Saturday, June 28, 2008

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

Thursday, June 12, 2008

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

Monday, June 09, 2008

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!
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.
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!
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























Thursday, June 05, 2008

Hana Kimi OST

hana kimi japanese version 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!

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

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