JYJ the music essay

JYJ's new song reveal their feelings about their previous company. Combine the words and the music it really get me angry with SM company. Nicely composed and written. =)

Have I ever told you this?

After a probation period lasting a few months in 2003, we, the team members, finished our first task with ease.
In 2004, we were the employees of the month with countless top results, but we couldn't be content with just that.
We were unable to contain ourselves and we started wanting more.

2005, we embarked into the overseas market.
We thought everything would go smoothly like in had in Korea.
On our first attempt, we had the worst possible results and that is when my confidence started to lower.
A language we couldn't even speak.
An imprisonment that they said was not an imprisonment but for our own good.
An excessive amount of solitude, tears and rage, these were what made us one.
Saying that we wouldn't part ways no matter what happened, saying that we should always be together, saying that we should resemble one another's good points.
We said these things within our hearts and kept running.

One day, finally, we reached that top position we had so earnestly wanted.
We took our phones and contacted our families and friends.
That day had finally come.
From that point on, everything went so well.
Records, selling hundreds and thousands.
Winning every award out there and harvesting the fruits of our labor.
It felt like even when we cried, the tears fell gracefully.

The reason we were happier than any joy or sorrow.
We who never gave up and ran until the end.
The reason we were stronger than anything else, it was because we were one.

You have already changed.
(I can't stay in that spot forever.)
I'll be the first to turn my back to you.
(I can't just shed tears forever.)
Even though you keep getting further away, I'll continue to call out your name.
(Fly me high into that sky.)

We had been running for quite some time.
When we were surrounded by the unexpected big wall, we thought, "Has it always been this dark?"
That stayed in my mind for a long time.

Once this happened, with the steady growing business expenses and increasing debts, the situation became something I could no longer handle on my own.
Our CEO had once said these words to us, "Tell me whenever you need something because we will always be like family to each other."
"Tell me whenever you need something."
Remembering those words, I took the courage to call him and ask him a favor.
Though I had a strange feeling inside, he was the only one I could rely on at that time because we were like a family that would always be together.

Though I had built up the courage to ask him a favor, all I got in return was a cold refusal.
His words made me so mad but I contained myself and asked him once more to help me out.
He hung up on me.

I couldn't stop the tears streaming down my face.
I couldn't think straight because he wasn't the family I had always thought he was until that point.
When he needed us, we were family to him.
When we needed him, we were strangers to him.

More amazing things happened as time continued pass.
Hearing that we had finally struck gold overseas and brought in result so unbelievably astronomical, I walked into the office with a bounce in my step to receive my pay.

Our team members were looking at each other with enthusiasm.
We complimented each other's hard work.
However, the statement of accounts we received said we were at a deficit.
I though I hadn't looked at the figures correctly so I looked at them again.
Everything was listed under the expenses.
Damn it, how could have all of the money we earned go towards paying expenses?
What kind of expenses were there to make that much money vanish?

I couldn't believe my eyes so I asked them to show me the detailed statement of accounts that I'd never seen before.
They told me they'd show it to me, but I never got to see those few sheets of paper because I did was work.

The number of questions I had increased as time passed.
The headaches grew the more our team members got together and discussed it.
If I were to ask just one last thing...
Are the things we do for the company and really and completely things that are for the company?

Sure, let's say they were.
We, the kind souls, will that one slide.
We will forget about it, for the company and for us who have been together for so many years.
But, that isn't right, those aren't things you should be saying to us.

Were you seriously planning on disappointing us until the very end?
When you called, all you would talk about were our team members behind their backs, it was so difficult to trust you.

This is exactly like what our seniors told us.
Did you want to keep only the ones who would still willingly make money for you?
A senior told me that they family the company always talked about would make it hard for us to keep going if we ever left the company.
Those words refuse to leave my mind.

Though I have so much more to say, I can't because I get so frustrated at the thought that someone will torment us even more when this song is released.

Anyway, even though life is hard, we are working hard and doing well.
We are trying to really smile though we continue to be tormented.
This effort of ours is not the effort of a mere product, it is the effort that is driven by the thought that we want to die without any regrets when we leave this earth.

Yes, in the end, it's JYJ.
Yesterday and tomorrow, though I've thought about it all day, I can truly feel the difference between then and now at 25, my age.
I will now put this pen down, but my heart is at ease at this moment because I am able to feel the love of our fans.

I'm thinking about sharing the load I've kept within my heart all this time.
Though nothing is ever easy, my heart is at ease.
I'm happy because we have our fans as our family.
I'm always thinking of you all.
I love you.

So, could you believe in us until the end?
Could you tell us that you love us?
We will work hard until the end, so could you always stay be our side?

Because we still have you and you still have us.

I promise that I will show you everything in due time.
Yes, we are JYJ.

You have raised the palace walls and firmly closed the door.
They say that love is not imprisonment, love is letting go so that you can fly freely, but I don't even expect that much.
For we, who you have made, are not even worth half of half of that.
We are nothing but eternal frogs living in a well.

Though I still have much to say, I will end it here.


