Tong Hua (童话) Cover - English/Chinese + Violin/Trumpet by Jason Chen & J Rice

Joanne Lee made the unthinkable and asked Hans and I to do a cover version of the famous rendition of Tong Hua (童话) but in a special version that incorporates English and Mandarin. The English lyrics is fully translated to maintain the Chinese meaning and untouched or unedited so that it holds the integrity of the emotional and sentimental value.

I agreed to doing it immediately because it's not the first time I had done such projects and I love it. It's my passion to re-create music and compositions of music has always been my motivation.

To give everyone a better idea of the cover song, here's the lyrics and the original performance by Jason Chen & J Rice.



LYRICS:
English/Chinese rendition with Violin/Trumpet
lyrics
(Josh)

Don't know how long

It's been a while since

You told me...your favorite story

(Jason)

It's been on my mind

Driving me crazy

Am I the reason that (you're crying now) harmony

B-section

(Josh)

I see the tears in your eyes

They tell me you don't believe

That I can't be...your prince charming.

(Jason)

Maybe you can't understand

But when you (said you loved me)

My life was (changed

And I wish you could see)




Hook:

(Josh)

I'm willing to

be the one

and the angel that you love

with open arms

I'll always be there

(Jason)

You must believe

That you and me

Will end up living happily

In our own fairytale story




Verse 2: in chinese

B-section

(Jason)

I see the tears in your eyes

They tell me you don't believe

That I can't be...your prince charming.

(Josh)

Maybe you can't understand

But when you said you loved me

My life was changed

And I wish you could see




In chinese

Hook 2:

(jason)

I want to be

be the one

and the angel that you love

with open arms

I'll always be there

(Josh)

You must believe

That you and me

Will end up living happily

In our own fairytale story

Chapter 22: How to Cope With Insecurities and Anxiety About Your Relationship

Relationships can be the scariest thing sometimes. With insecurities, not even the strongest, most independent women and men can go unaffected when in a relationship. Anxiety just makes you fret about your insecurities. With these tips, they won't make your insecurities or anxiety go away immediately. But they may be able to help you shed light on why you feel this way.


Steps:

1. Explore why you feel insecure and what do you feel insecure about. Also, if possible, explore where these insecure came from. If you're unsure, do some serious consideration. Insecurities don't sprout up overnight.
2. Talk it over with your significant other about your insecurities. They will never know these things if you never tell them.
3. Talk it over with someone else (friend or family) who you can bounce ideas off of.
4. Find ways to eliminate your anxiety. Every person is different in how they deal. One person may love meditation, another may love being extremely busy all the time. Try to preoccupy yourself, it will be a great distraction from your insecurities and will give you a reprieve on your anxiety.
5. If you're having fears about losing your partner, explore the worst case scenarios. Does the relationship ending mean that the world also ends? No. It means the little world you had with that one person ends, but it is something you are able to recover from. What you're fearing is the pain and the potential rejection that comes from the relationship ending. It's natural to fear these things, but it's worth it to say it's possible to recover from it.
6. Examine yourself. It is possible that your mood can be affected by a bad day, or having a bad night's sleep? It's easy to get negative if we're already in that mind frame.
7. Be honest about the relationship. Actions speak louder than words. If you're insecure because of how your SO is acting towards you, then that's something to explore. Sometimes there can be a legitimate reason for why we're feeling a certain way.

Tips:

• Communication is key! You can't regret effectively communicating with your SO. But if you never communicated with them, it makes it harder for the relationship to grow.
• Volunteering, writing, painting, video games, exercise, friends are all good examples on how to handle your anxiety.

Warnings:

• If your partner is intentionally making you feel insecure, then it's time to end it. They're being a jerk and that's not what you deserve.
• Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol, doing drugs, self-mutilation, participating in fight clubs or dogfights, sleeping around with other people, or making doilies are all bad examples on how to handle your anxiety (kidding with that last part).

Lee ready for Asia's best

National wushu exponent Lee Ying Shi will compete in the Long Fist (Changquan) event at the Guangzhou Asian Games tomorrow. Picture: Infofoto

JASON THOMAS
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Monday, November 15, 2010

LEE Ying Shi knows exactly what she has to do when she takes to Nansha Gymnasium tomorrow.

Competing in the biggest event of her life in the one-day Long Fist (Changquan) event at the Guangzhou Asian Games, the 16-year-old Lee is the country's only athlete to see action tomorrow.

"Of course, I must concentrate and have confidence in myself," Lee told The Brunei Times when contacted yesterday.

