she who has been: trying to stay awake

.. at work.

Yap its Monday and I'm surfing for songs on YouTube.

I am actually taking a nap after my first two calls and had a twenty minute break. I just can't take this scenario in my thick head which I will write on my next post but Adele's song keeps on popping as well. I don't have a radio at home so I can't say that I just can't get rid of this song because I kept on hearing it. This is not the official videos but I really look for something with the lyrics alone. 

Here is a short info about the song according to Wikipedia:

The piano and soul ballad was inspired by a broken relationship of Adele's, and lyrically it speaks of Adele coming to terms with it. Accompanied only by a piano played by co-writer Wilson, Adele sings about the end of the relationship with her ex-boyfriend. The original video showed Adele walking alone through the streets with a sad look on her face.

The track, which epitomizes the lyrical content of 21, summarizes the now defunct relationship that the record is all about. Adele has openly discussed the genesis of it saying, "Well, I wrote that song because I 

was exhausted from being such a bitch, with 'Rolling in the Deep' or 'Rumour Has It' ... I was really emotionally drained from the way I was portraying him, because even though I'm very bitter and regret some 

parts of it, he's still the most important person that's ever been in my life, and 'Someone Like You,' I had to write it to feel OK with myself and OK with the two years I spent with him. And when I did it, I felt so 

freed."

Adele had said that she began writing it on her acoustic guitar in the wake of the break-up of her 18-month relationship with the 30-year old man she thought she would marry. A few months after their split, he had 

gotten engaged to someone else. "We were so intense I thought we would get married. But that was something he never wanted ...So when I found out he does want that with someone else, it was just the horrible-est feeling ever. But after I wrote it, I felt more at peace. It set me free ... I didn't think it would resonate ... with the world! I'm never gonna write a song like that again. I think that's the song I'll be known 

for." She also said that "I wrote that song on the end of my bed. I had a cold. I was waiting for my bath to run. I'd found out that he'd got engaged to someone else."

Adele revealed that she was struggling emotionally when she composed it: "When I was writing it I was feeling pretty miserable and pretty lonely, which I guess kind of contradicts 'Rolling in the Deep'. Whereas that was about me saying, 'I'm going to be fine without you', this is me on my knees really." She discussed further the inspiration of the song: "I can imagine being about 40 and looking for him again, only to turn up 

and find that he's settled with a beautiful wife and beautiful kids and he's completely happy... and I'm still on my own. The song's about that and I'm scared at the thought of that."

Thanks Wiki ^^, 

Anyways, more of Adele's on my next post. 

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she who has been: watching this interview

.. with Russel Peters.

I was about to take a nap, its 1:00 MT and 32 degrees so I'm planning to snuggle under my pillows in an air-conditioned room when I opened this interview with Russel Peters. Its about his style and it appeals to the public in different culture.

Watch his other videos from YouTube but for now here he is, Russel Peters.

uploaded by AllanGregg on Dec 16, 2011

BTW:
I'll update some of my uploads today and give proper credit to people to whom I took it.

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she who has been: reading and amazed

by this travel magazine.

I can't exactly remember how I ended up reading files from virtuoso.com, a network of finest travel agencies with knowledgeable travel advisors who draw upon first-hand experience to craft the perfect vacation for each client. 

I was truly amazed after reading some of their clients story. I even wanted to subscribe for its monthly magazine [not the eMag but the real mag] but it would be too expensive for me since I'm in RP, so sad. I also don't have an IPad since 1. I'm not a gadget junkie [I don't even have a cellphone for two weeks now, can you beat that?] and 2. I don't see any reasons on buying one [since I'm almost always in front of the computer anyway, I want my free time to be free computer too]. 

Anyways, if I still can't find all the books that I wanted to read and buy maybe, just maybe I might get one but still I have my laptop working [which I haven't opened for a month now] but for now, I\m still contented of using the computer and Internet in two offices that I am working for haha saves my electricity bills [smart neh? hehehe]

from virtuoso.com's official site

Let me go back to Virtuoso, anyways again after reading some of the articles here it made me not only want to subscribe but also to be one of their travel advisor not the client. You see I have a penchant in traveling though I can't travel often because my job [which I love doing but its getting bored now because I only sit for a long time] and my wallet are not allowing me. If I could have another job [honestly] I want it to be related in traveling, free would be best and I am so willing to get stress if its all because of traveling. Why? because getting stress to do something you love is not stress at all. You will even love the stress haha Also, I can get creative, so creative that even I wont think of doing it hahaha Anyways, it is just a wishful thinking but just the same ^^, its free to wish and I have so many of those wishful thinking-thingy which will be in my next post. 

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she who has been: laughing for all week

... because of Russell Peters.

I was introduced to Russel Peters one boring morning at work by my Team Leader, Happy. She tried to send one of his offline / downloaded video to me but I need to move to another station and then a few days ago, when I found out that I can access You Tube again on line I decided to check him out so I wont fall asleep at work [yes, sometimes morning works are boring and tend to make me sleepy].

Here is one of his videos and this one made me roll on my belly 

Also, here are some info of him from wiki:

Russell Dominic Peters (born September 29, 1970) is an Canadian-Indian comedian, actor and disc jockey.

He's stand-up performances are mostly made up of observational comedy where he uses humor to highlight racial, ethnic, class and cultural stereotypes. He often refers his own life experiences growing up in an Indian family and impersonates various English accents of different groups in his act to poke fun at each group.

As Peters told an audience in San Francisco, "I don't make the stereotypes, I just see them." Russell Peters uses his minority status to allow him to poke fun at different races in his performance.

Peters' is widely known for his comedy punchlines "Somebody gonna get a hurt real bad" in which he tells a joke about his childhood with a traditional Indian father who would use corporal punishment and “Be a man!" while imitating an Asian trying to get him to pay more for an item at a shop which you could actually hear/see in the video above.

More of him next post.

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she who has been: listing and browsing

all her favorite music videos.

I might not find ALL but I'll try to post some at least.
Here's more of Bruno Mars.

1. Just The Way You Are
~ Its good to be loved just the way we are isn't it.

2. I Wanna Be A Billionaire.
~ and who doesn't by the way ^^,

3. Marry You

4. Nothing On You
~ and why not?

I've been wanting to post some of my favorites here but for some odd reasons I just did it now.

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