Do you have a song which everytime you listen to, it just makes you smile?

An evergreen song that no matter how many years it has passed, everytime the song plays, you close your eyes and carve a tiny smile.

I do.

I fell in love with the song when I was 16.
The song was aired in one of the DBS ads on the telly, yes 10 years ago.
For once I hate the fact that the ad was so short.

Despite so, its amazing how it impacted my life and how I can still smile listening to the song today.
How I feel so liberated everytime I listen to it.

I would sit in front of the telly or close my eyes everytime the ad is aired within earshot.
I would imagine a white condo, the sun, the sand, the sea and the clear blue sky.
I will smile.

For many years I search for the song.
I never knew the artist nor the song title or even if there was an album cut for it.
But the song really got stuck in my head that I memorised the lyrics (word for word) since I heard it till today.

And till today, I am still unsure of anything and for many years I search for it.
Couldn't find it on You Tube and googling it was not very simple either.

10 years ago, that 2 mins of the ad took a lot of stress off while studying for my 'O' Levels.
It was my most pressurised year during my school years.
Of course uni days were the most relaxed days and college days were exhiliratingly fun.

March 2007 was the darkest period of my life.
Back then, I would probably have hit into depression, if not end up in the psychiatric ward if it was not for Lovie talking sense into my head and beefing my spirits up again.
That was also the period when the song came back in my head.
I find so much solace singing to this song when I was alone.
Closing my eyes, feeling light-hearted, yet tears trickling down my face.

DBS - Life is Beautiful

Every morning, I feel the breeze
The sun washes over me..
The sound of water, the crashing sea
Is it only me..that feels alive
Its all ahead on me

Cause it feels so right..
Just open your eyes and see that..

Life is beautiful (so beautiful)
It's beautiful to me

Life can take you anywhere
You don't know where it leads you
But you know you're not alone
Just open your eyes and see that..

Life is beautiful (so beautiful)
It's beautiful to me



I'm trying to plug it in into this blog to share it with the readers.

Come what may.
Deep down, I have my full faith in Him, Insya Allah.
The days are not always bright for me but I have to be positive to be able to look ahead of me.

I always share with my close ones:
"At the end of the day, there is only me."

No matter how much I sacrifice or how much I put up or even if it means I need to be quiet and tolerate, I will not depend on the rest around me to make me happy.
If it comes by, Alhamdulillah.
If it doesn't I shall have me, for God has given me me.

Many people are surprised by a true fact of me that I am contented enough or feel much ease to be sitting alone (during lunch for example), grab a sandwich and coffee, pull the papers and dragging for the hour to be up.
I may not understand the things around me perfectly.

But I understand it well enough.
An emotional entry you might say but this is me - a part of my inner self which moulded the principles and mindset I hold on to today.

So what song makes you smile?