on repeat

xiao qing ge (little love song) performed by sodagreen. taiwanese band that recently caught my ear by accident. lead vocalist, qing feng, has quite a unique voice. charming, addictive song.


destroy she said by circ, a relatively unknown trance band. perfect driving song for those pleasant hours-long drive to nowhere.

computer luv

so here i am, sick as a kitten from one of the rare, debilitating bouts of sickness that strike once a year, and this silly song keeps running through my head.

catchy.

Green Grey - Стереосистема

amazed that i actually found this on youtube. one of the ukrainian songs recommended by a friend that i pretty much like. catchy. ^^

you can also some shots of kyiv, the capital of ukraine in the vid. lots of churches.

storm

it has been storming ever since my return.

since last friday, it has been raining and blowing continuously. huddling in my warm little apartment, i sometimes feel like i'm out at sea, especially when the wind howls, the rain keeps pounding, and i look out and see giant trees tossed around like saplings. kinda like the little boy in "ponyo on the cliff by the sea" in the storm scene.

Surreality

how surreal. playing "ji gu pai" in Ukraine with a bunch of aussies. who ever knew? just to clarify, "ji gu pai" is a typical childhood game played in SE Asia. watch the videos to learn.

this took place on a 5 hour plaus train ride to Lviv, Ukraine's version of Melbourne aka the most cultural city in the country. train ride was straight out of Hogwarts Express, except that we were stuck in third class: windows stained so brown you can't look out, grimy sheets and blankets, lights that don't work, poor ventilation, and restrooms that are too horrible to mention. still, it was very romantic and all. with company such as these, how can one get bored?

last clip shows the girls breaking out in song, using "ji", "gu", "pa", no less. no prizes for guessing the song. this was one of the highlights of the trip to Ukaine.

Habanera

lol, finally fixed internet/computer problem at home. hooray! although i swear i must be plagued by gremlins lately...

anyway, a vid to celebrate! meep meep meep!

[MV] Jay Chou - A Secret I Cannot Tell (不能说的秘密)

Ah.

How did you find me here?

Still, in case I didn't say it, I'm glad you called.

post 56. Chen Ziqiang Tui Shou

More TJQ (Chen-style), this time showing push-hands (tui shou). Looks painful, eh? Wouldn't fancy to be on the receiving end.

Post 55. Chinese Martial arts Performance --taijiquan（太极拳）

Watch the first 30 seconds. Probably a good indication of how taiji can be used as self defense against common attacks. Notice it's the same movements except performed at speed. Quite ouch at the 32 second mark.

Soccer as it should be

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Now this is soccer I can watch.

Apache Ultimate Re-Remix (Prodigy - Breathe)

don't really feel like updating much lately, so enjoy the clips. hah. at least they are funny.

hippies + native american chicks + cheesy dancing AND Prodigy = awesomeness!

this is a work of genius. lol.

Last post of the year

Just going to fire off a short post before going out to do the obligatory countdown. ^_^

Don't normally disclose more personal thoughts but, anyway, thoughts for the past year. Hmm. Most important thing learnt: I am my own worst enemy. Resolutions. Be a better person, really try to do something constructive and useful and don't be another rotting leech. I know it's hard, but that's why we have words like "try".

Also learnt the profound greed and evil of mankind. Crude oil, it just really seem to boil down to this - who has it, who doesn't, and what we do with it. Climate change, destruction of the environment, wide-scale extinction of other species, corruption and poverty. The next time you go to the gas station, ponder where it comes from. Go google 'Nigeria delta human rights abuse' and see what a wonderful job Shell is doing in that area. Basically, they are just dumping the posionous residues into the waterways, leaving behind huge stinking tarry scars across the land, and killing the native people there because they have no other water to drink but from the tainted sources. And all this is done in the name of cutting costs. Go google 'Ken Saro-wiwa'. A man died for speaking out against Shell. They may as well have murdered him. And it is still going on today, right this very moment. Think about that.

Sometimes, it is all so despairing. It does seem that the very nature of man is evil and base.

And then, youtube brings up something that is slightly...different. I know this is old, but I only recently came upon this.

Paul Potts. A man with no belief in himself, who showed up in a cheap suit, world-weary and beaten, to...sing opera.

And sing, he does. He is no Pavarotti, but still, it gives me the shivers to hear him sing.

And even though it may not seem like much, it gives me hope that maybe there is something good and beautiful in us after all.

Good bye 2007. Hello 2008.

Happy new year. ^^

Heavy Metal Guy - Ep. 2 - Big Money

gotta love the hair and voice!

Thai food prank

bang bang boogie~~ ^^ this is really old, but you gotta love "bang bang boogie and don't stop the boogie"!

Indian Horse Stunt

This has got to be the best stunt ever. God-like. The intense look on his face, priceless. ^____^

牛仔很忙 - Jay Chou - 周杰伦 - 我很忙

Just love the opening. Oh la la~ haha. enjoy. ^^

hyperglo, this one's for you.

Cat on two feet

This is just not right. No matter how cute you look, it's just wrong for a cat to be on two feet.

Evolution Of Dance

Lol. Very funny, very clever. Ice, ice baby and MC hammer, anyone? ^^

It's Christmas!

Since it's Decemeber, here's something a little Christmasy. This left me speechless the first time I saw it. ^^

Jay Chou - Romantic Handphone(Lang Man Shou Ji)

the starting of this video always cracks me up, when the girl starts brawling in cantonese and all he can say bemusedly is: "i don't understand...(._.")". for some reason, i find that highly amusing.