為何閩南人不適合當太監？

因為... 會有以下的悲慘下場...

皇上， 呷飯啦~

Tiger Beer Giving Away More Spring Wave Dance Tickets!

Tiger Beer has five more pairs of tickets worth $196 to the upcoming Spring Wave Dance Singapore on 4 May up for grabs!

All you have to do is tell Tiger Beer what kind of music Spring Wave Dance will feature.

Email your answer with the subject header 'Spring Wave Dance', together with your name, NRIC and contact to SGTigerbeer@gmail.com by 11:59pm tomorrow.

For updates of Spring Wave Dance, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/SpringWaveDanceSG

驚愕？！美國人如此看中國人

美國駐中國大使 駱家輝 對中國人的幾點評價，經典且耐人尋味：

1. 非常聰明，但非常相信傳言； 
2. 凡事喜歡搶，從出生搶床位，到臨終搶墳地，從頭搶到尾； 
3. 在大事上能忍氣吞聲，但在小事上卻斤斤計較； 
4. 能通過關係辦成的事，絕不通過正當途徑解決； 
5. 計較的不是不公平，而是自己不是受益者； 
6. 動輒批判外界，卻很少反思自己； 
7. 自己爽不爽沒關係，反正不能讓別人爽； 
8. 不為朋友的成功歡呼，卻願為陌生人的悲慘捐助；
9. 不為強者的堅持伸手，願為弱者的妥協流淚； 
10. 不願為執行規則所累，寧願為適應潛規則受罪； 
11. 不為大家的利益奮鬥，願為大家的不幸怒駡； 
12. 不為長遠未來謀福，願為眼前小利冒險。

希拉蕊 在美國哈佛大學演講，對將來的中國進行預測：（真是希拉蕊講的？但頗有些真實性）20年後，中國將成為全球最窮國家。她給出的依據是：

1. 從申請移民的情況看，中國90%的高官家屬和80%的富豪已申請移民，或有移民意願。一個國家的統治階層和既得利益階層為什麼對自己的國家失去信心？很令人費解! 
2. 中國人不瞭解他們應該對國家和社會所承擔的責任和義務。 
3. 中國人是世界上少數沒有信仰的可怕國家之一。全民上上下下唯一的崇拜就是權力和金錢，自私自利。 
4. 人民大眾過去是權力的奴隸，演變為金錢的奴隸。這樣的國家如何贏得尊重和信任？ 
5. 大多數中國人從來就沒有學到過什麼是體面和尊敬的生活意義，唯有獲取權力或金錢就是生活的一切，就是成功。全民腐敗、墮落、茫然的現象，在人類歷史上空前絕後! 
6. 肆無忌憚地對環境的破壞、對資源的掠奪，幾近瘋狂。這樣奢靡、浪費的生活方式，需要幾個地球才能供給？ 

以上充滿極端的言論有些偏頗，但確也令人震驚！更值得深思！有正能量關心民族強盛的朋友們，多多轉發給更多熱血志士。

再過一星期就是春浪了！

票可在 Sistic 買: http://goo.gl/j7rto

官方臉書:

• https://www.facebook.com/SpringWaveSG
• https://www.facebook.com/SpringWaveDanceSG

好吃的台灣料理下個星期六會來新加坡喔！Yummy!

Tiger Beer Singapore Giving Away 10 ATB Shirts!

World famous German DJ ATB will be at next Saturday’s Spring Wave Dance. Fans of ATB, Tiger Beer Singapore has 10 ATB shirts to give away!

All you need to do is to tell Tiger Beer what time ATB is spinning at the Spring Wave Dance on 4 May 2013!

Email your answer with the subject header 'Spring Wave Dance', together with your name, NRIC and contact to SGTigerbeer@gmail.com by 11:59pm tonight.

