January 11, 2017

Get Lucky

Category: Entertainment

We’ve come too far to give up who we are. So let’s raise the bar and our cups to the stars.

So here goes.

She’s up all night to the sun. I’m up all night to get some. She’s up all night for good fun. I’m up all night to get lucky.

Did something sort of sound familiar and  yet you could not quite put your finger to it when you read the above? 

Well, well! If you have not caught on yet by the 4th italised sentence, you may have thought that I’d probably lost my marbles and not quite making sense. But no, I haven’t.

It’s just that I’ve got Daft Punk’s Get Lucky song stuck in my head for several days now and I’ve just been humming it in my head. Granted, it not my regular choice of music. But! for some reason my mind has been playing this on repeat and there’s no escaping the loop.  

It’s catchy, it’s groovy and I.LIKE.IT.

And perhaps under the circumstances, there’s a lot of truth to “we’ve come too far to give up”. After all, like the legend of the phoenix, we obtain a new lease of life by arising from the ashes. And perhaps, just perhaps, we all are up for some luck this time.

So here goes nothing. Enjoy! 

 

 

Like the legend of the phoenix
All ends with beginnings
What keeps the planet spinning (uh)
The force of love beginning
We’ve come too far to give up who we are
So let’s raise the bar and our cups to the stars

She’s up all night ’til the sun
I’m up all night to get some
She’s up all night for good fun
I’m up all night to get lucky

We’re up all night ’til the sun
We’re up all night to get some
We’re up all night for good fun

We’re up all night to get lucky
We’re up all night to get lucky
We’re up all night to get lucky
We’re up all night to get lucky
We’re up all night to get lucky

The present has no ribbon
Your gift keeps on giving,
What is this I’m feeling?
If you wanna leave I’m with it (ah)

We’ve come too far to give up who we are
So let’s raise the bar and our cups to the stars

She’s up all night ’til the sun
I’m up all night to get some
She’s up all night for good fun
I’m up all night to get lucky

We’re up all night ’til the sun
We’re up all night to get some
We’re up all night for good fun

We’re up all night to get lucky
We’re up all night to get lucky
We’re up all night to get lucky
We’re up all night to get lucky
We’re up all night to get lucky

We’ve come too far to give up who we are
So let’s raise the bar and our cups to the stars

She’s up all night ’til the sun
I’m up all night to get some

She’s up all night for good fun
I’m up all night to get lucky

We’re up all night ’til the sun
We’re up all night to get some
We’re up all night for good fun
We’re up all night to get lucky
We’re up all night to get lucky
We’re up all night to get lucky
We’re up all night to get lucky
We’re up all night to get lucky
We’re up all night to get lucky
We’re up all night to get lucky
We’re up all night to get lucky
We’re up all night to get lucky

Songwriters: Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo / Nile Rodgers / Pharrell Williams / Thomas Bangalter. Get Lucky lyrics © Imagem Music Inc

Posted by:    |    4 Comment

January 10, 2017

Predictably Unpredictable

If there’s one thing you can count on in the Netherlands is the fact that the weather here can be predictably unpredictable. 

Sometimes cloudy; sunny if you are lucky, other times rainy and recently mostly foggy with lots of wind. Like the last time we experienced the biting winter in Holland 4 years ago, snow is possible, but not always a common occurrence. That is if it ever snows at all. Just don’t bet your life on it.

But those tiny balls of cotton came by last weekend. It snowed for only a few hours in the night but that few hours were enough to (dis)colour the pavements in our neighbourhood. I don’t think we were expecting snow that day.

Just like that, the streets were transformed and littered with powdery whites till the next day.  

20170107_0107301
Snow on the walkway

If the kids were home that night, I’d wake them up. But they weren’t as they just happened to be at their grandparents’ that day. Bummer that, for I would love to watch the expressions on their faces as they witnessed their first snow.

The crystallised confetti of nature lasted long enough for the kids to play when they got home the next day. Even the cats were amused!

20170107_095155
Amused Cats
20170107_110553
Bemused kids

My heart swelled as I watched them revel in the wonder of nature. It was cold but they had a blast playing outside with whatever leftover snow they could get their hands and paws on.

They, the kids that is, amused themselves to make minuscule snowballs and laughed to their hearts’ contents as their little feet crunched through the melting white crystals. They had no care in the world and enjoyed every minute of it.

The snow had all melted by now, but it’s looking like that we’ll be expecting snow again this weekend. The kids will be thrilled! And this time, I’ll get to wake them up if it starts snowing at night.

Oh yes, I will! Even if they are fast asleep as there’d be no way I wouldn’t.

Only because I want to see that precious look on their faces as they experience it with such innocence and I want to be able to still-frame that expressions I had miss the first time.

It’s just one of those life essentials.

Posted by:    |    6 Comment

January 8, 2017

Sunday Humour: A Marriage in Bliss

Category: Entertainment

This is just proof that romance is still very much alive in a marriage…

mariage
Source: FB Newsfeed

..and just a lot more kick-ass. As it should be. Who is to say that the matrimony is not a happy one? Completely acceptable in my opinion! It’s just life’s essentials.  

Here’s to the good ole and fun couples out there. With romance knocking on your door, have a wonderful week!

Posted by:    |    6 Comment

Privacy Preference Center

Close your account?

Your account will be closed and all data will be permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Are you sure?