Special thanks to all my relatives in KL who has spend their time with us during the weekends. It has been a smooth journey with lots of fun and pleasure. Definately i will be back in August.
The Norwegian Prodigy Rybak won the 54th Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, Russia, with a record 387 points, singing Fairytale, a song inspired by Norwegian folk music. The song was composed and written by Rybak himself and was performed together with the modern folk dance company Frikar. The song received good reviews with a score of 6 out of 6 in the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet[3] and in an ESCtoday poll he scored 71.3%, making him the favourite to get into the final.
In the Norwegian national heats Rybak achieved a clean sweep, gaining the top score from all nine voting districts and ending with a combined televote and jury score of 747,888, while the runner up Tone Damli Aaberge received a combined score of 121,856.
The song competed in the second semi-final and won a place in the Eurovision final.
Didn't get to see full match cos i fell asleep on my sofa halfway during the match. But as expected, its a well deserved victory for Barca. Congrats Barca!!
After finishing my drama on CHANGE, I am currently watching Nodame Cantabile. My decision to watch was because one of the site displayed a 5 star rating. This is a Romance-Comedy from what the genre displays.
Megumi Noda, or “Nodame” is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented pianist who wants to be a kindergarten teacher, she prefers playing by ear rather than reading the music score. She is messy and disorganized, takes baths several days apart and loves to eat, sometimes stealing her friend’s lunchbox when it is filled with delicacies.
Shinichi Chiaki, is Momogaoka’s top student. Born into a musical family, he is talented in piano and violin and has secret ambitions to become a conductor. An arrogant multi-lingual perfectionist who once lived abroad in the music capitals of the world as a young boy, he feels mired in Japan because of a childhood phobia.
They meet by accident. Nodame quickly falls in love, but it takes much longer for Chiaki to even begin to appreciate Nodame’s unusual qualities. Their relationship causes them both to develop and grow. Because of Nodame, Chiaki transfers into the Conductor Division, leads a student orchestra and begins to have a broader appreciation of people's musical abilities. Because of Chiaki, Nodame faces her fears and enters a piano competition. Opportunities open up as both begin taking risks, stretching themselves far more than they ever thought possible.
The story begins with the deaths of ruling party's Fukuoka legislator and his eldest son, his heir apparent, in an accident. It is decided that a by-election will be held, and Kanbayashi Masaichi, the leader of the ruling party, and secretary Miyama Rika conceive the idea of fielding the second son, Asakura Keita, who had been renounced by his father. --jade_frost @ wiki.d-addicts.com
The manga derives its title from the name of the two main characters, both of whom are called Nana. What sets them apart, however, is the stark difference between their lives. One Nana comes from a small town, following along with her friends and boyfriend to Tokyo with the hope of having the dream life that she wishes for. The other Nana, on the other side, comes to Tokyo with the goal of making it big with her band, Black Stones.