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Campbell&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/introduction.asp?dep=8"&gt;Costume Institute&lt;/a&gt; curator &lt;a href="http://www.fashioninfilm.com/pop-up-andrew-bolton.htm"&gt;Andrew Bolton&lt;/a&gt; unveiled images and details of the exhibition, &lt;i&gt;&lt;span id="goog_684476100"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Alexander-McQueen-Savage-Beauty-Metropolitan/dp/0300169787?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=widgetsamazon-20&amp;amp;link_code=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" target="_blank"&gt;Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=widgetsamazon-20&amp;amp;l=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0300169787" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, from May 4 to July 31 2011 in New York. It featured fantastical creations from each of McQueen’s collections, one hundred pieces of ready to wear from the &lt;a href="http://www.alexandermcqueen.com/"&gt;McQueen&lt;/a&gt; archives and approximately seventy accessories - beginning with Nihilism (1994) and ends with his posthumous collection Angels &amp;amp; Demons (2010).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The exhibit coincide with the released of the book, &lt;i&gt;Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty &lt;/i&gt;by Andrew Bolton, which will include an interview with McQueen's sucessor, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Burton"&gt;Sarah Burton&lt;/a&gt; and feature McQueen's most iconic and radical pieces. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;McQueen was the most influential, imaginative, and provocative designer of his generation and was best known for his astonishing and extravagant runway presentations to provoke reactions from his audience.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I have always been awed by not only the thematic underpinnings to his work but also his innovative use of materials.&amp;nbsp;Feathers became a skirt, alligator heads peeked out of jacket epaulettes,&amp;nbsp;carved wooden boots became prosthetic legs,&amp;nbsp;a jawbone became jewelry, mollusk shells became a corset. His creations were an outlet for his deepest emotions, often the darkest aspects of his imagination.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Seeing some of the divine pieces, I was thrilled by this recognition of British fashion in the world as well as his stand as an artist in his own right, even if his extraordinary and rare artistic vision was not widely appreciated. Each piece does the artist justice. The word "designer" does not fully capture his genius. McQueen was said,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"For me, what I do is an artistic expression which is channeled through me. Fashion is just the medium."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How I wish I was there admiring each piece in the exhibition, like how I did with &lt;a href="http://www.christinetjia.com/2011/01/valentino.html"&gt;Valentino&lt;/a&gt;. Oh well, throwing my hands back in the air, lying comfortably on my chair, shutting my eyes closed, I can already imagine the book looking great on my coffee table. =)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;feat=flashalbum&amp;amp;RGB=0x000000&amp;amp;feed=https%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Ftjiachristine%2Falbumid%2F5636660923453455537%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" height="400" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="600"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Pics Source 1 - http://fashionista.com/2011/05/a-review-and-reflections-on-alexander-mcqueen-savage-beauty-at-the-mets-costume-institute-plus-a-full-gallery-of-the-exhibit/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Pics Source 2 - http://fashionblog-cococouture.blogspot.com/2011/05/book-preview-alexander-mcqueen-savage.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Pics Source 3 - http://www.fashionmefabulous.com/2011/05/book-review-alexander-mcqueen-savage.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Pics Source 4 - http://artfeedonline.com/2011/07/alexander-mcqueen-savage-beauty-metropolitan-museum-art/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.1" SRC="http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=297672&amp;bid=728913" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/SCRIPT&gt;
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I was fascinated by the political intrigue, impressed by the love exciting battle scenes and most of all, awed by the relish luscious language (which made me wonder how life would be if we all communicate in it).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A23UoRLk0js/TjUgidJC_5I/AAAAAAAABUs/OJA9iL8P1JA/s1600/Picture+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="135" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A23UoRLk0js/TjUgidJC_5I/AAAAAAAABUs/OJA9iL8P1JA/s400/Picture+1.png" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Directed by the celebrated British director &lt;a href="http://web.mac.com/nikolaifoster/Nikolai_Foster/Welcome.html"&gt;Nikolai Foster&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashdance"&gt;Flashdance&lt;/a&gt; on the London West End, the UK tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspects_of_love"&gt;Aspects of Love&lt;/a&gt;), Macbeths’ destructive, volatile and sexually charged relationship will be brought to the fore in this contemporary take on The Bard’s last great tragedy. Foster trimmed peripheral scenes and characters to propel the rhythm of his Hollywood thriller-esque Macbeth with bloody battle scenes, anachronistically-detailed costumes, quirky props and pyrotechnic blasts - belched flames and smoke. He was able to give the audience an immersive experience with four-dimensional production - sound (some of the gunshots were slightly loud), light, music and murder by weaving the outdoor environment into the production's story line.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y4X1P7xlae4/TjUf_cVCPOI/AAAAAAAABUo/cVbRtkmszbw/s1600/02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y4X1P7xlae4/TjUf_cVCPOI/AAAAAAAABUo/cVbRtkmszbw/s400/02.jpg" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;My fave are &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Pang"&gt;Adrian Pang&lt;/a&gt; (always), who played the luckless General and handles the dramatic final scenes with aplomb and the three witches, who deserved all the applause for their realness in the characters. The malevolence and spookiness of the witches are portrayed perfectly. During intermission, they crept and crawled as well as scorned at the audience, successfully sets the mood for the following scenes and subsequently won my heart. The interplay of ambience and stage lighting also contributed much to the sinister atmosphere.