KOREAN LYRICS
내가 이런 얘기 한적 있나

2003년 몇 개월수습 기간을 마치고 팀원들이 첫 과제를 가뿐히 해치운 우리
2004년 이 달의 사원, 수많은 최고 실적, 그것만으로 만족할 수가 앖었던 우리 어 이상 참지
못하고 더 많은걸 바라기 시작했지

2005년 해외 진출, 한국에서처럼 모든 것이 수월할 줄 알았어.
첫 도전, 최악의 실적을 기록하고 그떄부터 자신감은 추락하고 말았어.

되지도 않은 언어
매일 숙소와 회사만
우릴 외한다는 구속 아닌 구속으로만

지나친 고독과 눈물과 분노
이것이 우릴 하나로 만들었고
행여나 어떤 일이 있어도 헤어지지 말자며
늘 함께하자며

사로가 좋은 면들만 닮아가자며
마음 먹고 달려나란 우린

드디어 어느 날 고토록 간절히도 바라왔던 최고를 한 거야.
각자 핸드폰을 잡고 가족과 친구에게 연락을 한거야.

그날이 다가오 거야
그때부터 모든것들이 잘 풀리기 시작했어

몇 십만 거의 실적, 상이란 상은 아 휩쓸고 성과를 실감했어
눈물은 훌러도 부드럽게 떨어지는 기분

어떤 기쁨, 슬픔보다 행복했던 이유

끝까지 포기 않고 달려온 우린
어떤 감함보다 가함, 역시 하나라는 이유

이미 변한 네게
(항상 그자리에 설 수 없어요)
먼저 돌아설게
(항상 눈물 흘릴 수도 없었죠)
점점 더 멀어져 가는 너의 이름만 불러볼게
(저 하늘 멀리 날 날려주세요)

한참을 달려왔나
생각지도 못한 큰 벽에 가려지고
이렇게 어두웠나라는 생각이 한참 머릿속에 머물렀어

함번은 이런 일이 있었어
커져가는 영업비에, 늘어가는 빚에
혼자서는 감당할 수 없는 일이기에

예전에 사장님께서 건네셨단 말
필요한 것이 있으면 말해라, 우린 언제나 서로 가족이니까

뭐든 필요하면 말해라
그말에 용기를 내어 전화를 걸어 부탁을 드렸어

뭔가 느낌은 이상했지만 의자할 수 있는 전부였으나까
우린 영원히 함께 할 그런 가족이니까.

용기를 내서 부탁했지만 돌아온 건 냉정한 거절뿐
그 말에 너무 화가 났지만 참고 부탁을 다시 한 번 드렸어

전화를 끊었어

흘러나오는 눈물을 멈출 수가 없었어
내가 그동안 믿어왔던 가족이 아니란 색각에 혼란스러워졌어

우리를 필요로 할 떈 가족, 우리가 필요로 할 땐 남.

갈수록 신기한 일들만 많아져 가는 기분
드디어 해외에서 대박을 만들어 상상치도 못한 실적을 올렸단 소리에
가변운 걸음오로 급여 날 회사로 들어갔어

팀원들 서로 다 들뜬 눈빛으로 서로를 마주 보았어
열심히 했다며 서로를 칭친했어

그때 받은 정산서엔 실적이 마이너스
내가 본 것이 질못 본 거라 생각하고 다시 확인을 해보니
모든 것이 경비다.
젠장, 그 많던 게 다 경비로 빠졌다.
어떤 경비길래 그 많던 게 어디로 날아가?

도무지 믿을 수가 없어서 정산한 적이 없는 정산 내역서를 보여달라고 했어.
알았다며 보여주겠다며 그렇게 몇 자의 내역서를 결국 보지 못한 채 일만 했서.

시간이 흐르면 흐를수록 궁금증은 커져가,
팀원들 머리를 모아 생각하면 할수럭 머리만 아파가.

마지막으로 한 마디만 더 한다면야
회사 위해 한 일들이
정말 진심으로 회사를 위한 것이었냐?

그래 그렇게 했다 쳐. 착한 우리가 지나쳐 줄게.
그래도 몇 년간 함께 해온 우리, 회사를 위해 잊어줄게.
그래도 그건 아니잖아, 우리에게 할 말은 아니었잖아.

마지막까지 우릴 실망시키려고 아주 작정을 한 거냐?
걸려온 전화에 한다는 말이 팀원의 됫담화 정말 믿기 힘드렀다

선배들의 말이랑 똑같아. 돈 벌 놈은 남게 하고 싶었냐?
회사에서 말한 가족에게 회사 나가면 힘들어질 거란 말을 한
그 윗부의 말이 머릿속에서 떠나질 않는다.

더욱 어 할말이 많지만 이 노래 나가고
누군가가 더욱 어 우리들을 괴롭힐 생각하니 짜증나서 더는 더 못하겠어.

아무튼 우린 힘들었지만 열심히 잘 살아가고 있어.
그 누구의 괴롭힘에도 정말 웃으려고 노력하고 있어.

이건 우라가 상품으로서의 노력이 절대 아니야
인간으로서 내가 죽는 날
후회하고 싶지 안다는 노력인 것 뿐이야

그래 결국은 JYJ,

어제와 내일, 하루종일 생각해봐도
그때와 지금의 차이를 느낄 수 있는 25, 나의 나이

이제 그만 펜을 놓으려고 해
그래도 나 지금 마음은 편해

편의 사랑을 느낄 수 있으니...
마음 한 켠에 샿인 짐을 털어버틸까 해.
쉬운 일이 없다지만 속 편해
우린 팬이란 가족을 가졌으니까 행복해
늘 생각해 너흴...
사랑해.

