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comeherald
Hey!!!!!! Oh my!!!! It's sooo good to hear from you! I've been really worrying about you! It's nice to know that you are fine. It's been more than a year...wow, time flies. I am fine. Nothing really changes. So what actually happened? I'm sure it would be a very long story. I would like to know if you are willing to tell!
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MinaMaluca
Olá, preciso da sua ajuda. Assista este vídeo no Youtube para ajudar em visualizações. Agradeço e se precisar de algo é só me pedir. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dz1k1Y8NNk
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comeherald
In fact I'm going to a concert tomorrow called 'Rooftop Live', which is held on the rooftop of a building in downtown Taipei. http://www.rooftoplive.com.tw There will be 張懸 featuring a Hong Kong artist 盧凱彤 as well as a new band Pia. Yay! Generally tickets for these festivals cost for around NT$1,000. However, some activities are held by the government such as the biggest music festival here 'Hohaiyan Rock Festival' and the one you mentioned, and those festivals take place in public areas so everyone is free to attend. I'm glad to tell you that there are always plenty of music events here (mostly in Taipei) so I think it's safe to assure you that you can find something interesting to go to all around the year! I usually follow 張懸 and other artists through Facebook and some forums. That's how I get all the infos about her!
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comeherald
I wanted to go to one gig of 張懸 in September, but the tickets sold out so fast like hell...I wish i could manage to get the tickets somewhere...
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comeherald
I love the 2nd song as well as its MV. I think the message the clips tried to explain was quite obvious and strong. This song, 玫瑰色的你 (Rose-colored You) is a song dedicated to a person who participated in various social movements here. It was like a song of celebration first, but 張懸 later found out that when the activist was faced with difficulties (such as the government using the flawed justice system to suppress her), the response of the society was shockingly indifferent. The song somehow became kind of sad to her. That's why she asked for an MV like what you've seen now. It aimed to make viewers think about how your indifference, which you consider harmless, may actually do harm to others. I believe this may be near to what you've received. "You saw what you wanted to see, and made it happen. Because of you, I feel like wearing a pair of rose-colored glasses." These were part of the lyrics, which I think best represent the whole song.
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comeherald
US$ 27.98? Wow, why should them cost you so much? I don't know but it seems that it becomes really expensive when trying to by albums overseas...same case here. Yes you can buy the digital album first via iTunes or so. Hope you come here before it is unavailable anymore lol (though I wonder if this will ever happen...). I like that song too! 豔火 means very vivid and colorful fireworks, which 張懸 herself translated it into 'pyrojewel'. The lyrics are about lovers going against all odds, seeing each other as fireworks in the long road of life. I wish I could translate the whole song but I am just unable to do this without harming its poetry essence. However, I believe you can feel the warmth and passion through the song, while it might reflect to 張懸's own state of mind because she is now in relationship hehe. This is her own handwriting of the lyrics. I thought you may like this: http://d.pr/i/aLef
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comeherald
So, are you a polyglot? I can only speak Mandarin and English. That's all, haha. You're right! I think the 'old-film-like' feeling was what the designer wanted to present. I also like 拾荒 the best too! It sounds really special, quite indie. I think the sales of the album is doing well. It peaked important music charts here. The album costs NT$449 here but is actually sold NT$388 in some of our websites. US$16.99 is like about NT$526, but I not quite sure how much does it cost for the shipping. I guess this price isn't too bad. By the way, while the preorder version includes the box set and a bonus demo, I don't think that the version you order now would be the same. But I don't know what it would be like either lol, maybe smaller. 張懸's first MV for the latest single, 豔火, is out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqPhqGu3VCM I really wish you could read the lyrics, it's just so...poetic. She has held two free mini concerts for promotion now, and there might be more!
