1 Out of 7 Billion
The world is getting smaller everyday but a lifetime is not enough to explore it. My adventure starts in Singapore.
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Perfect Love – Alex Fong and Stephy Tang
August 30, 2008
After more than one year of humming and asking my friends to help me guess the title of the song and its singer, I accidentally came across what could probably be my most favorite Cantonese duet.
I first heard this song way back May 2007 when my HK buddy William chose it for the open KTV bar we went to during my visit. He sang it with one of our female friends.
I listened to Alex Fong’s latest album “2008 New + Best CD + Karaoke DVD” during one of my flights on SQ and thought I’d look for it when I return to Singapore. And I’m glad I did. Not only is it a good album but it also happens to contain “Perfect Love” which he sang with Stephy Tang.
Here are a few videos :
1) Music Video
2) KTV version (lyrics)
3) Instrumental / piano version (live performance by a pianist)
I have to learn this song by yearend. Thanks to Marlene for the pinyin lyrics!
十分・愛 (方力申+鄧麗欣合唱版)
合：分手後一分鐘 便有後悔聲音
fun sao hao yat fun zhong bin yao hao fui seng yan
能傷我最深的人 應得我心
nang seung ngor zui sum dek yan yin dak ngor sum
女：應該漠不關心 然而還著緊
ying goi mok but guan sum yin yi one zhok gun
男：當攬緊他人 想起跟你熱吻
dong lan gun ta yan seung hei gan nei yit mun
合：愛過太深 原來身體會疑問
aoi guo tai sum yun loy san tai wui yi mun
再沒法可適應別人
zoi mut fa hor sek ying bit yan
願醉掉了 能容許你憐憫
yun zui diu liu nang yong hoy nei lin mun
男：早知不應試愛 (女:未放開) 便節哀
zou ji but ying see aoi mei fong hoy bin jik aoi
女：有情人
yao qing yan
合：日日夜夜同分開感慨
yit yit yeah yeah tong fun hoy gum koi
男：避開 女：願你改 男：一個 女：小小意外
bay hoy yun nei goi yat gor siew siew yi why
男：未悔恨我未會知
mei hui hun ngor mei hui ji
合：不散不愛
but san but aoi
男：心 女：話放開 男：未放開
sum wa fong hoy mei fong hoy
女：雨驟來
yu zao luoy
合：才能提示真愛是確實存在
coi nang tai si zan aoi si kok sat chwin zoi
愛滿分竟是換來 痛亦滿分
aoi mun fun geng si wun loy tong yik mun fun
可否錯一次以後 一直愛
ho fow cor yat qi yi ho yat zi aoi
合：分手後天天都 是最重要起身
fun sao hao tin tin dou si zui zong you hey sang
皮膚有你的指紋 刻得太深
pay fu yao nei dik zi mun hark dak tai sum
女：應該漠不關心 然而還著緊
ying goy mok but guan sum yin yi one zhok gun
男：當攬緊他人 想起跟你熱吻
dong lan gun ta yan seung hei gan nei yit mun
合：愛過太深 原來身體會疑問
oi guo tai sum yun loy san tai wui yi mun
再沒法可適應別人
zoi mut fa hor sek ying bit yan
願醉掉了 能容許你憐憫
yun zui diu liu nang yong hoy nei lin mun
男：早知不應試愛 (女:未放開) 便節哀
zou ji but ying see aoi mei fong hoy bin jik aoi
女：有情人
yao qing yan
合：日日夜夜同分開感慨
yit yit yeah yeah tong fun hoy gum koi
男：避開 女：願你改 男：一個 女：小小意外
bay hoi yun nei goi yat gor siew siew yi why
男：未悔恨我未會知
mei hui hun ngor mei hui ji
合：不散不愛
but san but aoi
男：心 女：話放開 男：未放開
sum woot fong hoy mei fong hoy
女：雨驟來
yu zao luoy
合：才能提示真愛是確實存在
coi nang tai si zan aoi si kok sat chwin zoi
愛滿分竟是換來 痛亦滿分
aoi mun fun geng si wun loy tong yik mun fun
可否錯一次以後
ho fow cor yat qi yi ho
男：早知不應試愛 (女:未放開) 便節哀
zou ji but ying see aoi mei fong hoy bin jik aoi
女：有情人
yao qing yan
合：日日夜夜同分開感慨
yit yit yeah yeah tong fun hoy gum koi
男：避開 女：願你改 男：一個 女：小小意外
bay hoi yun nei goi yat gor siew siew yi why
男：未悔恨我未會知
mei hui hun ngor mei hui ji
合：不散不愛
but san but aoi
男：心 女：話放開 男：未放開
sum wa fong hoy mei fong hoy
女：雨驟來
yu zao luoy
合：才能提示真愛是確實存在
coi nang tai si zan aoi si kok sat chwin zoi
愛滿分竟是換來 痛亦滿分
aoi mun fun geng si wun loy tong yik mun fun
可否錯一次以後 一直愛
ho fow cor yat qi yi ho yat zi aoi
Who is :
Facebook Profile Photo (Semifinalist)
August 27, 2008
I don’t consider myself as a cam whore. But I know several who are (in a nice way).
