李圣杰 / Sam Lee Sheng Jie - So Fun Album

Having googled for Sam Lee Sheng Jie for the past 2 days, I realised nothing much have been written about this talent except for his some of famous songs. Myself, like many others, only know Sam Lee as the "oh the guy who sang shou fang gai, zui jing & etc" but none actually realised it's SAM LEE!! This Taiwanese singer-songwriter, has been dubbed qing ge wang zi (Prince of Love Songs) by the Chinese media. His voice is superb! I prefer him singing love ballad rather than any other fast upbeat/ jazzy songs. This 35 year old talent can truly touch many of his listeners heart when he sings any sad love song, which he (and I quote) "effortlessly emotes the joy, hope and pain of a man in love.

He's definitely under my radar from now on. Check out his new album (5th album) entitled "So Fun".
Track list as follows:

01. I Am Sam - Intro
02. So Fun
03. Guang Nian / 光年
04. Ca Jian Er Guo / 擦肩而過
05. Guan Yu Qing Ge / 關於情歌
06. Bu Wan Mei / 不完美
07. Wo Ke Yi / 我可以
08. Wan Ren Mi / 萬人迷
09. Hao Xiang Ta / 好想他
10. Qin Ai De / 親愛的
11. Kao Jin / 靠近

I do have the full album with me. Still learning to blog and stuff. Will try to post up the links when I manage to learn to.

Some of the wonderful tracks that I really enjoy are: Guang Nian, Ca Jian Er Guo, Kao Jin. Enjoy the following KTV subbed with Pinyin.

Kao Jin



Guang Nian



Ca Jian Er Guo

Hermes.. wonderful Hermes..

Recently I developed an interest in Hermes. Though I am not a very big fan of Kelly or Birkin bag YET, but it can certainly grows on you :P Very pricey though. Cost of fortune. Those who can afford these bags are certainly rich. Even the wallets are real pricey. I saw this Hermes Bearn Soft Leather wallet... so niceeeeee... But I think retail price is going at USD1,700 (i think). Not to sure.
And the cute orange box!! Absolute darlings.... Chanel purse are among some of the wallets I am looking for..

罗志祥-我不会唱歌 / luo zhi xiang - wo bu hui chang ge

I managed to catch the making of this MV. The tears he shed were real. Sad.. I wonder what went tru his mind at that time. Or probably, just another good actor! :)

公主小妹 / Romantic Princess

I've just recently finished watching the highly anticipated Taiwan Drama, Romantic Princess / 公主小妹 (Gong Zhu Xiao Mei) on DVD, starring Wu Chun & Angela Chang. Not bad. I got to say Wu Chun's acting skill has improved tremendously. A little more flexible with on emotional bit. He has always play a serious face looking character in most of his dramas, but with Romantic Princess, I do see the funnier side of Wu Chun, flexing his muscle and acting sexually aroused, both in a very comical manner. Kudos to him! Of course, credits to Angela too. I have never seen her work, and all this while, I had this perception of her being a poor actress. She amazed me with her acting in this drama. Wonderful. I particularly love the waltz bit. Very smooth and romantic. Nice!

Anyway, there are some nice tracks on this drama. Here's Angela Chang 不想懂得 (Bu Xiang Dong De)

Edison Chen Sex Scandal

In all fairness (from my perspective), I don't see why and how Edison Chen was pin down for this sex scandal. I mean, cmon..

1) these photos were private and was not intended for anyone else to see.
2) the ladies involved willing posed for the camera. It wasn't anything like they were being forced to do it.
3) it was private! It's not Edison distributed it on his own. These images/videos were "STOLEN"

I am NOT a fan of Edison by the way. I just feel it's unfair for him alone to bear this blame. and c'mon, Gillian is such a hypocrite too. All this squeaky clean image thingy and being against pre-marital sex and what not. Oh please! Look, these ladies willing posed for the pics.

Edison and the ladies were the victims. End. Period. They love each other then ( i think) and so they had sex. Big Deal.

Sorry if I have offended anyone out there, but this is personally my view towards this whole issue.

Joseph, Amazing Human Beatbox

Have you heard of this french man, Joseph from the Amazing Human Beatbox ? Unbelievable!

Heavenly Tiramisu

My first attempt in making tiramisu.. yummy.. Pictures looks pro! But it taste good too! REally! ;)

Fairly easy to make. So for those who like to give this a try, here's the recipe:

Before you start, chilled your beater and its bowl in the freezer. Also, ensure that the cream and cheese are well chilled.








Ing:
250g cream cheese
400ml whipping cream
1/3 cup icing sugar
1 cup boiling water
2.5 tbsp instant coffee powder
1/2 cup Kahlua
1/3 cup cold water
24 pieces sponge fingers
Cocoa powder for dusting

Steps:

1. Dissolve the coffee in boiling water and set aside.
2. Mix the liqueurs with cold water. Pour 2/3 of this mixture into the coffee.
3. Whip the cream with the icing sugar until stiff.
4. Cream the cheese until soft. Add in remaining liqueur mixture.
5. Fold in the cream and mix well.
6. Line the bottom of a loaf pan ( I used whisky glass too as an individual serve) with the sponge fingers or butter cake.
7. Soak the cake evenly with half the coffee mixture. Make sure it's not too soak.
   
8. Cover the sponge fingers with half the cream mixture.
9. Arrange another layer of cake on top of the cream mixture and then soak evenly with the remaining coffee mixture.
10. Cover with remaining cream mixture and smoothen the top evenly.
11. Chill for at least 4 hours.
12. Dust cocoa powder over the top of tiramisu before serving.