what have i been up to?

Has been a while since I last wrote... not for lack of wanting.

First few nights after returning home, I was like a zombie... kong! My first day in the new dept was very unproductive. There wasn't much to do, I was nursing a headache and sleepy like hell. I took off from work before 6pm and got home terus boom on my bed.

The next day slightly better... but not that much. Especially since the dept is SUPER quiet as compared to my old place. My sweet dulcet voice suddenly sounded like it was on loud speaker, haha... But slightly better lah, had discussions with some people... trying to make sense of what I'm responsible for, what people are doing etc etc. But nonetheless, I went home early (before 7pm is early for me, hehe) so that I'll be in front of the idiot box by 8pm to watch the American Idols finals.

According to Ina and Amt, I missed a great show the week before... darn! Luckily my favourites (what's left of them... after my original fav was voted off waaaaaay before his time) were the final two. And who did I want to win?

After listening to his rendition of Hello, I got hook to Cook! hehe.. that's so corny. And after Billie Jean I became a bigger fan... but he captured me during Mariah Carey week. I absolutely loved his version of Always Be My Baby... he can sing that to me anytime :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHNWbBi9Gd0

A self proclaimed crossword puzzle lover, Cook had the rock attitude but also exudes intelligence. In his honour, I shall endeavour to use BIG words in this entry... well, whatever my limited vocab will permit. Hey... anything for the word nerd ;) Actually, truth be told before I left for the holidays, I wasn't really rooting for anyone. I liked Archie, Carly, Michael, Castro and Cook but that was about it. But as with any competition finals, you must choose sides and I went for Cook!

So imagine my disappointment when Cowell knocked him out against Archie. I think he did well... of course Archie was excellent, but overall if you look at the competition overall, Cook did better. More diversity... rock, ballads, twists, unexpected... plus he's not underaged, haha. My favourite song for the night was The World I Know... I was mesmerised! Actually I liked all three (obviously! hehe)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQN7BOJNrzI

I literally screamed "woohoo" at the office when AZA told me who won the next morning, much to the chagrin of CWT who despised him. I think he's just jealous, haha... So for 3 days in a row, I rushed home after work to catch my idol perform.

While he did (relatively) "poorly" on the show night, Cook was THE star on the results night. Alongside Carly and Michael... little Archie seemed to have withered. Maybe the stress of "do I win or do I lose" was too much for him to handle. On the other hand, Cook rocked with ZZ top and when he turned to sing the words "till the end of time" at the end of Father Figure, I just went jello ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKsAkSTQlvA&feature=related
But the night's best performance IMHO was George Michael... when he sang Praying For Time. I love that song and with him in his element, GM was simply brilliant!

So what have I been up to since then? Catching up on the shows that I had missed of course! Thank god for youtube! Very very late nights (or more of early mornings) spent searching for this and that. In the process I also discovered that this year (or maybe last year pun ada?) the finalists also made studio recordings of some of the songs that they've performed. Such a talented bunch!
http://www.youtube.com/user/keajgeiaibv

Tapi apa2 pun... Cook's my man :) Here are my favs...
I don't wanna miss a thing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dCgy0gJaPk
Billie Jean http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nstFN94-fec&feature=related
Music of the night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyN_dKvPGzs&feature=related
Innocent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPXC3eUbZ2w&feature=related
The first time ever i saw your face http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPIqdaf7tHQ
Dare you to move http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzil2ClBZDU

I now have mp3 of their studio recordings and of course performances by my man... that shall be blaring out of my speakers from now on ;) If anyone mau, I shall be more than happy to spread the joy

Congratulations David Cook!!