The past few blog posts have been pretty negative, gloomy, armageddon-ish so I shall balance it up with some of the other fun things happening around. Not to say there isn't anything negative about the day but I choose not to spoil it for everyone. Here we go but before one more round of shameless advertising just to get everyone's heads that I'm not on Xanga anymore www.ju-wish.blogspot.com
No better way than to start up with some news.
GPS navigation system with Homer's voice. Sign me up please!
According to this article, the average tweets per person is one. ONE!!?? That means that currently there are 300+ people out there with Twitter accounts that haven't posted anything at all. And that is just me only. The Twittersphere is a lot more empty than one would normally think. That is sad. Which party is sad, us Twitterers or the non-Twitterers or the no-message-Twitterers, is an entirely different question.
A little encouragement for those undergoing exams now. Just be fortunate that you are not like the Chinese or Japanese around this time sitting for the entrance exams for unis. You all would die if you were in their shoes so count your blessings.
Yay, more incentive to eat KFC because it is a teeny-tiny-microscopically-slightly healthier for consumption after they announced that they are changing to healthier oils for frying. Thank goodness! Every time I order a box meal with OR chicken or Wicked Wings, I feel like I need to eat the same weight in oats to get rid of the oil/cholesterol I just consumed. So with the new oils, I'll need to eat a teeny-tiny-microscopically-slightly less oats. Yay!
Job discrimination in Australia still? Maybe that is something I can say to my mum if I decide to go back home. Sneaky-nya...
Thanks to a recent comment on Facebook, my eyes have been opened to the world of international Disney songs. Songs that have been translated in dozens of foreign languages for the benefit of those who do not understand English. This one caught my ear, from the movie Hercules, the song I Won't Say I'm In Love from the character of Meg. I was surprised that the singers involved in the other translations are not bad, some pretty awesome and in most cases the backing vocals are also pretty good. This is a song reminiscent of the older Disney movie/musical with a hint of gospel that I can listen to for awhile. In case you don't remember, here is the song in the original English
Followed by the numerous translations attempts in, no particular order of preference, (get ready for it...) Italian, Korean, Polish, Japanese, Hebrew, Catalan, Norwegian, French, Icelandic, Arabic, Portuguese, Turkish, Finnish, Czech, Russian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Greek, Danish (turn up the volume on this), Thai, Spanish (Latin), Spanish (European), German and Hungarian. But yes, I am amazed at how different languages can still convey the same message (roughly) to the same melody of a song from a language foreign to theirs. There are some video sync problems with some of the links but still fine. And yes, I did watch all of the links above but I did enjoy most of them.
Speaking of which, I think we should do a Disney cartoon/musical marathon. I've forgotten how much fun those movies were with their songs. And I think after being recommended so many songs/musicals, I'm starting to develop a soft spot for them. My current fave is still Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Oh no! I'm turning into Khai without the ability to grow facial hair!! =P
And then after that we should watch Disney cartoons with the local language of the setting eg. The Little Mermaid in Danish, Aladdin in Arabic etc. I think that would be cool. Now there's an idea, I wonder when will Disney make something that has a Japanese setting to it or Japanese legend/folklore/mythology. That way, it would be beneficial to my Japanese plus catchy charming Disney movie feel.
I feel like Sound of Music...
I foresee some people are going to poke me back about how I remembered the lyrics, scenes and (apparently) pitch of the songs in The Little Mermaid. In my defence, I have a sister. Enough said. To "prove" my point, there is a certain group of 4 girls who sings all the parts of this song
Not to mention others like Be Our Guest...insane. So my sister watched Little Mermaid as many times as those 4 girls to get the whole song down.
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