finally...

hi everyone!
how was your lunar new year's? did you get to eat a lot of good food, and spend time with family and friends? how was your valentine's day? this year i went to the office to give out lucky money to everyone, but these 2 holidays i pretty much spent alone, on my own... however, it's OK bc...

the guy i love is finally coming to taipei to see me!

hmm... i guess i should say the guy i'm in love with... bc... he doesn't know i like him! i've been in love with him for a long time... admiring from afar...

haha, ok i'm kidding, kind of... i'm actually his fan, i'm in love with his music, his creativity, his voice, his talent...
also he seems so quirky and interesting! (in one of his live acoustic performance videos he starts out talking in a french accent, which is something i do with my friends all the time when i'm feeling silly...)
so in actuality, i am going to see him... perform!
i really hope i can have a chance to speak to him, at least let him know i'm his fan!

i'm talking about jason mraz, a really awesome singer/songwriter... i first noticed him and started liking him when i first heard his 2nd album, "Mr. A-Z", and in 2008, he released "We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things."

i love the melodies he writes and the cleverness of his lyrics, and his live performance is really awesome! his website is www.jasonmraz.com, its really creative and funny as well, and of course on youtube are a multitude of his live performances, so you guys can check him out! if you don't know who he is, you are missing out!

this will be my first time to go to his live performance, so i'm really excited, really looking forward to it!

in nanjing & what's going on lately...

hi everyone, we're in nanjing now... coming from taipei, getting off the plane at nanjing, it seems really cold! you guys also have to be aware of the weather, when it's cold, take care of yourselves and dress warmly as appropriate, ok?

after nanjing, we'll be heading back to taipei, and i'm really happy that i'm going to be going on a show with one of my best friends, peggy! 1/13, we'll be going on 王牌大明星, and should have a chance to sing some songs (hopefully together) and talk about some of our funny stories and memories we've had together! everyone can take a look at peggy's website if you have a chance, it's really very beautiful! i like it a lot, it's like a magical dream world! www.peggyhsu.com but just remember to choose "yes! i do", ok?

i've been meaning to introduce my friend, james jean to everyone... he was born in taiwan, grew up in the US, and for an artist not even 30 years old, he's won so many tremendous awards and has accomplished so much already! previously, i had worn a prada dress to a cartier event, and the print on the dress was drawn/designed by james! do you guys remember this dress?

he did the design and story for a prada film, "trembled blossoms", as well as artwork for the prada fairies collection... it's SO beautiful, very dream-like, and other-worldly! so... of course i fell in love with it! the prada fairies bag was so popular that celebrities across the world were pushing to get on waiting lists for it...

when i showed peggy the prada fairies artwork, she said, omg it looks like he's drawing you, angel! haha... i actually have been collecting these comic books, the fables comic books for years, but it wasn't until i asked the rep at prada about the artist for the fairies collection, that she said, "oh i think he's an abc, and he does some artwork for comics" that i went home, got online and searched for information on him, and discovered that lo and behold, the stack of fables comic books i have at home, james jean was the same artist who created every one of the covers! later when he came to taipei, he actually dropped by the studio and did a couple quick sketches of us!

if you're curious about james jean and his artistic genius, you can go to his website at www.jamesjean.com, or his blog at www.processrecess.com there you can order some of his artwork and products, books, etc, and also you can see some awesome photos of some of his works, showing the progression from the rough to the finished product... (and i think there's another sketch of me there, too! @-@) in november, he came out with a book, the fables covers collection, and i'm so grateful they remembered me, and gave me a copy of the book...

he's having a show 1/10 to 2/7, and it's going to be amazing! i really wish i could go, but so far i see my schedule is already set for work... but if any of you are in new york, you have to go see it!


