Apologies for not posting yesterday due to the fact that I returned home at 11pm after a long dinner @ some expensive restaurant. Good thing my father wasn't paying as the bill went up to $1100 >_>.

Yesterday, for Learning Lab, we learnt about Avril Lavigne and her recent success in the music industry.

Seems that she was quite the genius at music, singing at the age of 2 and being accepted by record labels and flew from Canada, her hometown, to New York for an audition with the company. After some initial struggles with the company (The Matrix), she finally managed to write her own songs and it was a success.

Her first hit song was Complicated in 2002.

Now, in 2007, she was married to her producer (?) and seemingly he has a great effect on her songs. Although some critics feel that he was that one that wrote most of the songs, it probably isn't true.

If you note carefully, there's a transition from more angsty songs (like My Happy Ending) to more upbeat and energetic songs, like Girlfriend that was featured in The Best Damn Thing in 2007.

Neh, just a note for you all. Sorry if i'm boring you all.

However, the point for this post is that interestingly, Avril Lavigne was nice enough (and smart enough, in fact) to release her hit song, Girlfriend, in many languages in a bid to globalize her music more.

YEP! YOU GUESSED IT!

GIRLFRIEND IN CHINESE!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LK7LQ1XuFec



Rough lyrics provided by someone on Youtube:

"hey you. 我不喜欢你女朋友. no way. 你需要一个新的. hey you. 我就会是你女朋友.hey you. 我知道你喜欢我. no way. 不是一个秘密. hey you. 我要当你的女朋友."

when I heard the version, I was trying to stop laughing so much because I just had this funny vision of her singing the song to our dearest He Jiaolian and Maomao.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Especially the last part:

我知道你喜欢我
我要当你的女朋友.

I can scarcely see He Jiaolian's face la. He would probably say:

"哇仔! 懂得怎样讲华语! 不错砸！"

Maomao would be like:

"华语讲的这么难听！失败者!"

*The author wishes to apologise for any offence caused to any party, or whatever.

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