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comeherald
No...I'm afraid 'hola' is the only Spanish word I know lol! You're right! 林宥嘉 has just released his latest album, and, believe me, you will want to hear it. This album, 大小說家 (which can be directly translated to 'The Great Fictionist'), is an outstanding work! 越反越愛 is one of my favorite in this album. It reminds me of some indie rock bands from north of China (like 万能青年旅店). Also the album box set is specially designed. You can get a glimpse here: http://imcaroline.pixnet.net/blog/post/32112220 I have courses to take this vacation, so...I have only one week of holidays and I'm already back to school now, hehe. There were two typhoons coming at once a couple of weeks ago, and I was really afraid that there would be lots of lots rain and landscapes. Fortunately, the rainfall wasn't as strong as expected. Whew! Another news: 張懸 is going to release her new album, 神的遊戲, on 8/10. I can't wait it!
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Babo-chan
Hello! While browsing Wheesungs page and comments I happened to read your's from last year about lyrics for a song. I don't know if you found those lyrics but I think I just did. In case you didn't find them, here is the link http://www.jetlyrics.com/viewlyrics.php?id=492278
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comeherald
Hola! It's alright because I am incredibly stuck in my final exams for the past few weeks, and I'm free now! It seems that there are still a few days for you to go, and I'm sure you're gonna survive through it! I didn't go to 林宥嘉's concert. I only watch part of it online. I regretted not going to his concert after watch a few clips lol. It getting really hot here, and there have already been a few typhoons since summer came. The results of Golden Melody Awards have been out last weekend. Too bad those who I love didn't get a single award...sigh.
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comeherald
There will be a live broadcast on our TV channel, but i'm still looking for an online livestream too. The result will be out on 6/23. 林宥嘉 is having a concert this evening, and we can see part of the show on YouTube in you join his Google+ channel and a Google Hangout party later. The concert will start at 7:30 pm here, but I think it may be too early there for you :p How have you been recently? I guess it has started to get cold there?
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comeherald
Haha piece of heaven? Wow your friend really loves it, doesn't she? I remembered while I treated an exchange student from Czech a cup of bubble tea, he felt that it's quite weird have to chew something while drinking, and it's like 'having a meal' lol.
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comeherald
Singing in Taiwanese Hokkien doesn't really reach to smaller group of people here, but maybe it's true with regard to international listeners. Launching a traditional Chinese version may be too much efforts for them since we are such a minor group, and it seems that Last.fm isn't putting emphasis on asia users lol. Hey, do you know anything about our Golden Melody Awards? It's like Grammy Awards for Mandarin singers, the biggest music award throughout the Chinese-speaking area. I'm glad to inform you that 林宥嘉 is nominated the best male singer and the best album, 魏如萱 nominated the best female singer and the best album and Tizzy Bac the best band! I was usually pissed of with the awards' nomination lists. However, the list this year isn't as terrible as it usually was.
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comeherald
I think you're right. I'm not an expert too lol! Yes tags are just tags, music itself is far more important. Haha there are really few active last.fm users in Taiwan! So there are a bunch of Taiwanese bands which have lower than 100 listeners. You know that normal Taiwanese pop songs sound all the same as well, even the structures of the song and the themes are similar from one to another...sometimes listening to the radio may get me really annoyed and I rather give my ears some rest lol. You haven't tasted bubble tea yet? How is it gonna win you over? You know that they are real junk food with astonishing high calories and little nutrition although really tasty...so what's junk food like there?
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comeherald
I have the same feeling about 川秋沙 too! It's not that catchy at first, but it gets better and better. Ha ha, I'm not really sure if it's right to define them a shoe gaze band so I just put it as shoegaze-like lol. INDIEVOX is quite a nice music provider. The prices are low but actually they provide music only in mp3 format (not lossless) so I guess that's why. Lol why? Is it exciting listening to radio stations there? But I guess you're right about bubble tea and night market...I hate not having the ability to resist those delicious junk food lol!
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comeherald
Here's the link: http://www.mediafire.com/?6ywo949twi17q2i. I didn't expect that you would like 川秋沙 lol! BTW, there is a music website called INDIEVOX (http://www.indievox.com/) which introduces and sells Taiwan indie music. Check it out, I think you may like it (although there isn't an English version)! Yes, I like 林宥嘉 too. He is one of the few mainstream singers that I really love. Haha, you will not want to move here, the music of our radio station is also most boring like crap. I think it's all the same worldwide hehe.
