Wei Lian's Birthday Bash 2008

26 Sept...What a night!

Although was a bit tired during the week before the event, but still managed to enjoyed myself at the event itself. The food was alright (actually didn't eat much also la. haha!), and the place quite spacious. Not forgetting it was also F1 racing launching date, some of our poor angels were stuck in the traffic jam, but still manage to reach to the venue in time for heavy-duty segments. haha. Ya, it's been long while since I met some of them! *Miss you guys*

Well, before the actual event, was busy tying up ends of the preparation segment. The special gifts for Wei Lian were in my hands as well as some deco stuffs. Below are snapshots.

The big present (in terms of value):

The second present:

Presents being wrapped up:

IC in-charge list:

Birthday Gift Contributors:

The "notice" that was placed outside our room. last minute works due to changes :P. nice ma? Haha.

Will wait for more photos and videos taken by Patricia and photographer peeps (Hui Ping and Zheng Guo) ba! This year is a bit more special in that sense, we have a chance of a solo picture with him! And we get to 秀 our vocals...after Wei Lian left, some of us still zi-high in the KTV room singing different kind of songs. (must make our trip value for money ma. lol) You should have seen how we were reminicisiing the 3 year-old times at one of the autograph sessions when Wei Lian released his "wo zhi shi xiang yao" album (thanks to auntie iris whom dedicated "月亮代表我的心" before she left in a hurry and sabo me to sing. haha). Dixon aka our host when comes to S.H.E...really is 一发不可收拾. Haha.

Happy Birthday to Shing as well. Hope she like the gift and card from us as well! :D
Looking forward to more events in the future! And Wei Lian will progress smoothly oh! jia you!

(Still waiting for the suprising news that Paul Chan is going to reveal....eh, almost going to October liao lor~~~ )

张靓颖 画皮 ("画心"主题歌) MV

Been listening to this piece of late.

It is the theme song of the upcoming China film (where Qi Yu Wu is casted inside as well!). Simple lyrics but the rendition is artistically beautiful.

And I like the female singer out of the many china competitions one, coz she looks beautiful, sings well and has a very unique vocal technique called 海豚音...which can be heard in this song (somewhere after the chorus bridging).




作曲：藤原育郎
作词：陈少琪
演唱：张靓颖 Jane Zhang

看不穿 是你失落的魂魄
猜不透 是你瞳孔的颜色
一阵风 一场梦 爱如（是）生命般（的）莫测
你的心 到底被什么蛊惑

你的轮廓在黑夜之中淹没
看桃花 开出怎样的结果
看着你抱着我 目光似（比）月色寂寞
就让你 在别人怀里快乐

爱着你 像心跳难触摸
画着你 画不出你的骨骼
记着你的脸色 是我等你的执着

你是我 一首唱不完的歌 （我的心 只愿为你而割舍）


more info about the show:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1055300/

Think I should be catching the movie ba...provided my schedules doesn't clash =x

S.H.E沿海公路的出口MV

Here's the latest MV of S.H.E 11th album, 2nd 抒情主打 (沿海公路的出口):



the main reason I like this song is because of Ella. Her raspy low voice makes the intro even more beautiful (although the song tune itself is rather common/plain). Pleasantly surprise they also use Ella as the lead female actress of the story. :)

I have bought their latest album and got 4 songs I like. I do prefer this album compared to their previous "Play" album, coz the songs are more 'nai ting'. But if compared to their much previous albums, this album is more ah-moh style in the sense, they have a few songs that are british pop feel. And I didn't quite like their photos. I get the idea of futuristic but somehow it doesn't connect with me...

Botonical Garden Visit - 14 Sep 08

Erm, how long I never step into there le? haha...think got at least >8 years ba. One thing good about the trip is...never rain lor! very happy leh, finally can take some decent outdoor shots le. haha. Is the dressing nice? wahaha, coz I first time match them up! initially want to wanted to wear jeans, but thinking quite boring so there's for a change. (hmmm, got a bit like camouflage into the nature background. lol.) Visited the "flowers dedicated to foreign artistes" garden (more pictures below), and then knew more about the flowers that Singapore gave as a friendly gestures. Interesting! The only thing bad is the pathetic number of carpark lots...wa, my dad drove at least 3 times round the place, to find the suitable lot. Not only that it is pretty far from the entrance, so not very convenient.

