earlier today, i was watching mellow myx, a show featuring sentimental songs on myx, and they were having a special tribute on luther vandross, one of the best r&b singers, if not the greatest r&b singer of our generation... as we all know, luther vandross passed away on july 1st, 2005... he was 54 years old...
as they played the music video "dance with my father", i got somewhat sad because it's been two weeks since his death, but the world is still mourning over the loss of an r&b legend... his last hit, "dance with my father", bagged the song of the year award at the 2004 grammys, and his other past hits include "power of love", "endless love" (with mariah carey), "i'd rather" "here and now" and "never too much"...
he will be greatly missed, and as my tribute to him, i've added "dance with my father" in my blog music player... and i'll be posting the lyrics of his song below...
may you rest in peace forever luther...
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Dance With My Father
by Luther Vandross
Back when I was a child, before life removed all the innocence
My father would lift me high and dance with my mother and me and then
Spin me around 'til I fell asleep
Then up the stairs he would carry me
And I knew for sure I was loved
If I could get another chance, another walk, another dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
How I'd love, love, love
To dance with my father again
When I and my mother would disagree
To get my way, I would run from her to him
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me
Then finally make me do just what my mama said
Later that night when I was asleep
He left a dollar under my sheet
Never dreamed that he would be gone from me
If I could steal one final glance, one final step, one final dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
'Cause I'd love, love, love
To dance with my father again
Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
And I'd hear how my mother cried for him
I pray for her even more than me
I pray for her even more than me
I know I'm praying for much too much
But could you send back the only man she loved
I know you don't do it usually
But dear Lord she's dying
To dance with my father again
Every night I fall asleep and this is all I ever dream
a summary of what's going on with me the past few days...
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july 5 (tuesday): went to santolan to hang out at my kuya's crib... spent the whole afternoon there with my two brothers... watched some pool on cable and conversed for a few hours... also got some cool ringtones for my phone! hehehe!
july 6 (wednesday): went to gateway mall in cubao in the afternoon to meet up with some thomasian PExers... went to eat at the food express, although i really wanted to eat at gonuts donuts at that time... but it's cool hehehe! later that night, met with carlo and boyet at tapsi, a regular tambayan near ust... carlo was about to sell his hatchback, so we took it for one last drive... *sniff* went to eastwood and ate at mcdonalds at around 12:30 am... got home at around 1:30 am...
july 7 (thursday): went to mang jimmy's together with achi in the evening to celebrate her birthday... we had fun talking while eating dinner, which lasted for more than an hour... we had sisig, tapa, and liempo... tsalap! hehehe! afterwards, we went home... all i can say is that when i go back to the us, i'll surely miss this, and one of the people i'm gonna miss the most is my achi... but once i'm there, i'll be looking forward to seeing her again when i go home again in a couple of years... thanks for everything achi! i'm glad i got the chance to know you and be my achi... =)
july 8 (friday): went to bambang in the afternoon to spend the weekend... played pusoy with my friends... of course, there's some betting going on, but it's not that much... by the way, pusoy is now my fave card game... it's been tong-its the past few years, but i realized that i love tong-its, but it doesn't love me back... hahaha! we played 'til like 3 am...
july 9 (saturday): spent the morning and afternoon with pete at the internet cafe... was checking the results of the ust-up basketball game via the internet... farting morons, er, fighting maroons escape with a victory that the tigers gave away in the last minutes of the ballgame... told you the tigers stink! hehehe! later that night, me and the kada went to forbest grill in malate to celebrate jovy's birthday... ate a lot, but didn't actually drink... i'm cutting down on alcoholic drinks... as a matter of fact, didn't had a beer for more than a month now! maybe that's one of the reasons why my friends noticed that i'm a little slimmer than a few months back, aside from the fact that i don't eat that much rice... cool! hehehe! anyways, we got home at around 1:30 am... will be posting some of the pics here next time...
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anyways, that's it for now... just posted that one up so you know what's going on with my life right now... sorry if i bored you guys! hehehe!
take care and enjoy the weekend, everyone!
first of all, i just wanted to greet my achi lucy and my friend jovy a happy birthday... they'll be celebrating their birthdays on july 6...
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the 68th uaap men's basketball season is going to start this saturday (july 9), and since i don't have anything to post at this time, i guess it's time for me to give my fearless forecast on who'll be contending and who'll be pretending this year:
1. Far Eastern University (FEU) - with Arwind Santos playing for another year, expect the Tams to contend again this year for the championship...
2. De La Salle University (DLSU) - the departure of Mark Cardona certainly hurts the defending champs, but the boys from Taft will look to repeat with Joseph Yeo leading the way...
3. Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU) - the ballers from Loyola will be led by LA Tenorio, and they're expected to be in the Final 4 for the 7th straight year...
4. University of The East (UE) - it'll be a close fight for the #4 spot between UE, UP, and Adamson, but the Warriors will take it...
5. University of The Philippines (UP) - the darkhorse this season, the Maroons will underachieve again as they usually struggle in the beggining of the season and finish strong when it's a little too late...
6. Adamson University (AdU) - this year's hosts may contend for a spot in the final 4, but that's as far as they will go...
7. University of Santo Tomas (UST) - well, at least the cheering competitions are a few months away...
8. National University (NU) - may contend for the #7 spot against UST, but that would be as far as they'll go, unless if something miraculous happens in favor of the Bulldogs...
so those are my predictions... although i strongly feel that my alma mater UST may pull off a few surprises this season, i think they would still suck this season... i' predicting that FEU would win it all this year against DLSU, with Arwind Santos emerging as this year's MVP...
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anyways, that's it for now... catch y'all later!
