DINING WITH BATALI

BATALI MUSIC: Sway

I am not really into singing (well..just in the  shower) ...but today, my daughter placed our karaoke attempt in video (after I showered). Anyway, girls got me two old movies for "same time , next year " and "an affair to remember" so I am locking myself in the room tonight... Enjoy !

 

Sway by Bic Runga

Don't stray
Don't ever go away
I should be much to smart for this
You know it gets the better
Of me sometimes
When you and I collide
I fall into an ocean of you
Pull me out in time
Don't let me drown
Let me down
I say its all because of you and here I go
Losing my control
I'm practising your name
So I can say it to your face it doesn't seem right
To look you in the eye
And let all the things you mean to me
Come tumbling out my mouth indeed its time
Tell you why
I say its infinately true
Say you'll stay
Don't come and go
Like you do
Sway my way
Yeah I need to know
All about you
And there's no cure
And no way to be sure
Why everythings turned inside out
Instilling so much doubt
It makes me so tired
I feel so uninspired
My head is battling with my heart
My logic has been torn apart
And now
It all turns sour
Come sweeten
Every afternoon
Say you'll stay
Don't come and go
Like you do
Sway my way
Yeah I need to know
All about you
Say you'll stay
Don't come and go
Like you do
Sway my way
Yeah I need to know
All about you
Its all because of you
Its all because of you

 

BATALI MUSIC: Potential Break Up Song

I can't hide from the kitchen forever! There's no excuse anymore..I have to navigate my way through my new apartment kitchen...

Today, I woke up and decided enough is enough...and I will make an effort to start cooking again. It's been almost 18 months or so that I had my Batali book hidden and I owe it to the Italy gods to make this happen! So.. starting with my own version of  FRENCH VANILLA CUP CAKE...this will get me pumped up for today

 

Anyway...this song totally describe my mood this morning! Hate to be that guy described here...

POTENTIAL BREAK UP SONG
(Aly and AJ)
It took too long, it took too long
It took too long for you to call back
And normally I would just forget that
Except for the fact it was my birthday
My stupid birthday

I played along, I played along
I played along rolled right off my back
But obviously my armor was cracked
What kind of a boyfriend would forget that?
Who would forget that?

The type of guy who doesn't see
What he has until she leaves
Don't let me go
Cause without me you know you're lost
Wise up now or pay the cost
Soon you will know

You're not living 'til you're living
Living with me
You're not winning 'til you're winning
Winning me
You're not getting 'til you're getting
Getting to me
You're not living 'til you're living
Living for me

This is the potential breakup song
Our album needs just one
Oh baby please
Please tell me

We got along, we got along
We got along until you did that
Now all I want is just my stuff back
Do you get that?
Let me repeat that
I want my stuff back

You can send it in a box
I don't care just drop it off
I won't be home
Cause without me you know you're lost
Minus you, I'm better off
Soon you will know

You're not living 'til you're living
Living with me
You're not winning 'til you're winning
Winning me
You're not getting 'til you're getting
Getting to me
You're not living 'til you're living
Living for me

You can try, you can try
You know I'd know it'd be a lie
Without me you're gonna die
So you betta think clearly, clearly
Before you nearly, nearly bust up the situation
That you're gonna miss dearly, dearly
Come on!

You're not livin' til you're livin'
(No!) -- livin' with me
You're not winning, til you're winning
(No, no, no, no...) -- winning
You're not getting til you're getting
(til you're gettin') -- getting to me
You're not livin' til you're livin' --
No, no, (living for me) no, no, no, no, no, no

This is the potential breakup song
Our album needs just one
Oh baby, please -- please tell me...

This is the potential make-up song
Please just admit you're wrong

Which will it be?

BATALI MUSIC: Just the way you are

 

Today, I woke up and realized that I am looking for something...not sure what it is...not sure if i will find it...when and how ..a place, an event, a person, a hobby , another challenge....I dont even want to know....probably a feeling that will assure me that everything is okay ...this song says it all....

