A tribute to Oprah

I got the news about MJ's permanent departure five minutes after I woke up and thought I was still in a dream. Unfortunately I wasn't. The first thing that came to mind was, 'No more Last London Concert??!!~' I personally think it would have been a great show, since he publicly announced it is the last great one. But sigh.

I suppose the whole world is weeping for him, and it would only do justice for me to at least speak of the other people who happened to dismiss themselves on the same day with him. Perhaps they will feel better and remembered and not clouded out by the obituaries and flowers and news headlines of MJ all over the world. So, to all of you visiting heaven ahead of me (yesterday), hope you have a wonderful time with God.

Apart from that, as the title showed, this is nonetheless a tribute to Oprah. To me, if Micheal Jackson's burial has a hundred mourners, Oprah deserves a thousand. And since she is still very much alive and kicking (the last I check CNN it was still only MJ), let me just write this to hail Oprah as the saying goes, 'When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.' So here we go, Long Live Oprah!!

Somebody said, and I quote, "As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You'll have your heart broken and you'll break others' hearts. You'll fight with your best friend or maybe even fall in love with them, and you'll cry because time is flying by. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you've never been hurt. Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances. you just have to live life to the fullest, tell someone what they mean to you and tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone's hand, comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, be a flirt, and smile until your face hurts. Don't be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back."