Chris Medina - What Are Words

This is such a beautiful song. Beautiful and bittersweet.

I first heard this song because of my sister; apparently it's "the song" for the year 12s of 2011. She told me that some parts of it was re-written so that it was in the female's point of view, and most likely (I'm guessing) changed to fit into their point of life right now.

The meaning behind this song is so sad yet lovely. Essentially, Chris Medina was a contestant for Americans idol, but didn't make it to the Top XX. This song is dedicated to his financee who is suffering from brain damage because of a car accident. It's essentially a song about keeping your word - but to me, it's so much more.

Here's the lyrics and below is the music video.

Enjoy.

**The person who wrote this song, Rodney Jerkins, also wrote JYJ's Empty and Be My Girl...which happen to be my favourite songs on their The Beginning album. I should really check out more of Rodney Jerkins' work.

Anywhere you are, I am near
Anywhere you go, I'll be there
Anytime you whisper my name, you'll see
How every single promise I keep
Cuz what kind of guy would I be
If I was to leave when you need me most

CHORUS
What are words
If you really don't mean them
When you say them
What are words
If they're only for good times
Then they don't
When it's love
Yeah, you say them out loud
Those words, They never go away
They live on, even when we're gone

And I know an angel was sent just for me
And I know I'm meant to be where I am
And I'm gonna be
Standing right beside her tonight
And I'm gonna be by your side
I would never leave when she needs me most

CHORUS

Anywhere you are, I am near
Anywhere you go, I'll be there
And I'm gonna be here forever more
Every single promise I keep
Cuz what kind of guy would I be
If I was to leave when you need me most

I'm forever keeping my angel close

Year 08

I loved Year 8 classes. I pretty much ace-ed them all. I didn't really do any work for maths for half the year since I was a freak and did all the set questions for the year. So yeah, Mr Booth just let me do my own thing for half the year. I usually spent my time working on problems from the year 9 textbook.

Like I said, I was a freak.

IT was my second favourite. I loved pretty much everything that we did in that class. Best part was learning how to use HTML. *wipes tears away* Such a life changing experience. I ended up making my own websites and created the HTML and graphics for it (often from scratch). I've since moved on from those HTML-obsessed days but it was awesome while it lasted.

I'm still upset over losing the website that I made in year 8. It was dedicated to my love for Ouran High School (Koukou) Host Club. I remember watching it raw on youtube (back when youtube actually let anime be hosted on it...) and just spazzed over anything related to my dear manga/anime.

Anyway, we had to learn how to make GIFs also. I reckon my GIF was pretty awesome. It incorporated my love for Ouran and Harry Potter pretty nicely in my opinion (LIES! XD). Here it is :D

LB | Prelude 03

Consider the mind the father, the heart the mother, and the soul the child. Often times even in a violent and depressed marriage, parents often stay together for the sake of the child. In such cases, while the soul—the child—experiences the traumatic stressors of having to live with parents who just cannot get along, at least he or she knows what it is like to have the two figures in life. When the mind and heart are healthy, the soul thrives. But when the heart breaks or the mind deteriorates, the soul suffers.



It is important to remember that one’s talents can also be one’s blessing and curse.

credits: Solangel - Love Bugged

the magical things i find

Once again I've been cleaning my room. I wouldn't have to clean it so often if I actually had the proper storage space to put all my stuff. But unfortunately, I don't...so every 3-4 weeks I'm cleaning my room. I usually just throw things around because I'm still unusally unsure where to put it. Also, I've got waaaay to many stuff. I've gotten rid of quite a lot of it, 5 plastic bags full to be exact, and the rest is for me to sort out and figure what I should do with it.

I keep alot of stuff for "memory sake". And then there's also my books from year 3 - university. I really don't want to part with them. It's fun looking back on them and seeing how much of a Harry Potter freak I was. Every imaginative story I had to write included wizards, witches, dragons, spells, magic. And well, looking at my hand-writing change is always fun.

Now, for some crap in my room :D

I had to throw Bilpsey out. I made her in year 11 when I was studying for Methods. I can't remember why I kept her for so long, but she's in the bin now. She's going to a place where she can meet her ancestors - the egg carton.







And my beloved Harry Potter wands. For three weeks I've been walking all the way to Springvale South just so I can get my hands on them. I can't wait to be able to dress up and use them. I finally have the Elder wand, which means I'm INVINCIBLE! MHAHHAHA.





This is the awesome and incredible rubber bands that I've kept for 4 years. We (me, Lisa, Tuyen, Pauline (?)) had to measure out how many rubber bands to use to safely let "Barbie" touch the ground. My group won (YAAAY). We were the closest to the ground whereas everyone else hit the ground. We wouldn't want that would we? So yeah, I've kept them for a pretty long time. Now I'm gonna pass it on to Tuyen before we dispose of it.

ah, uni life, how i "love" you.

So, it's the second week of uni and I ache all over.

I really don't know why I'm stil doing Chemistry. Okay, that's a lie... it's just a subject that I need to complete so that I can hopefully continue my studies once I finish my Science degree. But I'm still not liking it much. I remember the good old days when Chemistry and I couldn't be separated. I spent hours on Chemistry in year 11 because I actually enjoyed it. But now it's just a nightmare. Maybe it's because I haven't been working on it as much as I should, but it still doesn't explain why I get to bored and sleepy during Chemistry lectures.

Sometimes I regret dropping Physics for Optics. I miss doing Physics despite my whinning. It's a fun subject and learning about the way the world works is just incredible. It's just learning about Relativity that kinda busted my relationship with it. BUT, I like-love Optics. Some of the lectures can be quite boring, but most of the time it's pretty fascinating. However, its greatest advantage is the people in my Optics practical. We've only had one prac so far, but I'm really enjoying their company.

I reckon one of the best decisions I made in VCE was not to pick up Biology. There's just so much information that I need to memorise that my mind aches from thinking about it. But we're doing genetics right now and it's pretty interesting. I just wish I didn't have to be tested on it, otherwise, I would willingly go to all lectures.

As for my breadth, Human Rights and Global Justice, I had no idea it was a second year subject. I picked it for its little contact hours but I find I'm doing a lot of work for it. It's kinda like Biology in that I have to memorise a lot of stuff, but it's also demanding in my "critical thinking" area. Despite that though, I like learning about Human Rights and Global Justice from a variety of disciplines - Law, Medicine, History, Population Health and Social and Political Sciences.

Anyway, the real reason why I ache all over is because of my BRACES!! And because I have to take these big arse tablets every day since I'm really really really low in iron...