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Happy happy birthday

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:33:15 GMT

Happy birthday - by New kids on the Block

Happy Birthday to you
This is your day
On this day for you
We're gonna love you in every way
This is your day, your day
Happy birthday to you, to you

Happy birthday to you
You're still young
Age is just a number
Don't you stop having fun
This is your day, your day
Happy birthday to you , to you

This day only comes once every year
Because you're so wonderful
With each and every thing you do
Hey

Happy birthday to you
This is your day
On this day for you
We're gonna love you in every way
This is your day, your day
Happy birthday to you, to you

This day is only for you
'Cause you're so special in every way
Happy birthday to you

Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:58:33 GMT

(Click on the picture to listen to the song)

And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?

I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind...
My mind...my mind...
'Til I find somebody new

Something That We Do - by Clint Black

Sat, 01 Apr 2006 07:36:34 GMT

I remember well the day we wed.

I can see that picture in my head.

I still believe the words we said forever will ring true.

Love is certain.

Love is kind.

Love is yours and love is mine.

But it isn’t something that we find,

It’s something that we do.

It’s holding tight and letting go.

It’s flying high and laying low.

Let your strongest feelings show, and your weakness too.

It’s a little and a lot to ask.

An endless and a welcome task.

Love isn’t something that we have.

It’s something that we do.

We help to make each other all that we can be,

Though we can find our strength and inspiration independently.

The way we work together is what sets our love apart,

So closely that we can’t tell where I end and where you start.

It gives me heart remembering how we started with a simple vow.

There’s so much to look back on now,

Still, it feels brand new.

We’re on a road that has no end

And each day we begin again.

Love’s not just something that we’re in.

It’s something that we do.

We help to make each other all that we can be,

Though we can find our strength and inspiration independently.

The way we work together is what sets our love apart,

So closely that we can’t tell where I end and where you start.

Love is wide, love is long.

Love is deep and love is strong.

Love is why I love this song.

I hope you love it too.

I remember well the day we wed,

I can see that picture in my head.

Love isn’t just those words we said,

It’s something that we do.

There is no request too big or small.

We give ourselves, we give our all.

Love isn’t someplace that we fall,

It’s something that we do.

A musical fever ...

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:50:49 GMT

Just few days ago, a French song calls "Bonjour Vietnam" appeared in France and it has been dispersed widely and quickly in many countries, especially Vietnam. This song is composed by an 44 years old French singer, musician. His name is Marc Lavoine and he is really famous in France and Belgium. And when he was looking for the singer for "Bonjour Vietnam" he met Quynh Anh in Bruxelles. Quynh Anh is a new, young singer with a 100% Vietnamese face and name. She is 19 and her parents are "Viet kieu" living in Belgium and they are proud of their first daughter's godsend voice. She has ever participated in the "Hope" band with her parents and performed folk music for the community. Quynh Anh has an impressionable career start: first prize of the singing competition that was organized at the end of September 2000 by Belgium Television RTBF and signed the contract with Universal for professional performance.

Talking about Quynh Anh, Marc Lavoine said: "This special song, I would like to sing with a singer who has a face describes the hope. And I found Quynh Anh in Bruxelles. I wrote "Bonjour Vietnam" for Quynh Anh".

I've loved this song so much since the first time listening to it. Reading the words of "Bonjour Vietnam", I can feel the nation's pride and I am sure that every Vietnamese does too.

Hereafter, some comments on "Bonjour Vietnam" that I read on the internet:

1. …Hey Vietnamese Folks…do you think that we should proud about our country? After listen this song…I love my country so much! Vietnam is my homeland!

Comment by Manh Cuong

2. Bonjour à tous,
J’ai la chance de comprendre les fameuses paroles car je suis “française”.
I love BONJOUR VIETNAM like many persons ’cause this song discribes the feelings of those who doesn’t know their roots. I wish them to know Vietnam one day.

Catherine (Cat Tuong Lan)

Comment by Catherine P.

3. Absolutely stunning !!!

Comment by Daniel Tran

4. Thanks QUYNH ANH. I do enjoy the french song. The soft, sweet singing voice of you captivated me on BONJOUR VIETNAM. This is so beautiful.

Comment by Nguyen Hong Bang

5. I’m Vietnamese. I don’t speak (or learning) any French words, but I love this song. My country is so beautiful. And the voice of this song is so beautiful, too.

Comment by Che

6. So sweet and lovely voice of Quynh Anh.

Comment by Tom

And much more ...

