Sun Yan Zi 孙燕姿

News about Yan Zi appearing in Royston Tan's Movie
Woah. She's gonna appear in a movie after all!
News source
http://www.omy.sg/showbiz/enews/200807/20080723_5510.html
It says that she'll be guest starring in Royston Tan's movie, 12莲花 (12 Lotus)。She'll be speaking 福建话 (Hokkien?)，念福建诗 reciting Hokkien poems，哼唱《12莲花》主题曲！and humming the theme song in the movie.

Can't wait for the movie to be out!

Today's a special day. 23rd July.... Happy Birthday Yan Zi!
Time passes by so fast. Its already 8years since she first debuted as a singer and throughout these 8 years, she's still the same old Yan Zi that we've known. But throughout the years, she has really matured as a singer....

Sun Yan Zi debute album 孙燕姿同名专辑

天黑黑(Tian Hei Hei) Cloudy Day


超快感 (Chao Kuai Gan) Turbo



Yan Zi's 2nd Album - My Desired Happiness 我要的幸福
The album that got her really popular.

我要的幸福(Wo Yao De Xing Fu) My Desired Happiness

I still remembered it was after song that got me really hooked onto Sun Yan Zi...

开始懂了 (Kai Shi Dong Le) Realise

相信(Xiang Xin) Believe


Yan Zi's 3rd Album- 風箏 Kite

風箏(Feng Zheng) Kite　


绿光( Lv Guang) Green Light


逃亡(Tao Wang)- Fugitive / Escape

when listening to this song, I can just picture the whole scene of a person driving a car up to a mountain and looking at the scene on the top of the mountain, thinking of escaping from this world. Nice lyrics, melody and of course Yan Zi's singing.

Yan Zi's 4th Album- Start
The album which she did some cover songs including quite a number of English songs. She should just record an English album some time....

Silent All These Years

Cover version of Tori Amos' Silent All These Years.


Hey Jude

Original version was by The Beatles

That I Would Be Good

Originally by Alanis Morissette


Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough

Original version by Patty Smyth / Don Henley

Venus
Originally by Shocking Blue


Someone
Self composed song (lyrics+melody) by Yan Zi.

Yan Zi's 5th album- Leave

我不愛 (Wo Bu Ai) I Won't Love

直來直往 (Zhi Lai Zhi Wang) Straight Forward

一樣的夏天 (Yi Yang De Xia Tian) Summer As Usual

Really like the relaxed feeling of this song. A very comfortable song to listen to on a Sunday morning...

懂事 (Dong Shi) Sensible


Yan Zi's 6th album- 未完成 (Wei Wan Cheng) To Be Continued

神奇(Shen Qi) Magic

An Indian inspired song.


我不難過 ( Wo Bu Nan Guo) I'm Not Upset

Simply love this song. The lyrics + melody + the way Yan Zi sang it with such emotions. The MV is quite nicely done too. Sad song that touches the heart.

Translation of the lyrics

Finally you told me how gentle she is.
I really know that you're not a fickle person (ditch the old and like the new).
Its because I wasn't there to accompany you when you were lonely.
Don't look at me and tell me that you've loved me (before), so I don't have to be so upset
I'm not upset. This is nothing. But I dunno why my tears are flowing....
Let me go. Let me enjoy the freedom.
Lots of memories. My life will be filled with memories of you.

Hug me tighly. Hug me tightly again. Just let me remember this feeling.
Don't tell me it's your fault.
At this point of time, it doesn't matter who's right and who's wrong, just let them be gone with the wind.
Forget everything.
Lead a better life than you.

My Story Your Song

A English duet with Mai Kuraki. Lyrics written by Yan Zi.


Yan Zi's 7th Album- The Moment Compilation CD
Not really a full album, its mainly a compilation of some of her past songs. But there's still 5 new songs in the album.

遇見(Yu Jian) Encounter

Another hit song. This song was really popular when it was released. It's also the theme song for the movie "Turn Left, Turn Right".

Tonight, I Feel Close To You

Another song with Mai Kuraki.


