One Faithful Heart





Time, it goes so fast
Like a river running past
And you're lucky if you find at last
Just one faithful heart

So I watch her as she sleeps
All curled up in her dreams
Somewhere beneath the quilt and sheets
Gently beats one faithful heart

As constant as the northern star
And as sure as gravity
Her love makes me complete
Makes my life so sweet

This night will slip on by
Soon she'll open up her eyes
And I will see the light that shines
From just one faithful heart

I live to see the light that shines
From just one faithful heart


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Aeons ago. I wrote in here.


Life's been pretty routine for quite a while.

Working : 9am to 6.30pm from mondays to fridays

All in all. In one piece.

Everyday is a glimpse of the future.

Mirai.

Taiyou No Uta ( A Song To The Sun )

Starring Yamada Takayuki & Erika Sawajiri






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A girl who can only live at night and a high school student who loves to surf as the sun rises...

The two had nothing in common...

Kaoru Amane, 18 years old, did not attend school but instead sang herself away every night after dark at a square in front of a train station with a guitar in her hands. She led a lifestyle opposite the norm, sleeping during the day and active at night. Kaoru was suffering from XP (xeroderma pigmentosum), an illness, which also might be described as the allergy to the sun, and was not allowed to be exposed to sunlight. The only motivation in her life was singing, which also was the only connection to the outside world. One day, an incident drastically changes her life...

Kaoru returns home at 4:00 am, before sunrise. Outside her room window, she spots a high school student standing with a surf board in his hands. It becomes her routine to watch him and his friends come and go to the ocean every morning, before going to sleep.

Their destined encounter takes place during the few hours before the break of day, drawing together two individuals that would have never met in daylight. However, Kouji does not know about her illness. The two rapidly fall for one another and continues to meet in the city at night. Then one day, an incident leads Kouji to learn of Kaoru's illness. Kaoru gives up her first love telling herself that, "I shouldn't have allowed myself to dream of a happy life. I am not normal after all." She even gives up singing. Kouji seeing Kaoru at such a state encourages her by suggesting, "Let's meet only at night," and comes up with a brilliant present for her.

She had been leading a life carefully placing herself beyond the reach of harm, with no intent to pursue a dream. However, Kouji had shone a light on her heart making her want to sing once again. However, her illness which has quietly progressed, has started to pressure her nerve system, keeping her from playing the guitar at her will...


Opening Song : Invitation by Shibasaki Kou





It's really interesting and exciting to see Yamada Takayuki acting alongside Erika Sawajiri. Both are my favorite actors, who acted in "One Litre of Tears" & "Sekai No Chuushin De Ai Wo Sakebu" respectively.

I have seen a music video of Erika, who sings two songs that are featured in the drama.

They are :

Taiyou No Uta - Song To The Sun

Stay With Me


Click on pic- Official website: Taiyou No Uta


Erika goes under the celebrity name of Kaoru Amane, and I am impressed with her voice. It has a certain feel and tone to it that is really refreshing. Indeed there is definitely potential for her as a singer!


Click to go to the Official website: Taiyou No Uta




I'm looking foward to catch this drama really soon ^__^

A piece of prose about the state of man and the world, written by Paul Harvey

"If I Were The Devil"

I would gain control of the most powerful nation in the world;

I would delude their minds into thinking that they had come from man's
effort, instead of God's blessings;

I would promote an attitude of loving things and using people, instead of
the other way around;

I would dupe entire states into relying on gambling for their state revenue;

I would convince people that character is not an issue when it comes to
leadership;

I would make it legal to take the life of unborn babies;

I would make it socially acceptable to take one's own life, and invent
machines to make it convenient;

I would cheapen human life as much as possible so that life of animals are
valued more than human beings;

I would take God out of the schools, where even the mention of His name was
grounds for a lawsuit;

I would come up with drugs that sedate the mind and target the young, and I
would get sports heroes to advertise them;

I would get control of the media, so that every night I could pollute the
minds of every family member for my agenda;

I would attack then family, the backbone of any nation. I would make
divorce acceptable and easy, even fashionable. If the family crumbles, so
does the nation;

I would compel people to express their most depraved fantasies on canvas and
movies screens, and I would call it art;

I would convince the world that people are born homosexuals, and that their
lifestyles should be accepted and marveled;

I would convince the people that right and wrong are determined by a few who
call themselves authorities and refer to their agendas as politically
correct;

I would persuade people that the church is irrelevant and out of date, the
Bible is for the naive:

I would dull the minds of Christians, and make them believe that prayer is
not important, and that faithfulness and obedience are optional;

I GUESS I WOULD LEAVE THINGS PRETTY MUCH THE WAY THEY ARE!

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It's sad to know that this is the state on man of recent times...

I pray for miracles.

That only God can fufill.

Place your trust on Him.

To all sinners of the world. Listen.

"Nobody is beyond the grace of God,"

"That's why Jesus died for the sinners, not for the righteous. . . .

Nobody is beyond God's grace whom God decides to call into His kingdom.

"No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not,
at one time or other, find himself
with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure."
- Napoleon Hill


Uncertainty.


Our worthwhile successes tend to require a certain degree of flirtation with failure. And in my experience, the things I'm truly meant to do almost always scare, overwhelm, or at least excite me before I take them on.

Uncertainty can be a reminder that we're walking in intimacy with the God's will. I often say to myself and pray, "I'm only going here on faith," and at those times, my uncertainty is not a negative side effect of risk, but a sign that I'm on the right track. We can respond to uncertainty in one of three ways: pulling away, muscling through, or reveling in uncertainty.

If we pull away from something when we feel uncertain, we stop in our tracks.Our possibilities shrink. We let our fear freeze us in our tracks…and we may not even know that's what's happening. One sign of pulling back in the face of uncertainty is procrastination. We might say, "I'm just really busy right now. I'll get around to it."


What lies ahead?

What can I do from here?

Questions.

Thoughts.

Decisions.

...

A phrase comes to mind. Something simple, yet true.

To work by faith!
Into your hands I place my trust.

Today is National Day!!

I is Royston

I is ORD today.

IC to take tomorrow.

I bought a new soccer ball. Wooohohooo. I was tempted to hug it to sleep every night. It's so round and shiny. I just can't wait to kick it! Wait. What an irony.

Anyway, been feel rather jittery lately, been stoning quite a bit, hope it is no spinocerebellar ataxia!

Been thinking of doing something fun and memorable. But I don't have a plan yet. *sigh*
Been thinking about whats in store for me after ORD, which isn't really a big deal when you are reaching the date...the future is more alien and intimidating out there. And I will be returning to a world where I left behind for 2 years...