Japanese songs...

The song, Hikari by Hoshimura Mai is nice.
Kimura Kaela is cool and pretty!
Utada Hikaru has great songs too...

utada and kaela

j-dorama..mitai desu!

Although I don't know what they're talking about, this vid made me want to watch the dorama badly. So, when I went Poh Kim on Sunday, quickly grabbed it already~ but no time to watch...oh i've watched the 1st episode. Quite exagerated, but still want to watch ahaha...

Yutaka Takenouchi's latest drama - Tomorrow (behind the scenes)


Yutaka Takenouchi's still so shuai4! he's nearing 40 already lor...


BTW the song's nice! Hikari by Mai Hoshimura.

E xin...

Jiang Yu Chen suxks lor.. listened to her album at HMV yesterday. (y did I even do that??) Felt very disgusted. "shuddered" in disgust. this kind of voice also can release album. Can't believe Jay's taste. Aiya he's just se4 i think.But she's not even pretty la! The other Secret actress is much much prettier! E xin la! Hope Jay ditches her soon lei she's so disgusting!

this podcast quite funny lo..made me want to post this entry.

http://www.wretch.cc/blog/freshmusic/10502221

this blog quite interesting haha..

copycoldplay?

Oooops... is it so coincidental? But I guess this always happens. There are only so few notes, how many different permutations/combinations can there be? Bound to be some similarities here & there. hahaha...





I thought the 2nd video was rather awesome haha...Again, it would be quite interesting if all 3 of them collaborated ahaha..

lalala

Times have changed. I'm now reading a Medscape article,and I think my favourite website now is UptoDate (although can only use it at workplace & not at home).

It's 1 more week left to end of satellite rotation and there's mixed feelings. Just like wat Yun said, a bit of the "missing" feeling. It's strange. Don't know why. I guess it's really quite interesting. See different cases, but maybe it's becos we're rotated to different levels haha...Now really thinking about it. But i still feel not competent enuff to be stationed at satellite. Blur blur one... hhaha.. hiya think about it next time la. Better get back to my case study.

Looking forward to Crowd Lu's concert in Feb! And the Mayday mini-concert.. donno if can get tics.. c how first la...Cheer's live performance! too bad i missed it! waiting for her next concert! =)

Cheer Chen live @ Lee Guitars Concert Singapore. After 17.

Jay vs Chitose Hajime

Jay's new album has some Japanese influence, especially track 4, 花海! Reminds me of Chitose Hajime, the zhuan yin haha....nice try Jay hehe...

花海-周杰伦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=areh8NJK8Dg

Chitose Hajime - Katari Tsugo Koto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEbuI6FQC10

Chitose Hajime - Haru no Katami
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwFiMXzoscg

OVerall, I enjoyed his album. Feed-good album. Not the best, but makes me happy.

Especially 魔术先生and 稻香.

魔术先生 - from the conversation in the beginning, the yodelling, the circus-like music, the cheeky lyrics, the change in tempo, till the blending in of 不用麻烦了, seems to me like he's having lots of fun@!

稻香 makes me forget my worries, especially with pre-reg, and just do my best n not worry too much.

给我一首歌的时间 is the typical Jay-RnB song. Thought the pre-chorus singing style was quite interesting.the opera-like 拉音.. hehe.. nice surprise. The MV sucked though. Just him trying to "moon-walk" and shots of the pretty lead actress. Waste time...

说好的幸福呢is a touchnng song! great 周式芭乐...Jay-ballad... 100% KTV hit!

the 1st track sounds like a song for a RPG game...or even epic film? quite grand kind.na... too exagerrated..

the 中国风 song not to my liking... still prefer 发如雪 菊花台 东风破.

流浪诗人 reminds me of Jacky Cheung's 如果这都不算爱, but in a more Jay-ish way. There's even 闽南语 in it.. like 1 of his songs in 八度空间. Quite a cool song though... has the country-cowboy-laidback feeling...

时光机 is the kind where it's not easy to remember - not as much "commercial" hook, but it grows on you..

