Bouncing Neutrinos

Help me out here, I’m trying to compile a compendium of the saddest [secular] songs (i.e. not praise and worship) EVER. I’m barely starting the list and here are some of the songs I’ve chosen so far:

1.)’Til I get over you ~Michelle Branch
2.)Nothing compares to you ~Sinead O’Connor
3.)Cats in the cradle ~Cats Stevens
4.)Yellow ~Coldplay
5.)The scientist ~Coldplay
6.)Separate lives ~Phil Colins
7.)Four seasons of loneliness ~Boyz II Men
8.)Water runs dry ~Boyz II Men
9.)Cupid ~112
10.)Tea and sympathy ~Jars of Clay
11.)Brick ~Ben Folds Five
12.)I’ll never get over you getting over me ~MYMP
13.)Sailing ~Christopher Cross
14.)The hardest day ~The Corrs with Alejandro Sanz
15.)Everybody hurts ~REM, c/o ate Junette
16.)Adia ~Sarah Maclachlan, c/o ate Junette
17.)Angel ~Sarah Maclachlan, c/o ate Junette
18.)Blower’s daughter ~Damien Rice
19.)Tears in heaven ~Eric Clapton, c/o ate Junette
20.)Foolish games ~Jewel, c/o ate Junette
21.)I will remember you ~Sarah Maclachlan, c/o ate Junette
22.)Two beds and a coffee machine ~Savage Garden, c/o Lance
23.)My happiness ~Powderfinger
24.)Forget her ~Jeff Buckley
25.)Last goodbye ~Jeff Buckley
26.)Gloomy sunday ~Reszo Seress (I think this is demonic …)
27.)Never saw blue like this ~Shawn Colvin, c/o Jeric
28.)Hanggang ngayon ~Kyla, c/o Jeric
29.)Hiding indside myself ~Kenny Rankin
30.)Home ~Michael Buble

You may comment whether a song deserves to be in the list or just react how a song affects you whenever you listen to it. But I prefer that you would suggest a few songs that you know that deserve to be in the list so that I may expand the playlist I am listening to.

I’ll update the list based on additions that are suggested; but only with songs I know and am familiar with… hehehe.

My ate Ahmar
gave birth to a bouncing baby boy Thursday last week, March 22, 2007 at 7:07pm
and he is my first nephew from my mother’s side of the family; ladies and
gentlemen please welcome to the world my nephew: Audric Radley. His name means
"Righteous Ruler of Red Meadows" his parents didn’t name him for that
though, they just liked the sound of the combination. Now that he’s here though
means I won’t be ate Ahmar’s baby anymore, huhuhu.

            Hahaha! Anyway,
looking at the baby made me remember FW Boreham’s line from The Sword of
Solomon: "On this higher plane of human sentiment and experience, the laws
of mathematics collapse completely… No happy couple into the sweet shelter of
whose home a little child has come will ever be convinced that two and one are
only three. Life has been enriched a thousand fold by the addition of that one
little life to theirs." and I really praise God for blessing my family by
giving us a new member, a new generation. My grandfather and grandmother are
now great grandparents; my mother, aunts and uncles are now grandparents; and I
together with my siblings and cousins are now uncles and aunts.

          I
envy the kid though; I wish I have the same lifestyle; just eating and
sleeping. It’s amazing how he can be so relaxed; to think he just went through
the most traumatic experience any human being can have in a lifetime: being
born. The experience with my nephew did make me realize something. The baby
just underwent the scariest adaptation any human being would know, afterwards
forgets about it and is now relaxed sleeping on the bed waiting to be fed at
three hour intervals. In a few years time he’ll grow older and the baby we once
knew would be a totally different person. On church that Sunday in forceful
words the pastor made us remember that "Jesus is the same yesterday, today
and forever." Indeed in this life, changes do come; and it can be scary
sometimes. Take it from me, with changes happening in my life from all sides I
am nothing less than mortified. But isn’t it reassuring that Jesus never
changes? I don’t know about you, but it is for me. And I am overwhelmed to know
that the same Jesus who loved me even when I was unlovable; loves me still even
when I am now -if possible- more unlovable than before.

The Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu
translated as Fire Element: Art of the Grand Fireball, is a standard ninja
technique used by ninjas with an elemental affinity with fire. The ninja performing this ninja art should be aware that the secret
to doing it excellently is -like any other fire element technique- found
in proper breathing. The ninja collects a large amount of chakra in his breath
while at the same time performs the proper seals to mold the chakra into fire
after which in a tremendous exhale, the ninja would release a large fireball
erupting from his mouth. This technique is not expected to be performed by an
amateur ninja… that is, unless he is born superb.

"When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him. But in heaven’s name, to what?!" ~G.K. Chesterton

I have made You too small in my eyes
O Lord, forgive me
And I have believed in a lie
That You were unable to help me
But now, O Lord, I see my wrong
Heal my heart and show Yourself strong
And in my eyes and with my song
O Lord, be magnified
O Lord, be magnified

Be magnified, O Lord
You are highly exalted
And there is nothing You can’t do
O Lord, my eyes are on You
Be magnified
O Lord, be magnified.

I have leaned on the wisdom of men
O Lord, forgive me
And I have responded to them
Instead of Your light and Your mercy
But now, O Lord, I see my wrong
Heal my heart and show Yourself strong
And in my eyes and with my song
O Lord, be magnified
O Lord, be magnified

"                                                 Flash Report!

Jules Ang, the popular actor and son of the millionaire tycoon who owns Ang Wireless Industries; was found dead last night at the presidential suite of the world-renowned Elysian Hotel . The cause of death was apparently due to strangulation and the only person that can give an account of the events that happened last night was Jules’ girlfriend who was with him in the same room. According to the investigators, the girl admitted to strangling Jules while in the act of lovemaking not to kill him but apparently to heighten pleasure…"
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The student buried under tons of books and working for 5 hours straight to prepare for his long exam tomorrow while listening to the news at the same time, stopped solving his equations after hearing the flash report. He thoughtfully imagined himself having the lifestyle Jules had, then shifted his attention back to the pile of books beside him… he snorted… then continued studying.
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The mother calling her family to the dinner table for the nth time, stopped yelling after hearing the flash report. She gasped and whispered to herself: "Why did they have to scandalize the issue?! Poor kid, what could his parents be going through right now?", then she shifted her attention back to the food laid out on the table… she sighed… then started yelling again.
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The priest who was feeling tired of the hypocrisy he sees in the lifestyle of some people in his parish was sitting on the couch sipping hot tea after a long day’s ministry, he placed the teacup he was holding on the table in front of him after he heard the flash report. He relaxed and stretched his legs and was deep in thought for a long while, then what appeared to be a smile (but not quite) seemed to appear on his face… he looked enlightened… then said to himself: "Everybody needs to breathe." then took a sip of his tea.

But of course, he just stated the obvious.