Tinki Talks

Artist: Renee Olstead
Song Title: A Love That Will Last (OST Princess Diaries II: The Royal Engagement)

I want a little something more
Don’t want the middle or the one before
I don’t desire a complicated past
I want a love that will last

Say that you love, say I’m the one
Don’t kiss and hug me and then try to run
I don’t do drama, my tears don’t fall fast
I want a love that will last

[Chorus]
I don’t want a just a memory, give me forever
Don’t even think about saying good-bye
Cause I want just one love to be enough
And remain in my heart till I die

So, call me romantic, oh, I guess that it’s so
There’s something more that you oughta know
I’ll never leave you, so don’t even ask
I want a love that will last

Forever, I want a love that will last
I want a love that will last

[CHORUS]
I don’t want a just a memory, give me forever
Don’t even think about saying good-bye
Cause I want just one love to be enough
And remain in my heart till I die

So, there’s just a little more that I need
I wanna share all the air you breathe
I’m not the kinda girl to complicate the past
I want a love that will last

Forever, I want a love the love that last
Always, I just want a love that will last
Want a love that will last

I don’t get people who date for fun with no intention of ever getting serious with the person - serial daters, they call em… I don’t see the fun in it… For me, dating is serious business… It’s something that should be done with purpose and a projected destination… It, more often than not, leads to bigger things… Or it should, at least… If things go right… (Note: I didn’t say that if things go “smoothly”…)

I’ve known serial daters and I’ve known others who take their relationships seriously and, in all honesty, yeah… I have to agree… Serial daters have plenty of fun… They get the thrills of being with someone, without the responsibility that comes with it… But… They don’t get ALL the fun… People I know in loving, devoted, committed, I’m-all-yours-now-and-always kind of relationships have fun too! The difference is that they have good, healthy fun… The kind of fun that won’t end up causing hurt to themselves or the people around them…

I believe in finding a love that will last… I agree with the song – “I don’t want a just a memory, give me forever”… That’s me… Haha… Oh oh! This too – “Cause I want just one love to be enough, and remain in my heart till I die”… Yeah… Those who know me would have known, and those who read my blog will soon discover… I’ll say it again… I’m a hopeless romantic through and through… So sue me… See if I care… Believe me, there’s just a sense of security like no other that comes with knowing that the person you’re with is the one who will be with you all the days of your life, come what may… Go ahead… Try it and you’ll see…

Pain is but another feeling for me to kill, suppress and bury… No biggie, no sweat… Piece of cake… But… Why do that when I can choose to look at things differently? Take a stand and make a choice… I choose to make pain but another feeling I can work on to make me stronger than I was before…

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Quotes
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“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.” ~ Lance Armstrong

“The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.” ~ Herodotus

…and my absolute favourite…

“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It’s all in how you carry it. That’s what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you’re letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.” ~ Jim Morrison

Ahem… I have a right to feel pain… Just as I have a right to make it work for me… Now, go away…

Artist: John Legend
Song Title: Ordinary People

[Verse 1]
Girl, I’m in love with you
This ain’t the honeymoon
Past the infatuation phase
Right in the thick of love
At times we get sick of love
It seems like we argue everyday

[Bridge]
I know I misbehaved
And you made your mistakes
And we both still got room left to grow
And though love sometimes hurts
I still put you first
And we’ll make this thing work
But I think we should take it slow

[Chorus]
We’re just ordinary people
We don’t know which way to go
‘Cos we’re ordinary people
Maybe we should take it slow (Take it slow oh oh ohh)
This time we’ll take it slow (Take it slow oh oh ohh)
This time we’ll take it slow

[Verse 2]
This ain’t a movie no
No fairy tale conclusion ya’ll
It gets more confusing everyday
Sometimes it’s heaven sent
Then we head back to hell again
We kiss and we make up on the way

[Bridge]
I hang up, you call
We rise and we fall
And we feel like just walking away
But as our love advances
We take second chances
Though it’s not a fantasy
I still want you to stay

[Chorus]
We’re just ordinary people
We don’t know which way to go
‘Cos we’re ordinary people
Maybe we should take it slow (Take it slow oh oh ohh)
This time we’ll take it slow (Take it slow oh oh ohh)
This time we’ll take it slow
Take it slow

[Verse 3]
Maybe we’ll live and learn
Maybe we’ll crash and burn
Maybe you’ll stay, maybe you’ll leave
Maybe you’ll return
Maybe you’ll never find
Maybe we won’t survive
But maybe we’ll grow
We never know, baby, you and I

[Chorus]
We’re just ordinary people
We don’t know which way to go
‘Cos we’re ordinary people
Maybe we should take it slow (Heyyy)
We’re just ordinary people
We don’t know which way to go
‘Cos we’re ordinary people
Maybe we should take it slow (Take it slow oh oh ohh)
This time we’ll take it slow (Take it slow oh oh ohh)
This time we’ll take it slow

[Ending]
Take it slow, slow
This time we’ll take it slow (Take it slow oh oh ohh)
This time we’ll take it slow

This is how love should somewhat be… Many a time those in love face struggles and difficulties along the way… And just cause you love someone, it doesn’t mean that you escape the hard times… Love only makes struggling through the hard times worth your while… Just don’t give up before then or the good times never come…

I once had this English lecturer I’ll call Ms S… When she read this poem aloud, phew! She really brought out the love alright! I miss her… Anyways, she introduced this poem to me in 2003 and I still love it…

“Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark,
That looks on tempests and is never shaken.
Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me prov’d,
I never writ, nor no man ever lov’d.
- William Shakespeare

Shakespeare said it so eloquently… He defined love in all its forms and in all situations… True love does not change when change comes… It’s always there… It may face temptation but even so, it never falters… It does not fall for Time’s game of aging and fading beauty… It does not change with time and it rides out stormy weather right to the end… Shakespeare was so sure of his definition of love that he dared write his final line - “If this be error and upon me prov’d, I never writ, nor no man ever lov’d.”