Yan Zi's 8th Album- Stefanie

我的愛(Wo De Ai) My Love


奔 (Ben) Run


慢慢來 (Man Man Lai) Take It Easy

我也很想他


Yan Zi's 9th Album- 完美的一天(Wan Mei De Yi Tian) A Perfect Day

完美的一天(Wan Mei De Yi Tian) A Perfect Day


眼淚成詩 (Yan Lei Cheng Shi) Tears Become Poetry


第一天(Di Yi Tian) First Day

A very lively song.

夢不落 (Meng Bu Luo) Dreams Never Fail


Can't find a good version of the original MV.
Like the song coz it sounds like a marching song!



Yan Zi's 10th Album- My Story, Your Song
Another compilation album. And this time, there's only 1 new song in the album.

雨天 (Yu Tian) - Rainy Day



Yan Zi's 11th Album- 逆光(Ni Guang) Against the Light

逆光 (Ni Guang)- Against the Light

The song give me a feeling of hope.


我懷念的 (Wo Huai Nian De) Unforgettable

Another of Yan Zi's specialized ballads. Touching song.

咕嘰咕嘰 Gu Ji Gu Ji

Cute song + we get to see her dance in the MV! Lollipop is in the MV as well.


夢游(Meng You) Sleep-walk

Refreshing Song.


Her vocals has definitely changed throughout these years. Her voice was clearer last time. Now, it has more volume and emotions. Her Chinese prounciation is also abit different now. Haha. But her vocals are still as powerful and touching as ever.

National Day Parade 2008 Theme Song

NDP 2008 Theme Song - Shine for Singapore
English version sung by Hady Mirza


Chinese version
晴空万里 Qing Kong Wan Li sung by Joi Chua 蔡淳佳


Where's Stefanie Sun?? I thought she'll be singing the NDP song this year.... Sigh.
The song was quite alright. I prefer the Chinese version more than the English version coz the Chinese one sounded more "grand". The English one is too soothing and calming....
One good thing is that Nat Ho is in the MV!
Notice the plot about the girl drawing furiously and it seems like she was drawing rubbish in the beginning, but it turned out to be a big picture of a star?
There's talk about it being a complete ripoff from a Japanese Ad.

"The Whale" -- Japanese Ad Council

Nice ad!

The MV in the NDP song seems to be exactly the same as the Japanese Ad ( well, maybe its not exactly the same coz it was a girl doing a drawing of a star instead of the boy drawing a whale in the Japanese Ad). Hmmm....

超級星光大道 (星光四少）

I didn't understand what's the hype about xing guang si shao 星光四少, but after watching some 超級星光大道 clips, I realized how good a singer they really are.

Yoga Ling You Jia got an extremely nice voice and he really can sing!
林宥嘉-那些日子


林宥嘉&鴨子-梁山伯與茱麗葉



His voice is really 迷幻(dreamy?) and very comfortable to listen to. It's a real pleasure hearing him sing.
林宥嘉-走鋼索的人【完整版】


林宥嘉-你是我的眼


林宥嘉-我愛的人



But sometimes he looked abit qian bian or drunk and drugged when he's too absorbed into the song.... Still he sounds really good....


林宥嘉-你快樂所以我快樂


林宥嘉-Can't take my eyes off you

He looked abit awkward here. Haha.

林宥嘉--Creep


林宥嘉--Last Order


Other performance by Yoga Lin You Jia. (Not in 超級星光大道)

林宥嘉 :一公尺

He made the song so nice! I think it's nicer then the original singer's Jerry Yan's version.



Judy Zhou Ding Wei 周定緯
周定緯-HUG

Its not easy to sing and dance at the same time.

周定緯(第五街的誘惑)


周定緯 張棟樑 duet



周定緯-秋意濃

周定緯--預感

His singing improved alot during the competition! That's his performance in the finals.
Just compare it with the 2 clips below.

周定緯-江南


周定緯- Tell me

I like his rapping+ dancing part.




Peter Pan (Pan Yu Wen) 潘裕文
潘裕文-旋木

Another nice voice. Very soothing and clear voice.

潘裕文-安全感



潘裕文 林志炫--離人




許仁杰 Stanly Hsu Ren Jie
許仁杰-凌晨三點鐘

Clean but more 厚(more volume?)voice as compared to the other 3 guys. He's quite cute too.


