hello
i wanted to share with you guys this book
it is written by jay in the past
maybe some of u have or seen tis book already
but i really wanted to share with those who haven seen it
let me just summarize the whole book to u
part 1 (as i have not read finish the whole book so have to separate into 2 or 3 parts to share)
the title of tis book is
grandeur de D major=D调的华丽
the first page of book say by jay is

"我不可能做到让每个人都喜欢我,我并不是神."

and the next 12 pages is about his friends and family opinion about him

his mum say 感谢上帝给我一个宝贝儿子

his wai po say 他永远是未长大的孩子

his dad say 我儿子，流行音乐的魔术师

jacky wu say 这就是周杰伦

fang wen shan say 华语流行音乐界的阿玛迪斯

好友 刘耕宏 say 重症完美主义者

and jolin say 四年前的那位“头低低先生

if u wan read more about the whole thing go to tis web and read it on ur own

http://book.sina.com.cn/nzt/ent/1103612852_diaohuali/index.shtml

that is really not much on that web lah

as compare to the book itself

he say he is a guy which will not shown all his feeling out even to his own family members as he say he is shy

he say he is not a good husband as he think that he is not very mature

and really sorry about the bad summarize to tis book

but if u wan read u can borrow it from the library

as i borrow it from the library as well

and i am sorry about tis bad post and photo

i post something more interesting next time

Jay Chou - The Renaissance Man of Chinese Entertainment

Here's an article I found on Jay Chou for those who haven't come across it yet.
It was written by a yesasia member, Kevin Ma.
Its probably writted a year ago but it is full of praises for Jay Chou and his multiple talents.

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Among the Chinese pop artists that emerged during the early 2000s R&B renaissance, no one has found success in as many forms of mass media as Jay Chou. In his ten years in the entertainment industry, he has become one of the biggest pop acts in Asian music and one of the most successful young actors in Asian Cinema as well. He's even become one of the most successful young directors in contemporary Chinese Cinema with a hit debut film. And to think - he started his entertainment career as a failing contestant on a talent show.


Musical Pioneer - Jay Chou the Musician
Jay Chou began to play the piano from the age of 4 and even majored in piano in high school, where he began writing songs. While he was working as a waiter, his friend entered a music talent show and enrolled Jay to accompany her on piano. Even though they lost, popular Taiwanese entertainment figure Jacky Wu, who was the host of the talent show, decided to take him on as a songwriter. Wu also paired Jay up with lyricist Vincent Fang, who would become his closest collaborator. Since 1998, Jay Chou has written at least 114 songs for other artists, including Jacky Wu, Landy Wen, Leehom Wang, Leo Ku, Edmond Leung, Jolin Tsai, Eason Chan, S.H.E., and three of Hong Kong's Four Heavenly Kings (sans Leon Lai), just to name a few.


In late 2000, just before his 22nd birthday, Jay released his self-titled debut album Jay. Featuring a unique mix of R&B, hip-hop, ballads, and even traditional Chinese melody all written by Jay himself, the album caught Chinese pop music fans around the world by surprise and turned the young singer-songwriter into an overnight star. For ballad fans, there are the acoustic guitar-driven "Starry Mood" and the karaoke-friendly hit "Black Humor". For R&B fans, there are "Adorable Woman" and "Bullfighting". There are even tracks such as "Wife" and "Old Indian Turtledove" for fans of alternative hip-hop. With his unique genre blending and now-signature slurred vocals, Jay almost became an instant music sensation throughout Asia. In 2001, the young star won 15 major music awards from Malaysia, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. This was only the beginning of Jay Chou's reign over Chinese pop music.

On the heels of Jay's success, the singer quickly churned out a second album within ten months, thus beginning the tradition of the yearly Jay Chou album. Fantasy is both a continuation and a deviation from the style established in Jay. The album opens with the mid-beat R&B ballad "Love Before A.D.", which features Jay's usual slurred vocals and a smooth bass-driven arrangement. The album then takes a surprisingly dark turn with "Pa, I'm Home", a powerful hip-hop track about domestic violence that shows a serious side Jay had not revealed before. Fantasy also features "Ninja" and "Nunchucks", which began a series of hip-hop tracks featuring traditional Chinese musical elements that would ultimately become another one of Jay's signature musical styles. The album would go on to win six major awards throughout Asia, as well as 20 additional awards for Jay himself. With the awards and sales rolling in, Jay was now a bona-fide star.


