Today i would like to share a song of, again, Demi Lovato>U< Here we go! 'Made in USA'
Her we have a 'Obama' version of 'Made in USA' XD
Demi is my favourite singer so I always share her song to you guys. Actually, she was strong and worth our appreciation. She had the experience of being bullied by others. She had hurt herself by cutting her hand. She had the bipolar eating disorder. But now, she recover and share those pain experience to all of us. She want to set up a role model for us in order to tell us that we can overcome the difficulties. She want to encourage those frustrated and desperate people by music. I really appreciate her and hope you guys can learn more from her.:D
I believe most of us have the examination soon. Let's fight for it!:D
Today i would like to share a very wonderful video to you guys!!!>W< One of my favourite Japanese bands sang with a famous Taiwan band!!!!! Here they are! flumpool x Mayday!!!
Official Music video of '証明' by flumpool:
Lyrics:
flumpool -証明
flumpool 山村隆太
作詞：五月天 阿信
作曲：阪井一生
落葉証明了秋天 皺紋証明了歲月 眼淚証明誰的心碎
那一張合照証明了昨天 卻不証明誰的誓言
雖然換了生活圈 刻意的越走越遠 終究還是偶然遇見
我和你小心翼翼的寒暄 誰愛過 愛過誰 看不見
我們都長大了 不再衝動 不再為誰 而愛的過度瘋癲
不再追問 更不再追憶 令我們心痛 的細節 嘿
想不起 哪一次 哪分 哪秒 哪天 哪些 甜美 相愛瞬間
慢慢的 慢慢的 讓回憶 粉碎
終究要 一個人 一日 一夜 一年 一天 一天 孤獨面對
誰能証明 我們的從前 曾經愛的 那麼堅決
你好像瘦了一些 我搬到另一條街 有空再聊聊吧改天
我們的愛情敵人不是誰 而是你 而是我 的改變
我們都改變了 只能沈澱 只能向前 往成熟大人世界
不再沸騰 更不再期待 那不會實現 的永遠 嘿
想不起 哪一次 哪分 哪秒 哪天 哪些 甜美 相愛瞬間
慢慢的 慢慢的 讓回憶 粉碎
終究要 一個人 一日 一夜 一年 一天 一天 孤獨面對
誰能証明 我們的從前 曾經愛的 那麼堅決
想不起 哪一次 哪分 哪秒 哪天 哪些 甜美 相愛瞬間
慢慢的 慢慢的 讓回憶 粉碎
終究要 一個人 一日 一夜 一年 一天 一天 孤獨面對
誰能証明 我們的從前
你給的 每一次 每分 每秒 每天 每次感動 相愛瞬間
深深的 深深的 我依然 感謝
終究要 一個人 一日 一夜 一年 一天 一天 走向明天
最後証明 我們的永遠
只能存在 珍貴昨天
Here is the original version of the song'証' by flumpool:
Japanese lyrics:
詞：山村隆太 曲：阪井一生
前を向きなよ 振り返ってちゃ 上手く歩けない 遠ざかる君に 手を振るのがやっとで
声に出したら 引き止めそうさ 心で呟く "僕は僕の夢へと 君は君の夢を"
あたりまえの温もり 失くして 初めて気づく 寂しさ 噛み締めて 歩みだす勇気 抱いて
溢れだす涙が 君を遮るまえに せめて笑顔で”またいつか”
傷つけ合っては 何度も許し合えたこと 代わりなき僕らの証になるだろう
"我侭だ"って貶されたって 願い続けてよ その声は届くから 君が君でいれば
僕がもしも 夢に 敗れて 諦めたなら 遠くで叱ってよ あの時のようにね
君の指差すその未来に 希望があるはずさ 誰にも決められはしないよ
一人で抱え込んで 生きる意味を問うときは そっと思い出して あの日の僕らを
"またね"って言葉の儚さ 叶わない約束 いくつ交わしても慣れない
なのに追憶の破片を 敷き詰めたノートに 君の居ないページは無い
溢れだす涙 拭う頃 君はもう見えない 想う言葉は"ありがとう"
傷つけ合っては 何度も笑い合えたこと 絆を胸に秘め 僕も歩き出す
Chinese translation 向前邁進吧 若你回頭只會阻礙你的腳步 用盡全力卻只能 向逐漸走遠的你揮手道別
This time, i won't share much about my feeling or my opinions. I know that people have recently transform themselves into deadline fighters. Maybe you need to prepare for the next presentation, assignment, term paper and even the final examination. You must feel frustrated when facing these stuff. So here i would like to share a video, which can help you to transfer pain into pressure.
