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Archives from 2005
November-December
2005
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Wakin's new album
is
still forthcoming! Stay tuned for
updated news on a release date.
Remember, great art cannot be rushed!
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New funny caption contest up at
Wakin.com,
in the "Ni Men", or "You all", section.
From the menu, click the two Chinese
characters, and then chose the top
option to pull up the page.
Write your
own funny captions for the pictures in
the spaces provided and you could
win the coveted
Stars Ferry
jacket!
One submission per person only, please,
and be sure that your submissions are
clever and in good taste.
English
submissions are welcome!
If you need
an
English
translation of the submission form,
remember you can plug the whole URL into
Babelfish
for a translation, or use the box at the
bottom of this page.
Good luck
everyone!
October 2005
-
Chinese newspapers
report that
Wakin is moving to
Beijing in 2006! Apparently,
Wakin has purchased an apartment in
Beijing's
prestigious Wheat Shop district, the
city's international settlement.
Furthermore,
the
Wheat Shop district has chosen Wakin to
be their spokesperson!
Check out the following
links for
details.
Translated into
English:
Zhongshan Business newspaper
(courtesy of
True Blue Emil's
Page)
Livelihood of the People newspaper
(courtesy of
Taiwan's Friends
of Stars Ferry)
Beijing News Center
(courtesy of
Taiwan's Friends
of Stars Ferry)
Here are the same
links in the
original Chinese text
(not translated)
Zhongshan Business newspaper
Livelihood of the People newspaper
Beijing News Center
- Wakin signs
on with Rock Records for another 3 years,
accepting only 1 Yuan as payment!
In a generous gesture to help Rock
through some financial difficulties,
Wakin has apparently waived the
customary signing bonus (a certain
percentage of anticipated royalties that
is paid to the artist up front) and
accepted only 1 Yuan instead. The
Yuan, the unit of currency in China, is
a symbolic
payment only.
Wakin has
been with Taiwan's Rock Records
throughout his recording career,
beginning 19 years ago.
Read the article
in Chinese at
True Blue Emil's site.
If you need
English,
plug in the URL to
Babelfish,
and translate the
whole page from Chinese
Traditional to
English.
To purchase
Wakin's music and that of other great
artists at Rock, visit
Imarnet.com
Support the artists! Say NO to piracy!
September 2005
- Photos from the
Kuala Lampur Anthology concert and the
Galaxy KTV opening ceremony event in
Malaysia
on
the following day are up in slide-show
format at
Every Wakin's Moment!
From the
home menu, choose "Keep Wakin",
and from there visit the
gallery
to find the links.
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The
News section
at
Wakin.com
has been
updated
with words from
the man
himself! In the
same section
are
photos
from the
Wakin and
Jonathan Lee Anthology concert in
Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
last weekend!
If you need
English,
remember you can plug the whole URL into
Babelfish
for a translation. Don't forget to select
"Chinese Traditional"
as the
"From"
language for best results.
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There is also another article
at The Star
Online, Malaysia site about the concert
on the 24th.
This one is older,
but also in English. But best of all,
there are more comments from Wakin and
Jonathan.
Yay!
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The Star Online e-Central,
a Malaysian
Entertainment news site,
has
a cool article
on the upcoming Wakin and
Jonathan Lee
"Anthology"concert
in September.
The article's in
English
and everything, so go
on by and have a peek!
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On September 11,
Wakin performed
brilliantly
at the
Grand Opening Ceremonies for Disneyland,
Hong Kong!
He
sang Phil Collins' "You'll Be In My
Heart,"
in
Cantonese, Mandarin AND English--all
in the same song! Two
brief audio/video downloads
of the event are
available
here.
Congratulations Wakin! WOW. You're
absolutely amazing!
August 2005
- The Friends of Stars Ferry Website in
Taiwan
has posted
some
new pictures
in their
gallery
from the
August 27, 2005 Anthology Concert in
Taipei!
Follow
the link and then choose the first two
options. They are absolutely
marvelous. Enjoy!
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The J and W Anthology concert in Taipei,
Taiwan
was filmed, and is planned
for release on a
special 2-DVD set!
YIPEEEEEEEE!
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The J and W Anthology concert
in
Taipei, Taiwan
on
August 27, 2005
was a
SOLD-OUT SUCCESS!
