of ogling and drooling

are you bored of my wlh-related posts yet? hahaha.. it's been relentless for two months eh! hey, at least he keeps me writing. *looks away + whistles*

today i'm gonna write about two things i don't do which i think a normal fangirl would (cos i probably would if i could.. or want to):

1. ogle over wlh's photos  
2. loop and watch his music videos 

i probably would do the photo-ogling thing if i were a teenybopper (i did that a lot in my jimmy lin phase =), but for a married woman at this age, i just find it weird.. i much prefer reading about him than going through his photo archive. as you can see, i've posted his photos here on the blog exactly one time, when i was introducing him. no doubt he is quite the looker but meh. i think it's because photo shoot tends to be.. unnatural. i mean, everyone looks good when they are under layers of makeup and strategically positioned lighting and the sharp eyes of a photographer, right? that said, here's his recent *photoshoot for Elle Men*.. whee! what i really like is to watch him in action, e.g. concerts or interviews.

as for his MVs, i don't really watch them either.. only because i find them somewhat boring.. yup, you read that right. for whatever reason, most of his MVs are not very interesting.. i could do without them, and prefer to just listen to his songs. the vids are usually of him doing a lot of singing and instrument playing and a little dancing.. and there's that coupla vids with inexplicable death of his lead actresses that just makes me go like huh? i must tell you about them.

e.g. in Everything, things started out fine, they were on a boat and he was singing and telling her that she was his everything, then suddenly the boat capsized and she drowned.. and he can't find her body.. did it sink or what? just what on earth? and in 落葉歸根, again it started ok, with one kid encouraging another to overcome his shyness and play the violin.. then they grew up and met again, fell in love, didn't work out bla bla.. and then, as she was getting to him across the road, she got hit by a car. how cliched is that?! ).. and just what was that srsly? needless!

well, there are some okay ones, like 柴米油鹽醬醋茶 (the one that reminds you of the opening scene to Pixar's Up) or 我完全沒有任何理由理你 (this was cute) or 你是我心內的一首歌 (again, cute) or 改变自己 (he was a band unto himself =) or.. ok, he has some decent ones but even as a big fan, i can't vouch for most of them la... on the other hand, i really like sodagreen's or mayday's, or even jay chou's, videos even the songs didn't work for me. mmm............................

onto today's song... is Need Someone By [My] Side 需要人陪 a personal cry? he sings about needing a companion.. right about time! then again, "time" was 2010 when he sang that song and now in 2012 he's still single. he's said before that his gf would have to accept him being unavailable for weeks or months at a time, because when he is consumed by music, he practically shuts the world out (his best bud blackie attested to this on a tv interview*). that's tough on any rship, especially a new one, hence he said prefers to be single. erm okayy.. i hope he doesn't keep us (fans) waiting! :) i'm sure all of us are waiting to share in his matrimonial joy... like yesterday, when he posted his congratulatory message to the new mr and mrs zuckerberg on weibo, his followers' comments (including yours truly haha) read like he has 10,000 aunts asking him the same question: 二哥，幾時輪到你? (2nd bro, when is your turn?!) hehehe...

* in the same interview, blackie and his wife christine have also mentioned that they (blackie in particular) don't bring up the subject of lh's rships with lh, adding that "the less we know, the better it is".. i can't help wonder why, since they are bffs kan. maybe when they are asked by nosy reporters, they want to honestly tell that they don't know and that's that. lee hom was on the same show too, and i genuinely enjoyed watching his interaction with his real-life friends. 


打開窗戶讓孤單透氣
這一間屋子 如此密閉
歡呼聲仍飄在空氣裡
像空無一人一樣華麗
i open the window to let the loneliness breathe
this room feels airtight
the sound of the crowd's cheers is still hanging in the air
it is as beautiful as this emptiness

我 漸漸失去知覺
就當做是種自我逃避
你 飛到天的邊緣
我也不猜落在何地
i slowly become numb
and i take it as a form of escape
you flew to the edge of the sky
i could not guess where you would land

一個我 需要夢想 需要方向 需要眼淚
更需要 一個人來 點亮天的黑
我已經 無能為力 無法抗拒 無路可退
這無聲的夜 現在的我 需要人陪
i have my dreams, directions, tears
but i especially need someone to light my darkness
i am helpless, i cannot resist, i cannot retreat
in this quiet night, i need someone by my side

閉上眼睛 就看不清 這雙人床 欠缺的溫馨
誰能陪我 直到天明
穿透這片 迷濛寂靜
i close my eyes and my vision blurs (ed's note: like, duh? haha..)
the warmth this double bed is missing
who would accompany me till daylight
penetrate through this misty loneliness


today's list of new words
透氣 tòuqì - ventilation
密閉 mìbì - sealed, airtight
抗拒 kàngjù - to resist / to defy / to oppose
欠缺 qiànquē - lapse / deficiency / lack
穿透 chuān tòu - penetrate
迷濛 míméng - misty



需要人陪
王力宏

打開窗戶讓孤單透氣
這一間屋子 如此密閉
歡呼聲仍飄在空氣裡
像空無一人一樣華麗

我 漸漸失去知覺
就當做是種自我逃避
你 飛到天的邊緣
我也不猜落在何地

一個我 需要夢想 需要方向 需要眼淚
更需要 一個人來 點亮天的黑
我已經 無能為力 無法抗拒 無路可退
這無聲的夜 現在的我 需要人陪

閉上眼睛 就看不清
這雙人床 欠缺的 溫馨
誰能 陪我 直到天明
穿透這片 迷濛寂靜

我 漸漸失去知覺
就當做是種自我逃避
你 飛到天的邊緣
我已不猜落在何地

一個我 需要夢想 需要方向 需要眼淚
更需要 一個人來 點亮天的黑
我已經 無能為力 無法抗拒 無路可退
這無聲的夜 現在的我 需要人陪

一個我 需要夢想 需要方向 需要眼淚
更需要 一個人來 點亮天的黑
我已經 無能為力 無法抗拒 無路可退
這無聲的夜 現在的我 需要人陪