutive nights of partying that is actually what I feel I ended up with….catch my drift? Night one was with Josh, where the both of us finished four jugs of beer, 3 shots of Sambuca each, and one jug of Bourbon coke lest I lost count. After that we ended up dancing with anyone in sight heh heh! All in the spirit of good clean fun!

The following night was with great group of 30s folks from Stomp, well I actually behaved and only had two large mugs of Hoegaarden and a bottle of Victoria Bitter. Below is a pic of me holding up an extinguisher, to help with the tiny candle that the birthday girl Eileen had to blow out.

 

Well today I brought the kids to the Jurong Birdpark again…it was nice to see that they refurnished the place a bit. This time round we all decided on what was our personal favourite bird.

Kenan’s Favourite : The Rhinocerous Hornbill

Seth’s Favourite : The Turkey Vulture

My All Time Favourite : The Toco Toucan

My Bird Brain

Ha ha just typing up the title got me laughing! Well basically after two consecutive nights of partying that is actually what I feel I ended up with….catch my drift? Night one was with Josh, where the both of us finished four jugs of beer, 3 shots of Sambuca each, and one jug of Bourbon coke lest I lost count. After that we ended up dancing with anyone in sight heh heh! All in the spirit of good clean fun!

The following night was with great group of 30s folks from Stomp, well I actually behaved and only had two large mugs of Hoegaarden and a bottle of Victoria Bitter. Below is a pic of me holding up an extinguisher, to help with the tiny candle that the birthday girl Eileen had to blow out.

 

Well today I brought the kids to the Jurong Birdpark again…it was nice to see that they refurnished the place a bit. This time round we all decided on what was our personal favourite bird.

Kenan’s Favourite : The Rhinocerous Hornbill

Seth’s Favourite : The Turkey Vulture

My All Time Favourite : The Toco Toucan

“Man Smart, Woman Smarter”

I prefer Harry Belafonte’s original version…. *sings* Soca Calypso….Soca Calypso!

I say let us put man and a woman together
To find out which one is smarter
Some say man but I say no
The woman got the man de day should knowAnd not me but the people they say
That de man are leading de women astray
But I say, that the women of today
Smarter than the man in every way
That’s right de woman is uh smarter
That’s right de woman is uh smarter
That’s right de woman is uh smarter, that’s right, that’s right

Ever since the world began
Woman was always teaching man
And I you listen to my bid attentively
I goin’ tell you how she smarter than me

Samson was the strongest man long ago
No one could a beat him, as we all know
Until he clash with Deliah on top of the bed
She told them all the strength was in the hair of his head

You meet a girl at a pretty dance
Thinking that you would stand a chance
Take her home, thinking she’s alone
Open de door you find her husband home

I was treating a girl independently
She was making baby for me
When de baby born and I went to see
Eyes was blue it was not by me

Garden of Eden was very nice
Adam never work in Paradise
Eve meet snake, Paradise gone
She make Adam work from that day on

Methusaleh spent all his life in tears
Lived without a woman for 900 years
One day he decided to have some fun
The poor man never lived to see 900 and one

– Live Performance –(The Lyrics by the Grateful Dead is much shorter)

8 minutes of the Grateful Dead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUsjR4FSgSQ

– History —

from http://www.calypsoworld.org/noflash/songs-6.htm

“Man Smart, Woman Smarter,” composed by Trinidadian calypsonian King Radio, is one of the best known of all calypsos. Radio originally recorded it in 1936, during his first trip to New York . The song offers wry commentary on the battle between the sexes, one of the eternal themes of calypso. Audiences throughout the world have applauded Radio’s assertion:

I say, it’s the women today
Smarter than the men in every way.

“Man Smart, Woman Smarter” was the first calypso recorded by Harry Belafonte—on a single in 1952. It was also one of the two calypsos that Belafonte included on his million-selling Calypso album (1956). The song became so popular during the 1956-57 American calypso craze that Lucy, Desi, Fred and Ethel even sang it during an episode of the I Love Lucy television show.

Since the 1950s, artists have performed versions of “Man Smart, Woman Smarter” in musical styles ranging from rock and country to zydeco and reggae. Chubby Checkers, Joan Baez and the Grateful Dead are a few of the many musicians who have interpreted the song.

My Travels Part 7

Well this will be the last installment of the ‘My Travels’ Series……erm till I travel again that is…but it will be a long while before I do I reckon.

Anyhow the travel destination this time was Good Ole Thailand! The Land Of Smiles….well the Diamond Cliff Resort and Spa in Phuket definitely put a smile on my face. Oh and if you’re wondering.. this was before the Tsunami.

