| March 24, 2006 |
| Survey or S.O.S.?? |
 A fun thought crossed my mind the other day.
How does it really feel when I actually have "in a relationship" status on my friendster? What would people say? How would they feel about that? Would people even notice?
I'm not a liar. I mean, at least I always try not to be one. But here’s the thing, I want to know the answers of all those questions. So I thought I’d do a “survey”. I change my status from “single” to “in a relationship” on friendster, I'll let it be for about a week or so, and I'll see how people react on that.. Obviously those who doesn’t read this blog will probably think that it’s for real, which I think it’s kinda fun to mess around with them a little haha.. (I fooled a few people already).
Anyhow, a few minutes ago, while writing this, I feel an awkward emotion.
What is the real reason I feel like putting “in a relationship” status on my friendster? Is that some kind of a S.O.S shout from my conscience telling me to get a relationship? Is that what I want? Even this very moment, my fingers constantly froze on the computer keyboard, lost.
I think it’s all about me officially having the number 23 as my age today. Yes, yes, I know, I have older friends who are single and happy and probably wrinkling their eyebrows as they read this. I know they would say “you’re not even close to the word old, edri.” (just like someone did on the shoutbox). But I can’t help it. That is exactly how I feel today. I feel old. I feel I have achieved nothing. I feel I’m not wise enough to be 23. I feel that I still have so many things to correct in me to be a decent 23 years old woman. I feel..
Urgghh..
I feel like I have wrote a little too much than I should have.
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| March 16, 2006 |
| American Idol and Stevie Wonder |
This is actually the first time I watch American Idol. It feels very real for me when I'm actually in America and watching it Live from the studio. I don't feel this excited though when I watched Live Indonesian Idol (I'm not a big fan of that show anyway).
At first I wasn't really enthusiastic about watching American Idol, but I watched it anyway just for the fun of it. I watched the auditions held in big cities, laughed so hard at the geeks trying to sing, and applauded literally for those who can actually sing. And before I realized it, I never missed any of the shows and eventually always looking forward to watch the next ones.
The competition is very interesting and breath-taking. I’m always curious about who will make it to the next round and who will be kicked out, but I never really had a favorite idol. Not until I watched the top 24 competition on their second week.
 This is Elliott Yamin. Yes, he’s not handsome, he doesn’t have dreamy eyes, and he’s probably the ugliest male idol compared to the rest of the guys in the competition (that’s actually what Naomi said about him earlier). But when I saw and heard his performance on that second week of the top 24 competition when he sang one of James Moody’s phenomenal songs, “Moody’s Mood for Love”, he stole my heart. I was amazed by his awesome voice and literally smiled through the whole song. It was the perfect song choice. And even though it was one of the most difficult songs to sing (as Paula Abdul, one of the judges, believed), he totally nailed it. I am definitely going to start to vote on him. Vote for Elliott!!
On the first week of the top 24 competition, he sang Stevie Wonder’s “If You Really Love Me”. Although that performance didn’t sweep me out of my feet, it made me start listening to Stevie Wonder’s songs. That performance made me realize how amazing Stevie Wonder is. His lyrics are full of beautifully expressed love emotions. And the melodies, combined with his unique voice, are just so right it can draw you to la-la land and make you daydream about love and romance. Some of the songs even describe the feelings I’ve been going through recently. I feel so connected with his songs.
In times past, I’ve never really listened or loved any of Stevie Wonder’s songs except for “Lately” and “Overjoyed”. A brother back home (kak Daniel), who used to give me some guitar lesson every Sunday, introduced me to “Lately”; he played the song on my piano and sang it expressively. I liked that song since then. And recently, right after my Seattle vacation, one of Dena’s good friends, Arifin, introduced me to “Overjoyed”. He burned me two mp3 CDs full of good music, in exchange for my “Best Song Selection of Monday Michiru” CD that I personally made and burned. As I scan through the whole two CDs, I was mesmerized by one song, “Overjoyed”. And now, as I listened to so many more songs of Stevie Wonder, I have become even more mesmerized.
E3’s highly recommended Stevie Wonder’s love songs:
- You Are the Sunshine of My Life
- If You Really Love Me
- Overjoyed
- Lately
- Too shy To Say
- How Will I Know
- Send One Your Love
- My Cherie Amour
About “Send One Your Love”. I knew this song and loved it since a while ago, but I didn’t know that Stevie Wonder wrote this song. Monday Michiru sang this song in one of her latest album, she sang it brilliantly and her version of the song’s arrangement is very smooth jazz. I’ve always loved this song from the first time I heard it, but I never knew that it wasn’t hers. Wow, even my most favorite artist, Monday Michiru, sings Stevie Wonder’s song!
Anyway, back to American Idol subject, I just watched the top 12 competition today, and surprisingly, it was Stevie Wonder Edition! How more exciting can this be?! The Legendary Stevie Wonder actually met each of the idols, talked to them, sang with them, and gave them the right council and encouragement!! Elliott, probably the biggest fan of Stevie Wonder, was in joyful tears. And the best thing about this for me is I got to listened more of Stevie Wonder’s songs on the show because each of the idols had to choose and sing one of his songs.
Hmm.. Come to think of it.. Isn’t there a great coincidence and connection going on here? Elliott is my favorite idol, he made me love Stevie Wonder by singing one of Stevie’s song, which he sang it because he’s a big fan of Stevie. And now, Stevie Wonder is on American Idol!! Hahaha! ------- You are the apple of my eye, forever you'll stay in my heart. |
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| March 09, 2006 |
| drie |
EDRI E3 lahir tanggal dua 3 bulan 3 tahun delapan 3 anak ke 3 dari 3 bersaudari rumahnya blok N nomor 3 sarjana tanggal 3 bulan 3 tahun lalu tanggal dua 3 bulan ini umur dua 3 .... *nyesek* Labels: whatever thoughts |
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| March 03, 2006 |
| You Are The Sunshine Of My Life |
You are the sunshine of my life, That’s why I’ll always be around. You are the apple of my eye, Forever you’ll stay in my heart. I feel like this is the beginning, Though I’ve loved you for a million years. And if I thought our love was ending, I’d find myself drowning in my own tears. You are the sunshine of my life, That’s why I’ll always stay around. You are the apple of my eye, Forever you’ll stay in my heart. You must have known that I was lonely, Because you came to my rescue. And I know that this must be heaven, How could so much love be inside of you? You are the sunshine of my life, yeah.. That’s why I’ll always stay around. You are the apple of my eye, Forever you’ll stay in my heart. Love has joined us, Love has joined us, Let’s think sweet love. [Stevie Wonder]  Labels: lyrics |
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