Qian Li Zhi Wai!

Qian Li Zhi Wai Full MV 千里之外 周杰伦 by berrykiller



sad...

千里之外 A Thousand Miles Away (Faraway)
曲：周杰倫 詞：方文山

屋簷如懸崖* 風鈴如滄海 我等燕歸來
時間被安排 演一場意外 你悄然走開

故事在城外 濃霧散不開 看不清對白
你聽不出來 風聲不存在 是我在感慨

夢醒來 是誰在窗臺 把結局打開
那薄如蟬翼的未來 經不起誰來拆

我送你離開 千里之外 你無聲黑白
沈默年代 或許不該 太遙遠的相愛

我送你離開 天涯之外 你是否還在
琴聲何來 生死難猜 用一生 去等待

聞淚聲入林 尋梨花白 只得一行 青苔
天在山之外 雨落花台 我兩鬢斑白

聞淚聲入林 尋梨花白 只得一行 青苔
天在山之外 雨落花台 我等你來

一身琉璃白 透明著塵埃 你無瑕的愛
你從雨中來 詩化了悲哀 我淋濕現在
芙蓉水面采 船行影猶在 你卻不回來
被歲月覆蓋 你說的花開 過去成空白

夢醒來 是誰在窗臺 把結局打開
那薄如蟬翼的未來 經不起誰來拆

我送你離開 千里之外 你無聲黑白
沈默年代 或許不該 太遙遠的相愛
我送你離開 天涯之外 你是否還在
琴聲何來 生死難猜 用一生 去等待

I think the song's nice! Soothing, and touching too. The lyrics complements the MV well...

Nice tune,interesting duet by Fei Yu Qing and Jay, even though there's a clash of 'old' & 'new' style of singing. But both singers are great! I think this song's so suitable for Fei Yu Qing haha... Beautiful song.. and notice Jay's much clearer diction, & there's no slurring of words! Prbably cos he needs to pei4 he2 Fei Yu Qing's perfect Mandarin haha..

I pre-ordered his album already! Eeven though I said I had no high expectations, but I'm still looking forward to his album! Is it a contradiction? haha..

Lee Hom Heroes of Earth World Tour!! 21st Oct!!

Yay!! Woo hoo!! Lee Hom's finally coming to Singapore for his Heroes of Earth World Tour! I thought he has forgotten Singapore already... Waited for his concert until neck long long, finally, he's coming!!

The last time he came, I enjoyed his concert tremondously! He's such a talented musician.. gosh.. & so handsome.. haha..

王力宏！你终于要来开演唱会了！不知道知你又会带来观众多少震撼呢？上一次你360度地旋转打鼓，又拉小提琴又弹吉他又弹钢琴，真是迷死人了！这次你会拉二胡吗？还是会唱京剧？哈哈！ 好期待哦！

random thoughts

School has started for only a week, and already I'm dozing off in lectures... sigh...

Jay's new album is going to be released in beginning of September, but I don't have very high expectations... cos he's so busy with his movies and all, and it's not even a year from his last album.

I watched an interesting documentary on Animal Planet, and it was about monks in Thailand living with tame tigers. Really a compassionate monk. He said that we and the tigers and the animals have the same blood, which is red. But how many humans can think that way?? Humans always think that they are superior to animals.

Anyway, here's a link to their website.

I watched another documentary on crocodiles, and it talked of how the croc numbers dwindled because of excessive killing for their skin, and then the same crocodile hunters are now trying to protect the crocs, and I don't think it's truly because they feel guilty, but because they won't have enough crocs to kill in time to come..

Anyway, David Tao's( 陶吉吉 haha) album is not too bad. Typical "陶式情歌" & typical David Tao's mid-tempo/RnB-ish songs. Maybe not his best, but there are nice songs inside. Easy-listening. I especially recommend "Olia". Very soothing. Beautiful."Walk On" & "追" 's nice too. Feel great listening to these mid-tempo songs. The song with Jolin sucks though. Can't stand it.

To preview his songs, please visit this link


FIR's new album: Hmm I didn't really like it after a few listenings. I don't know why. Maybe cos I haven't listened enough.But some songs like 雨樱花， 1234567 & 你很爱他 are worth listening to.

To preview their songs, please visit this link.


