艺人的路

(简体字版)

今天真的是有点打开眼界。。。

圣诞节刚过，台湾的基督徒们肯定也有庆祝吧。

那，台湾的基督徒艺人呢？

事实上，我真的不晓得台湾基督徒艺人有谁。除了林俊杰，李玖哲，陶吉吉（哲），F.I.R, 范玮琪，何耀珊与黑人陈建州此外，真的不晓得还有哪个艺人是基督徒。

不过，如果认真地去查，其实还蛮多也。多得有点不可思议。。。

我发现，除了我刚才所说的艺人之外，原来还有。。。

王力宏，潘玮柏，黄嘉千，张韶涵，伍柏，品冠，梁静茹，张信哲，吴建豪，张惠妹 （天主教），信乐团中的Chris, 光良，玺恩， 同恩。。。等等等。。。

还有周杰伦的妈妈叶惠美！不知道周董是不是嘞？


所谓的基督徒艺人真的不容易当也。想想看，他们如果真的是为了主而活，他们所受的压力也不少。奇怪的是，当基督徒时更被其他人盯着看。我们的一举一动都不可以逃过他们的眼光。这不是特地做好事给大家看，而是我们的生命当信了主就真的很受人家的重视。一旦行动说话有差错了就有旁观者指着手指，大声小声地批评着，“哎呀，这是基督徒应当表现的态度吗？”

所有基督徒，不管艺人还是凡人， 都一定要真实地活出一个像耶稣所说的，“你们是世上的光。城造在山上是不能隐藏的。”

我不是因为这样就叫基督徒们放弃。相反地，如果基督徒们真的是爱主的话，就更不能放弃。因为凡事靠主必能完成， 因为是他赐力量给我们。（腓4：13）

不管是艺人还是凡人，每个做基督徒的都不能放弃做世上的光。路有时候看起来会很漫长，走久了觉得超累。但我们一定要记得，有许多基督徒们在其他地方都也在走着这条路。

虽然我不会赞成这些基督徒艺人的某些行为，但我不是来批评，而是来劝励他们，因为我知道，做艺人已经不容易了，何况是做信主的艺人。

如果你是一位基督徒而你觉得基督徒不应该做艺人，我想说：“我觉得你错了。” 因为艺人在镜头前虽然看起来很风采，很天王天后之感觉，但很多艺人在私底下都想寻找一个更充裕的人生。所以我觉得爱主而又被他赐天分的人应该用他们的实力天分在演艺圈，歌坛里做世上的光。我怎么知道呢？因为艺人与凡人并没有差别，只多了一个名称和更多人的重视罢了。


你们可能说因为我也有想做艺人的梦，所以才这么说了。可能是，但那种想法也错了吗？不妨告诉我错在哪儿？我只想写歌，写剧本，做导演等罢了。我唱歌没那么厉害，舞蹈更不用说了，演艺也好不了哪里，别说样貌身材了。。。我成得了艺人吗？这是上帝叫我去我才能去当的呀。我想不一定会成真的哦！

话说回来，我们一定要为这些基督徒艺人祷告哦，因为如果只做挂名的基督徒而不做真正世上的光，那有多遗憾呀！那时候，这些所谓基督徒艺人只是做有道德行为的人罢了。

真的，我不是在批评或责骂这些基督徒艺人。因为我们全都已犯罪， 好也好不了哪里。但我是真得很想提醒这些基督徒艺人，一定要坚持为主站稳，不要被世界的虚伪闪耀给骗了。 俗语说，你爬得越高，你跌得更痛。

所以，艺人啊艺人, 一定要为主而活哦！加油！而且我们这些基督徒们也会为你们祷告，希望全世界的人都可以认识与相信我们的主耶稣基督！


(繁體字版)

今天真的是有點大開眼界…

聖誕節剛過, 台灣的基督徒們肯定也有慶祝吧.

那, 台灣的基督徒藝人呢?

事實上, 我真的不曉得台灣基督徒藝人有誰. 除了林俊杰, 李玖哲, 陶喆, F.I.R, 范瑋琪, 何耀珊與黑人陳建州此外, 真的不曉得還有哪個藝人是基督徒.