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hr5IYjyqOXI/TjUf0vEqLvI/AAAAAAAABUk/Mx8bX1WLaa8/s1600/01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hr5IYjyqOXI/TjUf0vEqLvI/AAAAAAAABUk/Mx8bX1WLaa8/s400/01.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;All in all - sitting on a picnic mat, with blessed weather, beneath the clear evening sky with gentle wind stroking your face, watching Shakespeare's most famous supernatural suspense-thriller of all time kept me quite literally bewitched and gave me an unforgettable experience!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;object style="height: 505px; width: 600px;"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zjBCoofScpA?version=3"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zjBCoofScpA?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="600" height="500"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Video -&amp;nbsp;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjBCoofScpA&amp;amp;feature=player_profilepage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Pic 1 -&amp;nbsp;http://inspiredjoy.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/macbeth2.jpg?w=500&amp;amp;h=708&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Pic 2 to 4 -&amp;nbsp;http://www.srt.com.sg/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=915&amp;amp;Itemid=87&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tnxQeJhb0EE/TEKpSuXo7-I/AAAAAAAABCM/tp3VCWwXrQE/s1600/Smaller.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tnxQeJhb0EE/TEKpSuXo7-I/AAAAAAAABCM/tp3VCWwXrQE/s1600/Smaller.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.1" SRC="http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=297672&amp;bid=728913" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/SCRIPT&gt;
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A chilly breeze reminds me that I am FINALLY in Italy. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"So, this is how living your dream feels like, eh?"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I looked up into the big blue sky and smiled, "Thank you".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;To many, Italy could be a travel destination, a holiday break or even a fashion shopping spree. But for me, it's a dream - A dream I had since I was 17. Yes, it took me this long to go. I'm not sure why but I'm glad it is at this stage of my life I went. I used to think, I should travel with my dearest friends or save it for a special occasion like honeymoon perhaps. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;But I hv come to realize, there ain't no special moment, no special day, no special occasion. This moment is special for a reason. Today is special because it is a gift and that's why it's call Present. Every occasion is special in its way - be it the way you like or not: it is special nevertheless.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;My dream is just to meet my dearest friend again, whom I last seen when I was 17. It was a promise that we made in tears that we will one day see each other again. To teenagers with no money of their own, flying over the ocean seems impossible. We don't know when, we don't know how but we know the friendship we had built all these years will still be the same when that day comes. And that day did come. Our bond is indeed still the same. The differences is we were girls back then and we are now matured into ladies. I thank God each and every day for making this happen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I couldn't be happier. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The trip couldn't be more prefect. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The companions couldn't be more awesome. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Although&amp;nbsp;24th March - 2nd April is quite a short trip but&amp;nbsp;I am VERY glad I took the leap and gotten my feet wet in Italy because I now have the unforgettable memories that will last a lifetime. =)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Pic -&amp;nbsp;http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LRG/10/1069/2PPL000Z/posters/douglas-john-map-of-italy.jpg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W3uH1oGdb0U/TGKYR0cbymI/AAAAAAAABE8/FavaMcM-5dI/s1600/Smaller.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W3uH1oGdb0U/TGKYR0cbymI/AAAAAAAABE8/FavaMcM-5dI/s1600/Smaller.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.1" SRC="http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=297672&amp;bid=728913" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/SCRIPT&gt;
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In other words, everybody you meet has something to teach you – if you take the trouble to find it. The most unlikely person can enlighten your life. That’s tremendously important for the self-worth of the people you meet, as well as your own.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The are all sorts of ways in which we’re not equal, but we are all equal in what we can strive for. When I interviewed Senator &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy"&gt;Robert Kennedy&lt;/a&gt; back in 1968 – the last interview he gave before his assasination –  I asked him how he would like to be remembered. He replied, &lt;i&gt;"Well, there is a line of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus"&gt;Albert Camus&lt;/a&gt; that says, 'This is a world in which children suffer.' I’d like to have made a contribution to lessening that suffering."&lt;/i&gt; Kennedy spoke a lot about making a contribution. He used to say, &lt;i&gt;"For if we do not do this, then who will to this?"&lt;/i&gt;. It’s so simple : if you have a talent, you have a duty to use it to the full.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Making a contribution and making a difference – they should be linked – is not only something that famous people can do, or that dead politicians can be quoted on. 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We hardly ever look at things through other people's eyes. So our world gets smaller and smaller. Things slipped away unnoticed. And our fate changes its course without us knowing it. Who among us can say we've lived a life without regrets? (Stop trying to use justification to convince yrself on regret's non existence.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I was so impetuous when I was young. But it's the essence of youth that made us face life and reality without thinking of consequences. Looking back now, I want to thank you all out there for giving me the best memories of each step and each phase of my life. I wouldn't want it any other way!