Monday, December 29, 2008

Little Angel & Little Master

This is my first time to play"little angel & little master". The rule of the game is that you have to take good care of your master and cannot let your little master to find out who you are.Similary, your little angel will take good care of you.


We announced our little angel & little master on the day of 12/25, and I found that my little angel was....my roommate(surprised!!!)Anyway, thanks for my little angel, she gave me a cup of hot chocolate first.Then, she sent me a pair of earrings(I loved it soooooo much)


This is me and my little angel(my roommate)








This is one of the gifts my little angel gave me.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

New Year

2008 is almost over, and 2009 is coming. How exciting!!!! I'd never been to the Taipei 101 to see the firework since I lived in Kaohsiung. But I studied in the northern part of Taiwan this semester and I'm going to take a look at how magneficent it is. haha~I'm going to stay up all night long at 12/31.Can't wait~~

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone!!!
I have been a christian since I was born, so Christmas is always an important and a joyful holiday for me. I used to celebrate Christmas with my friend in the church. At Christma Eve, I used to go to church, we sang songs and have a peaceful and thankful night. This year is a little bit different. I stayed in CGU, because the traffic here was inconvenience to go to church. I celebrated with my classmates. We exchanged gifts and had a few games. I got christmas cards and a pair of earrings.....I love it.







Sunday, December 21, 2008

Bicycle riding

I went to Su's home for vacation this weekend.Her sister took us to the Riverbank Park in Taipei to ride bicycle.Su and I rode a tandem.The view along the riverbank was beautiful,espically during sunset.Though we were tried, we had a lot of fun.
















This one was our legs.


























Take a close look at the words on the right side....haha

Chemisty Experiment

We had fun in the Chemistry Experiment a few weeks ago. The name of this experiment called"the art of the Chemistry".The professor gave us a drawing paper, then we used a chemical liquid to draw whatever we wanted on it.After the liquid became dry, we put another kinds of liquid on it.The picture suddenly came out.


This is the picture I draw.




Someone said that it look creepy.haha~

Monday, December 8, 2008

Outline of "Styles of Popular Music"

Outline

Introduction
Thesis statement:Three of the more successful styles are reggae, punk, and rap.

Body
A.One successful style of popular music is reggae.
1.born on the Carribbean island of Jamaica in the 1960s
a.spread throughout the world in the 1970s.
2.Developed from mento.
a.mento was sung and played on guitars and drums.
b.Some musicians changed mento into a music style called ska by adding a hesitation beat.
3.special sound comes from reversing roles of instrument.
a.Guitar plays rhythm and bass plays melody.
4.An important influence on reggae music was the Rastafarian cult.
a.unsual sound mixes
b.extra-slow tempo
c.strange lyrics
d.mystical-political themes
5.Bob Marley-best known reggae musician
a.Well-known groups are the Toots& The Maytals, Buring Spear, and Steel Pulse
6.Reggae has influenced later styles of popular music, including punk and rap.
B.A second successful style of popular music is punk.
1.Punk is a style of rock music that began in the mid-1970s
a.felt that rock music no longer represented the counterculture.
2.With clothing and hairstyles, punks intended to shock society.
a.hairdos, makeup, clothing, piercings, and jewelry.
3.The onstage behavior of punks was aggressive and provocative.
a.fighting and other violent behavior by fans
4.Punk music is simple
a.songs are short
b.anti-government
c.anti-authority and anti-conformity
5.First bands to popularize punk were the Sex Pistols and Clash in Great Britain and
the Ramonesin the United States
6.Punk has evolved into other styles.
a.Groups such as the Dead Kennedys and the Black Flag play hardcore punk
b.Fall Out Boy plays emo
c.pop punk-Green Day
C.A third successful style of popular music is rap.
1.Also known as hip-pop
2.Form of dance music-singers speak in rhythm and thyme
3.Originated in Africa
a.Traveled to the U.S. via Jamaica-"toasting"
b.rap first appeared in the mid-1970s in the discos of New York City's black neighborhoods in
the United States.
c.Disco DJs+rappers played songs for dancers at parties
d.rapper keep the beat going with hand claps while the DJ changed records
e.rappers added lyrics,slogans, rhymes, and call-and-response
4.Early rap songs were mainly about dancing, partying, and romantic advantures.
a.politics-theme in 1980s and 1990s
5.Most rappers are young black males
a.Female rappers-Queen Latifah
b.white rappers-Beastie Boys and Eminem

Conclusion
popular music changes constantly.New styles are born, grow, change, and produce offshoots,which in turn grow, change, and produce offshoots. Some styles enjoy lasting popularity, but others disappear rather quickly. However, all contribute to the power and excitement of popular music in our time.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

I'd Lie

I'd lie(by Tylor swift)

I don't think that passenger seat
Has ever looked this good to me

He tells me about his night
I count the colors in his eyes

He'll never fall in love he swears
As he run his fingers through his hair
I'm laughing cause I hope he's wrong

I don't think it ever cross his mind
He tells a joke, I fake a smile
That I know all his favorite songs



(Chorus)
And I could tell you
His favorie color's green
He loves to argue
Born on the seventeenth
His sister's beautiful he has his father's eyes

And if you ask me if I love him
I'd lie






He looks around the room
Innocently overlooks the truth
Shouldn't a light go on?
Doesn't he know
That I've had him memorized for so long?

He sees everything black and white
Never let nobody see him cry
I don't let nobody see me wishing he was mine



(Chorus)



He stands there walks away
My God if I could only say
I'm holding every breath for you~


He'd never tell you
But he can play guitar
I think he can see through Everything but my heart

First thought when I wake up
Is my God he's beautiful
so I put on my make-up
And pray for a miracle






Yes I could tell you
His favorite color's green
He loves to argue
Oh and it kills me

His sister's beautiful
He has his father's eyes

And if you ask me if I love him
If you ask me if I love him

I'd lie






This is one of my favorite song by Tylor Swift.She's a young singer and writter in America.It tells about a girl falls in love with a boy, but not dare to confess that she loves him.That's why the lyrics says" if you ask me if I love him, I'd lie". I love the melody of this song. It can simply accompany only by guitar. The lyrics tells how's a girl think and what a girl want to say when she's in love.It's very earnest.haha~