to be colorful

So, I spent four days in Seoul, Korea. I have some findings in Seoul,

1. Korean young people like to be "pretty". Most young ladies or guys in the street will dress nice. They have their own styles, more like mature styles.

2. Some stores are more in Seoul compared to those in Taipei. For example, family mart are more in Seoul. And, Outback (yes, the stakehouse), Lotteria (yes, the burger place) and a coffee house called Caffe Bene, which has a commercial starred by the actor I like. And, interestingly Missha are everywhere in Seoul, just like 7-11 in Taipei. The face shop and skin food stores are quite a lot too.

3. Korean young ladies are more "open". Let me explain. I saw a young beautiful young lady in a restaurant. She dressed nice and had make-up, but, the way she sat is as if she ate at her home (didn't look nice..)

4. Quite many beautiful girls in the streets. They more whiter and have redder lipstick. It did look more feminine.

The moon light is so pretty and soft. As I looked up to the sky tonight, I realized it's a full moon today. And the weather is so good that the moon seemed prettier and softer than before. From the old times, there're always poets or singers to write or sing about moon, and they're all romantic works. The most famous one in Chinese world would be the "Moon can represent my heart" by Teresa Teng. This song is sung many times also by other singers till now. It is a classic love song. Surprisingly last time Hayley Westenra sang this song in Kao Hsiung sport campaign very well. I think that is because her voice is so pure and full of love.

It is a full moon day. It is a romantic day.

月亮代表我的心

你問我愛你有多深　我愛你有幾分
我的情也真　我的愛也真　月亮代表我的心

Emi Fujita has a very pure voice. She's a japanese singer, but surprisingly, I like her singing old slow English songs much better. She can interprete the pureness of the song, or I should say the song becomes a healing song. Her voice has a warm and peaceful quality. It's hard to describe it well so I suggest you to listen to her songs directly- sometimes words just can't have that much power to describe everything especially when it comes to feelings. My personal likes from her songs are "if" and "try to remember" and other good old English songs. If you want warmth and need to be healed, go to Emi Fujita.

So, many of my friends started to use smart phones, either i-phone or htc. I don't really know how to use them and what's so good about them, but I do know it's spreading everywhere, especially I work in IT industry and most IT people pay attention to this kind of IT fashion. I still use my old phone right now, well, to receive and call out. But if my friends show me their new smart phones, out of curiosity, I still will try their functions and of course, the games. This trend is so big that my family also start to think about to change their phones. How about me? Since no more budget for me to spend, and besides I'm not a fan of little games, I don't think I'll change my cell to a smart phone that fast. I really am not like an IT person.

For most of Jonathan Lee's songs, I like this one the most. Firstly I like the melody of it, soft and lazy. I listened to it when I was in college and didn't understand (or feel) quite well this song. And since I start to listen to Janathan Lee's songs again lately. I still like this song very much and more importantly, I kinda understand more of it. This song is a view from people who have had many love stories and have a bit sarcasm to love. And the best part is the scene description from the song- all I can say is, Janathan Lee, you are the master!

陰天

陰天　在不開燈的房間　當所有思緒都一點一點沉澱
愛情究竟是精神鴉片　還是世紀末的無聊消遣
香煙　氳成一灘光圈　和他的照片就擺在手邊

Who said it's an aries month? I don't think so. I still lived the same life and even more, I can feel more about songs from Johnathan Lee- and I don't think it's a good sign. Johnthan Lee always writes about love in real lives, which means cruelty and loneliness. So, lately I listen to a song (an old song actually) "愛情有什麼道理". Yes, it is the song I listen. And yes, it isn't for young people for sure. It's for older and more lonely ones. Well, live the life and feel the life.. I guess that's all I can say now, even though much of the time, it's wordless.

愛情有什麼道理

Another song from Tiger Huang. This is a popular song and it's about New York, the big apple. I only have been to NY once when I was in junior high, so I have only few memories for it. If there is another chance to visit again, I think one week may not even be enough for me, because so many places to visit and most important of all, it's New York! so many tv shows are all about live in New York. The central park, the metropolitan, the 5th avenue, the NYU.. these are remarkable places in tv shows. Well, this is a great song about New York. I can feel vividly NY spirit from it. I heart NY.