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comeherald
Glad that you're enjoying your internship! You can certainly do well! I have big exams nearly every week this semester, which is really exhausting. I am having one week of short break before another wave of exams...There wasn't much exciting news of music recently here. There were releases from some mainstream pop-singers which I am not really interested in :p However, there are some nice new indie groups which are worth mentioning: "川秋沙(Goosander)" produce shoegaze-like music with lyrics in Taiwanese Hokkien http://youtu.be/5r9fyMOXRHA ; "那我懂你意思了(Then I Know What You Mean)" is also a fun indie band http://youtu.be/Gp6XKEE8B2E. Oh and, 張懸 and 林宥嘉 will hopefully release their new stuff later this year, and 陳綺貞 maybe next year. I'm sooo excited about this! (The SOPA thing is really annoying, I've since lost many sources of music too lol)
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comeherald
The construction company has make up for their loss (and they should) for the Wangs and all the other residents there who participate in the 'urban renewal'. But the problem is that the Wangs never wanted to join this. They never wanted to move away from the place where their family have owned and lived for over a hundred years. The greedy construction company then used some tricks to ask the government using their 'power' to force the Wangs away. Situations remained the same now, since the occupation of the Wangs and the protesters, the company couldn't start the construction. A few days ago a student along with some protesters were sued by the company because of the critics posted on Facebook or what they've said in public. I can say that people are getting really angry now. Many people reposted the same words as the student did and asked the company to accuse them all. The government isn't helpful at all in the whole situation. And I hate the fact that I can't be at any help either.
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comeherald
Well, these dialects are still widely used now, and you're right, Taiwanese hokkien is important here. What I mean is they sound more like ancient Chinese. The issue about the video I posted has become a major and highly debated one here over these weeks. Fury from the people have forced the government to guarantee us that the ridiculous law they based on to demolish the Wangs' house will be modified. However, the mayer hasn't admitted that they did anything wrong and refused to give them back the land they legally owned. The Wangs and the protestors have now occupied and camped at the place where the house existed and decided to have a long-term resistance against the government and the construction company. This really make us feel "powerless and mad", and this is just one of the issues that give us familiar feelings. Thats why I can't stand for KMT anymore, although I'm not quite sure if the opposition party can do any better...
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sunrisezihan
Becuz i'm tired of my previous account,but i don't want to delete my previous account.so i moved to here : )
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comeherald
I had to suffer and for 10 days and try to prepare for my midterm without my laptop...My guilty pleasure is to have a new laptop a bit too early! Never mind about the "mainland China" thing. It is just a term only used in Taiwan (I think so) to differentiate between us and them, and we rarely use the terms "PRC" and "ROC" in casual talks either. Yes, Cantonese along with Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka are all more difficult than Mandarin. These dialects are more like the language which ancient Chinese used. But I can't speak Taiwanese Hokkien because my grandparents moved here with KMT in 1949...I am the descendant of "mainlanders" if you really have to classify. My father understands Cantonese but can't speak much, and I couldn't understand it at all lol. China never makes sense on Taiwan issues. That's quite sad, but there's no really a solution to it now.
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comeherald
In our terms (in Taiwan) we mostly mean PRC only when talking about "mainland China", but the meaning can be quite flexible depending on the conversation lol. People from Hong Kong speak Cantonese, which is used among the south-eastern coastal provinces. It sounds quite beautiful to me though I couldn't understand a word. Yes, we can't use ROC or Taiwan as our name because of China...we can't use it in any situation that China holds power. That's quite pathetic. And oh, I finally got a new laptop now...I shouldn't be having a new one that fast but I just couldn't hide my guilty pleasure LOL!
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comeherald
Sorry for the late reply, but I dropped my laptop onto the ground and it is now unable to work at all...there are indeed a lot of Americans here, and there are also a number of teachers from India too. So do most of the people in the Chinese community come from mainland China? I heard that "Taipei" is even more famous than "Taiwan" because we frequently use the name "Chinese Taipei" to participate in international activities lol.
