One of The Sweetest Things

... he'd done was singing along to our song in my car while I was driving. While his recital of the Quran is rather soothing, his singing is.. err... let's just say that if he were to join Malaysian Idol, he would be one among the many to be dismissed easily in the first trial session.

The truth is, girls keep score differently than guys. I know this sounds so much like what John Gray wrote in his book and yes, I do enjoy reading his Mars-Venus series. I just can't help agreeing that for most women, every gift of love scores equally with every other gift, regardless of size. But most men are content concentrating on big gifts - providing a home, paying for the car, buying groceries, paying for the kids education - forgetting that little expressions of love are just as important. Stuff like offering a massage, hugging, listening to her attentively, washing her car, giving small gifts of flowers or chocolates, surprising her with love notes, or taking time to memorise a mutual favorite song and singing along to it...

It's sweet of him because I know he deosn't memorise that many songs. And it's sweet of him because I know that he knows that I know he can't sing all that well, but he tried anyway. Of course there are many other sweet things that he'd done - but because I seriously did not see that coming, the surprise element of that sing-along session made it something not easily forgotten...

Here's the lyrics of our song - performed by InTeam in their latest album, InTeam '04.

Doa Seorang Kekasih

Oh Tuhan, seandainya telah Kau catatkan
Dia milikku, tercipta untuk diriku
Satukanlah hatinya dengan hatiku
Titipkanlah kebahagiaan

Ya Allah, ku mohon
Apa yang telah Kau takdirkan
Ku harap dia adalah yang terbaik buatku
Kerana Engkau tahu segala isi hatiku
Pelihara daku dari kemurkaanMu

Ya Tuhanku, yang Maha Pemurah
Beri kekuatan jua harapan
Membina diri yang lesu tak bermaya
Semaikan setulus kasih di jiwa

Ku pasrah kepadaMu
Kurniakanlah aku
Pasangan yang beriman
Bisa menemani aku
Supaya ku dan dia
Dapat melayar bahtera
Ke muara cinta yang Engkau redhai

Ya Tuhanku, yang Maha Pengasih
Engkau sahaja pemeliharaku
Dengarkan rintihan hambaMu ini
Jangan Engkau biarkan ku sendiri