Bad Romance

I am so into this song lately.

Through My Window

This is my favourite version of that "hot" song.

My Personal Angel

專屬天使 by Tank




Pinyin lyrics:

Wo bu hui guai ni dui wo de wei zhuang
Tian shi zai ren jian shi gai cang hao chi bang
Ren men yu chun lu mang er ni xian xi shan liang
Zen neng rang ni wei le wo bei peng shang

Xiao xiao de shou zhang hou hou de wen nuan
Ni zong neng ping fu wo bu an de ye wan
Bu gan xiang de meng xiang tou guo ni de yan guang
Wo cai kan jian ta yuan lai zai qian fang

Mei you shei neng ba ni qiang li wo shen pang
Ni shi wo de zhuan shu tian shi
Wei wo neng du zhan
Mei you shei neng qu dai ni zai wo xin shang
Yong you yi ge zhuan shu tian shi
Wo na li hai xu yao bie de yuan wang

Xiao xiao de shou zhang da da de li liang
Wo yi ding ye kuai xiang ni yi yang fei xiang
Ni xiang qu de di fang jiu shi wo de fang xiang
You wo bao hu xiao rong jin guan can lan

Mei you shei neng ba ni qiang li wo shen pang
Ni shi wo de zhuan shu tian shi
Wei wo neng du zhan
Mei you shei neng qu dai ni zai wo xin shang
Yong you yi ge zhuan shu tian shi
Wo na li hai xu yao bie de yuan wang

Yao bu shi ni chu xian wo yi ding hai zai chen shui
Jue wang de yi wei sheng ming zhi you hei ye

Mei you shei neng ba ni qiang li wo shen pang
Ni shi wo de zhuan shu tian shi
Wei wo neng du zhan
Mei you shei neng qu dai ni zai wo xin shang
Yong you yi ge zhuan shu tian shi
Wo na li hai xu yao bie de yuan wang

My memories are not mine

I tell you.... this song has been very hot on the radio stations many many months ago and I had no idea what's the title and who sang it although I liked it very much. That's the problem with being a "banana" person.

Finally I found the title and the singers.

Title: 我的回憶不是我的 (My memories are not mine)
Singers: Hai Ming Wei & Vincy Chan



Pinyin lyrics

seung sam dik jung wooi yam sing
fooi sam dik jung wooi yung hei lik
jeung jui ho dik gwoh hui
jeung jui doh dik sai sui
soh do
suk yue nei dik ngaan jing

sat luen dik bat gau noi sing
sat luen dik bat sun si jue ding
yue jui hak dik sai gaai
yue jui gwong dik saat na
gam do
suk yue nei dik hei sik

jik si han doh yat hei gwok dik
seung hei dik tung tung nei dik
wai juek si long maan dik oi ching
tung tung do hoh joi gin
daan sing nok hoh joi ting

sam moh hoh bat bin sik
oh baby
dong maan yue nei gei jue po gung ying
gam maan pin pin seung hei fung dik ching ging
wooi yik bat joi sau jai yue ngoh
ngoh sing ying
wooi yik ya hui nei dik
dong maan yue nei gei jue lau sui sing
gam maan jaam joi daai dei ji gei king ting
naan do sung bit nei
wooi tau jung si kin sing
sui nang gwaai ngoh
jung si taai gam sing

sat luen dik do yah doh sing
sat luen dik do gei jue yeuk ding
dong lei seung dik sai gaai
dong lei seung dik saat na
yan oi
mo fan nei dik ngoh dik

jik si han doh yat hei gwoh dik
seung hei dik tung tung nei dik
wai jeuk si long maan dik oi ching
tung tung do hoh joi gin
daan sing nok hoh joi ting

sam moh hoh bat bin sik
oh baby
dong maan yue nei gei jue po gung ying
gam maan pin pin seung hei fung dik ching ging
wooi yik bat joi sau jai yue ngoh
ngoh sing ying
wooi yik ya hui nei dik
dong maan yue nei gei jue lau sui sing
gam maan jaam joi daai dei ji gei king ting
naan do sung bit nei
wooi tau jung si kin sing
sui nang gwaai ngoh
jung si taai gam sing

dong maan yue nei gei jue po gung ying
gam maan pin pin seung hei fung dik ching ging
wooi yik bat joi sau jai yue ngoh
ngoh sing ying
wooi yik ya hui nei dik
dong maan yue nei gei jue lau sui sing
gam maan jaam joi daai dei ji gei king ting
naan do sung bit nei
wooi tau jung si kin sing
sui nang gwaai ngoh
jung si taai gam sing

Power of the Dream

I have always loved this song. I think it's really inspirational. Gives me goosebumps each time I listen to it.



