FIREWORKS FOR 2011

For a person who loves music and cares so much about lyrics, it is only natural that I crown my favourite song in 2011.

If I had to choose only one, I'd say, my most favourite song in 2011 is Katy Perry's "Firework". (Close second is Born This Way)

This song was on my playlist for more than one month and is one of my Karaoke favourite!

I believe a lot of you resonate me if I say that this song does give you a boost and a kick in spirit when you are actually in the slumps. It doesn't work all the time, but what the heck, shouting and screaming along this song makes you feel better already! 

My favourite line: "Maybe the reason why, all the doors are close, so you could open one that leads you to the perfect road"

Whenever I have doubts about life, or about the road I am on, this is the sentence that I emphasize to myself, so that I feel grateful that God has forced me down a great path - I just don't know it yet.

Well, very step, decision and choice we make affects the outcome of our life and sometimes, and I believe that every decision that we make at that time is somehow fated and decided by a power greater than us. Whether it is God or not, it is not really us - something has been written.

We can only ponder what would happen if we choose differently. To things that we have no control over, I guess, I'll just have to leave it to fate. I used to be bitter that I wasn't able to do the things I love - travel, write and make a living out of my passion. But heck, my current job isn't all that bad. I guess I have things that God wants me to learn before he grant me the opportunity to do the things I love.

And to be honest, 2011 threw me huge challenges - and thinking about it rationally, these are lessons. I don't know how I can continue to go through it, but I will somehow or rather go through it and learn something. I'd cry, complain and wine but I guess I'll have to go through them somehow. 

I believe that the Universe,  or God, or anything greater has been nice to me in many ways. 

That simple line enforces that belief, that faith...that things will be better. I just don't know it yet. That all the challenges, the rejections and failures are pavements to something better.

And that's what make Fireworks so special to me. Because when I really feel like there's no other way or no other roads and whenever I feel that I'm a pathetic loser, I try to feel better with the lyrics. 

So here's to a new year of great fireworks - passion, drive and a lot of bright lights ahead!

Love 

TammyC

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag,

drifting through the wind

wanting to start again?

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin

like a house of cards,

one blow from caving in?

Do you ever feel already buried deep?

6 feet under screams but no one seems to hear a thing

Do you know that there's still a chance for you

'Cause there's a spark in you

You just gotta ignite, the light, and let it shine

Just own the night like the 4th of July

'Cause baby you're a firework

Come on, show 'em what you're worth

Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh"

As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby, you're a firework

Come on, let your colors burst

Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh"

You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe

You don't have to feel like a waste of space

You're original, cannot be replaced

If you only knew what the future holds

After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Maybe your reason why all the doors are closed

So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road

Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow

And when it's time, you'll know

You just gotta ignite, the light, and let it shine

Just own the night like the 4th of July

'Cause baby you're a firework

Come on, show 'em what you're worth

Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh"

As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby, you're a firework

Come on, let your colors burst

Make 'em go "Oh, Oh, Oh"

You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe

Boom, boom, boom

Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

It's always been inside of you, you, you

And now it's time to let it through-ough-ough

'Cause baby you're a firework

Come on, show 'em what you're worth

Make 'em go "Oh, Oh, Oh"

As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby, you're a firework

Come on, let your colors burst

Make 'em go "Oh, Oh, Oh"

You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe

Boom, boom, boom

Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

Boom, boom, boom

Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon