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tell him

July 25, 2008

i remember being a fan of lauryn hill… a long time ago. back in the time when she was a teener in Sister Act 2… and at the time when she was stil with The Fugees. (that old!…ha!)

oh well…i thought she has faded to oblivion. what a surprise to hear her sing, “tell him”…it’s so good…

makes me feel like i’m home. really home, where my heart lies.

this is my answer to bebe’s “i need you, boo…” i just wish i can sing it as well as lauryn did. i know it was meant to be a religious song…but damned if it doesn’t have me and my ace written all over it.

listen to it here: http://www.jango.com/stations/30019754/tunein?u=0&song_id=14798

Sweet sweet SWEET tell him

Let me be patient let me be kind
Make me unselfish without being blind
Though I may suffer I’ll envy it not
And endure what comes
Cause he’s all that I got and
tell him…

Tell him I need him [yeah]
Tell him I love him [tell him]
And it’ll be alright
*Background singing* Telll himmm be alright be alright
Tell him tell him I need him
Tell him I love him
It’ll be alright

Now I may have faith to make mountains fall
But if I lack love then I am nothin’ at all
I can give away everything I possess
But left without love then I have no happiness
I know I’m imperfect [I know I’m imperfect]
& not without sin [& not without sin]
But now that I’m older all childish things end
and tell him…

Tell him I need him [yeah]
Tell him I love him [tell him]
And it’ll be alright
*Background singing* Telll himmm be alright be alright
Tell him tell him I need him
Tell him I love him
It’ll be alright

Bridge
I’ll never be jealous
And I won’t be too proud
Cause love is not boastful
Oooh and love is not loud
Tell him I need him
Tell him I love him
Everything’s gonna be alright [w/ adlibs]
ieee iee ieee iee iee iee iee iee

Now I may have wisdom and knowledge on Earth
But if I speak wrong then what is it worth?
See what we now know is nothing compared
to the love that was shown when our lives were spared
and tell him…

Tell him I need him [yeah]
Tell him I love him [tell him]
And it’ll be alright
*Background singing* Telll himmm be allright be alright
Tell him tell him I need him
Tell him I love him
It’ll be alright

 

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puppy with a sad face

July 17, 2008

there’s a new campaign going ’round at work on company love. and they encourage you to tell your story….and a picture of a cute puppy dog with bambi eyes is on every poster asking you to share your thoughts.

i’m not a fan of animals. i hate dogs. but man…i’m a sucker for bambi eyes. so i put my two cents in.

here it is…

It’s interesting how we mentally distinguish and separate our social lives from our work lives, without realizing that they intermingle and are sometimes indistinguishable from each other.

 

Or maybe I’m just speaking for myself.

 

I’ve been in Citi for less than two years and already I can’t imagine myself working elsewhere. It is as if my whole career was designed in preparation for the moment when I would take on my role here as a compliance officer. As far as jobs go, I have never wanted anything so badly – and the feeling of actually being able to do the work that fulfills me the way this job does, is as good as a hug after five years of solitude.


They say that I’m weird this way – loving and appreciating compliance and spreading the virus to all as if it was the latest “in” thing. But I say, I belong to a company with one of the strongest control foundations, and to actually be able to contribute to its growth, its success, is a fulfillment that cannot be bought. And the social life it brings me is one of the richest, fullest sets of characters I can bless my life with.

 

If that isn’t lucky, I don’t know what is.

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reaching across

July 9, 2008

i felt for him today…distraught and at the edge of panic…he told me what was happening.

i remember having felt that once before and having nobody to talk to to calm me down and loosen that tight feeling in my gut. it’s a painful feeling like you cannot breathe underwater. and i’m glad i was of help.

many things may change with time, mahal, dy, be… but one thing will not change. when you need me, i’m here.

when you need me, i won’t fail you. i will be there.

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