For updates of Spring Wave Dance, please visit: http://www.facebook.com/SpringWaveDanceSG

清明節

清明快到了，某人去買祭品，看到居然有紙糊的iPhone 手機，有些不以為然：啊哈！iPhone 手機？老祖宗會用嗎？

店老板白他一眼說：賈伯斯都親自下去教了，你還操什麼心？

他便買了一個，剛要轉身要走。老板提醒：買個手機套吧，下面蠻潮濕的。

他說好。老板接著說再買個藍牙耳機吧，最近下面新交規，開車打電話抓得嚴！

⋯⋯ 他又買了個耳機，老板繼續善意的提醒到：最重要的充電器啊，回頭祖宗找你要就不好了，光找你要還是小事，叫你送去就麻煩了。

他緊張起來，趕緊又買了。

回頭一想，於是他向老板要了張名片。

老板問要了幹嘛，他說一起燒給祖宗，有什麼問題好直接找你下去做售後服務。

馬可仕修斯 Markus Schulz

Over the last 10 years Markus Schulz has crafted the individual musical identities of progressive, trance & house into his own unique hybrid sound. The combined influence of his headlining DJ sets; Armada and Coldharbour label releases and highly prominent Global DJ Broadcast radio show have placed him at the forefront of the US EDM revolution. This success has been reflected in weekly sets spun in front of tens of thousands, a GDJB listenership up in the millions and critically acclaimed albums, including ‘Do You Dream?’ and most recently ‘Scream’. Following several highly ranked positions, in 2008 Schulz broke into the # 10 of DJ Mag’s Top 100 chart. He’s remained there for the last four straight years, most recently polling #9 in 2011. In late 2012 he came #1 in US EDM magazine DJ Times’ annual DJ poll and was named America’s Best DJ. Playing over 150 gigs a year, he has become the busiest international DJ playing out of the United States.

Markus Schulz – The DJ: Through his natural audience interaction, flawless, intuitive harmonic mixing, unparalleled tune selection and now famous open-till-close sets, he has wowed crowds in every major metropolis. Schulz’s DJ career has largely tracked that of his productions. In the early noughties he was among the first producers to zero in on the hinterland between trance & progressive. His career received a significant boost when, in 2004, he signed with the David Lewis Productions DJ agency (also home to Armin van Buuren). Now a regular fixture at the world’s biggest & most celebrated clubs, arenas and festivals, he lays down his inimitable trance-progressive vision on a weekly basis. In Europe, he’s smashed Tomorrowland, Transmission, Nature One, Dance Valley, Electronic Family, Sunrise and; worked tent-pegs loose at Creamfields; gridlocked Global Gatherings and played open-till-close sets at Space, Miami, Avalon, LA and both Amnesia and Privilege in Ibiza. Stateside the colossal EDC, Nocturnal, and Ultra Festivals have all felt Schulz pressure and yet further afield still he’s engineered floor uproar across South East Asia and Australia. Schulz has polled 4 consecutive years inside DJ Mag’s world’s top 10, has been regularly ranked in the FTB, Trance Addict and Trance Podium charts as the genre’s 2nd biggest spinner and won Best American DJ at the 2008 IDMAs. Against the backdrop of the EDM explosion in the States, in 2012 he came #1 in American dance music magazine DJ Times’ annual DJ poll and was given the title America’s Best DJ. On the 7th of October he was presented with the award at a ceremony in Las Vegas, and received a gold plated mixer by its sponsors Pioneer.

How It Began: Born in Eschwege, central Germany, Markus emigrated to the United States. Age 13, his dance music awakening came during the grip of the country’s then-nascent breakdance scene. His early production and DJ career roughly tracked that of the second Stateside House explosion and he caught his first production break in 1993 when he remixed Sagat’s ‘Why Is It? (F** Dat)’ for FFrr. Markus’ freshman production release followed in 1994 with the 6-track ‘Plastik Trax EP Vol 1’. Throughout the mid to late Nineties he continued to accrue acclaim with a range of releases on numerous luminary U.S. labels. In 1998 he recorded ‘You Won’t See Me Cry’ for Plastik Records (his first label), which was picked up by the UK’s Eve Records and became his first non-domestic release.

