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Monday, June 28, 2004

A Soulmate is...

A soulmate is someone who can practically read your mind.

A soulmate is someone who is an incredible listener.

A soulmate is someone who has eyes that can see deep into your soul.

A soulmate is someone who's not afraid of commitment.

A soulmate is someone who gets into deep conversations.

A soulmate is someone understands you like no one else does.

A soulmate is someone shares his innermost secrets with you.

A soulmate is someone who writes romantic poetry for you.

A soulmate is someone who has a knack for finishing your sentences.

A soulmate is someone who makes you think about things you never would otherwise.

A soulmate is someone who shares your dreams, values and views of the world.

A soulmate is someone who pushes you to achieve your dreams beyond theirs.

A soulmate is someone like fine sand between stones, making you feel complete.

A soulmate is someone you think of first in your most difficult time of need.

A soulmate is someone who will love you forever & ever.. Unconditionally..


Contributed by Iana, Re-edited by Johan Nasir, Dedicated to my Soulmate..

Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Guide to Malaysian Drivers
Part Dos

Point Two! “If you only know how to safely drive slow, it makes you an unskilled and incomplete driver”. Let me ask you this. Who makes a safer better driver? Person A, who knows and understands how to drive fast and slow or Person B, who drives slow most of the time and can only drive fast in life and death situations. What I’m getting at is about Car Control. The reason why most accidents happens is that a majority of drivers out there, despite the years of driving, especially the conservative type persons from either sex, think driving is a risky and dangerous activity full of unpredictable possibilities of bad things happening to them. And so, we get drivers who use cars to get from Point A to Point B, commuters and do not take initiative to be a better driver. As long as they get to get to where they’re going, screw whoever we piss off along the way. I bet some men reading this are saying, “Yeah, Women Drivers!!” Well I see we men do it too. So don’t think you are being spared here.

A person, who really knows how to drive, responsibly takes initiative to learn to control the car and not let the car control the driver”. This is where experience should logically kick in and make people driving for years become the best drivers around but unfortunately not. The reason? Habit! Poor driving habits that have been cultivated over the years. They retain the lessons that were thought to them when they started driving. This morning, I had to wait patiently 40 something year old driving a Volvo at 40 – 50 km/h on a 80 km/h road on the speed lane, ignoring high beams, horns, other indicators to get him to move. That is pure inconsideration. We don’t care if you drive a flashy Benz or a Kancil, it is a public road. When someone gives you obvious signals, MOVE! You might want to take your own leisurely cruise to work but some people don’t. Do it on an open road where you don’t get in the way of others driving at the right speed limit.

Back to car control. This is about being one with the car, about letting your natural senses extend beyond your body merging with the car. I’ll start with the seating position. Most drivers get this wrong and I have to admit, it is more commonplace with the lady drivers. Why? Most female drivers fear driving or cannot relate to cars the way men are more mechanically in tuned to do. Cars are not some mechanical beast that you have to constantly tame. It should be like your best girlfriend. You can do things together. It can be fun. I do know a few very skilled lady drivers compared to some men I know. Sorry, no sexist remarks/insults intended, it’s just a fact. Look around and you will notice this. Ladies, this is a dangerous habit to cultivate. Having your seat too close to the steering wheel does not allow you to have right space to manoeuvre in emergency situations. You should not be hugging the steering wheel. Yes we realise that because of your maternal instincts, you have to hang on to dear life to that steering wheel but you indirectly become a hazard to yourself and others when you do this. The guys on the other hand, well some do the former too, but most tend to sit too far from the steering wheel. Yeah, because you think you are sitting in a flat racing car and need to be in a sleeping position to drive real cool. Try doing a full steering turn real fast when your arms can’t even reach the farthest point on the steering.

The correct seating position is upright, extend your arms over the top of the steering and the middle of your palms should be touching the top and furthermost point of the steering wheel. Not your fingers dudes, not your elbows ladies. Your shoulders should still be touching the back of the seat still without stretching too much too. This allows you to manoeuvre the steering without obstruction. Adjust your mirrors so that you don’t have any blind spots. If there are, get additional or bigger mirrors like you find at them car accessories shops.