another bit of news, i'm finally going to 日月潭! i've been looking forward to this event, even looked online, and the photos are so beautiful! we're going to attend an event 1/15 there, so i hope while we're there the weather is nice, and we can take some beautiful scenic photos...
dylan kuo and i previously did a commercial together for a really cool wedding event, where a bunch of couples are going to get married together in taiwan! have you all seen the commercial yet? http://gdshuangxi.com/
even though it looks really romantic and carefree, but doing any kind of shoot in a wedding dress while on a bicycle is not as easy as it looks here!
yes, i know i'm smiling like i'm on top of the world, but those flowers were actually really heavy! my left arm was sore from holding the flowers, i could only use my right arm to hold on for dear life (while looking all happy and in love,) and the dress was actually really heavy and long, even getting caught a few times in the bicycle wheels and spokes! that was scary bc if dylan kept riding forward, my skirt might have been ripped off, resulting in a disastrously embarrassing wardrobe malfunction, haha... thankfully he was very aware of what was going on and stopped as soon as possible... i think dylan must have had it even tougher than me, he had to ride the bike, wait and hold it steady while we get situated and arrange my dress; when riding he had to follow the director's exact orders, (faster, too fast, slower, too slow, veer to the right more, veer to the left more, wait for the doves to fly, avoid getting pooped on by said doves, etc) all without wobbling too much, and even when he braked he had to do it smoothly and slowly so the girl playing the bride wouldn't totally lose her balance and eat pavement! i wonder, how many ppl would have guessed that i was wearing flip-flops under that voluminous skirt...? do you all still remember how many times i have donned wedding attire for filming and with whom?

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hi everyone!
我們到南京了... 從台北到南京、禿然覺得南京好冷！ 你們也要小心、天氣冷要多穿飽暖的衣服...！ 回到台北時也很開心可以跟 one of my best friends, 小精靈 peggy（許哲珮)上節目! 我們1/13要一起上王牌大明星、應該會有機會一起唱唱歌、聊聊我們的一些好玩的故事跟回憶! 大家可以去看看peggy的網站、做的很棒！我很喜歡、很像一個夢幻的魔力世界! www.peggyhsu.com 只是要記得一定要選 "yes! i do" 好嗎？ 我也要介紹我的朋友 james jean 給大家認識... 他是個在台灣出生的、美國長大的、得了很多獎項的不到30歲的畫家！ 我之前在 cartier 的活動穿了prada 的衣服、上面的圖示james 設計/畫的！你們有印象嗎？

他是幫了prada設計那系列的圖案、在美國叫“fairies"系列、台灣叫“仙女“系列、在內地好像是叫做“精靈“系列... 真的很美、很夢幻、很有創意! 他設計的 fairies系列的包包、很多明星都搶著要、連我要買也是找了很久才找到！紅到全世界都缺貨！

peggy看到的時候說他應該就在畫我吧！haha... 我也是從以前收集他畫的得奬的漫畫封面、後來才愛上prada的那個系列... 問prada的人然後上網查才發現是跟我在家收藏的那麼多本漫畫封面的畫家是同一個人! 後來他來台北的時候有來錄音室、有稍微 sketched us 一下下！

好奇的話可以去看他的網站 www.jamesjean.com 還有他的blog, www.processrecess.com 在他的 blog 可以訂購他的作品、也可以看看他很多畫的過程的照片, (好像也有他 sketch 我的照片喔！） 他11月出了一本書、是他幫 fables (漫畫）畫的所有的封面！我很感謝他有想到我、還送了我一本！

他最近在紐約有個個人展覽、從 1/10 到 2/7, 我自己很希望可以去看他的展覽、可是好像那時後我都有工作、可是如果你們有人會在紐約、一定要去看！

還有一個消息、我終於要去日月潭了！我好期待！我看網路上的照片、真的感覺很漂亮！ 我們 1/15 會在日月談 (好饒舌的名字！快速度說說看個10次... 應該不只是我這種abc中文不好的會說錯吧！）有活動！我真的希望我們到日月談的時候、天氣會很好、可以拍些漂亮的風景照片！

我和郭品超支前拍了一個這個婚禮活動的廣告、這活動真的很 cool, 有好多情侶要一起去台灣結婚！你們有看過這個廣告嗎？http://gdshuangxi.com/

