不能说的秘密 - 赞！！！

I'm so tired I want to sleep, but I just had to blog about this before I forget tomorrow.

Anyway, I am super impressed with Jay after watching Secret. 你没看错。我这个超级杰伦迷到今天才去看<不能说的秘密>!

观看前，还以为这个赚钱赚到手酸的大明星对于当导演只是三分钟热度。观看后，又再次的对他倾慕，觉得他真的是很有天分，而且是个天才。不论他当歌手，当创作人，当钢琴手，当吉他手，当饶舌歌手，当导演，当演员，当狗仔队的头号目标，当南拳妈妈的师兄，当魔术师，当耍帅的艺人，当孝顺的儿子和孙子，各个角色都能扮演得很好。可能是因为他的处世态度吧。当他决定要做一件事时，就会很认真，尽心尽力的把它做到最好。可能他也是个完美主义者吧。

Spoilers below! For those who haven't watched Secret, (slower than me ones), go watch go watch, and be awed by Jay ! hahahaha...

Anyways, I love Secret! The little romantic antics, the witty dialogues, the funny expressions, the beautiful settings, the old antique piano, the trees etc etc..

The cast is excellent. Gui Lunmei is a very elegant and pretty lead character, 很有气质, and she successfully portrayed the character as a mysterious girl, whom even I want to know her better aha... and she';s so natural. She looks good even without thick makeup. I must applaud Jay for having such good choice, in choosing girls haha..

As for Jay, I heard that his acting improved. And I do think that it did! He looks much more natural here than in "黄金甲". Maybe cos different genre, and this is his own film that's y. Also, there seems to be more expressions from him now - the mischievous, cheeky look, the sad face (omg I especially love the very last scene - when he had a bit of tears. reminded me of 开不了口' MV haha..), the flustered, scared look....

I love the fact that Jay incorporated music into the movie - how the whole movie revolves around music. His dad in the movie even commented that people who don't listen to music are bad kids. This sounded very familiar, as I remember Jay once said that music is good, and usually those who listen to music are good kids.. haha..

It is also very heartwarming to see that his house is full of music - the racks and racks of CDs, the guitar hanging on the wall, the piano, even his dad is into music.

It was also very romantic that the couple got together because of their love for music, and the times where they enjoy music together.

I especially love the piano duel scenes, not only because of Jay and Yuhao's superb piano skills, but also because the way some scenes were shot. Such as the zooming in and spanning across of the piano inside, the wood and hammers and the whole mechanics of piano playing. I felt that it was really cool!

I was totally surprised in the later half of the movie. At first I thought 小雨 was a ghost! But it turned out otherwise, and it turned out to be very unbelievable. I immediately thought if Lake House...The thought of 2 lovers being separated by time and space - it was so heart-wrenching! Especially the scribbling part... and when 小雨tells her part, everything falls into perspective and it just gets sadder....

I like the way he fills up the bits and pieces in when 小雨tells her part. It made the story feel fuller and more complete. Otherwise, it would have just been a typical, cliched romance film.

However the scene where he was furiously playing the piano away while the walls & chandelier come tumbling down, it was a little exagerated. But yet I think it showed the turmoil and anxiousness and eagerness of him to finish playing the "key" piece.

The last twist at the end was yet another surprise. But my sis and I were saying, what about the poor dad? haha..

I think some may say the whole thing is so illogical and not understandable, but again like Lake House, it is precisely this irrationality and "twisted logic" that makes it nice. Don't have to think so much, why like that, why go back bla bla bla..

And I lvoe the OST. Regretted not buying it earler. See la now everywhere also sold out, even HMV! sigh...

nothing.. just felt like posting..

我报 - 发现苏打绿后台精彩花絮

MyPaper, 我报 has featured sodagreen! click on the link above for some reports and cute video clips, plus a live performance!

As for my first week of school, not too happening. erm.. is a test in the 1st week of school happening? haha... and as for FYP, didn't get my 1st 3 choices, but oh well, at least I got 1 out of 6 choices... sometimes it's so strange... statistics or probability just don't quite make sense.. maybe it's just 天意haha..

苏打绿 - 今年夏天特别绿

What makes a band? What makes a successful band that can touch the hearts of the listeners, that can"high-ify" the listeners, that can make listeners drown in their music?


I would think:
a charismatic lead singer + brilliant music arrangement + talented musicians including all the instrumentalists & lead singer + music that can tug at your heartstrings + camaraderie between the band members + simple but sincere interaction with the audience + tribute performance to their music influences + pure music enjoyment


and I believe 苏打绿 sodagreen last night fulfilled all my so-called criteria to be a successful band!


