First of all HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU OUT THERE xD

So today or better said, tonight I saw the movie Hua Mulan. What the… ?! would you think Hua Mu… what? It’s a Chinese movie in Mandarin, luckily it had English subtitles otherwise I wouldn’t understand it all
The movie is based on a Chinese poem from far far back then around the year 500 I think. Its about a female heroine that has disguised herself as a guy so she could take the place of her father during the war and join an all-male army. I think all of you have seen the Disney animation version of Mulan, so I don’t have to say or explain too much about the storyline or plot.
There is defenitly something different between the animation and this version played by Vicki Zhao and Kun Chen. In this real version you have more emotions and love feeling. Most of you would think it’s another Braveheart movie or something similar but it’s not. You really have to see it to understand what kind of feeling I’m talking about.

During the movie I noticed a song from Stefanie Sun, which is for me a new singer, haven’t heard anything from her before. And of course it’s in Chinese again, even though I couldn’t understand it, you surely can feel the emotion and strength in it. After some googling I found the English translation and I wanted to share it with you guys, hope you’ll like it like I do.

English:

I saw the clouds…wandering aimlessly in the sky
I heard a teardrop in the midst of the raging sand
Who does this desert belongs to?

I’ve forgotten who I am
And who…turns this sky grey?
I woke up on the black mountain,
Lying next to the Yellow river…

The winds are howling to the north
Where were the horses at the market in my homeland waiting for?

Under the leaded armor,
You and me…. through thick and thin,
Our hearts are shattering

I asked the heavens… what is black or white?
How many drops of tears can one heart bury?
How I’ve hung on because of my love?
I’ll remember the beauty in this land and sky

The world …turns to dust in an instant

I want to drink the water from the well in my home
But all I tasted was life and death
Let me toast to my fond memories
To say to myself…I won’t turn back

Chinese:

我看的見雲在天上混亂的飛
我聽的見滾滾沙場埋一滴淚
這是誰的沙漠 我忘了我是誰
又是誰 讓這天灰

]醒在黑山睡在黃河風吹往北
昨日故鄉東市駿馬在等著誰
鐵衣下的你我 從患難到心碎
我問天 是白是黑

一顆心葬了幾滴淚
一生情背我往前飛
記住這天地中的美
滄海世界 一眼成灰

我想喝家裏的井水
卻吞下生死的滋味
就讓我敬往事一杯
對自己說 絕不後退

Pinyin:

wŏ kān de jiàn yún zài tiān shàng hùn luàn de fēi
wŏ tīng de jiàn gŭn gŭn shā chăng mái yī dī lèi
zhè shì shéi de shā mò wŏ wàng le wŏ shì shéi
yòu shì shéi ràng zhè tiān huī

xĭng zài hēi shān shuì zài huáng hé fēng chuī wàng bĕi
zuó rì gù xiāng dōng shì jùn mă zài dĕng zhù shéi
tiĕ yī xià de nĭ wŏ cōng huàn nàn dào xīn suì
wŏ wèn tiān shì bái shì hēi

yī kē xīn zàng le jī dī lèi
yī shēng qíng bēi wŏ wăng qián fēi
jì zhu zhè tiān de zhòng dì mĕi
cāng hăi shì jiè yī yăn chéng huī

wŏ xiăng hē jiā de jĭng shuĭ
què tūn xià shēng sĭ de zī wèi
jiù ràng wŏ wăng shì yī bēi
duì zì jĭ shuō jué bù hòu tuì

xĭng zài hēi shān shuì zài huáng hé fēng chuī wàng bĕi
zuó rì gù xiāng dōng shì jùn mă zài dĕng zhù shéi
tiĕ yī xià de nĭ wŏ cōng huàn nàn dào xīn suì
wŏ wèn tiān shì bái shì hēi

A couple months ago I’ve stumbled on a song of Marie Digby called “Feel”, from the first note I was already sold by her voice and music. So I decided to buy her album “Breathing Underwater”, it took me 1.5 months before I had it. The supplier didn’t had the Japanese version (which is not much difference from the English one except 3 songs more and the album art printing is in Japanese) in stock so I had to wait. And I must admit it surely was worth waiting for. I’ve been listening to the album everywhere I go, in the car, mp3 player, at home, …

You surely can tell the album is created with heart, with emotions, with quality that you don’t get from artist nowadays. Let me first introduce you who Marie Digby is by asking you to check out her wikipedia page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari%C3%A9_Digby.
Right…. were you really thinking that I was going to tell you her whole biography… too lazy for that
Ok now you know who she is, lets check out a song from her which I pretty like

Shoulda Been Simple
Artist: Marie Digby

Had every word prepared
Wasn’t even scared
Rehearsed the scene a million times and still felt no where
You were just down the hall
Not knowing at all
What was about to happen when I laid it on the line

‘Cause it’s written on my face
Though you see it in my eyes
How do you tell someone you love
What’s gonna hurt
Don’t wanna hurt

So when I’m too long
And telling you what’s wrong
I tryed and couldn’t bring myself
(It shoulda been simple)
So many times I’ve tryed
The time was never right
It was so complicated
(It shoulda been simple)

Oh-oh oh-oh
(It shoulda been simple)
Oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh
(It shoulda been simple)
[X2]

There’s no time for fear
visions kinda happen
No matter how this ends today, I wanna leave here as friends
It’s not that I don’t love you (Don’t love you)
Don’t think that I don’t care (Don’t care)
We were trying to fly a plane, the wings were just not there

And it’s written on my face
Though you see it in my eyes
How do you tell someone you love
What’s gonna hurt
What’s gonna hurt

So when I’m too long
And telling you, “Be strong.”
I tryed and couldn’t bring myself
(It shoulda been simple)
So many times I’ve tryed
The time was never right
It was so complicated
(It shoulda been simple)

Oh-oh oh-oh
(It shoulda been simple)
Oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh
(It shoulda been simple)
[X2]

Remember the day that we said that we wouldn’t change
We changed
‘Cause nothing’s the same anymore since that day
That day

Shoulda been, Shoulda been, Shoulda been
(Shoulda been, Shoulda been)
[X4]

Shoulda been, Shoulda been, Shoulda been
(Oh-oh)
[X2]