The 2002 album The Eight Dimensions is a bit of a transitional album for Jay. By now, there's a sense of expectation for a Jay Chou album, and the lead-up to its release became somewhat of an event. The first release was the music video for the first plug song "The Last Battle", which was essentially a six-minute-long short film. The level of expectation Jay's record company had for The Eight Dimensions was expressed by all the money spent on multiple explosions and gunfights in the video. Furthermore, lyricist Vincent Fang also wrote a photo essay book featuring Jay Chou named "Peninsula Iron Box", the name of a track on the album. Despite its heavy commercialism, The Eight Dimensions retained Jay's signature blend of multiple genres such as hip-hop, R&B, and karaoke-friendly ballad. As expected, The Eight Dimensions again earned Jay multiple awards across the Greater China region and was the best-selling Chinese-language album in several regions, including Hong Kong.


Even though Jay insisted that he had no intentions of changing his musical style, his fourth album Yeh Hwey Mei (named after his mother) offered a more sophisticated Jay. Like Fantasy, it's both a continuation and a slight deviation from his usual style. The first sign of that came with pre-release radio plug, the elegant European-flavored R&B track "In the Name of the Father". The album also features "Coward", one of Jay's first attempts into a more heavy metal-style rock, even though it still featured the signature Chou-style rapping throughout. With another prime summer release date and hungry fans, Yeh Hwei Mei was another multi-million seller and multiple-award winner.


Jay's subsequent albums would continue the established formula - a bit of rock and a bit of R&B fused with Jay's usual slurred rapping, in addition to a few heartwarming ballads. Nevertheless, Jay always added in something new in his arrangements for each album: Common Jasmine Orange featured liberal use of electronic synthesizer; November's Chopin saw Jay's first duet "Coral Sea" (this excludes his cover of "Rooftop", which was first written for Jacky Wu and Landy Wen), as well as his first bubble gum rock song; Still Fantasy featured not only his first Spanish trumpet-driven song, but also his first Bossa Nova ballad. In 2007, Jay took his biggest risk with album On the Run featuring his first American Western country song, "Cowboy on the Run", which ended being a hit with fans as well.


Like his mentor Jacky Wu, Jay has also used his clout in the industry to promote up-and-coming artists. In 2004, he put together the rock-pop group Nan Quan Mama and even contributed a song to their debut album. The group would win numerous awards in the Greater China region, including Best New Rock Group, Outstanding Mandarin Group, and even Most Promising Group. Meanwhile, Jay remained involved in the group's development over the years, attending award ceremonies with the group and putting members in his own music videos. Most recently, he even brought them around the world, putting them on stage as part of his latest worldwide concert tour.


From Music Videos to Feature Films - Jay Chou the Actor
2003 marked Jay's acting debut. However, it was only a cameo in the Hong Kong film Hidden Track, in which he played the object of obsession for the film's main character (the Chinese title of the film literally translates to "Searching for Jay Chou"). Despite his brief appearance in the film, he contributed two songs to it, reinforcing his true role as a musician. In actuality, Jay was actually getting acting practice over the years by playing a variety of roles in his music videos, including a traumatized soldier, a globetrotting spy, and even an Italian gangster.


Finally in 2005, Jay Chou took on his first feature film role in Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's Initial D, the big-budget, Hong Kong-Japan co-produced adaptation of the hit Japanese comic. Jay's introverted personality and cool looks made him a perfect fit for the main character, quiet aspiring racer Takumi. The star-studded film pitted the first-time actor against a cast featuring Shawn Yue, Edison Chen, Jordan Chan, Chapman To, and Hong Kong Film Award winner Anthony Wong. Fans of both Jay and the comic alike flocked to the theaters, making it the highest-grossing Chinese language film in Hong Kong that year. Jay's performance also won him the Best New Actor Award at both the Golden Horse Awards and the Hong Kong Film Awards.


Jay took a slight step back for his second feature film role, playing a pivotal supporting character in Zhang Yimou's period epic Curse of the Golden Flower alongside international superstars Gong Li and Chow Yun Fat. Touted as the most expensive Chinese film at the time, Curse of the Golden Flower remains Jay's biggest project to date. In the film, he plays a warrior prince who conspires with his mother in a coup against his father, the king. Jay's appearance in the film helped attract the younger audiences to the theaters, making it a major hit in the Greater China region. Jay's performance also earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards. While he didn't win the acting award, he managed to pick up the Best Original Song award for the film's theme song "Chrysanthemum Terrace", originally featured in his 2006 album Still Fantasy.


