Here’s a song me and xiao wrote… It’s a cover of Peterpan’s “Semua Tentang Kita”. I simply translated the lyrics to English. I had been toying with my mic, trying to make an english cover of the song for xiao when she suddenly came… and we decided to record it together. It had been done in lest than 2 hours so please don’t be too harsh in criticism XD we had intended this as a fun thing… and I had intended it to be something to bring down memory lane… not so much as trying to hit all the right notes of perfection. Enjoy!
Joel Soh feat. Xiao: All ABout Us
Title: All About Us
English Cover of Peterpan’s “Semua Tentang Kita”
Vocals: Joel & Xiao
Music & Lyrics: Joel
Peterpan: Semua Tentang Kita
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As men mist the world with their flaws, I certainly top the list.
Men are not born able. In the course of shedding his tightly canvasing Flesh, and peering deeply into his actuality with the least eye opened; to understand the truth of one’s self in full recognition of its entirety, however tainted it may be; the will to summon the strength, push and make roll the grave-stone of Pride that obscures the catacombs – these… – - these are the tantamount of embarking upon a journey of a million miles, stretching the horizons as far as would one’s leg stretch – where only the restless selves seek to undertake in hope of becoming Better. Yet, many of the few find only resignation. For at the 123,456th mile, they stand still and pitch their last tents. The remaining ardent Dignities, traversing further, eventually find themselves short of a single mile. Pitching their final tents at the 999,999th mile. That single extra mile, they simply cannot undertake because men… men are not born able.
It is impossible to recognize the anomaly of our imperfections in total absolution. I find myself struggling with every inch a step I make because the truth of my follies, in the words of Ed Murrow: “are so naked that [I] feel sorry for them and cover them up.” And if I cannot recognize them, how do I work on them? No, I’m not one of those 999,999 miles men and nor am I any closer to the 123,456 miles men. I believe I am simply at my 100th and yet, every night, I dream of pitching my last tent here and now.
I’m sorry Lord for this heavy ominous nimbus I am that glooms and moves not upon the winds’ urging. I’m sorry Mum, Dad, for being foolishly intelligent; letting eyes on a nebulous mind but never on a heart to see the immense sacrifice you made for me. I’m sorry Dear for not being able to be that man to pour you a cup of water in this prolonged drought. I’m sorry that I fall short of apt methods in expressing care and love; not to be that center of warmth. Much has happened to rob me of my joy and happiness, the vestiges of what’s left is but a cold, stoic meat.
I want to be Better. For you my Dear… for my Mum and Dad… for the God I believe in… but… I really don’t know how…
Filed under: xiao
“Can you be my hunk? Cus you is now my chunk!”
Seems like them fats are really getting in the way of our relationship. Ponders.
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“When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes.
But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls!”
~Ted Grant
“A photograph is memory in the raw.”
~Carrie Latet
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Dear!!! Check this out! Does it feel like looking into a mirror? XD
Hahaha I shan’t jinx our future!
But at least, do applaud me for the photoshopin’ initiative and effort 
You still love me right?
Filed under: xiao
* I Love You *
I can’t word it better. I’m limited in so many aspects and flawed from tip to toe. My vocab is prove of this. And while I’ve been quite a chunk of an ass lately, for this path of tedium I’ve chosen has greatly taken its toll on me, you’ve never failed to shed an endless light of love and grace upon my tired soul. And Oh, the patience you’ve thus demonstrated, only the highest being may compare. You’ve shown me something I’ve never quite understood. Something I’ve lived in dearth of my entire life. Something I’ve yet to grow accustomed to. Believe me, I’m learning…
Lord, give me the necessary strength to see pass these uncanny days. Resuscitate me and lift me from my rancorous shadows. Let me awake to an elated choir of Hope and not the knelling of impending doom. Help me grow better and not bitter as I pine over days yet to come. Please, help me be a man worthy of her love… a man worthy of her patience and care… a man worthy of her devotion… Amen.
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The Cure – Just Like Heaven
“Show me how you do that trick
The one that makes me scream” she said
“The one that makes me laugh” she said
And threw her arms around my neck
“Show me how you do it
And I promise you I promise that
I’ll run away with you
I’ll run away with you”
Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed her face and kissed her head
And dreamed of all the different ways I had
To make her glow
“Why are you so far away?” she said
“Why won’t you ever know that I’m in love with you
That I’m in love with you”
You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water
You’re just like a dream
Daylight licked me into shape
I must have been asleep for days
And moving lips to breathe her name
I opened up my eyes
And found myself alone alone
Alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I loved
And drowned her deep inside of me
You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Just like heaven
Katie Melua – Just Like Heaven (cover)
