Kevin Kern ~ Sundial Dreams

connected to what i  write in the previous post about what kind of song sounds like : Sunshine Becomes You,

this is what i find in youtube :  SUNDIAL DREAMS by KEVIN KERNS
performing in Daegu, South Korea

New Novel by Ilana Tan

aahhh,,, after maybe ..hhmmm....  almost a year after Spring in London, another novel by Ilana Tan is now available ... "Sunshine Becomes You"  .. the cover is pretty, soft pink or is it more pinkish violet color .. really nice,, feeling romance or love truly is in the air, and is it coincidence a Valentine's month  .. thanks to Jul who give me the updated info about her new novel

I finished cramping it for 2 nights, yesterday until 2 am ... unfortunately i got it sunday late at night, so it didn't give me the weekend time to finish reading it one day straight  .. I want to write something about the novel, but considering it's a Brand New Release Novel, i don't think it's fair for the writer, if  I write about the story ... as it's hard to write without telling even a tit bit of the story ...

hopefully, i can comment something without giving too much spoiler ...

it's a beautifully written novel by her, another melting my heart book (i have to emphasize Melting but not quite enough to make me cry like in Autumn in Paris) , where now i can see that she also getting more and more detail and softness in her writing ... of course, recommended, as i always love her books ... from the Summer in Seoul Summer in Seoul ,  Autumn In Paris,   Winter in Tokyo , and  Spring in London (never comment about this London part,,hhmm, how come). 

Even though i think the story can go the other way,  but i respect Ilana decision .. 

I love the names in this novel : Alex Hirano , Mia Clark .. Alex Hirano and Ray Hirano, si kakak beradik ini ... i imagine they are handsome enough, Ray secara body mungkin lebih gagah tapi pecicilan (in a positive way, maksudnya lebih lincah)  karena unsur dia penari b-boy, compared with Alex yang pianist ... just my imagination from reading the characters of the two brothers ....

Trying to imagine how nice the song  "Sunshine Becomes You" is  ,, 

i can just picture it in my ears, it maybe be something like a song by Kevin Kern, who is also a pianist whom I knew because of  my fave K-drama   .. I imagine this "Sunshine Becomes You" song would be something like "Sundial Dreams" by Kevin Kern ... very beautiful song i was introduced by "Winter Sonata" Bae Yong Joon Korean Drama ...
i bought the cd years ago .. maybe onetime i will put the link of the song here, if i can find it somewhere..
Funny thing with me is that i sometimes just mix-match a song with story, even though it's not related like an OST,,, i should stop doing it later ...

Amazingly, this is the first time I don't fall in love instantly with the Male Star : Alex Hirano , usually every time I read or watch, I tend to lean on the male star right away ... that's not the feeling i get here ... for quite sometimes, I don't truly like Alex, even though I know he is portrayed as a guy who basically looks cold outside but in actual very warm-heated ...  

ooo, one more little thing ...  biasanya Ilana suka menggambarkan keindahan kota lokasi di novel2 terdahulunya (especially for Summer in Seoul, Autumn in Paris, and Spring in London)  tapi kali ini gak banyak atau bahkan gak ada sesuatu yang menggambarkan New York ...it's okay though as she focus more on the pianist and the dancer ...

"Sunshine Becomes You"

Even though Love is supposed to be Feel by Heart,

but it's nicer and sweeter if said so it can be heard.

(the above sentence is just my word only about the novel)

well, too much of no comment from me ...  i want to listen to my Kevin Kern 'more than words' album ... 

My Valentine Expression ?

Waking Up ~ of course feeling good about everything and everyone

Since yesterday night, was thinking about someone I admired much from some years back.

Don't know what was i thinking this morning, but i grab my cell phone, and send an sms ... SENT ...  just something i want to do , i don't particularly care if  probably his number already used by someone else or if it is not his number anymore, or if  he absolutely don't know me. 

