Top 10 Songs...

Zeeks came up with an idea to do a joint-blog post for him, Melissa and myself. And the topic that he gave us for this assignment is "The Top 10 Songs On Your Ipod". He actually gave us a deadline to post it up by the 5th of June at 10:00pm. But on the 5th of June, I was too caught up with work that it totally slipped my mind so I had to persuade the two royal highnesses to postpone it to today. After a while, they agreed and so here I am~ :)

Now the thing is, when Zeeks mentioned the "Top 10 Songs On Your Ipod", he did not mention whether he meant the top 10 songs that is currently playing on my ipod or the top 10 songs that is vital that I have on my ipod...

So I'll just answer to BOTH the questions at hand... *grins*

I'll just briefly run through the current The Top 10 songs that is currently playing on my ipod right now:

David Archuleta - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

David Cook - Dream Big / Always Be My Baby / Time of My Life

Brewing from the fever of American Idol Season 7, I've been hooked on David Cook (the new American Idol) and David Archuleta's performances. I loved Archuleta's version of "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"! It was even better than Clay Aiken's version, and about a gazillion times better than Elton John's version.

As for the other David, I am hooked on his performances in the final for "Dream Big" and "Time of My Life" (the winning song). And who could forget his cover of Mariah Carey's "Always Be My Baby"??

Neil McCoy - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

Then there's a cover version of "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" which Neil McCoy did for The Casino's classic which was used in the movie Paris Je T'aime. Zeeks actually watched the movie and he asked me to download the mp3 for him. I found the original version but Zeeks found the cover version and shared with me and Mel.... I LOVE IT!~ It's so lovey dovey melancholy!~

Marie Digby - Stupid For You

I found this song on YouTube :) and it's got a catchy-feet-tapping tune to it. Haven't found a good version of it yet.

Chris Daughtry - What About Now

Graham Colton - Best Days

I accidentally found these two songs when I was watching American Idol Season 7's Idol Gives Back and they were playing these songs when showing the top 3 finalists visit to their home town. I caught snippets of the lyrics and googled them and ta-dah!~ :)

Chris Brown - With You

And finally, there's Chris Brown's "With You" :) I love the part in front when he sings "I need you, bu"... and I also like David Archuleta's version of this song.

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And now, I'll proceed with going through The Top 10 Song that I will always have on my iPod *grins* It was hard to narrow it down to the songs that I'm about to name now but I guess I just had to think long and hard and just think what are the songs that I would HAVE to transfer to a new mp3 player with limited storage space.

Adam Sandler - I Wanna Grow Old With You

From the soundatrack of the magnificent romantic comedy "The Wedding Singer" starring Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler. He sang that song to her when she was leaving on a plane because she thought he didn't love her. Although the song is very short and simple, the lyrics were so meaningful and romantic :)) hehehe... perfect for a sap like me...

Color Me Badd - Forever Love

This R&B group have been really successful in the early 90's and this is one of their less famous songs (as opposed to the raunchy "I Wanna Sex You Up"). They are also famous for their songs like "The Earth, The Sun and The Rain" and "All for Love".

Blessid Union of Souls - Light In Your Eyes

I heard this song long long time ago (I think that was when I was 13 or 14?? Which is like eons ago...) and I have fallen in love with it is. And there was a time when Mel and I actually drafted our own version of this song during a tuition class when we were supposed to be paying attention to add maths. I guess listening to this song makes me relive our crazy good times :) I miss those times...

Jay Chou - Lang Man Shou Ji (Romantic Cellphone) / Wo Bu Pei (I'm Not Worthy)

And on my MUST-HAVE list, there are 2 songs by Jay Chou! :) First is "Lang Man Shou Ji" from his November's Chopin album and the other one is "Wo Bu Pei" from his On the Run album (his most recent album). I guess I like them because they are so distinguished and so different...

