Some men also love it

This is a just a saja-saja post alright cos I'm trying to shoo away boredom right now (ha!) What I'm trying to say here is that...most young girls loves it like a snack but they could also be men out there...in fact even a male celebrity like him love it. Read further....


This is Yoo Ah In, a Korean celebrity which I've blogged about before on his killer smile and sexy pout?!

Anyways...what some men like Yoo Ah In also love is this...can you guess what I'm talking about?


Aha...this guy likes LOLLIPOP! He looks like a little kid. And then look at the next picture..looks like someone's (probably a fan) trying to offer him a lollipop and there's a wide happy smile on his face. Maybe this 'someone' was just teasing him. Check out this pretty funny fan-made video here.


I still heart Yoo Ah In...even with a lollipop:P

Singing in the bathroom

Check out who's singing in the bathroom/restroom (or whatever)??

Ahaa...that's Charice Pempengco!

I heard that singing in the bathroom has the most natural acoustics and roll off sounds and that is why people who sings in the bathroom sound better than singing in the living room or something.

Guess what....I always & always does this too:P Cool place to do vocalising!

AI2011: Jacob Lusk vs Casey Abrams

At first I liked Jacob Lusk the most but after a few performances..I kinda felt bored a little with his voice, his vibratos, the shouting and all but no doubt he could really sing. And now I thought Casey Abrams has bigger talent - he plays musical instruments, he's original, unique, versatile although he looks & acts funny but that makes his personality lovable. So I liked him better and I think he could likely be in the final. He was voted out once but the judges kept him:)

Well, just to share what I'm talking about....Here's my fav performance of Jacob Lusk singing one of my favourite song - 'A House is not a Home' (once popularised by Dionne Warwick & the late Luther Vandross)

Gosh, I missed Luther all over again after watching this.

And then...here's a video of Luther singing the same song and his soulful voice never fails to give me goose bumps. Although he's gone but he will still remain as my musical inspiration and idol. I have a collections of all his albums and compilation of his greatest hits.


Now..check out one of Casey Abrams best performance with 'With a little help from my friends' - loved his version!

He could be the next American Idol..who knows???

Anyways, tell me who's your favourite American Idol 2011?!

Lazy Blogger but trying hard not to....

I'm really a one lazy blogger nowadays...it's either I'm too busy at work or trying hard to be productive (duh!) or too tired to blog (despite also being busy as a mommy). So working mama + tired mama = LAZY! But hey..I'm trying to blog now...haha but this is pretty short - just to let anyone who reads this lame personal online journal of my life that I'll be back when I feel like it. Hopefully - soon with a good mind and better mood! Please have patience with Mama Rock ya:)

Anyways, just to post something interesting before I lazed off again...just to let you know I'm currently in love with this kind of music (blame it on my slow and lazy mood this days too) - aha that's JAZZ! But I have always love Jazz music. Because listening to Esperanza Spalding is cool too - so enjoy her lovely jazzy voice and music in this video. And hey, she's a recent Grammy award winner...so if you dislikes Jazz, at least appreciate her music and talent okay people! Check out her other songs too - it's great!



It's about 4am now...need to get back to sleep (just gave Chardon his milk half an hour ago so can't get back to bed) - I know it's crazy but good morning and see you soon in here:P

Rest in Peace - Liz Taylor

Hollywood Screen icon & legend, Elizabeth Taylor has died yesterday. I'm not really a fan of her and I don't remember much of her movies, although I've watched some of her early movies, perhaps only one or two many, many years back. But I adores her beauty (during her younger days though).

For me and I think for most people, she's truly one of the most beautiful woman of all time, and the same goes to Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly.



May your soul rest in peace Ms Taylor! Say hi to MJ for me (hehe).

