John?? Not my superstar!!
I still highly prefer Meisim.. Meisim rocks my socks!! She has got really good voice, I agree she has some pitchy problems. I think she's lack of confidence. With sufficient vocal training, she'll do good! When watching the top 4 MV- 好爱他，好想她.. Meisim and Winson's voices stood out. They both were not in the finals! What a let down.
Anyway, between John and Des, Des does have a better voice, more powerful. And her high pitch is so powerful!
I hope Meisim will have an album!!
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Friday, April 28, 2006
The New Generation Revolution: The Vision
I decided to make an entry about what NG-Revolution or NG-Station means. You know, when my sis saw my link for my blog, she was asking "who's this Ng person?" O_0... No no no, ng is not a surname..
This whole NG thing came to me when I went shopping with my friend, we were trying to decide what style we should have, and then try to find some clothes that suit the style we chose. At that time the style that came to my mind was a set of modern kind of clothes to wear for work. A style for a stylish, smart and modern blue-collar worker. In other words, I named it as "NG上班族" (New Generation Worker). Since then, there was this idea of how the new generation is going to be.
When I looked at my dad going to work, I thought his clothes were boring. The attire for workers now are really formulated. Like if you have 20 pairs of different working pants in your wardrobe and you wear a different one each day, who's going to notice? They are all black colour, same size, they also have similar if not same cuttings. (With exception that Mr. Loga wears a green pants.. wahaha.. no offense Loga.. it's a good sign of ng-revolution!!) Same goes to the shirts, only the colours are different. These monotonous attires need a revolution! Im not saying that you should wear something too bizzare to work, but at least try to vary and modify the styles. The whole point is to let yourself feel good, feel confident. You will have a good mood going to work wearing nice clothes! Your working environment would also be more cheerful. By then, not only teenagers will have fashion sense! No, of course not, your dad might just have great fashion sense, just that their time to show off their fashion sense was over?
Our country is developing. Look at the shopping malls today, they're packed. And a lot of them are not window shopping. People now don't just shop during special occasions like CNY or Hari Raya. They shop in their leisure time, as their interest. Shopping malls that I deemed as "high class" shopping mall such as starhill, back in those days when I was a kid, I only see foreigners buying stuffs from there. But now, that's not the case anymore. Even in the music industry, chinese music industry in particular is developing rapidly. The sales of CDs are increasing. Now, there are so many artists who sold over 10, 000 albums. What Im trying to say is, the market here is developing, people can afford to buy stuffs for their own satisfaction, to enjoy life.
I can sense a revolution brewing under the atmosphere from the signs that I've seen. For example, the transformation of the sight I'm seeing in shopping malls. People nowadays are really fashionable. In fact, in the past few months, people started wearing different style of clothes, like some girls having thick black mascara, who look somewhat like Amy Lee.. And all the weird clothes. Then there's a whole gang of people up to 10 persons wearing all black, wooo so stylish! People are having the guts to wear and potray a different style now. A lot of girls are putting on make ups now. There's a tendency in fashion here, like last year, guys love wearing Extreme's clothes. And guys now love wearing pink shirts or some double layer shirts. And guys also love wearing pants/jeans with a few strips or some belts hanging out. Girls on the other hand like to wear western Indian-ish skirt and some small jackets. Then there's also some 复古 styles, some Malay and Chinese girls are leaning towards Japanese style. Hairstyle? You could see some really Yeah hairstyle! And now, dying hair is no longer tagged as "gangster" or "lala".. It's so common now, almost 80% of my school leaver friends got their hairs dyed now.
So yeah, Im a metro. When I said that, there are still people who widen their eyes like this O.O. I don't mind anymore. My looks is my asset, it's what God had given me and it's my responsibility to take care of it!! LoL.. I would regret in the next 10 years if Im not taking care of it now. Almost all guys now care about their looks, maybe they just mind bout their looks a lil bit, but no doubt looks are important. Who doesn't care about your looks clap your hands! So why do students spike their hair even after getting caught by prefects so many time? For the joy of breaking rules? I doubt that.. I am aware of the importance to take care of my looks rather late compared to my friends. Some of my guy friends even do facial and trying a few facial products during school days. Im just not so concious about looks and way too lazy to keep a good image in school back then. Nonetheless, I'm vain to some extent too, I don't do manicure, pedicure or put on make-ups, etc. I don't mind guys doing it, just don't overdo it.
