张韶涵 - ang 5.0

当我看到这张专辑的名称, 就好奇怎么张韶涵开始用那么technical的做法来用version形容自己的专辑. 原来她是想告诉大家这已是她的第五张专辑了. 哈哈...

没错! 她在乐坛渐渐赢得了听众对她的肯定. 我觉得她就胜在她的独特嗓音和选唱的歌曲来突显一定的辩识度. 纵然她过去已有好几首代表作的歌曲, 她的一些新歌还是保持她的一贯很Angela的风格.

她这张专辑并没有特别地告诉大家主打歌有那些. 整张专辑走的是慢打路线. 当然, 它也是多多少少靠偶像剧打歌的方法.


track 1: 我恋爱了
是一首很典型的Angela轻快歌. 还OK的.

track 2: 不想懂得
这肯定是最K的一首情歌. 在电台常会听到的歌. 是一部偶像剧"公主小妹"的歌.

track 3: 亲爱的, 那不是爱情
是我在这专辑里最喜欢的歌. 也是在电台常会听到的. 没想到是由黄金组合 - 方文山和周杰伦的创作. 赞! 起初还听不出是他们的创作呢.

track 4: 床边故事
简单的旋律配上"童真"的词. 是首越听越出味的歌.

track 5: 头号甜心
富有"let's party!"摇滚轻快味道的一首歌来对爱的鼓舞. 由范玮琪做的曲.

track 6: 重来
这首歌的词曲作者让我"哦"一声. 因为他是快乐帮里的冠军 - 韦礼安. 但始终觉得普通的一首歌.

track 7: 能不能勇敢说爱
有一点懒庸的blues和rock合成的味道.

track 8: 失忆
久违的林隆璇写的一首歌. 是一首可以慢慢digest的歌.

track 9: 乐园
一首轻快和带有waltz feel的歌. 能让你左右摇一下. 哈哈.

track 10: 谁爱谁
本地才女蔡健雅的创作. 很有Tanya's local的曲风.


整张专辑是有一定耐听的程度. 它肯定是不会让人听了一遍就弃一旁的专辑. 是近期值得考虑的专辑.

Long Service Recognition

Saw a broadcast email from my company HR regarding an announcement of Long Service Award. A list of colleagues is out to receive 'something' in Apr 2008. And I'm one of them.

It's a kinda policy of my company to work continuously for 5 years before getting this recognition...but wait... I've worked continuously for more than 6 years and finally get to hear this 'motivated' announcement. At first I thought my company may have cancelled this 'motivation' or whatever and I'll be the 'unlucky' one being silently affected. *sob sob*

Well, I'm not alone. A colleague has the same 'fate' as me. We even joke that this award to us can be termed as Overdue Award instead. Hahaha. I think in future it'll be difficult for any new guys in my company to break our record liao - more than 6 years to get the recognition leh. So, come to think of it, I and my fellow colleague (sharing the same fate with me) should gloriously feel proud of it. Haha!

Come, come, come... Have a loud cheer for us both!!!

Finally!!!

WooHoo!!! Got my results!!!

What I can say is "Finally!!! I got my Master programme cleared!!!" Haha.

Well, I've spent 2.5 years, plus $$$ to get thru this programme. Glad that now can have time to take a break from study-ing and exam-ing. Hehe. Of course, learning still goes on. No learning, no growing. Or even worse, being outdating. To move life on, learning is nevertheless part and parcel thing... even at retiring age. 所谓 "学海无尽头". And here, I gotta admit that by taking up my master programme, I have more or less attained another level of knowledge high up. So, it's a worthy experience afterall.

Here, let me cheer for myself. YUM.... SENG!!! Haahaahaa...

Exam Period Over !!!

Whew!!! I'm back!!! Exam over!!!

Well, I've finished my last 2 subjects for my Master programme. If I'm lucky enough to clear them, I'll be FREE from study and get my Master!!! WooHoo!!!

Ok ok... don't be so happy yet. Results out then woohoo loud loud again....