許仁杰-我還能愛誰


許仁杰-不如這樣


許仁杰-男人的錯

超级新光大道3

Chanced upon some performance from 超级新光大道3 while I was watching Sun Yan Zi's video.
I was really surprised that I saw quite a few familiar faces in the show/competition.

Leon PK 黃靖倫 Huang Jing Wen


黃靖倫 Huang Jing Wen PK Singaporean again

Isn't that the guy from Soul in SuperBand? Lolz. He's better off dancing.

黃靖倫--一個人生活
A Singaporean in the contest. I think he got quite far in the contest. But I don't really fancy his voice though. I find his voice too thin and weak and he's not that great a singer either. There just seems to be something lacking...


潘嗣敬(Sugi)- 大眼睛

Cute! I think his singing improved as compared to the times when he was in Project Super Star.

潘嗣敬--戀愛ing


蔡嘉航 -戀愛頻率 duet

I couldn't recognised her at all! I thought her name sounded familiar, but I only realized she's the Yvonne from Campus Super Star after reading the comments on Youtube. Nice voice. I think her singing improved. She became much more matured and prettier too.

蔡嘉航--True love


蔡嘉航-說你愛我


蔡嘉航-討厭

Not a Singaporean, but I really liked her self-composed song after listening to it.

徐佳瑩-身騎白馬

Nice self composed song! She has a nice voice too.

2008/03/21超級星光大道第三季 Part.01 海外選手資格決定賽

Yoon Eun Hye and Won Bin's Maxim Coffee Ad

This is quite interesting...
Saw this in yooneunhye.cn


Noticed the picture on the table?? It should be non other than our dearest Yoon Eun Hye.
That's the Behind the scene photo from Won Bin's Maxim Espresso CF.



This is a picture of taken from the CF.

Sadly, YEH's photo on the table is partially covered.

YEH's Maxim Latte CF


Won Bin Maxim Espresso CF


I believe this 2 CFs are supposed to be connected. Its like a kind of love story.... Interesting...
I'd love to see Won Bin and Yoon Eun Hye in a drama together some days.....

We Got Married Ep16

Andy and Solbi 1/2 (uploaded by coolsmurf)

Andy: That's why I'm telling you to wear your glasses!!!
Solbi: I have been wearing my glasses! I have been listening to you!!
Andy: But the frames doesn't have lenses in them!!!
Solbi: Its up to me whether I want to wear them with lenses or not!!!

Can see that Andy was really quite irritated with Solbi for insisting going to the same salon as her. We don't usually get to see Andy being mad since he's usually very nice and accommodating.
Andy and Solbi Ep 16 2/2(uploaded by coolsmurf)


Solbi

You know there really is no point being good to him right? Being like In Young really is the best...

Alex and Shin Ae Ep16 (uploaded by coolsmurf)


Interesting comment by Shin Ae

In the past 100 days, We have only been seeing the good side of us previously. But I felt that we should be showing our faults to each other. I feel like trying out how it feels like to quarrel at times!Because if we quarrel, I'm very curious about how Alex would react to the situation.

Shin Ae really looked gorgeous in the gowns. You can tell by Alex's reaction, how he stared at Shin Ae and how his eyes glimmers when he saw Shin Ae in the gown that he sincerely thinks that Shin Ae looked very pretty in the gown. But who won't think so??

Crown J and Seo In Young Ep16 1/2 (credit: coolsmurf)

This couple is still as funny as ever. Really enjoyed watching them now. It was funny when Crown J imitated what In Young said last time when being mad that Crown J didn't buy anything for her when he was abroad.

All the photos are yours. This, that, and that. (volume increases when he said that) Everything's yours. What are you doing? Everything's yours, this and that

In Young: Stop copying my lines!!!
Crown J: If I don't, who will? Shin Ae?

Crown J is also starting to be able to tease Seo In Young now. If he did that last time( in the beginning episodes) , I think most probably they'll end up quarreling. I think Seo In Young is definitely not as petty and hot-headed as she used to be.