There's
a
great article on the concert
at the
WWS Website,
by Andy Kurita,
who was fortunate enough to be in
attendance. (From the front page, go
into the news vault to find the
article.)
Congratulations to Wakin and
Jonathan
Lee
on another spectacular show!!!!
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Details
on the
Singapore
Bayou's 8th Big Bang Anniversary party
held in August are
up at
Every
Wakin's Moment,
and
Wakin himself
was in attendance!
(From the
home page, click the little orange
link.) The section features a
wonderful
slideshow of pictures of the event, as well as
write-ups from the organizers and
several party-goers
as well!
Thanks to
all the contributors
for painting us
such a clear picture of the events.
Wow!! What a fantastic party it must
have been! Congratulations
SGBY on 8 fun-packed years!
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Three winners
have been declared
in the latest "Ni Men"
Beijing University
funny picture caption contest
at
Wakin.com!
Congratulations
to the lucky winners of the Stars Ferry
jackets!
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The Singapore Baiyou
have totally revamped their site at
Wakin-Chau.com!
Go
by and have a look!
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On
August 6-8, 2005,
Wakin appeared at a special event in
Singapore
at festivities for
National Day,
commemorating the
60th anniversary of the end of WWII in
the Pacific region.
He sang in a special outdoor
concert event
with other stars, and also
participated in the auto race too,
along with Jackie Chan!
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On August 5, 2005,
Wakin
appeared in
Malaysia,
at the official launch of the
Setia Tropica Show Village in Johar
Bahru.
July 2005
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Three new
downloads
from the
studio sessions at Stars Ferry are
available in the
download section of Wakin.com. Oh,
I can't WAIT to hear the new album!!!
Aaaann-ti-ci-pa-tion!
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Contest at
Wakin.com!
The "Beijing University" funny picture
caption contest is now underway in the
Ni Men (you all)
section of Wakin's
website (from the
menu, click the two Chinese characters,
and then chose the top option to pull up
the page).
Write your
own funny captions for the pictures in
the spaces provided and you could
win the coveted
Stars Ferry
jacket! One
submission per person only, please, and
be sure that your submissions are clever
and in good taste. If you need an English
version of the form,
one is provided by Andy Kurita at the
WWS website
in Japan. Or you can plug the
contest page itself into
Babelfish
and it will
translate the entry form into English
for you. English
submissions are welcome! Good luck
everyone!
June 2005
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Wakin's Kitchen opens it's fourth
location in Taipei, Taiwan!
Wakin
himself cut the ribbon on Friday, June 17, 2005! More
details can be found at
True Blue
Emil's website,
The
article is in Chinese, so if you need English, don't forget
to utilize the
Babelfish
translator.
Wakin's Kitchen features
traditional Cantonese--or Hong Kong
style--cuisine in all price ranges. It
is absolutely delicious!
Congratulations to Wakin on the new
restaurant!
(Now if we could only get
him to open one here in Houston...)
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Also now available
at Wakin.com:
a tres cool
downloadable file of
Wakin and co. in
the studio, hard at work on the new
album!
The file
is in Windows Media A/V format, and takes a
bit to download, The Audio is in Chinese,
and alas, it is very short. But it is still
really fun to watch! Highly
recommended!
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Take a walk with Wakin
through the streets of
Las Vegas,
Nevada and Las Angeles,
California,
USA!
Now in the
Delay Live!
section
at
Wakin.com,
check out the
cool photos
from Wakin's sight-seeing stroll when he was
here for concert
last November!
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WINNERS
announced
at
Wakin.com in the Li Chi contest!!
To
read
Wakin's news
update,
click
here.
For
English,
type the page URL into
Babelfish
and choose
Chinese-traditional to English in
the translation box.
The winning entry
is visible in the
Ni Men section.
To
get there, click on the two Kanji
(Chinese) characters.
Congratulations
to the lucky winner of the Stars Ferry jacket!!
May 2005
-
There's a great collection of articles on the
Shanghai
concert
last May
at
True Blue Emil's Page.
On the
homepage, they can be found in the "What's
on Update" section. The articles are
in Chinese, but if you plug the site itself
into
Babelfish,
you can read them in English. (I
recommend selecting 'Chinese Traditional to
English,' in the selection box.)
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Wakin and
Jonathan Lee gave another successful concert on May 12 in
Shanghai.
