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Shirley Holmes, Fandom and my Contribution.

August 18, 2012 — 2 Comments

I think it’s time for me to give back to Shirley Holmes fandom.

After years and years of Damon, the webmaster of Shirley Holmes Central, giving to the fandom… and even uploading the episodes (I’m mad excited about this!), I have decided to take on the subtitling cap. I’ve just began testing subtitling software, but I think I’m settling for Easy Subtitles. They seem to be easy enough to use.

I actually would kill to be able to get my Shirley tapes with Spanish Latino dubs and get the audio on Damon’s videos to have dual audio, but I’m apparently technologically impaired to do that.

So I’m settling for subtitles.

I’ve just begun, and I need some time to get used to the software, so I have no idea how long this is going to take.

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Bibi takes on Bruno Mars’ The Lazy Song

Oh.Ma.Gosh.

I knew Bibi could do impersonations, but this is too much. Positively good and quite hilarious. I’m not a very huge Bruno Mars fan, I think he’s composition (especially lyrics-wise) and performance in general could improve, but I’m not denying him some merits. His singles are pleasantly catchy.

I’m a huge Bibi fan, but I’ve often talked about what I think her performances are lacking. So as the years have gone by, I think this is the first year that I’ve seen her completely comfortable performing live. Those hints of awkwardness are gone giving way to something in her eyes, something within her that makes her at ease on stage.

Like she’s allowed to be silly on stage without worries.

Dude, she did a little number on Beyonce’s Single Ladies [1], Lady Gaga’s Born this Way [1], and I can’t mention enough how she killed it when she did that Aaron Kwok number [1].

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I’m a loving this Bibi.

— EDIT —

YouTube version has just made its appearance.

Posted on August 18, 2012 In Celebrity, Chinese, Clips, English, Fun, Music, Sharing, Television bibi chow (zhou bichang), china, funny, musical/choreography, performance

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From the Vault: Yu-chan’s Canon Sis Bday

Of course, it’s Yu’s birthday, (She is 27 now!!!) and my Weibo timeline was flooded with Yu-chan photos all this time wishing her a happy birthday. xD

Anyway, one of the pics was this one of Yu with her Canon-sisters Yamada Yu and Kaho, birthday cake, candles, and all.

Isn’t Weibo the BEST?

お誕生日おめでとう、蒼井優！

Posted on August 17, 2012 In Celebrity, Chinese, English, Japanese, Sharing, Snapshots actress, birthday, fandom, from the vault, internet, japan, social media, yu aoi

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Eric Tsang Chi-wai on Kyary Pamyu Pamy’s PONPONPON~ Totally

August 16, 2012 — Leave a comment

Of course it’s not, but~ it could be. xD

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Why the IOC Ruined Social Olympics

August 15, 2012 — Leave a comment

It’s all about money, of course. The International Olympic Committee wants to retain all the control of its brand — who can blame them? — and to retain its control online, it took the social media control from the London Olympic committee, unlike what happened back at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

To Olympics lovers’ surprise, the Vancouver Olympic Committee was allowed free social media range, which they put to good use with online apps, tweeting athletes interacting with fans, the whole shebang [1]. I don’t actually care about online apps (nor Vancouver’s nor London’s), and I don’t care if athletes tweet. My only interest in the Olympics is watching the games and finding photographs xD

Cool photo, huh?

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Nike China: Olympic Find your Greatness Ads

August 11, 2012 — Leave a comment

I’m not sure if these are print — actually, they seem to be Nike wallpapers, but can’t find other sizes — they’ve been making their rounds, and they’re awesome. :) Thanks to Cfensi for the heads up as well as some of the translations~

Following the Find your Greatness campaign Nike has been doing, the Chinese branch of Nike released these wonderful ads, with the slogan of 活出伟大 (Huo Chu Wei Da) and some awesome copy-writing.

Note: The translation of the copy is courtesy of Cfensi. xD

“There’s no absolute fairness, but there is absolute Greatness.” – About Chen Yibing’s silver-medal performance.