Coldharbour Recordings: Schulz’s sound notably came quickest to the ears of European DJs. Following the formation of the Armada group in 2005, Armin sought Markus out and asked him to start compiling tracks for a new vinyl series. The Coldharbour Sessions EPs launched in 2004 (with the first 3 releases coming out on the already established Electronic Elements label). In succession they resoundingly impacted on dancefloors and within 12 months Coldharbour the label came into existence. Named after Markus’ then-production base in London’s Coldharbour Lane, its output immediately brought a new sound-type to Armada’s repertoire. It also became a lightning rod for a new generation of prog-inclined producers – setting in motion the careers of (amongst others) Santiago Nino, Rex Mundi, Mark Otten & Niklas Harding. With 2005 under the spell of Coldharbour’s more refined, minimal yet still melodic take on the trance sound Markus struck again with the first Coldharbour Sessions mix compilation. Such has been the success of the imprint that in 2007 it was joined by sub-label Coldharbour Red. This, in turn, became the launch pad for the careers of Marcus Schössow, tyDi, Glenn Morrison & Evol Waves and was the point of re-entry for early Schulz side-project, Dakota (see section below). In August 2010 it celebrated it 100th release with Schulz’s cover of Cass & Slide’s ‘Perception’. Seven years after its birth, Coldharbour stands among the top tier of trance & progressive labels. Getting regular props from the press, in 2011 DJ Mag stated that it was: “an imprint in the rudest of good health!” while Mixmag trumpeted Coldharbour as “a label fair brimming with ready-to-break production talent”.

M.S. Productions 2005 – 2009: Perfectly intersecting the quality/quantity axis, Markus’ own productions have been fundamental components in marshalling clubbers and music lovers to his sound. Over the course of the last half-decade singles like ‘First Time’ & ‘Without You Near’ (2005), ‘Fly To Colours’, ‘Never Be The Same’ & ‘I Am’ (2007) ‘Perfect’ & ‘Cause You Know’ (2008) & most recently anthems like ‘The New World’ & ‘Do You Dream?’ have each played their vital part. Markus is also a regular production collaborator. In 2005 he famously teamed up with likeminded producers Gabriel & Dresden and Departure for ‘Without You Near’ and did the same with Andy Moor on ‘Daydream’ and Max Graham on ‘Goodbye’. The impact of all the singles has been catalysed throughout the period by his studio albums ‘Without You Near’ (2005) and ‘Progression’ (2007).

M.S. Productions 2010 – 2012: ‘Do You Dream’ and ‘Scream’: On June 15th, 2010 Schulz released his ‘Do You Dream?’ album. The 16-track long-player propelled another raft of tracks (‘Surreal’, ‘Not The Same’ and ‘Perception’ among them) onto floors and radio waves. Its release prompted Tilllate Magazine to hail it as “energetic” & “exhilarating”, whilst DJ Mag asserted that it was “hard to see why you won’t completely adore this”. On April the 1st, 2011 the album’s remix edition was released. It included remakes from heavyweights including Ferry Corsten, Cosmic Gate & Super8 & Tab. The remix edition was followed a month later by Schulz’s first DVD release, which documented his ‘Do You Dream?’ globetrotting tour.

Following the release of ‘Go!’ (a co-production with Dennis Sheperd), in March of 2012 it was announced that the single would be the first to be taken from his new artist album. With principle recording of his fourth long-player completed in mid June, ‘Scream’ was released on August 31st. Subsequent tracks ‘Caught’ (with Schulz protégée Adina Butar) and ‘Loops & Tings’ (with Ferry Corsten) perfectly captured the 2012 EDM mood, with the latter racing to the #1 position on the Beatport chart. The album has been met with much critical acclaim. Giving it their Album of the Month award, Mixmag said that “tonally, lyrically and vocally (Schulz’s) fourth artist album swings from one highpoint to another” and that the long-player “dazzles”. America’s EDM Magazine meanwhile said that “Scream’ excels most noticeably is among its manifold vocal numbers”.