Besides this, I also noticed that now girls who are trying to lose weight, they are doing it in a healthy way. No one would want to slim down until their skin on their face drooping down wrapping their skulls with all the wrinkles on their faces. Even some slimming products or programmes are now made and conducted in a healthy way. Not eating for days is so not the way to lose weight now. People would prefer to eat salad and do exercise now! Girls are not that desperate now, lol. There's a good quote from Jolin too. Im not sure if she quoted from someone or it's her own line, but here's how it goes:
世上没有丑女人, 只有懒女人! (There's no ugly girls in the world, only lazy girls)
I believe it very much. Not only girls, but everyone. Everyone is beautiful in this world in our own way. Just take some time to take care of your looks. If some figures of you don't look nice, try to conceal it, or maybe the figure you think doesn't look nice might just make you original and unique. You're different doesn't mean you're ugly. You could try to twist your 'ugly feature' to your favour and potray it beautifully. For example, Bi thought his 'mata sepets' are ugly. But the way he potrays it makes him looks good. When he smiles, the 'mata sepets' just made him look cute/sweet. So find a style that suits you, make your weird styles original and label it as your trademark. Beauty is very abstract, 见仁见智, one man's meat is another man's poison!!
Ohhhh... seemed like I'm a bit far fetched now. Ok, back to the topic. Whatever you wear, whatever style you decided to put on, us, as a new generation we need to have confidence and inner beauty. For confidence and inner beauty are the only beauty that will last. With confidence and inner beauty it'll make us look more radiant and attractive. So these are but only a fraction of qualities of what our new generation should possess. Other qualities? I think despite of all the newly-fangled technologies, we should also be spiritual, something we could hold strong to, something we turn to when we're lost, something that would keep us from the negativities and impurities. We should also be well equipped with knowledge. Im working hard to achieve this now. Should definitely shed off my laziness and maybe I could start with reading newspapers or reading some books rather than spending half of my day going online doing nothing.
So, it's about time now. I declare for a New Generation Revolution! I am not a good New Generation example. But let us work hard towards achieving it.
Imagine what our city or what our world going to be, say like next 15 years?
It's 4am in the morning, some people are just on their way back home, some are just getting to work. Whether they're going home or going to work, they'll stop by on the NG Station every day. A station to put down your fast paces, a place to chill out. There's a Cafe house in the station, people chat in there, relaxing while sipping their cup of tea. Then there are people in the corner using their laptops doing their works, or some just browse around in the net. Music playing softly through the speaker. Imagine it is playing Kaskade's Steppin' Out! How relaxing!
Through the glasses of the cafe house, you could see a city well litted. A city that never sleeps. The blue-ish bullet like train arriving one after another to the station. People came in and leave the station ceaselessly, people pass by the station everyday, you'll see some regulars and some new faces every day. I don't think people should always be busy and walk in a fast pace all the time, it's too tiring, too tiring. Slow down your paces in this station, ease up, and enjoy the things around you, absorb the beauty sights around you.
Who knows what's in store for your in the next station of your life.
Hereby, as a station-master, Im gonna make an announcement:
"Welcome abroad to the NG-Station! And have a nice day ^_^!!"
(Isn't it a bit late to do an intro to my blog? lol)
This whole NG thing came to me when I went shopping with my friend, we were trying to decide what style we should have, and then try to find some clothes that suit the style we chose. At that time the style that came to my mind was a set of modern kind of clothes to wear for work. A style for a stylish, smart and modern blue-collar worker. In other words, I named it as "NG上班族" (New Generation Worker). Since then, there was this idea of how the new generation is going to be.
