Korean Movie: Daisy

Heard the song being played on 933 last night, so I thought I'll share the MV with you guys. I watched a Korean film earlier this year, titled Daisy, starring the beautiful Jeon Ji-Hyun (全智贤, Jung Woo-sung (郑宇成) & Lee Sung-jae, directed by Andrew Lau (who directed Infernal Affairs (无间道). I was surprised that I would like this movie (as I usually don't watch Korean shows), and although it was rather slow-moving at times despite some exciting action scenes, I thought it was a really beautiful and sad movie, with a fantastic accompanying OST.

Set in The Netherlands, It's about this professional killer who falls for this beautiful painter, who at the same time, is in love with another Korean guy who's a cop, due to some "unforeseen circumstances". You see, this mysterious guy (the killer) has been sending her a pot of daisies everyday, and 1 day she mistook the cop for this mysterious admirer, falling for him. You may think it's a typical storyline, but many unexpected events happened, and it became a tragedy.

Watch it for:
1)beautiful scenery - loved the green green fields with daisies.
2)beautiful cinematography - some suspenseful action scenes, location shots of Netherlands etc
3) great cast - wonderful acting by the cast. Few words are spoken, but all the emotions are written on their faces. Jeon Ji-Hyun's really beautiful! The killer's suave, & romantic!he actually built a bridge for the girl! gosh..
4)the music - Especially the theme song with accompanying lyrics about the protagonist's feelings. It was so touching I shed a few tears in the cinema...

Here's IMDB'S link on Daisy

Movie Daisy theme song MV posted by chuan418


And part of the lyrics

The love I've been dreaming of is all so close to me.
But all I can do is just watching you without words
in this city of strangers
I lived day by day painting love.
Waiting and hoping that you 'll be there
with the scent of daisies
It is too late but now
I finally recognise you.
But maybe we are not meant to be.

Memories..

Went back to my alma matar today, as our dear Principal was leaving. She's such a nice & respectable principal. Fun-loving & humorous, always reminding us of the Peranakan history of the school, how to be "kim geks" haha..

many memories just rushed back as my friends & I walked back - the walkway with lots of millipedes & centipedes in the morning whenever it rains, the music room where we haf music lessons n where i got to know of the great musicals, the dance studio which i can only admire from afar (cos i can't dance), the gymnasium which is fun but also fearful cos of gymnastics lessons,the spice garden, the computer labs, the spiral staircase,the square courtyard where we assemble every morning, the canteen with the Meepok uncle, the ecopond with huge & beautiful kois, the classrooms which are ever so cosy with a nice "balcony" (n I always close the doors after lesson), the clean n nice toilets, the home economics kitchen, the backyard where we had hydroponics, the 4th level where we had to "travel" to for Higher Chinese & Geography lessons... so many so many memories - so familiar, yet so hazy ..

I'm glad that I made the right choice last time. I have learnt so much & had so many beautiful memories in my 4 years..

Glad that I live am I, that the sky is blue.
Glad for the country lanes, and the fall of dew.
After the sun the rain, after the rain the sun.
This is the way of life, till the work be done.
All that we need to do be we low or high,
Is to see that we grow nearer the sky.

Lee Hom's violin solo

Awesome violin solo by Lee Hom in his GSYX Sg Concert posted by roche17


心中的日月 Lee Hom (Heroes of Earth) Singapore 2006 posted by ckath


The encore anticlimax!

不可能错过你 Lee Hom (Heroes of Earth) Singapore 2006 posted by ckath

力宏- 我的梦中情人

Huh! Finally.. the crazy weekend is over.. week of terrible tests & lousy essay writing.. now can at least relax a bit. So finally can post my thoughts on Lee Hom's fabulous concert!!

Lee Hom's so 帅, so extremely talented, & so cute on stage, n he has such a great & deep & clean voice!! His singing would have been perfect if not for some very minor glitches, like in Kiss Goodbye, he didn't start on beat! My sis n i were so shocked.. probably he was too nervous.. cos he dedicated the song to Kit Chan, whom he said he usd to have a crush on! So cute! Kit's really good la, so proud of her! Imagine - Lee Hom having a crush! I love his singing! Full of emotions & yet strong. Love his falsettos & mid-range tones..