그러니 끝까지 우리 믿어줄 수 있겠니
사랑한다고 얘기할 수 있겠니
언제까지나 우린 노력할테니 늘 우리 곁에 있어줄 수 있겠니

아직 우리에겐 너희들이 있으니
너희에겐 우리둘이 있으니

약속해, 모든걸 걸고 보여줄께
그래 우린 JYJ

성벽을 높이고 문도 굳게 닫았네
사랑은 구속하지 않는 법이라잖아
사랑은 자유롭게 놓아주는 것
그것 따윈 바라지도 않아
그 반의 반의 반도 못한 너희들이 만든 우리는 영원한 우물 안 개구기
아직 하고 싶은 이야기가 많은데
우늘은 여기까가지만 할게

Blissful weekend =)

Last weekend had been blissful. =)

Went for monthly meet but turned out Kuna's mum was admitted to hospital. So the first aid class was canceled. We then went to have dimsum at Jalan Ipoh while having a short meeting about updates of Raleigh. Wasn't really awake by then (summore me need time to warm up to break the ice to the outer world one.. lol), so most of the time I was dreaming during the meeting. Muahaha..

Then some of us went to kayak after the meeting at Taman Titiwangsa.

(Tanning themselves under the noon sun)

And I went to fly kite beside the lake they kayak with Pipo and June.



Then after kayaking, they had their kayak team photos.



And then we take group photos of the kayak and the kite. =)





(I like the way I look here. Muahaha.. looks like Ko Mi Nam in the Korean drama, I mean the hair looks like her. =P)

Kayaking is a very tiring game. I'd have to dry yourself under the sun and after kayaking you have to pour the water out of the kayak and carry them back to the storeroom. They are damn heavy wei!





Have to rest the hand from time to time to carry them back to the storeroom which is about 200m from the lake.

And then I had fun joining the nonsense talk in Zed's car. =)

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Then Sunday I went to sing K with Kexin, Adam and Jia Yaw. Kexin came back from holiday from Japan. Miss her so much! But not as much as Adam la. Adam missed her so much that he asked me twice to arrange a meet up with Kexin. lol. So there we were, in Redbox singing Bad Romance by Lady Gaga and only remembered the "Rawr Rawr Oh la la" part. lol. We had lots of laughter thanks to joker Adam.

But Redbox was really tricky. They only let us sang for 2 hours which dampened our moods a lot! So we continued chatting about everything at Full House. Again we were dampened by the very yucky drinks. They said my mango milk shake tasted the worst which resembles the smell of toilet fragrance. The last time I went Full House I had bad experience with the food also. So, if you all wanna have good food DO NOT go Full House!! But the good about Full House is that the interior is so beautiful and we can take picture with the glasses displayed there. (Will put up the pictures as soon as Kexin upload it in FB, if she does).

After Jia Yaw left, 3 of us went to take picture with the crazy bar-like glasses, some shades, some ties and Adam with a bra-tube in front of his chest. Muahaha. Adam was very attractive that day. Two waitresses blushed when they saw him. One when ordering the food and one when taking photos of him wearing the bra-tube. Then 3 of us squeezed into the changing room and had loads of crazy photos like Adam showing his muscle, us acting like models. lol... All those tiny little crazy things made us burst us into laughter. =) We had fun in there. (Awww.. I really wish I can see how the photos look like. hehe..)

I love those crazy moments.

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Then afterwards I went Zhuang's house to give tuition. After tuition and dinner, we chatted and took funny photos, again. But this time was by my part time photographer cousin. And there I got my Bruise Lee look photographed and photoshoped by him. Thanks so much JC! I love this photo so much!


I'm a very lousy actress lo. Kept rolling on the ground laughing when Zhuang and Mei started laughing at my facial expression. This is like the 3rd or 4th take. =P

I was supposed to imitate Bruce Lee when he says "ATTA!!"

After that Zhuang reminded me that my T-shirt says "Explain to me AGAIN why I need a boyfriend". Plus that expression on my face, it looks like I'm extremely fed up with people asking me "Do you have a bf yet? Why still not yet have bf? Get one la..." (especially during CNY....). So the photo says "ATTA!!~~ Ask me again and you'll be ATTA-ed!" lol... Kidding.

Me like this weekend!

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I attach one song here la. Say Hey (I Love You) by Michael Franti. Very relaxing song! =) I like this genre. Go check out the MV in Youtube, it's very simple and cute. =)

你要的爱

Recently keep hearing this old song on radio: 你要的爱 by Penny Tai. It's one of the theme songs in Taiwan Meteor Garden Drama.



Can only found this 你要的爱 MV on Youtube. I dun think it's the original one. Maybe it's a fan video. But my purpose is to attach the song here. Nice song right? After listening to this song I felt suddenly relaxed. No more stress and tension. =)

Let the brain work tomorrow, now all I need is serenity. =)

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When I was looking for the MV on Youtube I found this:



Reminds me of the scenes in the drama. My goosebumps came out when I finished watching. And the first thought that came to my mind was "Damn.. All these are so unreal and fairytale. How could I idolized this kind of fairytale? lol"

Cameron + Ipoh trip

Just came back from Cameron trip with the girls.

