Why do we fight a losing battle?

Why do we fight a losing battle?

Because we lose with pride

The final post of 2010

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Created by me today

Malaysia Boleh!

As 2010 draws to a close

We still have time for a surprise

A reason to celebrate

Malaysia won the AFF Suzuki Cup

Malaysia became the champion of South East Asia

Yes it's just among 8 countries

But still no one dared to say that few weeks ago

We defied the odds

We defeated our stronger opponents

We did it with a young team

A team for the future

Thanks for giving us a surprise right at the end of the year

Thanks for making new year's eve a public holiday

Malaysia Boleh!

Top Ten in Twenty-Ten

Christmas marks exactly one week to the end of the year

It's also the time where lots of top (fill in a number) lists emerges

I'm a music lover

So let me go straight to the point

This is the list of my top 10 favourite English songs of the year

Some of these might sound a 'long time ago' song for you

It's because that song came out early in the year

I've put efforts to ensure the songs in this list are really 2010 songs

10. One Day - Matisyahu

It's sad that this song never really made it into mainstream radio. This is also the reason why you might scratch your head or rub your eyes when you see this song in my top 10. The singer Matisyahu is a Jewish of Middle Eastern origin who lives in America but sings with a Jamaican accent. Complicated isn't it? The lyrics are meaningful and that's also a reason why I like this song. The chorus goes: 'All my life I've waiting for, I've been praying for, for the people to say, that we don't wanna fight no more, there'll be no more wars, and our children will play...' Actually I really kinda like songs about the community or the world, about situations like wars, poverty, and racism. Songs like these provoke our thoughts. If this singer sound too unknown or too 'un-mainstream' to interest you, there's a remix of this song that features Akon. Now this should sound more mainstream.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRmBChQjZPs (original version without Akon)

9. Hold My Hand - Michael Jackson and Akon

This song was recorded in 2007 and was supposed to be the first single of Akon's 'Freedom' album (the album that gave us songs like 'Right Now Na Na Na' and 'Beautiful'). Those songs seem long time ago doesn't it? That's how old this song is. But it didn't made it into that album at that time. And now, it became the first single for MJ's new album.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oCCnxBos10

8. Break Your Heart - Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris

This year we saw the emergence of Taio Cruz. The beats of his songs are plain amazing. I always say that the DJ who produced the beats for his songs should be given credits. At least make it a Taio Cruz featuring 'the name of the DJ' song instead of just a Taio Cruz song.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_SI2EDM6Lo

7. Just a Dream - Nelly

Nelly has been around for a decade now but he still make amazing songs. He is one of only a few musicians who could both rap and sing well. Whenever I listen to this song I will move together with the rhythm.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6O2ncUKvlg

6. DJ Got Us Falling in Love - Usher feat Pitbull

I was considering whether to put 'OMG' or this song on the list because I love both songs. This song fits it's title. It could be a song to be played by a DJ in a club. I enjoy the heavy and clear beats of this song.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-dvTjK_07c

5. Nothing On You - B.o.B. feat. Bruno Mars

The chorus of this song could well be one of the most memorable and most sang chorus of this year. If you listen to English songs, it's almost impossible that you never sang 'Beautiful girls... all over the world...' at all in 2010, whether it's in your shower or in your car. That alone, should be a reason why this song is one of my top 10 songs of the year.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PTDv_szmL0

4. Vanilla Twilight - Owl City

What can I say about this song? The music of this song is pure heavenly. When I listen to this song, I picture myself lying on a grassy hill, under the night sky, with stars and meteors above me. All these came from Owl City, a one-man band.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIz2K3ArrWk

3. Dynamite - Taio Cruz

Just when we thought we heard the best from Taio Cruz (Break Your Heart), he gave us 'Dynamite'. THE dance song of the year in my opinion. And the radio plays it like crazy. Is this the Taio Cruz year?

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUjdiDeJ0xg

2. Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) - Shakira feat. Freshlyground

This happens to be the only female song on my list. I'm not sexist but really only this female song caught my ears during the year. After 2006's 'Hips Don't Lie', Shakira came out with yet another hit for the World Cup. This song is synonymous with football. Whenever this song is played, it brings people to the football mode.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRpeEdMmmQ0

And now on to my favourite hit of the year~

1. Wavin' Flag (Non World Cup version) - K'naan feat. will.i.am and David Guetta

Guess lots of people heard the World Cup version. But I'm talking about another version. This version has nothing to do with football. It is yet another 'Matisyahu One Day' style song, about freedom, power, and peace. David Guetta and will.i.am added lots of 'star power' to this version of the song. I love the mood and tone of this song. Don't know why, my favourite part of this song, as weird as it may sound, is the part where it goes: Oooooooooohhh... oooooooooohhh... wooooooooooaaahhh... wooooooooooaaahhh... Okay, if you listen then you'll know which part I'm talking about.