Check out
Wakin.com's
news section for pictures!
Congratulations guys!
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Wakin gave yet another stellar
performance in Wuxi, China this week, May
10, 2005. Wow! Pictures are at
Wakin.com
in the news section.
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Contest up in the Ni Men section
of Wakin.com--"Li
Chi."
As you may or may not know, Li Chi is the very accomplished
violinist in Wakin's Easy Band.
The music that comes from his famous
blue violin
is so beautiful it will
seriously make you cry! To participate in the contest,
click on the link above (Li Chi).
The best way to get there is to go into
the site map, and click on the blinking
Kanji (Chinese) characters underneath the
"Guestbook." From there, choose
the Kanji on top, and then click the
blue Kanji to get to the pictures and
entry form. An
English version
of the form has once again
graciously been made available by the
Singapore Baiyou
and
WWS.
 Remember, the object of the contest is
to post witty, funny captions to the
series of pictures. Be sure to
give it some thought--the prize once
again is an
ultra-cool Stars Ferry jacket!
Good luck to everyone!
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In related news,
this May the beautiful and talented Taiwanese singer
Leslie Li Du
held a concert at the EZ5 club in Taipei, the site of the
2004 Wakin World Party! Wakin and
Leslie have a long history of artistic collaboration, including teaming
up for many beautiful duets like, "New Kindness Era", "When Will I
Be Awakened?", "Irresistible" and in English, "Sometimes When We
Touch." Leslie has an ethereal, expressive and delicate vocal style
that compliments Wakin's voice very well. She remains a
favorite duet partner of this webmaster, as I am sure she is of many
other of Wakin's fans.
Her
new jazz album is due out this June! Congratulations,
Leslie!
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Las Vegas Revisited!
New in the
"Delay Live"
section of
Wakin.com--pictures from the
November, 2004 Las
Vegas concert!
From
the site map, choose Delay Live. Las
Vegas pictures are way down at the
bottom of the list.
April 2005:
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Report on the
Singapore Concert
with Wakin and Jonathan Lee,
4/30/05:
can now be found at
Wakin's
Malaysia Friends website.
(From the front page, go to the Articles
section.) Thanks
to Shereen K. for the eloquent and
descriptive account of a very special
and memorable evening.
Congratulations again to Wakin and
Jonathan Lee
for another amazing
performance!
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Go
behind the scenes in Stars Ferry's recording
studio!
Follow the progress of the making of an
album in Stars Ferry Studio at
Wakin.com--from the site map, choose
"News," A day-by-day account in pictures
begins two items from the top, and is
followed by a fascinating look inside
Wakin's own creative mind in the item listed
after the "final day." For a
ready-made English translation of Wakin's
thoughts, click
here,
or remember you can plug Wakin's whole site
into
Babelfish (Chinese traditional to
English works best). Thanks to Andy Kurita for
providing the
brief English translation!
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The "Small
Plane" caption contest was a resounding
119-way tie! Now that we've all had this
chance to practice, a new contest will begin
soon, so everybody get ready to flex those
mental muscles again. Next time could
be for the jacket!
February
through March, 2005:
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New and very touching
journal entry by Wakin at the
"He
Thinks"
section of Wakin.com, dated
3.22.05. It is in Chinese, so
you'll have to use
Babelfish or
Systran for translations into English.
If using Babelfish, try translating from
Chinese traditional to English for best
results.
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Contest at
Wakin.com! Caption the series of
pictures originally entitled "Small Plane"
with your own funny captions and if your
entry is selected, you could
win a
Stars Ferry jacket! For English
translations of required fields, click
here. Thanks to Andy Kurita of the
WWS for the English translation of the
fill-in form. Good luck!!!!
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Wakin
appeared as a special guest singer in
Fish Leong's concert in Singapore last week! During the performance, he and Ms. Leong helped
a young man propose! Congratulations to
the happy couple, and to Wakin and Fish Leong
for another fabulous concert!
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Wakin and co. have
apparently taken a trip
to Vancouver, British Columbia early
this year! Check out the photos at band
member
Luo Papa's MSN Space. Again, the site is
in Chinese, but the photos are not hard to access
(on the extreme left side of the page). There
are many cool shots of the band members and
Stars Ferry crew, as well as a few other familiar
faces. Looks like a wonderful time was
had by all!
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