雖然看起來很浪漫、可是拍廣告穿婚紗、還要騎腳踏車其實並不容易！

我笑的很開心、可是那束花有點重！左手拿著花很酸、而且只能用右手扶著、裙子也很重、還會有時卡在輪胎裡！ 品超也很辛苦、一直騎、把腳踏車扶著很穩定、等我們把裙子擺好、騎的時候要控制方向＋速度、也不能搖晃的太大、還煞車要慢慢的煞車、要不然我很容易失去平衡感！ 你們有猜到我站在車上在穿拖鞋嗎？ haha...! 你們還記得我拍過幾次的東西有穿到婚紗、跟哪些男主角嗎？

happy new year!

hi everyone!

it's been a long time since i've written anything... so much has happened in the past few months, i bet most of you have seen some of my news, more or less, and have heard some rumors, etc... *sigh* don't take those things too seriously, sometimes what is in the magazines and newspapers isn't necessarily the most accurate, due to reporters' creative flourishes to increase sales, or even due to receiving false information. so don't get too worked up about all that, ok?

i wanted to say happy new year to everyone! this year was my first time to do new year's in beijing, so i was really excited. everything turned out fine, and we did our own little countdown after the performance. i hope everyone watching had a good time, enjoyed the show, and of course i wish everyone the best in the new year... good health, lots of happiness, and may your 'bestest' dreams come true!
did you all have a good christmas/winter holiday this year? this year for my birthday i didn't do anything special to celebrate, bc we had some family business to take care of, but it still turned out very nice, bc so many of my cousins were in taipei, so we all went out to eat together; it was really great to see so many cousins, some of whom i haven't seen in years!

the cold i got last time in shanghai and beijing is pretty much gone now, so don't worry, i'm doing ok now!

some funny photos for you all...
photo #1: backstage at 舞林大會 with k one, all the guys looking very cool
photo #2: a closer look, caught on camera... what is kido pointing and looking at?!? @.@
photo#3 & 4: in the dressing room... what is kido doing now???
... notice all of us (other than kido) haven't really moved much, since the photos were taken in rapid succession, but i think the funny thing is... darren is in the same pose as photo #1, which was taken next to the stage! and of course, notice jr in the back, with his shirt unbuttoned, and trying very earnestly to look sexy, while the truly HOT one is actually standing on his right... li yang, with his shirt pulled up to expose his midriff, and that expression! hahaha...
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hi everyone!

好久沒有上來寫東西、前幾個月真的發生了太多事情了、相信你們都有在關注我的新聞、所以多多少少有聽到一些傳聞... 不要想太多、有的時候娛樂新聞或一些傳聞不一定是得到最正確的消息、所以不用太在意他們寫的東西、好嗎？

我想先跟大家說 happy new year! 今年在北京跨年、是我第一次在北京跟大家跨年、所以很期待、希望今晚的表演是順利成功的、也希望大家玩得開心、在新的一年能天天開心、身體健康、美夢成 真！你們今年的聖誕節也過的開心嗎？我今年的生日是沒有特別慶祝、因為有些家裡的事、可是有很多好久不見的表哥表妹在台北、我們有一起吃飯、所以在那天能 看到那麼多親朋好友、也是感覺上很溫暖的...

上次道上海跟北京的時候好像真的感冒了、可能因為從戶外倒是內溫差太大了、外面很冷、可是攝影棚裡的暖氣加上棚內的燈光是會熱倒流汗！可是不用擔心、我今天感覺真的快好了！我馬上就要開始準備表演了、所以試試看來不來的即upload張照片給大家看！

typhoon jangmi

hi everyone,

just want to make sure everyone is taking precautions about the incoming typhoon... i heard that it's supposed to be quite big, according to etaiwannews.com (with information from the Central Weather Bureau):

"At 14:00 a.m. today, Jangmi was centered 80 kilometers on the south-eastern from Taiwan Hualien, packing maximum sustained winds of 280 kilometers per hour and moving northwest at 16-12 kph toward the island, CWB data showed.

