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• Cape No. 7（海角七號）

  Sunday, Nov 30, 2008 2:50PM / Standard Entry

  Yesterday after a birthday luncheon for my drummer fren, together w/his galfren & our frenz from bands, we went to catch a Taiwanese local movie called “Cape No. 7（海角七號）” starrin Van Fan（范逸臣）, Tanaka Chie（田中千繪）, Kousuke Atari（中孝介）, Johnny Lin C.J.（林宗仁）, Ming Hsiung（民雄）, Ying Wei-Min（應蔚民—夾子電動大樂團）, Ma Nien-Hsien（馬念先—糯米糰）, Joanne Yang（楊蕎安), Bjanav Zenror（丹耐夫正若）, Ma Ju-Lung（馬如龍）, Pei Hsiao-Lan（沛小嵐）, Chang Kuei（張魁）, Shino Lin（林曉培）, Lee Pei-Chen（李佩甄）, Chang Chin-Yen（張沁妍） & Rachel Liang（梁文音）. Actually, I had been offered the gala premiere invites for this movie about 2 weeks’ ago from my senior colleague. But I rejected it coz (1) I am not a Van Fan （范逸臣） fan & I dunn really think he can act. (2) Although this movie has been hugely publicised, nominated for many awards & almost a box-office record-breakin movie wherever it was screened, it juz dinn really catch my attention & appeal to me in any way(s). (3) For my very very close frenz who’ve known me for long, will know about my fave nos – 7 & 12… especially “7”. As much as it’s history by now, I’m tryin to not pick this number that frequently… so yes, thatz also a bit of why I dinn really wanted to catch this movie. *Hahaha~ is that a weird reason?* Juz last week, I got offered by my senior colleague again to watch this movie. But still, I rejected her based on my first 2 reasons. But anyhow I juz contradicted my words w/my actions in the end & went to watch it today! To my amazement, it turned out to be a really very nice movie w/great scrīpt & tight pace that keeps me ‘glued on’ w/o a hint of boredom! Cape No. 7（海角七號） is a love comedy about 7 people from different walks of life comin together to form a rock band w/in 3 days & that they were to perform 2 openin songs for a Japanese singer’s performance. The band’s lead vocalist whom works as a postman durin daytime, discovers a mail package containin 7 love letters from more than 60 years ago. Now besides fulfillin his lifetime’s dream, it’s also his duty to deliver this mail package to its rightful recipient. This movie is written & directed by Wei Te-Sheng（魏德聖）, this is his debut full-length motion picture; previously he worked on movies such as Double Vision（雙瞳） & Mahjong（麻將）. The 3 main languages used in this movie are Hokkien, Chinese & Japanese, w/the 2 leading actor/actress havin minimal actin experience & some supportin casts are actually non-actors as they are musicians. The initial reception of this movie when it debut was juz moderate only, it was only after strong help from word-of-mouth thru blogs & forums that eventually brought record breakin results to this movie. *Muahahaha~ see the power of bloggin!? Kekeke~~~*

  For more info & detailed synopsis, you can check it out @ their official blog site or @ Wikipedia.
  
  Cape No. 7（海角七號） 5-mins Preview

  
  范逸臣—國境之南
  *In this movie, I luv this song the most! The lyrics is really nice~~~*
  如果海會說話 如果風愛上砂
  如果有些想念 遺忘在漫長的長假
  
  我會聆聽浪花 讓風吹過頭髮
  任記憶裡的愛情 在時間潮汐裡喧嘩
  
  非得等春天遠了夏天才近了
  我是在回首時終於懂得（也許天氣永遠會那麼熱）
  
  當陽光再次回到那 飄著雨的國境之南
  我會試著把那一年的故事 再接下去說完
  當陽光再次離開那 太晴朗的國境之南
  妳會不會把妳曾帶走的愛 在告別前用微笑全歸還
  
  海很藍 星光燦爛 我仍空著我的臂彎
  天很寬 在我獨自唱歌的夜晚
  請原諒我的愛 訴說的太緩慢

  
  范逸臣—無樂不作
  想蒐集夏天的熱 穿越叫 幸福的河
  想做吞大象的蛇 不自量力 說真的
  又有何不可 我想寫歌
  
  當天是空的 地是乾的
  我要為妳 倒進狂熱
  讓妳瘋狂 讓妳渴
  讓全世界知道 妳是我的
  
  天氣瘋了 海水滾了
  所以我要 無樂不作
  不要浪費 每一刻 快樂
  當夢的天行者
  
  像妳這樣的天使 該有翅膀和名字
  該美麗中帶著刺 該很認真的屬於 我一次
  
  當天是空的 地是乾的
  我要為妳 倒進狂熱
  讓妳瘋狂 讓妳渴
  讓全世界 知道 妳是我的
  
  世界末日 就儘管來吧
  我會繼續 無樂不作
  不會浪費 愛妳的 快樂
  當夢的天行者
  
  要快樂OH～

  
  