Little guitarists

This performance is simply unbelievable and amazing! It looks like some sort of camera trick but I think this little kids are for real. I love the way they moved to the music with big smiles on their faces - so cute that I want to pinch the little girl in the middle. Oh, I just can't get enough of them when I saw this video being circulated widely on FB that I've got to post them up here too. Damn - they are SO GOOD! Watching them helps me to de-stress and really brightens up my day - period! I haven't shown this video to Carmen and Chardon yet but I will shortly and I'm sure they will also be in awe. Just something to inspire these two - they might want to learn to play the guitar too (just wait till they are lil older and ready for guitar lessons hehe).

Come and Experience the US 7th Fleet Band Performances in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Hi there people! I'm promoting this event to everyone who happens to live in Kota Kinabalu (KK), Sabah, who works or happens to be in KK or simply could travel to KK around 28 February to 1 March. My company (there's only my boss and I) are coordinating the US 7th Fleet Band Performances to be held in KK again this year and as requested by the American Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. It's fun that we work closely with them.

Their schedule of performances in KK are like:
28 February 2011 (Mon) @ 7pm - 8pm at the Ground Floor, Centre Point Sabah Shopping Complex
1 March 2011 (Tues) @ 9am - 10am at the Universiti Malaysia Sabah; @ 12noon - 1pm at the Sabah Tshung Tsin Secondary School & @ 8pm - 9pm at the Perdana Park, Tanjung Aru.

They have two teams of bands - Far East Edition (plays more contemporary music, Jazz, or big band style) and Ceremonial Band. And they are already like 68 years old band (created in 1943) and they are based in Yokosuka, Japan.






Boss and I will be checking the venue at Perdana Park this afternoon. We have invited a few VIPs like the Minister of Tourism, the Japanese Consul General because the band is based in Yokosuka, Japan, the new KK City Mayor, etc to come and see their last performance at this park on 1 March.

Check out their band (Far East Edition team) performing last year in Gaya Street, KK here. Video courtesy from www.budakhutan.com (thanks Budak Hutan).


If you love music band, I'm sure you'll enjoy them - So go check them out and experience their performance! Click on US 7th Fleet Band for more info.

And oh ya...happy weekend to ya'all!

"Live to Dance" 2011 Contestants: Shore Thing, Jalen, D'Angelo & Amanda

I'm currently hooked like crazy over "Live to Dance" 2011 reality show. If I missed out watching it on Starworld, I'll definitely watch it through Youtube. I only favour and really heart for these amazing and young contestants - the dance groupie 'Shore Thing' , duo 'D'Angelo Castro and Amanda Carbajales and the solo dancer 'Jalen Testerman'. My goodness - they are so cute and super talented! I just can't get enough of them. I'll say it again - I LOVE THEM!

Here's 'Shore Thing' dancing during their audition. Their age ranges like 7 - 17 years old. I liked that they danced their way with MJ song at the audition- so cool!




I totally love this dancing duo 'D'Angelo and Amanda' - they claimed themselves as a couple already and will marry each other when they grow older...they are only 9 and 10 years old, oh my so romantic these two and they have cute sense of humor as well. And silly of me..I just knew that they are actually the 1st Winner of the "Live To Dance" inaugural season and they just won themselves half a million recently on 10 Feb. Good picks judges!


I also wouldn't wanna miss talking about another young and talented kid - yes, JALEN Testerman, he's only 9 years old and another awesome genius in the world of hip-hop dancing. He's too cute to just love...I'll keep pinching his cheeks if I ever meet him (hehe)! This kid is already way beyond famous and he has an official website-already.



And just look how amazing and matured he talks during an interview, as a 9 year old, not all kids says the darnest things and Jalen is a child prodigy!


For more of "Live to Dance" and Paula Abdul - click here. (Paula was my childhood celebrity idol not because of her voice but her dance moves on her videos - I really love dancing back then and still do now but it was just for fun). Anyway...can't wait for the next "Live To Dance" show. Now I wanna start dancing all over again...phewwiittt there you go mama!

Happy Thursday

Today was quite a day...a happy one indeed. I just came back from our company's 1st meeting of the year held at Kasih Sayang Resort, which was hosted by Datuk CK Tan, our Vice Chairman and owner of the resort. It was the 1st time we had our Committee Meeting further away from the city and with just enough quorum, the meeting held up there in a cool place was worth it. And we were treated a nice lunch as well after a short tour of the resort which has a health spa too. The funny thing is that my boss and I forgot the road junction where we came out from and we got lost on our way back. Luckily, my boss drove a 4x4 vehicle (Toyota Harrier).