Come to my surprise, two hours later there is a reply and saying something like :

"You make me flattered,  how can you call a 55 years old man still look handsomely nice. Very Blushed,  Definitely my big smile of the day.  Happy Valentine Day to you.  Jesus bless always.. " .. a minute later  "oh, i am special because you are special."

Startled looking at the unexpected reply  ...  HAPPY for sure, Either it's really him who reply or somebody else, I surely don't need to know more.  

To this very day,  I still Idolize him  soo much and still somewhat followed his update from everywhere  ...  I ever wished that can always hear his speech, enlightenment, and inspiring words and actions.  Good Great Memory of some years back where i could get the opportunity of knowing  him closer  from my position at the previous place.  Always wish him well and healthy.

at the office, I remember this very Valentine moment last year, Kim Brian, a young gospel singer from south korea, had shared his beautiful love story of how him and his wife got introduced one another and be together by God.
this is my post from his twitter :   DE VALENTINE Story _ Brian Kim story _ INTRODUCING MY LOVE
Again don't know what was i thinking, I look for his twitter, then change my mind and find his facebook instead and drop few lines.  Of course i choose writing my message in the facebook rather in twitter because i can write more freely without the limitation words of the twitter.
Happy that he reply, a simple thank you words, show enough that he pay attentions to his fans.

Beautiful Day for me,,, although when thinking about it again, gosh, i feel bizarre of my own act, i don't know what got into me today, probably just feel like expressing something i had in my mind to persons i like .... Amazingly, complementing to someone, it does makes me feel good too ...  

Thank you to Pandu for the design

Happy Valentine's Day

the Special Loving Day called Valentine.  

Some people all over the world tend to make a Big Fuss of this Day, and surely I do too, hoho

and really not feeling ashamed doing it.

Sunday, in the very little time I had because I have friends from Malaysia came to Jkt,  the kids and I made time to do a little Valentine's shopping, helped picking out a choco gift for my son's girlfriend.  Hope she liked the chocolate, and voila, at this Valentine's Day, my son also get chocolate gift from her. 

So it's more like exchanging chocolate, hehe... 

Girls, these days, are definitely much nicer ... I remember in students days, Girls are just supposed to seat and smile nicely to receive gifts... well,  the young generations certainly changes.

Coming Back Home from work,  feel surprised because house looks very clean and tidy.  Seems like my son does little change or re-arrange the living room  ... and it does actually looks much nicer and tidier. 

Another surprise by my daughter ... 

she hands out an arrangement of  pink roses ... 

soo sweet .... didn't expect it...beautiful two pink roses.

Went to the dining room,  and turn out  there are nice dinner  ...  kids said grandma sending dinner for us...  I sometimes wonder whether i would do the same caring and love to my children when they grow older ... Loving you always, Mom.

So Today turn out to be Nice Day

Two Beautiful Pink Roses

Sweet Chocolate that my son share together

Nice Dinner from mom

not to mention

4 delicious cakes that i finally share with the others earlier this day 

(blackforest, fruitcake, lapis surabaya, and almond cake)

Happy Valentine's Day

for my family and friends
Group Hugs and Kisses for my Natashia, Jonathan
Love you always

~ IN TIME

Ever Wonder How It Feels When :

Whatever You Do is Valued By TIME - 

Your Time to Live in This World -

Don't be ALARMED if :

Whatever You Do is either ADDING or DECREASING YOUR LIFE TIME

 

ooo,, how if we go hang around and talk over a cup of coffee ---  cring, cring, a cup of coffee takes 10 minutes of your life.

ooo,,, need to take the bus to home from work --- cring, cring,,, sorry, mam, you don't have enough time to ride the bus.

working everyday --- cring, cring ---- you get paid by one hour added to your lifetime.