On the contrary, I would highly recommend Tong En (同恩)，Rebecca Tong's new album, 不准哭. This is her 2nd album. In her first album, she had a rock-chick, full of attitude kind of image. In this 2nd album, she shed her super-cool image for a quieter, introspective feel. But her vocals are still the same - super powerful and strong. The songs are not the usual mainstream ballads, but are rather different. I first heard "不准哭" through the fantastic headphones in HMV, and I loved the song so much! It's so heart-wrenching, & I think it's reverse phsychology, cos it does make you feel like crying..."一下下" was written by Eric Ng & Xiaohan, so needless to say, it's another great, soothing song. Anyway, I thought almost all the songs sound good. I also liked 爱伤的提琴手，不懂 & 相爱, which she sang a duet with Van Fan, 范逸臣。

To preview her songs, please visit this website.

Louis Koo 古天乐！！！

I saw Louis Koo @ Junction 8 today!!! He was there to promote the Osim I-medic Massage Chair~! Wonder if you guys saw his advertisement on TV, but he's now the spokesperson for this new model of massage chair.

Sharon Au was the host. She's quite pretty, fair, & has good complexion. Funny too. But she got "suaned" a lot by Louis Koo, cos she can't speak Cantonese fluently. Pardon me, but it was quite hilarious. Her Cantonese. I was laughing half the time. Louis Koo was quite scornful haha.. but he's probably just joking, to lighten up the mood, 搞气氛. But he's really handsome! And dashing! Tall, dark, handsome! Muscular! Can actually see his bulging biceps haha..like his dimples too! Especially charming when he smiles. but he's really really dark. Like his deep, low voice too haha..

But he didn't seem very happy though, in fact, a little proud. Maybe he's tired? I don't know. Oh his Chinese was hilarious too. "Jin dao, shi tou, bu" (剪刀`石头`布）. Scissors, paper， stone. Heavily Cantonese-accented haha..to think he could still laugh at Sharon Au's poor Cantonese. But seriously, Singapore's so lousy meh? No hosts / emcees who can speak Cantonese properly?? They should have asked me ma!! Hahha..However, I probably can't speak coherently on stage with him though..too kan cheong!! =)

He's my all-time favourite Hong Kong actor. Witnessed his transition, from "fair-skinned, centre-parting hairstyle, pretty boy" to "super-dark, muscular, crewcut hairstyle manly-man". Hahha.. loved his "Burning Flame" (烈火雄心) and "A Step Into the Past" (寻秦记)serials the most. Hopefully he can have more projects to come!

check this out!

Cover of 'Wherever You Will Go' by KrisMoyse



Like his deep, low voice! And his "angsty-ness" during the chorus haha..

And from the same person, an interesting rendition of "Numb".

Cover of 'Numb' by KrisMoyse



Youtube's really fun, I tell you guys...

2 good films

The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Libertine
2 movies that are so different, but left me with a deep impression.
I can't write detailed movie reviews, but both are fantastic, in my opinion. Wonderful acting by the cast. Moving.

Good movies are hard to come by now, you know.

nice song

Watched The Lake House starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock and liked the songs. Here are a few songs I found on the internet. I particularly liked Paul McCartney's "This Never Happened Before". Thought it complemented the movie very well haha..

This Never Happened Before Download

I'm very sure, this never happened to me before
I met you and now I'm sure
This never happened before

Now I see, this is the way it's supposed to be
I met you and now I see
This is the way it should be

This is the way it should be, for lovers
They shouldn't go it alone
It's not so good when your on your own

So come to me, now we can be what we want to be
I love you and now I see
This is the way it should be
This is the way it should be

This is the way it should be, for lovers
They shouldn't go it alone
It's not so good when your on your own

I'm very sure, this never happened to me before
I met you and now I'm sure
This never happened before (This never happened before)
This never happened before (This never happened before)
This never happened before (This never happened before)
This never happened before

The movie's major flaw may be because it can never happen in real life, but I think that's also what makes it beautiful.

Yay! Milo Peng is the Super Band!

Yay! Congrats to 迷路兵 aka Milo Peng haha.... they have won the finals of Superband!






MLB- Shen Bian by ccherjr


A very super young band, talented, creative, full of energy and youthfulness. Have always looked forward to and enjoyed their performances every Monday. I especially like their arrangement always, and all 3 bandmates are really talented, being able to play many different instruments, and perform different genres of music. Good luck to 迷路兵! Salute! And toasts to Milo!

MLB- Guo Huo by ccherjr

picnic!

Can't believe I'm really so free until like that. I actually went for a picnic today! Can't imagine. While I was sitting there, taking in the greenery & eating, listening to the rustling of the leaves, I kept thinking how lucky I am to have the luxury of the time to be doing that right then!