Next, senses! I’ll get to common sense later but for now I’m talking about sight, sound, feel, and feedback. Sight, use your eyes to focus on cars around you and way ahead of you, not just the car in front of you. Anticipate what the people 3 to 5 cars ahead and around you will do so you can react accordingly without it surprising you. Place them in a mental picture of where they are and where they are going to be in the next few seconds. Plan where you are going to place your car on the road without getting in the way of others and not having others get in your way. This way, you avoid getting stuck behind people who kill your mood. It’s like visualising what you are going to do in short future and being ready for it when you are at that point. It also helps when cornering better too. Focus on the farthest point of the end of the corner and let your body senses tell you if you are cornering at the right speed or not. Feel the feedback from the steering wheel and car. Let it communicate to you. You fear what you do not know. If you understood things about driving, there’s nothing to be scared about.

In Part Tres: Sound and Gear Shifting

Disclaimer: The author takes no responsibility and accepts no liability for any harm or injury that may arise from practicing any of the content mentioned in this article. Speed can kill if you are not skilled to handle it. Road racing is a dangerous activity. Always observe the law and apply common sense and consideration when driving.

Guide to Malaysian Drivers
Part Tres

Sound relates to the engine speed and gearing. Some of you more careful drivers probably never revved the car about the 3,000 rpm limit. It’s the meter that’s beside your speedometer on the dashboard. Look, most cars are designed to take much higher engine strain then above the meter limit at 8,000-9,000 rpm. Formula One cars go above 18,000 rpm without damage. So it is safe for your car and engine to be accelerated to about 3,500-4,000 rpm on a normal everyday basis before shifting gears upwards and accelerate again. This is basic, low speeds - low gears, higher speeds - higher gears. Logically this might sound correct but most people are over-gearing at the speed they are going. Example, being in 4th gear when only at speed 70 km/h. That’s just wrong. You burn more petrol that way too and it becomes costly.

Proper gearing also helps improve your driving in the rain. Driving in a lower gears in the rain gives you better road traction, allowing you to travel as normal and take corners safer. You will experience the car grips the road just like in the dry. Good rain tyres will also help. Most of the techniques mentioned in here can be applied to wet driving conditions, especially on the braking less and cornering techniques. In heavier rain situations with low visibility, do not use hazard lights and brake around excessively unless necessary, as you will cause panic to other drivers behind you. It is very distracting for drivers to see multiple blinking lights on an already wet smeared windscreen multiplied by reflections off rain drops, when we are trying to concentrate on other possible dangers. Use your normal lights and control your vehicle speed with lower gears. Use the lines on the road as your guide to get you going in the correct lanes, speed and direction, instead of driving at ridiculously dangerously slow speeds.

I drive to work on a daily basis from near Taman Tun towards Kuala Lumpur through Jalan Damansara, Pusat Bandar, Semantan, Jalan Duta, Parlimen and Raja Laut. A drive which takes 10 to 15 minutes in a no traffic situation and can take up more than 1 hour in the mornings if I were to follow the crowd. That’s an extra 45 minutes at least of fuel burnt just waiting for others to move along. By following the flow method, I can get to work in less than 30 minutes and I don’t get to drive faster than 90 km/h average. It is possible to maintain an average speed of around 110 km/h consistently the entire way safely on a light traffic day which leaves me wondering the ridiculous speed limits set along the way.

I can’t help but notice the countless annoying habits that drivers practice along the way. For example, going up the overpass and hill to Jalan Johar around Pusat Bandar Damansara towards Jalan Semantan. First of all, you should be downshifting into third and second gear as you take the corner to go up the hill without braking. If you are driving an automatic, floor the accelerator pedal all the way as you go uphill to down shift your gears to “2” before shifting up back to “D” when it sounds right. No, it does not harm your car. The reason why traffic gets down to a crawl is because you are not in the right gears and do not have enough power to accelerate uphill. There is no reason for this jam! You slow down, everyone behind you has to slow down, adjust their gears and that’s when the jam starts. When you get uphill and turn towards the right, you should be able to take that corner without slowing down too. Your car is not going to tip over, skid and fall of the cliff when you are just going at 40 km/h, so stop braking. I have taken that corner at speeds above 100 km/h safely without any problems whatsoever.

