2007.12.30 Patriots finish season perfect

The New England Patriots took one final shot from an NFL foe, but in the end they finished the regular season perfect on Saturday night. While records fell at a feverish pace, it was the Patriots ability to go 16-0 that was most impressive.

Quarterback Tom Brady threw a record 50th touchdown pass and receiver Randy Moss surpassed Jerry Rice in touchdown receptions to guide the Patriots to a 38-35
come-from-behind victory over the New York Giants in East Rutherford, N.J.

The Patriots become only the second team in the 88-year history of the NFL to finish the regular season undefeated. In 1972, the Miami Dolphins went 17-0 during their Super Bowl season, but played a 14-game regular season.

"Going undefeated during the regular season is a remarkable achievement," 1972 Dolphins coach Don Shula said. "I know first-hand how difficult it is to win every game, and just as we did in 1972, the Patriots have done a great job concentrating on each week's opponent and not letting any other distractions interrupt that focus.

"If they go on to complete an undefeated season, I will be the first to congratulate coach [Bill] Belichick and the Patriot organization."

With the Patriots trailing 28-23, Brady found Moss wide open streaking down the right side for a 65-yard touchdown 3:45 into the fourth quarter. Running back Laurence Maroney then ran in a two-point conversion for a 31-28 lead.

"I think it's a lot of hard work," Brady said. "I'm proud of the way this team responded. We're losing there in the second half and came out and played some of our better football."

On the touchdown, Brady broke Peyton Manning's record of 49 TD passes, while Moss passed Rice with his 23rd touchdown reception of the year.

The Patriots also broke the Minnesota Vikings's 1998 record (556) for most points in a regular season with 589, and with 75 touchdowns on the season, easily eclipsed the mark of 70 set by the 1984 Dolphins.

"The Giants came out with great intensity to start the game," Moss told reporters. "It took us a while to match their intensity."

Following an interception, Maroney finished off the Giants on a five-yard touchdown run with less than five minutes remaining to go up by 10.

Receiver Plaxico Burress's three-yard touchdown catch brought New York to within three points with more than a minute remaining, but the Giants failed to recover the onside kick.

The victory, New England's record-breaking 19th straight spanning the last two regular seasons, was anything but easy.

Trailing by five points to start the third quarter, the Patriots faced their biggest deficit of the season after Giants QB Eli Manning hit Burress with a 19-yard TD hookup, giving New York a 28-16 lead at 9:12.

But Maroney, who finished the game with 46 yards rushing and two scores, began New England on its comeback trail on a six-yard TD run less than five minutes later, setting the stage for Brady and Moss's heroics.

Moss actually dropped a long pass the previous play, but wouldn't be denied again.

Brady spotted Moss one-on-one with free safety James Butler, who was taking the place of injured cornerback Sam Madison, and fired a strike into the waiting hands of his go-to receiver.

"We're down 10 or 11 [actually 12] in the third quarter, the crowd was into it, and we found a way to win," Brady said. "That's the way it's going to be down the stretch ... just hope we can continue to play this kind of football."

Brady finished the night throwing for 356 yards and two touchdowns, while Moss grabbed six catches for 100 yards and a pair of TDs.

Brady and Moss first connected in the second quarter to tie their respective records and put the Patriots ahead 10-7.

Despite the loss, Manning had a strong game, throwing for 251 yards and four touchdowns.

"There is nothing but positives," Giants head coach Tom Coughlin said after the loss. "I told the players in playing this game everything would be positives, there would be no negatives and that is how I feel.

"I don't know any better way to be prepared for the playoffs than to go against a team that was 15-0."

With files from the Associated Press

2007.11.10 卓文萱簽唱會

當天我有在觀眾群ㄛ!XD

2007.11.16 5th Annual Global Strategy and Taiwan Strait Security Conference at National Chung Hsing University Part II

aite, after much rest, more than a day actually, here's the second part of my day last Friday~

moving on to the panelists now, I guess I won't bore everyone by going into the details of each panelist's paper and comments but just elaborate on the highlights, cuz I fell asleep in between the presentations from time to time as well~ for the conference, it was basically divided into 4 panels as follows:

panel 1: Strategic Environment and Conceptual Change Under Globalization

• paper 1: Discussion of The Development of National Terretorial Security From The Perspective of Non-Traditional Security Threats
• paper 2: State, Sovereignty and Security: The New Trend of International Security Theory
• paper 3: Comparative Analysis of The Implementation Results of Taiwan's Taiwanese Investment and Trades Policy Before and After Party Turnover
  