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Some said life is a downhill after 30. 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In anger, the man took the child's hand and hit it many times, not realizing he was using a wrench.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to multiple fractures. The child asked, with pain in his eyes, 'Dad, when will my fingers grow back?'&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;The man was so hurt and speechless, he went back to his car, kicking it a lot of times. Devastated by his own actions, he sat in front of the and saw the scratches - 'LOVE YOU DAD'.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;The next day, that man committed suicide.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;Anger and Love have no limits - choose the latter to have a beautiful, lovely life.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;Things are to be used and people are to be loved. But the problem in today's world is that people are used and things are loved.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Watch your thoughts, they become words.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Watch your words, they become actions.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Watch your actions, they become habits.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Watch your habits, they become character.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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They have been awarded The Premio Del Publico Award – Valladolid (Spain) in 2003,&lt;a href="http://www.exportawards.gov.au/Winners-of-the-Governor-of-Victoria-s-Export-Awards/default.aspx"&gt; The Governor of Victoria Export Award&lt;/a&gt; (Arts &amp;amp; Entertainment) in 2006. They had performed in over 50 different countries, at over 450 international festivals and events to more than 5 million people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qavT_DJHqQE/TWUU5j4Vw7I/AAAAAAAABOk/LSZk6qJNLoU/s1600/bhsfspheres2-s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qavT_DJHqQE/TWUU5j4Vw7I/AAAAAAAABOk/LSZk6qJNLoU/s400/bhsfspheres2-s.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RtZHj6CraPY/TWUVrSIDOSI/AAAAAAAABOo/MuyzSw4eAjk/s1600/Strange-Fruit-The-Sphere.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RtZHj6CraPY/TWUVrSIDOSI/AAAAAAAABOo/MuyzSw4eAjk/s400/Strange-Fruit-The-Sphere.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am honored to have the chance to watch their sublime performance - &lt;i&gt;The Spheres&lt;/i&gt; in Chinatown during the Chinese New Year festive. Perched atop on 5 meters high flexible poles, bending and swinging in the air, the audience were fascinated in absolute wonder - jaw dropped expression was common across the crowds. Poles are extremely strong to bear the human weight that allows the performer to flexibly bow at impossible angles and swayed back and forth in an elegant and spellbinding manner - like  many dandelions in a light breeze. In fact, the idea was originally from images of wheats swinging along with the gentle wind in the fields. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rzGlEu4TnTE/TWUV-QtadAI/AAAAAAAABOs/LKWEqqsfLGk/s1600/bhsfspheres4-s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rzGlEu4TnTE/TWUV-QtadAI/AAAAAAAABOs/LKWEqqsfLGk/s400/bhsfspheres4-s.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Spheres takes a dreamy as well as a magical journey through the miracle of birth and humanity's relationship to our planet. Performers stand on white, illuminated, gigantic fabric orbs and rise above their existence. It was an astonishing and mesmerizing show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="505" width="600"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZoQC7xS_BJ0?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZoQC7xS_BJ0?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="505"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As much as photos and videos can show, it doesn't do them justice. You have to be there personally&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;experience the  sublime, hypnotic beauty and wonder in utter fascination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Pic # 1 -&amp;nbsp;http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/5451701551_8b9c5cf464.jpg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Pic # 2 -&amp;nbsp;http://www.baldheretic.com/pics/strangefruit/bhsfspheres2-s.jpg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Pic # 3 -&amp;nbsp;http://parentingchildreninsingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Strange-Fruit-The-Sphere.jpg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Pic # 4 -&amp;nbsp;http://www.baldheretic.com/pics/strangefruit/bhsfspheres4-s.jpg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Video -&amp;nbsp;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoQC7xS_BJ0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W3uH1oGdb0U/TGKYR0cbymI/AAAAAAAABE8/FavaMcM-5dI/s1600/Smaller.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W3uH1oGdb0U/TGKYR0cbymI/AAAAAAAABE8/FavaMcM-5dI/s1600/Smaller.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.1" SRC="http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=297672&amp;bid=728913" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/SCRIPT&gt;
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Do you hv a time in the year that you always think back on? Or when the calendar turn into that particular month, memories would flood back? I believe each one would hv ours and mine ain't December. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="505" width="600"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QUwxKWT6m7U?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QUwxKWT6m7U?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="505"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;= Back To December =&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Taylor Swift&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I'm so glad you made time to see me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;How's life? Tell me, how's your family?