When I looked at my dad going to work, I thought his clothes were boring. The attire for workers now are really formulated. Like if you have 20 pairs of different working pants in your wardrobe and you wear a different one each day, who's going to notice? They are all black colour, same size, they also have similar if not same cuttings. (With exception that Mr. Loga wears a green pants.. wahaha.. no offense Loga.. it's a good sign of ng-revolution!!) Same goes to the shirts, only the colours are different. These monotonous attires need a revolution! Im not saying that you should wear something too bizzare to work, but at least try to vary and modify the styles. The whole point is to let yourself feel good, feel confident. You will have a good mood going to work wearing nice clothes! Your working environment would also be more cheerful. By then, not only teenagers will have fashion sense! No, of course not, your dad might just have great fashion sense, just that their time to show off their fashion sense was over?
Our country is developing. Look at the shopping malls today, they're packed. And a lot of them are not window shopping. People now don't just shop during special occasions like CNY or Hari Raya. They shop in their leisure time, as their interest. Shopping malls that I deemed as "high class" shopping mall such as starhill, back in those days when I was a kid, I only see foreigners buying stuffs from there. But now, that's not the case anymore. Even in the music industry, chinese music industry in particular is developing rapidly. The sales of CDs are increasing. Now, there are so many artists who sold over 10, 000 albums. What Im trying to say is, the market here is developing, people can afford to buy stuffs for their own satisfaction, to enjoy life.
I can sense a revolution brewing under the atmosphere from the signs that I've seen. For example, the transformation of the sight I'm seeing in shopping malls. People nowadays are really fashionable. In fact, in the past few months, people started wearing different style of clothes, like some girls having thick black mascara, who look somewhat like Amy Lee.. And all the weird clothes. Then there's a whole gang of people up to 10 persons wearing all black, wooo so stylish! People are having the guts to wear and potray a different style now. A lot of girls are putting on make ups now. There's a tendency in fashion here, like last year, guys love wearing Extreme's clothes. And guys now love wearing pink shirts or some double layer shirts. And guys also love wearing pants/jeans with a few strips or some belts hanging out. Girls on the other hand like to wear western Indian-ish skirt and some small jackets. Then there's also some 复古 styles, some Malay and Chinese girls are leaning towards Japanese style. Hairstyle? You could see some really Yeah hairstyle! And now, dying hair is no longer tagged as "gangster" or "lala".. It's so common now, almost 80% of my school leaver friends got their hairs dyed now.
So yeah, Im a metro. When I said that, there are still people who widen their eyes like this O.O. I don't mind anymore. My looks is my asset, it's what God had given me and it's my responsibility to take care of it!! LoL.. I would regret in the next 10 years if Im not taking care of it now. Almost all guys now care about their looks, maybe they just mind bout their looks a lil bit, but no doubt looks are important. Who doesn't care about your looks clap your hands! So why do students spike their hair even after getting caught by prefects so many time? For the joy of breaking rules? I doubt that.. I am aware of the importance to take care of my looks rather late compared to my friends. Some of my guy friends even do facial and trying a few facial products during school days. Im just not so concious about looks and way too lazy to keep a good image in school back then. Nonetheless, I'm vain to some extent too, I don't do manicure, pedicure or put on make-ups, etc. I don't mind guys doing it, just don't overdo it.
Besides this, I also noticed that now girls who are trying to lose weight, they are doing it in a healthy way. No one would want to slim down until their skin on their face drooping down wrapping their skulls with all the wrinkles on their faces. Even some slimming products or programmes are now made and conducted in a healthy way. Not eating for days is so not the way to lose weight now. People would prefer to eat salad and do exercise now! Girls are not that desperate now, lol. There's a good quote from Jolin too. Im not sure if she quoted from someone or it's her own line, but here's how it goes:
世上没有丑女人, 只有懒女人! (There's no ugly girls in the world, only lazy girls)
I believe it very much. Not only girls, but everyone. Everyone is beautiful in this world in our own way. Just take some time to take care of your looks. If some figures of you don't look nice, try to conceal it, or maybe the figure you think doesn't look nice might just make you original and unique. You're different doesn't mean you're ugly. You could try to twist your 'ugly feature' to your favour and potray it beautifully. For example, Bi thought his 'mata sepets' are ugly. But the way he potrays it makes him looks good. When he smiles, the 'mata sepets' just made him look cute/sweet. So find a style that suits you, make your weird styles original and label it as your trademark. Beauty is very abstract, 见仁见智, one man's meat is another man's poison!!