Note: This is a list of my personal favourite songs of 2010, just for my memory, not any kind of 'public voted list'. Anyway, hoped you enjoyed. :)

Simplicity is Good?

Simplified Facebook login

Low on graphics

For noob computers

Now who dare to say simplicity means good again?

lolololololololololololol

Haircut

《追影。筑梦》拍完了

之前我因这部戏留了两个多月的头发终于可以剪了

我回到了短发+胡渣的我

两边头发剃得光光

这次还特别留了一个‘尾巴’在后面

Black Eyed S-Peas-chless

Black Eyed Peas

A group I followed since 2004

I knew them through the song

Where Is The Love

A hit at that time

Combination of rap and hip-hop

Lyrics are about community

Fast forward 6 years

Their latest song

The Time aka Dirty Bit

The first time I heard the song

I thought some DJ did some kind of remix for a song I never heard before

Then I found out that it's not

It's the original song that I heard

From Black Eyed Peas

I was like wtf

When has Black Eyed Peas

Turn into some kind of house or techno group

And whatever the lyrics are about

I don't even pay attention to it anymore

I'm not saying they changed for the good or bad

Just trying to say

Gosh they changed!

Just in case

Here's the song

That Fine Line

Many things in the world

Has a fine line between two opposites

Between love and hate

Between hero and zero

Between everything and nothing

Now I always avoided writing about football in my blog

Because I understand not everybody watches football like I do

But that Chelsea vs Man Utd game this weekend

Is too big not to talk about it

I'm a Chelsea supporter

I'm frustrated by Chelsea's performances recently

This is a vital game

Win

And Chelsea regains momentum

Lose

And people will say Chelsea is as good as gone

Now everyone who understands football

Knows that titles don't get decided on just one game

But the chain reaction

Generated by winning a big game like this

Could go a long way

That fine line

Between making or breaking Chelsea's season

Is this game

The Hardest Part of Acting

The hardest part of acting

Is that you obviously know what he/she is going to say

But you need to act as if you don't know

Have you experienced the situation

Where he/she haven't finished her sentence

But you have already reacted to it?

I did

This is what 洪国锐大哥 shared with me during yesterday's shooting for my drama

演戏最难之处

是你明明就已经知道对方要说什么

但你要扮不知道

你有没有试过在对方还没说完他的话之前

你的表情抢先一步出来了？

我试过

这是资深演员洪国锐大哥在昨天拍戏时跟我分享的知识

声空感应2之三个愿望（下）

过去几个单元所发生的事件

算不上什么灵异事件

到最后都是可以被解释的

这个单元总算是有真正的灵异事件了

三个愿望

这个单元的主角是金视奖最佳男主角得主

Melvin谢佳见

虽然我不认识他

不过我还是见过他几次的

他虽然没参与演出

但他还是经常来到《追影。筑梦》的拍摄现场

探班探班一下

蛮有一哥的风范嘛

戏中他拿到了一张可以说是有超能力

不

应该说是一张有超自然能力的许愿卡

他对着那张卡许的愿望

总会阴差阳错的实现

可是每次都必须付出惨痛的代价

他希望得到五万块钱还债

结果他爸车祸掉入河中失踪了

他得到五万的赔偿金

过程中也发生各种灵异事件

但是灵异归灵异

这故事还是有道理的

它是想说明人生中许多愿望被实现时

都得付出代价

所以许个愿望时还是要小心点

Be careful of what you wish for

Because you just might get it all

But with a price to pay

I Had A Dream (1)

I had a dream

Everybody has one

At least

But I had more

I wanted to be musician

I want to write a song

My own song

At least one

My blog posts are written like lyrics

With stanzas

I wonder if one of my posts were to be added melodies

Could it actually be a song?

