Ingman's Xanga

Moving to ingmagination.blogspot.com

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:45:27 GMT

Dear all,

Just wanna inform you all, that I've been blogging but just not that much. My new blog at ingmagination.blogspot.com is not complete yet, but I actually doubt that I'll be completing it any time soon, or maybe ever...

So for those interested... see you at ingmagination.blogspot.com

I'll keep my Xanga account. This way I'll still be able to comment here ^__^

Take care~,
Ingman

Edit: I would really appreciate if you would leave the comment at ingmagination.blogspot.com. I hardly log on my xanga nowadays, only to leave comments on all the blogs I use to read ^_^.

Pretending to be sentimental

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 22:58:45 GMT

I realised that I haven't touched my Xanga for the longest time. Of course I had been busy lately, but I haven’t touched my Xanga for reasons unknown. Well, one of the anonymous reasons could be the fact that I wasn’t interested, another reason was that I spend my precious time else where.

Too be honest, lately I feel a little lost. I’m doing things I haven’t been doing for ages, and lost touch which things I use to do. Most surprising thing is that I go to gym 2-3 times a week. And I have to admit, that it feels great. I also realise how addictive sports can be. I miss the team idea, since I love to play basketball, but I probably wouldn’t find time for the obligations towards the team.

In fact I already lost the mood to type. But I’ve decided to start new and probably leave Xanga. It might take awhile though, since it will probably take some time before I finish my new blog. I intend to go on blogging on blogger.com, since it offers so much more freedom. Besides I love Google.. :P

I’m sorry for not replying you all, and that I haven’t take time to browse through your blogs, but I promise that I will do so in the “near” future. As for now, sayornana everyone!

still around

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:27:03 GMT

Hi all,

I'm still around :P. Just busy busy... (read as: no mood for xanga)....
I'll update a bit when I got some more free time. ^_^

That's all folks!

Rain/Bi Singing Chinese o.O

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:00:29 GMT

OMG... Rain's Chinese seems to be better than his English. Not that I can hear what he's actually singing, but don't worry.. there are subs lol!

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Tue, 04 Jul 2006 17:07:44 GMT

Trendwatching

When the ladies are trying to keep up with the latest fashion and coolest accessories we call them shopaholics, but when we guys do things like this, we call them trendwatchers. When you meet a slick guy driving the latest Z4, who’s totally into the van Holland Philosophy, while kicking around his “Boss” (the ones that only comes in pairs). More surprising fact is that you meet him in the trendiest lounge in town. He might tell you that he’s a spotter.

Of course this is a total misconception, not all spotters look trendy, but since they keep track of trends they might have a good sense for taste.

I’m not talking about people who read the Cosmo or Elle… No, these guys might be metro or oversensitive, but spotters are not like these guys. They are not reading magazines.. they are in it. They fly all over the world to give seminars; they are in Time, Biz 2, or Economist. They make friends with people twice their age, telling them how to make even more bucks than they already doing.

Seriously, if I’ve met a trendwatcher earlier, I might have thought of becoming one. These people not only have a awareness for simple trends. It’s not like they only see how cool it is to be in the starbucks, but they actually see it emerging, and how it can make bucks out of cup with stars.

The difference between being aware of trends, they tend to think in ways of targeting and marketing. They see money in the trends… big bucks, money you and me might only dream of. They see new markets, other might not have noticed. They make trendy marketing words that we have to learn in uninteresting theory books. They might even write those themselves.

So who wouldn’t want a job like this? Keeping track of the latest trend, and get paid for it as well. It’s like a dream come true…. Why would u want to be a stereotypical and everyone-wants-to-be columnist, when you can have a profession that makes your dad and mom proud (while they don’t even know what you are doing)?

Speaking of Trends... this is a Trend.. Paris Hilton lol. This MV is hilarious... it's a VH1 video lol! No offence for the Paris Hilton fans, but this is too good, my hands feel itchy if I don't post this!

Sunday, June 25, 2006

Sun, 25 Jun 2006 07:19:47 GMT

Tonite:

The invincible Holland vs. Oh no not Figo again Portugal.

Edit: T_T

Guus is through the next rounds!!!

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:57:25 GMT

Wooohooo~~~ Divine Guus did it again! He and his soccoroes (Australia) are going to play against Italy in the second round of the world cup!

3x huuraah for Saint Guus!

Australia vs. Japan 3-1
Australia vs. Brazil 0-2
Australia vs. Croatia 2-2

Guus will slaughter Italy once again! Like the S. Koreans did 4 years ago~~ woohoo~~

Monday, June 19, 2006

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:52:08 GMT

Love to be found no where

Title: Love to be found nowhere
Cast: Julian Cheung, Kristy Yung, Patrick Tang, Fan Bing Bing...

A couple of weeks ago I finished watching this series, and just a moment ago my playlist just played the theme song of this series, and it reminded me of the moments in the series.
The cast is actually quite good. Including top HK stars like Julian Cheung and Kristy Yung. A popular star in Taiwan Fan Bing is in it too.

