阿密特首次世界巡回演唱会-AMIT LIVE FIRST WORLD TOUR

天后张惠妹（阿妹） 又要开唱咯！

2010年1月30日，新加坡室内体育馆隆重登场！

阿密特首次世界巡回演唱会

这将会是老公和我第五次看阿妹的演唱会。 全新的造型、全新的演唱会，非常、非常的期待， 也希望是一个惊喜连连的演唱会！

今天开始售票。 我已买了两张票，而且是很好的位子哦！

AMit阿密特-分生MV

SEASON TO BE OVER THE MOON

Can you guess what this is?

Did you guess it right? It is a box of moon cakes from Golden Peony Restaurant of Conrad Centennial Hotel.

The packaging though looks deceptive and non-traditional, it is very unique and practical. Each moon cake is individually wrapped, thus maintaining a good hygiene standard, and the box can be re-used as a storage box for items like costume jewelleries! What a creative design! I was very attracted by it when I went shopping for moon cakes at the Takashimaya Mid-Autumn Festival Bazaar (basement 2) two days ago. I think this is probably the most impressive packaging I have seen this year! But of course, this was not the reason I decided to buy a box home.

The Takashimaya Mid-Autumn Bazaar was rather busy on last Friday’s afternoon

When choosing my choice of moon cakes, quality has to come first. This means that the skin of the moon cakes must not be too oily nor too dry, the lotus paste has to be very fine and smooth and not too sweet, and the egg yolks are of good quality too.

I love moon cakes, especially those with egg yolks. This year, DS and I have decided to continue with our annual feast for this special Chinese festival after a break last year. This is what we have bought so far….what a treat, isn’t it?

I don’t really like the Da Zhong Guo moon cakes but there are hardly any good choices for black bean paste fillings which DS likes.

Most likely I am going to buy more moon cakes when I finish eating these! I can eat one whole piece in one sitting!

崖の上のポニョ – PONYO ON THE CLIFF BY THE SEA

I had an enjoyable weekend last week, watching Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ – 2008) DVD by Miyazaki Hayao (宮崎駿). The movie was so lively and captivating, so much so that I fell in love with Ponyo and the little boy, Sousuke after watching it.

I had also watched Miayazaki Hayao’s last productions – Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し – 2001) and Howl’s Moving Castle (ハウルの動く城 – 2004), but I like Ponyo the best!

Have you watched it?

「崖の上のポニョ」予告編と大橋のぞみ主題歌

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Japanese Trailer

私もポニョと宗介が大好きだよ！宗介の声がとてもとても可愛いね。。

WEI LIAN (aka KELVIN TAN), THE EXTRAORDINARY SINGER

WRITTEN BY DS

Kelvin Tan Wei Lian （陈伟联） would have remained obscure his whole life had he not joined the 2005 Project Super Star singing competition by Mediacorp. I did not follow the show at first, and only towards the last 2 episodes did I get to know about him and was really captivated by his emotive voice.

I remembered then that there was a controversy or misunderstanding in the competition that he was advancing based on sympathy votes and not real talent. Of course I didn’t agree and voted for him to win and was certainly delighted that he did.

陈伟联早期牵动人心的演唱－其实你不懂我的心

A touching rendition – Wei Lian singing “Qi Shi Ni Bu Dong Wo De Xin” (You Don’t Know My Heart) live. This was one of his songs at the final of 2005 Project Super Star

Wei Lian is certainly extraordinary and I always looked forward to his new albums.

His latest album, Moving Notes, is still as good as the first two, and certainly would be my most played album for quite a while. I just love the songs that are so touching when sung by him. In this album, track number 11, The Big Sea （大海）, is my favourite, and track number 05, Breakup Letter （分手的情书）, is a close second. Out of 11 tracks, I like 9 of them quite well, and two might just need some more listening so the album is certainly a very good buy.

陈伟联的第三张专辑－走唱(2009)

陈伟联的大海 MV

陈伟联的第一和第二张专辑 － 我只是想要…..(2006) 和 i伟联(2007)

陈伟联第一次上台湾电视节目－快乐星期天の快乐歌喉站（2007年）， 演唱火柴天堂。好一个动人心弦的演唱！

Another excellent yet touching rendition by Wei Lian – singing “Huo Chai Tian Tang” (Matchstick Heaven) in his first TV appearance in Taiwan (2007). Note the comments from the Taiwanese judges.

Somehow, I feel that his first 2 albums have more touching songs. This latest album has two, and I hope Wei Lian is not changing his style to become more ‘ordinary’! Jay Chou doesn’t need to change his style and I believe many of his fans will continue to like his style, and so I think Wei Lian can afford to stick to what he does best by belting out touching songs. I didn’t buy any of Kelly Poon’s （潘佳丽） and Sin Huey’s (Xin Hui’s 石欣慧) albums so you can imagine how competitive professional singing is, and I am a person that buys about 50 CDs a year (I support Sun Yan Zi 孙燕姿, Joi Chua蔡纯佳， JJ Lin 林俊杰 and Jocie Guo 郭美美 though).

Anyway, I certainly hope for many more good years to come for Wei Lian, and I will always be his fan if he can maintain his style.

GETTING READY FOR THE RACE

Here we are looking forward excitedly to watching F1 night race – the 2009 F1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix next month – for the first time ever in our lives!

We bought the 3-Day Bay Grandstand passes

Frankly, DS and I are not fans of F1 races and I wonder if we would ever be! And we know very little about F1 Grand Prix, apart from a few prominent names like Michael Schumacher who has retired, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa (unfortunately Massa will not be in the Singapore night race this year due to his recent injury).

However, I have friends who are really fans of the Grand Prix, to the extent of travelling out of Singapore to Malaysia and as far as Japan and Melbourne, and even flew all the way from London to Singapore, just to watch the races live. A British friend of mine even took leave to be a volunteer for the first night race in Singapore last year.

Well, I suppose I would never understand what’s so attractive and enjoyable about watching the races live, until I experience it myself next month. I think even if I don’t enjoy it, I will still be happy to have experienced it at least once in my life-time. It is a case of “Been There, Done It”!

Oh yes, taking the kind advice from my friend in the UK, I had better get ready two pairs of ear plugs before I go to the races.