Thursday, February 26, 2009
yay. i passed my JLPT 3.
Writing/Vocabulary -- 89/100
Listening -- 65/100
Reading/Grammar -- 173/200
Total: 327/400 (81.75%)
Didn't foresee getting 65% for Listening. Must have been the crucial successes at tikam-ing. But it wasn't that much of a concern actually, 'cos I've calculated that i would be able to pass (at least 60%) even with getting a zero in that segment anyway.
It definitely is a good milestone since I started Japanese 2 years ago. JLPT 3 was the minimum I wanted to achieve, and here it is. I'm still miles away from Level 2 and 1, but I'm in no hurry...
I've thanked my JLPT3 preparatory class 先生.
He replied! "Cheng Hyorkさん、JLPT３合格おめでとうございます。Im very happy to hear that,,＼（^O^)／万歳ーーー！！"
Congrats to all who've passed JLPT!
人生是黑白的.
8:59 PM <3
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蔡依林 is releasing her album soon, under another record label.
And yes, everytime she changes a company and releases an album, her previous ones will always try to confuse the market.
Example 1: When she jumped to SonyBMG and released [看我72变] in 2003, her previous Universal Music released a compilation of her previous songs during Universal days in the album [1999~2001纯真年代全记录], on the same day.
Example 2: When SonyBMG released a compilation [J9 New + Party 精选] in 2004, Universal Music released a compilation (again) of her previous songs during Universal days in the album [Born to be a Star], 4 days after.
Example 3: When she jumped to EMI and released [舞娘] in 2006, her previous SonyBMG released a compilation of her previous songs during SonyBMG days in the album [J-Top冠军精选], one week ahead.
Example 4: When EMI released a concert-based [唯舞独尊演唱会鲜听版] in 2006, SonyBMG released a concert-based [Jolin最爱Live Concert音乐精选], one month later.
Example 5: When EMI released her [特务J] album in 2007, SonyBMG released a compilation (again) of her previous songs during SonyBMG days in the album [绝版公主蔡依林Jolin梦绮地精选], 2 days ahead.
Example 6: When she jumped to Warner and is going to release [花蝴蝶] on 27 March this year, her previous EMI is going to release [J世纪Jeneration 大牌新曲+精选盘2006-2009], one month ahead. And her 'new song' (耍大牌) (which was previously not released) from this pseudo-album, is making a grand debut over the airwaves.
人生是黑白的.
1:56 PM <3
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
she sang 4 songs!
没有如果
别再为他流泪
会呼吸的痛
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I tink she really like 会呼吸的痛, cos I've heard her sung it Live 4 times, during the recent 4 times I watched her. (“今天情人节”演唱会、“今天情人节DVD” 签唱会、台北跨年2009、and today's “静茹&情歌”签唱会)
And i told her to 常来开唱，she said 快了...
And i told her that 我在伦敦的朋友向你问声好, she couldn't really catch it. So the assistant repeated for her, but by which time I've been 'dragged' away.. Apparently, JH(who was behind me) said she ‘哦’to acknowledge it.
So, to WX: Don't say I didn't help you ah...Perhaps she remembered you, just that she couldn't respond to me, cos by the time she caught the sentence, I was already far away. But she DID look at my direction when she caught the sentence from the assistant lor...
人生是黑白的.
10:22 PM <3
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Monday, February 23, 2009
台湾人气组合S.H.E，多年来受欢迎程度有增无减，由乐坛再杀入电视及主持界，成绩出色，期间虽不断传出解散消息，但情如姐妹的她们总是坚决否认！但最近S.H.E再次传出解散消息，而Hebe将会先声夺人单飞出碟，消息说多位词曲作者早在农历新年前已接到华研唱片帮Hebe收歌的邀请，令传闻甚嚣尘上！
对于解散疑云，华研唱片表示会帮S.H.E做各自的规划，但仍强调：“我们会帮她们做各自的规划，还是单飞不解散！”向歌迷派定心丸。
据知，华研唱片仍为S.H.E计划举行巡回演唱会，未见拆团先兆！至于她们的初期专辑制作人袁惟仁，早在4年前已说：“单飞的第一人选是Hebe！”现在他的看法仍没有变，说不论歌唱技巧还是音质，她仍是最具个人特色的，至于是否已接到唱片公司邀歌，他则大卖关子。
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Don't really understand what the company's thinking.. In my opinion, 单飞 will more or less have a negative impact on a group's popularity (look at F4's case). And going solo will definitely not be as successful as being in a group.
At least it's a 单飞不解散 policy, so there'll still be albums and concerts as usual.
人生是黑白的.
10:48 PM <3
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
0704 met again.
We seemed to have ALOT MORE gatherings since LWL flew off. There'd been 1 per month since last dec.
At Clarity again, just 3 days after the last visit. And I only just realised how affordable it is--menu prices are inclusive of GST, and there's NO svc charge, and I have 10% off..
And so hs's exchanging at Korea. 1 less person in the group again. So probably the next meet-up wun be so soon.
Hope everyone'll continue to do fine in Singapore/Korea/Sweden/London!
人生是黑白的.
11:17 PM <3
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0704 met again.