不過, 如果認真地去查,其實還蠻多也. 多得有點不可思議…

我發現, 除了我剛才所說的藝人之外, 原來還有…

王力宏, 潘瑋柏, 黃嘉千, 張韶涵, 伍佰, 品冠, 梁靜茹, 張信哲, 吳建豪, 張惠妹 (天主教), 信樂團中的Chris, 光良, 璽恩, 同恩…等等等…

還有周杰倫的媽媽葉惠美! 不知道周董是不是嘞?

所謂的基督徒藝人真的不容易當也. 想想看, 他們如果真的是為了主而活, 他們所受的壓力也不少. 奇怪的是, 當基督徒是更被其他人盯著看. 我們的一舉一動都不可以逃過他們的眼光. 這不是特地做好事給大家看, 而是我們的生命當信了主就真的很受人家的重視. 一旦行動說話有差錯了就有旁觀者指著手指, 大聲小聲地批評著, “哎呀, 這是基督徒應當表現的態度嗎?”

所有基督徒, 不管藝人還是凡人, 都一定要真實地活出一個像耶穌所說的, “你們是世上的光. 城造在山上是不能隱藏的.”

我不是因為這樣就叫基督徒們放棄. 相反地, 如果基督徒們真的是愛主的話, 就更不能放棄. 因為凡事靠主必能完成, 因為是祂賜力量給我們. (腓 4:13)

不管是藝人還是凡人, 每個做基督徒的都不能放棄做世上的光. 路有時候看起來會很漫長, 走久了覺得超累. 但我們一定要記得, 有許多基督徒們在其他地方都也在走著這條路.

雖然我不會贊成這些基督徒藝人的某些行為, 但我不是來批評, 而是來勸勵他們, 因為我知道, 做藝人已經不容易了, 何況是做信主的藝人.

如果你是一位基督徒而你覺得基督徒不應該做藝人, 我想說: “我覺得你錯了.” 因為藝人在鏡頭前雖然看起來很風采, 很天王天后之感覺, 但很多藝人在私底下都想尋找一個更充裕的人生. 所以我覺得愛主而又被祂賜天分的人應該用他們的實力天分在演藝圈, 歌壇里做世上的光. 我怎麼知道呢? 因為藝人與凡人並沒有差別, 只多了一個名稱和更多人的重視罷了.

你們可能說因為我也有想做藝人的夢, 所以才這麼說了. 可能是, 但那種想法也錯了嗎? 不妨告訴我錯在哪兒? 我只想寫歌, 寫劇本, 做導演等罷了. 我唱歌沒那麼厲害, 舞蹈更不用說了, 演藝也好不了哪裡,別說樣貌身材了…我成的了藝人嗎? 這是上帝叫我去我才能去當的呀. 我想不一定會成真的哦!

話說回來, 我們一定要為這些基督徒藝人禱告哦, 因為如果只做掛名的基督徒而不做真正世上的光, 那有多遺憾呀! 那時候, 這些所謂基督徒藝人只是做有道德行為的人罷了.

真的, 我不是在批評或責罵這些基督徒藝人. 因為我們全都已犯罪, 好也好不了哪裡. 但我是真的很想提醒這些基督徒藝人, 一定要堅持為主站穩, 不要被世界的虛偽閃耀給騙了. 俗語說, 你爬得越高, 你跌得更痛.

所以, 藝人啊藝人, 一定要為主而活哦! 加油! 而且我們這些基督徒們也會為你們禱告, 希望全世界的人都可以認識與相信我們的主耶穌基督!

(English version..)

No, I'm just kidding. It's gonna a bit tough to rewrite this in English again. :) Will talk about it another time. But this post is aimed to all Taiwanese and Chinese Christians!

Photoblogging

For the next few posts, it will be more of a photoblog.

So, enjoy the pictures...some are interesting, some are boring...yeah yeah.

And countdown is coming! 2008 2008 2008...

Singapore restaurants seemed to love repeating their names twice. For example, in Night Safari, you will find the restaurant Ulu Ulu (this restaurant name will not work in Malaysia, I think.), and somewhere in Orchard you will find Oscar Oscar. In City Hall that area, you'll find New York New York...so next time if I ever open one restaurant in Singapore, I should repeat the name...like Eat Drink Eat Drink...okay, that was uncreative.