We stopped by Ipoh and had the famous taugeh at Kong Heng Coffee shop. The shop was so fullt seated that we had to stand beside the table to watch (and give pressure to) the customers so that they could leave their table and let us sit down.


Popiah. Nice but got har mai which I dun eat. hehe..


Taugeh. Nice!


Satay. So so la.


Hard boiled egg in tea


Beef noodle. Delicious! Even better than the one in my hometown. I like the radish!!

Then at Cameron we visited the strawberry sanctuary opposite Equatorial Hotel. Have to climb a little tar road slope to get to the shop.




Maybe we overrated strawberries in Cameron. It's actually not really sweet. It was very sour!



We also went to the pasar near the Equatorial Hotel.


I bought a strawberry dip chocolate stick. The strawberry was soggy and the chocolate was artificial. Not nice.

Then we had steamboat dinner with organic vegetables. The tomyam soup was good. Maybe it's the weather.



Then we visited the pasar malam. Had very tasty strawberry ice stick. Bought yellow colour cherry tomatoes (which is surprisingly tasty just like those red ones) and a cactus for Alia (my colleague).


Spot me!


I'm still biting on the strawberry ice stick

We stayed at a very very nice holiday home, called Arabella Holiday Home. The outside looks like a very European style bangalow.






I love love love the compound area!!


I found this picture from Google. It's not the room we stayed. I guess this room is first floor one. But the room we stayed looks something like this la.. But the room we stayed has 2 queen size beds and space enough to put 5 more tilams. And the bedsheet, pillow, floor were very clean! The bedsheet and comforter smelled like home. Got very clean detergent smell. Hehe. The floor was shiny and clean. Thumbs up for this holiday home. Next time if I come Cameron I wanna stay here again.


Then the next day went Boh tea plantation and its factory. Took lots of pictures with the tea plants there. Had a sip at the Boh tea cafe.

Then visited the boring Big Red Strawberry Farm where we were not allowed to touch the plants. The strawberry ice stick was not as nice as the one sold in the pasar malam. And the vege sold there looks expensive to buy.

So we didn't manage to pluck strawberries in the farm but I'm satisfied having to touch the tea plants. =) And climbed a little to the top of the tea plantation which was like about 170m only. Keke. But it did killed my "hiking withdrawal symptom" a bit. lol... And the fog and cooling morning weather was refreshing. I love that trek.

Summore I met a Korean family at the top. Their kids walked very slow in front of us. So they keep asking their kids to walk faster down the hill. Then I told them "kwenchanayo" (means it's ok). Then the young couple was very surprised and looked at me. Then the guy asked me "are you Korean or Chinese?" in English. At that moment I was so excited. So I tried to answer in Korean but my mind was suddenly blank! So I wanted to reply him in English. But I suddenly dun even know how to reply him in English. I was like "Korean.. errr.. err... no.. not Korean" =.= I'm really useless. But luckily I managed to squeeze in the sentence hankukeoreul baewoyo. Seriously I need to practice more on my Korean speaking.

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Erm by the way, I just sat for my Korean exam just now. I got 94% this time! It's way better than I thought. I thought I can only get 70+. Teacher was being generous coz got a few questions I answered wrongly because of misinterpret the meaning of the questions, but she didn't minus mark from there.

Since I told myself I'm gonna treat myself a good meal if I get 90% and above for the exam, I'm gonna look for nice food tomorrow after work. Muahahaha..

p/s: More photos to come =). Photo taken by Audrey (for the Cameron part) and me (for the Ipoh part).
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Heard this song on Audrey's car during the trip. Very cute song very 林宇中 called 幸福马戏团. I like the chorus part! =)

Christmas ticking closer =)

Tonight I have art tuition. I worked until 7.30pm then went to a Malay restaurant nearby my company to have dinner and went straight to Global Arts. When I reached the centre it was 8pm sharp.

When I was there, Teacher Celine said she's going home if there's only few students coming. She would pass the whole class to me. And she did, coz only 7 students turned up. When Teacher Celine left, the class went upside down. Gosh! I couldn't control the boys running around playing with balloons. =.= They were not even scared of me, even when I asked them to sit down in a stern voice. Sigh.. Not garang enough la. Maybe I should try shouting at them next time.

After the class I had to wipe the desk and sweep the floor all by myself. I did it so slow until Teacher Caron had to wait for me outside the centre, ready to close the main door of the centre. Gosh! I should learn to speed up in the future. Actually I should ask the kids to keep their things 5 minutes before the class ends, then I would have more time to clean the room. Hmm..

By the way, I got my first Christmas present from Teacher Caron!

My all time favourite: Chocolate!!!


Yummy!!

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Heard this song on radio. It's a Chinese Christmas song. My previous zero Christmas mood is finally turned on because of this song. I'm all ready for Christmas now!! =)



I think this is from one of the Christmas songs, something with "tick tock tick tock" one. I dun remember the name of the song but it's a cute song. And this Chinese song reminds me of this Christmas song.

I love the part "Di da di da" part. So cute! And Lee Sheng Jie looks nice here. Keke.. I always think he looks like an uncle. But in this MV he looks younger.

Jingle Bell with Indian Santa?

Found this very funny video on FB.