panel 2: Development of Regional Arms Race in East Asia

• paper 1: East Asian Aircraft Carrier Competition and Its Regional Security Meaning
• paper 2: The Role of Nuclear Weapons in East Asian Strategic Framework: Nuclear Weapons Proliferation and Stable Deterrance
• paper 3: Research on Submarine Fighting Capacity of Surronding States of Asia Pacific Under The Background of Chinese Maritime Power Emergence
  

panel 3: Re-evaluation of Taiwan's External Relations in the New Century

• paper 1: Challenge to The US Military Advantage in East Asia: The Struggle of China's "Anti-Intervention" Strategy and US "Anti-Anti Intervention" Counterstrategy
• paper 2: Asian Pacific Regional Architecture and Taiwan in the New Century
• paper 3: Taiwanese-US Relations Under The DPP Government's Internal Political Considerations and Manipulations
  

panel 4: Communist China's New Taiwanese Policy Direction and Its Meaning

• paper 1: The Meaning and Strategic Structure of China's "Three War" Strategy
  
• paper 2: China's "Propaganda War": Theoretical Development and Manipulative Model
• paper 3: Evaluation of China's Legal War Against Taiwan
• paper 4: Psychological Attack to Control Taiwan: Taiwan's State Construction and China's Psychological Warfare Against Taiwan

Without further boring whoever may be reading this note right now, I won't go into the details~ if you happen to be interested in any of the above articles, all in Chinese of course, I could get hold of a copy somewhere and send it out~

after listening to the first 3 panels and slipping out of the last one cuz I am thoroughly exhausted from all the quacking and yapping, overall, I'd have to say the most impressive presentations were those done by the profs at National Chung Hsing University, my school~ not being biased or anything, as I am at the school for only a lil' more than 2 months right now, I guess if one wants to put it in more neutral words, one could say that I understood more from what the profs at my school were talking about~ it's not that I didn't understand what the other's were saying (but seriously, I didn't for some of them) but a lot of the presentations were either too detailed so everyone needs to read the papers in advance to getting what the presenter is talking about, or they were too long that everyone fell asleep~ Zzz~~~ Overall, I best understood what Professor Tsai Ming-Yan, my prof on Foreign Policy, talked about while the other profs at my department such as Professor Yuan and Ju did a good job hammering away or lambasting some of the speakers~

2007.11.16 5th Annual Global Strategy and Taiwan Strait Security Conference at National Chung Hsing University Part I

Before I head off to sleep after a very long day today, perhaps the longest day of my life in Taiwan yet, I thought I should quickly jot some notes down~ hopefully, this wont take no more than 10 min cuz I have work tomorrow morning as well (sigh~) anyways, so here's how the day started~

as the heading suggests the 5th annual strategic conference of NCHU was held today after much preparation in advance~ filling in for the other guy whom I don't recall ever seeing and who never shows up in any of the classes I am in, I had to arrive at 8 o'clock sharp this morning to help with the setup~ although most of the setup was done yesterday, there were still some lil' things here and there that needs to be taken care of eg moving stuff around, showing ppl the way etc~ of course, the process always includes some chatting as everyone gradually flows in and gets ready for a busy day~ so at 9 o'clock sharp, the event was underway and everyone dressed in their finest attire drifted into the spacey air conditioned International Conference Hall on the 13th floor~ according to a task division schedule distributed to nearly everyone, I was responsible for tasks in the afternoon, therefore I glided into the conference room with everyone else to listen to the speakers~ Atena, a Romanian girl in my law class (the only Romanian girl in the department actually~) sat next to me, as I was "partly" responsible for being her personal translator (entertainer) today, for total boredom would probably set in after awhile as facial expressions and gestures of the speakers would serve as her only means of entertainment (and the occasional diagrams)~

anyways, so the conference was officially under way with much of the ppl seated~ after brief opening speeches by Professors Ju, Tsai and Sheng aka the current "Big Three"/"3C" (Chairman of Profession Class, Department Chair, Arts Faculty Chair), the keynote speaker, Professor Lee Zi Yi, an 82 yrs old retired veteran/professor of strategic studies, was up~ Professor Lee was quite frail looking with think dark rimmed glasses and tufts of white on his scalp~ however, he seemed like a smart and wise looking man~ so Professor Lee went on with his speech, quite slowly and with a voice so low that some of the ppl in the class think the guy might get a sudden heart attack or cough so hard that he'll collapse on the stage~ = = luckily, that didn't happen:P Professor Lee made some real interesting points on both parts of the conference subject today: global strategy and Taiwan Strait security~ here are the key points I grasped from the speech:

Global Strategy

the future of global strategy shall be guided by 3 considerations:

1) devaluation of the US dollar leading to strong economic impact for the world
2) energy crisis caused by the shortage of oil; the problem of distribution should be another more significant concern than simply the soaring of price of oil
3) upcoming US presidential election

Professor Lee offers the above 3 points as factors that should be considered when thinking about the current world~ he calls it another "new angle for thinking about world order"~

Taiwan Strait Security or Cross Strait Issue

Professor Lee thinks that a reflection on the historical issue between the CCP and the KMT is needed as a basis for potential solution of cross strait tensions~ Professor Lee elaborates on a story about his days working as a reporter when China was amidst a brewing civil war~ Professor Lee was a reporter at the 1946 legislative meeting of the parliament where Zhou En Lai (I forgot what post he held at the time but anyways,) was present as a speaker~ the CCP did not attend the meeting and nearly all the rest of the members were KMT, therefore, in a sense, as noted by the prof, the KMT was in total control of the meeting~ at the meeting, Zhou criticized the KMT for destroying previous political agreements with the CCP through manipulating the parliament and selling out China in order to justify its part in the progressing civil war and its separatist movement~ with that said, Zhou held the KMT responsible for a separated China and left the conference angrily after the statement~ If I recall correctly, Professor Lee said that many of his colleagues at the time, who were KMT supporters, were shocked and nearly all cried when hearing such comment~ according to the prof, the key point to draw from the brief anecdote is that the cross strait issue is not unlike the cases of Korea, Vietnam and Germany, where superpower intervention is the critical cause; the cross strait issue is a historical (interior) problem that should be dealt with from a historical approach~ the prof then points out that from Zhou En Lai's remarks, one may see that great tension exists between the CCP and the KMT, a historical problem that is the root of the existing cross strait issue~ regarding the 17th CCP Congress held recently, Professor Lee points out that CCP Chairman Hu Jin Tao's wisdom is that he is suggesting a potential historical solution for a historical problem~ according to the prof, in the past, the CCP undertook a less clarified approach to the cross strait issue, thus leading to unnecessary tensions and instability~ Professor Lee makes the suggestion that the Taiwanese leadership should carefully consider China's peace agreement proposal through historical reflections~

after Professor Lee makes his first point regarding Taiwan Strait security, he loudly exclaims with probably more than 80 % of his energy and spirit from within the following statement:

"In 1949, IF THERE WAS NO TAIWAN THEN THERE IS NO REPUBLIC OF CHINA (ROC); NOW, IF THERE IS NO R.O.C THEN THERE IS NO TAIWAN!!! x 10~~~"

at that point, more than half of the audience who were sleeping or dozing off bounced right awake and focused on the speech 'til the end~ I was a bit baffled myself and even Atena, who didn't understand the language, seemed to be struck with a sudden shock and concentrated on the man with bulged eyes~ yes, such is the impact of a frail old man: the ability to surprise the audience...

anyways, the key point to note here is that the current Taiwan, under whatever name the international community recognizes the state (the CCP denies the existence of Taiwan as a state), needs to retain its identity/title of ROC in order to negotiate with China on an equal status or status on par with CCP between governments (對等身份)~ such is the case when Chiang Kai Shek first negotiated with Chairman Mao bak in the days of the civil war~ the reason behind the strong advocacy for Taiwan to keep its name "ROC' is to maintain Taiwan's stake, perhaps the only stake, for entering negotiations with China eventually~ from China's point of view, according to the peace initiative recently proposed by Hu, China wants to negotiate under the status quo~ what's the status quo? the status quo is the division of China and the ROC across the Taiwan Strait~ therefore, if Taiwan really forgoes the title ROC, a policy direction of the current DPP government, Taiwan will give up its "only" stake or basis for entering into negotiations with China, with the implication that even if China is willing to condescend to make friendly gestures towards Taiwan and bring both ruling governments back on the negotiation table, China has no way in realizing its initiative as Taiwan has unilaterally altered the status quo~ the only possible solution when the peace initiative is lost is war~ Professor Lee also makes the point that due to its economic advantage, as recently as 20 years ago, the Taiwanese government could buy off the CPP government with 50 billion NT~ however, due to China's gradual rise as a dominant economic power in recent years, the Taiwanese government could no longer buy off the CPP government even if it metes out 100 billion NT towards China~ this point reinforces the prof's main point that Taiwan needs to maintain its title and identity as "ROC"~