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comeherald
I would love to visit Brazil and try your food some day. I've never been across the equator lol. I don't know if there are many Brazilians here, actually I've never seen or known any Brazilian here (my activity range is limited though). I'm quite surprised if there are actually a number of Brazilians wanting to come! We always consider Taiwan quite unknown in the rest of the world while many people may misunderstand Taiwan as Thailand lol.
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comeherald
It's true I haven't heard about Brazilian cuisine! You can hardly find one Brazilian restaurant here :( And the food you mentioned...it starved me just looking at your description. Then I went search for the pictures. They all look delicious! I swear I must get a taste of each of them in the future! Why isn't there any Brazilian restaurant around?
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comeherald
That's truly quite a problem lol! Glad that I live in such a tiny place. Oh I just totally forgot that you're a vegetarian. It's true that it's hard to find nice vegetarian asian restaurant because meat is quite an indispensable material in our cuisine. So how did you celebrate your birthday? Is there like any tradition to celebrate birthday there?
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comeherald
I see. Brazil is really quite a huge land, isn't it? Wow daylight saving time...it must be really annoying to always be confused by time lol. Sukiyaki is a way to cook food in Japan. They cook thin slices of chicken or beef in a shallow pot in mixture of soy sauce, sugar, and mirin. After the meat is ready, it is dipped in raw egg to add the flavor of the meat. It's a bit like hot pot and is quite popular here especially during winter ha ha.
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comeherald
So you are in different time zone now? I seldom suffer from that since I live in such a tiny island lol. Yeah, my family went to a Japanese restaurant that serves a kind of cuisine called "sukiyaki". I don't know if you ever heard this?
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comeherald
Wow thanks! It was 2/15 in the night when you left the shout. I totally forgot that I've told you my birthday, and forgot your birthday as well :p Thanks again!
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comeherald
Yes, I think the Koreans use the same lunar calendar as we do. In fact, I know my lunar birthday too but people barely celebrate on that day (except my family, because my lunar birthday happens to occur during Chinese New Year lol). I think the Valentine's Day in March do come from Japan, but is beginning to be discussed only in the recent few years. We don't always give gifts now too, sometimes we go out for a supper or just totally ignore it instead haha!
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comeherald
Haha, most of us celebrate our birthdays only once a year according to the western calendar. Isn't it quite weird to celebrate it twice? It feels getting old two times faster lol! Actually some people celebrate Valentine's Day THREE times a year, one called "White Valentine" during March...another thing that is manufactured by businessmen. Those who actually celebrate it three times must be crazy...
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comeherald
I'm mostly just relax myself during vacation, and I would sometimes sleep till noon lol. It's really hard to choose whether or not to believe a certain news here because nearly every newspaper or TV channel has their own political attitude...that's quite a tumor to our media environment. We celebrate both 2/14 and Chinese Valentine's Day (which is on the 7th day of the 7th month according to our lunar calendar). That means that the businessmen have two chances in a year to get money from lovers!
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comeherald
Oh and about the scrobbling problems...is it the tags problem? I use iTunes to arrange the music files, and if the ID3-tags aren't in the latest version, there may be some displaying errors on other programs. Or it may because of the text encoding problems? You know if you changes codes from unicode (or whatever you're using) to other codes..I'm not quite sure if it would work lol. I'm not quite an expert on these things.
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comeherald
It's true that our GDP has risen but there are actually some tricks inside. Most of our lives haven't changed much except for the businessmen working and selling products in China. International media do tend to favor Ma government more because it's friendly with mainland China, which has gained lots of power and become more and more influential over the years. I'm still in vacation, and the next semester for college students won't start until 2/20. Do you mean that you birthday is around the corner? Like around Valentine's Day? I'm born on 2/16...so I guess our birth dates are quite near! There are really much about our culture, sometimes even I don't think that I understand it all!