Listen to your car, optimally your engine revs should be between 2,500 - 4,000 rpm. If you hit below 2,000 rpm, it’s time to down shift that gear. Over time, you can accustom your ears to predictably shift gears just by listening to the sound of the car engine correctly without even looking at the Rev Meter. The other thing about gears is Engine Compression Braking. When going downhill and into corners, use the lower gears as you about to enter the corner and slowly-slowly lift off the clutch. You will feel the engine rev up a bit, car slow down a bit and your car having more grip and easier to steer around the corner. Again, use the feedback you get from the steering wheel. When it comes to cornering lines, use the entire road, including spill over areas only when necessary (only recommended if you are an advance driver). Observe how the Formula 1 drivers take the corners on race tracks; notice how they do not follow the contour of the road or following a specific lane drawn on the road. They follow the straightest path around the corner, thereby, minimising roll, tyre wear, the necessity to brake or slow down to maintain momentum and the gravitational force to carry them around the corner safely despite the speed.

Similarly, a road car responds the same way. For instance, taking a left corner bend, one should hit 3 location points on the road through the corner, Entry, Middle and Exit target points. Downshift one gear down, do the engine compression braking and brake slightly (optional) so you enter the corner at the correct entry speed, position the car on the right most area of the road at the Entry point. Maintain your eye focus on the furthest point of the exit of the corner at all times. Follow a path where you cut the inner left most point of the road when you are in the Middle Point of the corner and as you exit, accelerate away (you might want to upshift the gear at the right RPM) to hit the Exit Point located towards the most area again. Remember, Slow In-Fast Out and not Fast In-No Out. This even applies when taking roundabouts. Position your venicle at the tangent of the corner and move straight into the roundabout tangent direction, not towards the roundabout and then turning the steering to figure out which lane was lane best.

Once you master this, you should be able to take corners correctly, safer, faster and smoother. This is where feel comes in. If you ever decide or have to drive really fast, you will be in full control of the car, feeling how it turns, grips, accelerate, and decelerate under engine compression braking, manoeuvre through tight spaces and difficult traffic with ease. It doesn’t feel like you are sliding downhill uncontrollably too and having to brake unnecessarily too. Braking helps slow the car down but you need to be in the right gear in the first place. No it does not spoil your car unless you drive like a mad crazy racing driver everyday on public roads. This is how professional and racing drivers do it and what they don’t teach you at Driving Schools. You can enrol in an Advanced Driving Course to learn all this and defensive driving as well.

In Part Cuatro: Acceleration, Planning & Problem Solving, Consideration

Disclaimer: The author takes no responsibility and accepts no liability for any harm or injury that may arise from practicing any of the content mentioned in this article. Speed can kill if you are not skilled to handle it. Road racing is a dangerous activity. Always observe the law and apply common sense and consideration when driving.

Sunday, June 20, 2004

Guide to Malaysian Drivers
Part Cuatro

As mentioned earlier, your car can accelerate at higher levels. Ever got stuck behind a car at a traffic light or in a jam and just because the cars before you take their own sweet time to start moving along, they have left a huge gap between the cars in front of them, moving along slowly at 30 km/h. By the time it gets to your turn, the lights have changed again and you realised that so many, including others behind you, could have actually gotten past the lights if the ones in front exercised some common courtesy. The people who drive slow, (and by this I mean between 20%-40% below the speed limit or under accelerating), are the most common cause of traffic jams. You can move along faster but you don’t. Just as uncomfortable you are being stuck there, doesn’t mean you should contribute to it by doing the same mistakes the ones before you are making. Accelerate away faster, minimise the gaps, be ready to move so that you do not inconvenience the others. Make their burden less. Keep the “flow” going.

It would be really nice if we could have that “Minority Report” style traffic flow system. Everyone starts moving at the same time as if all the cars are stationary on a moving conveyor belt. Among the common areas where this problem occurs include, the toll free slip road heading towards Taman Tun near Phileo Damansara, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Jalan P. Ramlee towards KLCC, Jalan Tun Razak near the Bulatan Pahang overpass/ Pekeliling Flats area and more. There’s nothing to look at or slow down for, move along. Some drivers use the roads everyday and yet they make the same mistakes daily. You know the nice traffic policeman is there and yet you still react to the traffic lights. You know the lane is closed daily at peak hours and yet try to switch lanes haphazardly to try your luck. You know there is the other way to go Pusat Bandar Damansara and yet you choose to inconsiderately cross over 4 lanes at the top of Jalan Johar during rush hour just to take that short cut. You know the path you plan to take, you know the lanes, the road opens up in front of you, pick a lane ahead of time and drive. Why are you slowing down when the road in front of you is growing from two lanes to three? It just doesn’t make any sense!

