My Huckleberry friend, moon river and me

Different versions of Moon River videos I got from you tube. I guess this song is one of the most played songs in my mind at all times! haha..







Moon river, wider than a mile
I’m crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re goin’, I’m goin’ your way

Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after the same rainbow’s end, waitin’ ’round the bend
My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me

(moon river, wider than a mile)
(I’m crossin’ you in style some day)
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re goin’, I’m goin’ your way

Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after that same rainbow’s end, waitin’ ’round the bend
My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me



I got intrigued of what does "huckleberry" friend means in this song. I found out that I'm not the only person who wants to know its meaning. Got this at Yahoo answers.com

Best Answer - Chosen by Voters
From Lawson Stone's "I'm Your Huckleberry":

" 'Huckleberry' was commonly used in the 1800's in conjunction with "persimmon" as a small unit of measure. 'I'm a huckleberry over your persimmon' meant: 'I'm just a bit better than you.' As a result, 'huckleberry' came to denote idiomatically two things. First, it denoted a small unit of measure, a 'tad,' as it were, and a person who was a huckleberry could be a small, unimportant person--usually expressed ironically in mock self-depreciation.

The second and more common usage came to mean, in the words of the 'Dictionary of American Slang: Second Supplemented Edition' (Crowell, 1975): 'A man; specif., the exact kind of man needed for a particular purpose.' 1936: 'Well, I'm your huckleberry, Mr. Haney.' Tully, 'Bruiser,' 37...

...'The Historical Dictionary of American Slang' which is a multivolume work, has about a third of a column of citations documenting this meaning all through the latter 19th century.

So 'I'm your huckleberry' means 'I'm just the man you're looking for!' "

In the context of the lyrics of "Moon River," the phrase "my hucklerry friend" seems consistent with the latter idiomaticmatic meaning of "huckleberry" above, but with the addition of the word "friend."
Source(s):
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~knuthco1/…

Link: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080323134512AAzirjZ

Another Pinoy Pride: Julie Anne San Jose

I like her version of Price Tag. Very confident young girl!

It costs approx 23K!

I am writing this blog while waiting for my auntie's turn in her checkup. Now the best way to unleash this boredom is to write down the expenses I made from my last "lakwatsa" at Singapore.

Everytime someone asks me how much did I spent at sg, I say, it's approx. 30-35k. This was my rough estimate which includes the souvenirs I bought at the plane which is not recommendable at all. The problem is that we ran out of time for shopping as well as cash on hand! Hehe thanks to credit card, I was able to bring 'pasalubong' to my relatives and friends.  

Here it is! The breakdown of my SG expenses last August 24 to 28! I converted this to peso(1Sg$=36pesos).

August 24

Airfare - 5,800 ( cebu pacific promo roundtrip)Hotel81 - 5,760 (4nights @120 per night/3 pax)Terminal fee - 1620Airport taxi - 240 (29sgd/4pax) midnight rate for taxi vary Breakfast - 360 Train ticket - 660 Sentosa ticket - 1440 (half day tour) Lunch - 360 Dinner - 500

August 25
USS - 1900 ( 20% discount price);Lunch with drinks - 750;Dinner - 720 (glutton's bay)

August 26
Singapore zoo - (complimentary ticket c/o empz); Bus - 90 (fr station to sg zoo) ;Tram - 180 (ride all u can inside the zoo);Meal - 970;Dinner - 720

Total = Php 22,370.00

Take note: 'Pasalubong' not included... :)    

Who Says?

I Can't Afford That Feeling Anymore

I heard this over the radio... Super sad song.. :(

If the knock out comes...

I supposed to search for Manny Pacquiao's entrance during his fight with Shane Mosley last 3/13, but I found this videos instead. :)



"If The Knock Out comes it comes".... :P

My recently viewed movies and dramas... :)

Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Thai Movie. A story of a young lady who had a big crush in her Highschool mate, and improved herself that she was able to transform into a very beautiful lady.

Hatarakiman. A Japanese drama. A story of a woman who always love to work! Now, I know how hard is it to become a weekly magazine editor-in-chief.

I just found out that this series came from manga, japanese cartoons.

and lastly, just this weekend, for the sake of my tita, we watched this movie together. (Take note: she likes Bea Alonzo very, very much!)

Now, I badly want to watch this movie!!! but when would it be??

A Song that Makes me Cry...

Everytime I hear this song from Jamie Rivera, entitled Sino Ako, it always breaks my heart.
I don't know exactly why, maybe because of its lyrics, or something.
But I can still remember, when I was in gradeschool, I saw the lyrics of this song from my father's notebook. I learned that my father when he was still a bachelor, during "kursilista" days.  From then on, I was very eager to learn this song.

Recently I heard this song when my bestfriend's dad died last two weeks ago. I can't help but to cry.

Then yesterday, again, I watched "The Last Seven Words" featured by ABS CBN. A girl named "Angela" sang this song heartily.  Tears fell again....





Hiram sa DIYOS ang aking buhay
Ikaw at akoy tanging handog lamang
Di ko ni nais na akoy isilang
ngunit salamat dahil may buhay
Ligaya ko na akoy isilang pagkat tao ay mayroong dangal
Sino ang may pag ibig sinong nagmamahal
Kung di ang tao DIYOS ang pinagmulan
Kung di ako umibig kung di ko man bigyang halaga
Ang buhay kong handog ang buhay ko ident
ng hiram sa DIYOS
Kung di ako nagmamahal sino ako

Koph Kun Kaa means Thank you

I was in a business trip to teach Magic Developer 8.3 in Fujitsu Ten Thailand last week.

And here's my students.. All of them were very nice and fast learner, even if sometimes English communication is quite hard.

And they are also game in posing using auto 5-shots! :)

Kyla and Rich "The Wedding Proposal"

Speechless...So happy for them..

Every little thing is just so beautiful...Two of my favorite songs of Kyla.. "Make Me Whole and Beautiful Days"