Truly, such is the nature of love…

Found the following while browsing through a good friend’s blog…

Quoted text: -

“f-r-i-e-n-d-s

friends are angels sent from above who surround us with love…thank God for friends…some friends may be true but the others are just like rubbish..hehe…anyway,i have great friends around and i thank God for them….they are treasures where money cant buy….

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pam –> the sing song girl..haha…friend that will always be on my side.

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these are the people who have impacted my life so much that i simply love all of them dearly…muaks!!

January 02, 2006 at 06:44 PM | Permalink”

Well, babe, I’m truly touched… Remember our song… =) Muaks!

With Valentine’s Day comin up and everybody going goo-goo-gaa-gaa around me, it’s impossible not to be drawn to the excitement… I have to admit though… Commercialised as it may seem, I’ve always been an avid fan of V-Day… It’s a time when the whole world stops to celebrate love… A time when love is in the air, the flowers are blooming, the birds are chirping… Haha… Okay okay… Fine… I’ll stop…

Anyways, I dropped by to drop this off.. Found this online and thought that it’s kinda true: -

“To Love is nothing,
To be Loved is Something,
To Love and Be Loved is Everything…”

Artist: Ginny Owens
Song Title: I Am

No Lord, he said, you’ve got the wrong guy
Simple conversation gets me tongue-tied
And you’re telling me to speak with a maniac king
Or could it be I’ve lost my mind

Besides, I am weak, don’t you want someone strong
To lead them out of Egypt when they’ve been there so long
And anyway, they won’t believe You ever spoke to me
It’s not your problem, God replied
And the rest is history

’Cause there’s a bigger picture you can’t see
You don’t have to change the world, just trust in Me
‘Cause I am your creator, I am working out my plan
And through you I will show them, I am

Now Lord, are you sure? He’s just a shepherd boy
Too small for battle gear with a giant to destroy
What on earth can he do with five stones and a sling
It’s not your problem, God replied
‘Cause I can do anything

There’s a bigger picture you can’t see
You don’t have to change the world, just trust in me
‘Cause I am your creator, I am working out my plan
And through you, I will show them

I am the first, I am the last
I am the present and the past
I am tomorrow and today
I am the only way

Great Lord, she said, I’m just a simple girl
You say that I will bring your son into the world
How can I understand this thing You’re gonna do
It’s not your problem, God replied

‘Cause, there’s a bigger picture
And you don’t have to change the world (Oh no)
I’m your creator, I am working out my plan
And through you, I will show them

There’s a bigger picture, you can’t see
You don’t have to change the world, just trust in me
’Cause I am your creator, I am working out my plan
And through you, I will show them, I am
I am

His plans are greater than my plans and he sees the bigger picture of which is bigger than who I am… I may not understand all that happens, nor why He requires what He does of me… All I can do is trust in Him as I offer myself as a vessel for him to do His work through me…

Moses, David and Mary… I can only hope to be able to leave my all in the hands of my Lord, without worry or question, like these great individuals have…

Poet: E.E. Cummings
Title: I Carry Your Heart With Me

I carry your heart with me (…I carry it in my heart)
I am never without it (…Anywhere I go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling)

I fear not fate (…For you are my fate, my sweet)
I want no world (…For beautiful, you are my world, my true)
And it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
And whatever a sun will always sing is you

Here is the deepest secret nobody knows (…There is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
And this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart

I carry your heart (…I carry it in my heart)

Watched “In Her Shoes” today and heard this poem being read aloud… Upon hearing the poem, the truth in E.E. Cumming’s words slowly seeped into my being… So very true… Though we may be apart, though miles and miles of sea and land seperate us, though heaven and earth may be two different poles entirely and one of us on one end… Still, we carry the people we love in our hearts always…

A close and very old friend left today… =( In the midst of our goodbyes, I made her a promise - to carry her in my heart always and to keep her in mind… That, I will do…

This song is for you… I’m with you always…

Artist: Coco Lee
Song Title: I Will Be Your Friend

When every moment gets too hard
The end of the road can feel so far
No matter how much time we’re part
I’m always near you

I’ll be the shelter in your rain
Help you find your smile again
I’ll make you laugh at a broken heart
Wherever you are

[Chorus:]
‘Cos I’m never gonna walk away
If the walls come down some day
All alone and you feel afraid
I’ll be there when you call my name
You can always depend on me
I believe until forever ends
I will be your friend

So many people come and go
But nothing can change the you I know
You’ll never be just a face in the crowd
And time will show

Through the seasons and the years
I will always hold you dear
Never you fear

[Chorus:]
‘Cos I’m never gonna walk away
If the walls come down some day
All alone and you feel afraid
I’ll be there when you call my name
You can always depend on me
I believe until forever ends
I will be your friend

[Bridge:]
I’ll be around when every candle burns down low
And I want you, and I want you to know…

‘Cos I’m never gonna walk away
If the walls come down some day
All alone and you feel afraid
I’ll be there when you call my name
You can always depend on me
I believe until forever ends
I will be your friend
I will be your friend
I will be your friend

As we grow up, we learn that even the people who aren’t supposed to ever let us down probably will… We let our hearts get broken probably more than once and it gets harder and harder every time… Along the way, we break hearts too… We blame new loves for things old ones did… We cry because we realise that time is passing us by just too quickly and there isn’t ever enough time to spend with loved ones before we eventually lose them…

So, live life before it’s too late… Take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you’ve never been hurt before because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you’ll never get back…