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comeherald
Our current government isn't doing well especially on issues about sovereignty, citizen rights and environmental protection. And they are going to be in power for another 4 years! I simply can't imagine that. Hope they can do a better job. The Chinese New Year celebrations are nearly over now here, and people are going back to work after this weekend. Do Chinese there play "mahjong" during New Year?
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comeherald
Yeah you're completely correct about the major differences between the two parties. But there are still some other things that affect our choices. We have traditional Chinese (Taiwanese) Cuisine during Chinese New Year, and there are specialties such as Nien Gao (New Year's Cake) which can be served in several ways. There is also a custom that the fish dish can't be finished during New Year because the word 'fish' in Chinese shares the same pronunciation as 'surplus' so by leaving some fish in the plate, we hope that we can have surpluses (of fortune, for example) every year!
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comeherald
I'm actually enjoying the vacation without thinking much of the New Year lol. It's a tradition to clean up throughout our houses though. There's not really many things to prepare. Oh yes, we should prepare our stomach for the upcoming big meals, and prepare ourselves to face the rocketing body weights haha! I think similar incidents happen around the world, that's really sad. The one from KMT, an old party which was defeated by communists in 1949 and fled to Taiwan with a number of mainlanders, won the election and can continue his presidency for another 4 years. And the female candidate I supported was from DPP (Democratic Progressive Party), which was formed during the White Terror period. Their biggest difference is about the attitude towards mainland China, KMT tends to be friendly while the other one is more defensive.
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comeherald
Hey, it's been a long time since my last shout because I'm on my busy holidays now lol! And I meant to say "Golden Lion Award (in Venice Film Festival)" but the lion somehow slipped away from my fingers! Yes it was during the White Horror period and the film is focused on the '228 incident', a tragedy indeed. Do you know that we've just had our latest presidential election two days ago? It's quite a pity that the one I support didn't win :( However, I still hope things won't get worse in the next four years. How's you vacation? Is there anything special during this vacation in Brazil?
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comeherald
Ah, I think I know what you're talking about. There is such thing as "Chinese astrology" however with a more ancient name, so I couldn't connect them together at first. Chinese astrology is one of the ways of fortune-telling here, but I'm not quite sure if the animal you belong to has anything to do with Chinese astrology...I don't know lol. Yes, 悲情城市 is the first mandarin-speaking film that won the Golden award and the actor 梁朝偉 has later become famous world-wide. Actually it's based on a rather sad incident happened in Taiwan, I don't know if you are aware about it?
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comeherald
Chinese astrology? I don't really have an idea about that lol. It will the year of dragon in the next lunar year. I was born in the year of lamb. The New Year scrolls are long sheets of red paper with rhythmic blessings written on them. We paste them on the wall around the door during new year. And adults give red envelopes to kids with money inside. In Chinese, this gift money is called "money to keep age down", meaning we don't want those kids to ever grow up! Sounds quite weird but this has been a custom. I know 悲情城市, it's actually famous and is like a classic in our film history. I watched it once years ago but I've forgotten what the opening was about, so I can't answer that :p
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comeherald
Yes! Chinese New Year is on 1/23 this year, and we have a tradition to have a big family reunion (including grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins...) on Chinese New Year's Eve. Have you ever heard about New Year scrolls and red envelopes? There are a lot of interesting traditions during our New Year! About the subjects I'm studying, I actually consider anatomy quite interesting, but when it comes to tests, nothing is interesting anymore...lol. Histology is painful to me too, it requires imagination to tell one kind from another!
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comeherald
I'm busying with my final exams now, and yes, that's quite exhausting! But hopefully I'll be able to take a nice break in two weeks. The anatomy things and histology slides are driving me mad! I'm quite amazed that even in some really small artist pages you can still see shouts from Brazil. You are really all music-lovers lol! This website isn't quite popular among Taiwanese, and I guess it's because there is no Chinese version of the site. Enjoy your holidays! Lucky you!
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comeherald
I can't agree with you more! Sometimes western science itself may be a kind of superstitious if we only trust it and despise other things. Hey, I always wonder how come there are so many Brazilians on this site? Is this really popular in your country? I mean, I can easily find users from Brazil leaving comments in any artist page!
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