Bon Jovi - Always

Bon Jovi's Crossroads album is their most magnificent album ever and I can be sure to say that this is their most successful album ever! Whilst "Always" is THE Bon Jovi song, they have many other hit singles as well like "Never Say Goodbye", "Livin' On A Prayer" and "I'll Be There For You" to name a few. All in all, Bon Jovi is one of the most magnificent and most awed rock bands in the history of music...

The Calling - Wherever You Will Go

Then of course, there's The Calling's "Wherever You Will Go". The Calling has many other great singles under their belt but this one is the most profound. And no matter how many great songs they have (like "Things Don't Always Turn Out That Way" and "Stigmatized"), I will never ever get sick of this one :) I'm even using it as my ringtone!


Lifehouse - Blind
Jason Wade - You Belong To Me

And finally on my Top 10 list is Lifehouse and Jason Wade (lead singer of Lifehouse) *grins* I love "Blind" but I don't know why. I also like Lifehouse's "Whatever It Takes" and "Chapter One" but this one is my favourite.

As for Jason Wade's "You Belong To Me" is from the Soundtrack of Shrek and I didn't even know it existed (because, can you imagine, I have never seen Shrek!). I accidentally found this song online and I have never gone more than 3 days without listening to it!

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Well here you go... my top 10 lists of songs :)

I know that this post is a little dry. But I'm a little tired because I'm mentally, emotionally and physically drained. But you know, after posting all that on music, it really does lift my spirits a bit.

So here you go, Mel and Zeeks's posts as well

Melissa's Top 10

Zeek's Top 10

The problem with us is...

.... our government. To be specific, our federal government.

It's true. The hike in petrol has been confirmed. From RM1.92 per litre to RM2.70 per litre = a whopping 40% increase! What next? 40% increase in toll prices too? With the massive jump in fuel prices, no doubt the price of everything else would just skyrocket! Somehow, I doubt there'd be massive skyrocketing in our salaries.

In the eyes of a disgruntled citizen as myself, I wished that there was something that we, a collection of ALL disgruntled citizens, could do about this situation. Isn't it bad enough that we are forced to settle for miserable excuses for vehicles with the likes of Proton cars when the taxes for all imported cars are preposterous?! These cars that shake and rattle so much that you can barely hear yourself think when you drive along roads with excessive potholes like Jalan Universiti??

These are the same cars that we, citizens of this country, are forced to buy because every other car that is imported that provides us with the bare necessities that our local carmaker cannot provide to us! And these bare necessities that I am talking about are not only in terms of performance and fuel efficiency...

I'm just bloody asking for an affordable car within my budget, within all young working Malaysians' budget, that doesn't have headlights that retain water when it rains. A car with power windows that actually works for more than 2 months. A car with doors that doesn't rust within the first year of purchase. A car that doesn't creak and groan and shake and rattle and basically sound like it's about to fall to pieces everytime you go over a bump or a pothole. (Speaking of potholes, why the f**k doesn't the government do anything about these road menace in PJ especially!?)

With the petrol subsidies pluging like birds' droppings, you would think that the government would reduce the taxes of imported cars so that us, citizens of Malaysia, would be able to afford better quality cars... right? That would be a sensible and logical next step - to keep our best interests at heart.

*scoff*

Best Interests at Heart? hmmph... that would be a first...

We're talking about the same people who issued a statement to the press about taking back everything that they've given to the Penang state (like the RapidPenang Bus System) when they lost the elections. Just one example of the many other childish post-election issues that were raised 2 months ago...

I wouldn't be surprised if this is the ruling government's next step to 'get back' at the public for letting the opposition win more than 40% of the seats contested. And if someone who is as politically-illiterate as I am can see this, I'm sure that there would be millions more out there who can.

From the looks of it, Malaysia is just the federal government's playpen and we are the pawns with everything to lose...

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For those who have been following the election news and info, this is something that you would have guessed would happen when Khairy won the Rembau seat and there was speculation that it was not a clean win:

Rembau Election Petition Strikes Out (The Star Online, 4th June 2008

Sometimes you just wonder where we are headed to, where this country is headed to...