Think I'll try to be a little bit more active in my blog liao. What's things am I going to blog? Most probably some "观后感" of CDs or movies or serials or articles... blah blah blah.

So, let's 期待 my coming new posts.

Do stay tune! Haha...

我的小恩恩

Well, up to now, I have not posted anything about my little 宝贝 here. My dear have 'commented' that how come I didn't talk about our little one in my blog one.

Oh, sorry lah. I admit I kinda lazy bum bum to the extent of finding hassle in extracting pictures from handphone and camera. :-p But I'll do so whenever there's a chance. Glee....

Anyway, let's show off my lazy 'skill' again! Haha... I save an image of our little 宝贝 posted in my dear's blog (she nicks him as her chu chu). It is taken... eh... last Friday at J8.




See. He's enjoying in this 'school bus'. Haha. I think he'll love driving one.
Maybe one day in future when I have a car, I believe he'll like to borrow the car from me one (of course that he manages to obtain his own driving license lah). Hehe...

绕梁一世

Last last week, I came across this box of CDs on the shelf in a CD shop. Wah! Suddenly, memories came flowing in my mind with his songs ringing in my ears. So, I decided to buy it. Although I have kept a few of his albums at home, but most are 精选 CDs. What this box of CDs attracts me is the collections of his past release albums - 5 创作 release albums and 1 创作 compilation. I've bought these cassettes before, but all have already said sayonara to me... very sad by then. 猜到是什么CD吗? Hehe...
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就是他! 梁文福!

It's his songs that make me start listening to 新谣 and Chinese pop songs during my secondary school days and I realize I actually start listen to his compositions in his second album - 好与不好之外. That was in the year of 1989. Back then, he's an undergraduate in NUS. It's been 18 years!!! Now, he's already a Chinese Literature professor in NTU after obtaining his Phd.

A lot of his songs are very 经典 to those of my era type, such as:
> 写一首歌给你
> 一步一步来
> 太多太多
> 历史考试前夕
> 童谣
> 新加坡派
> 新衣哪有旧衣好
> 排排坐
> 水的话
> 说时依旧
> 让夜轻轻落下
> 青春一二三
> 如果你不小心想起我
> 你是不是还在
> 从你回眸那天开始
> 恋之憩
> 担心
> 天冷就回来
> up to his latest 陪我看日出.

Think he has not stopped composing songs though his 'production' is so much lower nowadays. Still, a lot of his 经典 have become a memory item to represent Singapore. His songs really 伴着我成长...可谓绕梁一世!

881

Get to watch the latest local production - 881 recently. I must say it is a very very local hokkien "舞台剧" movie reflecting our 7th month culture - GeTai (歌台). Most uncles and aunties will enjoy it because it has become part of their life from 60s to 90s. Young ones will curious about it because they hardly have the chance to see 歌台 nowadays. To me, it's kinda memory in my childhood. :-)

Back to this 881. It's a story about the 木瓜姐妹 (881 sounds close to papaya and that's how the title is) where 小木瓜 pass away with cancer at the end. This movie somehow pays a tribute to deceased famous 歌台 singer - 陈金浪 (who also passed away with cancer). It seems to be a very sad movie. However, most of the time, this movie brings laughters to the audience (those who are local, at least my era and understand hokkien ones).

After watching the movie, I admit that it is abit 胡闹 in some scenes where the singers can possess magic powers and challenge each other with the powers. Childish lah... Haha. But it really tells the facts about the 歌台 singers' life behind the plots.

This movie come in the right time when 歌台 is facing the fate of 'extinction' nowadays. 歌台 is really our local culture in 7th month. It should be kept alive though many find it very 粗俗, especially the young ones. I myself have not watch 歌台 for very long time liao. After watching 881, I think I might catch a glimpse of 歌台 if there is 1 in my neighbourhood. Afterall, it's just once in every year, isn't it?

Hopefully 歌台 will be back lively in next year 7th month due to this 881...
881 啊, yo 啊 yo !!! Haha...

Click on the following links to enjoy!
881 trailer with a song

Nice song MVs...
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