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

Friday, March 23, 2007

I would like a peporoni pizza, small salad, diet coke, and a nerdy boyfriend

OK before you all go like, "woah so this blogger is like a girl or he's gay," I am a guy who is straight. The title of the article is based on another article I read on Riuva that might interest you. It's about why nerd boyfriends (I am one of them) are the best. I was going through this article and thought, "Wow this is so true its amazing one of us(nerds) are able to find this out(not surprising, according to this article nerds have either graduated from college or currently attending college, I am currently attending college so this must be true). Well anyways, this article analyzes different aspects of a nerd which I must say is quite accurate as many of the points made in the article match me, especially the part about the no fashion sense. So when you read this article you might see your own traits and think, "Wow I have a chance, I should print this article on my 5620 laser printer with high quality color after editing it with photoshop to make it fancier and show it to girls so they will go out with me." Do not do that, while interesting, it will probably cause girls to either run away from you, spray you with mace, or kick you in your balls and take your lunch money while you're in the fetal position. But if you are a nerd and currently have or will have a girlfriend, maybe you could show her the article and say, "Yes its all true, now you know why you love me. Now get off my computer, my DnD match starts in a few minutes." Something like that anyways. Here's the direct link from Riuva.com

Which Otaku Are You?

It was hilarious when I read this article from Riuva.com, basically the article is about the different "sub-species" of otaku to get more into detail of which one you are. This includes moeotaku, the guys who collect anything with usually their favorite anime girl on it like posters, busts, pillows, the list goes on; but the funny thing I read about them was that they stay away from men who "smash their balls" I was laughing so hard when I read that. Another interesting one was the "Narutard," no offense to those who like Naruto as I am a fan myself and plan to cosplay as one maybe in the future. But currently I'm going to go as a bleachbi%(& ( I prefer not to swear on this site). You should really check this "report" out. I am currently the closet nerd/moeotaku/troll. Which one are you?

Monday, March 19, 2007

Nananananana Octman

The title is if from the theme music for the old live action batman. That is related to this post due to this vid I was watching. Watch as the octopus drops its "cape," like batman, from its body and flies around (actually swim around) in the ocean water as batman "flies" around Gotham city. This was a very interesting vid, apparently the octopus drops this umm..."cape" when its threatened by a predator. The "cape" is sticky and will stick to the predator to distract it long enough for the octopus to escape. Isn't nature amazing?

Friday, March 16, 2007

Tissue anyone?

A current advertisement technique used by Japan's company's, banks, etc. is giving out tissues with their name on the package. So when you whip out a tissue to blow your boogers out of your nose, you will be reminded of them and think of them every time you see your snot. Nice isn't it? People are hired to pass these tissues out, but not anymore with these robots that can do that job, with a cute look on their face at the same time. Isn't technology great?

Thursday, March 15, 2007

XP Tan

In slight reference to my previous post, Mac got nothing over PC if PC had this setup. Basically in the first vid she says something like "Wow, you started up fast, now we can spend more time together." The second one is stating that XP has a lot of memory through the girls MB (mega breast*).(Don't ask if I have it for I don't, I also do not know where you can get it, I would so love to have it though)

*I made the MB definition up, kind of a geek thing, MB actually means Megabytes

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Cellphones for your working Shinigami (Death God)

This was something interesting I picked up while looking through Bleach on youtube. I was like wow, cellphones in Seretei, I always thought the butterfly thing they use was more interesting though. The ideas for the new cellphone styles were interesting, especially Nemu's and Soi Fong's. Honestly I would go for something like Soi Fong's but with something manlier lol, although Yachiru's idea wasn't half bad neither, it caught Rukia's attention.

Friday, March 9, 2007

Ah kissy fish (quote Simpons episode: One fish, two fish, blow fish, bluefish)

Mmm ya..who hasn't seen the episode where Homer eats the puffer fish? Well I have and I bet many of you have as well. Well to sum it up, Homer eats an ill prepared puffer fish sushi which led him to his run around on life due to his belief of having only 24 hours to live after eating the poisonous fish. Puffer fish, known as fugu in Japna, is a nice skinny fish suddenly becoming fat, every persons worst nightmare. The fish is poisonous to eat unless prepared properly. Watch the vid and see the wonders of the deadly fish that everyone in Japan loves to eat. I have not personally tried the fish, but I will risk my life to try it in the future.