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I haven't seen them in a while&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;You've been good, busier than ever&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;We small talk, work and the weather&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Your guard is up, and I know why&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Because the last time you saw me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Is still burned in the back of your mind&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;You gave me roses, and I left them there to die&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;So this is me swallowing my pride&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Standing in front of you, saying I'm sorry for that night&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;And I go back to December all the time&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I go back to December, turn around and make it alright&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I go back to December all the time&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;These days, I haven't been sleeping&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Staying up, playing back myself leaving&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;When your birthday passed, and I didn't call&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Then I think about summer, all the beautiful times&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I watched you laughing from the passenger side&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;And realized I loved you in the fall&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;And then the cold came, the dark days&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;When fear crept into my mind&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;You gave me all your love, and all I gave you was goodbye&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;So this is me swallowing my pride&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Standing in front of you, saying I'm sorry for that night&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;And I go back to December all the time&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I go back to December, turn around and change my own mind&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I go back to December all the time&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I miss your tan skin, your sweet smile&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;So good to me, so right&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;And how you held me in your arms that September night&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The first time you ever saw me cry&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Maybe this is wishful thinking&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Probably mindless dreaming&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;But if we loved again, I swear I'd love you right&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I'd go back in time and change it, but I can't&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;So if the chain is on your door, I understand&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;This is me swallowing my pride&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Standing in front of you, saying I'm sorry for that night&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;And I go back to December&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I go back to December, turn around and make it alright&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I go back to December, turn around and change my own mind&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I go back to December all the time, all the time&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUwxKWT6m7U&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It was featured in the 2004 movie &lt;a href="http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/closer/index.html"&gt;Closer&lt;/a&gt;, which captivated the very complicated relationships to express the pain and confusion of love. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;There are various version of the meaning of the song:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* The "Blowers Daughter" refers to the daughter of a clarinet teacher. A "Blower" is someone who plays a wind instrument.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* Its about the daughter of a glass blower. In England Scotland and Ireland, a glass blower is reffered to as a blower.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* In a concert, &lt;a href="http://www.damienrice.com/"&gt;Damien&lt;/a&gt; said this was written about his flute teacher's daughter.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* Drawn off from his experience as a mortgage broker, who did cold calling all day. He grew sick of speaking to people for 8 hours a day without seeing anyone's face, and he began to fantasize about the people behind the many voices he heard. One summer day, while trying to reach a man, he heard the soft, melodic and sweet voice of a young lady. (Blower is slang for phone)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;He was actually calling for the father but her wasn't in. Protocol is that he should hang up the phone but despite of the risk of being sacked, they kept talking and &lt;a href="http://www.damienrice.com/"&gt;Damien&lt;/a&gt; couldn't stop thinking about her and he kept calling back for her. &lt;a href="http://www.damienrice.com/"&gt;Damien&lt;/a&gt; then began a secret relationship and always called her when he knew the father wasn't in. He dreamed of her at night, daydreamed about her all day long. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This continued for over a month, but unfortunately, she stopped answering the calls. Confused by the abrupt end, &lt;a href="http://www.damienrice.com/"&gt;Damien&lt;/a&gt; was obsessed in anger and after discovering her address, he went over and hidden, he watched the same mesmerizing voice shouting out, "Bye Mom!" from a school uniform girl. Staring in shock, all the pieces of the puzzles fell in place. During school holidays, she was home and played games leading him on and when holidays are over, she stopped. The mysterious girl was the inspiration of this beautiful song. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="505" width="600"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5YXVMCHG-Nk?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5YXVMCHG-Nk?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="500"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;= The Blower's Daughter =&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Damien Rice &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;And so it is&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Just like you said it would be&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Life goes easy on me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Most of the time&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;And so it is&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The shorter story&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;No love, no glory&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;No hero in her skies&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can't take my eyes off you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can't take my eyes off you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can't take my eyes off you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can't take my eyes off you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can't take my eyes off you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can't take my eyes...