Jalan Damansara, the stretch between Section 17 and Eastin Hotel heading towards KL, where the speed limit is at 50 km/h at one point on a 3 lane highway, is another hot spot where slow moving drivers are abundant. On a clear day, it is possible to drive at 120 km/h with any car and not even come close to losing control of the vehicle if you are skilled enough to do it. (Author’s note: Do not attempt to do this unless you are professionally trained). The road is clear in front of you and yet you brake for nothing? It’s not a steep hill, your car is not going to tumble over, skid or become uncontrollable. The 2 right lanes are clear and yet they move slowly up the overpass. On the way in a few days ago, I noticed the Sprint LED board that read, “Pandulah Ikut Peraturan, Jangan Ikut Perasaan” and laughed myself silly in the car. If you did drive properly in the first place, we wouldn’t have to drive with negative emotions or break any laws.

Find the source of the problem and find a solution for it. To fault those who jump queue? Do you really blame them? Those who overtake you recklessly? Is there a reason? These are effects of some cause. Have you wondered why that driver did that, instead of sitting there cursing away when they can’t even hear you? Could it be because you were driving slow or ridiculously inconsiderately in the first place, that it annoyed and frustrated the living daylights of the person behind you so much that it totally killed of any happy mood for the day? You could have left them agitated because you failed to give way or be in the correct lane and consequentially forced their overwhelming Malaysia Boleh! driving skills to surface, leaving them no choice but break the law and annoy you back. For every cause, there will be a reaction. Unfortunately in driving, your actions, affects others behind and beside you.

In Part Cinco: Flow, Speed Matching and Merging Lanes

Disclaimer: The author takes no responsibility and accepts no liability for any harm or injury that may arise from practicing any of the content mentioned in this article. Speed can kill if you are not skilled to handle it. Road racing is a dangerous activity. Always observe the law and apply common sense and consideration when driving.

Guide to Malaysian Drivers
Part Cinco

The next thing is about Flow! Imagine a river stream flowing. Whenever it hits a rock or an obstacle, it has to change its path to continue flowing. Same with driving. The key to driving effectively under the least amount of stress is the combination of the “Look Ahead and Plan” method, gearing, the cornering technique and speed matching. There are times when I thoroughly enjoy the drive as it is a blissful challenge to overtake over 1000 or so cars on the way in to work. It’s not that I’m driving super fast or that my car is fast, I’m just driving logically consistently smarter without causing any additional trouble or congestion for myself and the others on the road. Sure you might hate me for disappearing out of your sight in traffic jam situations but whose fault is that really? I’m not breaking your flow because you are not flowing in the first place. As far as I am concern, I’m trying to get away from you because your driving is more dangerous to me. You are probably dreaming in your own world while driving and not fully concentrating on what is happening around you. If you were, you would be more courteous to other drivers behind and around you, unless you weren’t thought that etiquette when you were growing up. Do I need to knock some common sense into that head?

The deduction here is that most of them stuck in the jam like being stuck in the jam and don’t mind being late for work as they dread the routine office politics and piles of work waiting at their desk. They’d rather be entertained by the Hitz FM Morning Crew or Light’n’Easy, waste petrol and polute the environment further by being in the car longer, damage the clutch, gearbox and engine by inching along at 1st gear at speeds below 20 km/h. Well like some other drivers out there, we don’t like being stuck in traffic and believe it or not, think that your driving is more dangerous/annoying/frustrating/temper initiating/mood spoiling and down right rude, to our journey. We do not have the luxury to drive leisurely to work and breeze in to the office and give bad traffic as an excuse everyday. We do not also feel that it is justified to penalise our sleep time and wake up earlier just to compensate for the slow traffic crawls you cause. I really believe that there’s a conspiracy out there, some secret code that we faster drivers miss that say’s, “Ok everyone, today, let us all drive at 18km/h, even though we can drive faster, but lets not.” There was really no real valid reason for the jam today. No accidents, no car broken down, no road closures or diversions, just plain simple unacceptable slow driving. Even the Sprint LED traffic display board is to be blame for psychologically conditioning people’s mind to drive slowly. “Trafik Perlahan dari Jalan Dato Abu Bakar ke Jalan Semantan.” What happens? We start thinking it is slow traffic along these roads and end up believing that we all have to drive slow.