Hated 蛇舞. totally didn't finish listening to it.. reminds me of Jolin or other dancing-diva-wannabes...乔克叔叔 reminds me of 扯 which I didn't like too due to the female vocals. then this song also has that "fake" female vocals..also the intermittent laughters scares me haha...oh but the Spanish feel in the interlude is quite nice..

Despite that, the albunm's still on repeat mode for the past few days!
Yeah Jay rocks! ha...

Interesting

This is very interesting! hahaha...

一青窈 VS 平井堅 (Hitotoyo VS Hiraiken)

稻香

Jay Chou 周杰伦 - Dao Xiang / 稻香 / Fragrant Rice



YEAH! Jay's new song! Wow it's this time of the year that many of us will wait eagerly for the album, and then listen intently to the songs being released 1 by 1. hehe... I like this... the good old Jay is back.. nostalgic feeling...

crowd lu

scary..

My mum just came in and told me abt some other poisoning in instant coffee powder (donno wat brand though). really wonder wat the world is coming too... the things that we eat everyday, there can be so much unknown ingredients in them.

then there's the financial crisis, the bombing in Pakistan, the milk powder scare, the most recent killer in Singapore...

then here I am in my own world.. or.. that is why I need to escape from the real world to my own world.

Crowd - 大庭广众 = 广仲

Now I know why he's called Crowd - 大庭广众 = 广仲！ahahhaa....

Anyway, went to his showcase @ Bugis Junction Toastbox, and it was great! Enjoyed myself & was grinning so much after the show, cos he's really funny and the songs were great!

Luckily my sis & frens cld get a table inside.. otherwise can't c a thing from outside.

So, his singing and guitar playing live was really superb! he can sing fast & slow songs equally well! 好想要挥霍 was surprisingly very good. was rather impressed by the 海豚音 at the end of 好想要挥霍。He cld hit it so well..wa...his guitar playing also.. fingers move fast, strumming/plucking patterns more than badminton. then in 早安！晨之美, he sang, whistled and imitated a trumpet　(oops or electric guitar?)hahaha...

even did a "rock & roll" version of ode to breakfast. he kept stressing on the importance of breakfast, and 早睡早起 haha...

his signature towel's also present. i laughed when he used it to wipe his face after singing.. it's funny to see him do that on stage lor..

will definitely attend his concert @ Esplanade in Feb next year!

nice instrumentals

sodagreen's recently busy with a musical 向左走向右走! gasp haha...

but this is from Qingfeng's blog la.. he's sharing the songs from the musical. quite nice some of the songs.

just the instrumental alone already very nice.

向左走向右走

相遇在一場嘆息的雨

被雨傷透

低低星垂

distracted...again..

Trying to study antibiotics now, but just feel it's too difficult to conquer.. sigh...the antimicrobial spectrum, the dose, the max dose, the possibility of combinations, it's just too tough... So much to know, so little time..

But i think it's also cos I can't prioritise... just went karaoke with my frens this afternoon. can't help it! gotta relieve stress! haven't been karaoke for a long time! But it was really fun. Really can relieve stress. And it's really great meeting up with frens after a while...& when we meet up, we complain about work. How time flies... now we complain about work, & not abt school..

Sometimes I really thank PSS for those SAturday sessions, so that i can see my fellow pharmers, although it's quite tiring la and cannot sleep in haha..

while my guitar gently weeps...

I don't know how i came about this song.. Oh I think I first heard the Korean boy genius Sungha play it... then search on youtube i suppose.. but it's a nice song...there's even a ukulele version hmm... but i like this the most. Cleanest.

George Harrison - While my Guitar gently weeps

George Harrisson, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Phil Collins and Elton John

The Beatles version

Sungha's acoustic version

Jake's ukulele version

12 Lotus

Can you believe it? I watched 12 Lotus last night. Not only that. I watched it with my mum and sisters! The last movie I watched with my mum was 黄金甲... haha...