"The training schedule is the same as in Brunei and we train here (in Guangzhou, China) twice a day. I think I have trained enough and I am ready to compete.

"This is the biggest tournament I've competed in and I am happy to be here.

"I feel proud to be part of the team and to have been the flag-bearer during the opening ceremony (on Friday)," she added.

The Sultanate's opened its campaign in the 16th edition of the multi-sport event through Lee's teammate, Faustina Woo Wai Sii, on Saturday.

The 18-year-old Woo scored a total of 15.9 points to place ninth of 10 competitors in the combined Southern Fist (Nanquan) and Southern Broad Sword (Nandao All-Round).

Both exponents are no strangers to international events, having already won medals at the 4th World Traditional Wushu Championship, 3rd Indoor Asian Games and 25th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.

Though Woo's past success didn't count for anything in Guangzhou she was quick to focus on the positives.

"Most of the exponents I was up against (on Saturday) are professionals so this trip has been really good in terms of gaining experience," said Woo.

"I think I could have done better, but I injured myself during training when I was here," said Woo, explaining that she didn't land properly during a jump.

Fencing's Mohammad Yunos Hj Hamid will be the country's sole athlete competing on Friday while Pg Mohd Nasir Pg Anak Jaafar is set to see action in the equestrian show jumping discipline on Nov 24.

Karate-do's Muhammad Fida'iy Hj Sanif (men's kumite -60kg) and his older brother Mohammad Fadillah (men's kumite -67kg) will do battle on Nov 25, with Mainudin Hj Mohamad (men's kumite -75kg) and Mohammad Jamil Hj Abd Hamid (men's kumite -84kg) closing out the country's participation on Nov 26.

Meanwhile, the country's chef de mission said the team had adjusted well to the conditions in Guangzhou despite competing in a climate that many of them were unaccustomed to.

"The weather is getting colder here," said Hj Muhd Zamri DP Hj Hamdani when contacted yesterday.

"Especially in the mornings, it can get to 17 or 18 degrees Celsius while in the evenings it can get much colder, around 15 degrees," added the CdM.

"But is not a problem and our sports attire is good enough to handle the weather," he said, referring to the windbreakers which were issued to the contingent.The Brunei Times

Hj Muhd Zamri lauds Lee's result

Hj Muhd Zamri lauds Lee's result

Thursday, 18th November 2010

Brunei's chef de mission to the
Guangzhou Asian Games Hj
Muhd Zamri DP Hj Hamdani
(above) had nothing but praise for
16-year-old Lee Ying Shi who
placed 11th in a field of 14
competitors during Tuesday's Long
Fist (Changquan) event.
Picture: Infofoto

Brunei's chef de mission to the Guangzhou Asian Games has nothing but praise for Lee Ying Shi.

The 16-year-old placed 11th in a field of 14 competitors during Tuesday's Long Fist (Changquan) event at Nansha Gymnasium's Field A, agonisingly close to her goal of a Top-10 finish.

Preferring to focus on the positives, Hj Muhd Zamri DP Hj Hamdani said that the wushu exponent's result at the 16th edition of the Games must be put into perspective.

"Basically I am happy with her performance," he told The Brunei Times hours after Lee's performance.

"She wasn't last, she finished 11th out of the 14 competitors ... that's not too bad for her.

"You know, she has only been doing serious training for this discipline since June. All this while she has been doing Duilian (duo sparring) so this is new to her.

"Judging from her performance, she is just lacking in the degree of movement and degree of difficulty. So it is in those areas that need to be ... focused on," added the Deputy Director (II) of the Department of Youth and Sports.

The Sultanate's flag-bearer at last Friday's opening ceremony, Lee ended the day-long competition with 7.72 points.

The judges awarded Lee 4.2 out of five for quality of movement (A), 2.47 out of three for overall performance (B) and 1.05 out of 2 for degree of difficulty (C) scores she felt she could improve on.

Hong Kong's Geng Xiaoling won the event with a score of 9.75 (A:5, B:2.75 and C:2) while Myanmar's Oo Sandi Oo took home silver with 9.67 (A:5, B:2.67 and C:2).

Indonesia's Susyana Tjhan and Japan's Yuki Hiraoka were tied for third after both finished with identical 9.66 (A:5, B: 2.66 and C:2).

Hj Muhd Zamri hit the nail on the head when he said that competing in the Changquan discipline was something new for Lee, who is more at home participating in Duilian events.

Combining with Faustina Woo Wai Sii, the pair has rose to become one of the most successful partnerships in the national wushu team of late.