Power of the Dream - by Celine Dion:

Deep within each heart
There lies a magic spark
That lights the fire of our imagination
And since the dawn of man
The strength of just "I can"
Has brought together people of all nations

There’s nothing ordinary
In the living of each day
There’s a special part
Every one of us will play

Feel the flame forever burn
Teaching lessons we must learn
To bring us closer to the power of the dream
As the world gives us its best
To stand apart from all the rest
It is the power of the dream that brings us here

Your mind will take you far
The rest is just pure heart
You’ll find your fate is all your own creation
Every boy and girl
As they come into this world
They bring the gift of hope and inspiration

** Feel the flame forever burn
Teaching lessons we must learn
To bring us closer to the power of the dream
The world unites in hope and peace
We pray that it will always be
It is the power of the dream that brings us here

There’s so much strength in all of us
Every woman, child and man
It’s the moment that you think you can’t
You’ll discover that you can

** (2x)

The power of the dream
The faith in things unseen
The courage to embrace your fear
No matter where you are
To reach for your own star
To realize the power of the dream
To realize the power of the dream

Through The Years

A beautiful song ...



Lyrics:
I can't remember when you weren't there
When I didn't care for anyone but you
I swear we've been through everything there is
Can't imagine anything we've missed
Can't imagine anything the two of us can't do

Through the years, you've never let me down
You turned my life around, the sweetest days I've found
I've found with you ... Through the years
I've never been afraid, I've loved the life we've made
And I'm so glad I've stayed, right here with you
Through the years

I can't remember what I used to do
Who I trusted, who I listened to before
I swear you taught me everything I know
Can't imagine needing someone so
But through the years it seems to me
I need you more and more

Through the years, through all the good and bad
I know how much we had, I've always been so glad
To be with you ... Through the years
It's better every day, you've kissed my tears away
As long as it's okay, I'll stay with you
Through the years

Through the years, when everything went wrong
Together we were strong, I know that I belong
Right here with you ... Through the years
I never had a doubt, we'd always work things out
I've learned what life's about, by loving you
Through the years

Through the years, you've never let me down
You've turned my life around, the sweetest days I've found
I've found with you ... Through the years
It's better every day, you've kissed my tears away
As long as it's okay, I'll stay with you
Through the years...

Satu Suara

Saw this music video on TV. Such a catchy song and with such a good message.

Perhaps Love

I love this song. We used to perform this (complete with hand gestures) when I was with this Buddhist singing group many many years ago. Listening to it brings back a lot of wonderful memories.



So what's love to you?

Disturbia

I haven't been listening to many english songs nowadays. Most of the time when I am driving, the radio station that I got on was MyFM which is a chinese station. So I am not very "IN" with the latest english songs.

However there is one that I heard before and liked it very much. It's by Rihanna and the song is titled "Disturbia". Very catchy and I like the "Bum Bum Bi Dum Bum Bum Bi Dum Bum" part of the song.



Anyone of you know what "Disturbia" means? I searched through the online dictonaries but couldn't find this word. Could it mean "a state of being disturbed"??

Well if this is the meaning, then I had a "Disturbia" when I went to Karaoke with my sisters, nephew and nieces last Friday.

Why?

Because my nephew and niece were actually singing to this song! Gone were those days when they were still singing "Baa Baa Black Sheep". Sigh... I am officially old and had to embrace my "uncle" title. Disturbing right?

Faraway (千里之外)

Qian Li Zhi Wai (千里之外) Pinyin lyrics:
by Jay Chou & Fei Yu Ching

屋簷如懸崖 風鈴如滄海 我等燕歸來
Wu yan ru xuan yai,feng ling ru cang hai,wo deng yan gui lai
時間被安排 演一場意外 你悄然走開
Shi jian bei an pai, yan yi chang yi wai, ni qiao ran zou kai

故事在城外 濃霧散不開 看不清對白
Gu shi zai cheng wai, nong wu shan bu kai, kan bu qing dui bai
你聽不出來 風聲不存在 是我在感慨
Ni ting bu chu lai, feng sheng bu cun zai, shi wo zai gan kai

