Vitas

[ vista ] ave maria

I have never heard of Vitas until recently...
"Opera 2" and the 5th Element Diva's song "Lucia di Lamermoor"...

Agentine Tango

[ gotan project ] santa maria

Which ballroom dancing do you enjoy watching?
If you were to pick a ballroom dance to learn, which one would you learn?

Check out this couple (the lady with white strip on her dress) at 3:00 min on this video... *amazing*... Great legs huh!! ... =))



I actually missed out on their "One Night In Buenos Aires Stage Show" in Melbourne... If only I knew earlier, I would go and watch it... Heard it was awesome! ...

Quest for Documentaries Online

[ sarah mclachlan] adia

Few years ago I came across a Documentary by Graham Hancock on TV while I was flipping channels during commercial break... and I only managed to watch the last 30mins of that documentary but I have remembered it since... and I found this documentary online by chance few days ago - "Quest of the Lost Civilization"... Love it! ...

I also found another documentary "Atlantis Reborn" which oppose Hancock's idea about his findings... It is quite interesting to watch as well... and the mystery of the Lost Civilization still remain unsolved... =)

There's all other interesting Documentaries (ie. Engineering an Empire, Lost Civilization Maya, In Search of Ancient Mysteries, Ancient Apocalypse, Rome Arena of Death, and etc) that I have watched over the past few days and I'm still browsing for more... =) ...

Anyway, was also wondering why they are not showing "Unexplained Mysteries - The Unreal World" in Oz...

2nd Saturday

[ one republic ] stop & stare

I have spent a few hours on Thur night to design a Birthday invitation card for my colleague as she's holding a 40th birthday celebration coming March... Love doing all these little project for people around me... (No, I didn't get to design my brother's wedding invitation... grrrr!!)

Saturday morning I received an sms "Movie today?" from him... Pissed me off again due to that sms for some reason... Look, if that sms was little longer and little nicer / polite, perhaps I would think about it... Even when I ask friends out, I would ask nicely with a longer sms to invite them to catch up or NOT to give them a sense of "just-want-to-kill-time-cos-Im-so-bored" kinda-thing! ...Well, Let's not talk about this cos I could blah-blah-blah the whole day...

Anyway, my weekend was quite nice... Though I didn't get to watch "Sweeney Todd" but we bought a new cordless phone with answering machine (to keep away those annoying telemarketing calls)... hehehe... We went shopping at High-Point because we need to find nice outfit for Bro's wedding!

I saw a pretty summer dress which is nice enough for the wedding, but I still need to shop a little bit more before I lock it in... =) ... Let's hope the pretty dress would still be available if I couldn't find any nice dress by mid Feb!! ....

Long Weekend

[ 楊宗緯 ] 洋蔥

I hope you have a great long weekend... cos mine was very boring... =/
Two long lost friends sms me this weekend as if they knew I'm free this weekend? ... but I have been VERY anti-social mood lately and I choose not to go out... and I spent my long weekend watching "3rd Rock from The Sun"...

I shall go for Summer Zoo Twilight next week and watch Sweedney Todds too as Rabbit highly recommended it!! ...(Oh come on! ...It will be good as it's Johnny Depp!!!)...

1st Saturday...

[ 盧巧音 & 王力宏 ] 好心分手

My 1st very own Saturday... on Australia Day...

I spent the day with a good friend whom I last seen since last November... to catch up, to bitch about the ups and downs in our lives (he blah-blah-blah more than I did!!), to eat and drink like people who hasn't eaten for ages, and to comfort each other! Though it was just a few hours in the afternoon, but it was still one great step to keep myself occupied...

Bro's family is home for dinner and I was busy playing with Russell (the doggy) with the tennis ball... I was meant to throw the tennis ball very hard on the floor so that it would bounce back in the air, and Russell could jump and catch it.... and I accidentally hit Russell's eyes with the tennis ball!!! ...I knew it was very painful because I hit it hard... Poor Russell was in pain and I felt terrible!!!! ...Thankfully after a few minutes of short rest, he was active and running about again.... *phew*... but I still feel terrible for hitting him... Poor Russell, I buy you pig's ears next time... =)

At the moment, I'm kinda at my anti-social mood... I wish not to meet anyone nor talk to anyone about anything... It's still very uncomfortable (with mixed feelings)... but I promise I'll come out and play when I have enough rest... Looking forward to March for my Tassie trip with Rabbit and my brother's wedding...

I'll spend some time working on my next project... I'll have more time now...

No Need to Argue

[ dolores o'riordan ] loser

I used to question when I didn't understand why...
I used to confront when I knew something didn't add up...
I used to probe for an answer when I knew I won't get one...

I don't question now... I don't confront now...
And I certainly do not probe anymore...
Because if I did...
...the answers would still be unacceptable...
...more lies will be made to cover the trail...
...& communication won't work when one started to get defensive...

Funeral

[ the pretenders ] i'll stand by you

4 of us took 2hrs off to attend her mom's funeral today...
It was well presented and well organized... and the service was full of people... It was difficult for the family and it's not easy for us too to see the family grieve like that...

After the service, I went to say good-bye to her, and tears just started to build up & overflow... I think we kissed each other's lips instead of cheeks (unsure if it was accidental or not?)

Teardrop

[ massive attack ] teardrop

Love... Love is a verb... Love is a doing thing...
Teardrop in my eyes... most faithful my love...

