the bittersweet symphony of life

I’m a person whose brain almost never function subconsciously to catch the lyrics to its song. The only way to know what the fella is singing about would be to look for it on the web or concentrate 200% when it’s being played. Though the latter one doesn’t work most of the time especially when it comes to the fast ones. sing-song-like-chu-chu-train-no-full-stop-wan

Although I’ve heard this song like a gazillion times, never once did I watch the music video or know the words to it. So between my channel switching, I managed to catch this video for the first time, from the very start

“Eh looks like the house from Green Day’s Wake Me Up When September End” 

*ting tong ting ting tong* 

“Intro so nice and sad leh” 

Its effect became 10 times stronger when I see Avril in her long vintage dress playing it on the vintage grand piano . Think it’s because of this, I’ve been ‘pulled’ to listen to what she’s singing about. Furthermore, her diction is clear and there isn’t any eye catching movements or objects which needed my attention.

As I was already concentrating on the lyrics, the images in front just seemed to flow along.

The most heart wrenching scenario is no doubt the one about dear grandpa who misses his lovely wife badly. Sigh, makes me feel like hugging him and wipe his tears away wth.

Bestest of the best saddest moment is when grandpa said, “I miss you” 

Where I teared.

Another day, another round. Teared again…

Why oh why this song so nice wan?!?!

In my honest opinion, this is even more tear-inducing as compared to Because I’m A Girl by Kiss which was sang in Korean. Minus points for that. Boo.

The world needs more songs like these, where everyone can relate to!!!

~ tiramissU ~

You never know what you have until it’s gone.

I’ve always believed in that. It seemed logical enough.  Yet, I guess I will never fully realise just how deep the meaning of that one sentence really is until it happens. It’s like how I was always being warned about snatch thieves but being the ignorant self, I just had to learn it the hard way.

It’s just too darn easy to take things for granted. As humans, we all do, all the time. We expect things and we do not expect things to change, especially not in a sudden. And when it’s finally gone, only then we’ll regret it.

The biggest ‘thing’ I take granted for are my parents – the people I love most, thinking that they’ll always be around. I can’t for the life of me imagine NOT having them around.

Since di and mi are both working adults, we don’t really have much all-of-us-times. That explains why the brother and I try our very best to stay at home during the weekends though sometimes it means doing absolutely nothing, at least we are doing nothing together.