這次我不會分享太多我的感受及看法。我知道很多人最近都變身成「限期戰士」，可能你需要準備 presentation﹑ assignment﹑ term paper以及 final examination。大家面對這些事一定感到很沮喪，所以我想在此與大家分享一段video，可以幫助你把痛苦轉化成快樂。
As Paul Bloom quoted the poem from John Milton: The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a hell of Heaven. If we change our mind, deadline and workload from studying are not big deal.
就如 Paul Bloom 引用John Milton的詩句：「內心有它的私人地方，它本身可以視天堂為地獄，視地獄為天堂。」如果我們改變我們的思維方式，學習上的限期及工作量也只是小菜一碟呢 ！
Today I would like to share some bilingual
stuff with you guys through talking about one of my favorite singers, Nishiono
Kana(西野カナ). I will try to apply some bilingual concepts in my analysis, or
said my sharing and discovery from watching the video. Nishiono Kana(西野カナ) is a famous singer in Japan and also in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Let
me share some video and some songs of her for you.
As you see, Nishino Kana sang in Japanese
and Chinese subtitles are provided. She also code-switched to Chinese and sang
a Chinese song in order to show that she really respects Taiwan’s culture. If
you pay attention to the title of the video, you will find that mix-code is
used. I don’t know why code-mixing is used here, but I have made a guess of it.
Maybe the code-mixing title is for convenience for searching. When I type ‘西野加奈 taiwan’ to search, my result is as following:
When I type ‘西野加奈台灣’ to
search, my result is as following:
當我鍵入「西野加奈 台灣」搜尋時，我得到以下搜尋結果：
Whatever I type ‘西野加奈 taiwan’ or ‘西野加奈台灣’, I can still find
the two video I show at the beginning of this article (blue boxes). But I find
an interesting thing is that I got a reminder of ‘Are you searching: 西野加奈台灣’ when I search video by typing ‘西野加奈 taiwan’.
I think it means that the English word ‘Taiwan’ is linked to the Chinese word ‘台灣’.
The Chinese subtitles of this Japanese song
are one kind of commodified bilingualism, which means bilingualism is used for business
purpose or earning money, as the subtitles is made for commercial purpose. It takes
target readers as consumers. But the bilingual feature of the following video
is totally different from this video. Let’s watch the video first.
The title of this video also involves language
mixing, but the difference is that the Chinese subtitles in the video are for
the fans of Nishino Kana in Hong Kong to have a better understanding of this
song. This is societal bilingualism, which means bilingualism is used for a
particular group of audience. It takes target readers as citizens, or maybe
friends to share this wonderful song.
Actually the above analysis is really a simple
one. But I hope this can bring you some concepts of bilingualism and introduce
Nishino Kana to you. :D Hope you enjoy my sharing. See you next time.
P.S Nishino Kana is the romanisation of西野カナ. Also, maybe the Chinese translation of some bilingual concepts is not
accurate, but I have tried my best to translate them. If you have a better
translation of them, please leave a comment to tell me :D
Do you guys still remember i have shared a video called 'dumb ways to die'? It doesn't matter if u have already forgotten it. This is because i would show you the video again XD
大家還記得我在之前分享的一段名為「笨笨的死法(dumb ways to die)」的影片嗎？ 如果你已經忘記了也不要緊，因為我會再給你看這段影片XD
Here we go!
我們去片吧！
This is the video with both English and Chinese subtitles. The following one is the one with Deutsche Untertitel (German subtitles).
這是有英文及中文字幕的影片，以下的短片是有德文字幕的。
Isn't that the character in this video very cute? But do you know what is the message which the producers want to spread through this video? If you don't know, please watch the following video. You would have a better understanding of this adorable video.
這影片中的角色是不是很可愛？但你又知不知道製作人想透過這影片帶出的訊息是甚麼嗎？如果你不知道，請看以下的影片，你會對這段可愛的影片有更清楚的理解。
I agree to these teenagers that the song is really catchy and impressive >U< (To be honest, i always sing this song after i have watch this video.) I am sorry that I cannot find a video of Teen react to Dumb Ways to Die with Chinese subtitles and I don't know how to make subtitles to the video.(But the most important reason is that I cannot catch all the native speakers' sentence :( Please forgive me XD)
我同意那些青少年指這首歌很琅琅上口及令人印象深刻。（誠實的說，自動從我看到這段短片後就經常唱這首歌）很抱歉我未能找丁一個有中文字幕版的Teens React to Dumb Ways to Die 而我亦不知道如何把字幕加入影片中。（不過最重要的原因是 我不能捕捉到外國人的所有說話的意思。:( 請原諒我XD）
'Be safe around train, a message from METRO' This sentence comes out at the end of the video. Actually, it really surprises me. I think it is just a video made for fun and entertainment. In fact, it is an advertisement, or PSA- Public Service Announcement.