Singapore was celebrating their Christmas...though the lights are more than KL, but this year's Christmas decorations seem to be a little less festive. Why ah why ah?

However, Robinsons and Orchard Road doesn't rest, thence the intricate foam and polystyrene swirls and curls and reindeers reindeers.

Wait for Part Duo...:)

Weekful

Capture...snap...

Lots of pictures to show!

But without me.


Hahahaha...


I already said I am behind the camera kind of person.

Well, to let you in on a small secret...

Next time I will post up more pictures...hopefully. :)



So, take care! Will blog before the year ends...2008 rocks!

Now watching They Kiss Again...yup! The sequel of It Started With A Kiss! And it is quite faithful to the manga...so... :) The irony is Ariel Lin speaks perfect English but her character in the show knows nothing of English and need her on-screen husband to teach her...

But I think the lovemaking scene is a little overdone.

Shall not spoil too much. Hehe...I know, I'm still watching Angela Zhang's Romantic Princess...man..too many shows and I still got tons of assignments to do. Hehehe...procrastinate procrastinate.

Btw, I think Jay Chou's performance in Initial D was okay, fits his selamba character...but when his girlfriend kissed him, and his hand gripping the car door...gosh. Super overdone and fake. Han Ji Hye did it better when she was kissed in The Secret Lovers.

Why am I giving reviews of old stuff? :)

So nice right, this building?

Joy

Will not be around in Malaysia for the next few days...

So, blessed Christmas!

picture from prague-pictures.cz

Remember that Christmas is the time for joyous reunions and family time...other than the day that Christ was said to be born...(let's just say He is born on the 25th December.)

So, know what's Christmas is about!

Christmas is about joy, love, peace!

It is the tidings of comfort and joy, the day where people sing 'Feliz Navidad', 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing', 'Silent Night', 'O Come O Come Emmanuel'..where people celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Saviour of the world, the very manifestation of a loving God! And always remember: God never change! He is love, means He is love!

Do join DUMC for a Christmas celebration at 10 a.m. on Christmas Day, 25 December 2007 @ Dream Center!


And then..watch all those heartwarming Hallmark Christmas movies...

And then...eat candy canes and gingerbread men...


OOHHH...gingerbread man!

picture from raspberry.co.uk

So yummy!!

And..."catch a falling star and put it in the pocket, never let it fade away...."

And..."all I want for Christmas.....is you......"

Guess which show that has both lines in it? :)



Again, God bless ye merry gentlemen and ladies! Join a Christmas celebration. You'd be blessed. Truly. Just to listen to the choir sing or the congregation sing...beat sitting at home and doing nothing. Or sleep.

"let it snow..let it snow...."

Oh The Wonders.

I have resolved to do everything and nothing.

I have resolved to write everything and nothing.

I have resolved to strike a balance between writing for an assignment and writing for a story.


...

All of which I unfortunately, sit on the only one end of the see-saw. Either that, or I am not even sitting anywhere near a see-saw.

Yup, this is a dilemma that all university students face: Academic writing.

What is academic writing?

It is writing in a defined framework, writing with references left right up bottom center. It is writing the way I DON'T normally write.

Now I kinda regret choosing all those stories to write back when I was in primary and secondary school...

And yes, sometimes I am stubborn enough to want to just say "whatever!" and stick to my own way. But of course, I am also stubborn enough to just want to learn this, write them and get it over and done with.

What a wonder to be both a perfectionist and a lazy bum.


(And what do you know? The wonders of new desktops and keyboards which keeps on hanging on the 'R's. So I have to deliberately punch every letter...not unlike an old typewriter.)

And I was sitting in class this morning, trying not to let my mind wander.

(The more I think of it, the less I like this keyboard that I am typing on. Maybe it just doesn't like me either.)

I kinda miss Form 6 where it was stressful yet you understand what the stress is all about, and so you can laugh about it.

Right now, I feel really stressed, I know 90% of what's the stress is all about, but I can't laugh about it.


Come to think of it, I do miss Sherry's narcissistic praises and sarcasm which then gets taunted back by Larry, Ooi Jin, Siu Fai and Kean Sheng. (Oh! The brain is not a muscle. How we fondly remember them in black and white) I do miss Li Qin's "bloody hell" (did I just typed that in?!)...hahaha...and Ooi Jin's kiasu-ness and his reminder that STPM is coming soon. Was coming, to rephrase that.