夢醒來 是誰在窗臺 把結局打開
Meng xing lai, shi shui zai chuang tai, ba jie ju da kai
那薄如蟬翼的未來 經不起誰來拆
Na ba ru chan yi de wei lai, jing bu qi shei lai zhai

Chorus:
我送你離開 千里之外 你無聲黑白
Wo song ni li kai, qian li zhi wai, ni wu sheng hei bai
沈默年代 或許不該 太遙遠的相愛
Chen mo nian dai, huo xu bu gai, tai yao yuan de xiang ai
我送你離開 天涯之外 你是否還在
Wo song ni li kai, tian yai zhi wai, ni shi fou hai zai
琴聲何來 生死難猜 用一生 去等待
Qing sheng he lai, sheng si nan cai, yong yi sheng, qu deng dai


一身琉璃白 透明著塵埃 你無瑕的愛
Yi shen liu li bai, tou ming zhe chen ai, ni wu xia de ai
你從雨中來 詩化了悲哀 我淋濕現在
Ni chong yu zhong lai, shi hua le bei ai, wo lin shi xian zai

芙蓉水面采 船行影猶在 你卻不回來
Fu rong shui mian cai, chuan xing ying you zai, ni que bu hui lai
被歲月覆蓋 你說的花開 過去成空白
Bei sui yue fu gai, ni shuo de hua kai, guo qu cheng kong bai

夢醒來 是誰在窗臺 把結局打開
Meng xing lai, shi shui zai chuang tai, ba jie ju da kai
那薄如蟬翼的未來 經不起誰來拆
Na ba ru chan yi de wei lai, jing bu qi shui lai zhai

Repeat Chorus 2x

Memori Tercipta

If you are a fan of 8tv (like me), you would most probably have seen this short clip before. It was shown on this TV station a while ago and I thought it was a really good song plus an interesting video.



The song's title is "Memori Tercipta" and the original singer is Shila, the recent runner up of the "One in A Million" singing competition. I think her vocals are damn good. Watch the video below for her full rendition of this song.



"Memori Tercipta" lyrics

Bergetar jiwa dipersada bercahaya
Pertemuan harapan pertama kalinya
Bergetar jiwa menghadapi mimpi-mimpi
Sukar dipercaya pintunya terbuka

Di sini jua memori tercipta
Walau seketika terjalin kasih kita
Mungkin di sini kita kan terpisah
Kenangan bersama tiada ku lupa

Mengalun suara sesuri bisikan hati
Seiringan mencari haluan berseni
Bergetar jiwa menghadapi mimpi-mimpi
Tiada pun terduga pintunya terbuka

Di sini jua memori tercipta
Walau seketika terjalin kasih kita
Mungkin di sini kita kan terpisah
Kenangan bersama tiada ku lupa

Yang terpahit jua termanis
Semuanya bagiku terindah
Ku ingati buat selama-lamanya

Di sini jua memori tercipta
Walau seketika terjalin kasih kita
Mungkin di sini kita kan terpisah
Kenangan bersama tiada ku lupa

Mungkin disini kita kan terpisah
Kenangan bersama (3x)
Mungkin disini kita kan terpisah
Kenangan bersama tiada ku lupa

Painted Skin

I went to KLCC's TGV for a movie last night. It felt like a decade since I last stepped my foot on KLCC's ground mainly because I have this perception that KLCC is too far away from where I am staying and working; and that I would have to brave through the horrendous traffic jams to get there. Well.. I was not the one driving there last night and with 80% (probably) of KL folks already back to their 'kampung's for Raya, it was okay.

We went there to watch "Painted Skin". Apparently KLCC is the only cineplex that is showing the Mandarin version. As most of the cast members are Mandarin speaking, we thought Mandarin version would be more "authentic". We later found out that it really didn't matter whether it's Mandarin or Cantonese version.

I think 10 minutes through the show, I was already yawning away. There were just too much of dialogues, scenes were transitioned from one to another almost abruptly and the effects looked fake!

What made it worse was that there were these 2 idiots at the back of us doing commentaries to each other throughout the movie. All the shhh's in the world didn't seem to shut them up. Besides that, at least 8 people's phones rang throughout the show. Instead of turning their phones off, they answered the call and chatted away! I thought KLCC patrons would be better educated in human decency than that. I was so wrong!

