Here’s to a good 2009!

Courtesy of viviandodo

Personally, it’s been quite a year (especially the 2nd half). May 2009 be much brighter and better!

Far East Christmas concert videos

The beginning

After the 1st minute, JJ's performance begins.

《坚持到底》

Closing

This video is a bit shaky.

Ad for Las Vegas Christmas concert

A sniffer dog called A-do?

This dog is a Springer Spaniel trained to sniff out flammable fluids at a shopping centre in Beijing. It (don’t know if it’s a male or female dog so I have to say “it”) started work two days ago.

http://beijing.qianlong.com/3825/2008/12/23/3022@4802080.htm

19 December 2008 Haikou, Hainan performance blogged

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4a3728ad0100bnly.html

There’s more on the stones mentioned in yesterday’s blog entry on A-do’s Sina blog.

22 December 2008 blog update

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_50d071b90100bzzy.html

5 December 2008 A-do's guest performance at Judy Chiang's Kaohsiung concert blogged

yuan's blog (traditional Chinese): http://www.wretch.cc/blog/yuan0311/8397189

5 December 2008 blog update

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_50d071b90100brqm.html

Side effects of watching Love Bakery?

I was watching Love Bakery until just before 10 last night. After that I switched back to Channel 8, which was showing The Little Nyonya. Xiang Yun and Ng Hui were speaking of Jeanette Aw’s character 菊香Juxiang (meaning “Chrysanthemum fragrance”).
Me: (inwardly) Hey wasn’t the floral tea shop in Love Bakery called 黄金菊 Huang Jin Ju (Golden Chrysanthemum)?

As we wanted to watch Forensic Heroes on Channel U, we changed channels. After a while a scene where Yoyo Mung was driving past a Mercedes-Benz sign came on.
Me: (inwardly again) In Love Bakery A-do was working at a Mercedes-Benz workshop…

Read my Chinese text at
bbs.youyou.com: http://bbs.youyou.com/viewthread.php?tid=75777&extra=page%3D1&frombbs=1
my Baidu blog: http://hi.baidu.com/%B3%CF%D0%C4%B3%C9%D2%E5%D4%C2%C3%F7%D7%D3/blog/item/2638df010d8bf6097aec2ce9.html

Some songs for Christmas

In line with the Christmas atmosphere which has been building up for a while (I heard Christmas songs on radio as I studied - and am still studying - for my exams in mid-November), here’s 2 Christmas related songs, 《下雪》Xia Xue (Snowing) from A-do and 《雪绒花》Xue Rong Hua from Kym Jin Sha.

Listen to Xue Rong Hua on sina: http://ent.sina.com.cn/y/v/2006-08-16/19591203754.html