龍2012年新年快樂→☆

Happy Chinese/Lunar New Year to everyone!  It doesn’t matter if you’re Eurasian like me, or if you don’t have one bit of Chinese (or Asian)  blood in you♫ I hope you all have a wonderful, prosperous new year⌒☆
❤Xīn Nián Kuài Lè | Gung Héi Fáat Chōi ❤

餃子 (Jiǎozi; Dumplings)

OMG this movie made me gag. And I loved it.

This movie is about the quest for youth… through dumplings. Fetus dumplings (gross, huh?) Bai Ling plays her role of Aunt Mei disturbingly well. Aunt Mei is the woman who makes these dumplings for the lead character, Mrs. Li, a wealthy woman who longs for passion with her husband but is losing her good looks.
Now, from the start Mrs. Li knew that Aunt Mei was using unborn fetuses (gag) “imported” from the abortion clinic where Aunt Mei once worked. According to Aunt Mei these dumplings will “rejuvinate” Mrs. Li. Proof? Aunt Mei is in her sixties, but looks thirty years younger. What she doesn’t mention is that she will also reek of fish, which unfortunately Mrs. Li finds out about at a dinner party she’s hosting (but hey, before the guests were complimenting her beauty!) when the guests start guessing at what the smell is. Stinky, putrid fish.
But back to the nastiness.

Mrs.Li becomes greedy, and wants remedies that are stronger, more powerful. Well, Aunt Mei never dissapoints: She had just performed an illegal abortion on a teenager who was impregnated by her father. Mrs.Li sneaks a peek at the fetus as Aunt Mei is getting ready to make the dumplings, becomes disgusted and runs off. But she’s greedy for youth, and returns for the dumplings. They work, and she’s… reunited, if you will, with her husband. Who, oh yeah, was having an affair.

Things go bat crazy from there. But I’m not going to ruin it and tell you what heppens. Though, I WILL say that someone ends up pregnant, someone has an affair, and someone kills their husband (but probably not who you think.)

Would I recommend this movie? Definitely. I’ve watched it probably three times by now. If you’re looking for something different that will make you grimace, then this is for you.But if you’re squeemish I recommend that you skip it. It can be a tad gross at times, and it takes a LOT to make me gag.

Lưu Hương Giang – Đừng Ngoảnh Lại

Normally I don’t go for ballads, but this one drew me in. I don’t know why (maybe it’s because it features Suboi, whom I adore), but it did, and I’ve had it on repeat ever since.

Her voice is so different from what I normally come across from Vietnam, while it still has that low tone that seems to be so prominant it’s different in that it has a lightness to it, and oh my god can she hold those notes!
It sounds like your typical R&B ballad consisting of a piano, guitar, boomboom beat (I swear I had a better description for it in my head), and guest rapper (woot Suboi!) I think what really draws you in is just how strong Giang’s voice is, and how she actually seems to care about how she sounds, and quite honestly that’s becoming rare these days.

I rather like Suboi’s part (and not because I’m a fan of hers) because while it adds to the song, it’s not so overly done that it takes away from the lead and takes over the song. The thing that does slightly annoy me about her part is that it’s in English, while she raps in Vietnamese when they perform it live, and to me the Vietnamese rap sounds better with the song.

Cường 7 has a seemingly small part on this track, but what little he adds helps round it out and give it a nice balance.

This song makes me want to actually learn Vietnamese, instead of just knowing what little I know.


Credit ngocson9e1

屍鬼 (Shiki; Corpse Demon)

Have any of you seen Shiki, the creepy as all hell anime that deals with vampires and has Gackt in it?
I’ve pretty much been watching it on repeat (that’s what happens when you’re spending time at your boyfriend’s house and don’t have access to ANY of your image editors or web content.)

WARNING, (minor) SPOILERS AFTER THE CUT ( ﾟ-ﾟ)( ﾟﾛﾟ)(( ﾛﾟ)ﾟ((( ﾛ)~ﾟ ﾟ
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Erica Hashimoto – I Know

Every millenia or so MISIA (whom I loooove) blesses us with an upbeat song, and in between those rare releases we now have a new singer who sounds a lot like her: Erica Hashimoto.

I’ve pretty much loved this song with the first listen. It has a great beat, one that reminds me of a marching track with a rockin’ bass and a light piano.
One of the things about Erica that really stood out was her voice. Most singers now sound high and squeaky, weak and airy, or shrill. Erica has a richness to her voice that is rather pleasing to the ears. I once commented that if Erica and MISIA did a duet, it would sound like a pair of sisters recorded the track.
Another thing that helps her stand out is that while she does show some skin, it’s not in a… nasty sort of way. Gotta give her props for that.
I have no idea as to what the video means, but meh, it’s a good song (and two of her outfits are super cool.)

Erika Hashimoto – I Know (it wouldn’t let me embed the video into this post)

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