Wednesday, May 23, 2012

of bee gees, baptism and butterflies

some notable/interesting happenings this couple of weeks (and one event 3 months down the road):
  • mark zuckerberg, to whom i owe a huge chunk of my online social life to, just got hitched! he married his gf of 9 years, (dr) priscilla chan, in a private ceremony at home, one day after FB's IPO. guests thought they were attending a party to celeb priscilla's recent graduation, and was pleasantly surprised to find themselves in a whole other kind of celeb. :) blessed union to the couple! :)
  • incidentally, wlh is acquainted with priscilla, via a friend. she was in beijing recently and he invited her to his concert at the bird nest stadium. it was her first time attending a Chinese-language concert.
  • robin gibbs, one-third of the band bee gees, has passed away. RIP, mr gibbs. imma go youtube some of your songs, most of which i have not heard in more than 20 years. :( ... as i click from one song to another, i just realised that there were so many songs that i once knew.
  • my e-birthday card to leehom is now part of a video *here* :) 
  • jay chou is getting baptized! i am happy to know that he's embraced the Christian faith. welcome, welcome. i hope your journey will be an amazing one. :)
  • wlh is holding a concert in singapore on Aug 8! am excited that he'd be within "reach" but i'm not inclined to go.. need to save $$ for the our holiday down south end of that month. :D
  • chant with me: MIB3, MIB3, MIB3!! I can't believe it's been 10 years since we last saw Agents J and K on the big screen. oh how i miss them! welcome back guys! :)
haha notice how i interspersed the whole list with news of wlh? sorry but i can't help it! i am just very thankful that my close friends are all mega fangirls of some sort (i.e. we like different people but the modus operandi is pretty similar).. so i don't feel like i am that weird.  :D

All The Things You Never Knew 你不知道的事 is one of the theme songs for his 2010 movie, Love in Disguise (which I didn't quite like at first, but enjoyed it more when i watched it a second time..) i've always been somewhat ambivalent about this song.. it doesn't say much nor is it very interesting.. yeah, i'm not super crazy about all his songs as you think i would.  but i've read that even the blandest of his songs comes alive in a concert.. so yeah, i would really like to experience that!


蝴蝶眨幾次眼睛 才學會飛行
夜空灑滿了星星 但幾顆會落地
how many times does the butterfly blink before it learns to fly?
the night sky is resplendent with stars, but how many would fall off?

我飛行 但你墜落之際
很靠近 還聽見呼吸
對不起 我卻沒捉緊你
i was lifting off as you were landing
so close, i could still hear you breathing
i'm sorry i didn't hold on to you

你不知道我為什麼離開你
我堅持不能說放任你哭泣
你的淚滴像 傾盆大雨 碎了滿地
在心裡清晰
you did not know why i had to leave
i had to keep the reasons to myself, and leave you alone in tears
your tears fell like torrential rain
i know it only too well

你不知道我為什麼狠下心
盤旋在你看不見的高空裡
多的是 你不知道的事
you do not know why i was so ruthless
[but] hovering in the sky way above, out of your sight
are the many things that you are not privy to


today's list of new words
眨 zhǎ - blink
之際 zhī jì - during / at the time of
堅持 jiānchí - to persevere with / to persist in / to insist on
傾盆 qīngpén - downpour
清晰 qīngxī - clear
盤旋 pánxuán - to spiral / to circle / to go around / to hover / to orbit




你不知道的事
王力宏

蝴蝶眨幾次眼睛 才學會飛行
夜空灑滿了星星 但幾顆會落地

我飛行 但你墜落之際
很靠近 還聽見呼吸
對不起 我卻沒捉緊你

你不知道我為什麼離開你
我堅持不能說放任你哭泣
你的淚滴像 傾盆大雨 碎了滿地
在心裡清晰

你不知道我為什麼狠下心
盤旋在你看不見的高空裡
多的是 你不知道的事

蝴蝶眨幾次眼睛 才學會飛行
夜空灑滿了星星 但幾顆會落地

我飛行 但你墜落之際
很靠近 還聽見呼吸
對不起 我卻沒捉緊你

你不知道我為什麼離開你
我堅持不能說放任你哭泣
你的淚滴像 傾盆大雨 碎了滿地
在心裡清晰

你不知道我為什麼狠下心
盤旋在你看不見的高空裡
多的是 你不知道的事

我飛行 但你墜落之際

你不知道我為什麼離開你
我堅持不能說放任你哭泣
你的淚滴像 傾盆大雨 碎了滿地
在心裡清晰

你不知道我為什麼狠下心
盤旋在你看不見的高空裡
多的是 你不知道的事

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