Bollywood version of Jingle Bell. I couldn't stop laughing when listening to this! lol.



Have fun! And Merry Christmas!

Jingle Bell with Rain

Found this cute video on one of my friend's FB link:

A bakery advertisement by Rain and Goo Hye Sun which is full of Christmas feel =)



His body language when the girl hugs the bear second time is very typical Korean style. lol.. Always see this in Korean drama one. =) I like his face expression when the third time the girl hugs the bear. Din know Rain can be this good in acting one.

Love and Freedom

Yesterday I heard this song over radio.

Love and Freedom by Danny Wan



After heard a part of the lyrics my eyes started to feel some moisture. The lyrics is so close to my stubbornness. Sorry mum if I've ever let you down. Dedicate this song to you, mum.

This is the part which caught my attention:

你地每次 日夜系度顶撞父母
话要追寻理想强调自由 set me free
讲一次 顶一次 唔会理解成件事
其实你地嘛咁霸道 咁自私
无错有时 父母真系好鬼过份猜疑
捻一捻 其实你地嘛系咁鬼无知
若然距地要放弃 早就已经放弃
唔史等到你地顶心顶肺 系度担心你
知唔知 其实做父母 不易做
为佐你好先至系度调整你前途
吾通得闲无嘢做 生你出来拿来吵
讲真你心里有数 边个为你好

Translate in broken English: (Find it so hard to translate canto into English... lol)

Every time you argue with your parents day and night
You want to fight for your freedom, see me free
Argue back every advice from them
You talk back every single word they said
You won't understand their whole point...
Aren't you selfish too?

Yes, indeed sometimes parents are over-suspicious
But think about it, aren't you being ignorant too?
If they want to give up on you they would have done it so much earlier
They won't wait till you've grown up till so rebellious and worry about you
Do you know it's hard being a parent
They plan for your future just for your own good
Abuthen they got nothing to do bring you to this world just to quarrel with you meh?
Actually you know it deep down who treat you well...


P/S: Can't help laughing at the translated purple line. That's the best I can do.. lol..

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Can't wait for the long weekend. It's Thursday tomorrow! Yoohoo!! Although work will be triple tomorrow but it's the last day of the week. =D Can't wait to rest!

My colour plates were in BioMalaysia

Went to BioMalaysia on Thursday. Visited Vivantis booth and my coloured agar plates. =P

They hanged them on the Christmas tree.


Can you find my plates? =) There were plenty hanging up there, with assorted colours.



Here's my most favourite orange colour plate =)

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Went to shop with Audrey last night at Pyramid.

Took some pictures of the clothes I tried on. Hmm, I guess this is not against the law right? Taking pictures of the clothes in changing room... I find it easier for me to decide which one to buy after taking the picture and reviewing it again and again after I left the changing room.


My eyes look different. Looks like I applied eyeliner. In fact I only applied foundation and lipstick. That's my eyelash I guess. =P


And hey! I still look chubby like last time lo, no? Mum said my face slimmed down a lot. I dun see that here. I bought this piece. I have very few long sleeve clothes in my closet. The weather is getting colder and the lab air cond has been working very well, too well till my T-shirt is no longer keeping me warm already.


Ignore my retarded expression. This piece looks very very nice on me! But I didn't buy it. Coz it's RM110, out of my budget. Secondly, I won't wear it often if I buy it, can't wear it to work also... But feel sad I didn't buy it... =(

Then went to Kitchen (I'm sure the shop name doesn't spell like this but I can't help calling it Kitchen whenver I wanna shop there) to try on some clothes too. Actually this shop sold very nice Korean style lady jackets but after trying these jackets just don't fit me. They look way too big for my size.

Something like this:

It's not practical to wear this in Malaysia la. But the jacket looks so cute!

I tried on this piece of dress.

A bit hip-hop style. I like the bottom part but the top singlet part is a bit too plain.

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Mei showed me this MV after our Chemistry tuition.

Butterfly by G-Dragon from Big Bang.

One Sweet Day - 장연주

Presenting my all time favourite song. Also my current ringtone. =)

One Sweet Day by Jang Yeon Ju(장연주). Took very long time to find this song in Youtube because all I could find was One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey.



햇살이 파도처럼 부서지는 이 아침
두 눈 비비고 큰 기지개
오늘은 어제보다 이만큼 더 행복할 거야
One sweet day

부드런 바람은 니 손길 날 간지럽혀
향긋한 꽃 내음은 너의 향기
나를 웃게 하는 마법

난나나 난나나 나나 난나나 나나
everyday sweet day
상큼한 너의 입술이 나의 두 볼에 닿을 때처럼

싱그런 초록 잎이 반짝이는 이 거리
자전거타고 또 한바퀴
어쩌면 너 하나로 내 모든 게 달라졌을까
One fine day

지나는 사람들 나무들 모두 다 안녕
푸르른 하늘과 사랑하는 니가 있는 지금 좋아

난나나 난나나 나나 난나나 나나
everyday fine day
이렇게 너와 둘이서 멋진 오늘을 함께 할거야

한 걸음 한 걸음 다가 오나봐
눈이 시리게 높은 하늘만큼 너를 사랑해

난나나 난나나 나나 난나나 나나
everyday sweet day
상큼한 너의 입술이 나의 두 볼에 닿을 때처럼

난나나 난나나 나나 난나나 나나 좋은 일들만
꿈처럼 내게 다가온 너와 단 둘이
everyday sweet day


If I manage to memorize this song, I'll be really proud of myself. =)

The great Yiruma

Been admiring his talents of composing nice music all these while since 2 years ago. Heng introduced me to one of his famous pieces, "Kiss the rain", and I instantly fell in love with the tunes!