I can say : This movie is An  Interesting Movie, 

it's one of the weird movie, Confusing Movie to Explain or to Comment

Who ever has the idea of making this movie,

Don't know What's in His/Her Mind anyway

Anyhow, I like this type of movie, 

because it reminds me how i must be grateful of the life and the world that we live in now ... no need to steal time to add an extra hours or minutes for our life, no need to work to add the extra hours for our life .... everytime we are hungry for food or thirst for drink or buy clothes for our wear,  we don't have to pay it with our life.

Not to mention how interesting it is to be able to see that A Mom Looks as Young as the Son,

The Richer Gets Many Unlimited Life Time

The Poor Gets Absolutely Very Limitless Life Time

~ IN TIME ~ 

*** Justin Timberlake ***

Another Life taken By DRUG

who doesn't know Whitney Houston? 
who doesn't idolize Whitney Houston?
who doesn't know Whitney Houston's songs?

people all over the world know, at least like one or two of her songs,
people remember how great her singing voice is,
the very high notes that not a lot of people can sing,
the many octaves that not a lot of people can hit,
the arts and beautiful songs she contribute to make this world more harmonious 

ALL GONE .......  
Once she's exposed to drug, there is no more running away from it,
Drugs is something that took her down forever,
It ruins her gorgeous pure singing voice,
It ruins her beautiful exotic face,
It just totally ruins her ....

Whitney Houston still will be mourned by many, millions of people,
Whitney Houston still will be missed a lot,
and obviously her songs still alive and remembered as Great Songs Ever.

Whitney's pict still at her great times

Don't try looking at her pictures at her last shown,

It will fade Her Good Image Away

Rest in Peace Whitney Houston, 

it's not me who judge whether or not she goes to heaven with God,

but Hopefully the Message Whitney Left with Us is Crystal Clear and Definitely Obvious :

"No Need to Know an Get Closer to Drugs, because there is No Turning Back, Drug will Hook You Forever and Ever, Drug will be Satisfied only if  It will Haunt you till you Die. DO NOT TRY AND DO NOT START"

Scary to even think about it.

My prayer so that God always keep my family and friends save 

and away as far as possible from Drugs Forever.

My Top 5 'Clickable'

My Most Top 5 / Most Clickable / Open Links whenever I am connected :

(have to exempt GOOGLE because I categorize it as my number 1 browser for almost anything) 

1. My Facebook
2. My Yahoo Mail and Yahoo news
3. My Blog (mostly this Lingering blogspot)
4. My Twitter
5.  ............

I guess there are only 4 things that I always open or click ...  can't even think of another one ...
Youtube, maybe sometimes, but since opening to youtube takes much the quota limits, i open and browse youtube only in particular needs.

Facebook is number 1 for me, maybe for most people, they twit more often. I don't put status as often as some years ago when first time get acquaintance with Facebook, but Facebook still gets most priority updates, as it is simple, just write everything i want, don't have to think twice of how to put it in the shorter sentences (like Twitters).  The way we upload photo and everything else is so much 'neater and nicer' than twitter. (but then again, twitter is not so much for photo, etc.)

And the more we like Facebook, the richer Mark Zuckerberg is. 

Btw,  He looks better in person than the movie 

Yahoo is open both at night and in the office (mostly opened at daytime, eventhough i also have office email) not just for the emails but also for the Yahoo news (sometimes i can giggle or laugh or even mad from the types of news they put in the yahoo news (moreover the comments,, it's been forever now that i never read the comments in all the yahoo news, because then I get stunned of what types of people there are based on their comments).

Blog -- most of the times just leave it open, but not knowing what to write on it. 

Twitter -- this is new link to open. I twit every now and then only,  do more of the Retweeted rather than making my own tweets... once in a while I tweet to give some word or two to few people / artists i like, some answer, some don't, but it's okay even if they don't reply , although i appreciate those who reply ... 

Come to think of it , I am grateful for TWITTERS, because twitters makes the Far Distance between Artists (world wide) and the ordinary people like us become Closer. 

One thing why i sometimes still care to tweet is so that it Looks Nicer in my Blog since there is a link between my blogspot and twitters,,, hehehe,, such a ridiculous reason ...