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Stampage

Wow, another thing thats soooo cool about Japan. Apparently the Japanese post office is selling, get this, Evangelion postage stamps. Woah like crazy. Well anyways, can't buy that in the U.S. which really sucks. But that would be cool to get it from a letter, of course who sends letters anymore besides company's that want your money through something called "bills." I would love to get my hands on a set though, most likely keep it in a picture frame instead of actually using it for the original purpose as a postage stamp. I got this from riuva.com. Check it out, its a neat site with the blogger being a dude from Singapore who sells not only the stamp set but other things as well.

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Mmmmm....Stir Fry Grubs and Deep Fried Chicks

Well I don't know how much of you watched the new episode of bizzare foods on the travel channel. I expect about 1/1,000,000,000,000 of the world actually watched it, this number includes monkeys and dogs, don't ask I just know. It was an alright episode in my opinion but it could have been better. About half the time he bashed on the food because it tasted too strange or looked weird to him, like sweet potato ice cream with cheese ice cream held in a hamburger bun, who hasn't eaten that? The grubs he ate looked particularly good to me and the deep fried chicks as well. O well, can't wait till his next episode when he goes to Morocco to eat, based on the previews I expect plenty of goats and goat brain. Oooo, exciting.

Kingdom Hearts I & II

Kingdom Hearts Opening...
Kingdom Hearts II Opening....
Woot. Finally a game post. Well lets start off with one of my favorite game series of all time, Kingdom Hearts. In my opionion one of the best games ever created, combining Square Enix, creators of favorites such as the Final Fantasy game series, and Disney, those who made Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse. Now I know what you're thinking (I think), Disney....Disney...thats like a kids thing...and I whole heartedly agree. But for some reason I don't think the game could have been quite as good without it. Disney's role in this game include's supplying multiple characters, voices, and themes throughout the game with a somewhat kiddish touch. The voices, O the voices, are great. They totally match what the original Disney cast sounds like, although hearing Cloud's voice (Final Fantasy 7) was like wow, so thats how he sounds like in their opinion. The dubbing was on cue most of the time and greatly adapted for the American release, the game originally released in Japan. This game is great, a lot of action, great story line, excellent graphics, a lot of side missions, and much more. The sequel, Kingdom Hearts II, actually didn't come out bad, as most game sequels do, but actually improved on the first game with improved game play, extra features, and better graphics (more for the cg movies). The replay value is actually not that high, but if you played it on easy then on proud mode is going to be way different. I recommend it as a must play and own game.

Monday, February 26, 2007

Life so far......

Well I am currently in college and have recently taken a huge turn in life. I don't want to be a dentist anymore. I mean I had the will to take the job on and everything but I got kind of bored when I started working at a dental practice. I mean it would have been a great job, helping people, perhaps getting my own practice and doing things at my own time, no on call kind of thing, repetitive work, and of course the pay would have been good. But that also meant at least 6-8 years of additional schooling after high school, 8-10 years if I specialized, and thats only if I got into dental school. Well I have dropped some of the classes I didn't need and am now trying to find some direction in life. I'm currently looking at business which requires much less schooling and results in less pay unless I become a genius at it or end up being an office drone stuck in the cubicle (no offense to those in those positions). But I am also looking at spending a couple years in Japan teaching English which has even less pay than being in business but I get to live where I always wanted to go. I have been looking around at some websites for info on it and it looks doable. Basic requirements includes knowing English, graduating with a Bachelors in college, and a short essay on why I want to teach English in Japan. But thats in a few years so I don't have to worry much about it yet. Well class starts soon so I got to finish this. Laters.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

My kind of girl

Wow shes like well "sugoi." To think a think girl like that could eat so much, its like mind-boggling. I can eat like a lot, but shes like the next kobayshi or something. I don't get why they blurred that guys hands and tummy though. If I could eat like her I would be like going to the hotdog eating competition and showing up Kobayashi.

The man himself, Kobayashi, seen here holding the mustard yellow belt for the best hot dog eater around (he's like my idol, eats a lot but doesn't gain weight, we all wish to be like Kobayashi).