I had a dream

I wanted to be a musician

But notice that I write in past tense

It remains only a dream deep down inside of me

A Special Post

This is so gonna be a special post

Because before you read this

I actually hand-written this post on paper

Like a diary

It's the third day without internet at home

So I can't do anything much on my computer

God knows what's wrong with streamyx

All I know is that life's boring without internet

It's late night now

And since I can't post this

So I'm lazy to on my computer altogether

Give myself a chance to experience what it feels like to write a diary

Before any of us realizing it

We are approaching the end of the year

The end of 2010

The first year of a new decade

During the year

What has happened to me?

What has happened to the people around me?

What has happened in the country and around the world?

I went from Probation to Professional

Two years after I struggled to pass my driving test

I got my official driving license

But I didn't remove the sticker from my car because it says Professional

I went on the best trip of my life

With my best buddies

From urban skylines to rural houses

I've seen it all

I am still a football crazy

Eat sleep play and talk football

Being nocturnal during the World Cup

Man football is what I call life!!!

The best World Cup

Won by the best team

The song that goes 'Tsamina mina eh eh'

Is like an ipod stucked on replay in my head

I had Starbucks for the first time

Yes say what you want to say

My first Starbucks coffee in my 20 years life

The awesome Java Chip Frappucino

I learned to see things differently

I'm still hoping to change her

But no longer because of the feeling of love

It's just the feeling of care for someone who was once important

I did my internship

Seen things I never thought that I would see

Did things I never thought that I would do

Experience things the way I never experienced before

I'm done with Diploma

I went into KDU College

I came out from KDU University College

Am I a part of the status update?

I acted in my first drama

And hopefully not the last

I got to know that being an actor is not easy

I also got to know that being in the filming crew is even tougher

A year of disasters around the world

Floods in Malaysia

Volcano eruptions in Indonesia

And earthquakes happening in places too many to mention

A year of encouraging tales from around the world

The introduction of no plastic bag day

The invention of hybrid technology car

And who can forget the miracles of the Chilean miners?

With a month to go in 2010

I still have a wish list

The very first thing on the list being

Getting my streamyx line back!

(P/S: I'm sure by the time you read this, that wish has been granted.)

Lone Ranger

His name is Yara Azad Abdulhamid

A lone ranger

Putting up a one man show

For Iraq's badminton team in the Asia Games

No coach

No companions

He made his way to the court alone

And played in front of thousands

It took him hours of flight to get to Guangzhou

He put up a fight

He lasted for 26 minutes

Before losing narrowly

Sometimes being alone is not a bad thing

You are only responsible for yourself

With nobody to pressure you

You can see more and put up a greater fight

Because you had nothing to lose

声空感应2之失落的漫画（上）

以上是Rickman谢承伟

在《失落的漫画》里

如厕的画面

由于本集的播出时间和李宗伟对林丹的比赛撞到了

所以我没看首播

不过我还是到 www.tonton.com.my 收看了

这集根本就是在搞笑

不像灵异片

应该是因为Rickman吧

该怎样讲他咧

还是一样很sampat

但是又搞笑

看来他是sampat的搞笑法吧

看他上面那张照片的pattern就大概大概知道啦

他在戏里演的角色

根本就是为他而设的吧

基本上他就是做回他自己

不用特地演

因为他本来就是这个样子了

这个单元有两集

所以看来好戏还在后头

不过因该还是有很多的搞笑成分在里面

在此也送上我和Rickman的合照一张

看来我也是sampat到。。。

The Sad State of SMJK

This is the front page story of today's Sin Chew newspaper

It doesn't feel good while reading the story

In my college or workplace

People often thought I took the usual route of studying in SMK after Chinese primary

When they found out that my Chinese is good

And that I can read and write Chinese

They will thought that I'm from Private Chinese secondary schools

I need to say no all the time and often I need to remind people that there's a thing called SMJK

And I'm from SMJK

SMJK

Sekolah Menengah Jenis Kebangsaan

Is neglected by both the government

And the Chinese community

As the report says

The government focuses on developing SMK

Because they insist that SMJK are Chinese schools

The Chinese community focuses their funding on Private Chinese schools

Because they insist that SMJK are government schools and should be supported by government

If you step into an SMJK school

You will notice that it's like a Chinese school

Students speak and write Chinese

But due to the negligence

Certain SMJK began accepting headmasters that don't understand Chinese

Hence loses it's rich Chinese heritage and feel

SMJK is like another choice for Chinese

Who want to study Chinese

But cannot afford Private Chinese schools

I'm proud that my Chinese is as good as my English

No disrespect to anyone

But not many people can say that

And I believe this is because I studied both languages

The best place to do that?