Had lunch with the fam at Changi terminal 3. Compared with the Din Xiao Er branch at Vivo City, we found the one at T3 less crowded.
I really find the natural light at T3 awesome. I look lighter than usual in photos haha.
Here’s a creative shot my sister took when I was practicing the art of self-photography.
Canon takes a shot of the Panasonic shot
Concluding Note on the 2008 Beijing Olympics
August 25, 2008
Reuters came out with the Top 10 moments of the Beijing Olympics. I saw the article over at Yahoo News (Singapore). I’m glad they included the three (3) which I will remember about the recently-concluded Olympics.
- Michael Phelps roars in triumph and relief after American team mate Jason Lezak overtook France’s Alain Bernard on the final leg of the 4×100 freestyle relay to keep alive Phelps’s dream of beating Mark Spitz’s record from 1972 of seven golds in a Games – a dream he was to realize.
- Liu Xiang dejectedly walks away from the track as he realizes he has to withdraw from the defence of his 110 meters hurdles title because of a leg injury. Liu was the most popular sportsman in China and his grimacing departure clouded the Games for millions of home fans.
I really would have wanted to see him get the gold medal after all the publicity and product endorsements! Get well soon!
- The Opening Ceremony. It emerged that some of the performance seen on television had been enhanced by computers, a child singer was replaced by a supposedly prettier face to mime to her voice and representatives of China’s ethnic minorities were no such thing. But it was a jaw-dropping beginning to the Games, culminating in former gymnast Li Ning being swung up the roof of the stadium and ‘running’ around the top level before lighting the cauldron.
I’m glad I recorded the Opening. I’m sure it will be in my DVD recorder hard drive for quite awhile, maybe until the commemorate DVD comes out (not sure if there will be one).
London 2012 Olympics
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Artsy August 2008
August 24, 2008
Here are the productions I caught this month.
Sun, 10 August (Drama Centre Theatre, National Library)
The Swordfish then The Concubine
Synopis (from Singapore Theatre Festival website) :
Swordfish attack Singapura, terrorising its citizens. A boy saves the kingdom by lining the beach with banana stems. But the Sultan, at his ministers’ advice, has the boy executed.
A generation later, the Sultan’s successor, his son, breaks the covenant between subject and ruler when he has his concubine publicly executed on trumped-up charges, bringing untold shame to her family. Sure enough, an armada of ships from the Majapahit empire soon appears on the horizon, and threatens Singapura’s supremacy.
Directed by: Ivan Heng
Written by: Kee Thuan Chye
Cast : Syazwan bin Borhan, Alecia Kim Chua, Gerald Chew, Gordon Choy, Farhan Hassan, Sani Hussin, Lim Yu-Beng, Timothy Nga, Judy Ngo, Rodney Oliveiro, Farahliza Ong, Najib Soiman, Darius Tan, Tony Quek, Elena Wang
Presented by : W!LD RICE
Sat, 23 August (Esplanade Theater Studio)
Own Time Own Target
Synopis (from Singapore Theatre Festival website) :
Two comedies and a musical all about NS – why we hate it, love it, fear it and ultimately, can’t live without it!
FULL TANK by Laremy Lee
In the midst of a desperate island-wide search for an *oops* escaped terrorist, Sergeant Leroy and his motley crew hijack a tank and go AWOL, embarking on a joyride through Singapore’s streets! Are they criminals or heroes? Or just plain crazy? Join them on a hilariously bizarre and uniquely Singaporean road-trip!
RADIO SILENCE by Laremy Lee
An NSF officer and his way driver are lost in the jungle, their unspecified mission taking them deeper and deeper into a no man’s land where rank can break down as quickly as the radio…
BOTAK BOYS by Julian Wong
BMT is every Singaporean male’s nightmare. Or is it? Experience the heartache, the bravery and the rude shocks as Justin and his blur buddies sing and dance their way through Tekong! Will he find friends? Will his secret be exposed? Will he survive to become even more of a man?
Directed by : Jonathan Lim
Written by : Laremy Lee (Radio Silence & Full Tank) , Julian Wong (Botak Boys)
Cast: Nelson Chia, Hang Qian Chou, Dwayne Lau, Jonathan Lum, Ghazali Muzakir, Nick Shen Weijun, Hansel Tan, Terence Tay
Presented by : W!LD RICE
Rainy Weekend in Singapore
August 24, 2008
I tell my friends that when it’s about to rain here in Singapore, it feels like the world is about to end.
I like it when it rains especially when I have my reliable H&M black foldable umbrella inside my weekend bag or when I’m stuck indoors with no immediate appointment to head to.
Here’s my rather “don’t drive too fast, Mr cab driver” journey from Changi Terminal 3 back to my place this Saturday early afternoon.
