"A thousand years- Part II"

You: ‘ “A thousand years” by Christina Perri? I've already heard it!’

Moi: Well, hang on a second. Did you realize that ‘A thousand years’ at the end of Breaking Dawn- Part II has a pre-verse specially written? Huh, didn't think so. This song is gold, people, so just listen to it!

It was originally written by Christina Perri as a duet but she didn't have the time to find the right duet partner. She personally said that's why the original version didn't make sense when they first released it. This new version is a duet between Christina Perri and Steve Kazee, who is, quote, a super amazing Broadway star, Tony Award winner [for 'Once'] and an incredible human being.

Argh...who am I kidding? I can't leave this post like this! Here's the original version.

Dash and Lily's Book of Dares

In the spirit of Christmas (although I am a Buddhist), will you all forgive me if I did a review of the book that was released two years ago?

It’s one of my favorite books as well- “Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares”. You might want to put it in the Young Adult category but hey, if a book is good, it doesn’t matter what genre; you just gotta respect it.

This book is co-authored by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan. -“What? Co-authored?” –“Yes, co-authored”.  I think it made the story much more interesting. I’d like to add “more realistic” here but then if you’ve already read it, you’ll tell me, “What’s realistic about two teenagers leaving hints for each other before having met?”, which is why I’m not adding it. I’d also like to say co-authoring made the plots more natural but I won’t do this either for the same reason.

This book of dares is witty, funny, romantic, sweet, young, and fresh. It’s everything you want to find in a Young Adult book and a Holiday book. Taking place in the Christmas holidays in New York, the story originates with Dave, calm but daring, challenging and snarly boy who uses all the big words. His biggest Christmas wish? Twenty volumes of unabridged Oxford English Dictionary. On the other hand, Lily is the sweetest girl in the world. She loves pets too much, she loves caroling, and she loves her grandpa. She is wonderfully weird.  

It all started with a red note book. Dash saw the hints that Lily left in writing as he figured out all of them. The point of the book is that Lily’s big brother wanted her to find a good boy she can spend time with. And the boy crazy enough to follow all the clues in the book must be the perfect boy! What kind of clues did Dash leave back for Lily? Who else got involved in this book exchange? How did they do it without really seeing each other?

Honestly, I read though the whole book with a happy feeling. I loved Lily and Dave. You will find that this book is not of a cheesy kind at all. It’s actually worth my time every now and then I want some happy reading.

When writing this book, David Levithan wrote a chapter for Dave and then sent it to Rachel Cohn, who wrote a chapter for Lily. They kept exchanging e-mails to finish this book, just like Dave and Lily, who kept exchanging the red notebook to know more about each other.

I hope this book will be worth your holiday time as well. Happy reading! And happy holidays!

My most romantic song- "All I ask of you"

I realized that most of the songs I upload here aren’t that new. But who cares? The label is “My current favorite music”, not “Billboard Hot 100”.
So this time, I’m uploading the world’s most romantic song… well, at least it is for me. Have you ever seen “The Phantom of the Opera” in New York or in Paris? Yeah, me neither. I sure will though, some day. I have been in love with all the soundtracks in the movie adaptation since long ago. I don’t know why I never remembered to upload some of them.
This song below is so romantic in the most ideal way. Think before all the boyfriends or girlfriends who has disappointed you. Think of the time when you believed in true love. Wasn’t it so dreamy? Wasn’t it so wonderful and perfect? The mutual feeling of two lovers who are determined to stay together and to protect each other forever really is sweet, even though you might not believe in it anymore.
If any of you guys want to experience that feeling of true belief again, I hope this song helps. “All I ask of you” is a duet between Christine and Raoul, performed by Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson.

One Direction & The Wanted (or) The Wanted & One Direction

Are you a Directioner or a Prisoner/The Wanted Fanmily? As for me, both One Direction and The Wanted have unique but different strengths and truly deserve the fame they have received. Will I tell you which boy band I prefer? Sorry, I won’t.

But this isn’t about me. I just wanted to give the Directioners a taste of The Wanted’s Music and vice versa, so here, I’ve uploaded each of their new hit singles: “I found you” by The Wanted and “Live while we’re young” by 1D. I’m really trying to be unbiased here.

Let’s start with “I found you”. Listen to the song and I want you to think about the one that you've found (if you had) or one you would like to find. I have been to my darkest hours and this song gives me hope that one day, I will find that special person who would bring light to my life. I sincerely hope that this song would give you a direction were you lost.

“I found you, in the darkest hour

I found you, in the pouring rain

I found you, when I was on my knees

And your light brought me back again”

Now, “live while we’re young”. I think it makes the listener embrace the present time, without worries for the future. You’re only young once. When will you ever get to go crazy again after this? Here are the lyrics of the chorus and the song.

“Let’s go crazy, crazy, crazy ’til we see the sun

I know we only met but let’s pretend it’s love

And never, never, never stop for anyone

Tonight let’s get some and live while we’re young”