I See the Light

Performed by Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi
Composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Glenn Slater


All those days, watching from the windows
All those years, outside looking in
All that time, never even knowing
Just how blind I'd been


Now I'm here blinking in the starlight
Now I'm here, suddenly I see
Standing here, it's oh so clear
I'm where I'm meant to be


And at last I see the light, and it's like the fog has lifted
And at last I see the light, and it's like the sky is new
And it's warm and real and bright, and the world has somehow shifted
All at once, everything looks different, now that I see you


All those days, chasing down a daydream
All those years, living in a blur
All that time, never truly seeing
Things the way they were


Now she's here, shining in the starlight
Now she's here, suddenly I know
If she's here, it's crystal clear
I'm where I'm meant to go


And at last I see the light
And it's like the fog has lifted
And at last I see the light
And it's like the sky is new
And it's warm and real and bright, and the world has somehow shifted
All at once, everything is different, now that I see you
Now that I see you


...


Wow. Alan Menken seems to have composed a lot of my favorite songs to sing while nobody is listening.

I'm Watching You...

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of accompanying several students from my school to a trip up north. One of the stops was Kellie's Castle, an unfinished mansion built in the 18th century by a British businessman who died during the castle's construction.


Anyway, that's not what this post is about. I shall share about the trip and Kellie's Castle some other time.


This post is about the photo of this young monkey with yet another meaningful stare that I shot during the visit.

Due to its small size, I reckoned it to be an adolescent longtailed macaque. I was able to come in close to capture the portrait of this simian with a 35mm lens without it feeling intimidated by my presence. I guess it has become used to human presence in the area since a lot of tourists visit Kellie's Castle especially during the holidays.


This kind of reminded me of another monkey that I shot that was staring, though not at me, but at the distance.

From 'Cape of Monkeys', posted January this year.

I guess monkey stares look more meaningful because of their humanlike faces, which we can relate to better than say, the face of a goldfish or a tuatara.


Once my foot heals (that's for yet another post) I shall seek out opportunities to shoot more meaningful simian stares in the wild.


P/S: You can go here to see all my other monkey posts.

Oct23rdTwtup [photos]

Since it has been exactly a month since the #Oct23rdTwtup, I don't think it'd mean much if I write a long post about it, so let me just share some photos I took during the event.

The event banner that serves as the backdrop of the stage

My Twitter username was already up on the wall when I arrived!

The Twitter / Foursquare checkin station for people without mobile internet nor smartphones. My name on the wall was exactly behind this checkin station.

Twitterbird motifs were all over the place.

The large banner for everyone to sign. Can you spot my name?

Since most of the scribbles around it were in black, I chose a blue color to stand out a bit.

Some twitteroos that actually posed for my shots.

I noticed Joe Flizzow (@flizzow) before I was about to leave.

C Loco (@cloco) also posed for my camera!

Can't remember who used my camera to take this photo of @hawayou. 

I also saw on the walls twitter usernames of tweeples that I follow.

There's @hawayou and my highschool friend @zurairi

I also saw @r3belicious

Here's @kruel74

Social media pro En Shamhardy @shamhardy (bila nak dapat jumpa ni bro? haha)

Aznil Hj Nawawi and Lis Orked (@rainingheaven)

@nrlhasanah

Had to leave early because of other commitments that night. But before I leave, I managed to checkin at the Foursquare checkin station to get my badges.

Checking in at the venue immediately as I arrived landed me the Swarm badge

Checking in at the event as I left landed me the Super Swarm badge! I believe it was the first Super Swarm in Malaysia. I'm not quite sure. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Oh, and if any of you know any of the tweeples in the photos, can you please identify them by their twitter usernames so I can put the usernames in the captions. Thanks!

-ihsankhairir-