the speech ends with Professor exclaiming the phrase,"VETERANS NEVER DIE!" I actually got laughed a little when I jotted down the phrase in my notes~ Atena just gave a puzzled look~ well, the reason for the laugh is that the prof said the words as if he's willing to die with his words... some pretty strong words showing A LOT OF determination, too much perhaps, to carry out a task for a fragile looking 80 years old...=)

anyways, it seems that after an hour of hammering away on my keyboard, I've been only able to get through only the keynote speaker...I haven't even talked about the panels yet! anyways, I guess I'll leave that 'til tomorrow some time, when I have more time on hand~ extreme exhaustion setting in right now... Chow!

世間人》母債900萬 25歲孤女認命扛

25歲孤女謝任坪，出社會領到的第一分薪水遭查扣，才知道她「繼承」母親留下的龐大債務。自小和她相依為命的90高齡祖母謝劉完妹，也於不久前辭世。命運百般作弄，謝任坪沒怨天尤人，只希望大家對她說「加油」。

家住苗栗縣公館鄉下的謝任坪，對父母親的印象很模糊，靠著謝劉完妹打零工拉拔長大。雖然家境清貧，她卻堅持升學，「因為我認為讀書是唯一可以改善處境的機會。」謝任坪說。

她知道祖母供不起她念書，因此一天只睡4、5個小時，清早到學校打掃、中午幫老師打文書資料、晚上在牛排店打工，加上姑姑等親友接濟，她不需貸款，就自力完成桃園縣私立清雲科技大學企管系的學業。

連打三分工並未影響課業，謝任坪每學期成績都在前三名；前年畢業，系主任還幫她找到兩分不錯的工作機會，但為了就近照顧祖母，選擇回鄉工作。「沒有祖母就沒有我。」謝任坪說。

沒想到她出社會領到第一分薪水，就被查扣1/3，連郵局的500多元存款也不保。銀行人員在電話中告訴她，謝任坪的母親、父親先後於民國85年、92年過世，母親生前的債務由她繼承。謝任坪原以為是詐騙集團，後來才確認是真的。

第一筆債務30多萬元，謝任坪與銀行協商，同意降到10多萬元，她分期付款兩年多，終於在今年初償清。但緊接的債務一筆筆來，她算一算繼承母親的債務高達900多萬元。

「我根本還不起，但還是要過生活。」謝任坪說，從小到大，她的淚已流乾，但人間處處有溫暖：「我的同學、老師、教官、系主任及親友、長輩都是我的爸爸媽媽；關心的人都是我的兄弟姊妹，我不是一個人。」

雪上加霜的是，謝劉完妹今年9月住進苗栗的護理之家，謝任坪擔心祖母牙齒不好，吃得不夠營養，費時熬魚肉稀飯，哄阿嬤張口，一匙一匙餵食，但祖母還是不敵老邁，10月初與世長辭。

苗栗縣「大溫暖」計畫提供急難救助金兩萬元，協助謝任坪辦理祖母的後事。社工員林俐儂很感慨：「任坪不向命運低頭，她是我看過最樂觀的人。」

「很多人都說我堅強、樂觀，其實我只能這樣做了。」謝任坪說，大家對她說「加油」，就是給她最大的支持了。

11.12.2007自雅虎奇摩轉貼

Kim Tae Hee LG Cyon Banana Phone CM

New Kim Tae Hee cm! even though the phone wouldnt really make one fall (who would want to step on a phone like that?) but I guess the creativity is there~ however, isn't the banana phone kinda going retro? I mean, the handle of cable phones are shaped like a banana....

anyways, check this new cm out!

近期簡報

哇~又是好一陣子沒來留言了~差不多一個月有了吧~ 最近開始正式在學校的辦公室兼差~從最基本的泡茶、裝單槍、裝報紙等開始做起~今天也有去上班，雖然有點突發狀況，但基本上還好~凡事起頭難，希望以後能駕驅就熟囉~ 薪水還是沒入帳，希望星期一能看到帳戶多個5000元出來~ ^^

好了，其實工作與學校以外還是有其他活動啦~像剛剛才剛去中友百貨看卓文萱!^^ 看到後覺得本人和照片有差，有點照片比本人好看的感覺~雖然如此，卓文萱還是超可愛的啦~^^我發現卓文萱其實不高，算普通身高吧~160左右~可以用嬌小可愛來形容~說到嬌小可愛就不能不提到韓國的寶兒了~其實大家注意看可能會發現卓文萱和寶兒其實還有幾分神似呢!尤其是卓文萱笑時隆起的雙頰，我個人是覺得像極了寶兒幾年前略帶嬰兒肥的時候，超可愛的!^^