Ah, nostalgia nostalgia. Why does art thou impress thyself upon me?


Sometimes I just feel so uninspiring, which then I put a wry smile to it.

And this is not even close to formal writing. What an unhumourous joke.

Stylo-milo

I am so happy yesterday. So happy today.

I went and splurge on past styles and current styles...

(clockwise) silver skinny belt (RM10/=), white fat belt (RM6.32/=), Esarli's white shoes (RM39.92/=), necklace (RM20/=), white skinny belt (RM14.../=), brown shirt ...with a bit of LACE! (RM29.90/=), scarf headband (RM6.32/=) and two pair of identical earrings to mix and match (RM 4/= each)

Cheap enough leh...most of the stuff are from Ikano and Curve.

Please let me know where to shop in Singapore that won't kill the budget and won't be overly expensive...it is Christmas season you know. :)

Anyway...yeah, I'm trying on a new fashion style so I don't look like a drab at uni or outside. But the makeup still not so heng yet lah.

stylo-milo...hehehe....hahahahahha....looking at this picture just makes me laugh. omg, rebekah, didn't know you're like that. so narcissistic.

Woohoo...woohoo...

But I still need more shirts. And a handbag.



Yes, yes. I'm a girl, I like shopping. So sue me.



And I always wonder why people don't comment in my COMMENT box....but in my CHATbox. It's pretty interesting a study.


I'll prob post another last post before I head down south. As for now, HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY!


Sing to the tune of ..."I'll be home for Christmas..." blues style.


And I love Christmas!

Ah!! Bug! Irritating ... bskdhasdpfhasdasduasdiopas...

It started as a nice week.

Not that it still isn't.

Or maybe it has become less of an enjoyable week.

I did want to write something about a lot of things I observed in human behavior this week, but decided against it.

Because...

I'm starting to really dislike Windows Live Messenger.

So yeah, I'm dumb enough to open the infected file sent by a contact. I actually had this coming in a few times by someone else. But that time I was so busy I have no time to open it. Then I was free enough.

바보 바보 바보 (fool...)

All these jobless people. I honestly don't understand what is the purpose of creating these spams and viruses and trojans and whatnots. Either they are too free, or they are desperately wicked. I think it's quite of both.

I am currently using another PC at home to do my assignments. Thank God for another working computer. But I am not using MSN anymore...well, at least not for now. Until my main PC cleans up all crap there is, I'll not be online in MSN.

You want proof? I already uninstall the MSN.

And I am currently quite limited to just finishing my written assignments. The ones that need design and authoring will have to wait.

왜요? 나 어떻게? (why? how?)


아, 몰라 몰라 ! (ah, whatever!)

Yeah, but that doesn't matter to you right? So, let's get back to something less dreary and more cheerful.

I finally went shopping on last Saturday!

This season's fashion is either too mature or too un-me. But I love their shoes! Woohoo...

I finally cut my hair on Sunday!

I'll post a picture my sister and I took months ago when eating at my-wish-came-true Korean BBQ at SS2. :) A happy picture for a dreary computer day.

me, my sister.

That was my hairstyle: messy, disorganised, uncut.

This is the reason why I want to buy Canon Powershot A570 IS.

Vincent say I should wear specs. For what reasons I forgot. I got this freaky feeling that it isn't a good one.

But what do you think of me new hairstyle? (to Sherry: Don't say I look like Karen Cheng.)


By the way, I am actually asked to advertise abit.

Haha.

I never understand why open days are called open days.

Nevertheless, APIIT UCTI is having another open day this weekend (15 and 16 December) from 10 am - 4 pm....so if you are interested in IT, business, international business management, media, web media technology, computer games development, engineering, software engineering, multimedia...do drop by at the campus in Technology Park Malaysia. The main collaboration university is UK's Staffordshire University.

More info please visit: www.ucti.edu.my or www.apiit.edu.my or call +603-8996 1000.

I am studying media informatics by the way. You think I advertise for all colleges meh...just mine.


