A Mei - Disappear

A-Mei, 张惠妹, has been my favourite mandarin singer. I don't listen to mandarin songs that often. The tune of this song has been ringing in my head, so I thought I might as well post it on this blog and play it again and again until I get sick of it. Like a remedy I have to remove music ear worms.

So the tune is a bit flat, but when I listen to the lyrics, the song it's entirely a sad song. Basically it's just telling you to drop off your unhappiness and move on with life. What's your interpretation?

And I thought A-Mei looked cool in the final-fantasy-look-a-like costume.

Never Say Goodbye

Something different for my ear buds...

謝金燕 - 姐姐 (Jeannie Hsieh, SISTER)

This is the rising star in Taiwan, and the title of her song in English is "Sister".
Well, I liked her performance, but knowing that she is 39 years of age makes me so depressed.
And yes, her father is a renown comedian, 猪哥亮, which sounded like 诸葛亮, who is a famous historic strategist from the Warring States Period.

Oh well, what matters most is her performance is entertaining. That's all you need to know.
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Cross Country Cycling

It's epic! Cross Country cycling. I wonder if I would have the guts to do it.
You should take a look at this inspirational video.

Paramore: Still Into You (Studio Vocals)

Nightwish "The Phantom Of The Opera"

Welcome to Taiwan 2007 - Naruwan - Welcome to Taiwan!

So in 2007, the Taiwan Tourism Bureau got Ah Mei to be the ambassador of Taiwan tourism. The TVC is largely focused on publicising the cultural aspect of Taiwan, mostly featuring the aborigines, where Ah Mei is from. Here's a look.



So the TVC ends off with Naruwan - Welcome to Taiwan!, which means "Hello, welcome to Taiwan!", in one of the aboriginal languages. More information on Formosa languages (aboriginal Taiwanese languages) can be found here on wikipedia.

Well, when you have an international star taking the front of a campaign, it's an impact itself. So there needs less to do much about the TVC. I can venture a guess that the bureau probably spent a lot on the fees paid to the singer as an ambassador, but it's worth it. In fact, this is the reason why I noted the Welcome to Taiwan campaign from the beginning.

Thus, there is a lot of significance in getting Ah Mei to front the campaign for the year, and tying the theme of  having the people who originally owned the island welcoming visitors to Taiwan.

Here's a song from Ah Mei which features her mom.

The Wanted - Walks Like Rihanna

Boyband music for the day... boy band... hmmm

Good Charlotte - We Believe

It's good to believe in the world we live in, that at sometime, there'll be someone, somewhere doing something right.

Another new topic - music videos

Since I am in the phase of introducing new topics to the blog, I may as well just add all at once. However, this would likely be the last of the 3 themes that'll run through my blog - music videos.

Here's a personal favourite, Crescent Bay, by F.I.R., a Taiwanese band.