Taking the Reins - Jay Chou the Director
Jay began his directorial career with a music video for Nan Quan Mama's debut album in 2004. He then directed four more music videos in 2005, this time for his album November's Chopin. In the following year, he began to take on the role of director for all of his music videos, starting with the songs from Still Fantasy. Jay is now responsible for all the major creative stages of his music videos, from conceptualizing to editing. Director Zhang Yimou, after watching a few of Jay's videos, even publicly said that Jay's directorial skills may surpass his own in the future. With two high-profile roles and many music videos in his filmography, Jay took the next natural step: directing a feature film. Jay's directorial debut Secret is very much like his music - a unique blend of multiple genres that makes the finished product stand as its own. Co-written by Jay and young Hong Kong screenwriter Christine To (who made a high-profile debut herself with the screenplay for Jiang Hu while she was still in university), Secret stars Jay and young actress Guey Lun Mei as music school students who fall in love at first sight, despite a secret carried by one of them that threatens to tear them apart. Co-starring Anthony Wong and featuring impressive visuals by famed cinematographer Lee Bing Pin, Secret had the right formula and the right hype for a hit film. Thanks to strong word-of-mouth, the film became one of the highest-grossing Chinese-language films in both Hong Kong and Taiwan that year. It was also nominated for four awards at the Golden Horse Awards and managed to pick up three of them - Best Original Song, Best Visual Effects, and Outstanding Taiwanese Film of the Year.


What's Next for "President Chou"?
Despite Secret's success, Jay has said that directing film is considerably more difficult because of the time constraint and storyline. In the meantime, he continues to direct all of his music videos, including the ones from his latest album On the Run. He also starred in the hit 2008 Lunar New Year sports film Kung Fu Dunk. Thanks to its success in the Chinese box office, a sequel for the film is now in the works, with Chou already signed up to reprise his role as a basketball player with powerful martial arts skills.


Even with all the acting and directing credentials, Jay is still first and foremost a musician. In addition to starring in and directing Secret, he co-composed the film's score with Terdsak Janpan. In April 2007, he established JVR Records, a record company Jay developed with Vincent Fang and his agent. Later in the year, coinciding with the release of On the Run, he embarked on a successful worldwide concert tour, making 2007 his most productive year yet. Like every year, Jay will be working on a new album in 2008, with its release planned for the second half of the year. With his proven talent in multiple forms of the arts, what else will Jay Chou pull out of his sleeves next? In ten years, the introverted young man from Taiwan has established himself as not only a musical pioneer, but a true pop star in every way.

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This just proves how talented and influential Jay Chou can be.
His album (capricorn) must have been pretty expensive comparing to other artist as I checked (& bought), Wang Lee Hom's album is half the price of he's.

Enjoy...

Its my turn.

Its my turn to do a short review on 'Capricorn'.

Jay Chou introduces his album with the first track Long Zhan Qi Shi (Dragon Knight). Long Zhan Qi Shi provides listeners the feel of the main theme. It is probably the only song in the whole album that really promotes the style of the album's casing. This track can be said as the new Huang Jin Jia (Golden Armour) and I look forward to having it as the opening song of the next Jay Chou concert. This song is the most suitable to have as the 1st track of 'Capricorn'

Gei Wo Yi Shou Ge De Shi Jian (Give/Spare Me the Time of a Song) is the 2nd track of the album which many listeners like. When I first heard it, it sounded rather normal; the usual mandopop stuff that many chinese singers do. When I ran the song through a couple more times, I got to like it slightly more and more. It tends to happen when Jay Chou sings. The MV is...pretty cool. I kind of expected an MV like that as it suits the rhythm and beat of the song. The song flows through till the end but up until this track, Jay still hasn't really shown any of his talents yet.

3rd track is She Wu (Snake Dance). I think many people most probably thought 'Indian' when they first heard this song. This song is very Jay Chou with the rap and all. I like it and I thought the MV rocked. Lara is pretty.

4th track is Hua Hai (Ocean of Flowers). Hua Hai is probably the track that I pay the least attention too. I still don't find anything sparkling about this song until now. It doesn't capture my ears and Jay's vocals here is pretty much unrecommendable.

Next comes Mo Shu Xian Sheng (Mr. Magic). Some may find this song to be all over the place and some may even find it to be weird. This track is definitely different and it is one that I pretty much enjoy listening to. Its special and totally fresh from the previous stuff he has been doing. Its a whole new look on Jay Chou. The whole talking thing in front didn't capture me and I find 37 seconds of chit-chat is abit too long. The MV here is enjoyable despite his new MV trend; the women all over him.

Up next is the track that most people probably find as their favourite. Shuo Hao De Xin Fu Ne (Where is Our Promised Happiness) is also my favourite. Jay does great ballads and no one can deny that. The rhythm, the tune; it all seems perfect here and I'm glad Jay didn't try the same vocal-negative stuff that he did in Hua Hai. The MV isn't anything exciting despite the fact that he can land on the correct keys without having to look at the piano. This track is worth to be favourited.

