Anchorite Yao

I spend a few hours digging on youtube to find out about the Les Miserables movie cast. Enjoy! (There is no movie related videos for cast singing.) 我竟然花了幾個小時在 Youtube 上找悲慘世界的演員唱歌的影片 XD，分享給大家。電影演員唱歌的部份已經避免了跟悲慘世界有關的影片，所以請放心享用(如果你還沒看的話)！ Hugh Jackman (Jean Valjean) Russell Crowe (Javert) Anne Hathaway (Fantine) Amanda Seyfried (Cosette) Sacha Baron Cohen (Thenardier) Helena Bonham Carter (Madame Thenardier) Eddie Redmayne (Marius) Aaron Tveit (Enjolras) Smantha Barks (Eponine) Colm Wilkinson (Bishop, and the original Jean Valjean of the London cast) Frances Ruffelle (One of the whore(s) in the movie, and the original Eponine)

聖誕節晚上，留在 Ann Arbor, 沒有特別去哪裡玩。 不過我很幸運，跟一群UM的朋友去吃了家鄉，然後去看悲慘世界的電影！ 等了超久超久的啦！！！ (我想我大概從 3 ~ 4 月就開始等了吧！哈哈) 我很喜歡！！！！！！！！！！！！之後 DVD 出來我一定想辦法拿到 XDD 簡單來說，  滿意： Hugh Jackman (Jean Valijean) 很會唱，雖然我不意外，他都得過獎了 Anne Hathaway (Fantine) 的 I dream a dream 滿感動的，但我也不意外, 她跟本就在很多電影裡面都唱過了 Samantha Barks (Eponine) 唱的 On My Own很動人 (好吧！就是單戀的那種...喔，超可憐的，黯然消魂啊...)，她也是悲慘世界 25 週年紀念音樂會的 Eponine 。跟 Eddie Redmayne (Marius) 的 A Little Fall of Rain 也很棒，我本來以為被 cut 掉了超失望，結果有！那段臨死的道別超讓人不捨的！！！ Eddie Redmayne (Marius) 的聲音遠比我想像的好太多了啊！(Sorry, 我沒見識，之前根本沒聽過他的名字，我本來以為他是花瓶, 只是型長得適合而已 XD) 唱得還滿 man 的！大勝 25  週年的 Nick Jonas！！！查了 Wiki發現他得過獎～ Amanda Seyfried (Cosette) 的聲音滿漂亮的，但是反正這個角色本來就沒什麼空間，就不多做評論。  不滿意 : Russell Crowe (Javert)，好啦！我滿喜歡他的眼神的！我覺得厲害的演員眼睛會講話！但他唱的部份我覺得還好(就是其實不錯啦)，沒有很突出，他的曲子被弄得有點緊湊，所以他好像也沒辦法好好的表現。  Aaron Tevit ( Enjolras, 青年領袖) 大家可能在電影方面沒聽過他，但是他已經演過幾個 Broadway Musical的主角了。Next to Normal (我心中的 No 2 音樂劇) 的 Gabe Goodman 跟 Catch me if you can 的 Frank Abagnale ...

I discovered this song, Grateful, one year ago and fell in love with it. Yesterday was Thanksgiving, and it was my first real Thanksgiving (yap, turkey and food). I spent time at friends’ place and also my advisor’s place. When I was back home yesterday, I was full and exhausted. I went on my bed and try to call my family using Skype. My mom was not at home at the time, but my aunt was there. We had an amusing conversation about whether she should go to the performance in the afternoon (It was in the morning at Taiwan). Later, I got some recommendations from Youtube, and this video was one of them. I am surprised at the reencounter, and yet not surprised at all why this happened. It is Thanksgiving, and people express their appreciation and gratefulness. The melody is really beautiful, and the lyrics truly fits my mentality. Yap, I came to this city(Ann Arbor) with strangers two years ago. Now I have a family of friends (yes, you guys.) I am grateful for that....