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;And so it is&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Just like you said it should be&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;We'll both forget the breeze&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Most of the time&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;And so it is&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The colder water&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The blower's daughter&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The pupil in denial&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can't take my eyes off you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can't take my eyes off you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can't take my eyes off you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can't take my eyes off you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can't take my eyes off you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can't take my eyes...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Did I say that I loathe you?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Did I say that I want to&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Leave it all behind?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can't take my mind off you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can't take my mind off you...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can't take my mind off you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can't take my mind off you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can't take my mind off you&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can't take my mind...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;My mind...my mind...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;'Til I find somebody new &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YXVMCHG-Nk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Pic -&amp;nbsp;http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfwd51Zfq21qefzcto1_400.jpg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9Fqu87PaAAE/S_bGeXiSzGI/AAAAAAAAA3s/55IxZLg0Org/s1600/Smaller.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9Fqu87PaAAE/S_bGeXiSzGI/AAAAAAAAA3s/55IxZLg0Org/s1600/Smaller.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.1" SRC="http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=297672&amp;bid=728913" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/SCRIPT&gt;
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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QwT8wjcCT-I/TVgHIov6zSI/AAAAAAAABOE/U702mxVWc60/s1600/Picture+7.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QwT8wjcCT-I/TVgHIov6zSI/AAAAAAAABOE/U702mxVWc60/s400/Picture+7.png" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anna Chong, the 23 year old &lt;a href="http://www.fashion.arts.ac.uk/"&gt;London College of Fashion&lt;/a&gt; student with BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear created a fierce deluxe mini &lt;a href="http://www.ladygaga.com/"&gt;Lady GaGa&lt;/a&gt; collection for toy makers &lt;a href="http://www.bandai.com/"&gt;Bandai&lt;/a&gt; brand - &lt;a href="http://www.harumika.com/"&gt;Harumika&lt;/a&gt; mini mannequins, which will be display at &lt;a href="http://www.toyshopuk.co.uk/fairs/toy-fair.php"&gt;London Toy Fair 2011&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nine iconic outfits:&lt;br /&gt;* Haus of GaGa American Flag outfit from &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVBsypHzF3U"&gt;Telephone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Haus of GaGa mirror dress&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Armani Privé custom crystal incrusted molded minidress &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/"&gt;&lt;span id="goog_488813950"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Philip Treacy&lt;span id="goog_488813951"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for Armani Privé headpiece&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Custom Armani Prive hoop dress&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oDvMHJkjTi4/TVkiGZUnDMI/AAAAAAAABOI/4e6exCz-BWY/s1600/armani_1810207a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oDvMHJkjTi4/TVkiGZUnDMI/AAAAAAAABOI/4e6exCz-BWY/s400/armani_1810207a.jpg" width="325" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;a href="http://www.francfernandez.com/"&gt;Franc Fernandez&lt;/a&gt; matambre meat dress (which she wore to the MTV Video Music Awards) -&amp;nbsp;it took two weeks to create, as she worked with various kinds of meat, eventually settling on some finest quality Parma Ham.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zuJzdXjFhC4/TVgBD94O-kI/AAAAAAAABN0/EmtVwipDbEc/s1600/Picture+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zuJzdXjFhC4/TVgBD94O-kI/AAAAAAAABN0/EmtVwipDbEc/s400/Picture+3.png" style="cursor: move;" width="313" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;a href="http://www.husseinchalayan.com/#/home/"&gt;Hussein Chalayan&lt;/a&gt; bubble dress (inspired by Gaga’s appearance on the front cover of Rolling Stone magazine)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8N0TbtAULGI/TVgFLdyKVqI/AAAAAAAABOA/ZMyBqC477ng/s1600/Picture+6.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8N0TbtAULGI/TVgFLdyKVqI/AAAAAAAABOA/ZMyBqC477ng/s400/Picture+6.png" width="345" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;a href="http://rachaelbarrett.tumblr.com/page/2"&gt;Rachael Barrett&lt;/a&gt; jacket suit with&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.philiptreacy.co.uk/"&gt;Philip Treacy&lt;/a&gt; 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It is &lt;i&gt;that&lt;/i&gt; good!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Although I have to admit that the story line is painfully predictable and camera work ain't as artistic and elegant as Chicago but I still love each and every bit of it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A big budget musical extravaganza - &lt;a href="http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/26285"&gt;2010 Golden Globe award winning&lt;/a&gt; musical film directed and written by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Antin"&gt;Steven Antin&lt;/a&gt; and starring &lt;a href="http://www.christinaaguilera.com/sg/home"&gt;Christina Aguilera&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.cher.com/"&gt;Cher&lt;/a&gt; - the perfect cast! &lt;a href="http://www.burlesquethemovie.com/site/"&gt;Burlesque&lt;/a&gt; is a glitzy tribute to two of the greatest divas ever.