The Main Entrance of Kasih Sayang Resort


From a top distant...enjoying the view of Kota Kinabalu city

Hang loose take it easy



Something unique that you can see around...

The Manja-Manja Health Spa

And another thing...yeah! our pay is in...including bonus - wow that's one happy & suprise news for me and my boss (hehe)! Good thing to start the new year huh? - and then I'm planning to buy this and that...oh my, got to do a list! But of course priority comes first - to pay home bills and settle remaining debts (talking about credit cards - will temporarily stop using them this year for sure).

Because it's a happy day today, just to share something that I heart..ya, I heart Gwyneth Palthrow - she's a sweet person and she can SING! Here's a lovely cameo plus singing performance of her in Glee..cos I love this song!



Hope you had a happy Thursday like I did:)

American Idol Season 10 is now on...

The AI fever is back again - yeah (I so LIKE)! I re-watch it's season 10 audition on youtube and I can't stand this one particular contestant's quirky personality, but at the same time can't stop myself from laughing because she's so different in her own silly-ness.

Here's the crazy 'Ashley Sullivan', AI Season 10 contestant during week 1 audition and made it to Hollywood (I think she's already getting popular from here - JLo doesn't care and hope Mr Tyler promise to work something out of her in the future..haha):


And I love the new judges...talking about Steve Tyler of Aerosmith and JLo but they are quite lenient, unlike the harsh mouth Simon Cowell - missed him already.

Korean Drama: Personal Taste

I realized that I blogged nothing much about myself but more on entertainment nowadays. Last night I finally done watching 16 epis of the Korean drama 'Personal Taste' online. This week I made myself crazy of not having enough sleep because of this. But it's worth watching - its a romantic comedy drama with lots of humor, some intimate kissing moments and a few sad scenes towards the last 3 epis, and at least this time the ending is better. It was also a pretty inspiring story about the value of true friendship, trust and love. And again, love the ballads in the OST. Check out Kim Tae Woo with 'Dropping Rain'. And thumbs up to both main actor & actress - excellent acting!

The drama behind the scenes:


Synopsis: Kae In lives with Jin Ho whom she thinks is gay. Jin Ho is straight but pretending to be gay. Jin Ho falls in love with Kae In. Kae In is confused. This, in a nutshell, is the plot of Personal Taste, a thoroughly endearing comedy starring two of Korea's brightest stars. Lee Min Ho, superstar for his breakout role in 2009's smash hit Boys Over Flowers, finally returns to dramas in the illustrious company of film and drama staple Son Ye Jin (A Moment to Remember, Summer Scent) in this quirkily-themed drama. Park Kae In (played by Son Ye Jin), a furniture designer and the daughter of a famous architect, is kind, impulsive, and a complete slob in her personal habits. Naive and trusting, she's stayed with the same man, Chang-ryul, for years, ignoring all the poor treatment she's received at his hands. When he dumps her in the worst possible circumstances, she's heartbroken, and determined to never take a chance on a man again. Enter Jeon Jin Ho (Lee Min Ho), straightlaced (and straight) architect who needs to scout out her house for his latest business deal. After Kae In takes him as gay during an early encounter, Jin Ho sees his opportunity and decides to pretend to be gay in order to move in with her. Once there, he gradually embarks on a mission to make over the inveterate tomboy/slob, but in all the mayhem of the makeover and hiding his true orientation, the unexpected happens and the perfectionist architect begins to fall for her. What will happen when the man who's pretending to be gay and the woman who thinks he's gay develop feelings for each other?


The sweet neck kiss


I love 'Park Kae In' hairstyle and dress here - she look so sweet!



