You know when spring has arrived because the birds start getting frisky, the hay fever starts up, and people start tying the knot. You also know that the weather is pretty messed up when you start thinking of spring when we’re already at the tail-end of November.
I was planning to post photos but unfortunately, I haven’t got many! Will update when/if I get my hands on those photos of Cindy’s Hens Night and Wedding Day…
Below is the music video of Once in a Lifetime from their State of the Art album.
It’s funny, watching the mv reminds me of all the ‘Boy Bands’ (Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees, Five etc etc) back in high school. But one of the reasons why I prefer kpop is because their music videos are more entertaining… Shinhwa had some pretty impressive dance moves in their younger days…
If only we could combine Shinhwa’s dancing from their early years and their singing in the later years?
Once In a Lifetime no doubt is worth listening to multiple times as it comes in the form of an explosive dance track that has been chosen as official SBS World Cup song. Another recommendable track is Highway Star – a rap song that is accompanied by the seductive vocals of newcomer IVY. Also coming with a special 44-page photo booklet, Shinhwa’s addictive new State of the Art release has already crossed sales of 100,000 copies and continues to stay solidly posted in the pop charts.
The album has a pretty good mix of styles, starting off with their signature rap-like beats, to groovy ballads and slow ballads.
Fast: Thanks! Your Man, Doobob, Paradise, Highway Star (Groove), Throw My Fist
Mid: Weak Man, Midnight Girl
Slow: Once In A Lifetime, Chance, Why Me, You’re my Everything,
Volume 9
Below is the full version of Shinhwa’s RUN music video (with dialog), from the 10th Anniversary Concert.
To commemorate their achievement, Shinhwa presents a special limited edition of their ninth album. The album features a bevy of some of the best talents in the industry such as esteemed composer Kwon Tae Eun and his team of “ThePlayDoG”, Lee Sang In who previously wrote Shinhwa’s Your Man and Lee Min Woo’s Beeya, and Vink of Monotonic. Composed by Kim Jae Suk of Wanted and penned by Choi Gaap Won, Dashi han beonman (“Just One More Time”) is a lush string-infused R&B ballad with a moving chorus featuring all of Shinhwa’s six members.
Go to the official website for Shinhwa’s 10th Anniversary and check out their video clips. (warning: almost everything is in Korean)
To be honest I don’t think I’ll go out of my way to listen to Shinhwa’s Volume 9… Maybe just track2 (Voyage) and track 10, and possibly track 3 when I’m in a sad mood. If I had to choose between State Of The Art or Volume 9, I would definitely go with State Of The Art!
Since R reminded me of my lack of updates as of late, I’ve been rummaging through my unfinished posts and sorting them out…. -Delete- -Delete-
So here’s a post from November 1st which I never quite posted… I’m not exactly sure why it wasn’t published since all I really had to do was hit the ‘Publish’ button
The watermelon baby carriage which mum created One of the baby shower activities: Lifeline Before and after? Birthday Dinner~ Substitute Birthday Cake!
It doesn’t take a genius to realise that the internet access to those living within China is quite different from the rest of the world. We all know about the China-bots and their task of blocking all anti-China websites, anything they don’t like or just because they feel like it.
So for someone who needs his/her daily internet fix, the lack of internet access could pose a problem. Thankfully though, BLCU (Beijing Language and Culture University) provides internet lines to dorms on campus, and it’s extremely easy to actually gain access to the internet even without those lines because of the multiple wireless internet cafe’s on and off campus.
The topic of what you can and can not access on the internet is another story though. During my time at BLCU I discovered that Xanga was fully blocked (I was going through my xanga stalking phase), and after a couple of days they blocked my blog too. On the other hand, I was able to access MySpace and Facebook.
My cousin told me to get around the China block by surfing the internet using Proxyless websites. This is the same thing you can do when you want to surf on blocked websites at work! There are quite a few around but they also seem to be riddled with pop-ups and overdosed on pay per click advertising. You have been warned.
If you happen to find a user friendly site…. Please let me know!!
One of the baby shower activities: Lifeline
Before and after?
Birthday Dinner~
Substitute Birthday Cake!