Keep your eyes and senses aware of your peripheral environment so that you don’t get in the way of other peoples flow. To put it simply, one could weave in and out of traffic without contributing to the bad traffic if your flow is good. I am not saying that one should drive fast and recklessly, you can, but do that at your own risk and when else nobody is around like on the race track, not on a public road where you could endanger others. What we are trying to achieve here is improved, responsible, understanding of driving skills and traffic flow so that it doesn’t cause a chain reaction resulting in a jam or accidents for everyone else. This is where speed matching comes in. When switching lanes, position yourself to go into the intended lane by, moving (either accelerating or slowing) into the gaps by going faster than the cars meant to be behind you and slightly slower or equal speed to the car in front of you. Do not brake suddenly while you are still in the current lane as you will get in the way of the cars behind you and break their flow. Worst still that person could be caught unawares and slam on the brakes and ram you from behind.

In Part Seis: Queue Jumping, Flow, Driving Attitude, Road Hogs, Malaysian Roads, Orange Poles

Disclaimer: The author takes no responsibility and accepts no liability for any harm or injury that may arise from practicing any of the content mentioned in this article. Speed can kill if you are not skilled to handle it. Road racing is a dangerous activity. Always observe the law and apply common sense and consideration when driving.

Guide to Malaysian Drivers
Part Seis - Finale

Poor speed matching and merging lane practice is the main and most common reason for the jam we face. I see it daily. People cutting into lanes at the wrong speeds or wrong entry positions, forcing the people in the destination lane to brake and the person behind them to brake and so on. Then this starts a chain reaction of the stop and go jam because most of these drivers don’t know how to move or accelerate along quickly to dissipate the flow interruption. The jam begins. Most times, you do not have to brake if you are travelling at the near similar speeds. Lifting your feet on or off the accelerator to match the speed is sufficient. It’s like filling in the gaps seamlessly like how a zipper works. If you merge lanes when two cars are side by side or travelling too fast in relation to each other, it wouldn’t work now would it? Please use your indicator lights for the sake of other motorist behind you. You actions become more predictable for their mind mapping and flow.

Similarly, this applies to merging lanes when entering highways, which repeatedly happens along the Federal Highway daily. You should not be slowing down when going into the highway lanes. You should be accelerating and matching the speed of incoming cars and then merge into the traffic. When you slowly enter the lanes, it causes a break in the flow of incoming traffic and subsequently causes a potential problem. This is especially true at the area towards the entrance of the Kerinchi Link highway on the Federal Highway, which coincidentally, is also a victim of poor road planning with no spill over lanes. Indirectly, you become the rock in the path of the river. What needs to be understood is that it is dangerous for the faster moving drivers as we have to avoid a slower vehicle when you break the flow. We are driving around to avoid and accelerating away from you, hence we pose no danger to you. This even applies to the normal roads and this is where the policy of driving slowly equates to safety is in direct conflict with logic. Driving slowly or in a relaxed state of mind, results in the reduction of mental alertness and complacency in skill upgrading towards being a more capable driver.

The reason why this is a common problem in practice is the ignorance of the surroundings behind them. Again not being prejudicial, it is more common with women drivers and some men drivers too regardless of age. The justification is simple. I previously wrote about the perception that cars are mechanical monsters to some drivers and therefore, concentrating on what happens in front of them matters more, trying not to crash into others or injure their own self, thereby completely ignoring their surroundings of flashing high beams and honking from drivers behind them. If you see a line of cars tailing closely to one another on the speed lane, then you know the first car in the line is one of these drivers. The mirrors are simply beauty accessories. Those who know how to treat the car as a friend, on the other hand, have a better chance of being more alert of the drivers behind them and can be more responsive to courtesy.

If it’s a two lane road and you are travelling side by side with another car at slow speeds with obvious empty road space in front, you and the other driver have effectively blocked of any safe path for anyone to get pass. If you don’t intend to drive fast, overtake or stay behind the car going at the same speed as you and keep the right lane clear for others to pass you. Again, another inconsiderate driving habit of some Off-Road / Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) owners like Pajero’s, Unser’s, Rexton’s and the refrigerator-on-wheels looking S600 Mercedes Benz. It is such a waste of money to spend it on a beautiful car that is not driven to its intended potential. This applies to Kancil and in some instances, Ferrari owners as well. Your car may be capable of being modified to go faster but be realistic, you are not driving fast. Then again, I’ve seen a few Kancil’s capable of going faster then some of those supped-up Protons cars.