Anyway, "Painted Skin" is a film adapted from one of the stories in an ancient novel written by Pu SongLing. This novel is a collection of supernatural tales about spirits, ghosts, scholars, exorcists, etc. "Painted Skin" is the story about the vixen spirit (Wu Li Jing).

The beautiful Zhou Xun (from "Love Perhaps" and "The Banquet") played this character. I thought she did pretty well in bringing out the pretend-innocent, cunning and evil side of the vixen spirit.

Another good acting came from Zhao Wei who played the wife of the man the vixen spirit was trying to seduce. She played the character so vulnerable and I was amazed how easily tears can just flow down from her eyes.

As on why the title "Painted Skin", I have this question myself. Perhaps it's from this part of the movie where the vixen spirit took off her human skin and started to paint on the skin.

Well in short... other than the strong acting from these 2 lead actresses, I found there is really nothing left to be desired from this movie. I wished I could have my refund...

Alive

It's 1.00am now and I really should be sleeping. However I got so engrossed with this Chinese-Mongolian singer/songwriter whose album I have just purchased a few hours ago. The artist is Sa Ding Ding and the album is "Alive".

I understand that this album was released late last year in other parts of the world, but I only saw it hitting our music stores recently. I was enthralled by the album cover with this lady in a meditative position looking all calm and serene... well... and pretty too.

After listening to a preview (or rather pre-"listen") of a few tracks, I was tempted to buy it. However I held on until I saw it again today (oops...I mean yesterday) at Popular bookstore. I did not regret my purchase cos as I was listening to it on my way home, I just felt calm and peaceful. It's really hard for me to explain why I feel the calmness although some people may find it noisy with all those instruments and music arrangement.

Perhaps it's her voice... perhaps it's because she was singing in Sanskrit (She also sings in Tibetan, Chinese and her own made up language in the album).. I really don't know.

Just listen to her title song "Alive" and see whether you feel the same way:

To know more about her, head over to her very cool site.

Crescent Moon Bay (月牙湾)

I heard this song on the radio recently and got haunted by it since. I did some searching and found out that this song "Crescent Moon Bay" was the first single released from F.I.R's 2007 album.

It was inspired by the Crescent Moon Spring located in Dunhuang of northwestern China's Gansu province. This song was used to promote public awareness on how the ecological environment is being challenged due to over-exploitation of its groundwater.



Pinyin lyrics for 月牙湾 - FIR

当晚天空的沙砾

dan huang tian kong de sha li

带着我们的记忆

dai zhe wo men de ji yu

我从半路看回去

wo cong ban lu kan hui qu

这秦关漫漫好弯曲

zhe qin guan man man hao wan ju

*

梦想穿过了西域

meng xiang chuan guo le xi yu

包含了多少的蝉意

bao han le duo shao de can yi

爱情像一本游记

ai qing xiang yi ben you ji

我会找寻它的谜语

wo hui zhao xun ta de mi yu

看月牙湾下的泪光

kan yue ya wan xia de lei guang

在丝路之上被遗忘

zai si lu zhi shang bei yi wang

是谁的心哪 孤单地留下

shi shui de xin a gu dan de liu xia

他还好吗我多想爱他

ta hai hao ma wo duo xiang ai ta

那永恒的泪凝固那一句话

na yong heng de lei ning gu de yi ju hua

也许可能蒸发

ye xu ke neng zheng fa

是谁的爱啊比泪水坚强

shi shui de ai a yu wei shui jiang xia

轻声呼唤就让我融化

qing sheng hu huan jiu rang wo rong hua

每一滴雨水演化成我翅膀

na yi di yu shui yan hua cheng wo chi bang

向着我爱的人追吧

xiang zhe wo ai de ren zhui ba

(repeat *)

yahk roo tae mai yahk taam

To celebrate my coming Thailand trip OR to cry over my cancelled Thailand trip (depending on whether situation there got worse), here is a very very very nice Thai song titled "yahk roo tae mai yahk taam".

No idea what it means... but that doesn't matter as music is universal, right?

Matchstick Heaven (火柴天堂)

This is a very old song which I really love. It's composed and originally sung by Panda Hsiung (熊天平). I wonder whether he is still singing now...

