or how to show the world that you do not care what they think and become a national hero in the process... We South Africans have our own counterpoint to Chuck Norris and The Hoff... Vernon Koekemoer, the one and only! Vernon or as he is know in real life, Cassie Booyse is quite modest about it all but enjoying the ride... Then in Bulgaria we find Valentina Hasan and her rendition of "Without You" made famous by Mariah Carey which she called Ken Lee. Watch all 3 and read the Wiki...
Both these people showed the world what a sense of humour and positive view of themselves can do, they both laughed at ridicule and in doing so have become heroes in their lifetime. We should all learn how to approach life the way they do... So... when life seems to be getting you down or if someone laughs at one of your mistakes... "Sing it as you feel it" Valentina Hasan 2008
I like Latin Beat, especially if there is some good guitar work... so here are some examples with a special tribute at the end... Exile had a hit with this song but the one I like best is from No Mercy...
When I get home babe, I'm gonna light your fire All day Ive been thinking about you babe You're my one desire Gonna wrap my arms around you Hold you close to me Oh babe I wanna taste your lips I wanna fill your fantasy I don't know what Id do without you, babe Don't know where Id be You're not just another love No, you're everything to me Every time I'm with you baby Cant believe its true When you're laying in my arms And you do the things you do You can see it in my eyes I can feel it in your touch You don't have to say a thing Just let me show how much I love you, I need you, babe I wanna kiss you all over And over again I wanna kiss you all over Till the night closes in Till the night closes in No one else can ever make me feel the way you do Oh keep on loving me baby And I keep on loving you Its easy to see when somethings right and something wrong Well stay with me baby And hold me all night long So show me, show me everything you do Cause baby no one does it quite like you I love you, I need you, babe I wanna kiss you all over And over again I wanna kiss you all over Till the night closes in Till the night closes in Stay with me Lay with me Holding me Loving me, baby Here with me Near with me Feeling you close to me, baby So show me, show me everything you do Cause baby no one does it quite like you I love you, I need you, babe I wanna kiss you all over And over again I wanna kiss you all over Till the night closes in...
Then again Bosson came along and made performed this amazing number...
I'm gonna write you a song, so you'll understand All that you see in my eyes and read in my hand It's what I honestly feel This time I know that it's for real And 'til I find the right way, this is what I wanna say
Efharisto For all the love you give And the way you make me live I'll say the only word I know Efharisto I thank the stars above For this everlasting love I wanna say Efharisto
You are to me like the sun So warm in the sky You are like sweet summer rain As soft as a sigh
You're like the ocean so deep Rocking me gently in my sleep Don't know where I'm gonna start So I just say it from the heart
Efharisto For all the love you give And the way you make me live I'll say the only word I know Efharisto I thank the stars above For this everlasting love
I say from my heart for your love Efharisto For all the love you give And the way you make me live I'll say the only word I know Efharisto I thank the stars above For this everlasting love I wanna say Efharisto
Efharisto Efharisto
Both these songs make me realise that I am a very blessed guy... Thank you Moondancer... for being in my life, for sharing, for listening to my wild dreams, for being my muse and my critic, for being you... for letting me be me. Efharisto... sounds so much more romantic than thank you don't you think? "I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new." Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Life is about change... sometimes good, sometimes bad. It is how we handle that change that makes us winners or losers. I was over on AD's blog and read that he and Babs had ended their relationship but are still friends, a change handled with respect and love so it seems. Quite a few of my other blog roll friends have changed as well, some like Scully moved their blogs to invitation only, some shutting down everything, others like KatieB moving to a new town and a new career, from Moondancer and myself we wish you and B all the best, you will always have a place to stay and a place in our hearts. Change can also be handled with communication... something I have to sharpen up on again and blogging was one of the ways I could articulate my thoughts and sort out the things that were bugging me, not that much is bugging me at present... but I think I need to start practicing again... As Autumn leaves bodes the onset of winter I will probably have more time as very cold days are not always pleasant to go riding on a bike, time and conditions will tell. I usually start suffering from bikelessness within 24 hours! I do have thermal wear... Once again my music matches the subject by echoing the theme in the words from; Anastacia - Seasons Change (Concert Vid)
Cradle the weight of your life You can survive What lies before you It's only a matter of time Before the night Turns into day Oh, it should feel incredible, whoa.. To know you're not alone, uh Just look in my eyes (just look in my eyes) whoa.. just look in my eyes
[Chorus:] I said.. Happy turns to sad Sometimes life gets bad Things get rearranged Nothing stays the same It just never ends Here we go again One thing Still remains, uh Seasons seasons change
Are you scared of today? Running away I can see through you Whoaoah.. It feels like an eternal haze But it's only a faze It's all in your mind Oh, when you feel invisible, uh Just know you're not alone (c'mon, c'mon) Just look in my eyes (look in my eyes, huh, look in my eyes) Just look in my eyes Just look in my eyes
[Chorus:]
You can feel the air start to change When you're walkin' out in the rain And the colors inside your brain start fading Til the winter is washed away And nothing really feels the same When sunlight's in your eyes You feel alive
What I really want.. What I really want.. What I really want.. What I really want.. I said, yeah, yeah, yeah! Yeah!
Today was the last flight of a legendary aircraft, the Cheetah. Currently being replaced with the JAS 39 Gripen, somehow I do not see a Griffon wearing spots... "April 8, 2008: The South African Air Force has retired the last of its Cheetah jet fighters, with the last fourteen of them being withdrawn from service." This is my small salute to the machines and the men that flew them, so to all that flew with Spotty... Hamba Gahle. They truly lived up to the Air Force motto... Per Aspera Ad Astra wich means: Through Adversity to the stars.