We know you got a lot of money to blow on your cars but you do not own the road to hog it and drive slowly on the right lane. If you are going to practice the flow, we don’t mind your presence on the right lane, but if you’re not, then let us pass. It’s just common sense, if someone is tailgating you and you don’t like it, move. The only reason we are tailgating you is because we are annoyed at you for hogging the road and you seem oblivious to courteous signals we gave earlier. So, rather than overtake you on the left because that’s just not right, we feel compelled to fear you to never ever drive on the right lane again because you don’t deserve to. It is just as comfortable to drive on the left lane. If you observe carefully, chances are BMW car owners have a higher tendency to drive much better, than Mercedes owners due to the culture it advertises and the mindset that embedded in its owners, as the Ultimate Driving Machine.

I can’t fault everything to the drivers of these vehicles as the way our Malaysian roads are designed also escapes common sense and logic sometimes. God knows how those road planning and contractor guys actually do their work. Similar praise goes to those who dig up and resurface portions of the roads after they have beautifully restored and fully resurfaced the road a few weeks before. Case in point, Jalan Maarof, Bangsar. Don’t even get me started on the pot holes. Those Orange Poles are also a menace. Three areas which fall victim include Jalan Mahameru leading towards PWTC, on Jalan Duta heading towards Jalan Parlimen/Mahameru/KL Sentral split off, and the Section 16 underpass heading towards Kiara. These poles actually aggravate the traffic congestion conditions that reduce. For example the spill over road on Jalan Mahameru previously served as an alternative lane during peak hours allowing for vehicles to move in from 4 lanes to 3 in parallel but now, the Orange Poles have made it worst by funnelling these 4 lanes to 2 causing even bigger bottle neck and jam. Similarly, the 2 other areas mentioned also face the same problem as this is where spill over road space, which could be useful during peak hours, causes drivers to jump queue as they have to merge with the existing lanes. These poles break the flow and cause bottlenecks where it didn’t exist as bad as before.

There’s just so much more I could write about and I know some of you out there can probably add more examples of the idiotic things some drivers do. Sure I’m pissing some of you off. Tit for tat. Put yourselves in my shoes. I’m just giving my two cents worth of what I perceive is a growing problem amongst the regressive mentality and mindset that is rapidly deteriorating the quality and safety of other drivers. The views expressed may be contrary to popular believe, but is a worthwhile alternative that one should not ignore, especially policy makers and the general driving public. What is meant to happen eventually is that you continuously cultivate a habit of experimenting of how to improve as a driver, pushing the boundaries towards understanding your cars limitations and your own driving skills. It makes you a safe active driver and not just a passive commuter.

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Disclaimer: The author takes no responsibility and accepts no liability for any harm or injury that may arise from practicing any of the content mentioned in this article. Speed can kill if you are not skilled to handle it. Road racing is a dangerous activity. Always observe the law and apply common sense and consideration when driving.

Saturday, June 19, 2004

Too Lost In You 

Artist: Sugababes
Title: Too Lost In You

You look into my eyes
I go out of my mind
I can't see anything
Cos this love's got me blind
I can't help myself
I can't break the spell
I can't even try

I'm in over my head
You got under skin
I got no strength at all
In the state that I'm in

And my knees are weak
And my mouth can't speak
Fell too far this time

Chorus:
Baby, I'm too lost in you
Caught in you
Lost in everything about you
So deep, I can't sleep
I can't think
I just think about the things that you do (you do)
I'm too lost in you
(Too lost in you)

ooh
Well you whispered to me
And I shiver inside
You undo me and move me
In ways undefined
And you're all I see
And you're all I need
Help me baby (help me baby)
Help me baby (help me now)

Cos I'm slipping away
Like the sand to the tide
Falling into your arms
Falling into your eyes
If you get too near
I might disappear
I might lose my mind

Chorus:
Baby, I'm too lost in you
Caught in you
Lost in everything about you
So deep, I can't sleep
I can't think
I just think about the things that you do (you do)
I'm too lost in you
(Too lost in you)

