Little Place of Kamaruddin

LOVE ME
Collin Raye
All I Can Be (1991)
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I read a note my Grandma wrote
Back in 1923
Grandpa kept it in his coat
And he showed it once to me
He said, Boy you might not understand, but a long long time ago
Grandma’s daddy didn’t like me none
But I loved your Grandma so

We had this crazy plan to meet
And run away together
Get married in the first town we came to and live forever
But nailed to the tree where we were supposed to meet instead
I found this letter
And this is what it said:

“If you get there before I do
Don’t give up on me
I’ll meet you when my chores are through
I don’t know how long I’ll be
But i’m not gonna let you down
Darling wait and see
And between now and then
Until I see you again
I’ll be loving you
Love, me”

I read those words just hours before
my Grandma passed away
In the doorway of a church
Where me and Grandpa stopped to pray
I know I’ve never seen him cry
In all my fifteen years
But as he said these words to her
His eyes filled up with tears

“If you get there before I do
Don’t give up on me
I’ll meet you when my chores are through
I don’t know how long I’ll be
But i’m not gonna let you down
Darling wait and see
And between now and then
Until I see you again
I’ll be loving you . . .
Love, me”

And between now and then
Until I see you again
I’ll be loving you . . .
Love, me

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Note:
I don’t know Collin Raye and his country music very much except for “In This Life“. But after listening to and scanning the lyrics “Love, Me”, my eyes are filled with tears. “Love, Me” is a popular funeral song.

valiant /ˈvæl.i.ənt/

adjective
very brave or bravely determined, especially when things are difficult or the situation gives no cause for hope.
— source: Cambridge Advance Learner’s Dictionary

Valiant Kamaruddin is beginning his first page of life. Boldly venturing into new world.

— Statistics —
Level 1

l: 51 cm
w: 3.8 kg

Agility: 1/10
Armor: 0
Strength: 1/10
Personality: -
Perception: 1/10
Wisdom: -

Saya sudah memendam keinginan cukup lama untuk memiliki iPod Shuffle terbaru, The New iPod Shuffle atau iPod Shuffle generasi ketiga. Biasa… produk Apple selalu monumental, spektakuler, dan mencuri perhatian dunia. Seri Shuffle adalah jajaran pemutar musik portable iPod yang “dipakai” (wearable). Jadi produknya harus tidak ribet, ultra kecil dan yang terpenting, tetap modis.

Ketika berjalan-jalan sendirian di salah satu mal di Medan hari Sabtu lalu, saya membelinya untuk istri sebagai hadiah. Saya sudah tidak kaget dengan bentuk fisiknya yang lebih kecil daripada Shuffle generasi kedua. Ketahanan baterenya juga cukup lama, sekitar 10 jam.

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Japanese Shinto priests first wed these two hulking rocks off the coast of Futami more than 1,300 years ago to symbolize the sanctity of marriage. Today, husband rock (the strong, silent type at 30 feet high) and wife rock are still yoked together in the Pacific Ocean by 100 feet of braided rice straw, which is replaced three times a year. (The priests do that at low tide, when the rocks aren’t separated by water, and worshippers join in the ceremony by handing the rope from person to person onshore.) In the summer, the scene is perhaps most divine: The sun appears to rise between the two points, with Mount Fuji visible in the distance.

The two wedded rocks are called Meoto Iwa (Husband-and-wife rocks)

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Source:
Four Ways of Looking at a Rope - Reader’s Digest

This is one of the advantage of being a teacher. You’ll get some creative or more often, funny answers.