He's Yiruma, a Korean musician, who plays piano with full of feelings. A great pianist he is!

A short description about Yiruma from Wiki:

"Yiruma is well-known throughout the world, and his albums are sold all over Asia, as well as the United States and Europe. His most famous pieces are "River Flows in You", "Kiss the Rain" and "Love Me". These pieces are widely mistaken as being associated with the movie Twilight. Although he formerly held dual citizenship as a citizen of the United Kingdom and South Korea, in July 2006 he gave up his British citizenship and entered the Republic of Korea Navy to begin his military service, which is compulsory for all male South Koreans. He lived in Osaka, Japan, for 5 years to promote album sales before giving up his dual citizenship."

Try listen to "Kiss the rain". You will like it too!


Can you feel the emotions inside?! Nice right?

His other famous pieces are nice too!

River flows in you

A lively one!

Love me

This is a quiet one.

Had been coughing since last Thursday. Had too many toast for the diarrhea I had last week I guess.

Went to see doctor this Thursday before work. Doctor was "surprised" why I didn't see doctor as I've been coughing a week ago. Had no fever, no water in lungs but doctor gave me antibiotics also, dunno why. The cough syrup she gave was the black colour one. I had it for a day but didn't feel the difference at all. I still cough after taking that syrup.

So, Friday after work, I went to see the doctor again. The first thing she said was "let me write a letter to hospital and let you see doctor there". I think she wasn't saying that for real, she just want to threaten me but she really did scared me a little. Coz I duwan to go hospital lo, first I have to pay for the checkup, second I might develop H1N1 from there. I asked for a stronger cough syrup this time. Luckily she prescribed me a better one. Now I feel better after taking the syrup. And she gave me two types of medicine for throat itchiness. One for morning and one for night time which will cause drowsiness.

Before I left the room, the doctor smiled mischeviously and said to me "see you then". I was thinking I don't want to see you again lo.. lol.. And she continued "If you come again to see me I'll really write a letter to the hospital, having coughs for more than a week is very unusual, you better have a proper check up in hospital if you still cannot recover."

I recalled what my boss said to me today. "So you have a long holiday to rest for recovering from the sickness".

So... Happy holiday. Yea right.. Sigh..


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David Tao finally releases new song lately! After for so long. =)



Nice song. Sounds like English pop love song lo.

This is the description of this song:

「暗戀」不僅是陶喆自編、自導、自演的同名電影主題曲，
更是專輯裡「身價」最高的1首歌曲，
因為陶喆為了製作3個不同感覺的電影配樂版本，
所花的相關費用加總後確定飆過百萬！
陶喆在恩師兼名製作人王治平的推薦下，
找來英美樂壇的知名樂手Paul Bushnell來負責這首英式抒情搖滾歌曲的貝斯彈奏。
陶喆表示，暗戀的經驗人人都有，
這首歌曲的靈感也來自他的親身經歷，
他希望唱出可以默默喜歡一個人、
卻不一定要擁有他的堅定態度，
並且說：「我想讓大家明白：即使是一段沒有結局的愛情，但這段情感仍是充滿著力量的！ 」

It means:
This song is not only the theme song of a movie self-written, directed and acted by David Tao but also the greatest hit in his latest album... (2 sentences dunno how to translate, skip these sentences.. hehe)... Under the recommendation from a well known producer 王治平, David got to invite Paul Bushnell to play the base for this song. David says everyone has experienced liking someone secretly (dunno how to say 'an lian' in English.. lol), he get the inspiration for this song from his own experience. He hopes to describe the feeling of liking someone secretly despite the necessary of being with him/her. He wants to tell everyone that even though this love does not give an ending, but it gives relatively strong feelings and energy.
(hehe.. very bad in translation. My English had been getting worse due to lack of blogging and reading novels. lol)

Ooo... No wonder it sounds like English love song la. The music was played by Paul Bushnell, a well known composer.

Sungha Jung

Can't even take porridge. I threw out every bits of the porridge after consuming.

My meal today was porridge water, porridge water and more porridge water.

Hope I can get well by tonight so that I can go to work tomorrow. Sigh...

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Talented kid this is:-

Sungha Jung, a South Korean fingerstyle guitarist who is only 12 years old.

Off for Penang

Tomorrow I'll be going to stay overnight at Cheng Yee's house so that Friday early morning we can depart to Kampar for breakfast, then Ipoh for lunch then finally Penang. =)

Actually nothing much to blog also. Hehe. But feel like putting up a new post coz I'll be away for few days until Monday. Hope this blog won't be too empty. =P

Anyhoos, first of all, happy birthday to my ex-roomie, Choo Peng, who had shared my joy my tears and lotz of our stressful lives back in uni time. Really miss you lo. You faster fly back Malaysia la =P Then we can go shopping... or just gossiping in Aud's room will be fun too. =P

For the Penang trip, my target is to eat the cendol at the small lorong somewhere at the town I guess. Then I want to eat char kuey teow and asam laksa. I don't like prawns. So prawn mee is not one of my target. According to my housemate's mum, "lo bak" is very famous in Penang. She told me go Penang must try their "lo bak".