Well at the very start after we presented our Hotel voucher, we were invited to sit in the lounge area and was served a nice tropical cocktail while we waited for our keys and for our luggage to be carried over…certainly a WOW! for us. Talk about service! made you feel princely straightaway.

Below is a pic of the bedroom and dining table…….ahhhh

And a pic of the bathroom where I had a nice bubble bath looking out at the sea….

Actually there is one other photo showing a very..very nice toilet but I’m skipping that! Instead this is our view of the pool area…..

Here is a pic of the Spa….

We just had to try the spa even though it costs quite a fair bit, and Yes! it was a real treat.

Prior to having our massages, we were given some light refreshments and left to soak in a nice man-made hot spring. It was very nicely decorated with scented candles all around and there was even a small cascading waterfall. Then came the oil massage, well it was just okay for me as I remembered my calfs hurt like hell after. Too much pressure I guess….

The massage I really enjoyed was at one of the massage villas only assessable by Tuk-Tuk. It was fabulous and costs about less then a quarter of the price I paid for the Spa one but of course minus the frills.

Shopping was great, I bought over $350 worth of Thai Silk Office shirts from Robinsons and a few other odds and ends. The Thai Food was fantastic…..erm wait a minute…in Thailand it’s just food ha ha! Tom Yum Goong! Rules!

Also it pays to be friendly with the Tuk Tuk driver as we manage to eat at a restaurant frequented by only the locals and by the looks of the crowd it was the mid to upper class ones. The food was simply marvelicious!

Overall I had great fun there………

On another trip, I went to Bangkok with a group of colleagues. There isn’t much to say about Bangkok that hasn’t already been said by so many others except that it was FUN! FUN! FUN!

Oops forgot to mention why?….Well it’s because we went during the Songkran Festival. You should have been there to see how much fun we had. It was hilarious to see grown men trying ever so hard to avoid getting soaked or having their face and body powdered. And Yes! I’m talking about us as a group *chuckles* Of course I was no exception, I’ll never forget getting a steady stream of water in my face. I was about to glare at one of my colleagues when I saw it was a drop dead gorgeous babe using her ‘Super Soaker’ Water Gun on me. I am not exagerrating, she was Super Model-like in figure and in looks! And she was giggling hysterically in her soaked translucent white tee and shorts. I must have had a goofy look or something because her beefy boyfriend laughed along with her. I do remember asking her where they were from but was too smitten to hear the answer. Anyhow we wished them well and walked on but I couldn’t resist a last look…so I turned and when she caught my eye, vouchsafed a demure smile. Electrifying I tell ya!

Well the next day it was shopping and more shopping….and if you haven’t figured it out by now… Men love to shop too! Just in different departments…..hee hee

Hine E Hine – Hayley Westenra

Hine E Hine

E tangi ana Koe
Hine, E Hine!
Kua ngenge ana koe
Hine, E Hine!
Kati to pouri ra
Noho i te Aroha
Te ngakau o te Matua
Hine, E Hine!

E Hari to moe moea
Hine, E Hine!
Marama ahua
Hine, E Hine!
I roto i to moenga
Mehemea he Marama
Ka tae mai te Reinga
Hine, E Hine!

Plaintive all through the night -
Hine, E Hine!
Weeping till morning light -
Hine, E Hine!
From my care why try to leap
There is love for you
Mother’s arms their strength will keep
Hine, E Hine!
See where there comes the morn
Hine, E Hine!
Long rays of early dawn
Hine, E Hine!
Shining to Reinga far
Where thy noble grandsires are
Nestle Aroha!
Hine, E Hine!

Hakka Vs Tongan Wardance

Whakaaria Mai (Maori)

Whakaaria mai

Whakaaria mai
Töu ripeka ki ahau
Tiaho mai
Ki roto i te pö

Kë kona au
Titiro atu ai
Ora mate
Hei a koe noho ai

Whakaaria mai
Töu ripeka ki ahau
Tiaho mai
Ki roto i te pö

Kë koni au
Titiro atu ai
Ora mate
Hei a koe noho ai

Translation

Show
your cross to me.
Let it shine
there in the darkness.
To there I
will be looking.
In life, in death,
let me rest in thee

Random Thoughts v0.4

• Life is a kaleidoscope of colours but often we choose to view it in black and white.
• Envy not the poet…..he suffers for his art….
• About a quarter of our life or more is spent on education, just so we can adapt and survive in this modern fast paced world we created ourselves in the first place.
• Great meaningful friendships are hard to come by, and yet few have learnt to cherish them.
• Don’t rob your children of their childhood! For you will stunt their growth…
• Made some pretty poor lifestyle choices which has set me back on my challenge by at least 3 mths! Time for rehab! Latest end July…..early Aug.