Anyway, picnic's fun! or visiting the park or gardens is fun! It's a great escape from the city, concrete, traffic etc. I like the trees, the greenery, the fields. I remember people used to tell me that looking at the colour green is good for the eyes. Indeed, I feel very relaxed looking at the greenery, especially in the park. Although in my opinion Singapore's parks can't hold a candle to those in other countries such as Australia, Europe etc, but I'm still glad that we have such parks, n that we actually have quite a bit of greenery here, especially the roadside trees. I think sometimes when we're travelling on the road, it may be better if we look out of the window instead of sleeping, or sms-ing away on our phones. The different shades of green of the bushes and the trees are amazing. haha..

I think, and I hope, that this won't be my first & last picnic! heeheehee...

"fan-girl" mode due to Depp Attack

It's unfortunate for me that such an interesting actor caught my attention only now in my 21 years of life. haha..It's amazing how he can accept roles that are so diversified, & so-not-mainstream. From Edward Scissorhands to Willy Wonka. An extraordinary artiste who doesn't give a damn about fame and glamour. But now he has entered the spotlight, simply because he wanted to make a film that he thinks his children will enjoy, & that a 5-year-old can sit beside a 20-year-old, a 50-year-old & a 70-year-old to react to the show. Cool.

Anyway, watch POTC for Johnny Depp. This qoute sums up my sentiments exactly.

"Running 2 1/2 hours, it ought to sink from the weight of the cargo. But it's buoyed by another high-wire performance from Depp.." - Joe Williams, St Louis Post Dispatch

Also, wow! Rolling Stones featured JD! The interview they did with JD was interesting. I was laughing out loud while reading it.

Found this video on youtube again. Wanted to share with you, because firstly, love the song. Secondly, you should know. It's Captain Jack. haha..

Swallowed in the Sea: jack/elizabeth (new and improved) by prettynpink1141



Next, this video's cute too. JD's laughter...woohoo...

Two Japanese kids interview Johnny Depp. by kannotomoya


Sorry guys! This post's all about JD, my newfound favourite actor.

Interesting stuff I found. I was browsing through CDs the other day at HMV, and actually saw that a band named "Gay for Johnny Depp" actually existed! Was really surprised u know... And according their website, they produce "Erotically Charged Dance Songs for the Desperate". Whatever that means..

And amazingly, there's actually a song named "Johnny Depp" about Johnny Depp! ahha....really funny...It's sung by Amy Anne. You can preview the song on her site.

Recently, there's also a song titled "I wanna Be Your Johnny Depp" recorded by A UK band, Testosterone.

Wow, JD, you're everywhere! interesting...

Ok I better stop all these and turn off my "fan-girl" mode. =)

Awwww... so cute....

Sleepy Kitten by secondtalon


Un chaton qui a sommeil 眠たい仔猫 by houryuji

The Corrs

Again, I'm so free, browsing youtube. And found this awesome video. Rather precious. 10 years ago! One of my favourite songs by The Corrs. Runaway. The Corrs - amazing group. All 4 of them are siblings, and all 4 can play an instrument or another! So cool... What a musically inclined and talented family! It runs in the blood..

the corrs-runaway posted by larc12


Andrea Corr: lead vocals, tinwhistle
Sharon Corr: violin, vocals
Caroline Corr: bodhran, vocals
Jim Corr: guitar, keyboards

Love Andrea's voice, so clear and bright, and so attractive. All 3 sisters are very beautiful people , and I love their sexy lips hhaa...


Preferred their earlier albums, a little more towards traditional Irish. That's why I love their most recently released album, titled Home. As the title suggests, this album consists of all the traditional Irish songs that made an impact on them. Beautiful songs, beautiful arrangement, beautiful vocals.

Track 4, Black is the Colour, surprised me the most, cos Andrea sang it really really low! Wow her voice's so bass, very nice!

Liked track 5, Heart Like a Wheel, a lot. A sad but beautiful song. 凄美。

Track 6, Buachaill On Eirne is 1 of my favourites too, although I don't understand the lyrics. Sounds inspiring and grand to me though.

Track 8, Moorlough Shore, loved the 转音 s.

Tracks 10, Dimming of the Day & 11,Brid Og Ni Mhaille, simple, and yet beautiful (notice my limited vocab). Touching too...

For track previews, please visit www.thecorrswebsite.com

Of hills, blog skins, oxymorons and change

So far, 2 people have asked about my URL. Why rolling green hills? It's simply because I like rolling green hills. One of the goals in my life is to visit rolling green hills, especially in Ireland. I know rolling green hills are everywhere (except Singapore), but narrow-minded me seems to prefer associating rolling green hills with Ireland. I don't know if the above picture is from Ireland though.