After many direction and description of the places she went and how delicious was the lo bak, I asked her, "What's lo bak?" =.="

I haven't seen anything called lo bak before. It should look something like this:


(Not advertising for the coffee shop, this is the only nicely taken photo of lo bak I could find online)

Actually going to historical places should also be great but since I dun have a camera I can't take any photos of the places, so no point going there actually.

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Watched this MV just now and found that Hebe is so adorable and pretty and sweet and cute and pretty. And did I just said adorable? lol. I sound like a lesbian.



Awww.. If only I can look like her. Ish.. What a big dream. lol.. Nevermind. I can start with that hairstyle first. lol.

Lunch from home =)

I haven't been cooking since June. The fridge had been empty since then.

It's mainly because I have Korean classes on Tuesday and Friday evenings. On these evenings I just settle my dinner at the Asia Cafe near the language center before the classes commence. Since I didn't cook on Tuesday night, I won't have home-cooked lunch for Wednesday.

Another very important factor is the recce which always falls on Sunday. By the time I come home I'm a dead meat already. So definitely I won't cook lunch for Monday then.

I teach Mei Chemistry during Saturday. So normally I have lunch and dinner with them.

So you must be asking how about Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evening? You must be thinking "you still can cook what". That's because sometimes I'll use these time to do some maintenance stuff like getting a haircut or looking for Adidas kampung at pasar malam or revising Korean. Since I'm so busy, recently I prefer to rest in my room whenever I have time. =P

In other words, I'm lazy. Hehe..

Rest is a bliss okay... =P

Today, because of inefficient funding (very poor la..) coz I have to save some money for my Penang trip this weekend, I decided that starting this week I should cook to reduce the cost on my meals. It actually is cheaper than my expenses from buying meals. But to what extend?

So let's calculate together yea =)

This is the list I bought today:
Whole chicken RM7.91
5 carrots RM1.99
Ladies finger (300g) RM1.59
Dry tofu 9 pcs RM1.75
Sawi (2 ikat) RM2.80
Total: RM16.04

These ingredients can last me for about 6-8 meals. Meaning one meal = RM 2.00-2.60. I didn't include the cost of rice, oil, gas and water. After adding these it should be about RM2.50-3.00 gua.

One meal I bought from those economy rice stalls (one meat and one vege) = RM4.00

So, in conclusion, I save RM1 per meal if I cook. (=.=)"

If wanna compensate the energy and time I use to walk around to buy the grocery and to prepare and cook the meals (time = 9.5 hours/week, energy = I dunno la.. but my feet damn painful after standing for too long in the kitchen), isn't it kinda not worth it? hehe.. Summore the economy rice stall got different variety of dishes which I dunno how to cook. So I can get more nutritious meals from economy rice as compared with home-cooked meals (for example I'll be eating only sawi, chicken, carrot and ladies finger for this whole week, how sad..)

But once in a while eating home-cooked food is quite bahagia also la (if mum cooks for me even more bahagia. Hehe.. ) Summore home-cooked food the amount of the dishes is a lot more as compared with the economy rice I bought outside coz if I take a lot sure it will sure be more than RM4 one. Summore having to drive out to buy economy rice during lunch time and after work wastes petrol also. And sometimes SS15 is very jam and very hard to find parking at around 6pm. So there's good and bad la.

Tomorrow I'm bringing lunch! Yeay yeay!

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Leo Ku had a nice new song duet with Shirley Kwan. At first I dun like the du~du~du part. But dunno why now I find it very cute! Hehe..

關淑怡 & 古巨基 男左女右


Didn't know the lyrics is talking about conflicts between girl and guy in a relationship until I saw this MV. The song sounds so cheerful it makes the lyrics so unmatched! lol.

So close yet so far..

Saw this cloud which looks like a baby angel soaring in the sky when I was having my lunch in the pantry in my company.



Closer view:


Can you see the legs on the right and the wings projecting towards us? And the head of the angelic face on the left. Awww.. Isn't it cute? =)

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I get to know Lenka from One FM recently. They keep playing her song "The Show". I think it's very unique and I love her style.

This girl has her own style in singing. =)

Mumblings here and there

Just came back from Eason's concert. And lost my beloved orange water bottle. Sigh. I sort of abandoned it and I regretted it very much now, physically but not mentally. Duwan to explain more coz this will make me feel worse.

Eason's live voice was just like his voice in CD except sometimes when he danced he panted a lot when he sang. Other than that it was perfect. He was funny too. I think in the future he can become a stand-up comedian.

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Suddenly this song came to my mind just now. So in Love.



It was my favourite song when I watched Love in Harvard. The song was well composed but the singer voice and English pronunciation are a bit sorry. But I still like this song. Coz it sounds very cheerful. Just like my another favourite Korean song "One Sweet Day" which is also my current ringtone (I had been using this ringtone since 4 years ago, on and off with Canon). Whenever I'm happy I'll think of these songs.

Admiring Eason

I cant wait to go Eason Chan's concert!