愛的盲俠─陳偉聯

还记得李宣榕和伟联在他台湾宣传时,合唱的女生吗? 看到她的留言, 就是提伟联感到高兴...她的支持者也"爱乌及屋", 购买了伟联的专辑, 也留下鼓励的话:

http://www.wretch.cc/blog/sharon80055/24464876


愛的盲俠─陳偉聯

September 18, 2007

愛的盲俠─陳偉聯
陳偉聯，一位新加坡歌手！第一次聽到要與他合唱真的感到蠻開心的，偉聯是歌唱比賽第一名出身的，而且他真的很棒！縱使雙眼看不到，我看見了樂觀的偉聯縱使雙眼看不到，我看見了對音樂執著的偉聯偉聯說他曾經在類似民歌西餐廳演唱我問偉聯：那你會吉他嗎？偉聯靦腆的說：一點點我問偉聯：鋼琴？偉聯低頭靦腆的笑：一點點囉真的很佩服他，勇氣、執著、純真完全在他身上展露無遺最後祝福偉聯：偉聯，加油喔，期待你會是歌壇另一顆閃亮之星！


不知道李宣榕会出专辑吗? 她的歌声也不错哦! 期待! :)

Beijing Paralympics 2008 - Yippie for Singapore!

Our athletics have done bravo achievements in this Beijing Paralympics 2008! :)

We have...

16 year old swimmer Yip Pin Xiu Wins Singapore's First Ever Paralympic Gold (50m (S3) backstroke final in 58.75 secs) and also a silver for 50m women's freestyle, clocking 57.43 seconds.

We also have (competition held in Hong Kong)...

29 year old singapore rider Laurentia Tan strutted 'Nothing to Lose' confidently through an Oriental melody, despite her inability to hear the music. She skillfully maneuvered Harvey through a course of shouldering, walking and trotting, impressing judges to a 70.167% finish, successfully gaining Singapore its second bronze medal at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Tan made history as Singapore's first Paralympic medalist when she won a bronze medal in her first event - the Individual Championship Test Grade 1a on 9 September.


Really admire their fighting spirit and love for sports...I'm not particularly good in sports (definitiely not international competition standard! haha!), but it is a known fact that sporting is tiring and requires much mental strength. So in the event of countering their weaknesses and disabilities, they emerge victorous through hard work and determination.

*but the sad thing is about the event coverage and monetary award arugment. As much as we belong to a democracy society, there is still discrepancy in treating people like them. haiz. A medal won in Paralympics is not an easy feat as well...hope the system will be revised soon, hence equally recognising their achievements too. all the best to them, and hope to see even better results in London 2012! :)

残奥帆赛合唱表演——同在蓝色星球上

在残奥帆赛启动仪式上，陈伟联和来自青岛市歌舞剧院的孙雅君共同演唱歌曲《同在蓝色星球上》.

残奥帆赛合唱表演——同在蓝色星球上 (电视录影):
http://2008.qq.com/a/20080909/000136.htm

"同在蓝色星球上" mp3 连接 :
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dq7lrbozzjl


我喜欢这样的爆发力...不是乱轰乱叫型....而是所谓的"BUILDUP". 伟联的诠释是比较内敛的, 但唱歌最主要是感情, 多过与技巧....看到他的演唱,绝对不输给和他同唱的雅君小姐. 即使有合音陪衬,但他的音质还是恰当地演绎出来. 好样子! 加油!

RSAF Open House 2008

Welcome To RSAF Open House 2008!!!

Last two sundays ago, attended this event with my family. Quite crowded and again raining! actually quite fed up leh, so many family events i went along the few weekends are raining de. -_-''', so can't really take nice photos coz busy hiding from raining. zzz.....And the queues for sitting in the plane pilot areas for photo-taking were extremely long, which we don't bother to wait lor, so all the photos we took were just beside the planes.


Started off fine...

If you read the newspapers, you should know this old uncle, who is a fannatic collector of singapore memento stuffs like NDP-related badges...wow, that day he also attended the show (Very ON!) and lined up beside my row, that's why i managed to take that shot lor. We were lining up because of security check. His wife also wore army-like t-shirt, really matching with his creative, "daring and unique" outfit. Wow, an amazing couple! lol.

Below are some of my photos:

Rain Rain Go Away....(but didn't!):

Perfect place to hide from rain and fill up our stomachs! hehe.


Simply troublesome to take umbrella and want to snap photos at the same time!

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Well, the rain stopped and rained again. really spoiling mood wor...but still the audience didn't lessen (late afternoon still got many queues outside), so quite spontaneous in that sense. =)

2nd Updates of Singapore Hits Awards!

(Gotten from a sms of a friend)

Currently leading in online voting are....

