Winter Holiday

I will be away for a holiday to Korea - the Land of kimchi's, negative temperatures (right now) and soapy melodramas about things like two girls who were childhood friends and then both fell for the same guy and then blah blah blah... resulting in a sad ending. This is supposed to make up for my grad trip since the economy forecast doesn't look so good. Plus winter is a rare experience, especially for us sunny, equatorial dwellers. Anyway, here's to wishing you all a

 MERRY CHRISTMAS and a Happy New Year!

Dance

Hold your tears, put your worries behind

The time has come, to be with me, so you can feel

Show your smile, put your worries behind

Now take my hand, and feel my heart, so you can see

And I want to feel this way, if I haven't fell in love

Would you stay with me tonight?

So there are no more goodbyes

Can you ever understand?

And you're always on my heart

Put your arms around my soul, till I get to you

Dance now (hold your breath)

Don't you cry (don't you cry)

Take my hand, hold your breath, the night is young

Dance now (hold your breath)

Show your smile (show your smile)

Take my hand, hold your tears, the love is young

Hold your tears (hold your tears)

Put your worries behind 

Take my hand, and dance with me, so you can see

When it's time for us to part, don't cry for me my love

Our time together which we remember forever

When your dream has come to an end

I will be waiting for you, to be with me, so you can finally see

Clazziquai

Now that the exams are over, I can finally post this. A few nights ago, while randomly link-hopping on Wikipedia, I stumbled across a music group called Clazziquai. Little did I know that the simple event of clicking the link would cause me to sleep at 3am. After reading about them, I went to YouTube and all it took was a single video to cause me YouTube-ing and imeem-ing for more of their songs. I have a soft spot for good music - I go ga-ga when I find them. 

Clazziquai is a Korean music group which plays songs ranging from acid jazz, bossa nova, electronica and dance to pop. Their name is supposed to be a mix of Classic, Jazz and Groove (the 'quai' from Jamiroquai I suppose) and they comprise of 3 main members: DJ Clazzi, Alex and Horan. The latter two are the lead singers. Being a jazz-lover (especially when it's bossa nova) I easily got hooked onto their music. Their style of music fused with elements of electronica was a fresh change and the outstanding voices and clarity of the lead singers was also aurally pleasing. They also have a certain aura of class, which is evident from their music style and videos. I don't know how to describe it, so I'll show you one of their music videos instead. The song is titled 'Dance' and the video is really very beautiful. The music is simply... WOW.

If you liked that, here's another music video (actually more of a slideshow) to satiate your appetite. The song is titled 'Romeo N Juliet'.

If you really loved those two videos, be sure to check out more of their stylo-milo songs. As for me, this is a mai tu liao situation - I am getting all their albums.

mai tu liao situation [my-too-lee-ow]

-noun Hokkien

The overwhelming positive effect of an activity/product/event which causes it to be carried out/bought/participated as soon as possible, if not immediately, due to the resulting high level of desire or obvious beneficial effect. Also known as don't-waste-time situation, no-need-to-think-one situation.