I'm going in crazy in love for you baby
(I can't eat and I can't sleep)
I'm going down like a stone in the sea
Yeah, no one can mess with me
(No one can mess with me)

Oooh, my baby
Oooh, baby, baby

Chorus:
Baby, I'm too lost in you
Caught in you
Lost in everything about you
So deep, I can't sleep
I can't think
I just think about the things that you do (you do)
I'm too lost in you

I'm lost in you
I'm lost in you
I'm lost in everything about you
So deep (so deep), I can't sleep
I can't think
I just think about the things that you do (you do)
I'm too lost in you
(Too lost in you)

Wednesday, June 16, 2004

Separated 

Artists: Usher
Song: Separated
 
Oh no, no, no, no
 
If love was a bird
Then we wouldn't have wings
If love was a sky
We'd be blue
If love was a choir
You and I could never sing
Cause love isn't for me and you

If love was an Oscar
You and I could never win
Cause we can never act out our parts
Because its not in our hearts

So why don't you go your way
And I'll go mine
Live your life, and I'll live mine
Baby... you'll do well, and I'll be fine
Cause we're better off, separated

If love was a fire
Then we have lost the spark
Love never felt so cold
If love was a light
Then we're lost in the dark
Left with no one to hold

If love was a sport
We're not on the same team
You and I are destined to lose
If love was an ocean
Then we are just a stream
Cause love isn't for me and you

So why don't you go your way
And I'll go mine
Live your life, and I'll live mine
Baby.... you'll do well, and I'll be fine
Cause we're better off, separated

I know we had some good times
It's sad but now we gotta say goodbye
you know I love you, I can't deny
I can't say we didn't try to make it work for you
and I
I know it hurts so much but it's best for us
Somewhere along this windy road we lost the trust
So I'll walk away so you don't have to see me cry
It's killing me so, why don't you go

So why don't you go your way
And I'll go mine
Live your life, and I'll live mine
Baby you'll do well, and I'll be fine
Cause we're better off, separated...


**I'm sorry we didn't make it..

Tuesday, June 08, 2004

So Into You 

 
Song: So Into You
Performed by: Tamia
 
With every passing moment
Thoughts of you run through my head
Everytime that I'm near you
I realize that your heaven sent

I think your truly something special
Just what my dreams are really made of
Let's stay together you and me boy
There's no one like you around
Oh Baby

I really like what you've done to me
I can't really explain it, I'm so into you

[2x]

It could be the way that you hold me
It could be the things that you say
Oh I'm not to sure what is is boy
But I know I like feeling this way

I think your truly something special
Just what my dreams are really made of
Let's stay together you and me boy
There's no one like you around
Oh Baby

I really like what you've done to me
I can't really explain it, I'm so into you
[2x]

Oh I really like
What I feel when I'm with you
Your a dream come true
Don't you ever leave my side
Cuz it feels so right

I really like what you've done to me
I can't really explain it, I'm so into you
 
 

Fragile 

 
Song: Fragile
Performed by: Rick Price
Written by: Rick Price, Heather Field


The first time I saw her
She was looking just like an angel in the night
I tried hard not to cause no suspicion, but
She saw the look in my eye, but I
Don't wanna hurt her
And I don't wanna see her cry, but I
Want to love her like a woman, but she's so

Fragile, so
Fragile, so
Fragile, fragile

Sophisticated, just like a lady
Sweet and innocent like a child
I wanna take her in my arms and hold her
And I just can't resist her smile, but
I wouldn't wanna hurt her, and I
Don't wanna see her cry, but I
Want to love her like a woman but she's so

Fragile, so
Fragile, so
Fragile, fragile

Everywhere I go, she's inside my head
So now tell me what I am gonna do
'Cause she's so

Fragile, so
Fragile, so
Fragile, fragile
 
 

Thursday, June 03, 2004

Got this from a friend. Thought it was inspirational.


"A girl asked a guy if he thought she was pretty,
he said...no.

She asked him if he would want to be with her
forever....and he said no.

She then asked him if she were to leave would he
cry, and once again he replied with a no.

She had heard enough.

As she walked away, tears streaming down her
face the boy grabbed her arm and said....

You're not pretty you're beautiful.

I don't want to be with you forever. I NEED to be
with you forever.

And I wouldn't cry if you walked away...I'd die..."


Jo :)

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