This is so funny, I saw this moments ago from the 10pm news of Arirang TV on 2 December 2009, on a segment called Jonalyn's Dream, about an English teacher who came from the Philippines. Gosh, the TV crew should edit this shot off and should inform the school about it. I'm not sure why no one in the school notice this in the first place. You can read the news report here.
As I mentioned in previous post, there is an episode from Tantei Gakuen Q that as the R/L mix up commonly found in Japanese. This is from Episode 11, where Dan Sensei explained what is the difference between Class A and Class Q.
Problem with R and L is a frequent mistake found in Japan or Korea. Lately, I saw this from Detective Conan Episode 547 - 犯人との二日間(一日目). Where Conan was in a shopping mall overheard about a kidnapped child and ran to the car park to look for the suspect. I remember seeing R/L problem in one of the anime episode of 探偵学園Q, where the founder explained about how the founder 団守彦 named the class with the letter Q. Then there is a scrolling word at the background showing 'Quarified'. I think you know the proper word.
Starting from this post, I will be listing Chinese cover version and the original counterpart as a closing remark.
클론 — 도시탈출
Cover : 徐懷鈺 — 妙妙妙
Non English songs are also a good source to import tune. Here are some songs that have made it to the Chinese song arena.
Another source of cover version in Chinese songs is none other than from English songs. Unlike Japanese, Korean or Thailand songs where the words are syllable based which is similar to Chinese, making new lyrics to have similar word beat; Chinese lyrics in English songs might not have the same beat. Here are some of the songs originally in English. Note that some videos do not allow embedding, click on the link for video instead for original.
Although not as popular compared to Japanese and Korean originals, Thailand is also a good source for Chinese cover version. Here are some of the songs I managed to find.
Chinese songs contain tunes imported from Korea as well, although not as many as Japanese tunes, it is a sizable import as well. Here are 10 original tunes from Korea which managed to be covered by Chinese artists.
Real significant big portion of cover versions in Chinese are via Japanese import. The following is a selection of 10 original tunes in Japanese.
Wonder why all the songs you heard sound so familiar? You might know these songs in their cover version, but how many of these songs you have heard the original instead? Try listening to the original and judge for yourself how well the cover version is compared to the original version.
Just to be frank, I have never seen 4 digits download speed back in Malaysia. A 2-digit would be rather blessed back home, and most of the time we just pray the 0kB/s is not a permanent figure. Will I be able to attain such speed in Malaysia when I am back? I think I will get the sinister "Dream On!" comment from everyone I know. Even Korean started to ask whether it's true that Malaysia Internet speed is that bad. I'll leave it for you to debate on it. Try on the Broadband speed test or just read the statistics available in this site.
