Category: Music

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Jeff & Machi Jump 2003

Rotating through Taiwanese artists, I recall listening to Machi for the first time mainly because the track remixes the original song by Missy Elliot, Work It. I can’t believe this track “Jump 2003” is now twenty years old. There is another version that has Missy Elliot’s vocals in it. They rap in my native Hokkein […]

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Matilda Tao – Sisters Stand Up

I have been travelling again for work and have been on the road for the past week and can’t believe the week has gone. Well, I wanted to share this track and was fortunate to find a video with a literal English translation to the lyrics. This catchy pop song is by a Taiwanese Entertainer, […]

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A-Yue – Break Up

I was introduced to this track by my eldest sister. She often listens to Chinese songs when we were growing up and did introduced a few hits that stuck in my head. A-Yue (Chang Chen-yue) hails from Taiwan and performs in a band named Free Night. Chang is a Taiwanese aborigine of the Amis people. […]

S.H.E – Superstar

Now we travel back into my time when I was introduced to this video and track. I am aware of this Taiwanese girl band but never payed too much attention to them as I mostly listen to english songs. I was fortunate to be in McLaren House which is the student accommodation in London South […]

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James Morrison Live & Loud KL 2007

Can’t believe the weekend is near and I just recall that I watched James Morrison perform in Live & Loud KL in 2007 (A 10 Day Musical Festival). I can’t believe I missed this from my original list of Artists I Have Watched. His song You Give Me Something was a frequently played on the […]

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Evening News – Jason Lo

Another Malaysian artist from my childhood, this song is Evening News by Jason Lo. It can be heard over and over on the local radio. It is one of the singles from his Debut Solo Album Day without Dawn released in 1999. This song was no 1 in the local English charts for 7 weeks. […]

Kau Ilhamku – Man Bai

Another nostalgic moment and this song by Man Bai translates to You Are My Inspiration. I can recall precisely when I first heard this song but it was one of those that instantly become my favourite. It even made it to my wedding playlist. According to Wikipedia, the original song was written in 1993 and […]

Hijau – Zainal Abidin

Hijau means “Green” and this song celebrates nature. Zainal Abidin is a Malaysian singer born in the state of Johor. He started out his musical career in a band before equally having a successful solo career which included performances in Japan and globally. I never trully appreciated the beauty of the lyrics until I was […]

Standing In The Eyes Of The World – Ella

Listening to this song brings me back in time when I was a student in Penang Free School. It was the official theme of the 1998 Commonwealth Games hosted in the capital of Malaysia. I was not fortunate enough to have been in the games or witness the opening ceremony. It did however gave me […]

So Little Time – Arkarna

Another week has passed which drawn me to the lyrics of the song when it states “So Little Time, So Much To Do”. The song was released in 1997 when I was in secondary school in Penang Free School. I can’t exactly recall when was the first time I heard the song but it has […]