Love Connected (保持爱你) is one of the latest films by the Hong Kong director Patrick Kong. If any of you have seen the British love comedy “Love Actually” well then this type of storyline will be very familiar to you. The only difference is that these actors and actresses are speaking Cantonese. ;p Throughout the film, you are expected to keep up with several different love triangles all through the movie.
Before purchasing the DVD I read several different websites that are linked to this article about the film. Except I never really seem to agree entirely with the articles I read on lovehkfilms.com. I always seem to enjoy the movie more than whoever is writing the review. I do agree with the writer that this movie in particular was not Patrick Kong’s best film, but it was still a cute movie to watch. Despite what most Hong Kongers say, I really enjoy the cast in Patrick Kong’s films. Stephy Tang is one of my favorite Cantonese actresses and I seem to gravitate towards her films every time she releases a new film. *Probably mostly because she is cute lol* Anyways I think she is not as bad an actress some people portray her.
I found the movie on eBay for around 9USD and I definitely think this movie is worth spending $9 on. The movie is quite humorous in several areas throughout it and a lot of the characters are compelling. There was only one story that did not add up throughout this movie. I do not want to say who the character was because it probably would spoil the movie. But I will say one of the characters is actually deaf, except you do not find out who it is until the end of the movie. The only thing is that I do not buy the different ways the director shows the audience in how the character was actually deaf. The different scenes that are replayed just did not match up. But besides this one character, the movie I thought was enjoyable.
So if you are interested in a cute fun little movie with a lot of Hong Kong pop stars then this is your movie! You can either find it on eBay or YesAsia. This seems to be a nice date movie, so buy it and watch it with your girlfriend. 😛
Love Connected (保持爱你)
•September 24, 2009 • Leave a CommentThe 5th Season
•September 15, 2009 • 1 Comment张韶涵 or aka Angela Zhang is one of my favorite Taiwanese female artists. She has been taking a break for the last two years from the music realm, but I am very glad she is finally coming back into the scene! The last CD that she released before her break was called Ang 5.0. This CD happened to be one of my favorite CDs she has released. Some of her popular songs on the album included 我戀愛了(I Am In Love), 不想懂得 (Don’t Want To Understand) and 重來(Again).
Her 6th CD to be released is called “The 5th Season”. Don’t ask me why it’s not called “The 6th Season”. lol I have no idea why she chose to name this album that. The CD is expected to be released on October 2, 2009 and if you pre-order her CD then you will receive a fifty-two page photo album of the lovely Angela. 😛 The CD also includes a DVD of all the music videos that she did for the songs on her latest album. So if your interested in Angela Zhang you should definitely check this one out. Also her latest single “White” which was recorded for the television show Sophie’s Revenge is available on the CD.
P.S. If you are interested in pre-ordering this CD then I provided the link below or you can head on over to http://yesasia.com and search for The 5th Season.
Rainy Days :P
•August 31, 2009 • 1 Comment
I just felt like posting some pictures that I took during one of our rainy days here in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Ever since I got back from Hong Kong, it has been raining here in Fayetteville a lot more than it did when I was in Hong Kong. It even was typhoon season over there! It’s been kind of weird. Anyways I took this picture with a little Canon Powershot. I thought it did a great job with the colors and capturing the picture. 😛 If you would like to see some more of the pictures then please go to http://flickr.com/brandonnc I love rain though, so it hasn’t been a problem for me. I love listening to thunder and listening to the rain. 🙂
Nokia’s Branching Out
•August 24, 2009 • 1 Comment
I can remember my very first cell phone. It was a Nokia phone and it was back when they did not have color screens yet. I believe I was in the 7th grade in Junior High so that was around umm 2001 or 2002. Well ever since that first cell phone I have been a Nokia fan. Out of the four phones I have had since then three of my phones have been Nokia. My current phone that I have is a Nokia N95. I have always been impressed with Nokia’s Symbian based operating system and the durability that they seem to have. No matter how well you take care of a cell phone, you are going to eventually drop it.
Anyways Nokia’s market share has been dropping gradually ever since the introduction to Apple’s iPhone some two years ago and Canada’s notorious Blackberry. This being said, Nokia still has the largest market share in the mobile market than any other cell phone manufacture. Well in an effort to saturate the market even further, they have announce plans of jumping in the Netbook branch of the tech industry. Nokia has been a leading player in the mobile computing market with their tablet computers. Will Nokia be able to compete against the other established players in the Netbook realm? The good thing is this category of computers is new in itself. So luckily Nokia is not too far behind.
Well I am looking forward to playing around with one of these little machines. Judging by the youtube video they are going to be a very sleek high end type of netbook. I think they are clearly going against Asus and their new branch of netbooks known as the Seashell. For more information on the story, please follow the links provided at the end of this entry! Thanks for reading!
http://www.nokia.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/technology/companies/25nokia.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Flying Green?
•August 24, 2009 • 1 CommentNow before I discuss the story that I found on the internet I would like to say that I do not buy all of this global warming fuss. Well allow me to rephrase that statement. I do believe the earth is warming but it is because of a cycle that the planet goes through every so often. I do not believe that all we are doing is screwing up the planet and that we are going to bring total destruction to the planet. But despite all of this I do believe we should be good stewards of what God gave us. So I was delighted to read this story.
