Cultural Tidbit

This video is interesting (read the English lyrics) because it reflects the rise in China's confidence (and is fairly accurate to what things are becoming on a global scale). Also, for those sentences that don't make a lot of sense, they are cultural stories/tongue twisters. I could write a whole long intellectual post about this video and the accuracy of China's perceptions of how important it is....but just enjoy the music of S.H.E. :-)

音乐

You can really tell you are immersed in a culture when you start loving/appreciating the music more. So, if you are looking to expand your musical horizons with some fun Chinese or Mongolian tunes, here are my suggestions from a list of songs I am enjoying a lot recently.

My favorite artists:

哈琳 (Halin) A singer from our province, she and I share the same Mongolian name and she has a cd of beautiful Mongolian music that I love!

Here is a video of her duet, “吻你”(Kiss You).



No suprise, of course, is Jay Chou. He is the Asian Michael Jackson. Hailing from Taiwan, he's released countless songs, and composes the music himself...he's pretty legit. Leslie and I are going to his concert in a few weeks, and we are pretty pumped (and also intending to play the foreigner card as much as possible for the chance at a seat upgrade/meeting with him...haha). FYI: Some of his videos are a little sketchy....











There are a lot more options, but those are some of the current faves.

We are also very much enjoying the Chinese version of the World Cup Theme Song by K'naan.


A group of Mongolians also made a version combining the best languages (heh) and it is pretty great. :-)


So there you go, a few suggestions of fun songs to brighten your day/life. :-)