He started off with 盖世英雄 wearing a golden shimmering 马褂 & straightaway he played on the electric guitar! & 放开你的心 - he played the electronic keyboard - the interlude part! 帅！Then continued with his 经典- 爱你等于爱自己， 公转自转 & 爱的就是你! Nice! So charming! when he sang 爱的就是你. After a break, he sang a medley of songs & danced! Hot man...I thought his dancing was good! At least better than Jay hahaha..To think Straits Times only gave him a "passable".. humph!

Think I still prefer him singing ballads - Kiss Goodbye, Forever Love, 流泪手心 etc..too bad he didn't sing 你不在..& loved his older songs also..his rap songs, ok la. at least he raps well! ha..
OOO my sis & I loved the unplugged session too! 3 guitarists sitting down, & Lee Hom on guitar too. He got everyone to sing 不要害怕 together, & it was such a great feeling! 大城小爱 was damn nice too! acoustic version - 赞！The unplugged version of Follow Me & W-H-Y was great too! Very different!

Soon after displaying his talents on the guitar, he played on the black grand piano! Wa lao! Damn charming lor.. 一首简单的歌 - so heartwarming，流泪手心 -so touching，& a Lovex3 - so jazzy!

& even the piano's not enough .. straight away he got someone carrying a drum to him, & they walked to the centre of the stage while he plays, & slowly the drums set gets assembled, so he's on the drums the next moment! How cool can he be?!

I think I love him on the violin the best. When he played a solo piece, a movie theme "Cinema Paradiso", I had tears welling up - it was a truly touching & emtional song. He put in so much emotions he closed his eyes throughout, & his facial expressions truly revealed his passion n love for music. Of course, with the violin, how can he forget Julia?? Love this upbeat song so much..

Finally, in the "Chincked-Out" section, he sang all the Lee Hom 中国风 songs. Loved the 转音 in 花田错。As he sang 在那遥远的地方, he went to a platform, to 拉二胡。So haunting & beautiful..It seems as though he's been playing it all his life, but he only picked it up recently!

Encore was of course the climax! He got everyone high & standing up with 不可能错过你 & tried to create an anti-climax by asking everyone to sing the chorus softly initially, so as to create 层次感, & he & the dancers layed on the floor for a while, before gradually asking everyone to increase their volume, & everyone just went high!

He ended by introducing the live musicians (a handful of them Singaporeans) including Goh Kheng Long, who appears in almost every concert! He's damn cool too!

His last song was唯一 ,Of course it was a 大合唱 & everyone just waved the neonlights & the cute red clappers given out, beautiful!

When it finally ended, many people were reluctant to leave & still stood around, hoping that he would appear for a 2nd encore. But sadly, it just ended there. I was so tired but yet euphoric.. had no voice after that, n my hand ached like shit haha

I'm glad for the existence of such a wonderful musician. His passion for music, his talents, his diligence & determination in always wanting to bring better music to everyone, his humility, his great voice, his fantastic music, his sincerity in bringing CHinese music to greater heights, & of course his -帅ness!

Wow how I wish I had so much to write for my term essay. Damn.. It was so #@* to get that #@* essay out, but yet my hands just typed so fast while posting this. Sigh..& if u've read up till here, thanks! Sorry for all those gushings - he's really a talented musician!

Photos taken by my da jie! Thanks! although blur n far, but still some memories..

Today, I...

Wow.. I actually flipped through the newspapers today & was "in awe" when I saw the article about the IR designs. I can't imagine such resorts to be in Singapore lei... so "extravagant", huge & just "wow"...

But the Genting one.. swimming with whale sharks? in Singapore? Whale sharks in SIngapore? I really can't imagine! The Gentle Giant of the Sea shouldn't be kept in a man-made lagoon..They are meant to be mysterious, & out in the deep deep oceans..

Whale Sharks on Wikipedia

And Kim Jeong Hoon was actually featured in Life! Heehee...

New albums bought again! Liang Jing Ru's 亲亲 & Jiang Meiqi's 爱哭鬼. Nice Nice! heehee... Lots of great songs, cos lots of 大牌 songwriters, like Jay & Mayday & Tanya & Cheer for Jingru, & Penny, Wu Kequn, JJ for Jiang Meiqi. Lucky people! Can get so many good songs..

Kim Jeong Hoon singing song from Goong ..