If I am not mistaken, this song was inspired by the story "The Little Match Girl". I may be wrong but the meaning of the song seems to suggest that.

pinyin lyrics
火柴天堂- 熊天平
huo chai tian tang- hsiung tian ping

走在寒冷下雪的夜空
zou zai han leng xia xue de ye kong
卖着火柴温饱我的梦
mai zhe huo chai wen bao wo de meng
一步步冰冻一步步寂寞
yi bu bu bing dong yi bu bu ji mo
人情寒冷冰冻我的手
ren qing han leng bing dong wo de shou

一包火柴燃烧我的心
yi bao huo chai ran shao wo de xin
寒冷夜里挡不住前行
han leng ye li dang bu zhu qian xing
风刺我的脸雪割我的口
feng ci wo de lian xue ge wo de kou
拖着脚步还能走多久
tuo zhe jiao bu hai neng zou duo jiu

有谁来买我的火柴
you shui lai mai wo de huo chai
有谁将一根根希望全部点燃
you shui jiang yi gen gen xi wang quan bu dian ran
有谁来买我的孤单
you shui lai mai wo de gu dan
有谁来实现我想家的呼唤
you shui lai shi xian wo xiang jia de hu huan

*
每次点燃火柴微微光芒
mei ci dian ran huo chai wei wei guang mang
看到希望看到梦想
kan dao xi wang kan dao meng xiang
看见天上的妈妈说话
kan jian tian shang de ma ma shuo hua
她说你要勇敢你要坚强
ta shuo ni yao yong gan ni yao jian qiang
不要害怕不要慌张
bu yao hai pa bu yao huang zhang
让你从此不必再流浪
rang ni cong ci bu bi zai liu lang

Repeat *

妈妈牵着你的手回家
ma ma qian zhe ni de shou hui jia
睡在温暖花开的天堂
shui zai wen nuan hua kai de tian tang

Star Wars - The What Wars??

Star Wars "The Clone Wars" seem to be an interesting movie, even so if you are a Star Wars' fan. Although I am not really one, but CGI movies usually capture my interests.

When I turned on my TV this morning, 8TV was showing the making of this movie. It definitely looked very interesting. After the commercial, they resumed the show and that was when I saw something on the screen that got me scratching my head a little and laughed aloud.

Do you see what I saw? No? .... let me help.

Hmm..."The Colone Colon Wars" .... now I am really considering whether I should be watching THAT movie!

Mouse Loves Rice

I was going through my phone and discovered this video I took of my niece 3 years ago. I must have copied it over from my old phone. She was 2 years old then. In it, she gave a very short rendition of the song "老鼠爱大米" which direct translated means "Mouse Loves Rice".



This song was HUGE in the chinese music scene during that time, with many versions sung by many different artistes. Actually I don't know who the original singer is, but if I am not mistaken it's a guy, right? Anyhow, I preferred a female voice for this song.

Abe Sapien: Behind the Mask

I watched Hellboy 2: The Golden Army last weekend. Although I was not overwhelmed by the movie, I thought it was quite an entertaining one with its special effects and myriad of creatures.

One of the characters that I found rather interesting was Abe Sapien. I have watched the first Hellboy movie but this character was not emphasised so much there. After the movie, I wondered... who was the actor behind the mask, behind all those makeup. FYI, I did not watch the making of this movie, so it got me really curious.

I came home and started to google the character and its actor. What I found out about the actor really impressed me. Do you know that this actor played 3 characters in that movie? Abe Sapien, Angel of Death and the Chamberlain.

I thought all the 3 characters were done very nicely. The Angel of Death character was scary and at the same time mesmerising. Perhaps its the whole mysterious, androgynous and having the wing thing.

As for the Chamberlain, although the scene was very short but the character seemed to remind me of someone I know... However I still couldn't figure out who, hehe.

The actor of all these 3 characters was Doug Jones. He has acted in many many movies before, but big chance you wouldn't be able to recognize him. Reason being his characters were always under heavy prosthetic makeup. He played multiple characters in Pan's Labyrinth and he was the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four.

I was very shocked to learn about the Silver Surfer thing as this guy definitely does not have the looks and the body of the Silver Surfer. Well..I guess nothing that special effect and makeup can't do eh?

"Friends"

"Friends" is one of my favourite TV series of all time. Astro has been having re-runs of the show and I have been catching some episodes here and there when I managed to get my butt to the gym.

Anyway, I finally decided to get the complete Season 9 of it and have just finished watching it today. It is indeed a very very good show and I miss it very much. Think I will continue to go get the final season (i.e. Season 10) too.

Found this clip on one of the funnier scenes from "Friends". Not sure which season this is from though...