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="505" width="600"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p2r_8l1c2nQ?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p2r_8l1c2nQ?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="505"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The vocals are strong, unbelievably amazing costumes and the entertainment is absolutely mesmerizing. The sexy but innocent&amp;nbsp;performances -&amp;nbsp;sprinkled with hunger and lust holds you to the edge of your seats and the soulful vocals makes me bristled. It was hard to watch without tapping and clapping - even the 4th time!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ce_3AnX6fQA/TVALLcsebzI/AAAAAAAABNQ/oduLQqy1QmY/s1600/photo-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ce_3AnX6fQA/TVALLcsebzI/AAAAAAAABNQ/oduLQqy1QmY/s400/photo-2.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;My fave song is "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me", Written by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Warren"&gt;Diane Warren&lt;/a&gt;, performed by &lt;a href="http://www.cher.com/"&gt;Cher&lt;/a&gt; - which won &lt;a href="http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/26285"&gt;Golden Globe Awards, Best Original Song&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="505" width="600"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sGfk6dtMpvg?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sGfk6dtMpvg?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="505"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;= You Haven't Seen the Last of Me =&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Feeling broken&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Barely holding on&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;But there’s just something so strong&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Somewhere inside me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;And I am down but I’ll get up again&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Don’t count me out just yet&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I’ve been brought down to my knees&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;And I’ve been pushed way past the point of breaking&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;But I can take it&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I’ll be back&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Back on my feet&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;This is far from over&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;You haven’t seen the last of me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;You haven’t seen the last of me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;They can say that&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I won’t stay around&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;But I’m gonna stand my ground&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;You’re not gonna stop me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;You don’t know me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;You don’t know who I am&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Don’t count me out so fast&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I’ve been brought down to my knees&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;And I’ve been pushed way past the point of breaking&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;But I can take it&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I’ll be back&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Back on my feet&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;This is far from over&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;You haven’t seen the last of me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;There will be no fade out&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;This is not the end&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I’m down now&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;But i’ll be standing tall again&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Times are hard but&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I was built tough&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I’m gonna show you all what I’m made of&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I’ve been brought down to my knees&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;And I’ve been pushed way past the point of breaking&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;But I can take it&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I’ll be back&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Back on my feet&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;This is far from over&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I am far from over&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;You haven’t seen the last of me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;No no&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I’m not going nowhere&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I’m staying right here&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Oh no&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;You won’t see me begging&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I’m not taking my bow&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Can’t stop me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;It’s not the end&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;You haven’t seen the last of me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Oh no&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;You haven’t seen the last of me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;You haven’t seen the last of me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Pic 1 -&amp;nbsp;http://blog.reelloop.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Burlesque-Movie-Poster.jpg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Video 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2r_8l1c2nQ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Pic 2 -&amp;nbsp;http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/burlesque/downloads/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Video 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGfk6dtMpvg&amp;amp;feature=related&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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