Music

Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen has been one of my favourite rock bands since I was in Form 5 or Form 6. I even had a huge poster of them pasted on the wall of my room when I was studying in Montreal. I still listen to their songs regularly and my favourites include Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are The Champions, We Will Rock You, ...

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My Top 50 Favourite Songs

Stairways to Heaven

I have been doing spring cleaning for the last week or so. Digging out all my CD collection from their storage boxes, I was a bit overwhelmed by the size of my collection. An idea then struck me. If I have to choose my top favourite 50 songs from my huge collection of songs, what will be my choices? It ...

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Namewee Sings High Pitch Together With Jess Lee

Namewee

After the phenomenal success of “Stranger in The North” (漂向北方), his duet with Wang Leehom, Namewee is again going viral with “High Pitch Together” (一起飆高音), a duet with Malaysian singer Jess Lee (李佳薇). The video, uploaded to Youtube two days ago, has garnered almost 750,000 views at the time of my writing this short blog article. Stranger in the North, ...

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Kasotsuka Shojo – The Virtual Currency Girls

Kasotsuka Shojo the Virtual Currency Girls

Japan passed the Virtual Currency Act (Act) in March 2017, making it the first country in the world to recognize bitcoin as legal tender. It therefore does not come as a surprise that the first cryptocurrency band in the world has emerged from Japan. With crypto-maniac Japanese investors likely sitting on hefty gains, it’s time for celebration and it comes ...

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A Megastar Is Born

Dimash 迪玛希

His name is Dinmukhamed (Dimash) Kanatuly Kudaibergen.  He is known as Di Ma Xi ( 迪玛希) in China where he now commands a huge fan base. The Kazakh native, who was a relatively unknown singer, shot to instant fame when he won the first round of China’s Singer 2017 competition with his performance of the French pop song S.O.S. D’un ...

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Simply Demis Roussos

Simply Demis Roussos

I was in Imperial Mall yesterday when I dropped by Merry Cassette & CD Centre to browse around. Nothing caught my fancy and I was about to leave the store when I suddenly thought of Demis Roussos. I asked the sales clerk whether they have any of Demis Roussos’ CDs. She was not sure but she called her boss and ...

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PYKP – Pen Youcharkway Kompia Pen

Youcharkuenh pen

I have a pen, I have a kompia Uh! Kompia-Pen! I have a pen, I have youcharkway Uh! Youcharkway-Pen! Kompia-Pen, Youcharkway-Pen Uh! Pen-Youcharkway-Kompia-Pen Pen-Youcharkway-Kompia-Pen I should get one of my Foochow friends to record this in Foochow. That would be fun!  

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The Ten Songs That I Find Most Annoying

Piko Taro

There are songs that initially grab you because of their catchiness but when you get too exposed to these songs, you start to find them annoying. One man’s  trash is another man’s treasure so I am sure a lot of you out there will disagree with my choices.  But that is perfectly okay as everyone’s taste is different.   So ...

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