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Post by Blue on Jan 18, 2012 15:32:07 GMT
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Post by Blue on Jan 18, 2012 15:33:07 GMT
I mean there's another song I know by heart, but whose Chinese title I simply forgot.
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Post by edcat7 on Jan 18, 2012 22:16:46 GMT
As a bit of fun I learnt the Chinese National Anthem on the dizi. The words to it are.....interesting.
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Post by xindi on Jan 19, 2012 21:14:29 GMT
Are there any solo pieces? EMI released many of the Pathé archives, including Yao Lee, found in India within the past 10 years, so there's much of this music which has had different recordings of great mono quality.
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Post by Blue on Jan 20, 2012 12:36:33 GMT
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Post by Blue on Jan 20, 2012 13:05:30 GMT
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Post by edcat7 on Jan 20, 2012 13:42:35 GMT
I'm old enough to remember standing to the British National Anthem at the end of the film in the cinema. Can't play 'God Save the Queen' on the dizi though.
ps. carrefour is a name of a supermarket chain in HK
My kids had to learn a song for the new year, it is in the tune of Disney's 'It's a small small world'
Would I be in trouble if I played China's national anthem in Taiwan?......police with big batons?
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Post by Blue on Jan 20, 2012 13:55:53 GMT
Carrefour is the name of a supermarket chain in Taiwan, China, HK, Greece, France, Italy, Spain, and Indonesia. I've seen and photographed them all!
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Post by edcat7 on Jan 20, 2012 14:04:22 GMT
You mean when you decide to go on holiday, your choice country must have a Carrefour?  |
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Post by Blue on Jan 20, 2012 14:07:46 GMT
Well, I didn't know that the country of my visit would have Carrefour, but I know how extensive this brand is throughout most of the non-English speaking world.
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Post by Blue on Jan 20, 2012 14:13:39 GMT
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Post by xindi on Jan 21, 2012 0:34:32 GMT
I always thought Carrefour was French as well. French for 'crossroads' - as in, you'd better move, or you'd get run over by a housewife's shopping trolley full of cucumbers. Today I must've passed by 4 buskers. I was listening to my headphones, so I couldn't hear any of what they were playing, but it was the usual guitars, and maybe one guy singing (not sure if it was singing actually). What I don't understand, is why they seem to favour train stations or underground metro places, where people are in transit, and clearly don't want to stand around loitering in hallways. If it was ever possible, it makes sense for buskers to perform on the platforms; outside cafes or places where people are likely to hang around surely? Like police stations on a Friday night  Anyhows....I've never ever heard of this one:  Sheltered upbringing with God save the queen |
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Post by Blue on Jan 21, 2012 2:05:17 GMT
Known to the Yankee like me as "My Country, 'Tis of Thee"
Well, Happy Year of the Dragon. Good luck to this year's dragon babies (probably being mass produced right now) when they have to compete entering into the best college/university 17 years later from now.
I feel old as a Fire Dragon, but I'm stubborn as usual.
Before the new year starts, remember these interesting customs:
Make sure you clean your room and remove all garbage (which really means not to get stuck by the events of the past year).
Do not use knives to cut the New Year Eve meal.
Eat hot pot (or fondue if you have no other option, but I've seen a Chinese hot pot restaurant between Russell Square and the BBC building in London).
Eat dumplings, which are shaped like gold taels. If your dumpling contains a coin, you supposedly will have good fortune this year. If it contains a date, you'll have a dragon baby this year.
Eat fish to have abundance this year. (Interesting . . . . tilapia or St. Peter's fish is a popular fish in Taiwan and was supposedly the fish that Jesus fed to thousands . . . . talk about abundance from one fish! Someone in Taiwan has adopted it as an alternative to Shark Fin's soup.)
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Post by Blue on Jan 21, 2012 15:01:37 GMT
Buskers (aka street performers)? Looks like I'm learning new words everyday. Learned what a stud-muffin is the other day from certain people in the forum who consider themselves as such (Allen rolls his eyes  ). Curiously, I've encountered buskers in Rome, Milan, Paris, Madrid, and Barcelona on their respective metro/urban-rail systems either within the train or in the station corridors, but I never encountered such during my visit to London. In the streets of Barcelona, encountered one female opera singer, one violin singer, and one panpipe performer who coincidentally were also marketing their CDs for about 12 Euros or so. In Madrid, saw a quena player at the Alonso Martinez station. Should have asked that person to try playing my root xiao which I had brought to Spain. In Taipei, there are mostly erhu and harmonica players, although I did notice that quite a few harmonica players who had a root xiao hanging near them. |
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Post by xindi on Jan 21, 2012 17:59:44 GMT
Buskers .... I don't know any other term for them! Street performers, perhaps? But I suppose, being a musician, playing music, is not quite in the same league as a clown doing a unicycle ...! I found Spain very receptive to buskers: there are huge spaces, old ampitheatres, and abandoned buildings which look fantastic to play music inside for a session. Did you find that the old walled city had the panpipe performer there? I heard one, but wished he would turn off that karaoke background machine Buskers in China are less frequent in winter - the cold climate is quite something. I saw only two buskers over the past few weeks: a hulusi player (barely audible) and a zhongruan player (inaudible). The noise levels in cities are quite a deterrent. Thanks for the new year etiquette! Happy New Year of the Dragon too |
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Post by Blue on Jan 22, 2012 4:20:26 GMT
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Post by xindi on Jan 24, 2012 15:55:03 GMT
"You are running an outdated version of Flashplayer. Click here to update.."
Okay i thought...so I am running Mac OSX10.4 lol.
I tried to update it, but it still doesn't work!
Can't see anything ...
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