Monday, December 17, 2007

譚詠麟

譚詠麟(1950年8月23日-),綽號「阿倫」或「譚校長」,為已故足球名宿譚江柏之子,生於香港,籍貫廣東新會,是一位在粵語流行區有影響力的香港粵語流行曲歌手與電影演員,是於1980至1990年代的樂壇巨星,曾在1984至1987年度《十大勁歌金曲頒獎典禮》連續四屆奪得「最受歡迎男歌星」,直至現在仍活躍歌壇和娛樂界,當有關年齡問題時,他常自稱「年年皆為廿五歲」以表達他是樂壇的長青樹。阿倫以演唱浪漫情歌著名,有別於同期以快歌與台風取勝的紅星,例如梅艷芳與張國榮。
2006年,譚詠麟參與903廣播劇黃金少年,並主唱主題曲,使其事業再上另一高峰。並憑《愛情陷阱》(1985年十大勁歌金曲頒獎典禮金曲金獎)獲得2006年度十大勁歌金曲頒獎典禮勁歌金曲25週年榮譽金曲獎。

事業
譚詠麟
的歌唱事業於1973年组成的溫拿樂隊正式開始。1970年代,陳友、彭健新、鍾鎮濤、葉智強與譚詠麟組成的溫拿樂隊,在當年的樂隊熱潮中紅極一時。譚詠麟的歌聲於溫拿中表現出色,並因此而成為了溫拿的主音歌手。1978年,溫拿樂隊解散,各成員獨立發展,譚詠麟从1979年開始推出個人專輯。他的第一張個人專輯為《反斗星》,而在早期作品中最成功是於1984年推出的《愛的根源》、《霧之戀》以及1985年推出的《愛情陷阱》,此三張唱片合稱愛情三部曲。
1980 年代中期,香港的樂壇進入了“譚張爭霸年代”,即譚詠麟與張國榮於樂壇爭霸的時期。當年兩人都是大紅大紫,並在年終的樂壇頒獎典禮爭奪獎項。其中,譚詠麟在1984至1987年度《十大勁歌金曲頒獎典禮》連續四屆奪得「最受歡迎男歌星」;隨後張國榮在1988至1989年度《十大勁歌金曲頒獎典禮》連續兩屆奪得「最受歡迎男歌星」。媒體的炒作使得“爭霸”氣氛更為激烈,支持兩人的歌迷甚至因此時常發生衝突。
雖然他們的歌迷之間甚為不和,而他們亦在事業上有所爭鬥,但他們之間從沒有在媒體面前表現出與對方不和。1999年,他們甚至一起合唱了原屬於譚詠麟的歌曲《幻影》和《霧之戀》的混合版。
在“譚張爭霸”時期,譚詠麟比較突出的歌曲有《無言感激》、《Don't Say Goodbye》《水中花》、《半夢半醒》和《愛情陷阱》等。“譚張爭霸”隨著譚詠麟於第十屆(1987年度)《十大中文金曲頒獎音樂會》中突然宣佈不再接受任何具競爭性的音樂獎項後宣告結束。
踏入1990年代,由于其不再领奖,譚詠麟的鋒頭被四大天王漸漸蓋過,但仍然留守樂壇,保持每年都出版新唱片。在這個時期,他比較突出的歌曲有《一生中最愛》和《一首歌一個故事》。
在1991年度《十大勁歌金曲頒獎典禮》獲頒「金曲銀禧榮譽大獎」。
在1996年度《十大中文金曲頒獎典禮》獲頒「香港乐坛最高荣誉大奖——金针奖」。
2003年年初,譚詠麟與李克勤合作演出了12場《左麟右李演唱會》,大受歡迎,在香港掀起了「左麟右李」熱潮。此後兩度加場,並在中國大陸、澳門、東南亞及美加作巡迴演出。
截至2005年,譚詠麟已推出107张个人唱片(不含旧歌精选集),所演绎的歌曲超过800首,唱片总销量于1995年已超过2000万张。此外,譚詠麟以总场数264场(其中个人演唱会189场)保持着香港本地演唱会的场数纪录。

歌唱
作為一個電影演員,他演出過很多的喜劇,例如《黃飛鴻笑傳》、《黃飛鴻對黃飛鴻》和與成龍合演的《龍兄虎弟》等。1981年憑《假如我是真的》獲得金馬獎最佳男主角。

演員

體育事業
譚詠麟是香港影視明星體育協會的成員,亦是香港賽馬會會員,曾經育有馬匹好朋友。

名下馬匹
另外,譚詠麟亦是康宏晨曦足球隊的名譽會長。

足球活動
譚詠麟已婚,但一直沒有向外界公開,直到他的其中一位岳父楊碧山在1993年離世,他的名字出現在訃告上,這段婚姻才算半公開([1])。其另一位「知己」妻子及所生的兒子在2006年3月23日香港電台第一台節目,他首度開腔公開與朱和兒子的關係。([2])。



楊潔薇
朱颖婷

育有一名兒子譚曉風
家庭
譚曾在1989年支持北京學運,但香港回歸後,其政治立場偏向中央政府,他亦是特首選舉委員會成員之一,並在2001年為尋求連任的香港行政長官董建華站台。

Sunday, September 9, 2007

[édit] Téhnologi Komunikasi



Komunikasi
In telecommunications, the first transatlantic two-way radio broadcast occurred on July 25th 1920.
(see also: semaphore, telegraphy, telephony, radioteletype, global telephone network - also known as the Public Switched Telephone Network, communications satellites, ethernet, and the internet - a network of computer networks).

