just listen

I’m used to listen to red.fm while I’m on my way to college or back to home recently. Last time when I worked in Dell, I usually car pooled with 2 guys, and they used to listen to Chinese radio channel or CD songs.

To me, actually I do not really like to listen to Chinese radio channel. I just feel that, nowadays, the artists are trying to follow the styles of English songs, and yet, they cannot reach the level as in English songs. At the end, the songs composed are neither Eastern style nor Western style. Why do they want to follow other people? Why can’t they just create their own style as a Chinese style?

Anyway, that’s my personal opinion. Let’s listen to 2 songs from One Republic, which I feel they are not bad to me. :)


Before this, I have heard to the song “Apologize” from One Republic too, and I like that songs a lot too. The song “Secret” was a song that I heard from red.fm, while “Stop and Stare” was a song I got from internet when I was trying to search the song “Secret”.

Hope you enjoy the songs. ^^

Return to Innocence ^^

In the Toastmaster meeting yesterday, I was the Word Master besides presenting my first speech.
The word that I introduced was:

Devote (Verb, used with object)
1. dedicate; pay full attention to something; to give up or appropriate to or concentrate on a particular pursuit, occupation, purpose, cause, etc.
E.g.: to devote one’s time to reading.

2. to appropriate by or as if by a vow; set apart or dedicate by a solemn or forma act; consecrate.
E.g.: She devoted her life to God.

And, for the Thought of the Day:
Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

After the meeting, my friend asked me, where did I get the word “devote” from?
Aha, actually, I got it from a song, a famous song of Enigma, and it’s my favorite song as well.
It is the song “Return to innocence” ^^

 

Return To Innocence - Enigma

Love - Devotion
Feeling - Emotion   
Don't be afraid to be weak
Don't be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to innocence   
If you want, then start to laugh
If you must, then start to cry
Be yourself don't hide
Just believe in destiny   
Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don't give up and miss the chance
To return to innocence   
That's not the beginning of the end
That's the return to yourself
The return to innocence

OK, time to go to bed~! Wish all of you have sweet dreams, and happy weekend!!

The song “Love Story”

Just found a song, which I started to like it when I first heard about it.

I like the song’s rhythm, and it gives me a feeling of innocence.
It’s just a simple nice song.  ^^

Playing For Change Foundation

Found a great community called Playing For Change. It is a non-profit organization, which encourage to build up the music sense among all of the people around. They believe that music can make the world peaceful.

They get people around the world to sing the same songs, by just recording a base music from a single person, then let other people listen to the music and exert their inspiration to sing following the base music. 

There are few videos that I like a lot.

"Stand By Me"

No Worries


You May click on below link to go to their official website to have a look on their vision for the organization. :)
Playing For Change

If you would like to watch more videos, you may click on below link for their youtube channel.
Playingforchange

I like the music there, they are really great~! ^^