春雨里洗過的太陽 - 王力宏

分開之后另一年的春天
記憶也像下雪一樣溶解
那些有你在身邊的影片
呼的一聲飛得老遠老遠

愛在夏天過完之后鎖在秋天
捱過冬天之后的我好了一些
雨后的天上 彩虹出現
撐出一片藍天

我在淋過一場大雨之后的晴朗
那是春雨里洗過的太陽
每個冬季帶來失落 傷得多深
然后忽然看懂云的形狀

If you listen to the rhythm of the pouring rain
那是春雨里洗過的太陽
每個冬季帶來失落 傷得多深
每個呼吸都是新的芬芳

（repeat）

流下的眼淚 留下了智慧
愛情會天亮也一定會黑
世界會等我 它問我冬天過去沒
我在淋過一場大雨之后的晴朗

那是春雨里洗過的太陽
每個冬季帶來失落 傷得多深
然后忽然看懂雨的形狀

If you listen to the rhythm of the pouring rain
那是春雨里洗過的太陽
每個冬季帶著失落 傷得多深
每個呼吸都是新的芬芳
春雨里洗過的太陽

没有如果-梁静茹

如果我说 爱我没有如果
错过就过 你是不是会难过
若如果拿来当借口
那爱是不是有一点弱

如果我说 爱我没有如果
真的爱我就放手一搏
还想什么 还怕什么
快牵起我的手

有人说
世界上最遥远的距离不是生与死
而是我就站在你面前
你却不知道我爱你

我常说
如果人类连爱一个人都被自己绑住
那世界末日已来到
不需要等到地球毁灭掉的那天

如果我说 爱我没有如果
错过就过你是不是会难过
若如果拿来当借口
那爱是不是有一点弱

如果我说爱没有如果
真的爱我就放手一搏
还想什么 还怕什么
快牵起我的手

Another cute song with an equally cute MV. :) She has an interesting name too ;)

Songs that bring back memories

Something interesting happened to me today, while I was browsing through songs on imeem.
< digression >
imeem is this site that streams songs and allows you to purchase them from amazon or itunes. I think they are one of the million social networking music things that are popping up left and right. I wonder what happens in terms of legality and drms. What is cool about imeem, is that there is a light client on the T-mobile G1. G1 being the first Google android phone. Android being the os/software component. G1 is a pretty neat phone. It has some small flaws, but in whole still pretty cool. I don't know if I can go back to my old phone after using it.
< / digression >
I find that as I age, I tend to ramble on and on, and diverge from my original topic...where was I going with this topic again? Ah yes... so, while browsing through imeem, I came across an old song that I used to listen in undergrad. It is an oldie, but a goodie, Steal Away by Park Ji Yoon. This is the song I listened to in first year, when I was feel blue and down. Trinh was the one who introduced me to this song, he had it in his md when I borrowed it to listen to it on our way to our first calculus midterm. I remember walking under the chem buildings overpass and freezing my but off because of the cold weather, and almost pking in the snow. I was feeling rather anxious and depressed about the midterms. I didn't understand a word she sang, but I loved the melody, and felt a little bit better going to meet my executioner. I remember shuffling in to the large lecture hall and writing my exam on the small desks. The prof decided to print the exams on legal pages and the desks were the small ones that can barely fit half of it. My pencil broke through the pages of the exams a couple of times.
I can't believe how many memories were triggered by that one song. I never thought I would remember so much about it. It has been 8 years now. Wow, time does flies.

差不多先生... Story of my life

New song by the Godfather of Taiwanese rap that I have on an endless loop.  Pretty catchy. Almost as catchy as 我愛台妹. Too bad he is not as popular as the other artists. I find his lyrics to be funny. Disclaimer: some of his songs are rather explicit and might offend the more prude. :P

差不多先生
主唱：MC HotDog aka 熱狗 姚中仁
作曲：MC HotDog
填詞：MC HotDog
歌詞:
我抽著差不多的的煙
又過了差不多的一天
時間差不多的閑
花著差不多的的錢
口味差不多鹹
做人要差不多的賤
活在差不多的邊緣　又是差不多的一年

一個差不多的台北市
有差不多馬子
差不多又干了幾次　用著差不多的姿勢
看著差不多的電視　吃著差不多的狗屎
寫著差不多的字　又發著差不多的誓
差不多的夜生活　又喝著差不多的酒
聽著差不多的音樂　喝醉差不多的糗
有著差不多的絕望　做著差不多的夢
裹著差不多的衣服　腦袋差不多的空
差不多的掛　說著差不多抱怨的話
時間也差不多了　該我那差不多的家
差不多的瞎　指鹿為馬　都差不多吧
繼續吧　繼續瞎子摸象吧
有差嗎

我是差不多先生   
我的差不多是天生
代表我很天真
也代表我是個賤人　
這差不多的人生
這個問題艱深
差不多先生
我的差不多是天生
代表我很天真
也代表我是個賤人
這差不多的人生
總在見縫插針

差不多的反復　總是差不多又一無反顧
差不多的感觸　總是差不多又重產物
差不多的孤　差不多的毒
一條差不多的路　我吃著差不多的苦
我嗑著差不多的藥　又睡了一場差不多的覺
差不多的煩惱　差不多要把我逼瘋掉
差不多的糟　差不多的妙
差不多的鬧　又差不多的屌　
差不多的中國風　差不多要把耳朵蒙
改世不紅　差不多要把你送了終
差不多的歌手　擺著差不多的烏龍
差不多的麥克風　唱差不多的胡隆　都在哭窮
差不多都像個豬頭　偏偏我和他們是差不多的豬朋狗友
撒差不多的謊　唬爛差不多的強
罵人差不多的嗆　不然你要怎麼樣

