JAZZ - Don't Know Why - Norah Jones

      I would like to introduce this song; it is the Norah Jones's Don't Know Why. Norah Jones signed a deal with Blue Note Records, an EMI Group owned label. In January 2001, prior to the release of her first album on Hollywood, she released a five-song EP; Jones was a lounge singer before becoming a recording artist.
      Jones'debut album, Come Away with Me, and was instantly celebrated for its blending of mellow, acoustic pop with soul and jazz. It hit number one on the U.S, with the single "Don't Know Why" hitting number one, it won Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards.

Lyric:

I waited 'til I saw the sun

I don't know why I didn't come

I left you by the house of fun

I don't know why I didn't come

I don't know why I didn't come



When I saw the break of day

I wished that I could fly away

Instead of kneeling in the sand

Catching teardrops in my hand



My heart is drenched in wine

But you'll be on my mind

Forever



Out across the endless sea

I would die in ecstasy

But I'll be a bag of bones

Driving down the road along



My heart is drenched in wine

But you'll be on my mind

Forever



Something has to make you run

I don't know why I didn't come

I feel as empty as a drum

I don't know why I didn't come

I don't know why I didn't come

I don't know why I didn't come

Into the Wild (Movie)

      Lots of people have crazy and selfish dreams. In April 1992, A young man (McCandless) from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness. He had given a lot of money in his saving to a charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet and invented a life for himself.

      Throughout the many years he spends on the road, then Living in a bus in the midst of the Alaskan wilderness with nothing more than some basic supplies, McCandless keeps a careful diary of his time, his thoughts, and his reasons for fleeing from society. Eventually, he makes the decision to return to society, but is unfortunately forced to return to his bus by a swollen river. In his final days, McCandless is weakened by hunger and the cold. He spends a little more than 100 days in the wild, he died sometime in August and his body was found, in early September, by a couple and a group of moose hunters.

      The book is one of my favorite film, McCandless was a unique and special human being and I feel indebted,Touching Your Heart.

Nazi Novel (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas)

      This is a realistic approach to the Holocaust - not every story has a happy ending.

      When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far away where there is no one to play with and nothing to do.

     While Bruno exploring his new environment, he meets another boy who life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship. The story ends with Bruno. As a final adventure, he agrees to dress in a set of striped pyjamas and goes in under the fence to help Shmuel find his father, who went missing in the camp. The boys are unable to find him, and just as it starts to rain and get dark.

      Bruno decides he would like to go home, but they are rounded up in a crowd of people by the Nazi guards who start them on a march. They are soon crowded into a gas chamber, which Bruno assumes is a place to keep them dry from the rain until it stops. But it is not. They wrer all died in gas room finally.

The Devil Wears Prada (Movie)

      Freshly graduated from college, is hired as a personal assistant to a powerful fashion magazine editor, a job that becomes hellish as she struggles to keep up with her boss' capricious and demeaning requests.

      When Andrea first sets foot in the plush Manhattan offices of Runway she knows nothing. She is never heard of the world's most fashionable magazine, or its feared and fawned-over editor, Miranda Priestly. But she is going to be Miranda's assistant, a job millions of girls would die for. That you can charge cars, anything at all, but you must never, ever, leave your desk, or let Miranda's coffee get cold.

      Most of all, Andrea knows that Miranda is a monster who makes cruelly devils look like a fluffy bunny, isn't! It was the first time I saw the movie felt so close with our life, and it is a reason I like this movie.

Dan in Real Life (Movie)

      It all begins with widowed father "Dan Burns", who is takes refuge by trying to maintain order with his three young girls, but when Dan goes to Rhode Island, his miffed daughters in tow, for the annual fall weekend thrown by the large and boisterous family,everything changes.

      Soon after his arrival, he runs into an alluring woman named "Marie" in a bookshop. When he discovers Marie is new girlfriend of his brother Mitch, and Mitch was proudly introduced to the family. Dan and Marie try to squelch and cover up their growing mutual attraction at every turn, No matter how hard they try to do the very opposite, Dan and Marie can't help but fall in love.

      Finally, realized that no matter how to cover it is not work, when it comes to our real life, it is going to have to break all the rules.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five

     I do like listening Jazz music, especially when I feel very tired; it likes the medicine for your mind, The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five, this Jazz music is a great and wonderful song for jazz audience.

     My favorite is the interpretation of the drum, Cool at that time! Great! And this may be weird the piano opening and we heard live was mind blowing, That is interesting if you know what I'm talking about, if they were still together, they would be playing again, I really want to see the live show.

     You know that this is an experiment Jazz album in that time, and no one knows it will be Jazz Bible and famous song in the world,  do you believe that? I can not think about anything when I listen to this song ,amazing....

A Sunny Day at the Beach

     A Sunny at the beach, you will find a crowd paradise in front of you, there are many people playing in the water and joint the sunshine, on the left, you can listen to the sound of the waves, and the waves dashed against the rock.
    
     Young people go to the surfing with the surfboard across the huge wanes. Kids eat the ice cream in the back of souvenir store, the laughing and screaming sound everywhere, and who make the castle with the sand or you bury in it for spa.


    What a wonderful picture appear in my mind, it is hard for me to describe that in few words that I want to share the Sunny day at the beach's experience.

My Chinese New Year Holiday

Good afternoon, everyone.
I'm happy that so many of you could make it today.
I know that you all have tight schedules, so it's a pleasure to welcome you here.

Let me introduce myself,
My name is Ethan. I’m from Taipei.

In my talk I'll tell you about My Chinese New Year Holiday
As you know it had been raining a lot during Chinese New Year
I would like to share my holiday for you,
I was going nowhere, just staying home listening music and watching the boring TV
What a terrible holiday that I have ever made, wasn’t it!
How about your holiday?

I know my My Chinese New Year Holiday was mess
So that is all I have to say.
I hope you haven’t all fallen asleep!
Thank you for all listening!

Deep Purple in Taiwan

Deep purple in Taiwan sounds very weird, because it is very different kind of music with Taiwanese's music style, As you can see that popular music around us so many years, and we have no such kind background for hard rock music affected, So I was wondering the concert performing with the old people interactive, it should be got unbelievable situation.


I do like Deep Purple music very much; I think it is the great rock band that you should not miss in the world, But I won't to go to the concert in Taipei because I afraid to hear the Ian's vocal broken, and the guitar player is not Blackmore,The song that I usually hear was Child In Time, it brings me a lot of memory when I was young , and I am still fascinated this song, especially live version, the album In Rock also is the greatest album that I have ever heard.


The band has gone through many line-up changes. It labeled Mark I, II, III and IV, I like mark II most, that is the reason why I give up to visit my hard rock hero concert, but I am so glad to hear the Deep Purple come to Taiwan, it should bring the fans wonderful music, and I wish more and more good rock bands coming for performance in Taiwan.