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• The day I re-live my life as a fan girl

  Sunday, Nov 16, 2008 11:07PM / Standard Entry

  The day I re-live my life as a fan girl My cousin called me the other nite while I was workin OT, askin me if I was free over the weekend. Well~ coz my cousin is a big fan of Wu Chun(吳尊) from Taiwanese boy group Fahrenheit(飛輪海) & they were actually comin to town to promote for their upcomin concert & autograph purchased concert tix. So my cousin~ who has got 4 concert tix on hand, immediately called me & my aunt to go down to the event venue w/her to help snap photos & get the tix autographed. Well~ we gladly agreed since we had nothing on our schedule. Came the big day~ which is today. Early noon, my cousin came to pick me up @ my house & we had lunch together w/her hubby; before sendin him off to his event function place where he had some work to do. After that, we went to tour an event held @ Suntec City called THE FOOD SAFARI. This event is kindda like food fair thingy whereby they sell varieties of cuisines from all over the world. *Sorry~ was too busy eatin, dinn had chance to snap any pix* After eatin, since it was still kindda early at 1:30pm & the pre-concert thingy is like estimated to start only @ 5pm... so we decided to back to my house for a short rest & play with my nephew first. We lazed @ my house till around 3:30pm before we went out to fetch my aunt @ the nearby train station & finally, hit the event venue @ 4pm. Damn~ the directions for carpark is really a flop @ the venue as we got directed into a wrong carpark. In the end, we had to make a turn out to queue to enter carpark from another area. Searchin for a carpark lot was ok though, as we parked straight on 5th level after a short commotion/discussion between the 3 of us in the car. Finally, we reached the venue @ around 4:30pm & went around to recky the area. After recky, lucky for us~ we managed to get a good standin spot, right next to the elevator they will 'descend' from. Time passed, our hands & legs start to get tired from holdin camera & standin still for almost 1 hr! Geezzz~ the boys were supposed to arrive at 5pm, but in the end they were late, they arrived only around 5:30 - 5:40pm... *Ack~ then we realised 1 member, Jiro Wang(汪東城) was missing due to injury on legs & it was my fave member of the group.* The next moment, you see a stampede of fans rushin & dashin into the event's open area stage. *Man~ you need not walk, you'll just get pushed to the stage automatically! Hahaha!!* Okie~ in the end, I got separated from my aunt & cousin so I just went my way to find a good spot to take photos of the whole thing. Found an area whereby all fans were standin on raised plant pots~ lucky! *Actually, it's prohibited. But heck care! I just want photos for my cousin, who cares about your plant anyway! Everyone's standin there already* I actually got quite a good standin spot & angle to snap photos, but the price I had to pay was soakin my pair of Converse sneakers & edge of my jeans in a cup of Coke that was hidden in the grasses! *Damn~ now my feet is super sweet & sticky!* After finished photo-takin, we decided to head on for dinner in the building & not queue for the concert tix to be autograph on. This is becoz we saw the endless queue of fans waitin for their tix to be autographed on, so we head on to Coffee Club for dinner & later went to do some groceries shoppin @ the hypermart. After dinnin & shoppin, we decided to check the queue to see if it's still that long. Surprised @ the queuein area, NOT A SINGLE SOUL IN SIGHT! Oh~ that's fast, I thought. So I signalled my cousin & aunt to walk faster & that we head over to the venue to check out how's everythin. Well~ only left a few fans at the stage queuein area, so we decided to give it a try & check w/the crew to see if they can let us in to get our tix autographed or not. Hahaha~ we gave a damn lame reason... I said "Let you let us in to get our tix autograph? We totally couldn't find the queue at all!" Kekeke~ lucky us, "OK~ YES!" was the answer after the lady crew checked w/the ppl on stage. So we got in the queue & my cousin by this time, was already fanatically wild in happiness! She was so happy & beamin w/smiles & snappin pix on her camera madly! Since I "bought" some snacks @ the hypermart earlier(my cousin paid for it though), so I took 2 packs out after openin it & handed it over to my cousin. Told her "Later you go on stage that time, when you reached your Chun, give him this 2 packs of snacks. Then you tell him that he must be feelin hungry & tired from the long event, so you treat him eat the snacks. He'll definitely have a good impression of you & remember you for sure!" She got impressed by the suggestion & decided to give it a try. Well~ it was a big success. Not only she spoke longer to him, he also shook & held her hands twice! *Waaah~ 1 more time than us! Hahaha~ happy for her!* Side-note on my personal experience: I think Calvin Chen(辰亦儒) is tryin hard to 'electrocute' everyone w/his eyes + smile sweetly into your face + held your hands gently after autographin the tix. As for Aaron Yan(炎亞綸), he's really a cute boyish guy. Gave out super cute & shy smile on those dimpled face when he shook your hands after autographin the tix. Wu Chun(吳尊) was just too engrossed in autographin & also, I think still not-quite-yet-over w/the chat he had w/my cousin... he just thanked me twice only while shakin hands. So after everythin ended, we hit our cars & return home. Throughout the journey to my house, she was really super duper happy! *Hahaha~ she will get a good happy dream tonite!*
  