I didn't know about them only until this year, I never bought their albums until recently, I didn't know the band members' names (now I know very well!), I didn't attend their autograph sessions in Singapore the other time, I haven't watched a single of their live performances, but I just felt drawn towards them and daringly bought a concert tic with my friend, and voila! I love them so much now!


3 hours of live 苏打绿 made my Saturday night truly memorable! Now I feel that I am drawn closer to them, to their music world, and understand them better!


青峰's voice is amazing! His vocals are so powerful, and he never goes off-pitch, and his falsettos were hit so beautifully and resonating throughout the whole auditorium! His vocal range is terribly huge - I think most females can't reach those ultra high ones! Also, he injects so much emotions into his singing, especially the ballad-style songs. 背着你 was my favourite! It was so touching, we almost cried... But when he sings those fast songs, it's like 脱胎换骨 - he's so super high and is able to 带动情绪!


The keyboardist -cum - violinist - cum- dancer 阿龚 - I don't know what to say! His piano & violin skills are so 神, but his dancing - haha quite funny la!


The acoustic guitarist - 阿福 is very cute also! The banters between him and 青峰 were so cute and funny!


The bassist - the only female in the 6-man band, 馨仪 is super cool and chio la! So stylo lor!


The electric guitarist - 家凯 is so 帅！He looks so good playing the guitar!


And lastly the drummer - 小威, although he's blocked by the drumset, his drumming skills are incredible, and he was so pitiful when he was "chided" by 青峰 haha...

So now on to the repertoire of songs they performed. Mostly from their 2 albums & singles, a lot I'm not familiar with, but I enjoyed songs that I've heard such as 背着你，是我的海，你喔，小宇宙，小情歌，频率，you are you will, OH OH OH OH! I also enjoyed the covers they did. They made the songs theirs la! Some English songs that I'm not familiar with, 1 by Radiohead and Toxic by Britney Spears, some Chinese singers who influenced them musically, 我只在乎你，天空 (王菲 's version la!), 夜太黑，旅行的意义，女爵. Superb! & during 夜太黑 they actually invited a saxaphonist who was as superb as them! Cool!

The best part I believe was a 2nd encore that was impromptu where I truly felt like I was at a rock concert, probably in Taipei haha..After the official encore, the music and lights came on, and some people have already left, but mostly sayed back. hoping that the band will pop up on stage again, and indeed they did, and everyone rushed to the front! We were just like below the stage, so close so close to them! And they did requests from the floor. Ended off with 我的未来不是梦 which left me with some strong feelings.

他们勇于追求梦想，所以才有今天的成就，所以才能让我们欣赏，享受他们的音乐， 而我的梦想又是什么呢？我也不清楚...

Tonight they'll be performing again at an original composition competition organised by NTU, but I decided not to go, as school starts tomorrow... sad...

必须整理一下心情，为最后一年的新学期作最后的冲刺！

The Bedlington Terrier

I didn't think that such a dog breed would appear here... But today as I was taking a bus home, it appeared - the lamb-look-alike, triangular-faced dog - Bedlington Terrier! I was rather amazed by it, I smiled and turned my head back to look at it as the bus zoomed pass haha...It's head's really funny, and it looks cute haha..

"It has been described as a dog with the heart of a lion and the appearance of a lamb. With his pear-shaped head, arched back and curly coat, the Bedlington Terrier in fact does look like a little sheep.

The Bedlington Terrier was originally named the Rothbury Terrier, after the district of Rothbury on the English border.

Bedlington was used as a vermin hunter by the miners of Bedlington who also exploited its gameness as a fighting dog in the pits. "

Taken from Dog Breed Info Center

Concerts galore!

11 Aug 2007 sodagreen 苏打绿

29 Sept 2007 Cheer Chen 陈绮贞 "A Piece of Summer" 新加坡演唱会 2007

13 Oct 2007 Sammi 2007 Show Mi World Tour

08 Nov 2007 A-Mei World Tour 2007

So many concerts, so little time, and not enough money! Really wish to go to 陈绮贞's concert, especially so when I missed her mini showcase 2 years ago, but my sisters not interested, meaning no sponsor + no company! sigh....

I "advertised" sodagreen's concert on my blog the other time, and there was 1 taker hahaha...so any takers this time?? haha...

Meanwhile, snippets of her Taiwan concert here...