Crown J and Seo In Young Ep16 2/2 (credit: coolsmurf)

So In Youg: calm down, don't come near...
Crown J: I can't touch...

Crown J looked so adorable in the tuxedos ! The pink tuxedo really suited him. It totally goes with his style.

Hyun Joong and Hwang Bo Ep 16 1/2 (credit: quainte501)

Hwang Bo: I have a cold, my throat is hoarse
Hyun Joong:Your voice with a cold is actually better, you're like a woman now.

Hwang Bo: Start moving[the furnitures]. I purposely didn't call the moving people.
Hyun Joong: (calm) It's okay, I can just call them right now.

Hwang Bo: This is very important. [referring to her big poster] . It's to drive out evil things. My face.
Hyun Joong: (Chimes in) Isn't this an Indian Buddha?

Hyun Joong: [putting the contract under the glass of the table] It's so valuable. Like a museum!

But I also have something to give you. I bought it in Thailand. In Thailand, it's super cheap!
[Hwang Bo unwrapping it] This.... is for reducing wrinkles.

Hwang Bo: You didn't practice the piano at all?
Hyun Joong: No, of course I practiced. I play with more feel than before.

Hyun Joong is simply hilarious!!I'm like quoting everything he said in the video. lolz. He was so cute too during the interview when there was a bug.

Hyun Joong and Hwang Bo Ep 16 2/2 (credit: quainte501)


Hyun Joong

Wait a minute, why do the lyrics always disappear....
The lights keeps turning off, I'm about to go crazy.
Then before it turns off, I'll hurry and sing you the chorus.

Hahah.Hyun Joong keeps spoiling the mood of the song.

The honest and straight forward Hyun Joong

Hyun Joong: I'm going to Japan soon.
Hwang Bo: I'm going to be lonely.
Hwang Bo: You're going to Japan, are you happy?
Hyun Joong: Of course


Have you ever given your own picture to someone else before?
Yes.

Hwang Bo:You finished taking the photo?
Hyun Joong: En.
Hwang Bo: You only took a picture of my back?
Hyun Joong: Shoulder.
If you can see everything, then its meaningless.

Hwang Bo

Turn around, turn around. Groom, although I'm really sorry...
The view from the back....looks like a beggar.

I think Hyun Joong and Hwang Bo couple is becoming my favourite couple now because both of them are really funny! Really enjoyed watching their episodes.

The Secret

Saw on baidu and Kim Jong Kook's Chinese site that KJK recommended the book called "Secret" during his recent fanmeeting. I think he's referring to Rhonda Byrne's "The Secret". This book looked kind of familar.....


http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Rhonda-Byrne/dp/1582701709

Film
http://www.thesecret.tv/


From Oprah Winfrey show (read the full intro by clicking on this link)

People around the world have been talking about a movie so powerful that it can change the course of your life. This movie, The Secret, was created by Australian Rhonda Byrne, and she says that if you follow its philosophy, you can create the life you want—whether that means getting out of debt, finding a more fulfilling job or even falling in love.

Rhonda says she stumbled on what she calls The Secret at the end of 2004. At the time, everything in Rhonda's life had fallen apart—physically, emotionally and financially—and she was in "total despair." Then her father died suddenly, and she was worried about her grief-stricken mother. "I wept and wept and wept, and I didn't want my daughter to see me sobbing," Rhonda says.

That's when Rhonda's daughter gave her a copy of The Science of Getting Rich, a book written in 1910 by Wallace D. Wattles. "Something inside of me had me turn the pages one by one, and I can still remember my tears hitting the pages as I was reading it," Rhonda says. "It gave me a glimpse of The Secret. It was like a flame inside of my heart. And with every day since, it's just become a raging fire of wanting to share all of this with the world."

From PGY's CY




It's more of a non-fiction, self-help type of book. I'm already half way through. Quite interesting book. Hopefully will post up a review after I'm done with the book.

Here's the online ebook I found.

Rhonda Byrne The Secret - Upload a Document to Scribd

Read this document on Scribd: Rhonda Byrne The Secret

Here's the PDF version
http://www.ebookee.com/-share_ebook-The-secret_157167.html

YEH's CY
17/2/2008

1/2/2008

24/1/2008