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Wellington Botanic Garden, One summer afternoon 2007

I'm back :-)

Back again after a year or so...
With the video of our newborn girl Joanna Irene Naniasian Panggabean

Time Flies? Yes, it's true

Wow, last post Sept 14, 2005.. it's been 6 months ago.. that's half a year ok!!
Just for the sake of posting, just wanna see if this utube thingy works.. It's 'the village' people hangin out on New Year 2005 (now that's like 15 months ago sigh...)
Happy New Year Everyone :-p

Thank You by Led Zeppelin

If the sun refused to shine
I would still be loving you.
When mountains
crumble to the sea
There will still be you and me.

Kind woman I give you my all
Kind woman nothing more.
Little drops of rain whisper of the pain
Tears of loves lost in the days gone by.
My love is strong with you there is no wrong
Together we shall go until we die.

My my my An inspiration is what you are to me
Inspiration, look see.

And so today, my world it smiles,
Your hand in mine, we walk the miles,
Thanks to you it will be done,
For you to me are the only one.

Happiness, no more be sad, Happiness....I'm glad.

Simply beautiful.. not a bad effort, coming from a HEAVY metal band huh..
It's one of my Led Zeppelin's favourite 'slow' song besides the bluesy 'Since I've been Loving You' ("I truly believe Robert Plant doesn't have nuts"-James LaBrie). Still listening to their fast songs (Achilles Last Stand-yeah!) , although my old pair of ears sometimes can't have too much of them anymore nowadays sigh...
I read a cool quote from Dave Grohl about these guys "Heavy metal would not exist without Led Zeppelin and if it did, it would suck"

Tuesday with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Finally I read the book. Had been eyeing on this book and the other Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven, before I decided to buy this book a couple of weeks ago (@$12.5 = Weekend Movie Ticket + Popcorn).
It's a lovable book. Morrie Schwartz is Mitch's professor who suffered from Lou Gehrig's disease, and the book talks about Mitch's conversation with Morrie in the final weeks of Morrie's life. You don't find plot in the book, it's more like reading lecture notes about life: love, forgiveness, marriage, family, death, culture, aging, etc.
I like it when he talked about Money.

"Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you, as I'm sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you're looking for, no matter how much of them you have."

Sounds familiar? We heard or read about it from somewhere, but it's not easy to walk the talk-especially when you're still young and able to grab any opportunity in front of you. Guess we will realize it when we're about to die (tomorrow??), aren't we...