Charlie Chaplin - Smile

"Smile"
(originally by Nat King Cole)

Smile though your heart is aching,
Smile even though it's breaking,
When there are clouds in the sky,
You'll get by,
If you smile through your pain and sorrow,
Smile and may be tomorrow,
You'll see the sun come shining through, for you,
Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness,
Although a tear may be ever so near,
That's the time you must keep on trying,
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.
Ooh, oh, oooh, mmm, ooh yeah
That's the time you must keep on trying,
Smile what's the use of crying?
You'll find that life is still worthwhile,
If you just smile,
Smile though your heart is aching,
Smile even though its breaking,
When there are clouds in the sky,
You'll get by,
That's the time you must keep on trying, (keep on tryin')
Smile, what's the use of crying? (whats the use of crying)
You'll find that life is still worthwhile,
If you just smile,
You'll find that life is still worthwhile,
If you just smile, smile. 

 source : http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/gleecast/smile152498.html

Q : Who wrote the lyrics to smile?

A : Smile (Charlie Chaplin song) "Smile" is a song based on an instrumental theme used in the soundtrack for the 1936 Charlie Chaplin movie Modern Times. Chaplin composed the music, while John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons added the lyrics and title in 1954.

source : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_%28Charlie_Chaplin_song%29

I really love this song. Although it's a short song, but the lyrics really moved me. Actually, I knew this song from watching a TV musical series : Glee. And by the time I heard this song, it made me really comfortable. The lyrics are so good and true.

We can see from the lyrics above that this song tells us to smile even in the hardest situation in life. Even when we want to burst into tears, even when we think we couldn't do it anymore, we have to smile. We have to do that because our sadness will surely passed. This song also tells us to keep trying and give our best, because the result would be worth the pain. And we should not living our life with sadness all over, but with our best smile.

Although it's a short song and the lyrics are repeated, I never get bored. I found this song as a cheer-up song when I'm sad or blue. I think this song delivered its message successfully in a simple way. Because I often linger in sadness and that's not good, and this song really comforts me. This song really can cheer us when we're sad, so listen to it at least once. 

The point is, to SMILE :)

Click here to listen to the song >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bZxamUU0x4

 

Dewa Athena

What are you thinking when first hearing the word "Athena"? Is it the goddess of wisdom like in Greek Mythology? 

Goddess Of Wisdom, Athena

Goddess Of Wisdom, Athena

No, apparently, it isn't. Dewa Athena is an event held by my school, SMAN 3 Bandung. It is basically a sport championship. This year, it was held from March, 10th to 12th 2016. Dewa Athena was being held in Bali Sports Field from morning until noon around 1 until 2 o'clock. 

Those sports that are contested are :

• soccer
• basketball
• volley
• tug-of-war
• badminton
• dodgeball
• relay race
• and a traditional game called "Gobak Sodor". But before the event started, we have to send representation from our class for every sports that are being held.

So, at the first day, we felt (kinda) excited because there would be many fun match to watch. The first sport championship was the basketball championship. Our class played in the 3^rd turn. And it was so exciting to watch. We all supported our players and we won! 

But after basketball match, we began to separate because there are other sport matches that had to be followed at the same time.

As for me, I got a chance to played in Relay Race. The Relay Race Team consisted of 4 people, which were Haifa, Najmi, Radhin, and me. We sure did all the best we could, but unfortunately we lost. Our team lost by 1 second because we almost win :( . Seriously.

So, after that, some of my friends and I began to watch our friend’s matches. We watched dodgeball match but unfortunately we lost. We were lost by 1 point. Again. 

*sad faces*

We watched volleyball match which was really fun. We cheered from the end of the sportfield with really loud voice to kept our friends spirits to finish the game. But the result was still unclear at the time. So we still didn’t know who’s winning. 

*another sad faces*

Oh, we didn’t watch badminton match because my friend said not to watch. She said that it was because she didn’t want to lose concentrate when playing, so she said it was better to came out with a victory. And yes, THEY WIN (it was a double match)! Yeah well they were actually lose at the 2^nd round but it’s okay.

*smiling faces*

Why? Because it doesn’t matter who’s the winner. The only thing that matters is our struggle to give everything we have. And as long as we give the best we could do, the results would be worth it. :)