Oh ya! I haven't said it here that I'm going have I? =P

Yesss! I am! I've purchased the cheapest ticket RM98 just to listen him sings.



I know to some people it doesn't sound practical at all. But, I just feel that having to listen to his real voice for once in my life is worth the money. =) Provided if he's not sick la.

Today One FM kept playing his song whole day. I felt like I was in ecstasy grinning all by myself listening to those songs. One of my colleague, Yenny, who is going to the concert with me this coming Sunday had been complaining that she cannot stand the radio station playing Eason's songs almost 99% this whole day. She's not his fan. Not even a little bit.. That's why she could not stand it.. haha.

Last week I borrowed Eason's CD from Audrey and listen in my car whenever I go. When I listen to the CD I found that I like one of his songs called 十面埋伏, too. I almost forgot this song is nice too. =)




And recently One FM had been playing his K歌之王 live in 2008 which modified this song to fusion of many ballroom dancing tunes. Very special sound effects.



I anticipate something like this in the coming concert. But I dun think it will be that great lo.. Coz the concert is going to be at Sunway Surf Beach. So small. How to make such effect. Sigh..


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Today I told a 5 star lame joke.

I told Cheng Yee the chiffon cake was in the pantry. And then after a short pause, I asked her a series of questions which stunned her at first. She can't help laughing afterwards.

I asked her:

How can a chiffon cake roundish in shape?
Why is it not square?
Aren't it 四方 cake (Pronounce in Cantonese)?


Roundish, no?

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Alright, they do look squarish when it's cut into slices. lol...



Afterwards Cheng Yee even went around asking people why is chiffon cake not squarish. lol..

Pictionary addicted

Hoo Hoo Hoo!!

I just came back from my second level Korean class (Beginner 2) first class!

Feel so belonged when met my teacher Ms Kim and my fellow classmates. Now the class is getting smaller, only 7 people per class. Hence the classroom is very tiny. Now only left ChiaoWen, WeiWei, WeiYen, Bryan, Alec and Me. Alya was absent.

First class was tedious. Suddenly many grammar theories came bombarding us. Maybe one week holiday was too long for us. hehe..

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Went to aunt's house last Sunday coz my parents came for my bro's convocation on Monday.

We played Pictionary that night.



That was the first time I played Pictionary. It's a game where you have to express something in a card you picked by drawing, without verbal communication with your teammate. And your teammate have to guess the words in the card correctly from your drawings.

The most difficult word I got was 'language'. How are you going to draw language?!

I attempted drawing two persons talking to each other. I can't write any words so I can't put English, Malay, Chinese words in the drawing to emphasize different languages.

My mum (she's my teammate) can't get my drawing.

Anywhos, it's a fun game. And I can't wait to play that again. =P

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I was listening to his song in my car when coming back from Korean class.

He's Mika. The song is Grace Kelly. It's a very special song sang very crazily and with weird high pitches which really suit the tune. Lively song this is. =)

Many people dislike him because of the way he brings himself. But I think regardless he's gay or not, he's voice is superb!

Enjoy!

Pasta Temptation

I'm thinking of not updating coz I'm lazy. Keke..

But I feel like sharing a song in my blog after listening to it in radio for many days.

So oklah. I'll update then. =P

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Last Friday was my Korean exam. Was damn nervous coz very long haven't been attending exams. And I didn't study much! Only took one night to summarize all the things I've learned in a notebook. Luckily teacher gave us quite a lot of hints. For example she gave us 15 words and told us she will give us a spelling test on 8 out of the 15.

The results turned out shockingly astounding. I got a 100%! My last 100% was like centuries ago. lol. Maybe coz before the exam I forced myself to memorize the words which I always spell wrongly.

It got even more shocking when of the twelve people in the class I'm the only person who got the full mark. Even the girl who converse in Korean fluently also didn't get. I was actually very shocked.

What's more shocking was that my teacher later told us that no one got a full mark in their exam before. o.O!!!

I was flattered. Keke..

Gonna continue next level next Tuesday.

Hehe.. Here's the cert I got from Level 1 Korean class:



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I always cannot resist pasta temptation one.

Last Saturday went to Pavilion with Zhuang and Mei. It was dinner time. So we had to decide where to eat. When we passed by Michelangelo, I cannot leave the place when I read the menu at the entrance. Actually the menu smells like mozzarella cheese. That's what tempted me to decide we would dine in there. Maybe it's a tactic the restaurant crews trick the customers to dine in there. hehe..

The atmosphere outside is bar-like but the atmosphere inside is very royal-like with chairs covered with the cloth printed with a Michelangelo logo. And the black colour chandelion made it looks mysterious.



Whenever I go to a restaurant selling pastas I'll sure order Carbonaras or something with cream sauce. Coz I rate the restaurant's pastas by it's cream sauce. If the cream is rich, thumbs up for it. If the mushrooms are fresh mushrooms, double thumbs up.

Michelangelo has double thumbs up spaghetti carbonara.



Mei ordered spaghetti with tomato sauce



I dun remember what Zhuang ordered but it's almost the same like mine.




Me taking the photos of the food


Very focus.. hehe

Mei and Zhuang kept taking my picture. So I attempted few different types of poses










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Hehe.. Here comes the song I want to share it here.

终身美丽 - 郑秀文



I like the rhythm of the whole song. And her voice is perfect!