Michael Jackson R.I.P

I remember the first time that I watched the video of Remember The Time and I was completely zapped. I fell in love with MJ - no... not his music, not his songs, not his dance but him. Thereafter, every time they played that song on TV, which ever part of the house I was in, I'd instantly appear next to the TV screen. I'd watched that video so many times, even my mom knew the story in the video and which scene came after what. How he transformed from the gold dust, the way he patted the dust off his shoulders at the begining of the song, the dance moves in that video... I remember most of that to date. It started with that song, but that was just the begining.

For my birthday that year, my dad took me to Archies gallery and got me two life-size posters. What more could I ask for! That's what I woke up to every single day...
First thing in the morning, it was his face that I saw. When getting ready for school, it was his songs that I listened to. Yes I was crazy.
I watched all his tour/concerts that they played on TV. When fans mobbed to get a glimpse of him, screamed, cried and fainted at the sight of him... no one at home understood those feelings and passed silly comments... I just nodded and secretly wiped away my own tears.

I bought lyrics books and memorized the words of all my favourite songs from his albums. On the school bus, his songs/videos were the hot topics of discussion. I even won tickets to watch his short movie Ghosts.Thrilled ~ is not sufficient a word that describes what I felt then.
I own every one of his albums. I even bought Invincible, though I was past the 'fan' stage. I liked his music, though I completely disliked him now.

All said and done, he was a legend. Crazy, troubled, insane but great. He will be missed.

1 Book, 1 Movie, 1 Song

Three Cups of Tea - One man's mission to promote peace... One school at a time
Greg Mortenson, on his failed attempt to reach the peak of K2 (The second highest mountain in the world) wanders into a remote region in Pakistan. Weak from hunger and loneliness, he reaches an impoverished village, where he is nursed back to good health. During his stay in the village, he realizes that one thing that is completely lacking there is schools for the children. His life's mission changes from scaling peaks to building schools for these children. How he raises money, co-ordinates the work and helps establish over 78 schools is what this true story is all about.
Nights in Rodanthe
Earlier in this blog, I had mentioned about the book by the same name, author - Nicholas Sparks. The movie did not have great reviews, but I wanted to watch it for Richard Gere.
Richard Gere - Oh my! what can I say - that face, those eyes, that smile and of course the acting .
"One Look at him and your heart just melts away" quote-unquote :)
Both Diane Lane and Richard Gere have given brilliant performances in the movie. They were just perfect for the roles. I also loved the shots of North Carolina especially the beach-side inn - just mind-blowing.

Love Remains the Same
From the OST of Nights in Rodanthe, by Gavin Rossdale. This is my song for this week.

So much more to say
So much to be done
Don't you trick me now
We shall overcome
So all that's left is praying

But we, should have had the sun
We could have been inside
Instead we're over here

Half the time the world is ending
Truth is I am done pretending
Too much time too long defending
You and I are done pretending