Cool Head Warm Heart

Not a particularly beautiful voice. But it is a mesmerizing song and her voice simply suits this song well.

Another video of the same song with a very different color tone. In blue.

Just piano music at the background. So nice.

Met two ex-colleagues, which are now friends, yesterday for evening coffee. Comically we told each others how bad each of our work situations turned out to be. All of us are having problems with bosses.

We worked closely during our time in investment bank. One of them is INTJ. The other one is ISFJ. And me, an INTP. Strangely, I think I worked particularly well with the INTJ, who is logical, straight forward, responsible and the no-nonsense type. Her discipline is top notch. I always take her as my role model in this area.

It is interesting to hear her talking about how she enjoys power at work (well, NT always enjoy power, particularly xNTJ) and fought with some office assholes.

We ended up talking about what we want to do in the future. When I told them my “artistic pursuit” outside working hours, both of them had a real good laugh and sympathetically assured me that what I want to do can happen.

Well, I’d never doubt that.

————————–

I saw a comment in fb from an old friend. I found myself still carrying the guilt toward the person. In my teenage years, I was (may be still “am”) too casual in my words and actions and was oblivious about the impacts on others.

There are memories that I wish to bury away due to guilt, this is one of them. Of course, the person probably think the incident is so insignificant that does not worth a thought now. But I am not sure if I should even attempt to request to add the person in FB friend list. Sigh! Better don’t risk possible rejection.

I shall still continue to carry the guilt for a while.

But I am truly glad to see the person doing so well in both career and family.

She wrote this for Michael Jackson.

This is particularly melodious due to the orchestra’s string family at the background.

My FB friends probably bored of all my links to Amy’s concert videos.
But I just need to note this down in my blog and I will not forget this song.

How does it sound to mix classical orchestra and rock band together? Listen to Amy’s Luxemburg concert.

Last year, I walked passed a music shop at KLIA airport inside the departure area, I believe. I heard this song. I walked in looking for the CD and was told it was the last copy and it was not for sell. I note down the name of the song and the artist, it was “This is the life” by Amy MacDonald. After a while, I almost forgot her last name “MacDonald”, just remembered there was something called Amy or “Kentucky” something.

It is not just the music, I actually like her lyrics like this one:

What Happiness Means To Me
Maybe in the start we would laugh
Maybe in the end we would cry
But I believe in every book I’ve ever read
And what you said

And the moon was in the sky
And the tears did fill my eyes
And the momories they all had passed
But in my head they’ll always last
And in the end before I could be
I’d shown the world
What it means to me
Believe it or not, I made them see
This is what happiness means to me

Will I ever see your face again
Will I ever touch your skin
I’ll never stop loving everything you do
But not me and you

And the moon was in the sky
And the tears did fill my eyes
And the memories they all had passed
But in my head they’ll always last
And in the end before I could be
I’d shown the world
What it means to me
Believe it or not, I made them see
This is what happiness means to me

And in the end, I made them see
This is what happiness means to me

“Always assume the best of people, but always be ready for the worst part of them.” — CT

It is worth watching not because he is Steve Jobs, but because of three well-told real good real stories.s. It is to remind myself.

He speaks on
a. dropping out of college and not having a college degree, but moving forward
b. being fired from Apple, starting again doing what he loves
c. facing death, his cancer

‎”Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even if it leads you off well worn path, and that will make all the difference.” — Steve Jobs

“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.” — Steve Jobs

Last two weeks were interesting. I was experiencing a new understanding from the combination of reading Tolle and the experience of asking a friend some buried memories. For the later, I regretted that I had ever asked the moment I sent out the email. I should not have asked.

Tolle was right, memories are just concepts or ideas. They are never real.

Something I wrote right before 40 changed. The sequence, of past, future and now, matters.

It was once “Look forward, cherish past and live now”.
But now, I know it should always be “Live now” then a distance second of “look forward and cherish past.”

I must always remember this.