And when I set up my blog, I had "envisioned" the template to be 1 with a rolling green hills picture, but I can't find any such templates, and the worst thing is I don't know a single thing about creating such skins! Sigh.. Any kind souls out there wanna help me?? haha..

Have been busy packing my room. So much rubbish. But mostly with sentimental value. And my friend thinks I'm contradicting myself, cos I stuff all these "sentimental rubbish" into the cupboard. Hiyoh...

Heard FIR's new song twice today. Nice song, usual FIR. But the beginning reminds me of SHE's 河滨公园 though. And saw in the papers that Faye, FIR's lead vocalist, actually danced to their new song, "Get High". Surprised, because I thought FIR is more of a "cool-rock-attitude" group, but because hip-hop is so "the thing" now in the Mando-Pop scene, they also follow suit.

I shall go and try how to make blog skins... sigh..

Juanes - mi sangre

Can't believe I shopped so much yesterday... But I still feel like going down to town to see if I can get any more good bargains later this afternoon..


Anyway, yesterday I just bought a CD and I thought it was great. And hold your breath, I actually bought an album of a Latin singer-songwriter! It's Juanes! Don't know if you guys heard of him, but I thought it was nice to listen to.

I first saw his MV on MTV channel, and it was a great song. The MV featured his live performance of the romantic song, Para tu amor (finally know the title), and the camera just scanned across millions & millions of heads of people, dancing, singing & waving their hands, totally immersed in the music and enjoying themselves tremendously. All though I can't understand a single word, it just sounded very nice. So yesterday when I was at HMV, I previewed his album and hey, I enjoyed almost every track! So I bought it ahha..

Latin music's great! It really makes you want to move to the beat. The guitars,the rhythm, the drum beats, the voice. No wonder Shakira, Ricky Martin etc have such nice butts. Cos Latin music really makes you feel like shaking your butt! ahha..

brief biography of Juanes
http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/juanes/bio.jhtml

video I was talking about

Juanes - Para tu Amor posted by kellean

Aye, Aye Captain!

Captain Jack Sparrow is hot!!!



How can someone inject so much life & charisma into a dam pirate?



He's not a villain, neither is he a hero, plus he's so unkempt & unhygienic..



Must be the eyeliner. haha...

old songs are nice

遍体鳞伤---古皓
词: 黄一雄 曲:许卿耀

原来我比你还心慌 看你行色匆忙
这次你已经决定了方向喔
我只能站在这里望

喔 baby 是你看我变得坚强
是你让候鸟不再往南
baby 是你要我停泊停航
是你让四季都有阳光

你可以笑我痴笑我疯笑我狂
我留你的手绝对不放
我的心好慌意好乱人好烦
有你的地方才叫做天堂
你可以笑我痴笑我疯笑我狂
纵然我为你遍体鳞伤
我的梦好长夜好凉爱好难
有你的时光爱才能飞扬

但愿你比我还软心肠 不说好聚好散
永远你是我投奔的方向喔
别陷我在泪里迷惘

Was playing random songs on my mp3 player & came across this song. Rather "long-ago" song by local singer/songwriter Gu Hao. Loved the end of the chorus the most. Always wonder how the guy managed to sing such beautiful falsettos. (or is it the editing of the recording engineer haha.. =( )

Anyway, Gu Hao disappeared for sometime, but I guess cos he's working behind the scenes now. A recent song of Jolin Tsai, Jia Zhuang, was actually composed by him. Nice song.

Sometimes, when I chance upon songs of the 90s' or even really oldies (Teresa Teng era), I begin to think that singers of the past really have more "shi2 li4" than the singers now. Beatiful voices, beautiful melodies, beautiful lyrics. I think that's why they're called "金曲" "golden melodies" haha..

Ain't I supposed to be doing something constructive? But I'm still online! And I just gotta share these videos that I browsed on youtube. Man youtube is a great site to visit when you are tooooo free like me. Lots of interesting videos! Whenever forums I visit mention youtube, I was thinking is it some free video website that Channel U has? (SIngaporeans should know what Im talking abt ha..) Then I realised, it's a website for everyone all over the world to share videos. Wow.. Internet...

BeatBoxing Parrot by hrvplaya

laughed so much when I saw this.

blog??