Markus Schulz Pres. Dakota: Markus has only made rare use of pseudonyms throughout his career - seeing them only as valuable if they represented an outlet for something other than his established sound. At the turn of the millennium he released 3 tracks (‘Swirl’, ‘Frozen’ & ‘Lost in Brixton’) under the alias, Dakota. Over time the tracks became first-contact points for many new fans. In 2009 Schulz paid dues to that by resurrecting the guise, recalibrating its sound and directed his attentions to a whole album of material. ‘Thoughts Become Things’ was the result and it became a route diversion that branched out to embrace techno, house and other sub-genres. It swelled both Schulz’s fanbase and the range of DJ support for his music. The album justified 7 single releases that have included particular fan-favourites ‘Chinook’, ‘Johnny the Fox’, ‘Koolhaus’ & ‘Mr Cappuccino’. Such was its success in July of 2011 he followed it up with the sequel – ‘Thoughts Become Things II’. Giving it their prized Album of the Month award, MIXMAG said: “With ‘Thoughts II’ Schulz’s Dakota guise could be about to take centrestage”, while DJ Mag noted it contained “lush riffs at a housier tempo” and was “epic stuff”. Further afield America’s DJ Times wrote: "every track pushes great sounds and solid club vibes that throw you off your feet", whilst Germany’s Raveline said that: "no DJ should miss out on the techier, darker and more progressive side of the Schulz sound". To date it has spawned 5 singles (‘Sinners’, ‘Sleepwalkers’, Katowice’ and the AA ‘In A Green Valley’/’Saints’), as well as a remix edition with reworks from Arnej, KhoMha, Mr Pit, Wellenrausch and others.

The Global DJ Broadcast show: Now in its sixth year Schulz’s GDJB has continued to be a beacon for an always-growing throng of trance & progressive dance fans. Having begun life on Miami’s Party 93.1 station, it is now broadcast through DI.fm and Sirius/XM satellite, the Global DJ Broadcast site and over 50 other FM stations around the planet. Based on a regular format, the first show of each month is a two hour long mix from one of Schulz’s rolling World Tour gigs - ones that have of late included Medellin, Columbia, St Petersberg, Russia & Amnesia in Ibiza. Subsequent shows in the month feature Markus mixing his broad span pick of the current electronic dance music best for an hour (which includes the forum-voted Global Selection track of the week) followed by guest mixes from both established and up-and-coming DJs.

Markus Schulz – The City Albums: Markus is also responsible for one of the longest running and respected compilation album series in trance history. Providing this microcosmic view of his sound, the albums have become cornerstones for fans collections, with each travelogue edition bringing in a fresh wave of supporters. Notably, the Amsterdam ’08 release was nominated for an IDMA award for Best Full Length DJ Mix (in the same year that he took home the trophy for Best American DJ).

Kicking off in 2005 with Miami, it moved to Ibiza in ’06, Amsterdam in ’08 and Toronto in ’09. The following year Schulz was “notably ahead of the curve” (Mixmag) with Las Vegas’10 release, presaging the city’s EDM rise by 12 months. In 2011 he focused on dance music’s surge in popularity in Eastern Europe with Prague’11, before returning to the States for his most recent edition. ‘Los Angeles ‘12’ captured the establishment of EDM as a dominant mainstream force in the American music scene. In giving it their Album of the Month, Mixmag said: “Schulz clearly demonstrates his understanding of the uncompromising sounds that holds sway over LA’s clubs and arenas”.

Remixes: Markus started his remix career in the early 90s with a 30-strong volley of high-profile reworks. Over the course of the decade he re-tooled the production works of Euro dominators like The Real McCoy & Technotronic, house masters & divas including Armand van Helden & Liz Torres, legendary Nineties icons RuPaul, Bette Midler & Sandra Bernhard and fully-fledged A- listers like Madonna (on Love Don’t Live Here Anymore). As the Millennium arrived he began to work on deeper, more intrinsically electronic dance fare... In 2000 he remixed trance innovator Pablo Gargano’s ‘Absolution’, PQM’s Renaissance classic ‘The Flying Song’ and Fatboy Slim’s ‘Sunset (Bird of Prey). Satisfied that he’d found the right dance strata to focus on Markus has gone on to rewire tracks by Oceanlab, Motorcycle, Dance 2 Trance, Cosmic Gate, Nalin & Kane, Kyau & Albert, John O’Callaghan, & Space Manoeuvres amongst many, many others.