Bonjour Vietnam - Marc Lavoine - Quynh Anh Pham

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:54:47 GMT

Listen to "Bonjour Vietnam"

Bonjour Vietnam

--*--

Raconte moi ce nom étrange et difficile à prononcer
Que je porte depuis que je suis née.
Raconte moi le vieil empire et le trait de mes yeux bridés,
Qui disent mieux que moi ce que tu n’oses dire.
Je ne sais de toi que des images de la guerre,
Un film de Coppola, [et] des hélicoptères en colère...
Un jour, j’irai là bas, un jour dire bonjour à ton âme.
Un jour, j’irai là bas [pour] te dire bonjour, Vietnam.
Raconte moi ma couleur, mes cheveux et mes petits pieds,
Qui me portent depuis que je suis née.
Raconte moi ta maison, ta rue, racontes moi cet inconnu,
Les marchés flottants et les sampans de bois.
Je ne connais de mon pays que des photos de la guerre,
Un film de Coppola, [et] des hélicoptères en colère ...
Un jour, j’irai là bas, un jour dire bonjour à mon âme.
Un jour, j’irai là bas [pour] te dire bonjour, Vietnam.
Les temples et les Bouddhas de pierre pour mes pères,
Les femmes courbées dans les rizières pour mes mères,
Dans la prière, dans la lumière, revoir mes frères,
Toucher mon âme, mes racines, ma terre...
Un jour, j’irai là bas, un jour dire bonjour à mon âme.
Un jour, j’irai là bas [pour] te dire bonjour, Vietnam (2 fois).

Thương chào Việt Nam

--*--

Hãy kể tôi nghe về cái tên xa lạ và khó gọi
mà tôi đã đeo mang tự thuở chào đời
Hãy kể tôi nghe về vương triều cũ và đôi mắt xếch của tôi
Ai nói rõ hơn tôi về những gì người không dám thốt
Tôi chỉ biết về người qua những hình ảnh của chiến tranh,
Một cuốn phim của Coppola (*), [và] những chiếc trực thăng trong cơn thịnh nộ...
Một ngày kia, tôi sẽ đến nơi ấy để chào hỏi hồn người
Một ngày kia, tôi sẽ đến nơi ấy để cất tiếng chào Việt Nam
Hãy kể tôi nghe về màu da, mái tóc và đôi bàn chân đã cưu mang tôi tự thuở chào đời.
Hãy kể tôi nghe về căn nhà, con đường, hãy kể tôi nghe những điều chưa biết,
Về những phiên chợ nổi trên sông và những con thuyền tam bản bằng gỗ.
Tôi chỉ biết quê hương qua những hình ảnh của chiến tranh,
Một cuốn phim của Coppola, [và] những chiếc trực thăng trong cơn thịnh nộ...
Một ngày kia, tôi sẽ đến nơi ấy để chào hỏi hồn tôi
Một ngày kia, tôi sẽ đến nơi ấy để cất tiếng chào Việt Nam
Chào hỏi giùm những người cha của tôi, những ngôi chùa và những tượng Phật bằng đá,
Chào hỏi giùm những bà mẹ của tôi, những phụ nữ đang cong lưng trên ruộng lúa,
Trong lời nguyện cầu, trong ánh sáng, tôi thấy lại những người anh,
tôi về với tiếng lòng, với cội nguồn, với đất mẹ quê cha...
Một ngày kia, tôi sẽ đến nơi ấy để chào hỏi hồn tôi
Một ngày kia, tôi sẽ đến nơi ấy để cất tiếng chào Việt Nam (2 lần)

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(*) Francis Ford Coppola là đạo diễn Mỹ thực hiện bộ phim kinh điển về chiến tranh Việt Nam Apocalypse Now (Ngày tận thế)

Hello Vietnam

--*--

Tell me about this name so strange and difficult to pronounce That I carry since I was born.
Tell me about the ancient empire and the feature of my “attached eyes” Which say better than me what you don’t dare saying.
Of you I only know images of the war, a film of Coppola, [and] helicopters in anger...
One day, I will go there to say hello to your soul.
One day, I will go there to say hello to you, Vietnam.
Tell me about the color of my skin, my hair and my small feet, Which carry me since I was born.
Tell me about your house, your street, tell me about this unknown, The floating markets and the wood sampans.
Of you I only know images of the war, a film of Coppola, [and] helicopters in anger...
One day, I will go there, to say hello to my soul.
One day, I will go there, to say hello to you, Vietnam.
Temples and stone Buddhas for my fathers
Curved women in the rice plantations for my mothers
In the prayer, in the light, retrieve my brothers,
Touch my heart, my roots, my land...
One day, I will go there to say hello to my soul.
One day, I will go there to say hello to you, Vietnam.

Listen to "Bonjour Vietnam"

PROUD OF YOU - Fiona Fung

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 07:28:12 GMT

Love in your eyes
Sitting silent by my side
Going on Holding hand
Walking through the nights

Hold me up Hold me tight
Lift me up to touch the sky
Teaching me to love with heart
Helping me open my mind

I can fly
I'm proud that I can fly
To give the best of mine
Till the end of the time

Believe me I can fly
I'm proud that I can fly
To give the best of mine
The heaven in the sky

***

Stars in the sky
Wishing once upon a time
Give me love Make me smile
Till the end of life

Hold me up Hold me tight
Lift me up to touch the sky
Teaching me to love with heart
Helping me open my mind

I can fly
I'm proud that I can fly
To give the best of mine
Till the end of the time

Believe me I can fly
I'm proud that I can fly
To give the best of mine
The heaven in the sky

Can you believe that you lie down my way, no matter how that is my birth, I never loose my day.

See me fly.
I'm proud to fly up high.
Show you the best of mine.
Till the end of the time

Believe me I can fly.
I'm singing in the sky.
Show you the best of mine.
The heaven in the sky.

Nothing can stop me to spread my wings, so wide