卓文萱身著黑色大夾克唱了三首歌:幸福氧氣、手心和甜甜圈~雖然有點小感冒但唱得還是不錯啦~"手心"有給它飆上去~^^卓文萱的"甜甜圈"有點蘇慧倫差不多十年前和酷龍和唱"圈圈"的味道，夾帶著一點電子的曲風~卓文萱繼續加油囉!希望她能成為第二個寶兒!XD

兩個星期前和我哥逛到新光三越的時候，有看到名模白歆惠為某保養飲料站台~白歆惠不愧是名模，真的是超高的~應該不只一百七吧!但那天有那位女主持人反而讓我覺得她比白歆惠正~白歆惠的臉部比例可能讓我覺得怪怪的吧~=S

同天晚上和我哥晃到了逢甲夜市，在那兒吃了炸蝦~並沒有特好吃，可是比日本料理店便宜很多，還算可以接受吧~夜市外圍開了30年的唱片行學生之音要結束營業了!可能是因為唱片業真的太不景氣了，大家荷包又緊縮，唱片越賣越少~唉~雖然如此大家聽到好唱片還是要支持正版喔，唱片業才能長長久久!

可是也因為快關了，全部唱片大出清，讓我這個職業樂迷可以藉機大肆搜刮~我花了差不多700左右買了差不多二十幾張專輯吧!有些是市面上買不到的試聽片，具有蒐藏價值喔!有空我再把這些戰利品一一傳上來囉~我計劃明天再去逢甲搜括一番，趁還有機會時...

2000.4 辛隆 太多

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辛隆 太多
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2 不要问我 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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5 疯狂想你
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7 爱我的人靠过来
8 到此为此
9 Give Me One More Chance RECOMMENDED!
10 解套

New Life in Taiwan and Some Thoughts

It's amazing how long it's been since I've written anything down here~ it's been a busy yet fulfilling 2 months since my return 'bout 2 months ago...

whether or not this is a twist of fate or irony, the truth is that I am actually enjoying my stay here in Taiwan so far~ school has started for 3 weeks now~ I've met a lot of really nice people~ maybe cuz my department is relatively small, it feels like a family -- the kind of feeling and atmosphere I haven't felt since Korean class~ nearly everyone talks to one another, go out for lunch, hang out, chit chat away during breaks etc, a really nice feeling I really didn't have much experience back at UBC~ maybe it's cuz I am a patron student that everyone seems to be nice and friendly to me and everything~ however, this is not saying that I don't like the "cool" atmosphere now~

everything seems to be going on track right now~ I am comfortably settled in a new home by downtown; have familiarized myself with the campus; picked up studying Korean again and best of all, I was just informed by the department office today that I'll be filling out an assistant post! the part time'll pay me 8,000 NT a month, a figure more than enough to cover my personal expenses with 3,000 NT for the bank if I don't squander away, which there might be some tendency, as there are so many things I want to buy with my first paycheck: mp3 player, laptop, digi cam, IPOD etc etc~ other than the things I mentioned that are going on, I am planning on losing some weight by going on a veggie dominant diet once I start living alone this weekend~ 66-67kg seems to be ideal weight for me I think~ also, I started recording my life back in Canada down~ hopefully it'll be ready for the press at this time next year~

all in all, life seems to be good right now~ however, an intangible divide or feeling of not belonging still hinder me from time to time right now~ although I seem to be in a better situation than foreign students who may be easily identified by their not being able to speak Mandarin or physical appearance, I seem to be still treated as a "foreigner" not within the real "in-group"~ I speak, read, write and understand the language (even Taiwanese); I was born in the very city of Taichung 23 years ago; I look purely local with my ways and clothing, yet a gap still exist between me and the others~ I try not make myself seem to be on top of others with my English capability, yet English would be mentioned from time to time, as our class readings are in English and without notice, I would stand out among the crowd~ aside from English, others seem to treat me as having no knowledge of Taichung at all eg where I am, where the good dining places are etc etc~ although it's true that I know little about Taichung, I am still in touch with the places that are still around since I first emigrated~ thus, although everyone's nice and all and no deliberate discrimination or hostility has happened to me right now, I still feel out of place from time to time, as I clearly see the differences between me and the others: desposition and behaviour wise~ there are many things I can't confer to others, as it would be difficult for them to comprehend what I am truly saying without their having experience living outside Taiwan~ therefore, although the environment and quality of life has changed for me, I might still be trapped inside the same crevice of cultural divide or contradiction that has lingered in my consciousness ever since I started taking notice of this issue after high school~