12 Lotus - actually, I was quite impressed by the movie. and of course by Royston Tan as well as the cast, especially 刘玲玲. I left the cinema with a heavy heart - it was a tragedy from the beginning to end. But also I left the cinema thinking I've watched quite a good Singapore-made movie. Reminds me of that film module I took back in NUS. COme to think of it, it was really an interesting module. Made me ponder more when watching movies haha..

My mum & sisters didn't really like it. In fact my mum prefered Money no Enough 2 (which she just watched the past week with the aunties - so happening right? more happening than me lei!). I guess it's cause it's filmed in a more "artistic", more abstract, less "heartland" manner. I didn't watch 881 so I can't comment. But it's definitely different from Jacky Neo's films.

The storyline may be a little cliched, but yet the movie seemed unique to me. Although there were moments of comic relief here and there, especially the scene with David Gan haha..., it's a tragedy right from the start as i've mentioned. It's ironic that the father actually asked the daughter if she understood the meaning of the song, and her reply was just so true. She thoroughly understood the meaning and even experienced it when she grew up. It's also tragic that she had to seek solace from inanimate objects - 观音菩萨 & 苏打饼, after being "mentally tormented" by the tyrannical father & heartless lover.

I felt that it was filmed rather nicely, the way events unfold. There were quite a lot of symbols here and there as well. 观音菩萨，苏打饼 etc. The HDB flats that kept appearing as the backdrop for the song and dance was very Singaporean haha..

The music was moving. The main theme, the pitiful Hokkien song "12 Lotus", the guitar solos, the string ensemble instrumentals/pieces...It's also quite cute that they will suddenly erupt into song and dance - typical of musicals I suppose.

Finally, 刘玲玲's acting's superb. A schizophrenic woman living in her own world. Her voice's really good too. heehee...

K I better get back to reading up for Friday's discussion.

Sidetrack sidetrack - 卢广仲要来新加坡宣传了！！！好期待他的到来！！虽然他不帅，但觉得他的live 表演一定很棒，而且看了会很开心，所以很期待！对啊对啊，对啊对啊！！记得吃早餐哦！！

olympics

Olympics is nice to watch. Especially love the slow-mo replays. Can see the fit torsos of the athletes with their muscles in motion. hahaha... Also, I really admire the athletes. Train for so many years just for that short moment (or even few seconds) where they have to deliver their best. 真的是台上十分钟，台下十年功!!

I think most SIngaporeans watched the match last night. It was really exciting. My first time watching a table-tennis match actually. I find it quite amazing. Even though my family & I don't watch sports (& don't even bother about it), don't even mention keeping ourselves updated about the Singapore team, but last night, all of us just sat together to cheer on for the Singapore table tennis team. the last time we did that was during World Cup - the Korean match i think. & I think it's even more amazing that the whole Singapore would come together & talk abt it, and cheer the team on. The best part is that my family and I had always been cynical about this foreign talent thingy, but when it comes to the critical moment, we still gave them our full support. I guess it must have been hard on them... returning to their hometown but not playing for their hometown. thanks girls! 辛苦了！

can't prioritise

Sigh.. donno wat's wrong with me... can't focus at all.. doing things i'm not supposed to be doing... can't prioritise... can't help it.. sigh.. ok after this post.. will get back to wat i'm supposed to do...

Coldplay's new album, Viva la VIda, is really quite good. When I first listened, I disliked it, but after giving it a few spins, I thought the songs were quite "refreshing" for Coldplay haha... seems grander with stronger string arrangments, more "electronical", and another thing is it's a little "oriental". Still think they will sound really good live. Hope they'll come again.

Coldplay live at BBC Centre
1. Lovers in Japan
2. Viva la Vida
3. Violet Hill
4. Lost

place in life?

Got scolding by customer first thing in the morning. Still a little traumatised.

The antipsychotic is driving me nuts.. almost...

sodagreen... sodagreen... soda soda soda green.... how I wish I was still there now... or forever there...

But it made me think about myself. Seeing them being so absorbed and so enjoying what they're doing, and better still being so good at wat they're doing (Ah Gong with the piano/viola, Qingfeng with his mesmerising & superb vocals, Jia Kai with his guitar gimmicks, Ah Fu with his rhythmic strummings, Xinyi with her cool basslines, Xiao Wei with his strong & metronome-like drumbeats) made me wonder.... They have really all found their place in life. Have I and will I ever find my place? Have you found your place in life?