Update (10:25 pm at today): I have finished cleaning up the whole PC. Thank God the antivirus and all other stuff detected some malware. Anyway, I'm back on MSN...8.2 beta. Nicer looking. And at least no more sending outs. And popping boxes. Next time I'll be wiser. I hope.

A Squeeze of Creativity

I am not sure if I use the right words.

I actually contemplated of quitting writing altogether.

总觉得自己没有那个天分，学中文有什么用呢？学人家写歌又有什么意义呢？我有那机会吗？创得出一首超棒的歌吗？闯得进歌坛吗？还是我一厢情愿，发白日梦？有时候觉得真傻。

Always felt I don't have the gift, so what's the point of learning Chinese? What's the point of learning others and writing songs? Do I have that chance? Am I able to create a super good song? Can I get into the music market? Or is it just a daydream? Sometimes I feel quite silly.

Oh well.

Either way, I've written a few choruses recently. Yeah, you've got that right. I have only written the chorus. And it's plural. Have fun while I consider stopping songwriting.

我还爱着你
爱得不退
是你影响我释放不到的罪
我还想念你
与我曾有的甜蜜
但你离别那话
让我来不及筹思我下一句

RT:
I am still loving you
Loving you till I cannot back down
It's your fault that I cannot let go (very roughly translated here)
I am still missing our once sweetness
But the words you said during your leaving
Left me unable to consider my next sentence

一步一步往前进
太靠近
我不欢迎
不要拿爱当理由
叫我要听
我怀疑你真的爱我吗？
你的解释我不接受
不想听
不要逼迫我还没准备的心
我的感情不是当你玩具

RT:
One step closer
And you're too close
I am not welcoming it
Don't take love as a reason
To make me listen to you
I wonder if you really love me
I don't accept your explanations
I don't want to hear them
Don't force my unready heart
My emotions aren't for you to toy with

有
你牵着我的手
爱带我们一起走
到时间的尽头
爱
永不止息的爱
仿佛把我们的心拥抱起来
我们永远直死再也不分开

RT:
You are there to hold my hand
Love leads us on
Till the end of time
Love
The unfailing love
As if embrace our hearts
Till death do us part we will be forever together


Horny, yeah.

Sweet, maybe.

Emo, maybe.

Writer's block, yes.

Will I continue? Maybe.

Amnesiac

Isn't it a wonderful time.

Here I am speaking Cantonese, Hokkien, Mandarin, English, Malay, Korean and Japanese all rolled into one. Yes-lah, it's rojak of all rojaks.

Assignments had been pressurizing till I don't have time to go shopping or cut my hair...or, at least I must look for free space in my schedule.

好烂也! (So terrible.)

So I shall take a Sunday off and go chop my hair.

I recently did two interviews for a tutorial. So cool right, I have to do a short video and podcast for tutorials...

So I shall post my video up.

(P/S: Don't be so critical to me lah okay...this is my first time doing video and I didn't know how to do it. And to the two leading actor and lady, sorry I didn't get your name. So if you are a blog reader, do drop a message to say, "Hey, that's me lah." :) For real lah...don't ask me for copyright fee. Hehe. Thanks very much though!)

Happy happy.


Back to assignments.


I actually have many things to say. Honestly, I do. I wanted to say that I forget things easily, especially if once I write it out and times passed.

Wait, what did I say?

Well, there ARE many things I want to do before 2007 ends. One is to go shopping. I desperately want to go shopping. Let me say it again:

I WANT TO GO SHOPPING!

I am desperate.

Another is to chop my hair. I mean, cut. Maybe dye it purple. Haha, just kidding.

I also want to finish at least two assignments before 2007 ends. Honestly, I really do. I don't want to get too stressed up anymore. (Right, I have three more to go.)

Next,

I want to end 2007 with a bang. 2007 has been a cool year for me. Though there are some glitches along the way, but 2007 generally had been good. Especially that this year I am able to grow closer to God (I hope.) and not feel like the glummest person in the world.

아짜! 파이팅! (Fighting! It's actually Pa-i-ting, not Hwaiting...but oh well, who am I to question that??)