They took home gold in Duilian during the 4th World Traditional Wushu Championship in China in October, returned with silver during the 25th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Laos last December and came back with bronze from the 3rd Indoor Asian Games in Vietnam last November.

The chef de mission also pointed out, and rightly so, that Lee who has only been in the sport for three years was not on par with her competitors when it comes to experience.

"Some of her competitors have been in this (wushu) since they were five years old ... 10 years old," he said.

"She told me some of her competitors have 15 years of experience.

"The coach (Li Hui) suggested we identify talent as young as possible, and as you might know, we have identified some already ... some as young as four or five years old have already joined the wushu team.

I hope these people will be able to deliver in future Games," added Hj Muhd Zamri, the vice-president of the Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council (BNOC).

He also touched on the issue of how the lack of mats for the wushu team also played a part in Lee's showing. The team only got them (the mats) in June; before that they were only able to train properly overseas.

"Despite the limitation of mats she did well," he said.

"Though they were training in Brunei before that it was not rigorous. Without the mats it is very risky," said Hj Muhd Zamri, who also headed the contingent to last December's Laos SEA Games.

Courtesy from Brunei Times

Lee and Woo go down fighting

Lee and Woo go down fighting

Wednesday, 17th November 2010

16-year-old Lee Ying Shi finished
11th in a field of 14 competitors
during yesterday's Long Fist
(Changquan) event at Nansha
Gymnasium's Field A. Picture:
Infofoto

Lee Ying Shi has vowed to use her experience competing at the Guangzhou Asian Games to spur her to greater heights.

The 16-year-old finished 11th in a field of 14 competitors during yesterday's Long Fist (Changquan) event at Nansha Gymnasium's Field A, just short of her target of a Top-10 finish at the 16th edition of the Games.

Brunei's flag-bearer at last Friday's opening ceremony, Lee finished with 7.72 points which were derived from her performance in three criteria.

The judges awarded Lee 4.2 out of a possible five points for quality of movement (A), 2.47 out of three for overall performance (B) and 1.05 out of 2 for degree of difficulty (C) scores she felt she could improve on.

"I hope to train and improve more," Lee told The Brunei Times yesterday.

"Before the competition I said I had to concentrate and be confident, and that's what I did.

"I wasn't nervous at all. I don't know how to explain this but... I think I can do better. I was careless and my jumping movements had no balance.

"My competitors are all more experienced than me. Some of them have been learning and training for at least 10 years I have just been doing wushu for three years," said Lee, who was competing in the biggest event of her life.

Hong Kong's Geng Xiaoling won gold with a score of 9.75 (A:5, B:2.75 and C:2) while Myanmar's Oo Sandi Oo finished with with silver on 9.67 (A:5, B:2.67 and C:2).

Indonesia's Susyana Tjhan and Japan's Yuki Hiraoka shared the bronze medal after both finished with identical 9.66 (A:5, B: 2.66 and C:2).

To be fair to Lee, she was not competing in her favoured duilian (duo sparring) event, the discipline which has seen her make a name for herself in the local wushu scene. Teaming up with Faustina Woo Wai Sii, the pair have helped put Brunei on the map through their medals in the event.

They won gold during the 4th World Traditional Wushu Championship in China in October, finished with silver during the 25th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Laos last December and came back with bronze from the 3rd Indoor Asian Games in Vietnam last November.

Unfortunately for Lee, the event was not competed in Guangzhou.

Despite her result, Lee remained upbeat and felt that her trip to Guangzhou was time well spent.

"My competitors are really experienced and I was able to learn a lot from them. Things like how to be confident during the competition, the jumping movements...," she said.

"I don't really feel sad or disappointed about my result. Actually, I am sort of happy since I beat three competitors.

"Now that the Games are over for me I will be watching the other events," she added.

Lee finished ahead of Laos' Soudaphone Chanlapheng (7.52), Kazakhstan's Anel Sanat Kyzy (7.29) and Lebanon's Patricia Nseir (7.28).

Woo also saw action at the Games, the first Bruneian to take to the arena when she competed in the combined Southern Fist (Nanquan) and Southern Broad Sword (Nandao All-Round) event last Saturday.

The 18-year-old Woo scored a total of 15.9 points to place ninth of 10 competitors.

After five days of competition, the sport comes to a close today with eight events contested.

The country continues its quest at the Chinese metropolis on Friday through fencing's Mohammad Yunos Hj Hamid.

Pg Mohd Nasir Pg Anak Jaafar is set to see action in the equestrian show jumping discipline next Wednesday while karate-do's Muhammad Fida'iy Hj Sanif (men's kumite -60kg) and his older brother Mohammad Fadillah (men's kumite -67kg) will do battle next Thursday.

