11.23.2010

Top ten best rock ballad songs

1. With Heaven On Our Side – Foreigner

I want to cry when I listen to this song, so touching heart. Foreigner really done great job with this song to touching everyone’s heart so deeply. I remember my romance in the past when I listen to this song. I made a mistake that make her leave with tears in her eyes. She said that she want to meet me anymore because I hurt her so badly. I feel really sorry and so much regrets in my heart. How can I done that to those angel? I want to get her back but I realize it was impossible. “Can we give our love another try?”


2. I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing – Aerosmith

Generally, I don’t really like Aerosmith. I love Aerosmith just for this song. It was great deep touching heart song. Steven Tyler’s voice was so dramatic. Makes me wanna cry, the true of love perfectly saying through this song. The most touching lyric was “watch your smile while you are sleeping.”
Honey, the only one I wanna see when I wake up in the morning is you.


3. Love Me Somebody – Bad Company

I love this song when I first listen to this on the radio. And it took a long time to found the CD of this song. I buy the CD from my friend because I can’t found it on the store. Bad Company was really great band, they play this song with their soul. So artistic and so meaningful of love. Worth listen for they who love ballad song.


4. Without You - Motley Crue

This is the special rock ballad song. Because Motley Crue play it so masculine. Different than other ballad song that the band play it with sadness, Motley Crue play this song with strength. Like they want to send message not to take broken heart with over sadness. Take it as usual incident of life. What is your opinion about this song?


5. Nothing But Love – Mr. Big

Did you agree when I say that Mr. Big is the best rock ballad band? Eric Martin’s voice was so perfect when he sing ballad song. Especially, his vocal’s style was so perfect in this song. Supported by best musician in the world, make this song really great for everyone who love rock ballad. There are other beautiful ballad song like ‘Promise her the Moon’ or ‘To Be With You’, but I prefer to choose this song as the best Mr. Big’s ballad song. Not only for rock ballad’s category, but also in general, this is the best Mr. Big’s song. So touching heart with deep meaning lyric. Listen it, it’s very nice song.


6. I Can’t Fight This Feeling - Reo Speedwagon

Nothing can fight the feeling of love. We need to let it go whatever happen. Receive or not by your someone, you need to say your love, or it will be thorn in your heart forever. This song tell us about that. We can’t fight the feeling forever when we are in love. I know this because it happened to my friend in junior high school. After 13 years she didn’t meet me and after she’s already getting married and having 3 children, she told me that she fall in love with me since we are in junior high school, and until now she can’t forget about me. Even when she having leisure time with her husband, she always remember about me. It really make me surprise because I consider her as a usual friend. This is the sign that love is not something to keep for ourself, but something to say immediately whatever happen, or we will regret it for the rest of our life. Like she’s done. I’m not blame her for loving me, but I blame her not to say it immediately. I may be her lover or not, it’s not important. The most important thing is, once again, just say it!!
So, now when I listen to this song, I remember about her mistake.


7. Still Loving You – Scorpion

This is the classic song that everyone like. I said that because in my country, almost every peoples know about this song. Even someone who didn’t like rock music like this song. In my opinion, it because this song was easy listening. So, it can enter everyone’s ears. And the music was so beautiful and the voice of Klaus Meine was so nice to listen. For myself, I like this song because I still love my ex lover too…^_^
Did you like it too?


8. She's Gone – Steelheart

So unique and great!!! The high range of Mike Matijevic’s screaming was so unbelievable. So amazing! It can perfectly describe the screaming of love inside our heart. When you are in sadness because losing someone you love, listen to this song can strengthen your feeling, and maybe can make you a little bit better about your feeling, because Mike scream it for you.


9. You're All I Need - White Lion

The acoustic part of this song was so beautiful. It’s like the rhythm of the heart when we are in love. Another deep meaning song that capable to make us cry. Another great rock ballad song that deserve to get high appreciation. Mike Tramp’s voice was so dramatic and Vito Bratta done great job with his acoustic guitar play.


10. Always – Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi is one of the great band in rock history. Although they are not in the first place of my favourite bands, they still deserve to get my appreciation, especially about this song. Beside ‘I’ll Be There For You’, this ballad is their best rock ballad song. I am really sure, peoples who like rock ballad song must be know about this song, because this song was one of the most popular in this category of music.

11.18.2010

Distance Learning

An alternative way of learning


The dot coms invasion has brought about positive changes in many aspects of life. many activities which used to be done in a complicated way now can be carried out in a more effective way. Nowadays, people don’t need to make an extra effort to get the information they need. they don’t have to go to the library to get information about the book they need. they only need to get connected to the internet. “click and done” seems to be a new way to work things out. The change has also come to the education world. the major change in this field is the so-called Distance Learning.

Distance learning can be an alternative way to get a degree from an overseas university for those who are on a tight budget. It is a new way of learning by using the interner as a medium to interact with other students and lecturers. This system is similar to the Open University in Indonesia. Using this system, a student can learn actively and independently. The only difference is that distance learning uses the internet as its virtual classroom. Despite this difference, distance learning requires the students to be hardworking, disciplined, determined, and highly motivated. It may be a little bit harder to undergo this program since the tutors and classmates are far away and you won’t get intensive support and guidance from them. This means extra effort to regularly read all the materials and consult with classmates and lecturers online. Time management is also important in distance learning because boredom and moody feeling may hit you anytime.

So, are you interested? I bet you are. Distance learning will help obtain an international degree in a shorter time with a lower tuition than the brick and mortar educational institution.