I love how the used colours and creative props on the set

Copied these subtitled wordings at the ending part of the drama which I find sweet and meaningful:

'Park Kae In' words: "It won't be a life where everyday is clear & mild. But even if a pitch black darkness passes, where nothing can be seen. If this man and I are together, I feel like can muster up the courage and continue walking."

'Jeon Jin Ho' words: "I raced ahead up to now without rest. But I was always that child that circled around the same spot. But after meeting this woman, I learned that occasionally stopping to reflect would allow me to go further."

To watch 'Personal Taste' drama - click here. Enjoy watching Lee Min Ho's charming smile:)

Classic Soul with Al Green

Suddenly just today I wanna listen to the music of Al Green - just to get into the groove and shake myself a little bit this boring Wednesday at the workplace. Feels like the time clock is too slow today. Thought of going to the cinema and watch 'The Tourist' but maybe I'll do it another day. Anyways, Al Green is a LEGEND and I'm always in love with all his music - so classic soul! Here's one of his best performance in the early 90s that makes me wanna dance a little with 'Let's Stay Together' (one of my fav song of all times)

Let's Stay Together

I'm, I'm so in love with you
Whatever you want to do
Is alright with me
'Cause you make me feel, so brand new
And I want to spend my life with you

Me sayin' since, baby, since we've been together
Ooo, loving you forever
Is what I need
Let me, be the one you come running to
I'll never be untrue
Ooo baby

Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad

Oooo oooo ooo ooo, yeah
Whether times are good or bad, happy or sad

Why somebody, why people break up
Oh, and turn around and make up
I just can't seeeeeeeee
You'd never do that to me
(Would you baby)
'Cause being around you is all I see
It's why I want us to

Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad

Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether



Hey..come on let's get into the groove together now - do it like nobody's watching (hehe)

Listening to.....2AM

I just love Korean ballads! I listens to K-Pop mostly nowadays. One particular fav song is 'You Wouldn't Answer My Calls' by 2AM - these guys could really sing! My husband liked this song as well that he keeps playing this same song over and over in the car that I had to leave the CD there. I also bought a DVD that features some of their music videos and other popular Korean pop group. Here's the video from 2AM singing our fav ballad:



One of my resolution this year is to learn and speak Korean well - hopefully. Okay people...I am off to continue watching 'Personal Taste' a Korean drama online. It is so addictive! I might blog about it later. So later then.....have a lovely weekend!

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:)

Disappointing ending of SKKS

This will be my 2nd & last post of the Korean drama 'Sungkyunkwan Scandal' (SKKS), for I've finally watched the ending of it via online this week. Guess what...I'm quite disappointed of how it ends cos my so-called hero Moon Jae Shin did not end up with Kim Yoon Hee, in other words he didn't get the girl and that leaves him with a broken heart. I know..I know I'm acting like a teenager all over again..idolising stuffs like this (ha!). Since the genre of the drama is romantic comedy and so it ended funny - me not satisfied at all. Most Korean dramas I've watched & liked never really had a pretty ending (e.g. Autumn in my heart & Winter Sonata)

Now..like I said in my previous SKKS post...this killer smile of Yoo Ah In (who played Moon Jae Shin) just melt my heart away (husby...sorry again) - don't you think he's such a hottie? He has such a charming & adorable expression - and these are my fav smiles of him:

Anyways..if you don't mind, here's to share (again) my fav videos by Swodds (great editing Swodds - keep it up!). Just loved the music...besides Philipinos, Korean does beautiful ballads and has lots of western influences in their music. In fact, at this moment and this week...because of SKKS had me listening to Korean music non-stop in the office...nothing but Korean, till my boss and colleague says I'm Korean crazy! (It's ok - being crazy makes me more interesting..hehehe)

With just plain music instrumental but love their chemistry

Love this Korean song to death...it rings in my head all the time

The video that shows the love triangle of Lee Sun Joon, Kim Yoon Hee & Moon Jae Shin. Love the music too.

If you haven't watch it yet...here's another cool site (click here) to watch this drama - enjoy watching!