Males: 林俊杰 林宥嘉 罗志祥 王力宏 杨宗纬

Females: 梁静茹 刘力扬 萧亚轩 张惠妹 杨丞琳

Newcomer: 林宥嘉 刘力扬 唐禹哲 萧敬腾 杨宗纬

Groups: S.H.E 棒棒堂 飞轮海 苏打绿 五月天

(those in bold are new entries)

Trivia: wow, rainie managed to squeeze out jolin?! i thought I heard that rainie's popularity has been dipping? but then again, that depends on your region leagues of fans lor. And sodagreen took over 5566! that's great news. (actually i used to like 5566 last time de, but their quality of music depreciated quite a lot...so now their news i am not really interested la. haha!)



And Yes 933 has came out with a short trailer of the event:

http://www.singaporehitawards.sg/index.htm



So do remember to continue to vote for Wei Lian (left another 10 more days!):

http://www.singaporehitawards.sg/Category1.asp

and the random poll at xin.sg as well:

新加坡金曲奖2008正式开跑，你觉得本地歌手中，谁最可能得奖？

http://www.xin.sg/

优周刊报道 (第144)：盲侠陈伟联担任残疾人奥运会开

不只报道伟联担任残疾人奥运会开幕嘉宾，同时也报道他准备第三张专辑的收歌进展：

哈哈, 借个机会做张贴图吧 (女歌手也挺漂亮的而且还蛮高的. 嘻嘻!):

期待伟联的作品喔...加油! :)

青岛奥帆赛开幕式2008 新闻报道

Found 2 news clips whereby they featured bits and pieces of Wei Lian's performance:


1)北京残奥会帆船比赛青岛扬帆

http://www.sdtv.com.cn/news/shipin/xinwenlianbo/200809/134821.htm


2)特写：温暖相聚　让爱起飞

http://news.qingdaomedia.com/content_tv.asp?id=139982


hahaz, not easy to find full video of the whole opening...but from these clips, believe Wei Lian has sung well...i like how he used his "zhong di yin" to project his voice across to the floor audience as well as to bring out the sense of 'gan dong du' that the song hopes to portray. Good job! =)

文艺表演个个精彩

http://news.qingdaonews.com/content/2008-09/08/content_7916122.htm

昨晚启动仪式的文艺表演部分《让爱起飞》，体现了“体验运动快乐 沐浴生活阳光”的理念。文艺表演定位于“融合、友爱、超越”。融合是融合文明，寓意人类文明共生共荣；友爱是关爱生命，寓意人类生命共同发展；超越是超越自我，寓意人类拼搏实现梦想。

小男孩《梦帆》拉开序幕

《让爱起飞》是在海涛声中拉开帷幕的。海潮声声，星光点点，蓝色的绸布构成了梦幻的海面。一束光亮中，一个可爱的小男孩 正在沉睡，一艘帆船向他驶来，他驾驭着这艘帆船缓缓向前，帆船移动在蓝色绸布构成的波浪起伏的海面上，仿佛在海浪中迎风前行。灯光渐暗，当灯光再次亮起时，小男孩变成了一名健硕的男青年，意气风发地驾驭着风帆，他是自己的船长……这个唯美的《梦帆》诗意地拉开了文艺表演的序幕。

紧接着，舞台上大片的蓝色绸布下，演员们张开双臂表演迎风展翅的海鸥形象，他们在风浪中奋勇搏击，表现血肉之躯所蕴含的激动人心的精神力量。

拄双拐唱出顽强信念

“不论你是什么样的肤色，都是为了友谊而出发，不论你来自什么国度，神州大地就是你的家。同样的命运让我们相逢，顽强的信念让它升华……”当现场响起美妙的歌声，人们的目光聚焦在舞台上拄着双拐的歌手身上，他叫李琛，来自中国残疾人艺术团。 出生在西安的李琛曾经是个健康的男孩，3岁半的时候患了小儿麻痹症，由于医疗条件不好，从此拄上了双拐。李琛喜欢画画、弹吉他，他所有的爱好母亲都尽量满足他。1987年，李琛毕业于西安画院。1989年加入残疾人射击队获得第三届残疾人运动会气手枪冠军。1997年参加全国首届残疾人中华曲库歌曲电视大赛获得通俗唱法一等奖。1993年参加中国残疾人艺术团。1995年参加亚太地区残疾人十年主题歌大赛，他作为中国惟一派遣的一个代表在韩国参赛，演唱的《生命之光》夺得了银奖。李琛用自身的经历证明，残疾人的生命依然可以非常精彩。昨晚，他用歌声打动了青岛。

盲歌手唱响天籁之音

“听到他的歌，就会抛开所有烦恼。”这是许多人对新加坡盲人歌手陈伟联的评价，昨晚这个天籁之音在浮山湾畔响起，陈伟联和来自青岛市歌舞剧院的孙雅君一同唱响了《同在蓝色星球上》。 27岁的陈伟联曾是新加坡的街头艺人，在新加坡的主要巴士转换站表演。2005年9月1日，他从4000人参赛的《绝对SuperStar!》中脱颖而出，成为总冠军，也成为新加坡家喻户晓的第一位“盲人歌手”，在新加坡的乐坛中有“盲侠”的称号，陈伟联也成为2005年新加坡残障意识公民教育大使与青年领袖。

