Brand new single from Jay Chou with the music video filmed in Cuba just dropped onto Youtube earlier this morning. Already love it on first listen, latin-infused and very catchy!
(more…)June 12, 2020
【Nyonya Cuisine】Nyonya Chang / Nyonya Bamboo-Leaf Rice Dumplings 娘惹粽
The Dragon Boat Festival is just around the corner, falling on the 25th of June, 2020, this year. Dragon Boat Festival or Duanwu Jie (端午節), is celebrated on the 5th day of the fifth month on the Lunar calendar every year. Eating the sticky rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves (Zongzi 粽子 in Mandarin, Chang 粽 in Hokkien dialet) is the traditional practice on this day. So I thought I would gather together some cooking videos I found on the net here for references. I will start with the Nyonya version as I am also thinking of doing a series of Nyonya cuisine posts in the future. Nyonya rice dumplings are a variation of the traditional Chinese rice dumplings originated by the Nyonyas (descendants of Chinese and Malay intermarriages) in Malaysia and Singapore.
(more…)June 10, 2020
Stefanie Sun’s 20th Anniversary Impromptu Live Stream 孫燕姿出道20週年驚喜線上直播
Singaporean singer, Stefanie Sun (孫燕姿), surprised her fans with an impromptu Facebook live concert yesterday (June 9), 9th of June was the day she launched her first album back in 2000. She was on social media asking her fans how to commemorate the anniversary during the day. Her fans requested a concert, and around 8pm that night, she went live online with a mini concert.
(more…)June 6, 2020
Top 20 Mandopop Songs of 2019 in Singapore 新加坡2019年度最受歡迎二十大單曲
This list was complied by YES 933, a Mandarin radio station in Singapore that plays contemporary hits.
(more…)June 5, 2020
Last Train 末班車 – Ricky Hsiao 蕭煌奇
One of the biggest hits of 2011 by Taiwanese blind singer Ricky Hsiao (蕭煌奇). I love this original version by Ricky which is more about acceptance, but I also love the live version by Shin (信) from season 4 of I Am A Singer (我是歌手4) which is a very powerful rendition more about reluctance to let go.
(more…)June 3, 2020
【Perth’s Kitchen】Som Tum / Green Papaya Salad
Now if you are thinking Perth here meant the city of Perth, you would be totally wrong, LOL… Perth is a half Thai, half Australian actor. He is one of the ensemble cast in the 14-episode Thai drama, My Engineer, which just has its finale episode over the weekend. Today his YouTube channel popped up with this cooking video, so I watched it… What? In the drama, he virtually did not have much dialogue as his character, Ram, is a very quiet person, very loyal to his friends, but does not talk to anyone he’s not familiar with. Then in this short cooking video, he did more talking than the whole of the 14 episodes of the drama, and in two languages, Thai and English with an Aussie accent! He is even fluent in Japanese too! That totally floored me, LOL…
Update June 21, 2020: Added My Engineer: Summer Trip (程心程意：番外篇) videos…
Update August 19, 2020: Added the official theme songs’ MV from the TV sereis, My Engineer (程心程意), which were released at the end of July… They even get the 7 actors to star with new scenes in the MV and not used scenes from the series…
(more…)June 2, 2020
That’s Why I Like You – Eric Chou 周興哲
Eric has been very busy this year, releasing almost one new music video each month since the beginning of the year! This is the newest, a simple catchy love song…
(more…)June 1, 2020
Mayday [2020 Live in the Sky] Online Concert 五月天《突然好想見到你》線上演唱會
歌單 Song List:
0:00:05 一顆蘋果 The Apple
0:03:56 盛夏光年 Eternal Summer
0:06:43 孫悟空 Sun Wu Kong (Monkey King)
0:10:50 星空 Starry
0:23:12 我不願讓你一個人 I Won’t Let You Be Lonely
0:27:13 派對動物 Party Animal
0:30:40 離開地球表面 Jump!
0:34:04 突然好想你 Suddenly Missing You So Bad
featuring Ronghao Li 李榮浩、Jam Hsiao 蕭敬騰、Buyi Mao 毛不易
0:43:23 愛情的模樣 This is Love
0:49:30 戀愛ING Love-ing
0:51:35 知足 Contentment
0:54:50 諾亞方舟 Noah’s Ark
1:00:40 倔強 Stubborn
Corner Café 