More later from crazy Mama Rock

Korean drama fever over 'Sungkyunkwan Scandal'

Sungkyunkwan Scandal (courtesy of MySoju.com)

Ya..ya..I know and I'm gonna say it again that it's been a while since my last post. Remember? I was tightly busy with the Sabah International Expo 2010 (SIE2010), one of my company's major event that was just held on 15 - 19 Oct at 1Borneo Hypermall. And now it's all over and we just organised a Budget Forum on 22 Oct and that's over as well....and I'm starting to get a lil lazy at work after all that.

Anyway, back to the subject...this started during the SIE actually, while my friend Dev and I was resting at our hotel room @ Novotel when we turned the tv channel to KBS World (Korean channel) and we watched this Korean drama called 'Sungkyunkwan Scandal'. (you can click on the title to watch it - you could get addicted!) I'ts a romantic comedy drama and read that it's one of Korea's latest hit drama. After watching like 2 episodes of it, I instantly fell in love with the storyline which is so cool & charming because I favoured movies/drama that has a girl pretends to be a boy and there's love triangle kind of thingy going on - just makes my heart melt! I got so into it that we watch the next and next epis online. It's so charming that I could just keep smiling everytime I think about it and I've already requested a record store to make me the DVD of the whole drama - crazy huh! I'm having 'Sungkyunkwan Scandal' fever!

Okay let me share you something about this drama:

Synopsis: This drama is set in Sungkyunkwan University during the Joseon era, revolving around the exploits and love stories of four youths. When her younger brother falls ill, Kim Yoon Hee enters the school in his place disguised as a boy in her desperation to find a way to support him, and becomes friends with Lee Sun Joon, extremely rich and the brains of the gang, playboy Goo Yong Ha and the rebellious Moon Jae Shin.

Check out the trailer here: Sungkyunkwan Scandal

The four main characters L-R: Lee Sun Joon (Micky Yoochun), Kim Yoon Hee/Kim Yung Shik (Park Min Young), Moon Jae Shin ((Yoo Ah In - my fav & he's hot) and Goo Yong Ha (Song Joong Ki)

I'm madly in love with his character - Yoo Ah In starred as 'Moon Jae Shin'. I drools over his sexy lips and killer smiles...haha (sorry husby). For more of him check out this lovely videos here and here and here again and oh here's another one which is my fav (courtesy of Joy13wall & Swoddss - beautiful soundtracks and I love the chemistry of him and the heroine. I so wish they would end up together!) Don't you think he is SO CHARMING with his smile? And he's extremely a good actor too!

Before I end this post (because I might continue on talking about SKKS if I don't stop) I'll leave you with the best part - here's a video that shows the love triangle between Lee Sun Joon, Kim Yoon Hee & Moon Jae Shin. (And to swoddss - your videos are great!)

I'm smiling now...again (thinking how charming Moon Jae Shin/Yoo Ah In is..hehehehe...naughty mama)

Black Swan

I think lots of women out there (me one of them) adores the beauty of Natalie Portman...who doesn't? - she is so simple but so beautiful (reminds me of Audrey Hepburn). Anyway, I'm looking forward to watch her upcoming movie the 'Black Swan' this December. I read that she did hours of extreme training of both ballet and crosstraining with swimming starting a year ahead of time to prepare herself for the film - wow that's really full of commitment & I'm sure she could be in the oscar's nomination list next year.

Synopsis: Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side - a recklessness that threatens to destroy her.

Could be very interesting (although it's a psycho-thriller movie)!

Charice's Debut Album

Charice Pempengco's debut album is finally out...which I have anticipated & looking forward to buy for awhile. No doubt her voice is a power house. One song I liked most from this album is 'Note to God', inspired me to learn this song and maybe one day I could try to sing it...(if I'm invited to) at a special function, at church (maybe, if appropriate) or a wedding reception or something. Just love her kind of vocal - great tone, soulful and strong.

Unfortunately, I'm unable to post up her official music video of 'Pyramid', a duet with Iyaz here, for the videos from youtube was recently blocked under copyright grounds - sorry!

Anyway, have a pretty day today:)