越看《义海豪情》，越觉得不怎么样。但古巨基 (English: Leo Koo Kui Kei) 唱《义海豪情》，就越听越好听。声音好就是听起来不一样。虽然比较喜欢《巾帼枭雄》的主题曲《红蝴蝶》，但是吴卓羲真的唱得不怎么样，是整首歌的败笔。一位歌手的成功，要看他的歌动不动听。一首歌的成功，也关于它的歌手行不行啊。
Have you watched the popular Kpop girl group Wonder Girls' "Nobody" music video? If you have not, you're out. Lolz.
I have watched the PV many times, trying to learn their dance steps. Haha. Their mentor JYP aka Park Jin Young (Hangul: 박진영; Hanja: 朴軫永), who is a very talented singer-songwriter, made a comical appearance in the music video ~ trapped in a toilet cubicle calling for toilet paper.
I like the song he performed in the opening. It's his decade old song named “Honey” (Hangul: 허니). He almost got me on my feet with the sexy, groovy vibe and sassy moves.
A friend told me Jacky Cheung (Chinese: 張學友) the God of Canto-pop has performed a less poppish version of the song in Cantonese with a focus on vocals. I googled and found out the title is 《頭髮亂了》. I listened. Wow.
To quote my friend, "Power!"
I've posted “Nobody" MV and 《頭髮亂了》MTV below. Enjoy!
Watch "Nobody" Korean version MV (subbed in Chinese) below
The sequel to one of my favourite Hong Kong TVB Cantonese dramas "Rosy Business" (Chinese: 巾幗梟雄) is showing now in Hong Kong. Yee-haw! The drama "Rosy Business" has caused a sensation in the HKdrama audience and created a big trend in Hong Kong, and Wayne Lai Yiu-cheung's portrayal of Chai Kau (Chinese: 柴九) has earned him a huge following among fans and much praise for his excellent acting.
I really enjoyed watching Wayne Lai (Chinese: 黎耀祥; born 4 May 1964) acting in the "Troublesome Night" film series (Genre: Horror/Humour) and TVB dramas "Journey to the West" I and II (a 1996 Hong Kong TV series produced by TVB, based on the classic Chinese novel of the same name). But he didn't gain much fame until "Rosy Business", which skyrocketed his popularity so much so he won the Best Actor in 2009 TVB Anniversary Awards (Chinese: 萬千星輝頒獎典禮) an annual awards ceremony that celebrates the best in TVB programming. I was in a hotel room in Hong Kong when I watched him received his due reward on the TV. I was so excited and happy for him, I was almost moved to tears when the audience, including all the showbiz people, gave him a standing ovation. I wished I was there among them to cheer for him.
I hope his much anticipated sequel "No Regrets" (Chinese: 巾幗梟雄之義海豪情) earn him another award in the upcoming TVB awards ceremony (to be held in December 3rd). And I hope some production house will consider a spin-off movie to spread his fame across Asia and beyond that! That would be great :D
Watch Wayne Lai received the much coveted Best Actor award in 2009 below
For those who don't understand Cantonese, let me do some translation here.
The other five nominees were Moses Chan, Bosco Wong, Dayo Wong and Steven Ma. On stage Lai said, "I'm very nervous and felt thankful to TVB and the bosses for providing us such a good platform to dream our dreams. Actually, I've been in this line for so long, and in fact, have never dreamt of such great achievement. I cannot claim all the credit to myself because without my colleagues, I could never succeed with my sole effort. I hereby wish to express my gratitude to all of my colleagues from the artiste team, production team, setup team, outdoor shooting team and <inaudible> team. Thank you for setting up such a conducive platform for the artistes to live in. I would also like to thank Steven for giving me so many opportunities. Your praise and appreciation was a great motivation to me. And thank you Miss Lok. I have to clarify that, she had never forced me to sign the contract. Thank you for your concern and tolerance. I'm very grateful to Zan je (note: je means elder sister, spoken here as a respect for a senior) and have to especially thank her, because it was her, I returned to TVB a few years after I left. And I also thank Director Chiu. He was the middleman who called sis Zan. She then called me and told me, "Come back to act again". Actually, I was thinking, I have always been acting, outside. But not many people were watching. So I'm really thankful that you asked me back. If not for you, I would not be standing here. Many thanks, sis Zan. I once again thank Tim gor (note: gor means elder brother, spoken here as a respect for a senior), my respected mentor. More than 20 years old, he made me an actor. And more than twenty years later, he produced "Rosy Business" which now earns me so many achievements . Thank you, Wah-biu, Zeng-yi and a team of scriptwriters and directors. Many thanks to all the staff. And I also like to thank all the media friends for showing strong support for Chai Kau and also concern for me. I also like to thank the audience, including those who appreciate me. I think that, your support is my biggest achievement in my lifetime. My acting is meaningless without the audience, so many thanks to you all. Finally, I will like to share my glory with the three most important persons of my life. They are my mother, my wife and my son. Thank you so much, everyone."
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