SMJK

So where will these type of school go from here?

Nobody knows but time will tell

*several portions of this post are translated from the newspaper report, for the original report, the link is below:

http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/183762?tid=1

Sorry That I Loved You

有看超级星光大道的朋友

一定不会忘记星光5的PK魔王

倪安东

Anthony Neely

Of Chinese-American parentage

Not American Born Chinese

But Chinese-American

It's different

I heard this song on the radio

The song title mean a thing to me

But then it's a nice song

声空感应2之最后的晚餐

说真的

此前我都不看本地戏

也不大注意本地中文娱乐圈

可是最近参与了本地中文节目的制作

令我也开始关注本地中文娱乐圈

声空感应2

一部单元剧

灵异中带点幽默感

在八度空间播出

相信现在很多人有了ASTRO

都不看免费电视台了吧

不过

这算是部重头剧

所以我还是支持支持一下的

《最后的晚餐》

刚于上个星期日播出的单元

由张智成主演

我不知道这是不是他第一次演戏

不过肯定是我第一次看他的戏

这是他几个月前在OneFM担任DJ期间拍摄的

刚好也有在OneFM直播室取景

看来张智成演得还不错

虽然我不敢说是最好的

不过他的戏绝对不简单演

很多内心戏和哭戏

当然我的经验不多

但照我少少的演戏经验来看

哭戏真的很难演

我有一场哭戏

真的是没有办法挤出眼泪咯

需要去酝酿那个情绪

我还真的做不到

自认演得不好

哭戏这一点

张智成还做得很好

此外

这个单元里

还可看到金视奖最佳男配角

张顺源的演出

我之所以会对他印象深刻

是因为他在他的得奖感言里说的一些话

他说

本地有一班跑龙套的演员

他们演了很多戏

其实他们都很有才华

很努力

不过就是还得不到展现的机会

跑龙套

其实就是临时演员

说的再难听一点

就是我们常听到的kalefeh

本地其实有一班固定的kalefeh

这些人演了很多次不起眼的小角色

顺源之所以会帮跑龙套演员说一些话

是因为他之前也当了一段时间的跑龙套演员

他的成就

也说明了kalefeh其实也会有出头天

我只参与过一出戏

不算是跑龙套演员

若以后还有戏约

饰演一些小角色

那我也可算是跑龙套的一份子

当然

我不敢奢望

但还是希望向跑龙套跑出来的演员看齐

《声空感应2之最后的晚餐》

还不错看一下

有兴趣看的话

可以在 www.tonton.com.my 看到哦

Hold My Hand - Akon and MJ

Hold My Hand

Duet of Akon and Michael Jackson

Recorded in 2007

Will be included in MJ's new album

Coming out in December

Sometimes you win, Sometimes you lose

Life's like that

Sometimes you win

Sometimes you lose

Sebastian Vettel came from nowhere to become the Formula One Champion

Congrats to him

Chelsea went missing and lost 3-0 at home to Sunderland

Time to review for the club

If losing can make you realize your weaknesses

Why not?

Better to lose early and find your flaws

Than to lose late with no ground to recover

中文之星

这是我有史以来第一篇中文部落格文章

长久以来

我都习惯用英文表达自己

在部落格

在facebook

都以英文字句示人

我不是想炫耀我英文有多好

而是我真的比较善于用英文字句表达自己

可是想想

我念了多年华文

和身边的人

也都讲华语，福建话，广东话

尤其最近

我的工作

也让我进入了本地中文娱乐市场

参与制作的节目

也是中文节目

《开心就好》

《追影。筑梦》

也就这么巧

这两个我参与的节目名称

也可以是一个很好的座右铭

做人

不就是要开心就好

不就是要追影筑梦吗

要开心满足

要追逐梦想

至于我的部落格

我决定把它变成个双语部落格

或许我现在的中文文章

还不是写得很好

但是我还是会尽量表达我自己

希望你们多多支持啦

Press Play

Press 'Play'

You are now entering Jent Zone

The 'Play' button

A triangle pointed to the right

We encounter it everyday

In all sorts of gadgets

But life is all about pressing the 'Play' button as well

Everything has a first time

And for the past few months

I've tried many new things for the first time

This is the first post

Of my brand new blog

Perhaps you have read my old one before

Perhaps you have not

But I do hope you drop by often

Because for this new blog

I've just pressed 'Play'