perhaps I may never climb out of the gap I have fallen into but I am clearly blessed to be in such a position as to have the capability of truly viewing people, things and events objectively from an inter-cultural perspective~ however fortunate or unfortunate I am to possess such perception, it'll probably be a lasting part of me that'll carry me through life~ if viewed pessimistically, such is the tragedy of people in such a middle position, which a few people I know are in~ on the other hand, without any sarcasm or blaming implied, I should still thank the people who made such a perception/ability in me possible: my parents~ without them taking the first steps onto an unknown journey 15 years ago, I would not have the bodily experiences of living in a foreign country under a different lifestyle and enjoy the English advantage over my peers right now~ on the other hand, whether they notice it or not, in opinion, my parents seem to have been changed by their foreign experience as well~ they would compare this and that between Taiwan and Canada and sometimes even consider some things in Canada as better than Taiwan~ therefore, I doubt they would not miss Canada in a few years time...

anyways, I am glad to be back in Taiwan~ a fresh start for me with frest challenges ahead~ the plan is destination Korea in 3 years time~ when it's time, I expect a new anticipation for challenges ahead would once again well up in me and reminescence/happy memories of the past would once again be recalled~ Until then.=D

Packin' N Cleanin'...

its been another few weeks since I last posted on here~ well, the clean up for TW continues~ been throwing a lot of things away lately: cds, tapes, books, VHS, card collection etc~ all those fond memories of childhood...

'nayways, kinda excited 'bout a brand new start in Sept and the upcoming summer holidays bak in TW after next Wed~ I'll be getting my motorbike license probably in August~ then I can start cruising the city with my 50 lite:P

planning to lose some weight after I start living alone in Oct~ this way I'll be able to pick up girls and hook up:D will I go to beach parties like Ben? maybe~

however, within all this excitement, there's still the lil' downside of not having 'nay frds in TW~ afterall, it's been 15 yrs since I last studied in Tw~ the environment is totally bizarre to me now, as if I've just returned from outer space or deep coma~ hopefully someone out there'll be willing to show me around and make frds with me~ being the only one in Taichung really feel kinda lonely when one thinks 'bout it~

last thing worth mentioning is that I finished reading Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin~ good book~ a lot of social critique involved and the arrangement of the book in cross time sequence is kinda unique too~ damn essay! why can't I just read for enjoyment! ><

Update

wow~ it's been about a month since I last wrote something on here~ looking at May, I only had 2 posts for the entire month~ hmm, really should come up here more:P

anyways, here's what's up with me if some of u may be wondering (or none of you may wonder)

the wait is finally over -- I am going to National Chung Hsing University next year!

NCHU is in Taichung; the biggest interdisciplinary university in central Taiwan, it's 'bout 5-8 min. ride from my place~ maybe life is playing me or something, I'm continuing my studies in International Relations~ NCHU calls it the "Department of International Politics" but I think it's pretty much the same thing:P

the saying that "things are never as good as one expects" proved right again this time, as both UBC History and MAPPS rejected my applications and the Department of Intellectual Property National Chengchi rejected me >< I really thought I could use a break from arts if I got into either MAPPS or Intellectual Property but I guess not~ however, things are never as worse as one expects, as I just found out a few days ago that International Politics is actually under the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Management at NCHU~ although only one of two social science grad programs in the faculty (the other being National Development and Political Administration), I guess it's sorta a break from Arts:P the Arts faculty at NCHU include more literary stuff eg. lingustics, English, Chinese, history etc (goodness sake I didn't apply for history!)

with all that excitement in my life right now, I have to do the resentful task of packing up~ I didn't do all that much 15 yrs ago so I guess it's 'bout time I make up for what I didn't do as a child... I own quite a bit of stuff after 15 yrs and I feel kinda sorry for having to part with some of the things that have stayed with me all these years... yet I have to make the final decision to severe my ties with 'em...

well, I am almost outta time cuz I am heading out for lunch in a bit~ so that's a lil' update for ya guyz of what I am up to~ hopefully I'll be back to write some more in a bit~ P-E-A-C-E OUT!