Ohhhh... seemed like I'm a bit far fetched now. Ok, back to the topic. Whatever you wear, whatever style you decided to put on, us, as a new generation we need to have confidence and inner beauty. For confidence and inner beauty are the only beauty that will last. With confidence and inner beauty it'll make us look more radiant and attractive. So these are but only a fraction of qualities of what our new generation should possess. Other qualities? I think despite of all the newly-fangled technologies, we should also be spiritual, something we could hold strong to, something we turn to when we're lost, something that would keep us from the negativities and impurities. We should also be well equipped with knowledge. Im working hard to achieve this now. Should definitely shed off my laziness and maybe I could start with reading newspapers or reading some books rather than spending half of my day going online doing nothing.
So, it's about time now. I declare for a New Generation Revolution! I am not a good New Generation example. But let us work hard towards achieving it.
Imagine what our city or what our world going to be, say like next 15 years?
It's 4am in the morning, some people are just on their way back home, some are just getting to work. Whether they're going home or going to work, they'll stop by on the NG Station every day. A station to put down your fast paces, a place to chill out. There's a Cafe house in the station, people chat in there, relaxing while sipping their cup of tea. Then there are people in the corner using their laptops doing their works, or some just browse around in the net. Music playing softly through the speaker. Imagine it is playing Kaskade's Steppin' Out! How relaxing!
Through the glasses of the cafe house, you could see a city well litted. A city that never sleeps. The blue-ish bullet like train arriving one after another to the station. People came in and leave the station ceaselessly, people pass by the station everyday, you'll see some regulars and some new faces every day. I don't think people should always be busy and walk in a fast pace all the time, it's too tiring, too tiring. Slow down your paces in this station, ease up, and enjoy the things around you, absorb the beauty sights around you.
Who knows what's in store for your in the next station of your life.
Hereby, as a station-master, Im gonna make an announcement:
"Welcome abroad to the NG-Station! And have a nice day ^_^!!"
(Isn't it a bit late to do an intro to my blog? lol)
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Dancing Diva
Jolin had proved to be the genuine Dancing Diva with her undisputed dancing skills in the MV. She had bring dancing to a whole new level, a new dimension. A cross of Indian and Arabic music melted in her every dance move.
At first glance through the MV, I thought the moves were rough. But after a few times watching it, it's way cool! I only thought the moves were rough at first because I still haven't got use to her new style of dancing! But now, the dance moves seemed so energetic, every step was so elegantly done. This new dance moves must have at least required 10 times more power or energy to it than her previous dance moves! The dance steps are changing very fast and she totally moved her whole body in the dance! But of course the 'bowling' part was the most wicked part. I was in awe looking at the way she twisted her body, she made it look so easy. The first part where she slided down with the bowling under her leg is spectacular. Then I love the part she lifted her leg from behind her back! I would like to call it "The Scorpion Move", cos the leg l00ks like scorpion's sting..lol... and then there was the part where she's bouncing with a leg on the floor and the part when she spread her legs wide, she's so flexible and bouncy O_O!!
The ribbon waving part was great too, although I think the camera sort of shoot it from all the wrong angles.. and I don't quite like the background. They should have a black or white background instead. Despite of that, her ribbon waving moves were perfect, elegantly done. Imagine how much hard work she had put in to learn the ribbon thingy. Even when she was shooting for pictures for her new album, she had bruises all over her legs, she just cleverly concealed them in the pics. She had never once complain about how hard it was for all the trainings she had, she even laughed about it when she was concealing the bruises during the photoshoot, saying that if her bruises were captured in the pic, people might thought she's wearing a leopard pattern socks...lol..
The reason i said she had brought dancing to a new level is because they had so cleverly included the aesthetic designs of aerobic moves in her dance! I can't wait to see Jolin performing this song live.
Besides the dance, I love her black nails and the small lil ice cubes on it too. Then there's the splishy splashy water! And the silhouette of her under the spotlight from the background showing off her nice figure!!!