New York, New York

Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today
I want to be a part of it - New York, New York

So, I bought many cheap DVDs from China, and some of them are the live concerts. As I listened to a concert from taiwanese singer Tiger Huang (Hsao-Hu Huang) singing "Smoke gets in your eyes", I had this feeling that I'm in a beautiful and leisure place and enjoy the concert live! Even though Tiger Huang isn't a pretty idol but she definately a great singer. She can handle the concert's atmosphere very well. So I enjoyed the song very much and fell in love with the old great songs again!

I don't listen to classic music a lot. But I do sometimes listen to them and can always feel the peace. For the classical music, Chopin's "Nocturne" is one of my favorites, especially when it was used to be the CF music for Volvo. You can see a lady drives a volvo with the beautiful music to suburbs- how comfy that is! If I have a car, I may do the same thing, to drive the car to a quiet and peaceful place and to enjoy the sea and breeze, but I probably will bring a friend so that we can chat a lot. Well, "Nocturne" is healing music I suppose. Just listen to "Nocturne" and you'll find yourselfe in leisure time and learn to enjoy the life!

The reason I started watching Glee is because I love music and know that this tv shows are all about songs. And yes, this is a great one! Glee is about a teacher and some students and mostly is about music and songs. The lead actress has a great voice and loves singing. This girl is energatic and agressive. And other teammates in Glee all have good voice. They also have their own stories. The most important character would be the hot teacher, who has enthusiasm to save Glee club and also find the confidence and joy from it. It is a great show. Do not miss it!

This movie said about the relationship between a father and a son. The father raised his son with all his efforts and hoped him to be a musician. Even though he was not his birth-father, he worked hard for money and used all his resources to push this little boy to the top. The story is not new to us but with the beautiful music and the great actors, all these make this movie so good that everytime I saw this movie, I was deeply moved always. The little boy's confusion on music and pure love on the pretty lady. The father's efforts and love. The professor's teaching and cruelty. Most important of all, the great music. I alwasy love seeing movies which has great music, because it makes the movie alive. Strongly suggest to see this movie. We can see the pure parental love in it.

Pix from: http://ajinamoto.pixnet.net/blog/category/1383214

I went to see "The Social Net work" today. It was a great movie. It describes a story about the founder of the famouse "Facebook". The actors played vividly just like Havard students. The lives on campus looked so familiar yet far away. The genius founder is a person not good at networking however is so dedicated on computer stuff and is born to be a creator of something (because he is a genius). According to the movie, the whole networking website initaited actually because Mark (the FB founder) was pissed of his ex-girlfriend leaving him. And at the same time, he also was inspired by some of his friends and then the famous Facebook was founded. It is a movie which can bring us back to the campus life and audience would think it is so familiar because it is about Facebook- the website most of us would have an account of.

It's a special song for me. This song was very popular about 18 years ago due to the famouse Japanese TV drama- Tokyo Love Story. When the first sound of the song starts, I can soon recognize that this is "the song". It always brings many memories for the so-called sixth-graders. Actually the story is simple compared to the TV shows nowadays, but it was a big big hit in both Japan and Taiwan then. We can say this is the very first popular TV show regarding love stories among young people, and it is just like a story happening among us. A nice story, pretty actors, plus a wonderful song made it a big success.

pix from: http://blog.ivani.info/2006/11/

So, I had a chance to visit DongGuan in China as a biz trip, and had to stay there for more than two weeks. Wow, it's my first time to go abroad for a biz trip and stay in a industrial area for so long. The first day I arrived, I felt excited but worried because many friends already told me DG is not a safe place. I was first arranged to stay in our company's dorm but at last was put to a hotel because all dorm spapces were full. For these two weeks, I stayed in a hotel and took daily shuttle to the factory for work. All Taiwanese workers worked in a small office and sat side by side closely, which was another special experience for me. There were some special points I'd like to take as note,

1. People in DG didn't use bathrooms well. Or I should say all bathrooms in China are dirty...

2. People in DG work inefficiently. For example, the servants in hotels weren't good at service part.

3. The place I stayed had bad air. Is it because it's in industrial area or all air in China is always gray and polluted?...

4. Some guy workers in DG were cute. (Shy).

So I got a bad cold and want to listen to something soft. Surprisingly, I chose Norah Jones' "Don't know why". I don't quite know the content of the song, but the melody is very jazzy. It soothes my jaded spirit in some ways. The melody is so successful that I don't even want to understand it and can just listen and enjoy it. Recommand it to those who have a tired day and want to have a relaxing night.

Cheers to us, who live in a big city jungle and try to stay alive- well, spiritually.

Don't know why

I waited ’til I saw the sun