Mainudin Hj Mohamad and Mohammad Jamil Hj Abd Hamid will be the last of the country's eight athletes to do battle at the Games when they compete in the men's kumite -75kg and men's kumite -84kg next Friday.

Courtesy from Brunei Times

Chapter 21: How to Get Over a Broken Engagement

Getting over a broken engagement is never easy - your dreams, hopes, and future wishes are all completely dashed in a moment. The bridal magazines sit around, the suit or dress might even be hanging in the wardrobe, and invitations remain unsent... This article suggests ways in which you can begin to emerge from the shock and start to forge a new and different future for yourself after a broken engagement. Instead of saying "I do" to marriage, you can choose to say "I do" to accepting the challenge to move on and find your feet in the world again.


Steps:

1. Realize that no matter what led to this event, you remain a good and worthy person. For whatever reason, it is an outcome that has forced you to see a different future. And while right now it is hard to see a path ahead, there is one, and likely it is one that includes the right person coming along when the time is right. Do not begin to think that you are never going to find someone "as good as him/her" again. You will, it just doesn't seem like that right now. And resist the temptation to find yourself unworthy in any respect. It is a situation of two people not working out rather than you as an individual not working out.
2. Remove reminders. Anything that reminds you of your ex-fiancé needs to leave your surroundings. This is important so that you can move on and let go. That means either throwing it away (if you cannot bring yourself to return it) or putting it in a box out of the way. Get someone else to return items of value and sentimental interest to your ex-fiancé if you cannot face seeing him or her right now; this is kinder than junking it. Be the strong one.
3. Let out your emotions. Cry if you see fit and perhaps wallow in your sorrows for a few days. It is OK to feel rotten; this is life-dashing stuff you are experiencing. However, set yourself a deadline to pull yourself up and get ready to make a new life for yourself. Every ending has a new beginning, that is the way of life, the world and the universe.
4. Let others know. After you have a good grip on yourself, inform anybody that was aware of the wedding (if a date had been set) that one will no longer be held. The sooner this is done, the better, so that airfares can be redeemed, accommodations canceled and gifts returned. If you already have gifts, be sure to send them back promptly with a kind "thank you" message.
5. Spend time with people who care about you. Go and spend time with friends and family to get your mind off your broken engagement. You need to be around people who support, love, and cherish you right now. And you never know, during times like these, you often find one person who has been through just what you're going through right now. Let them reach out to you; they'll have good advice to share, as well as being living proof you'll get through fine.
6. Take that honeymoon. Even if you hadn't yet booked one, it is a really super idea to grab a friend or even go it alone and take a break somewhere away from your hometown. Go and do something different, something wild, something unique. The difference will do you a lot of good. And while you're away, remember to relax and totally pamper yourself. If you want that gold bracelet and triple decker chocolate ice cream, now is not a time for holding back.
7. Learn, forgive and grow. An engagement is made of two people. Trying to see fault on either side is a situation that will feed resentment and hold you back. You might want to see him or her as being at fault but it is more likely that both of you saw signs along the way but chose to plow on regardless. Analyze a little but don't over-analyze. Accept that both of you might have done things differently but that perhaps this is a sign that it was not going to be a match made in heaven and it is better to know now than later. Be grateful you have had the experience, wish the other side well, and work on letting your forgiveness override blaming either yourself or the other party.
8. Give him (or her) the engagement ring back. If you have one, this is not only fair but wise. You don't want to hold onto it, and if you sell it, you may feel rotten.

Tips:

• Watch out for the rebound. If you are really emotionally fragile, steer clear of intimate relationships for a while until you are stronger and your judgment is no longer clouded.
• Do not be embarrassed that your engagement has ended. It is a time of celebration. Think about the results if you had married this person and later on the incompatibilities caused divorce-worthy rifts?
• Take care of yourself but also consider others. To stop yourself wallowing too much, get involved in volunteering - you'll see there are many people with hardships and yours is but one. Although a significant setback, a broken engagement is not a reason to give up on living life to your best ability.
• Don't completely rule out getting back together. In some cases a broken engagement can allow a couple to reflect on their own blind spots and change themselves for the better. Then if the opportunity arises, just maybe it would work out for them to start things over with a clean slate. If neither party is willing to change, stay away from each other! But if your issues have been resolved, give it another shot... carefully of course. A broken engagement can have a happy ending.

Warnings:

• If you feel a lack on interest in friends and family, cry constantly, and have trouble motivating yourself, you may be suffering from mild depression and should seek the advice of a therapist.