Doesn't anyone think that the Jolin in the desert part resembles a lot of the younger Jolin when she just started of in the music industry? Except of course she's prettier now. I think the transformation of her looks was just her getting mature. There's even a popular line in chinese, which is 女大18变, means when a girl reaches 18 years old, they would change completely, be it looks or personality.
This MV is just a warm up. She has so many more "不可思议" (unimaginable) dance steps, as described by her company director yet to come.
Her 2nd single, 假装 (Prentend) is coming soon. Im guessing that this single would hit the radio on the first week of the album release. This song is a ballad, the MV took place on a bus or sth with Jolin in the MV reminiscing her old lover. I think it's going to be a touching song and would be somewhat similar to 天空 (Tian Kong)'s style. I love Tian Kong's MV so much, I hope this one is as good as Tian Kong!!
Sunday, April 23, 2006
舞娘
Dancing Diva Tracklisting:
舞娘
假装
玩美
开场白
离人节
马德里不思议
Mr.Q
天使
泊拉图恋
玫瑰园
灰姑娘的舞裙
期待ing!! 期待ing~!!
Im really looking forward for this new album!! Only 2 days left until the premier of her new single-- 舞娘 [Dancing Diva]
Pics!! Pics!! Pics!!::
No, this is not all. Jolin has also went to US to learn two dance moves for her singles [玩美] and [Mr. Q]. The dance steps were designed by Missy Elliot's dance instructor, with each of them cost RM110 000 for the design and this price is only for a day's lesson. For extra day lesson, each day costs RM38 000. Each single has about 100 different moves and it was way harder than Jolin's previous singles' dance moves, hence it's impossible she could learn them all in a day. Jolin had spent 2 days learning them, 8 hours each day!! She's really hardworking!! And a fast learner too!! In total, Jolin's company had spent RM4 million to produce her new album!!
Jolin has been practicing her new dance moves for about half a year now! She's really hardworking huh?! The dance moves are said to be very challenging and they're even tougher than her yoga moves. Jolin is also changing her image in this new album! She dyed her hair black again and her pics from the album are sexy. One which she's wearing a white dress and waving a ribbon and another bareback dress. Bareback dress and short pants might just be the next season' fashion trend!
Pics PICS PICS::
Her album release will have to face some competitors. Twins, Li Yu Chun, Elva Hsiao, Tanya Tsai, Z Chen, Coco Lee are all going to release their albums soon. But her toughest competitor? It's herself!! Her old company, Sony is releasing [J-Top]
(Btw, this Vid was uploaded by me.. Hehe..And the way that guy in the vid pronounce "Jolin" is irritating.. lol)
J-Top tracklisting:
CD1:
1. 我要的选择
2. 看我72变
3. 说爱你
4. 假面的告白
5. 爱情36计
6. 就是爱
7. 柠檬草的味道
8. 海盗
9. 独占神话
10. 消失的城堡
11. 爆米花的味道
CD2:
1. 衣服占心术
2. 野蛮游戏
3. 许愿池的希腊少女
4. 天空
5. 招牌动作
6. Love Love Love
7. 反覆记号
8. 睁一只眼 闭一只眼
9. 布拉克广场
10. 倒带
11. 骑士精神
12. 五合-MIX版
And here's her new single preview: 我要的选择 (Check out her high pitches!!) Jolin really has a wide vocal range!! Her high register is great and so is her lower pitches.
This J-Top album is what said to be a strategy by Sony to hamper Jolin's new album sales. Even the new single's MV from J-Top has a same day premier as Dancing Diva! Btw, you could watch
Im sure Jolin's hardcore fans will buy her new album and might buy this greatest hits album too. But some people who are just OK with Jolin might just choose to buy her greatest hits album to listen to all her greatest hits at once.
Anyhow, I still believe Jolin's new album will outsell every album in the cpop market this year and become Taiwan's best selling album of the year. It's time for Jay to step down from his #1 spot, he's been there for too many years!! :@
So here's my prediction of Jolin's album sales:
Taiwan: 400 000
Malaysia: 30 000
Total sales: 2500 000
If Jolin managed to do this, she'll be one of the best selling artist in cpop history! Just hope she'll break her [Magic]
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