《辉煌梦想》向往辉煌

“你让我相信，没有双桨也可以远航，你让我相信，没有翅膀也可以飞翔。波涛汹涌，你比我坚强。困难险阻，你给我力量。天离地有何等的高，你的爱也何等的深。东和西有何等的宽，我的心却就在身旁。海阔天空，风帆依旧飘扬。激情梦想，瞬间就是辉煌。” 这是专门为本届残奥帆赛启动仪式创作的歌曲《辉煌梦想》，当这首歌曲响起，全体演员身着各种服装汇聚成五彩的海洋，他们簇拥着歌唱演员，代表五大洲心手相连，人们在歌声中旋转、拥抱，最后一起高举着互相握着的双手，向往着辉煌的梦想，把启动仪式推向高潮。

新加坡盲人歌手陈伟联为残奥会运动员献唱

http://ent.sina.com.cn/y/2008-09-08/18202161368.shtml

新浪娱乐讯 9月7日(周日),第十三届残疾人奥运会帆船比赛在青海国际中心举行了盛大的启动仪式。来自新加坡的盲人歌手陈伟联(听歌)作为启动仪式上唯一受邀的海外歌手，现场为各国参赛选手及嘉宾演唱。 　　

当陈伟联带领着60名小朋友和60名大朋友的合唱团穿着整洁统一的水手套装在台上演出时，现场所有的朋友均发出了由衷的热列掌声。这次成功的合唱其实背后也付出了很多台前幕后的努力，以认真出名的陈伟联，特地提前3天到达青岛进行严谨的彩排工作，力求在演出中做到尽善尽美。陈伟联表示：残奥会受到很多国家的重视，有很多朋友都也都很关注这场盛大的赛事。通过这些比赛，可以让很多的健全朋友更全面地了解残疾人，是彼此之间沟通的一个很好的桥梁。这次新加坡也有不少名运动员报名参加不同的比赛项目，希望家乡的运动会们能为国争光，多拿几面奖牌。也希望各国运动员可以赛出好成绩，为自己的祖国争光。 　　

在青岛举行的帆船比赛项目，共有80名来自25个国家的运动员代表参加，其中新加坡派出2名运动员参加，陈伟联知道现场有新加坡的选手后，非常开心的请工作人员为他引见，为参赛者打气。新加坡代表团的成员见到陈伟联后，非常的惊喜，争着要和他合影。运动员说，陈伟联在新加坡参加《绝对SuperStar》比赛时，就有很多人被他这种努力追梦的精神所打动。几位惺惺相惜的“老乡们”互相勉励，祝愿大家在不同的领域中都获得很好的成绩.

"我的心洒满阳光" 新加坡盲人歌手登台献

http://sports.sohu.com/20080908/n259444565.shtml

北京时间9月7日，新加坡盲人歌手陈伟联于下午3时许就早早到达了现场候场，这个从小靠听收音机自学成才的歌手已经在新加坡发行了好几张专辑，今年4月在中国大陆也发行了专辑《i伟联》。“我是先天性全盲，也许从未拥有过一些东西，所以也就无所谓失去，从来没有为此产生过失落感。 我觉得我们都一样，我的心里也洒满了阳光。”陈伟联和记者的交谈在一种坦诚而轻松的气氛中开始，他说他从小就喜欢唱歌，经常守着收音机边听边学。“我基本上算自学成才。”陈伟联笑着说，在两年前签约华纳之前，他已经在新加坡发行了好几张专辑，今年4月在中国大陆推出了全新的专辑《i伟联》。 　　在残奥帆赛启动仪式上，陈伟联和来自青岛市歌舞剧院的孙雅君共同演唱歌曲《同在蓝色星球上》，这是一首专为奥运会创作的新歌。“这首歌还蛮有难度的。”陈伟联笑着说，副歌部分有很多高音，为此他还很是用心地苦练了一番。

Wei Lian's performance at Qing Dao opening ceremony of Paralympics 2008

just managed to take some snapshots of the event where Wei Lian and his co-female singer performed:


















For more photos pls refer to:

http://s82.photobucket.com/albums/j241/hippo1985_photos/kelvin/paralympics/?action=view¤t=45a50644.pbw


Although didn't managed to hear the full song (heard hear and there, bits and pieces), but Wei Lian did performed well given those China singers gave vocals-belting type of performances...hope his appearance will gain more exposure over there! jiayou =)