「在火車周圍要安全」，這是一個來自METRO(註1)的訊息。這句子出現在影片末，事實上，這令我感到意外，我本來以為這影片是因為有趣及娛樂而製作出來的，但其實它是一則廣告，或是公用服務通知。
This video get more and more popular since it has post on Youtube. It is really interesting that the song is so popular that people have done the ukulele or guitar cover of it. You could try playing this song if you are interested in this. Here are the video for tutorial of playing this song with ukulele and guitar.
這影片自從被發佈至Youtube後愈來愈受歡迎，很有趣的是這首歌受歡迎得有人為其製作烏克麗麗版本及結他版本的cover。如有興趣，你可以嘗試演奏這歌曲。以下是以烏克麗麗及結他演奏這歌曲的教學。
METRO also produce a game based on this video and it is well-known in Taiwan.
METRO 亦基於這段短片製作了一個遊戲，這遊戲在台灣廣為人知。
I have fun with this song and i think listen to this song can help me to relieve pressure. I recommend you to listen to this song if you are frustrated and desperate.
我從這首歌之中得到樂趣，我想聆聽這歌能助我減壓，當你感到挫敗及絕望時，我亦想推介你去聽這首歌。
Have you heard of Hatsune Miku? She is a famous singer in Japan. Maybe i should say: she is the vocaloid(虛擬偶像) in Japan.. :D
A) Yes, I have heard of Hatsune Miku. -> Q1
B) No, I have not heard of Hatsune Miku. -> please watch the video below -> Q1
Q1) Do you still remember what is your reaction when you first meet with Hatsune Miku's work?
I am not the fan of her. Actually Hatsune Miku's voice is quite beautiful but it is not the type of voice I like. I just listen for one of her songs and never listen to her song again. Although i am not really obsessed with her songs, I love her appearance and her long hair. :D
Are you be interested in knowing the elderly and kids' reaction to her? I have got some video from youtube about this. \ (> A <) /
Kids' react:
Elders' react:
Technology is really amazing. People use it to create vocaloids and even hold a concert of her. We can see that the action of the vocaloids on the stage is really smooth and vivid. They really sang like a real singers on the stage with dancing. Human's creativity is really powerful. Isn't it?
Demi wrote this song for hereslf. She said it
is a personal song. She miss her friend who was died when Demi was 13 years
old. Sometime Demi think she can still feel this friend and this friend like
the nightingale (or guardian angel) for her.
Please watch the video from 1:14 to 1:35
Things happened are always irreversible. What we can do is treasuring
people and things around us, especially our life. Don’t commit to suicide even
though you feel frustrate and desperate. When you feel stressed or hopeless, please
watch this video. Listen to the song :D
My best friend shared this
video to me. Isn’t the characters in the video very cute?
‘Ricky Wong Wai-kay(王維基) was
extraordinarily low-key yesterday after commerce secretary Gregory So Kam-leung
pronounced the death sentence on his application for a free-to-air TV license.’
(The Standard)
Do you know who is Wong Wai-kay? Are you disappointed with the
government’s decision on not giving the free-on-air TV license to HKTV(香港電視)? Or don’t really care about this
news? I believe you must hear the name ‘Wong Wai-kay’ in these days. Maybe you have no feeling on
this issue, but I would like to share some information and my feeling on this
hot issue in HK.
If you flipped over today’s newspaper, I believe
you must bump into the hot topic about the free-on-air TV license. To be honest,
I am quite disappointed about the HKSAR government’s decision on not giving the
free-on-air TV license to HKTV. Most of us know, HKTV has prepared for the
operation of the free-on-air HKTV for almost 3 years, but all preparation the
HKTV staff made in vain. They don’t have the license now, or maybe forever.
Actually I was looking forward for the TV programs made by HKTV since he applied
for the license. The government’s decision disappointed many HongKongers.
I really
want to know why the government give the license to i-Cable's Fantastic Television(奇妙電視) and
now’s Hong Kong
Television Entertainment Company Limited(香港電視娛樂). The Standard reported: ‘Greg So Kam-leung(蘇錦良), Secretary for
Commerce and Economic Development, said the application by City Telecom-owned
HKTV was dismissed after the Chief Executive-in-Council had considered a basket
of factors and accepted a consultancy report that the market could not
accommodate five TV stations.’ What is the so-called ‘a basket of
factors’? This is what all Hong Kong people, and mostly the HKTV staff, want to
know.