The CWB predicted that all of Taiwan will be covered by Jangmi today."

(CWB = Central Weather Bureau)

earlier this afternoon, we were at the office, working, and on the way home, we saw the crazy winds rain blowing around tree branches and debris on the street, even scooters were knocked down by the wind, so everyone please be careful!

even on the way back to taipei last night, we were already feeling the wind, causing turbulence as we approached taoyuan airport... after we landed, i was sitting in my seat, waiting for jessie to meet with me, and i could feel the entire airplane rocking from the gusts of wind!

so, save water, get your candles and flashlights ready, charge your cell phones, make sure you have some food, and do whatever else you can do to prepare! if you don't have to, don't leave the house...

take care, everyone... stay safe!
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大家都知道有個很大的颱風來了，please 大家做好準備，手電筒，蠟燭，水，食物，手機電池，都準備有可能會需要的東西！
在etaiwannews.com 看到報導說:

"At 14:00 a.m. today, Jangmi was centered 80 kilometers on the south-eastern from Taiwan Hualien, packing maximum sustained winds of 280 kilometers per hour and moving northwest at 16-12 kph toward the island, CWB data showed.

The CWB predicted that all of Taiwan will be covered by Jangmi today"

(CWB = 中央氣象局)他 們說最強的風速有280km/hr... 很可怕！ 而且今天下午我們去公司工作就看到了風把樹枝跟其他東西吹來吹去... 還看到機車被吹倒... 連昨晚，飛機要降落時針的蠻晃的，然後連已經降落，我坐在位子等jessie來，我都感覺到整個飛機在晃動... 祝大家平安，安全，不需要出門最好不要...

take care, everyone... stay safe!

heading to chongqing...

hi everyone!
tomorrow, we're heading out in the morning, flying to 重慶 for 2 fan events... on the 25th, we're flying to 杭州, then taking (approximately) a 4 hour car ride to 永康，to attend a concert on 9/25 (k one will also be performing there!) it's just that i heard from someone there's a typhoon tomorrow... hopefully it won't affect anything, so we can still head out as planned! so far, looking at my tentative schedule, i think october and november will take us to korea, 重慶, 廈門，江蘇，vancouver，上海，天津... etc! so latel i've been thinking of myself as superman, flying around... =) i hope that in each location, i can see all of my fans, that way all the traveling will definitely be worth it, if i can see all of you! just a reminder, usually the company only allows us to sign albums (or products released by the company, like photos, books, etc) so please remember to bring your authentic albums/products, (new and old are usually just fine, as long as they're authentic, non-pirated things!) hope to see you all soon, to sing some songs with everyone!
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hi everyone!

明天一大早就要出發往機場，飛去重慶半兩場歌友會...25號就要飛往杭州，在做四小時的車到永康,去參加9/25的晚會(k one 也會來表演！）只是剛剛聽到有說明天有颱風。。。希望不會有影響! 10月＆11月好像會到韓國，重慶，廈門，江蘇，溫哥華，上海，天津...好像還有其他地方! 所以我最近覺得我真的要把自己想成超人(superman),飛來飛去... =) 希望我在每個地方可以看到所有的歌迷朋友！這樣我們飛來飛去是值得的！體醒大家一下, 公司常常規定我們只簽專輯 (或著是公司出的產品，向照片，書，等）記得帶著你們的正版專輯（新舊的通常都可以，只要是正版的東西!) 希望很快可以看到大家，可以跟大家一起唱唱歌! =)

moon festival wishes... (2008-09-16 01:12:30) from my sina blog...

moon festival wishes... (2008-09-16 01:12:30) from my sina blog...

新的layout, 還不是很習慣，所以希望大家能體諒，給我一些時間學會用這blog的新的layout!