: “Your greatness will never retire.”

: “Some people believe that more precious than gold and silver is iron.”

: “Even the most sure Greatnesss was won through hard work.”

: “Will you fight for that one in a hundred chance? Greatness will.”

: “The opposite of Greatness is not failure, but not fighting.”

: “Will you fight for Greatness for another four years?”

: “Three second places represent the three times you’ve had the determination to win first.”

: “Judges can decide your rankings, but not your Greatness.”

: “Even if you’re not on the podium, you can still raise a flag for Greatness.”

: “The moment you entered the battle, you were already a hero.”

: “Greatness will never give up on you, unless you first give up pursuing it.”

: “The most beautiful thing is your smile of pride for yourself.”

: “Greatness doesn’t care about how many times you fell, only how many times you stood back up.”

: “Who says the toughest opponent isn’t the best teammate.”

: “They can question your scores, but no one can question your Greatness.”

: “Greatness is having the World Record chase you.”

: “There’s no absolute fairness, but there is absolute Greatness.”

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BiBi Zhou – The Imperial Dragon’s Glorious Nine Days

August 10, 2012 — 2 Comments

So~~~ Bibi’s got a brand new Chinese epic song that she’s done for some video game, and her voice sounds perfect. xD And since the lyrics of the song are tiny (just a few lines), I decided to give them a go.

Written by: Jam You Music Studio (积木鱼音乐团队) / Ju Weiwei (鞠维维)
Composed by: Jam You Music Studio
Produced by: Ronald Ng (伍樂城)… and Yang Ying (杨颖) [Angelababy???]

~~So here’s the song:~~ Video is out~
Well, I wasn’t too far off the mark ;P

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A Fox Tale

Back in 2009, a group of French animation students did a short taking on Peruvian culture (and doing it better). This year, a fresh new batch of French animation students are taking on China with their short, A Fox Tale.

Animal spirits are mischievous little creatures… and humans can be idiots. xD

Directed by Thomas Bozovic, Alexandre Cazals, Julien Legay, Chao Ma.
Music by Guy-Roger Duvert
Sound Design by: Nicolas Titeux

Posted on August 9, 2012 In Chinese, English, French, Sharing, Short Films 3d animation, animation, animation school, china, france, short film

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BiBi for The Silent War with Infernal Affairs Theme Song

If you follow Tony Leung’s career… or the Chinese movie scene in general, you’d know there’s a movie coming up called The Silent War (聽風者 or 听风者) — actually, it has just come out — featuring Leung alongside Zhou Xun and Mavis Fan (these two are in everything together??) xD.

Anyway, BiBi was at the movie’s premiere~

And she sang the theme of Infernal Affairs [MV] in Mandarin ‘coz Tony is there. xD

She did good :) She’s been sounding good lately despite audio problems generally found in CCTV broadcasts. Seriously, it’s like… no matter how good a singer you are, all CCTV performances sound like crap. Not even Leehom or Faye Wong can escape.

Also, Mavis is the only one truly enjoying the performance. xD

And Tony Leung’s left side looks super old compared to his right side.

Posted on August 8, 2012 In Celebrity, Chinese, Clips, English, Films, Music, Sharing bibi chow (zhou bichang), contemporary classics, mavis fan (fan xiaoxuan), performance, tony leung, zhou xun

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Guh, Li Bingbing PicSpam Post~

August 6, 2012 — Leave a comment

Guh, Li Bingbing~~~ I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU’RE ALMOST 40. I am… pure shock. I am pure shock that your Hollywood debut is about to be, and you’re nearly 40. Fabulous at 40, indeed.

This is Li Bingbing in a series of photoshoots for Comfort, Vogue, Cosmo, Elle, Hotspot, l”Officiel, In Style, and one photo I can’t identify with Li Bingbing with the jacket, lips on her t-shirt and suspenders. Anyone know where that comes from?