Back to the concert... I felt that I didn't enjoy myself as much as I did during their 1st concert here last year. Maybe cos' we expected more from them, especially when their Taiwan concert was like 5 hours with 7 encores? hmmm.... Still didn't feel as high as I expected.. but nevertheless, it was fun swaying to their songs, and enjoying their banter on stage, & during the encore running to the front & being so close to them! Qingfeng's vocal prowess is still super amazing, & like wat my friends said - his control. His control over his vocals... Excellent. He REALLY is talented. Also, Ah Fu is cute! He just kept smiling throughout the whole concert. Very happy-go-lucky guy. The small string orchestra was a great experience too. Wonderful! Love sodagreen!

it's been 6 weeks of pre-reg!

Haven't blogged for ages... cos of pre-reg...it's busier than school! DOn't think I have been sitting so much at my desk for the past 4 yrs doing work. It's neverending. Partly also cos I;ve returned quite a bit of wat i've learnt in school, so gotta revise. Brain's getting porous too, many things just leak out...

Well it's been abt 6 weeks of pre-reg, 1st rotation at OP is ending, and there's dispensing test tmr! Yucks! Don't even know wat to prepare or expect. Seniors just say must open eyes big big.. sigh..

The past 2 Saturdays - Chyan Ying's wedding, then Pharmacy's DnD. Chyan Ying's wedding was a JC class gathering la! So funny...Pharmacy's DnD was fun too! with many pple entertaining us. The band with Huishan, Beng Yi, Cynthia, Kaixin, Huiting, Siew Jin and Hui XIan. Very well-performed! Didn't know got so many talented classmates ehhehe...And the funny couples..hehehe... But as it was coming to an end, it really dawned upon me that the 4 yrs of school has ended, and that we're moving on to another phase in life. Getting a little bit used to work, but still not very used. Made some mistakes here and there and still quite blur. There's still so much more to learn! Learning never ends man..

Right now, just looking forward to sodagreen's concert. Too bad gotta give Singfest a miss, while Travis's in town! Sad! Want to see Travis perform live...

BTW I didn't know GTN ointment is for anal fissure, not for chest pain! hahaha...and nifedipine short-acting is for Reynaud's syndrome. But also saw a script for blood pressure? hmmm...

(not so) new but nice songs

Which do you prefer?

Which do you prefer?

陳綺貞-《地下道（煙火）》


楊乃文 證據


魏如昀[證據]@超級星光大道 音樂故事指定賽

The mysterious male voice

Finally! Now then I know the male voice in 梁静茹's song， 不是我不明白！it's 卢广仲!!

Saw him on MTV channel and thought, this chap looks really comical! haha.. then he's just released a new album. Thought his guitarplaying dam zai, and his voice quite nice too in my opinion la, though he looks 'toot' ha,.. highly recommended by CHeer, sodagreen, Masa of mayday too! hehe.,.

click here for jingru's song! very nice!

盧廣仲 100種生活MV

another link, to his single
http://www.agoodday.com/tem-001.html

哈日

Am in a 哈日 mood this holiday. Been busy watching J-doramas, to catch up all the lost times during school ha...

Finished 3 dramas in 1 week - Hana Kimi, Nobuta wo Produce, Gokusen. Ya all quite old but nice shows lei... with nice cast too. Now in the midst of watching Hachimitsu to Clover (Honey and Clover) with Ikuta Toma in it, and gasp, Takashi Kashiwabara! I couldn't recognise him at all, until the 6th episode, even though I saw his name in the credits! gosh... he's so different now! Still remember his movie "Love Letter" and drama "Itazura no Kiss" left a deep impression on me (12 years ago!). Now he's only a supporting actor.. but oh well!

