8. The Boys
When Idol Number 4 sang What's New Pussycat ...
You must have seen your mother's hand flew up to her mouth to cover a little gasp that escaped and at the same time, heard her muttering to herself in disbelief ...
Oh --- My --- Gosh ...
Of all the songs that Idol Number 4 could have sung, he picked a Pussycat song? OMG ... What are the chances??? Did Aunty Di and Mom not say that You had sent us both a cat about the same period in April (month number 4), even though she's in East Malaysia and your mother in KL?
TWO separate CAT inciDANS ...
ZAP ZAP ZAP !!!
Call 186 : Meow Meow
The beat mellowed down and Scotty's deep low voice filled the room ...
Verse One
The old home town looks the same
As I step down from the train
And there to meet me is my Mama and Papa
Down the road I look and there runs Mary
Hair of gold and lips like cherries
It's good to touch the green green grass of home
Yes, they'll all come to meet me
arms reaching, smiling sweetly
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home
Right at the first line, "The old home town" ... Mom found herself gasping once again in disbelief.
OMG ...
Not possible ...
What are the chances ??
Only You would know ...
Mom picked this song to teach her kids in school when they were doing MY HOME during that thematic week back in February or so, year 2009. She had checked the lyrics on the internet. She remembers as she read the last verse to the song, she had felt a certain amount of goosebumps and an unexplained eeriness had crept up her spine.
It was somewhat chilling.
She decided she didn't like what she read, and so she taught her 6 year old students only the first two verses. We left out verse 3. The kids were so cute. They sang with synchronized hand movements and actions. Mom always regretted not videotaping that class performance ...
And now she knows why ...
Your mother takes a look at the third verse again ...
Then I awake and look around me
at the 4 grey walls that surround me
And I realize, yes, I was only dreaming
For there's a guard and there's a sad old padre
Arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak
Again I touch the green green grass of home
Yes, they'll all come to see me, in the shade of that old oak tree
As they lay me 'neath the green green grass of home
Now, it's no longer goosebump - eerie ...
Rather, it's just a sad, empty feeling ...
Yes, we all came to see You, Daniel ...
We all did ... Even your first maid, who took care of You from birth till You were about 5 years old ... Maid Erna had gone to work in Hong Kong after she left us and we had not heard from her like for 10 years ... even she came to your Farewell Mass, Son ...
As we lay You 'neath the green green grass of home ...
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(After posting this entry in the morning, a little bird must have asked your mother to check out the Green Green Grass video ... Photos below are additions to the first entry after discovering the video.)
Mom googled for a video and the above video is the first one that she clicked on - Tom Jones singing in a cage.
OMG ...
IN A CAGE ???
How uncanny for You to have taken a photo in a cage too. Now why did You have to go take a picture in a cage? Why Daniel? Did an angel whisper to Dad to ask You to get into the cage and pose for a snapshot? To ZAP Mom later on in the future, some day after you've safely followed Jesus home ... some day ... like TODAY?
Like NOW?
At Gardens Mall ...
Was that how You felt like, Son? Like You were trapped in a cage?
It pains Mom to look at this photo now, Daniel ...
She ponders and reflects ...
"Down the road I look and there runs Mary" (verse one) ...
and
"Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary" (verse two) ...
Did You notice that Mary is mentioned twice in the song.
Twice like in, TAKE NOTICE - Mary appears TWO times???
But of course ...
Mary would definitely be there, where You are right now ...
Down the lane You walk with Mama Mary ... :D
Here You are lighting some candles ...
We miss your hand-shome face, Daniel ... :(
A deep sigh escapes your mother as she wonders how in the world is it possible for a song that had brought chills to her earlier could now comfort her and make good sense? It sure does look like God had it all planned out very nicely ...
Grimace ...
Mom's missing your handsome face so very much, Son ...
9. One Plus One
Next song that made her think back ... way way back ...
Would You believe that a song with the title, "One Plus One" could get your mother's attention? Yup, one plus one is a common line in the network marketing scene. Every networker would tell You this "One Plus One" line to explain exponential growth in multi-level marketing :
1 + 1 = 4096
Memorize that, will ya? See how You gradually bring your mother back to her earlier MLM days ... You are bringing her back to memory lane, to a certain inciDAN that had happened during her MLM days. The year was 1997, when she first joined an American network marketing company. You were 3 years old.
That was when she heard this line :
"One plus one equals four zero nine six" the most.
You had said something to Mom, quite innocently, when she asked You one day ... (this could have been the following year 1998)
"How much do You love Mummy?"
You gave her an answer, a reply which had amused her, although she had forgotten about it over the years. This missing link in her memory would soon be corrected after this One Plus One memory jogger. She would remember the exact inciDAN, and on top of that, she has a witness. In fact two. Thank God for the witnesses. Otherwise, Mom would be pinching herself again. Did that really happen? Did it? Did it really?
Yes, yes it did ...
I know what you're thinking but ...
Nope Daniel, You did not reply I LOVE YOU THIS BIG ... neither did You say I love You this much ... No no no ... You said something else ... which did not mean anything to Mom at the time, although she had laughed ... but now ... now ... OMG now ... She will cling on to that simple, absent-minded utterance of yours for the rest of her life.
Be patient, Mom will tell You when she comes to Scotty's victory song. Wait for it.
10. Spiderman
The next thing that zapped your mother was when Spiderman leapt out ... Mom's not sure if he came from the ceiling or from the audience and she doesn't have the time to check the videos again ... but anyway ...
SPIDERMAN APPEARED !!!
OMG ...
You've gotta to be kidding!
Spiderman???
You were about 5 and Justine 6 years old ...
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"Rise above yourself and take control ..."
"Rise above yourself and take control ..."
Zzzzzaaaa -- ppp !!!!
Gasp ...
Every little thing just reminds Mom of You ... :D
Can You blame her???
How awesome is this ...
How not to feel your presence that evening when Mom was watching the American Idol Finals (Results)?
Everywhere I am, there You'll be ... <3
Taken in the States in 2004. You were 10 years old.
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