[2006.09.16] 你... 我是傻瓜 - 金楨勳 Onlyhoon 影友會 posted by canpig

Work vs Play

助けてください！救命啊！Pharmaco is driving me nuts, I don't know how to write my essay, I feel like sleeping....My friends & I marveled at how CNS Pharmaco can kill millions of our brain cells and cause so much confusion. Clozapine? Bupivacaine? Venlafaxine? What is what?? Oh my gosh...And my essay.. "Importance but declining status of Chinese silk". How to start?? How I wish my brain can process materials as smooth as silk haha..then rattle out PK & PD like how the silkworm 吐丝 ahhahaha..

Aiyoh so much work to do I still went out yesterday for lunch @ Yuki & Yaki! Or is it Yaki & Yuki？ I've always wanted to try it when it first opened at Cineleisure, but until the branch at Cineleisure closed down I also didn't try it before haha..Cos it's so ex. Anyway, it's a DIY restaurant where you can BBQ your food and make ice-cream! Not at the same time of course! I told my mum can "fry" ice-cream & she was puzzled hhahaaha.. But the action is literally frying lei.. as shown below..very fun haha.. I was so high when it was time to make our ice-cream I kept laughing, my sisters thought I "sot sot dei".

So firstly you pour the molten ice-cream in & spread it out like that.



You'll then see the form coming! Half-way there.......




Tada!! ANd the ice-cream is formed! Yay! Can start eating!

It's really fun! But hard work especially when it gets colder & colder & the icecream becomes hard. Can train arm muscles haha..




my 二姐 having fun too! =)

Jay Chou - Tui Hou MV 周杰倫

Jay Chou - Tui Hou MV 周杰倫 【退后 MV】 完整版 Full Version posted by TheDarkSide



Yay! The long-awaited Tui Hou MV featuring Hebe from SHE. Hebe's really chio man.. Jay, still as diao, but the gold chain! gosh..haha..Nan Quan Ma MA really has lots of acting opportunities in Jay's MVs haha..

Oh i just finished watching.. so sad! =(

Oops..

Sorry Cutie, if I've neglected you for the past few days, cos I was sick, & you know when you ruffle your feathers so much "dander" comes out.. haha.. DOn't be angry k, make some noise for me lei.. don be so quiet.

too good...

you're just too good to be true, can't take my eyes off you...



It's so unfair! So smart, so talented, so "pretty", prettier than me! =(

Hajime Chitose 元ちとせ

Wow I was surprised when I saw The Straits Time Life! feature Hajime Chitose 元ちとせ in their weekly music reviews today.

This Okinawan singer caught my attention about 3 years ago when I saw her MV being played on MTV Channel 51. I thought her voice was really unique, & her singing style was so different & special. Then as I surfed the net, I found out that she was no irdinary J-Pop singer, as her singing style was greatly influenced by the shima uta (island song)style characteristic of the Rukyu Islands in Japan. So I actually went on to buy her album (Nomad Soul) although I didn't understand anything! But her voice is warm, and yet haunting, but penetrating also. It takes some time to get used to the singing style! But she's cool! I also read that she always performs bare-footed on stage! haha..

Preview of her latest album

Hajime Chitose on Wiki

A Hajime Chitose Article

Lastly, a video found on youtube. I thought the song by her was nice. I don't watch animes though!

[AMV] Haru no Katami - InuyashaxKikyo posted by zhidia



Another of her MVs! This song was in the album I bought 3 years ago haha..

いつか風になる日　Itsuka kaze ni naru hi posted by Koyoo117



Very different singer right?? heehee..

Van Fan 范逸臣

Recently bought Van Fan 范逸臣's newest CD from HMV at a discounted price heeheehee.. I like the album. Rock songs are quite suitable for his voice. Worth a listen! Sigh.. I don't know how to post audio clips, so I just post video clips lo.. hopefully the loading time is ok! (if it buffers too much, just click pause, wait for it to load almost half then click play..)

Here's the 主打歌 “Love Story" written by Real 阿沁 of F.I.R.

Van Fan Yi Chen - Love Story posted by shecuty


范逸臣 (Van Fan Yi Chen) - 不说出的温柔 (Promo Tour) posted by kefuwa


And this is the duet I was talking about in my previous post~! This song is not available in 范逸臣's album but in 同恩's.

相爱 - 同恩 / 范逸臣 posted by BluishAngel




Enjoy!

Anyway, the haze's so bad these days. So hazy, so smelly. Must take care! Don't fall sick like me... or maybe in my case, it was cos I got pricked by a syringe in the MicroB lab?? No la 心理作用. I already had a sore throat coming before I went for Dosage Form Design lab haha..