Changi Airport area
Along the ECP highway
Before Marina Bay area
Singapore Flyer cold and wet
Keppel Island
August 16, 2008
Took an early morning stroll at Keppel Island which is almost at the southern tip of Singapore.
Two restaurants and one cafe inside the Marina at Keppel Bay club
Rather own a yacht than a car; on 2nd thought, rather own both!
Harbourfront on the left, Sentosa on the right
Saturday morning lifeguard wannabe shot
The wood panels still look very new.
Early Star Cruise arrival
Marina at Keppel Bay site
Where is Keppel Island? map
MAAD Market
August 11, 2008
In a moment of brilliance, I remembered that the MAAD market was happening at the Red Dot Museum at the beginning of August (so this is a really late entry!).
MAAD stands for Market of Artists and Designers. It happens every first weekend of the month. Lots of interesting stuff, mostly those you can’t easily find in retail outlets around Singapore. It’s a good venue for artists and designers to showcase their wares.
The Red Dot Museum has red windows.
I was able to buy several items during previous visits (i.e. customised laptop cases, transparent laptop stand, bracelets for friends). In this trip, I got a humorous book about the unique aspects of Japan, a box of postcards on Beijing, a compilation of award winning love stories and poems.
One thing that was different from this month’s MAAD was an area where you can pay SGD8 for art class students to draw a portrait of you based on their vantage point. You sit still at one spot and they do the work. I was conscious of being looked so I didnt go for it. Maybe next time.
Area for local artists to perform surrounded by market stalls
More stalls selling great stuff
I also realised during such visit that the Red Dot Museum was walking distance from the Tanjong Pagar MRT station. I usually take the cab to the musem. Always good to learn alternative ways to reach a spot.
Singapore MRT Train Network :
Red Dot Museum is very near Maxwell Foodhouse, a popular hawker center. You should try to porridge when you have the chance!
Beijing Olympic Flame
August 10, 2008
The Beijing 2008 Olympics Opening Ceremonies were spectacular.
Olympic flame lighting 101.
Li Ning, former Chinese gymnast made a dramatic run as images of previous Olympics were flashed on the upper section of the stadium. Suspension wires at their finest!
Here’s another creative way of lighting the Olympic flame — seen at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics
Welcome to Beijing!
August 8, 2008 — 2 Comments
As far as I can remember, I’ve never been THAT interested in the Olympics.
I remember buying Olympic souvenirs though while living in Sydney in 2001 but that was after the games. Haha. That doesn’t really count as supporting the games, does it?
I think I can trace my lukewarm affinity to the summer games to the fact that there wasn’t much coverage in the Philippines when I was living there. There were only a few events that get shown on TV — boxing and basketball — and more often than not, the viewers would need to stay up really late and sleep in sorrow.
I’m trying to recall how I began developing an interest in the Beijing Olympics. Hmm.
1) The VISA advertisements in Golden Village cinema ? First, it was this famous Chinese hurdles champ Liu Xiang, then the one that features Jackie Chan.
Liu Xiang’s ad
2) 5566? They performed at the Asia Beatbox Championship and sang “Welcome to Beijing” which a lot of people seemed to know. I bought their album because of that song but here’s the video. I must admit I attempted to follow the Sunday variety show-inspired dance moves!
3) All the controversy surrounding the torch relay in Europe and the US? Olympics have a political angle too. So it was refreshing to see HK stars (and a few showbiz wannabees) battling it out to carry the torch.
4) Publicity generated by modern Olympic venues?
(Photo courtesy of Guo Lei/Xinhua) Bird's Nest / Beijing National Stadium. Took 5 years and US$500m (S$683m) to build. Capacity of 91,000 pax. Exterior built of steel.
National Aquatics Center or Water Cube. Cost : US$200m. It is the largest structure to be fitted with ETFE (lightweight version of teflon which allows more light penetration and heat absorption).
Interior of Water Cube. Has three swimming pools and a seating capacity of 17,000.
5) Official Olympic merchandise?
Beibei is the Fish, Jingjing is the Panda, Huanhuan is the Olympic Flame, Yingying is the Tibetan Antelope and Nini is the Swallow
I also have a copy of the official Beijing 2008 Olympic Games soundtrack. Contains 2 CDs. My favorite track is Jay Chou’s song, “Over My Shoulder” / “Qian Shan Wan Shui” (video below).
We are moments away from the Opening Ceremonies (happening 08.08.08 at 08.08pm). Directed by filmmaker Zhang Yimou. I’m sure it will be a grand spectacle that gives justice to the rich Chinese culture and heritage.
Enjoy China’s “Coming Out to the World” party!
My TV guide and DVD recorder are ready. “Citius, Altius, Fortius” (faster, higher, stronger). Let the Games begin!
Official Beijing Olympics site
Mediacorp TV Olympic coverage schedule (Singapore viewers only)
Congratulations
August 6, 2008 — 3 Comments
Philippine All Stars at the 2008 World Hip Hop Championship