 

 

 

JUST THE WAY YOU ARE

Oh her eyes, her eyes
Make the stars look like they're not shining
Her hair, her hair
Falls perfectly without her trying

She's so beautiful
And I tell her every day

Yeah I know, I know
When I compliment her
She wont believe me
And its so, its so
Sad to think she don't see what I see

But every time she asks me do I look okay
I say

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

Her nails, her nails
I could kiss them all day if she'd let me
Her laugh, her laugh
She hates but I think its so sexy

She's so beautiful

And I tell her every day

Oh you know, you know, you know
Id never ask you to change
If perfect is what you're searching for
Then just stay the same

So don't even bother asking
If you look okay
You know I say

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

The way you are
The way you are
Girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

BATALI MUSIC: Firework

There is a saying that when a door closes...a window will open...

As this  song quoted " Maybe you're the reason why all the doors are closed ...So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road" . . .

 

FIREWORK

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?

Do you ever feel already buried deep?
Six feet under screams but no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there's still a chance for you
'Cause there's a spark in you?

You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine
Just own the night like the 4th of July

'Cause baby, you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, oh
As you shoot across the sky

Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go, oh
You're gonna leave 'em falling down

You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closed
So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow
And when it's time, you'll know

You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine
Just own the night like the 4th of July

'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, oh
As you shoot across the sky

Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go, oh
You're gonna leave 'em falling down

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through

'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, oh
As you shoot across the sky

Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go, oh
You're gonna leave 'em falling down

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

BATALI MUSIC: Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered

Is there such a thing as fate or destiny? I was caught by surprised on a comment made by a friend yesterday about "stars aligning ". I laughed about it but  it made me wonder ...are we walking on a predetermined path and we're just here for the ride or  do we really attract energy of those people/events we wish for ?

I am not an advocate of the concept but as  I traced back some events from my past  encounters ...that  idea is puzzling me now. A recent example is a friend of mine, based in Canada whom I haven't seen for more than 10 years  whom  I was randomly looking for her contact number from old diaries sometime in Dec 2010. By cosmic chance, days later, as I was waiting for my fab friends for dinner - - lo and behold - - I bumped into her - - at a hotel lobby (and definitely not in Canada and she was also dragged by her mom in that hotel at the last minute). What are the odds!!! ...and I am not suppose to be at that lobby as typical of me to  change the venue at the last minute - -Yikes!!!

Should we be careful on what to wish for?

 

Me , G3 and my fabulous bestfriend from Canada at a chance encounter at a hotel lobby

 

To this aligning star friend of mine ..this song is for you!!! Enjoy!

 

Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered lyrics
(feat. Cher)

[Rod Stewart]
After one whole quart of brandy
Like a daisy I awake
With no Bromo Seltzer handy,
I don't even shake.

[Cher]
Men are not a new sensation;
I've done pretty well, I think.
But this half-pint imitation
Put me on the blink

I'm wild again
Beguiled again
A simpering, whimpering child again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I

[Rod Stewart]
Listen, baby
I couldn't sleep
And wouldn't sleep
Until I could sleep where I shouldn't sleep
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I

[Cher]
Lost my heart but what of it?
My mistake I agree.

[Rod Stewart]
Oh she's such a laugh, and I love it
Although the laugh's on me.

[Cher]

Oohh I'll sing to him
Bring springs to him
And worship the trousers that cling to him
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I

Oh you're so cute
Oh she's kept enough, she's slept enough
And yet, where it counts she's adapt enough

[Cher] Aha

[Both]
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I

[Cher]
When he talks he is seeking
Words to get off his chest.

[Rod Stewart]
Horizontally speaking
She's at her very best.

[Both]
Oh we've seen a lot
I mean a lot
And now we're like sweet seventeen a lot
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I
Oh, we're vexed again
Perplexed again
Thank God we can't be over-sexed again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I

BATALI MUSIC: As Time Goes By

Friday the 13th and I feel so lucky again! Recently, I felt the coin suddenly flipped over and now I feel so blessed everyday and I can't be thankful enough for everything's that's happening! What can i say -- I love my crazy, freaky and annoying life!