So eight of America’s largest airlines are beginning a giant step in the direction of lowering their carbon emissions. Not only does their effort help the environment but I believe it will drive costs of airfare lower. Considering the source that they are using (biofuel) they will be able to obtain higher mileage and at a cheaper price than what they are currently paying for fuel. I admire this effort because I do not see flying decreasing in the new future, in fact given the current market and ideas people have on flying I see that flying will continue to be essential to our every day life. So if you would like to read a little more on the article, please refer to the link below!
A Time For Us
•August 18, 2009 • Leave a Comment
Well lately I have been becoming more and more a fan of Cantopop. It might be because of my recent trips to Hong Kong, but the music is really growing on me. One Cantopop artist that I am really liking at the moment is Joey Yung or 容祖兒(Yung Cho-Yee). She has also been around to my surprise for almost a decade in the entertainment space and I would gather she is very popular in Hong Kong, considering all of the advertisements I saw her in. Everywhere I turned my head I saw a giant poster with Joey Yung advertising something (mostly Broadway- a chain of electronic stores in Hong Kong). Anyways back to the real reason of this blog post. While I was over in Hong Kong I purchased one of her latest CDs. At the time it was her latest one, but within the last couple of weeks she has released another CD that is completely in Mandarin or Pǔtōnghuà. The album I am talking about though is “A Time For Us”. I bought what is called the version 2. I’m not sure what the difference was but there was a lot of stuff included in with the CD. I received a photo album of the lovely Joey, the CD and a DVD with all of her music videos that came from this album.
My favorite song from the CD is 可歌可泣. It was the very first song on the CD. I’m not sure how to translate the title. All I can read is Ge *blah* Ge *blah*. But that is my favorite song on the album, you can search for this one of youtube. Please do not get me wrong though, I have actually enjoyed every song on her CD (which is extremely rare, because this is the number one reason why I try not to buy CDs anymore, I often do not like all of the songs. But thank God for iTunes and the Amazon MP3 store). Anyways I just wanted to give a plug for the album because I am enjoying it. So listen to it if you get the chance! Until next time!
http://www.yesasia.com/us/a-time-for-us-version-2-cd-dvd/1020275051-0-0-0-en/info.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Yung
Hangul Takeover
•August 9, 2009 • Leave a CommentFor those of you that may not know, Hangul is the Korean alphabet. Hangul was first introduced as the Korean alphabet in the year of 1443 by King Sejong the Great. His idea of Hangul came into a reality because he wanted his people to have the ability to have an easily written and read writing system. Up until this point, Korea was utilizing Chinese as their writing language.
Hangul is often considered a very scientific language and has definitely shown it’s usefulness in this current event. A minority tribe of people in Indonesia has decided to adopt Hangul as their official writing system. This particular tribe in Indonesia was on the break of losing their native spoken language due to the lack of a writing system. Some of the schools have started teaching the youth of the tribe Hangul during school hours.
This is a very impressive occasion for Korean society and every Korean should definitely feel a great deal of appreciation for their heritage. I am also happy that I have been able to take part in learning how to read and write in this fascinating language. Anyways for references of this story please refer to the links below. Thanks for reading!
On the way to Church
•July 12, 2009 • Leave a Comment
Maggie and Liz!! I was on my way to Island ECC on Hong Kong Island and it was a long walk. Anyways as I was coming up to my destination here in Hong Kong I saw my friends Maggie and Liz sitting by a window in a coffee shop. They are such sweethearts. I’m really glad my friends introduced them to me this year.
Special Lunch Entertainment
•July 12, 2009 • Leave a CommentSo we were over by Causeway Bay here in Hong Kong eating lunch on Sunday and we ended up eating next to a couple of groups. I think they were a missions group of some sorts. Anyways they decided to put on a show for us while we ate. I did not get a chance to record it all but I did manage to get the tale end of it. Hope you all enjoy! Just click the link in order to view the clip.
Crossing Into China
•July 8, 2009 • Leave a CommentSo I’ve been here in Hong Kong for almost a week! I am really excited, I just wish that it would go by a lot slower… I can’t believe it’s going by fast. I have met a lot of new people and seen a lot of my old friends here! But this blog entry is about crossing the Hong Kong Border into China. So as some of you may know I speak a little bit of Mandarin (Putonhua). And the H1N1 is “a concern” over here in China. Crossing into the country has actually become a huge amount of trouble. There are tons of forms to fill out and it is kind of annoying. But anyways as I hand over my documents to one of the border agents, they notice my temperature was over by 1 degree! lol
Well over here in Hong Kong/ Shenzhen, the temperature and weather are a lot different compared to North Carolina which is where I am from. So of course my temp is going to be a little higher due to the humidity. Especially since they scan your forehead.
So anyways they place me in quarantine! And I was there for almost half an hour… So once they take my temperature a different way, under my arm, they say in Chinese that my temperature was 36 degrees C. Well that is a normal temperature. A police officer came over and told me that my temperature was greater than 37 degrees and that I needed to wait a little longer and have my temperature retaken. Well this is when I said, 他说三十六。Which is you said 36 degrees. The officer looked a little surprised and started to repeat himself in English like he didn’t know what I was talking about. He quickly went back to his post and within five minutes they gave me back my passport and I was out of quarantine. I didn’t mind being in quarantine, I know they are supposedly taking precautions. I just thought it was funny how they tried to tell me something different and I was able to repeat to them what they said.
Well I will be uploading some more pictures soon! Hope everyone is doing great back home and until tomorrow! 🙂
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