More info: www.facebook.com/SpringWaveDanceSG
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不一定

有學問不一定有思想。有文憑不一定有知識。
有名氣不一定有本事。有職稱不一定有水平。
有朋友不一定有友誼。有力量不一定有勇氣。
有婚姻不一定有愛情。有金錢不一定有幸福。
有家庭不一定有溫暖。有工作不一定有事業。
有榮譽不一定有貢獻。有美食不一定有健康。
有豪宅不一定有歡樂。有子女不一定有依靠。
有肉體不一定有靈魂。有耕耘不一定有收獲。
有風雨不一定有彩虹。有地位不一定有自由。

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墾丁趴趴走 ● 春浪音樂節 Part 2

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• http://chentaiyu.blogspot.com/2013/04/first-day-half-spring-wave-music.html
• http://taiyuc.blogspot.com/2013/04/second-day-spring-wave-music-festival.html
• http://taiyuchen.blogspot.com/2013/04/part-1.html
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Federer ─ the Greatest Player of All Time

Some people are still debating whether Federer is the greatest player of all time.

Federer currently owns the record by being ranked world no. 1 for the most number of weeks (302, next is Sampras at 286). Along with his many other insurmountable records confirm, that he is not only the best player in tennis history, but also the most successful male athlete in any major individual sport.

Major Totals

Yes, Jack Nicklaus won 18, but he did that over a 24-year stretch, winning three majors in his 40s (rare in golf, but impossible in tennis). Federer has appeared in 24 finals (a tennis record) and won 17 (another record) over a stretch of only 37 tournaments. That means for nine years he made it to just under two-thirds of the finals and won almost half of them. For almost six of those years, one had to beat Federer to win a major. He either won or lost to the eventual champion in 23 straight Grand Slam tournaments.

Three Majors, Three Times

Tiger Woods had a great year in 2000, when he won three majors and finished fifth in the other one. In 2005, he won two majors and finished second and fourth in the other two.

Those are two phenomenal seasons. Federer has had five of a comparable nature. He won three majors in a season three different times, and in two of those years he was the runner-up in the fourth tournament. In 2005, he won two Slams and was a semifinalist in the other two. And in 2009 he won two majors and was runner up in the other two.

An Unprecedented Reign

From 2004 to 2007, Federer had a streak of glory unequaled by any athlete. He won 11 of 16 Grand Slam events. Compare that to other tennis greats. In his best four-year stretch, Sampras won seven majors. Same for Nadal. Two years ago, Djokovic had one of the best seasons in tennis history and he started 2012 by winning the Australian Open. To match Federer, however, he would had to win seven of the next nine Slams.

Steffi Graf, who won 22 majors, picked up 10 trophies in her best four-year stretch, one fewer than Federer.

Even more impressive is that Federer continued to play almost as well even after those spectacular years, appearing in eight of the next nine major finals and winning four of them.

In Tiger Woods’ best four years, he won seven majors. He finished second once and in the top 10 three other times. But in the other five events, he finished anywhere from 12th to 29th. Three of those finishes were the equivalent of being knocked out in the third round of a tennis tournament. That has not happened to Federer since 2004.

Unmatchable Streaks

Federer has now appeared in 35 straight quarterfinals at majors. That is more than eight years of making it to the final eight and more than twice as many as the next-best streak, Ivan Lendl at 14. But Federer also rattled off 23 straight appearances in the semifinals, almost six years of top-four appearances (the next-best streak is 10). And he made 10 straight trips to major finals, missed one and then went on to make the next eight, giving him a stretch of 18 finals in 19 tournaments. No one else in the Open era has made more than five finals in a row. So Federer has the best streak (twice as long as anyone else) and the second-best (60% longer).

Number One

At one point, Federer was world no. 1 for 237 consecutive weeks, a period of more than four-and-a-half years. That record is a year-and-a-half longer than the previous mark.

Federer might stretch some of these records even further. But even if he retired today, he wouldd be not only the greatest tennis player ever, but also the best individual athlete of our time.