我是差不多先生
我的差不多是天生
代表我很天真
也代表我是個賤人
這差不多的人生
這個問題艱深
差不多先生
我的差不多是天生
代表我很天真
也代表我是個賤人
這差不多的人生
總在見縫插針

差不多的你　差不多的我　差不多的他　差不多的他媽
都差不多想發達　差不多打著哈哈
他罵著叉叉嘎嘎呼啦啦　都差不多的哢哢

差不多先生他像個笑話　有聞又在叫罵
差不多要跳不起來　還是要跳要吧
差不多要像烏龜　但烏龜烏龜翹吧
這差不多的人生　他妙嗎

差不多要力爭上游　想游到上流
差不多在心裡默念阿門和佛陀布的放流
差不多的生活很街頭　再差一點你就變成街友
我唱了八十八個差不多　都差不多
差不多先生不會在乎這麼多　日子應該怎麼過
差不多的2008怎麼霍　我是差不多先生　熱狗
我是差不多先生
我的差不多是天生
代表我很天真
也代表我是個賤人
這差不多的人生
這個問題艱深
差不多先生
我的差不多是天生
代表我很天真
也代表我是個賤人
這差不多的人生
總在見縫插針

Nine Million Bicyles~

I love this song. :) So many facts, so sweet.

"Nine Million Bicycles"

There are nine million bicycles in Beijing
That's a fact,
It's a thing we can't deny
Like the fact that I will love you till I die.

We are twelve billion light years from the edge,
That's a guess,
No-one can ever say it's true
But I know that I will always be with you.

I'm warmed by the fire of your love everyday
So don't call me a liar,
Just believe everything that I say

There are six BILLION people in the world
More or less
and it makes me feel quite small
But you're the one I love the most of all

[INTERLUDE]
We're high on the wire
With the world in our sight
And I'll never tire,
Of the love that you give me every night

There are nine million bicycles in Beijing
That's a Fact,
it's a thing we can't deny
Like the fact that I will love you till I die

And there are nine million bicycles in Beijing
And you know that I will love you till I die!

Travel logs - Taiwan Day 11

It is strange how I get to spend the most time online when I am at my Grandpa's place. I guess it has to do with the fact that there is nothing else to do here. I have a love-hate relationship with this internet cafe. I love the fact that it is so convenient and cheap (20 yuen/hour which is about 67 USD cents/hour). I hate it because a lot of the computer are old and decripit. Some of the equipment works half of the time including the internet. Also, people smoke like chimneys in here. Urh... I havent experience second hand smoke this bad since high school.

Since my last entry, I have spent some more time in Hsin Chu and Taipei; mainly Taipei. I ended doing all the touristy stuff. :) My friend Yen yu took me to see the Gu Gong Museum in Taipei. They have on display a large amount of ancient Chinese artifacts. I regret not knowing much about the history, because I don't think I appreciated the whole point of the exposition.

On one of the off days, my cousin took me to the top of Taipei 101 (tallest building of the world with the fastest elevator, as of today) and I got a crash geography lesson on the layout of Taipei.
I got to say that shopping inside 101 is kind of boring, most stores are either European or American, which makes it really pointless. Also, the price for most stuff in there was a lot higher than in Canada or the States. I got a chance to meet up with Annie and do some catching up. :)

As a more cultureal experience, my aunt took me to a Joshua Bell's violin recital at the National Concert Hall in Taipei which is next to Chang Kai Shek's Memorial. Listening to Bell play so well made me regret not taking my violin lessons more seriously. That guy played some mad fiddle. I
never knew human fingers could move that fast. My aunt is taking me back to the Concert Hall to listen to my cousin's concert. She is going to be singing and playing some chinese concert/musical. I can't wait. :)

Among other things, my sis took me to the night markets and I finally got to shop. I got to say that going shopping with a local makes it so much easier. My sis did all the haggling and I did the looking. :) It was awesome to finally meet up with her after two years. Funny thing about the night market, yesterday I went to another night market with my friend Yuen Yu and we got conned. It pissed me off at first, but then I laughed caused I finally eperienced something I never expereienced before. :) What happened was, the sales lady was trying to convince us to buy more from the store and we said we would if she could give us a deal. We try haggling with her, but she said she couldnt lower the price any longer, but could give us a gift for each person. However, after we paid, all she did was give us a VIP card. Totally useless for me since I was never going back to that store. haha. I guess the fact that I told her I was from out of the country made it easier for her to trick me. XD

Oh.., I almost forgot to mention the food I ate. How can I forget about the food? Taiwan is all about the food. I had some delicious Hunan cuisine, Grilled shrimp, veggies and ribs in spicy sauces. Really good. I also had a bunch of food at the night markets. Most memorable among them are: stinky tofu, lamb in medicinal stew, Pepper Cake. The stinky tofu was not bad, it tasted like fried spicy tofu. It didnt stink once I put it in my mouth. :) As for the lamb in medicinal stew, it was a lot better than I expected. My mom used to make me drink some weird medicinal stuff as a kid to make me stronger or something. I used to hate it. However, the lamb I tried out was delicious. Totally different from the stuff my mom used to force me to eat. Finally, my favorite new discovery in this trip was the pepper cakes I tried at the night market. It was so delicious. It tasted like a fried baozhi. :) MIAM

You are my sunshine

The other night dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms
When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken
So I hung my head and I cried.

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You'll never know dear, how much I miss you
Please don't take my sunshine away

I'll always love you and make you happy,
If you will only say the same.
But if you leave me to love another,
You'll regret it all some day:

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You'll never know dear, how much I miss you
Please don't take my sunshine away

You told me once, dear, you really loved me
And no one else could come between.
But not you've left me and love another;
You have shattered all my dreams:

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You'll never know dear, how much I miss you
Please don't take my sunshine away