So 2007 should end on a great note. I just hope nobody come up to me and 告白 (confess) and totally freak me out. So, you want to freak me out, do it after my exams...or maybe after Chinese New Year...or maybe after my birthday...or at least after I finish my degree...or after my convocation. Or maybe after I buy a Mac laptop. Or maybe after I realise my dream to either become a lyricist and then a singer (hahahaha..yeah right.) or become a screenwriter and then a director. (hahahahaa...even yeah right.)


Now, what else I want to do...

Too many things.



What did I say just now?

Ah, I have many things I want to do before 2007 ends.

Well, for one, I want to go shopping! I'm desperate! I really want to go shopping and buy things! Let me say it again......................................................................................................................................

Restless Leg

I used to think that Restless Leg Syndrome is if the leg can't stop moving.

And I found out, that it is the leg can't moving. But it's more than that.

What more, it's considered as a sleep disorder.

Sleep disorder as in insomnia, sleep apnea, snoring, etc.


But I think I do have that disorder.

It was a Friday.

I had a nice fellowship meal of cheese naan with a cup of ice lemon tea.

Heavy?

Not really.

However, I couldn't sleep that night.


Then my left calf becomes irritated.

It becomes uncomfortable. Not painful, but it's like pins and needles, but not really. It's like as if there's a blood clot at the leg, but not so. It just feels irritatingly uncomfortable.

And since my threshold for pain is nil, my threshold for uncomfortableness is also not high.

So the whole night I couldn't sleep. I toss and turn. I keep on wanting to move my leg. I walked out of my room, almost wanting to massage my leg with the iSqueeze. But 4 o'clock in the morning...

Fine. So I didn't sleep until 5.30 a.m. I only had 5 hours of sleep.

Sigh.

And I am so irritated with the fact I can't sleep that I looked up my symptoms. (Yeah, the wonder of Flash and medical websites.)


And I stumbled unto this site.

And I found out that having a heavy meal before sleep...

Will bound to make me have my RLS.



No more supper for me then. Goodbye mamak.

Be A Girl

Last night, or rather this morning, I couldn't sleep. Ended up only sleeping 5 hours starting from 5 in the morning.

Sigh. The things that we do.

Have been frustrated with assignments lately. Kind of stressed but not stress and totally like whatever.

I've added Karen Cheng and she added me to her Facebook! Hahaha...now I got a blog celebrity as a Facebook friend... la la la...

I realised that the blouse that fits me the best (supposedly) is ruffled or anything rouch/ruch at the front or the collar. But that would mean this:

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This means I have to wear feminine stuff....

Not that I cannot pull that style off, but rather....

I do mind wearing these kind of stuff.

Cause I may have to doll up to look like this:

picture from www.mylittlecloset.com.sg

Imagine me in that...


However, if it's something like this, it's still fine gua...but a little oldish looking.

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It's hard to be a girl sometimes.

Okay, at least I can wear the scarf around the head like that and look more feminine and less tomboyish or plain.


Big hoop earrings, here I come!



(Yes, I am quite desperate to get at least 5 new outfits to wear to college. I am in Level 2 after all and after 21, so I must up my wardrobe a bit....)



And there's always the ever stylish and cute looking Jeon Do-Yeon in Lovers In Prague.

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Yoon Jae-Hee (Jeon Do-Yeon) and Choi Sang-Hyuk (Kim Joo-Hyuk)

I love the 'Lovers' trilogy...though I haven't watch the last installment 'Lovers' yet. But I love 'Lovers in Paris' and 'Lovers in Prague'... 사랑해 사랑해!

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Kang Tae-Young (Kim Jung-Eun) and Han Ki-Joo (Park Shin-Yang)

Not to mention also 'To Marry A Millionaire' and 'Sweet 18'....사랑해 사랑해!

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Kim Young-Hoon (Go Soo) and Han Eun-Young (Kim Hyun-Joo)


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Yoon Jung-Sook (Han Ji-Hye) and Kwon Hyuk-Joon (Lee Dong-Gun)

Yes, I love these dramas. And I so hope to have them as a collection...*hint hint.

Anywayz.

Realise that all these have happy endings...though LIParis was a bit odd, but nevertheless, it's still happy ending. Yay yay yay...


I found out that 제이 (J) sang a single for a horror movie. But the whole song is totally the wrong mood for the show. It's more like for some drama like Hello, God!.


Nevertheless, I like the song. For horror movie or not.


Now me want go shop shop.