2007.4.3 庭竹 雨聲

庭竹 雨聲

01. 喜歡你
02. 小女人
03. 現在的你
04. 雨聲
05. 負荷
06. 距離
07. 騙自己
08. 放縱
09. 夢想列車
10. 憑什麼
11. 負荷(Acc Ver)
12. 遠方的祝福

2007.5.11 S.H.E Play

因最近網路音樂引起不少爭議﹐版主幾番考量後﹐決定本頁以後不再提供下載﹐純粹以高音質線上試聽以及樂評為主。音樂來源可由左側連結中自己搜尋。請支持正版音樂!

S.H.E Play New!

01. 中國話
02. 謝謝你的溫柔 (合唱 : 飛輪海)
03. 聽袁惟仁彈吉他
04. 五月天
05. 藉口
06. Boom
07. 再別康橋
08. 倫敦大橋垮下來
09. 說你愛我
10. 好心情 Just Be Yourself (達芙妮年度廣告歌曲)
11. 老婆

2007.4.3 YUI Can't Buy My Love

second album from perhaps one of my favourite J-pop singers right now (aside from BoA and Sowelu)~ another great delivery from YUI~ personal recommendations: CHE.R.RY and Good-bye Days~ haven't really listened to the album yet so I won't comment too much~

enjoy the album and buy the album if you like it!

PS: "CHE.R.RY" is worth the buy already!:D

YUI Can't Buy My Love Highly Recommended!!!




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01. How crazy
02. Rolling star RECOMMENDED!
03. It's all right
04. I remember you
05. RUIDO
06. CHE.R.RY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!MUST LISTEN!
07. Thank you My teens
08. Umbrella
09. Highway chance
10. Happy Birthday to you
11. Winding road
12. Good-bye days HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
13. Why?

Slacker's Delight

"hip-hop the hip it the hip hip hop we don't stop..."

if you are not familiar with the rant above, it's okay~ just google "stepper's delight"~ I don't know who the original singer was~ I only know that Redman (if anyone know who he is...) did a version back in '98 or something~

'nayways, I've been doing a lot of things I shouldn't be doing lately~ let's make a list of what I've been doing lately...

1) haven't hit the books for awhile now (since tuesday), although I am technically supposed to be still in exam mode~ last exam next friday~ approx.300 pgs of text and a whole bunch of additional readings to do....

2) eating away my life for the last couple days~ sour gummy worms, coke bottles, peach rings, DQ blizzards (oreo and kitkat [new flavour btw]) ~ yes, I can't really see my toes when I lay flat now... I will exercise after exam....

3) been blogging too much in Chinese~ moreover, I haven't really been seriously blogging anyways... just been copy and pasting... yes, I am bad~

4) youtube has permanently removed my account although I haven't been uploading all that much on there anyways~ shows how much of a "pirate" I am:P

5) student loan repayment! haven't a clue how to repay my loans~ need to phone in to student loan services to ask about the proper procedures....

yes, I'll be good from now on~ I promise~ I'll be a good boy until Santa comes to town~

Jennifer Garner is reportedly pregnant with her second child with husband Ben Affleck.

Jennifer Garner is reportedly pregnant with her second child with husband Ben Affleck.

(BANG) - Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are expecting their second child, it has been claimed.

The 'Catch and Release' actress was reportedly seen leaving a doctor's office sporting a clearly visible baby bump.

A source told New Weekly magazine: "She was very happy and glowing. She touched her stomach for a moment. She looked pregnant."

The couple - who have a 16-month-old daughter Violet - are said to be "thrilled" with the news.

A second source said: "They were hoping to have another baby fairly soon so that Violet would have a sibling to grow up with.

"She's an affectionate, happy child. Jen thinks she'll love being a big sister."

This week Jennifer, who turned 35 yesterday (17.04.07), visited the construction site of the $13.7 million Los Angeles mansion she and Ben, 35, are having built.

The brunette was checking on the progress of the project, prompting speculation she is keen for it to be ready in time for the new arrival.

Jennifer recently admitted she was "intoxicated with love" for her daughter and has often said she would like more children.