  

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• Compact camera

  Saturday, Nov 1, 2008 8:25PM / Standard Entry

  Mom said she'll sponsor me a new camera, so that I can dump my current cam - Olympus C-770 Ultra Zoom

  Her blood boils each time I take photos using my current old cam...
  
  I'm eyein on Olympus Mju 1010...
  http://www.olympusimage.com.sg/products/compact/mju_series/mju1010/
  

  My bro & colleauge both suggests Sony~ as they favour that brand more... which leads to T300...
  http://www.sony.com.sg/microsite/cybershot/products/t300/index.html
  
  
  Any feedbacks/suggestions/recommendations?

  
  

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• I'm fallin sick...

  Saturday, Nov 1, 2008 12:30AM / Standard Entry

  yet again...

  catch up later...

  my nose doesn't belong to me, my throat doesn't belong to me...

  best part... i dunn even think my life belongs to me...

  just a walkin corpse maybe...

   

  My battlewin's still waitin inside my cabinet for me...
  

  
  

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• hide Memorial Summit 2008

  Monday, Jun 2, 2008 1:29AM / Standard Entry

  Some of you who know me, will know that 1 of my fave Jap artiste is hide (松本秀人 Matsumoto Hideto). Well~ although Takuya Kimura (SMAP member) was the 1st Jap artiste to capture my attention, but Luna Sea stole my attention away within 6 months. Ultimately, it was hide whom made me went crazy up to the extent of secretly buying a 1-week air-ticket to Japan when I just turned 19! *Hahaha~ can that be considered an accomplishment?* Even though he has passed away by the time I went crazy over him, but still... he lives on within all his friends & fans forever. Earlier last month on May 3 & May 4 @ Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo Japan, his brother & good friend, Yoshiki organized & produced a "hide memorial summit" in memory of his 10th death anniversary. A total of 18 artistes participated in the 2-day event.
  
  May 3 - hide w/Spread Beaver, T.M.Revolution, RIZE, DJ OZMA, マキシマム ザ ホルモン, Daizy Stripper, Versailles, Hurdy Gurdy, Phantasmagoria & MarBell.
  
  May 4 - X-JAPAN, Luna Sea, Dir en Grey, Oblivion Dust, MUCC, D'espairsRay, The Underneath & Heidi. Man~ the lineup really got the adrenaline in me blasting with energy! OMF GAWD~ Spread Beaver, Luna Sea, X, TMR, DeG!!! I MUST WATCH THIS CONCERT BY HOOK OR BY CROOK MAN! Spread Beaver's perf was cool~ Chirolyn... hmmn~ the man seems to have toned down in his craziness quite a bit & Kiyoshi~ his image that night really kindda reminds me of Kanda Yu (D.Gray-Man). *hahaha* Luna Sea's perf was great too~ man~ my fave band of all times! Hohoho~ Inoran... & oh~ wasn't it sweet of Sugizo to have actually kissed hide's pic(you'll see that if you've watched the perf) on stage? The mind-blowing part that rocked & shocked me a whole load was when X-JAPAN & Luna Sea collaborated for 2 songs & you got to see Yoshiki playing hide's guitar & later part, Shinya playing on Inoran's guitar! Man~ drummers on guitars, hahahaha~ that really made my eyes popped out of it's socket!!
  
  
  *I do a pink hair when I miss him too much... a red one on-off too*
  Well~ there is simply tooooooooooo many things to talk about hide, way too much for me to speak of all within 1 entry... it can almost be as thick as writing a dictionary. I would seriously recommend interested parties to go google him up & you can find loads of info regarding him. And go youtube or crunchyroll or tudou the videos, you'll be rocked!
  
  

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