See You in 2011!

I Mama Rock would like to wish everyone or anyone who stumble upon this lame blog of mine a Happy, Funky & Great New Year 2011! Hope you can achieve all your goals next year...for me I'll try my very best to do so!



Take care, have fun and love ya. See you in 2011!

My Christmas wishes

It's Christmas eve today...my favourite day! Ya...guess what, it's my BIRTHDAY - I turned 34 today. I feel so old but I don't have a choice becoming older every year..haha!

Anyways...Happy Birthday to me - hope all my dreams and wishes will come true (kids normally says that) and would like to wish all of 'Mama Rock' blog readers - Do have a Great and Fun Christmas and New Year 2011 with a blast!!!

LOVE YOU'ALL TOO!!!

Urang Sabah mimang buli bah!

Here's SO COOL cover of one of my fav Stevie Wonder song 'Lately' by Terry Peter, another of Sabahan's great local talent. Terry is an acquaintances of mine (through my sister, Deb) I met years ago and then recently met up with him again at a wedding. And while I was listening to our popular radio channel, Suria FM today - they played one of Terry's song 'Pretty Young Girls' from his 2008 debut album 'Melting Pot' - I like! Read more here. You can also check him out in Youtube - also love his Kadazan ballad song.



To Terry - bila ko mau bagi saya copy album ko..sia tagih ni. Suara ko mimang hebat lah - ko mimang buli. Urang Sabah mimang buli bah!

Bah keep it up!

Korean drama fever continues....

My fever over Korean dramas are still not so over...I think I could never get enough of them. I just love their language and I could already understand and speak a few words quite well...Sa-rang-hae-yo! After 'Sungkyunkwan Scandal'drama, there was another Korean drama blues over 'Cruel Love' (or aka Bad Love), a twisted but interesting love story that could make you cry. Unbelievably, even my husband watched it, joining me & my sister, Debbie every night from Mon - Thurs. We family are so into Korean dramas or even their food for that matter (talking about kimchi & bimbimbap) nowadays. But the drama ended it's last epi last week and again...why Koreans can't do any better & satisfying ending for their dramas (geez)? Anyways, the ending was just ok - the couple did end up together but in an un-romantic way (sigh!).

Here's a brief synopsis of the drama:

Na In Jung (played by Lee Yo-won) struggles with her love between the rather cold and rebellious Yong Ki (by Kwon Sang-woo) and a successful businessman, Soo Hwan (by Kim Seong-soo). Kang Yong Ki is a pop culture artist. He was separated from his first love, Jo Ann, and still carries the wound that he suffered from their relationship. His half sister is Joo Ran who is married to Soo Hwan. Soo Hwan begins an affair with In Jung but he only has ambition for the CEO position of Yong Ki's father's company. Soon after he discovers that his ambition does not fill the emptiness that he has inside and realizes he needs In Jung. But In Jung and Yong Ki have already fallen in love with each other. Will In Jung go back to her first love or stay with Yong Ki?

They say there is nothing else you could wish for as long as you are in love. But people tend to expect quite a lot from those they love. They say pride does not matter when you are in love, but many lovers break up because their self-esteem is hurt. They say love alone will do when you are in love, but we eventually keep turning our eyes to the demands of reality. They say love has no reasons, but people always love for a reason. Maybe that's why God bestowed love to humans as the biggest punishment for their greed. A bad and wicked love...

Here's one of the music soundtrack from the drama - and again, Koreans are SO good in doing ballads and I particularly love this one:

In a mood for X'mas...

I'm already in the mood for Christmas spirit and I love whenever December comes...who doesnt?! It's the time of the year again, for lots of happy things to happen around us - family gatherings, christmas shopping, gifts, christmas tree, children smiling, my birthday (wink), singing carols, christmas day itself & bla bla bla.

I've been singing the tunes to this lovely x'mas song all week now...so my fav! I might wanna try to record a video of me singing this song soon - we'll see, just wait.

Right now...here's to share Glee's version of 'Merry Christmas Darling' - just love Leah's (Glee's Rachel) voice too! Glee's music soundtracks are in my collection as well. Let's sing along and enjoy this song as much as I do.



Merry Christmas Darling

Greeting cards have all been sent
The Christmas rush is through
But I still have one wish to make
A special one for you

Merry Christmas darling
We're apart that's true
But I can dream and in my dreams
I'm Christmas-ing with you

Holidays are joyful
There's always something new
But every day's a holiday
When I'm near to you
The lights on my tree
I wish you could see
I wish it every day
Logs on the fire
Fill me with desire
To see you and to say

That I wish you Merry Christmas
Happy New Year, too
I've just one wish
On this Christmas Eve
I wish I were with you

Instrumental Interlude

Logs on the fire
Fill me with desire
To see you and to say
That I wish you Merry Christmas
Happy New Year, too
I've just one wish
On this Christmas Eve
I wish I were with you
I wish I were with you

(Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas - Darling)

Can't wait to buy me-self a birthday/x'mas gift soon...and I'll keep aiming to make my dreams come true:)

The month of I Do's

The wedding couple with some of the many talented musicians involved/performed at their wedding - thumbs up to the music coordinator, Adsone Gabu. (Photo courtesy of Romeo Bangkuai)

There's been lots of wedding ceremonies of friends or people I know this December month. It's the time of year again - weddings & singing & x'mas mood! And last Sunday, I was invited by a childhood friend, Carol Stella to sing at her wedding. I was again requested to sing Lea Salonga's 'Two Words' but this time with a violin accompaniment by Kyunghwan Hwang, a Korean. Hwang is a volunteer teacher at our mission school in Tamparuli and he's really good with the violin and singing with his accompaniment was really lovely. Reminds me of my violinist cousins, Sherwin & Miclen Thia.

I'm not sure if I sang well but go ahead and check out the video here which was uploaded by Pammie. (To Pammie - thanks again for this video, you are the best!) Will post more pictures later....