I heard this series is the product of combined work from China and Hong Kong. It actually potrays a young person from HK who lost him ambitions due to the fact that he got unemployed for quite a long time (Julian Cheung). Together with his girlfriend (Kristy Yung), he gathered quite an amount of money to start his own business in Shanghai. They were planning to open a new HK style coffee and tea shop and eventually marry after things were settled down. While Julian stays in Shanghai Kristy will have to go back to HK to continue working as a PR manager in a big Hotel.
Needless to say nothing will go as planned. Julian ended up finding work in a big HK-SH based property and development company. And slowly adapts to work and living in Shanghai, while he recaptures the ambitions he once had.
His best friend's girl friend (Fan Bing Bing) works as a secretary in this company, and this all meant a start for their unusual friendship and comradeship. Between friendship, they start to feel the chemistry between each other. But since he's his best pal's girlfriend and Julian truly respects his girlfriend in HK, things will get more complicated, especially when Bing Bing and Julian starts working in the same projects while striving and working on mutual dreams and goals.

I love this kind of slow-paced series. I have no idea why, but I guess the series contains quite a message. First of all it's about building a future. It messages out that every1 should be able to have a place where they call home, no matter they are rich or not. It doesn't need to be too fancy as long as long as the "family" is in it. The family is our root and that's the fundament of everything we build. "A house is not a home" is also a more than common remark in the series. It actually contains a lot more of these good quotes.
Another concept I kind of like is that it's about young people aspired by there dreams. Not wealth or richness, but true dreams that will affect the life of all the people around them. The main characters can be aspiring on our own life as well, for what they do. They hang on to their dreams, and continue to work on them even when all ties are against them, and everybody abandons them.
The love triangle is not very cliché. It potrays a very real life version of a love triangle. First of all, the main characters have to cope with long distance relationships. Next to that they try to perserver their love, even though they might have some affections for other people around them, but the flame in them never will die, as long they hold on to their relationship, and are willing to work on it.

The reason that the series might seem a little bit boring is because of the fact that it's closer to life than most other Chinese series we've experienced. The struggles and dreams are not as big like in series as At a treshold of an new era. And somehow it does remind me of this tvb series. Between the struggles this series was also about building a dream. Where Gallen Lo tries to fullfil his dead buddies dream, building a environment friendly "city", where people can live in a good environment they deserve. The message in that series was that "All skyscrapers are build from the ground", the message was actually double edged, meaning that we have to build good fundaments to improve our life in the future (seen with the family and home as roots), and that we have to go for gradual growth, while taking 1 step at the time (down to earth).

The series gets more interesting since the ladies seems to watch this series different than we men. At least that was for me and my friend. She tends to concentrate on the relationship between people, while I kept focussing on the life aspiring messages. And it even leads to some disagreements on Julian's character. I can truly understand Julian, while my friend tends to take it up for Kristy. While we both agree that both characters are extremely good to a certain extent. Actually they both sacraficed a lot for their relationship with each other, but somehow if u take a standpoint from either side.. it seems like that one did so much more and seem so much more tolerant.

I like the original Chinese title of the series so much better. Litterally it says, "new paradise of beautiful dreams"

Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
'Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, today

Korea - France... 1-1! Muhahahaha~

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:50:49 GMT

Lee Hom Rocks my world

My friends have been forcing me to listen to Lee Hom lately. And after listening and seeing some of his older MVs I realise that he's actually quite talented, and a real artist. He can play and write, more importantly he's into R&B while mixing it with unique classical Chinese themes. And he can play the guitar, piano and violin, nowadays most "pop" idols don't even know how to hold a guitar. So he's actually better than I thought. On the other hand he seems rather down to earth. He's obviously quite well off, but yet we know nothing about his private life. I think he lacks the reconigtion because he don't like to "create" news. He doesn't even hold press conference when people say he's gay or into little girls. He just let people talk, and only steps into the spotlights when he is able to make music. That's quite some dedication.
Ok... some MV's of Lee hom

In this MV Lee Hom tries to act like a typical boyband hahaha. This is hilarious, and he kind of make fun of all those boybands out there.

This is Lee hom's Finally MV. This MV is used to promote www.segame.com

This is Kiss Goodbye, one of my favorite songs on his latest album

And this is the best song out there.. featuring Rain/Bi and J-Lim! Hahaha.. :P

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:53:03 GMT

Why do we love soccer?

A lot of foreign friends has been asking me why I love soccer so much. Too be honest, I can't explain it clearly. By nature I'm a basketball fanatic. I've been extreme lucky since I'm brought up amoung Micheal Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. I've witness their greatness, and behold their strength. But on the other hand other sport heroes like Van Basten, Gullit, Romario were amoung my soccer heroes.

I clearly remember the day that Holland won the Eurocup. Seeing Van Basten scoring one after another for "my" country was a great thing to witness. The day we announced ourselves Euro champions, cars were painted orange, people hit the street right after the referee ended the match. People cried out of joy all over the street, and cars started beeping and there seemed like no end to it.

Soccer is a national thing over here. I believe that all healthy Dutch guys have played soccer at a club once in his life. Even now, you can witness how people experience this game around you. It's not only national pride, it's so much more than that. It's wearing orange clothes, and wearing orange hats together. Asking your friends over because you got the biggest tv. Have some great chatter while enjoying our beer and soccer on TV. Laughing at "our" opponents, while applauding "our" team. And when we score.... we can hear all our neighbours crying out for joy. After a winning match we will hit the streets in search for a great pub, where bachelors came together to watch the game on big screens. We sing and celebrate our win. And of course...everyone is in orange...

I can't explain why I love soccer so much, but I don't think I have to explain... . you have to experience this in order to understand what soccer is all about over here.