Honey and Clover - talks about the lives of 5 university students, their friendship and of course complicated romantic relationships. hmmm don't know how to describe it. There are moments of laughter and moments of sadness here and there, and it may be a little slow (pauses and hesitation), but it's still a beautiful drama - 唯美的作品。Also, the cast is good-looking lei. The girl, Hagumi, is really beautiful! Utsukushii desune! Super charming! haha.. of course not forgetting Ikuta Toma - cute!

http://www.crunchyroll.com/group/CRSeries_-_Honey_and_Clover_-_Live_Action

Nobuta wo Produce - about these 2 guys with contrasting personalities and popularity in school who make a pact to a transform this transfer student who's being bullied by everyone in school into the most popular person - "produce nobuta". It was supposed to be a secret between the 3 of them, holding meetings at the school rooftop or Kusano's place, and in school they had to pretend they were not friends with one another, but throughout their remaining high school years, their friendship grew stronger, and they too helped each other to grow. Akira, played by Yamashita Tomohisa, was an eccentric and unpopular guy. Shuji (Kazuya Kamenashi ) was popular with everyone in school but was only playing his part in this "game". Nobuta (Horikita Maki - the girl in Hana Kimi!) is a little freaky and extremely quiet, and allowed herself to be bullied.

May have the elements of a typical high school drama, but it's deeper than that. That's much more meaning to it - the meaning of youth, friendship, life's just a game, only people can save people... blah blah...nice! And I thought the cast did a great job too! The eccentric Yamapi who can get serious if he wants to, the mysterious and low-self-esteemed Maki who slowly opened up to the 2 guys and who really has her "kokoro" in the right place (love the haunted house part - the haunted house that left the people who entered feeling really moved when they exited), and the "overly-matured" Shuji who puts on a mask to meet people, but actually loves people, loves his friends. Interesting drama la.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/group/CRSeries_-_Nobuta_wo_Produce

Lastly, Gokusen I. Again, typical high school setting, with rebellious students and a passionate teacher, but with a yakuza background. May be exaggerated at times, but it's funny, especially when Yankumi switches to her yakuza self haha.. but it's really touching when she goes all out to help her "precious" 3D students who are often misunderstood by everyone, and at the same time shape them and help them to grow. Yankumi's so cute, I too wish I have a teacher like her. Sawada Shin (Matsumoto Jun) was quite cool!

http://www.crunchyroll.com/group/CRSeries_-_Gokusen

Hope to watch Gokusen III soon! This time, the notti student leader is Miura Haruma...who also starred in this MV. 帅！

ゆず　「うまく言えない」 Yuzu - Umakuienai (Can't Say it Out)

Wa that's all for my 哈日 post!

台湾之旅 - 3。天空篇 /The Sky

台湾之旅 - 3。天空篇 /The Sky

1。 The morning sky 早晨的天空

We flew through pretty, fluffy white clouds.... the contrast of white and blue is pretty...

2. Sunrise at Alishan 阿里山的日出

Beautiful and amazing. Waking up at 3am and enduring the cold morning (9 degrees C！）was worth it. So much anticipation, trying to set the camera appropriately and trying to get a good spot, looking intently at the red sky, finally seeing the first rays, and before you know it, the sun's already out, at full shine.

3. The fireworks at Hualian minsu 烟火绽放时
It's just like the sunrise... very beautiful, but it lasts less than 5 seconds each time it bursts into the sky. but still worth it.

4. Sunset at Danshui 淡水渔人码头的日落

5. Sunset - view from the plane

Hana Kimi OST

台湾之旅 - 2。 住宿篇 / Accomodation

台湾之旅 - 2。 住宿篇 / Accomodation

1) TAIPEI - NEIJIANG HOTEL 内江

Was quite satisfied with Neijiang. Although a bit small, but it was clean and bed was comfortable. The receptionists and aunties also very nice and helpful. Moreover it's very near the Ximending station (5min walk), very convenient. Breakfast was sandwich with packet of juice or milk tea, but everyday the same type of sandwich heehee.. 没问题啦, as long as I'm full.