Secret sauce to my happiness? Let's just say..I sleep every night playing this song --and voila! I feel so great in the morning!!!! "You must remember this......the fundamental thing applies...As time goes by" ...Yes, there's still an ounce of hope left in my blood  ..." no matter what the future brings...as time goes by" (oh..and watch the gorgeous lady playing the violin as I will be learning to play this song soon)

 

This day and age we're living in
Gives cause for apprehension
With speed and new invention
And things like third dimension

Yet we get a trifle weary
With Mr. Einstein's theory
So we must get down to earth at times
Relax relieve the tension
And no matter what the progress
Or what may yet be proved
The simple facts of life are such
They cannot be removed

You must remember this
A kiss is still a kiss,
A sigh is just a sigh
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by

And when two lovers woo
They still say, "I love you"
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by

Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate
Woman needs man
And man must have his mate
That no one can deny

Well, it's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by

(Queen Latifah) Times don't change, right?
(Rod Stewart) Sing it to me, Latifah

Oh, I'm singing it to you right now
Cause we're talking about
Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date

Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate
Woman needs man
And man must have his mate
That no one can deny

Well, it's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
As time goes by

Time goes by

BATALI MUSIC: Baby It's Cold Outside

I feel  happy today! I bought 8 cocktail dresses (in 2 hours) and ended the evening with a lovely dinner at a spanish restaurant with a doctor friend of mine. As we update each other over  gambas and lengua, I realized how fortunate I am today to experience  multiple roller coaster emotional events in my life and still managed to keep my chin up high and be motivated to see what lies out there for me at the other side of the rainbow. 

I've been singing this tune in my head for a week now (together with this new feeling and thoughts inside me that I cannot explain) . . . and  borrowing one line from the song ..."I wish I knew how to break this spell" . . .

 

 

I've been friends with  Dr B for more than 16 years now and he has seen how my life has evolved over the years. One common denominator that I noted is that everytime I break  my heart, a new door will open and he's always there at the right time to listen to my fears (lots of it)  and senseless dramas.

A lot of people know me but only a few understands me! So for this charming, irritatingly handsome and succesful  doctor in Manila...Thanks for being one of my closest friend over the years ...and for sure, you'll be hearing me cry over the phone as soon as I stumble again.... 

It's 1:00 am and I am sooooo wide awake? Hate this jetlag!

 

BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE

I really can’t stay (Baby, it’s cold outside)
I’ve got to go ‘way (Baby, it’s cold outside)
The evening has been (I’ve been hopin’ that you’d drop in)
So very nice (I’ll hold your hand, they’re just like ice)

My mother will start to worry (Hey beautiful, what’s your hurry)
And father will be pacing the floor (Listen to that fireplace roar)
So really, I’d better scurry (Beautiful, please don’t hurry)
Well, maybe just a half a drink more (Put some music on while I pour)

The neighbors might think (Baby, it’s bad out there)
Say, what’s in this drink (No cabs to be had out there)
I wish I knew how (Your eyes are like starlight now)
To break this spell (I’ll take your hat, your hair looks swell)

I oughtta say no, no, no sir (You mind if I move in closer)
At least I’m gonna say that I tried (And what’s the sense in hurting my pride)
I really can’t stay (Oh baby, don’t hold out)
Oh, but it’s cold outside

I simply must go (It’s cold outside)
The answer is no (Baby, it’s cold outside)
The welcome has been (So lucky that you dropped in)
So nice and warm (Look out the window at that storm)

My sister will be suspicious (Your lips look delicious)
My brother will be there at the door (I ain’t worried about you brother)
My maiden aunt’s mind is vicious (That ol’ biddy, she ain’t gonna bother me)
Well maybe just a cigarette more (You don’t need no cigarette, it’s smokin’ plenty up in here)

I’ve got to get home (Baby, you’ll freeze out there)
Say, lend me a comb (It’s up to your knees out there)
You’ve really been grand (I thrill when you touch my hand)
Oh, but don’t you see (How can you do this thing to me)

There’s bound to be talk tomorrow (Well, think of my lifelong sorrow)
At least there will be plenty implied (If you caught pneumonia and died)
I really can’t stay (Get over that hold out)
Oh, but baby it’s cold outside