The
government’s decision on not giving the free-on-air TV license to HKTV raises public
anger. People think it is unfair of the government to reject the application of HKTV for the license. The government must tell the detail of’ a basket of factors’. Maybe this can relieve public
anger if the explanation is strongly persuasive.
Hi, I am Hedy :P Today I would like to
share one of my favorite songs for you. Here is it, ‘skyscraper’.
你好，我是Hedy :P 今天我想跟大家分享其中一首我最喜歡的歌。就是「skyscraper」。
I love Demi lovato’s song ‘skyscraper’. To
be honest, I don’t know this song is about bullying until I saw a video from the
X Factor, a TV programme in USA.
‘You can feel the pain.’ said Demi lovato.
Yes, I can feel the pain of the girl who was being bullied. She was so brave to
stand on the stage. She shared her pain with all the audience. All audience,
and even the judges, burst into tears.
Have you been isolated by your friends with
no reason?
你曾經被朋友毫無原因地隔離嗎？
May be I should ask: Have you bullied
somebody in your life?
可能我應該問：在你生命中，你曾經欺凌他人嗎？
I don’t know whether you have the same
feeling with me, but I really want to share this feeling to you guys. Bullying
may ruin a people’s life if they are not strong enough. Please stop that :D
‘If you were bullying someone, I would say
to put yourself in the victim’s shoe.’ - Demi lovato.
如果你有欺凌他人，我會說你應該站在受害者的立場想想－Demi lovato Here is the lyrics of 'skyscraper' of both English and Chinese version. It is from oldlady's blog.
以下是「skyscraper」的英文及中文版本。這是來自老小姐的網誌。 Skies are crying 天空正在哭泣 I am watching 我望著 Catching teardrops in my hands 手中接住的淚滴 Only silence, as it's ending, like we never had a chance 當它不哭了，只留下寂靜無聲，彷彿我們從未有過希望似的 Do you have to, make me feel like there is nothing left of me? 你非得讓我覺得我一無所有嗎？http://oldladybox.pixnet.net/
You can take everything I have 你可以拿走我的所有 You can break everything I am 你可以毀掉我的一切 Like I'm made of glass 當作我是玻璃做的 Like I'm made of paper 當作我是紙做的 Go on and try to tear me down 繼續試著來打敗我 I will be rising from the ground 但我會聳立於地 Like a skyscraper! 如同一座摩天大樓 Like a skyscraper! 如同一座摩天大樓
As the smoke clears I awaken, and untangle you from me 當煙消霧散，我清醒了，也把你從我這解放開來 Would it make you, feel better to watch me while I bleed? 看著我在滴血會讓你好過些嗎？ All my windows, still are broken 我的身心依然失調中 But I'm standing on my feet 但我又站起來了http://oldladybox.pixnet.net/ You can take everything I have 你可以拿走我的所有 You can break everything I am 你可以毀掉我的一切 Like I'm made of glass 當作我是玻璃做的 Like I'm made of paper 當作我是紙做的 Go on and try to tear me down 繼續試著來打敗我 I will be rising from the ground 但我會聳立於地 Like a skyscraper! 如同一座摩天大樓 Like a skyscraper! 如同一座摩天大樓
Go run, run, run 跑吧！跑！跑！ I'm gonna stay right here 我要留在這兒 Watch you disappear, yeah 看著你消失，是啊 Go run, run, run 跑吧！跑！跑！ Yeah it's a long way down 是離下面很遠 But I am closer to the clouds up here 但我現在卻更接近雲端了http://oldladybox.pixnet.net/
You can take everything I have 你可以拿走我的所有 You can break everything I am 你可以毀掉我的一切 Like I'm made of glass 當作我是玻璃做的 Like I'm made of paper 當作我是紙做的 Go on and try to tear me down 繼續試著來打敗我 I will be rising from the ground 但我會聳立於地 Like a skyscraper! 如同一座摩天大樓 Like a skyscraper! 如同一座摩天大樓
I have recently studied Japanese on my own.
I found that some of the Chinese characters of Japanese are similar to some
vocabulary in Cantonese, but actually they have different meaning in Japanese
and Cantonese. I am interested in these Chinese characters of Japanese and I
would like to share some of them with you guys :D
Actually, the word ‘寫真’ in Chinese is come from the word ‘写真’ in Japanese.
Nowadays, we use ‘寫真’ to represent photos. It (寫真) has the same meaning to ‘相片’ in Chinese. Isn’t
funny? Maybe next time I can share more if I find other words similar to that.
:D