Lan Ting Xu (Orchid Pavillion) is Jay Chou's 'zhong guo feng' song in this album. I found Qing Hua Ci to be much better despite the fact that both MVs weren't as heart-aching as they were meant to be; at least I thought the dying parts were suppose to be sad. Lan Ting Xu's MV has Jay Chou looking very white singing while a story goes on in the white background. The song itself sounds really 'zhong guo feng' but it actually gets abit boring. (at least for me it does)

Liu Lang Shi Ren (Wandering Poet) was what I thought to have a melodious tune but it didn't turn out as what I expected. The duet stuff is allright and the song flows through. My favourite part of the song would be the part where Jay raps.

Lets move on to Shi Guang Ji (Time Machine). Its a feel good song with nice music and an enjoyable MV that has a very creative storyline. Jay Chou's doraemon guitar caught my eyes the most. The MV may resemble Yang Guang Zai Nan. This song has a length of 5 minutes and I find it to be slightly too long as the chorus repeats a number of times.

Next is Qiao Ke Shu Shu (Uncle Joker). Some may find the laughing part to be pretty scary but I think its part of the song that must be there in order for it to be....jokerish? Once again, this MV consists of that new trend of Jay's as mentioned above. I found him being the white Joker swinging to be abit scary and I think its abit weird to have him puff so much perfume on himself. Its a pretty nice rap-up song and I actually like his woodpecker outfit and the dot on his face. This track and Mo Shu Xian Sheng is probably the 2 tracks that doesn't pretty much relate to the album cover.

Lastly, Dao Xiang (Paddy Fragrance) comes in. It is the first track that was released before all the other tracks and I found this song to be the one that I could connect to the most. The lyrics are simple and it is easy to sing. Its a meaningful feel good song that relates to the public. I like the MV; it was really raw. So kampung orh!

The album is pretty fresh comporating to all of Jay's old stuff. It has a pretty cool theme to it with the magic and all. I found it to be a whole new look on Jay himself. He found something that he could relate to and has explored it in this album. I think shy Jay has blossomed but still, I don't think all those women are necessary. :D

Thats all I have to say on the album. I'll be back.
Bye!

It's my turn to review

Hey peeps ..

I done my review on Capricorn !

My Capricorn review

Oh and try this thing out, it's freaky!

Don't worry, nothing scary

Bloggers' Reviews [ Part 5 ]

Another interesting review: Click Here [ SecretGarden]

JeromeFo's BlogUpdated:

Bristol & Bath 2007 [ Part 4 ] : Click Here

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Bloggers' Reviews [ Part 3 ]

Another Blogger's Review: Click Here

"魔杰座
雖然已經預了音樂風格沒有變化；雖然已經知道專輯裡的歌曲不外是一貫的饒舌、抒情、中國風元素：雖然已經曉得音樂曲風玩來玩去同一種調調；但，我還是買了《魔杰座》。不為甚麼，只因他是周杰倫，和我一樣同屬魔羯座的周杰倫！先看封面和封底，周董的造型是未來戰士look。之前曝光的小丑、煙燻妝、黑色腳指甲等等造型反而沒有出現在專輯內。"

Bloggers' Reviews [ Part 2 ]

My recent pic in Bristol, UK =)

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My Friend's fragrant rice (strum) . I like her voice. =)

Bloggers' Reviews [ Part 1 ]

Recently, not surprising, alot bloggers blog about JayChou's new Album.
I juz "dig" out 2 good reviews from my fellow friend bloggers.


不喜欢不代表不好: Click Here

周杰伦@魔杰座的惊喜: Click Here

ohya, i wrote something for my Ex-girlfriend,

with reference to JayChou's new song

[ Shuo Hao De Xing Fu Ne / 说好的幸福呢] - Click Here

Qian shan wan shui review

it's 1 am here and none of you guys are online .. hmm i should be sleeping but i feel like posting something Jay first

I shall write my review about Qian Shan Wan Shui, the great song that he submitted for the Olympics


When i first heard the full version, I couldn't help but to repeat it again and again

as you guys already know, the way jay sings a song is not just the song itself, it's the way he delivers the song

it started with the grand intro then when he sings it, it just goes with the flow and as the climax heighten, so does Jay's emo voice .. I LOVE HIS EMO VOICE!

it sound so passionate and sexy!

haha .. and the funny weird cartoon voice at the second verse reminded me of Huo Yuan Jia and i had a shock when i first heard it but i accepted it lol ..

the strain , the passion in his voice in that song (and other songs) had made me almost tear up a few times .. or sometimes i even smile to myself ..

i dunno why maybe cause i'm going nutz *check*

i hope he gets picked for the olympic song thing but even if he doesn't , he's still great

that's my review of the song , i might be biased

but hey what can i say?

I'm a Jay fan ;)