experiential

我不怕分手,
只怕一路上,
我会令妳心碎

我不怕吃苦,
只怕妳在我身边,
会有后悔

我不怕爱妳,
只怕一路上,
我会辜负妳的希望

i need you tonight, i need you right now.

its just not the same without you. at least there's technology to keep us closer. but when you're away, its difficult to pretend that i'm ok.
but smile, laugh, enjoy tonight! cause when you do, it makes it easier.

will i become islamicised?

i read your letter
over and over
there's too little
of you i have here

i try not to think about
the days and weeks that
you've been away

sometimes the wait
gets to me, it drives me crazy
especially tonight
when you're all i think about

i read your letter
and pretend that you're here
i shall not cry a tear
no, i don't want you to fear

its not enough
to see you in dreams
memories aren't enough
not till you're here with me

i still want to dunk. perhaps the dream seems more and more unlikely but i'll do all i can to add a few inches to my vertical jump.

i don't think of it
keep it swept under the carpet
i try other ways to fit
the thought, oh nostalgic
keeps me from counting
how long you've been gone

there's much ahead
that keeps us apart
i want time to fly
but i'm afraid of what's ahead
we'll take it bit by bit
months, weeks, days, minutes

i look ahead, i imagine
i wonder what you've seen
the night skies, the sunrises
places, peoples and events
i know you'll be back soon
and its not a lie

for time does fly.

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/hall_of_fame/2009/09/11/nba_20090911_hof_jordan_speech.nba/

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/hall_of_fame/2009/09/11/nba_20090911_hof_robinson_speech.nba/

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/hall_of_fame/2009/09/11/nba_20090911_stockton_speech.nba/

i like jordan's speech, never knew he had a good sense of humor (didnt know he could talk for that long too).
"there is no 'I' in team but there's an 'I' in win"
i like his headache analogy too.

robinson's and stockton's were touching. but robinson reminded everyone what really matters.

/couldn't seem to embed so in place of the videos are the links.

the night sky just isn't the same without you
i wonder how the sky looks like where you are
i tell myself, you're really not that far
and i go on, knowing just how you feel
i am so thankful to God, for you

i wish, we weren't so divided.
why can't we all get along,
why can't we all just agree?

you're in my heart,
even though we're far apart
i hold you, in dreams, photos
thoughts, prayers, memories

it just won't do
but we have to make do
don't worry about me,
no tears, few fears,
when i think of you

i wish i could sing like that,
but this will have to make do
just for you

i wonder what went through God's mind
as He was forming the humble vine
how did He feel, seeing His son somewhere down in time
talking about being the true vine.

i wonder what God thought
of the animals and the seas
how proud He must have felt!
His handiwork plain for all to see

and as man was formed,
do you think He saw all their stories?
each individual, each life, each choice
the whole of history, all societies

i wonder what how God felt
as the crucifix was allowed in history
man's horrible choice for execution
Christ's mode of death

and as He hung there so long ago
those hours, how did it feel
for Someone who just is?

i found your card in my drawer
something simple you did for
me sometime ago when i felt low
time flies now doesn't it?

look back now, see how far we've come
seems like yesterday we began this run
did you see His footprints in the sand?
He didn't leave, no He did not
isn't He such a wonderful friend?

see where we are today
i'd never thought it would be this way
somethings don't turn out well
there were a couple of times when we fell
but here we are today at this point of time
isn't the view beautiful from where we stand?

i still don't have all the answers
but i know no one else does
be it stormy weather or sunny skies
in You i trust;
You remain my strong tower

a tribute to MJ. as the media dissects his life as much as pathologists perform autopsies on his frail body, its good to remember he's human as we all are.

this song is sad, especially so when listening to it after his death. he gained the world but lost so much, even his life eventually.

i know You can take all i am and so much more
for the times i cry while thrown on the floor
for the angry moments, for disappointments
are there really no accidents?

i know You're more than these, more than my raised fist
i still do not understand, there's so much about this Son of Man
too many questions without the answers
one too many painful hours

explanations fail me,
there's only so much that i can see
that letting You in makes things more complicated
why not be sated with the concept of fated?

there's something i've seen in the unseen
somethings i've read and heard
i know for sure that despite our numerous failures
pains and tears, there are more than reasons

no, not everything will be alright
there are too many holes to fight
not in this life, no, not while we're alive
not to justify any pie in the sky
but to let all know there's so much more

i know You can take all i am, and so much more
You've done that much on the cross
somehow, You understand any loss
for all the anger, the sadness and bitterness

there is Someone more