As the technology evolved, communication protocol also had to evolve; for example, Thomas Edison had to discover that hello was the least ambiguous greeting by voice over a distance; previous greetings such as hail tended to be lost or garbled in the transmission.

As regards human communication these diverse fields can be divided into those which cultivate a thoughtful exchange between a small number of people (debate, talk radio, e-mail, personal letters) on the one hand; and those which disseminate broadly a simple message (Public relations, television, cinema).

Our indebtedness to the Romans in the field of communication does not end with the Latin root "communicare". They devised what might be described as the first real mail or postal system in order to centralize control of the empire from Rome. This allowed Rome to gather knowledge about events in its many widespread provinces.

As the Romans well knew, communication is as much about taking in towards the centre as it is about putting out towards the extremes. Thus peace is a side-effect of communication, starting, for example, when the August 30th 1963 communication hotline between U.S. and Soviet leaders went into operation.

In virtual management an important issue is computer-mediated communication.

The view people take toward communication is changing, as new technologies change the way they communicate and organize. In fact, it is the changing technology of communication that tends to make the most frequent and widespread changes in a society. The latest trend in communication, decentralized personal networking, is termed smartmobbing.

Friday, March 30, 2007

Rave Master (Groove Adventure Rave in Japan)

Here is another anime I recommend. The plot is basically another good guys v.s. bad guys to save the world kind of thing. What I really like about this anime is the character designs, its practically random with every episode. You have talking globs, some weird insect/dog/fish kind of animal with a unicorn horn nose, talking penguins that saypoyo, demons, trolls, and much more. Of course the storyline is interesting as well, Haru Glory with his friends Elie, Musica, Plue, Griff, and more as the story goes on, goes out into the world to save it from Demon Card. Demon Card is a organization bent on taking on taking over the world with incredible weapons called dark brings (db for short) that allow anything that wields it the power to do something they could not normally do like making your body out of steel, make bombs out of nowhere, bring down gravity on someone or more. But Haru is able to counteract Demon Cards db with his own weapon, the decaforce sword, a sword that can change into 10 different forms that allow it to do incredible things like create an explosion on impact, make you as light as air to increase your speed over 10X, and more. You could even combine the explosions and speed to make a blitzkrieg bombardment. I really like the anime, but I like the manga more.

You want to know something interesting? The manga and anime artist, Hiro Mashima, has the same birthday as me, May 3rd. It is so awesome. The story is interesting as there are many parts you would not deem part of the story but more along sub-stories, but are equally as interesting as the main story. Plue is so ummm..interesting lol...he is one of my favorite characters in Rave master. I would recommend this anime and manga for people to get an interest in as it is a crazy adventure to keep you wanting the next one.

Urban Ninja

I know many of you out there are Naruto fans, especially with the release of Naruto in America. But are there really such a thing as ninjas out there in the real world? There is and I will show you some clips of them in action. These guys are crazy, especially the first vid which is one of my all time favorite vids. I could never imagine someone doing this in real life. Want to know something? They don't even live in Japan, its all in the U.S. Unfortunately their site seems to be gone now, it was pretty cool as they would post clips and pics of their gravity defying moves all over the city. Enjoy

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Sync(?) Haruhi Dancing

Wow this was interesting, apparently there are big enough Suzumiya Haruhi fans around and they decided to dance the dance seen in the anime. Besides a couple flaws like the fall at the end, this vid was actually pretty well done.

Monday, March 26, 2007

A look at an Otaku's Room

Sorry for the late post, internet problems again. But your wait was well worth it because of this post. Well many of you probably think that I have a room full of otaku related items, you are half right, my room has otaku related items but its not full of it. Many otaku items, especially figures that I collect come in the range of $60-$120, so I try to limit myself if I can and my room is completely barren compared to others I've seen. I have a few posters, gundam models, figures, etc. My manga collection is the only thing in excess as I am starting to run out of room to place them. Now be ready to oooh, ahhh, fear, or laugh at my otaku room.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Cowboy Bebop

Hey all you anime fans out there, if you haven't seen Cowboy Bebop then you haven't seen anime. Cowboy Bebop is basically about bounty hunters in space on the constant lookout for some quick cash that leads them to trouble, intrigue, and a whole lot of comedy. But there is a number of seriousness in the anime, especially towards the end of the series, 26 episodes total. You have Spike Spiegel, named possibly due to his hair or his attitude that goes up and down like spikes in my opinion, who has died but has since been revived, weird huh. He's a cool guy and he's quick with the pistol and his mouth. Then you got Jet Black, no not the American actor, who has a mechanical that he can use to crush heads under his armpit which adds to his deadliness. Cool and quick thinking, he tries to get a profit as long as it doesn't result in it going negative. Faye Valentine next, a sly hotty in the anime that seems to get anything she wants to pay off her gigantic debt. Radical Edward next, who is actually a girl, that has given herself the name Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV, even though she is the first and probably the only one with that name. Ed is a genius who can hack into any computer and get what she wants and loves to have fun over anything else. Then comes Ein, probably the most underrated character of all, probably because he's a dog, a Pembroke welsh corgi to be specific. But he's no ordinary dog, he has an Einstein equivalent mind (hence the name Ein, short for Einstein, who has gotten the crew out of some predicaments.

A must watch anime, good replay value for some of the episodes, great art, great music (especially the opening theme song as shown above), great characters that people can relate to, and something every anime fan should know about.

Spike, check out the hair