(C) BANG Media International

鐵達尼號乘客名單手稿公開 真人版傑克、蘿絲在其中

95年前的4月14日，豪華郵輪鐵達尼號撞上冰山而沉沒，造成1500人罹難，成為史上最嚴重的船難之一。如今，英國公佈當時乘客的名單手稿，所有詳細資料都一一陳列其中，也讓人們看了不勝唏噓。

電影鐵達尼號將歷史上的悲劇化成淒美的愛情故事，但是現實中的鐵達尼，已經隨著時間漸漸腐朽，人們也只能藉由一些珍貴的歷史畫面以及重建的電腦動畫揣測當時豪華郵輪的風情。

現在英國官方將鐵達尼的乘客名單手稿在網站findmypase.com公開，所有乘客的姓名、職業以及艙等都一覽無遺。這份長達34頁的名單也將當時所有乘客的故事再度公佈在世人眼前，其中更包括被電影「鐵達尼號」作為樣本人物的男女主角：亨利‧莫雷與凯特‧菲利浦斯。

這兩人當年以「馬歇爾夫婦」之名坐上鐵達尼號，要私奔到美國，途中遇到船難，亨利葬身大西洋，凱特倖存，但是在船難後9個月生下女兒艾倫‧沃克。沃克一直認為自己是鐵達尼號最小的倖存者，因為她的媽媽當時在船上就懷了她。沃克於2005年10月過世，骨灰灑在大西洋。

「那是一艘好美的船，她(鐵達尼)不應該沉沒的」，就如同一名如今已經過世的當年船難倖存者所說，1912年4月12日，當時最豪華的郵輪鐵達尼號處女航引起全世界的注意，但是沒想到最後鐵達尼卻撞上冰山，造成1500人死亡。

這份乘客手稿一向被視為珍貴的史料，英國政府首度公開，希望能讓歷史學家判斷出乘客的歷史背景，名單顯示，鐵達尼上有許多旅客當時想前往美國展開新生活，也有些乘客買了船票卻沒有登船僥倖逃過一劫。

source: Yahoo Taiwan

2007.4.9 林宇中 淋雨中

台灣金曲獎最佳新人林宇中繼2006最感動人的創作新聲《1st》後，全新專輯《淋雨中》收錄了10首情歌，包括了「蒼蠅的淚滴」、「貓頭鷹」、「復活」和「捉迷藏」。

來自馬來西亞的浪漫原人林宇中是創作型歌手，他在台灣工作和生活的際遇成為他創作的原動力，曾為台、港和星馬多位歌手如陳小春、阿杜及林俊傑等創作出不少 歌曲。《淋雨中》是林宇中的個人專輯，收錄多首抒情的情歌，值得歌迷們收藏。林宇中的歌曲是用結他來創作，詞曲創作很有深度，而他的歌都帶著很真誠的溫暖 和感動，極有潛質成為2007年流行音樂人氣歌手。

林宇中 淋雨中 NEW!

右鍵另存

01.蒼蠅的淚滴
02.貓頭鷹
03.復活
04.捉迷藏
05.旋律
06.對調
07.淋雨中
08.餘興節目
09.主題曲
10.空鞦韆

1995.9.24 伍思凱 心動了 (誠摯推薦!經典!)

相信大家都聽過伍思凱這位創作歌手﹐也聽過他最有名的成名曲"特別的愛給特別的你"﹐但假如你從那個時候開始認識伍思凱而沒聽過他95年發行的這張專輯﹐那麼你應該帶上耳機﹐好好地將這張專輯聽一遍。前陣子翻到這張專輯﹐聽完後真是"驚為天人"﹐放在mp3上每天狂聽。原本以為95年只有張學友的專輯比較行﹐但聽完"心動了"後﹐發現當時也有其他好聽的經典專輯﹐與時下的周式情歌與其他流行曲有過之而無不及!伍思凱的"心動了"整張專輯首首主打﹐保證讓你從最初聽到最後﹐欲罷不能!專輯收錄了三首從新演譯歌曲"分不到你的愛"(黃小琥)﹑"不只是朋友"(黃小琥)和"情網"(張學友)及其他輕快的經典伍式歌曲如"心動了"﹑"心的位子"和"生日快樂"。個人偏愛以上六首歌曲﹐尤其是同名主打歌"心動了"﹐完全符合我現在畢業在即﹐面對未知未來的那份困惑的心情。這首歌有實質的勵志作用﹐大家不妨聽聽看。

好了﹐不多說了﹐大家按下下面的PLAY鍵﹐開始聽歌吧!

伍思凱 心動了 誠摯推薦!DJ摯愛專輯!



右鍵另存

01 心動了推薦!必聽!
02 情網 推薦!
03 走過
04 分不到你的愛 推薦!
05 心的位子 推薦!
06 冷風過境
07 生日快樂 推薦!必聽!
08 說好見面
09 不只是朋友 推薦!必聽!
10 記得你的心
11 一個人唱歌的時候
12 心動了(音樂)