寫上一偏的時候還剛到威海的第一天… 現在表演已經結束，我們也回到北京了，所以寫新偏好了…

大家的中秋節過的如何？開心嗎？我們在中秋節當然（你們也知道吧）是有工作，可是當天的表演也很順利，而且有看到很多歌迷和觀眾也很開心！=) 因為那天彩排有一些狀況，有一片玻璃地板破了，一個舞者不小心踩進去，希望他沒事，沒受傷！很棒的是到表演的時候地板的玻璃已經被換成新的，所以舞台是安全的… 只是當然還是希望那位舞者ok!

我最近蠻擔心這個颱風（在台灣附近）和颶風（靠近德州的東南部）的事情。讓我擔心很多朋友和家人，特別是德州那邊… 因為我爸爸現在一個人在houston, 而我很難連絡到他。因為這幾天他那邊停電和水，所以我打不通家裡的電話，我爸也可能為了省電池所以把手機關機…我只能傳簡訊給他，等他開電話回我。希望颱風和颶風地區的人都可以是安全的，健康的等颶風颱風過去。
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how was everyone’s mid-autumn moon festival? happy? we, of course, had to work, as you all know, but the performance went quite smoothly, and i got to see a lot of fans and happy audience members, so i was happy! the day of rehearsal, a piece of the glass stage broke, and one of the dancers accidentally stepped/fell into that piece. i didn’t see what happened, but when i exited the stage after rehearsal, i saw that the piece of glass had a hole in the center, with large shards of glass sticking up around and out of the hole… anyways, i hope that dancer is ok, didn’t get injured! the cool things was, that by the time we performed, the broken piece had been replaced with a new piece, so the stage was totally safe.

lately i have been worried about the typhoon and hurricane. the typhoon around taiwan, and hurricane ike, which has been affecting southeast texas and parts of louisiana. i’ve been worried about my friends and family, especially in texas… bc my dad is alone in houston now, and it’s really hard to reach him. these few days i heard he hasn’t had any power or water running, so i can’t call the house phone, i think the line is down, and i’m guessing he’s trying to conserve his cell phone battery, so he keeps his cell phone turned off. i can only sms him and wait for him to turn on his cell and reply to me. anyways, i hope everyone in the affected areas are safe and healthy, and i hope you all online can help me send some good wishes and prayers to them, as we wait for the storms to pass.

back in taipei, heading to malaysia next!

真對不起！我們這裡有個小錯誤...馬來西亞的活動是8月的事情，並不是這月！抱歉！
oops... sorry everyone! someone over here made a mistake... the malaysia event is in august, not this month! sorry for the misinformation!
[7/28/2008 23:06pm]
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hi everyone,

these past 2 weeks have been pretty busy for me, with doing a cameo with will for his new 戲, doing autograph concerts in taipei, taoyuan, and tainan, and performances in guangzhou, changsha, and jinan... now that we're back in taipei for work today, we're leaving almost right away (7/29) for a performance in kuala lumpur on the 30th... afterwards, we'll be heading back to taipei for an event (8/1), and to guangzhou right after that event, i think?

anyways, although sometimes tiring, it's still been great to see everyone in different cities, to work with "superstar handsome will", who's always funny and fun to work with, and to be able to see k one, (i always love to see their live performances, bc no matter how many times i see them on tv or their mvs, i still think seeing them live is the best!), and especially my wonderful 慧欣e校, who try to show up to support me wherever i am! the support you all have given me has really helped me to get past many trials and tribulations! (like... slipping and ALMOST falling down on stage, while wearing a short dress, not only once, but TWICE! @.@) haha...

and now, something i am hoping you guys will help me with, someone sent me this link, for an amazing new take on the swan lake ballet by chinese performers... but i would really love to know who the performers are, as in the name of their dance group or ballet/performing arts school... does anyone know?

http://www.sonnyradio.com/swanlake_0001.swf
i hope i haven't infringed on any copyrights or whatever by putting the photo and link here; if i have, pls let me know and i will take it down as soon as possible! just wondering if any of you happen to have seen this performance or know more information about it... thanks everyone!

~eVonne.