OMG! I am so excited about Smash season 2. There are just sooo many superstars in it. Jennifer Hudson, Katharine McPhee, Jeremy Jordan, Jesse L. Martin, Andy Mientus (Michigan alumnus), Bernadette Peters, Megan Hilty, Christian Borle, and Sean Hayes. http://tv.yahoo.com/video/smash-exclusive-111912-232403362.html 'Smash' Exclusive: Season 2 First Look Jennifer Hudson - I'm Here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxu9rjei-Ss   Katharine McPhee - Don't Forget Me:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMh8aRVE5VY Jeremy Jordan - I'm Yours by Jonathan Reid Gealt:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCCbH2GJoWw   Jesse L. Martin - I will cover you:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmvmoWa_Cko  (Original Tom Collins in "Rent") Andy Mientus - Barcelona, Cartagena, Anywhere:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjsfJ4sLTS4 (He is a Michigan grad) Bernadette Peters - Being Alive:  https://www....

Last summer, I saw a video for “Memphis The New Musical” on Youtube. I checked out the original cast album from MLibrary and fell in love with every single track. At the time, I did not see myself going to New York City to see any musical, so I was aiming at the national tour, which would visit Michigan State University at March 2012. At the same time, I was jump-starting the process of PhD application, which included GRE exam, TOFEL exam, and writing application statements, so I wrote a short and probably silly headline at the top of my ToDo List: “Get the highest GRE scores, Write the best SOP, and Go seeing Memphis!!!” Even though I did not get the highest GRE scores and write the best application statements, I did go through those processes in the last few months. Today, I am so grateful that I have friends who also enjoy musicals and are willing to give me a one-hour ride to see the show together. Seeing the show in live is really stunning, not to mention that several ...

新年第一天，睡到中午，做做事，吃了一下早午餐。 稍微思考了一下，過去這學期的經歷，想想新的一學期想這麼過。處理了一些 emails, 跟之前答應別人要幫忙但忘記做的事。 晚上，收到了一封讓人有點 down 的信，但，老實說也沒有很意外啦！沒想到一開學就又多了一件事要做，而且感覺要幾天內就要完成，真是混亂啊… 但，這就是人生啦～ 努力一點撐下去就有希望，要是鬆懈掉，那就等著回家吃自己了。 晚安，好好的睡，睡飽心情好，才有能力好好的面對新的一學期。

早上一整個失控了 >...< 拿到有點好笑的 TOEFL 考試分數的時候整個有種眼花的感覺 ... 然後中午就整個人沈甸甸的提不起勁。下午上 infovis 的時候也沒什麼精神，明明是臭臉又很想給台上的人一點友善的回應，所以自己也不知道是甚麼表情。 下課後，找了個地方開始寫作業，周圍一片寂靜，什麼人也沒有。 5 ~ 6 點的時候已經開始有飢餓的感覺了，但是晚上要交的 infovis final project progress report 又弄到一半正起勁，所以就打開了 Google Music 聽著自己專心挑過的 cheer up 音樂 list 。大約到 7:40 pm 的時候，總算是畫完了全部需要的 sketch ，就打電話跟一起 work 的學長說我大致弄好了，但是想出去買點東西吃，想把 meeting  延後一點。走出 North Quad, 打開 My Track 開始收集 project 需要用的 GPS trace, 聽著同樣的音樂，在附近繞了一圈，買了晚餐跟一瓶茶。 途中，聽著聽著自己挑選的 cheer up 音樂，隨著旋律的起承轉合，聽著一段段動人的故事，自己也在屬於自己一個人的世界裡伸展自己的身體，感受著故事裡時而溫柔，時而強烈的情緒。回到 North Quad 的時候，不知不覺的已經回覆正常了，也忘記了早上收到成績的時候那種強烈的負面衝擊。真的要謝謝大家對我的包容跟體諒，我要盡量向前看，這個世界還有很多有趣的事情可以去做。這些日子的一連串打擊，真的都很對時間點，也直接的挑戰了我盡量維持的生活常規。也許，就真的是一句話：「謝謝！感激不盡！」。 培堯