Hmmm.. I really wonder if anyone reads my blog.. And I really wonder why I'm so 'ons' about blogging now! I have always been wondering why do people want to share with other people their lives in blogs, especially private matters, or daily routine events? I have always been wondering why people like to blog?

I think now I can understand. Because it provides you an opportunity to voice out. Especially issues that you don't say in real life, or have no time to ramble about, or no one to Talk to. Here, you can just say whatever you want, hoping someone really does stumble onto your ramblings, and maybe share the same sentiments? I think that's what I feel.

I also think that people are very free to really spend time doing up their blogs, & posting entries almost everyday. At least that's what I am now, very free, so free that I'm actually blogging! 2 posts in 2 days! wow..

I feel so rubbish now. I'm really too free to be posting such things! Shall go do something constructive now hhaa..

Coldplay- my 天团！

I never thought that I would be having my own blog! Shucks man.. to think that I was quite cynical about blogs! Now I'm having my own! All becos I wanna share my Coldplay experiences with everyone!

Attended Coldplay's Twisted Logic Tour 2006 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium last night. It wasn't my first time attending a concert, but was the first English concert I attended, since the previous concerts were by Chinese artistes. The concerts I attended in the past were great because of fantastic artistes/musicians such as A-mei Zhang Hui Mei, Wang Lee Hom, Jay Chou and JJ Lin Junjie etc etc, but right now I think this was the best of all, albeit it was tooooo short..


It was my first rock concert ever, and it's so different from the previous concerts I attended. The stage was seriously just a platform with the drums set, keyboard, piano, and some guitars. No fanciful backdrops, just a rectangular platform. It started late, about 8.45pm. I entered the stadium at about 8, and there were still very little people. As time passed, the stadium filled up with people, and when the concert started, it was full house. Yes, the tickets were sold out, I think within a few days.

Also, there were no costume changes, unlike Chinese artistes who love to appear in different extravagant, & sometimes bizzare costumes. The 4 lads were in black throughout the whole show. However they did not forget the logo "Make Trade Fair" drawn on the back of the hands.

There was also minimal conversation made by the bandmates, and not a lot of interaction - was the Singapore audience not high enough? Ok Chris Martin did talk but I didn't understand him ahha..Save for one climax - Chris ran down from the stage, past the audiences seated at the sides, to the audience seated behind! He even stood amongst them and sang, allowing the lucky girls to hug him! That was rather unbelievable sight to me, because as far as I know, concerts in Singapore are so restricted as the security don't allow artistes to come off the stage. But I must say the situation is improving in Singapore. Because the whole stadium stoood up during the 3rd song, Yellow! I can't imagine this happening like 5 years ago - the security people would command people to sit down! Probably cos everyone's too high, there's nothing they can do haha..

Comparisions aside, I still think it was amazing, and super duper high and fantabulous, even after 24 hours. Never felt so high throughout a concert before. The only high moment was during Lee Hom's concert where everyone rushed to the front during encore. The rest of the concerts, lots of clapping & screaming & singing along. That was about it. For this, I actually stood up & moved! Rocked to the beat! ahha...& lots & lots of screaming & clapping, clapping to every song! Hands swollen already..


Chris Martin is another amazing performer. Why does this guy have so much energy? He runs, skips, hops, prances around,lies down on the floor and sing, teases his bandmates, and even does "yogalike stances"! I was in awe when he was on the piano stool and did a bridge backwards! His voice - strong, and had beautiful falsettos!
The music - so penetrating, hypnotising, haunting and heart-wrenching at times, especially Fix You, Swallowed in the Sea, The Scientist. Love the camaraderie of the baNd. Lots of mo4 qi4, & could tell that they were very close. Loved the interactions (hu4 dong4) between the members.

Loved the lighting effects as well! They were so important in the concert - created the right atmosphere at the right times. The strobing laser lights, the strong spotlights etc. Very beautiful!

Loved the big yellow balloons that floated about as well during Yellow. Beautiful sight, when they burst and gold confetti poured out.

The crowd was wonderful, although I hoped it could have been better. At times, Chris had to ask if everyone's ok. haha..But loved the moments when everyone cheered & screamed together, & especially singing in unison together, during Yellow, Scientist,Fix You, In My Place etc. So touching! =)

Gosh! My first post is long! Hope it didnt bore u to death! FYI, didn't manage to take any pics or record any videos..The pic above was taken from another site haha..but what happened that night is really as shown in the pic haha...

Lastly,found this on youtube. Nice "clips of the best"~!

ColdPlay Live - Singapore made by reneluis