空白格

[ 蔡健雅 ] 空白格

我们之间的空白格是何时形成的?



其实很简单其实很自然 两个人的爱由两人分担
其实并不难是你太悲观 隔著一道墙不跟说分享
不想让你为难
你不再需要给我个答案

我想你是爱我的 我猜你也舍不得
但是怎么说总觉得
我们之间留了太多空白格
也许你不是我的 爱你却又该割舍
分开或许是选择
但它也可能是我们的缘分

I've Never Been To Me

[ charlene ] i've never been to me



Hey lady, you lady, cursing at your life
You're a discontented mother and a regimented wife
I've no doubt you dream about the things you'll never do
But, I wish someone had talked to me
Like I wanna talk to you.....

Oh, I've been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could run
I took the hand of a preacher man and we made love in the sun
But I ran out of places and friendly faces because I had to be free
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me

Please lady, please lady, don't just walk away
'Cause I have this need to tell you why I'm all alone today
I can see so much of me still living in your eyes
Won't you share a part of a weary heart that has lived million lies....

Oh, I've been to Niece and the Isle of Greece while I've sipped champagne on a yacht
I've moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed 'em what I've got
I've been undressed by kings and I've seen some things that a woman ain't supposed to see
I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me

[spoken]
Hey, you know what paradise is?
It's a lie, a fantasy we create about people and places as we'd like them to be
But you know what truth is?
It's that little baby you're holding, it's that man you fought with this morning
The same one you're going to make love with tonight
That's truth, that's love......

Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children that might have made me complete
But I took the sweet life, I never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet
I've spent my life exploring the subtle whoring that costs too much to be free
Hey lady......
I've been to paradise, (I've been to paradise)
But I've never been to me

楊宗緯 VS 蕭敬騰

[ 萬芳 ] 新不了情

Lately I've been watching this Taiwanese program called "超級星光大道" religiously... and this is one of the best episode... I like both their versions of this beautiful song... I think 蕭敬騰 (1st singer) is great cos he made that song his very own version (and that's quite hard to do)...


A Taiwanese Program called "康熙來了" had 蕭敬騰 as their guest...

(Part2 :: Part3 :: Part4 :: Part5)

In Love with NANA

[ yuna ito ] endless story

Few months ago, I came across this brief intro of an anime called "NANA"... For some reason, I thought to myself that I will like this anime...

Last month, I walked past a shop in Chinatown with a friend (normally I wouldn't care to check out this shop because it looks dodgy?)... But for whatever reason, we walked past that shop that day, and I actually stopped and turned around to check out the DVDs in that shop (for the 1st time)... And just as I was about to finish browsing the last shelf, the movie version (aka live-action) of "NANA" presents itself in front of me... and I bought it... and I watched it... and I love it...

I have now started watching the anime version of "NANA"... Absolutely in love the beautiful drawings and the in-depth emotions of the characters in NANA... It's much better than the movie version of course... and I love all the songs in both Movie and Anime!!! ...

Well, NANA is an anime about friendships, punk rock bands, and romance... Hence there's lotsa nice songs in it... And Black Stone / Blast (Nana's Band) and their rival Trapnest plays beautiful songs in both the Movie and Anime... Couldn't help myself but to share with you all...

[ Yuna Ito ] Endless Story
Movie version of NANA


[ Black Stone / Blast ] Kuroi Namida
Anime version of NANA


[ Trapnest ] A Little Pain
Anime version of NANA

Kiroro - 長い間

[ kiroro ] 長い間

This is one of my all time favorite Japanese song "長い間" by Kiroro... Kiroro may not have a very outstanding appearance, but her beautiful and unique voice captured my heart...

Anyway, this beautiful song was "copied" by a Taiwanese singer and made it into Mandarin version... I heard my brother told me the other day, that Kiroro sang the Mandarin Version in one of her mini concert in Taiwan, and she still beat the Taiwanese singer by 100 miles!!! ...

To those who have heard the Mandarin version by the Taiwanese singer... Here's Kiroro's Mandarin version of this song! ... =)



(Note: Does anyone has the original piano sheet for this song? ...I wanna learn how to play this song toooooooooooo!!)

Déjà Vu

[ Kouya Ruten ] Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihohento

Spent almost the most day watching Animes (Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihohento (BKI), Nodame Cantabile, Death Note) and practicing Canon-D again and again (finishing Page 2, finally!!!)...

While I was watching BKI, I thought the theme song sound very very familiar... I have heard it before but I couldn't remember where or when... It's such a strange feelings... Déjà Vu... I thought...

And guess what? ...Around late afternoon, friend called to see if I wanna go out and watch movie... We checked through the list of movies and decided to watch Déjà Vu... What a coincidence hey?! ...(but coincidence is just an effect where we can't see the connecting cause... I think... as they only happens because of cause and effects... blah blah)...

Anyway, I must say of all the time travel movies (Butterfly Effects and etc), Déjà Vu seems to work for me... lolx... It's quite entertaining, though a little slow at the beginning... I guess it's just because we're all too used to those fast pace actions movie nowadays and we are becoming a little impatience to wait for the movie to build up the story slowly...

Attached George Winston (who re-arranged Pachelbel's original "Canon-D") who's playing his variation of the "Canon-D"... the piece which actually inspired me to buy the digital piano after more than 14yrs of not playing piano... I am still practicing (up to 01:48 fluently and still practicing up to 02:40 as many finger works there that I still trying to find the right fingers at right notes to move faster)...