SURFER'S PARA-PARA-PARADISE

Because you can't pay a hot visit to the Gold Coast and Byron Bay without para-para-paraphrasing Coldplay

When she was just a girl, she expected the world

But it flew away from her reach

So she ran away in her sleep and dreamed of...

Para-para-paradise, 

Para-para-paradise, 

Para-para-paradise

Every time she closed her eyes.

When she was just a girl, she expected the world

But it flew away from her reach 

And the bullets catch in her teeth

Life goes on, it gets so heavy

The wheel breaks the butterfly, every tear a waterfall

In the night, the stormy night, she'd close her eyes

In the night, the stormy night, away she'd fly

And dream of para-para-paradise

Para-para-paradise

Para-para-paradise

She'd dream of para-para-paradise

Para-para-paradise

Para-para-paradise

La-la-la-la-la-la-la

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-

la-la-la

And so lying underneath those stormy skies 

She'd say, "oh I know the sun must set to rise"

This could be para-para-paradise

Para-para-paradise

This could be para-para-paradise

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)

This could be para-para-paradise

Para-para-paradise

This could be para-para-paradise

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh)

This could be para-para-paradise

Para-para-paradise

This could be para-para-paradise

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh)

This could be para-para-paradise

Para-para-paradise

This could be para-para-paradise

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh)

This could be para-para-paradise

Para-para-paradise

This could be para-para-paradise

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh)

Viva la vida! I used to rule the whirl!

BA-DEE-YA, SANA YOU REMEMBER...

...dancing (and some other cultural stuff) in September

* On Dads' day down under, and we get the hero adulation we deserve.  This is the way.

ba-dee-ya, never was a cloud (city) daaay

* At a Lady of Peñafrancia fiesta, the sunglow comes into the church perfectly, the dancers perform passionately, and a singing priest has coins magically appear at his feet

ba-dee-ya, golden dreams were shiny daaays

* At the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the whole consulate visits a Filipino's big, beautiful provocative painting...

...which as it turns out is the gallery's remaining Philippine showpiece, as the other Fil-artworks that were there have already finished their run, and new fan favorites have since taken their place

bunny-ya, nee-ya, nee-ya...