entrance at Neijiang hotel

lift lobby

bedroom

2)ALISHAN - GREENHOME 绿野仙踪民宿

Alishan has so many minsus! Saw a lot of forums recommend, so we decided on this minsu. Really has a homely feeling, and all of them very nice, then send us to and fro a lot of times. 刘妈妈's cooking's superb too! It was a pity there were only like 2 groups of us on the 1st nite 3)and our only group the 2nd nite! the young couple we saw on the 1st night quite friendly also la, although initially we didn't talk at all.

bedroom

view from minsu

3) HUALIAN - STONE 石头的家民宿

Likewise, Hualian has countless of minsus that are very beautifully decorated, but since this is highly recommended by many forumers, we decided on this. The nicest accomodation of the 3. The room like showflat room haha.. and very comfortable too! Also 刘妈妈, but very friendly, outgoing and experienced in bringing us, especially Singaporeans， around. There were about 16 Singaporeans staying at her minsu that night!

Hana Kimi Japanese

Just finished watching Hana Kimi Japanese version in 3 nights. I'm so slow la, it's already been out for abt a year... now then watch. But enjoyed it a lot! 12 episodes only so not as draggy as teh Taiwanese version. I laughed so much while watching, esp the squabbles between the 3 dormitories, the confusion of Nakatsu Shuichi as to whether he's homo or not etc..and the Ou Yang Fei Fei part...wa.... can't believe it haha...Plus the cast all quite good-looking one. And supporting cast is really funny too!

The character played by Ella, the Japanese version girl,Horikita Maki, is more girl-ly, and very pretty! AS for the character played by 汪东城, the Japanese version played by Ikuta Toma is very funny and cute too, but less exaggerated ... as for Wuzun's character, played by Oguri Shun (who acted as 花泽类 in Hana Yori Dango), not bad la, quite cool also, and prob more manly? haha..

The one thing I like about Japanese dramas is they always touch more about the "humanity" side, the relationships between people, between a team etc.. always seem more touching and meaningful to me. Less romance and wishy-washiness as compared to the Taiwanese dramas.

Nice nice! Can't wait to watch the special episode!

a youtube link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzF_4Efs-Yo

台湾之旅 - 1. 交通篇 / Transportation

台湾之旅 - 1. 交通篇 / Transportation

1) AIRPLANE

Our Cathay Pacific plane to Taipei via Hong Kong. Food's quite good! Rather turbulent sia..

2) FREEGO BUS

The interior of the Freego bus 飞狗, to bring us from Taoyuan Airport to Ximending area, where our hotel is located. Very comfortable seats.
two-way ticket: NT 120

3) TAIPEI METRO
Interior of the Taipei Metro. Thought the seat arrangment was interesting. Like the fact that there are plenty of handgrips, 3 rows in total.

Impressed with the presence of "priority seats" 博爱位 reserved for elderly, pregnant women etc... very obvious, and lots of big big signs. Many people usually don't take up such seats.

Also like the LED display system, indicating what stations the train will stop at, as well as the present stop.

4) TAIPEI BUS （ 客运）
The "destination" ticket card, which we have to return to the driver upon alighting. We took the 新店客运 from 乌来 to 公馆. NT 57. Such buses usually require paying by coins. Not sure if can use the Easycard 悠游卡 (similar to our EZlink card).

5) TAIWAN RAILWAY

Tzi Chiang 自强 train (fastest of the 3, and most ex)

interior of Tzi Chiang train. comfortable la. got toilet also, which is clean!

typical railway train ticket

6) ALISHAN FOREST RAILWAY
1 of the 3 mountaineering railways in the world. very cute old steam locomotive .

the 阿里山 train ticket ( 嘉义 - 奋起湖）

the train ticket (阿里山 - 祝山) to watch sunrise. train departs at 4.30am!

7) TAIWAN HIGH SPEED RAIL

the high speed rail station at Chiayi - just like an airport terminal hehe... nice nice..

the front of the train, quite high-tech looking haha..

inside the high speed rail train. like airplane!

the high speed rail train ticket. nicely designed hehe..

the seat pocket, also like airplane. there's high speed rail lunch set 高铁便当 too.. but very expensive..