[MONTHLY THEME] May: Roots ~ Due May 31st!

Here is my entry for the monthly theme!

I chose this song because even though I am half Black/Filipino, I never learned Tagalog. It has always bothered me my entire life. Every time I made an attempt to learn, i was always laughed at by my mom and her friends. So, I'm taking pride in knowing I was taught at least one of my native languages and created the English lyrics of the song and covered it. My mind was telling me I should, so this is what happens when I listen to my mind. I'm using it as a way to reach out to my mother and let her know how important something like a language can be to someone.

*^*/ 随它吧  ~ 随它吧 ~!
// sang the whole chinese ver. instead of mixing it 50:50 Bahasa:Mandarin *lay on the floor*//
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here's my entry ~ **w/un-proper mixing *shot*

[url=http://www.4shared.com/mp3/mBpH6ZA2ce/SUI_TA_BA.html?] 「ＪＫ」随它吧 /Let It Go[Music Box Ver.][/url]

@KaRei; Coincidentally, we picked the same song to cover xD You sound great in Cantonese <3


My entry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6OLR3N7Jg4
My parents are both from Shanghai, China, so I can sort of understand the Shanghai dialect; however, since I was a spoiled brat and did not go to Chinese school, I barely know any Mandarin. I consider English to be my true native language since I am much more fluent in it than any other language and mainly speak it at home as well. xD I figured it was appropriate, as a Chinese American, to sing a song related to China in English.

Entry: https://soundcloud.com/warsbell/snalla-bli-min-veronica-maggio-cover-warsfeil

aahhh i thought i wouldnt have time to do something but i ended up finishing lines early so I decided to record this as well ehehehe

but yes!! I'm swedish so oblivously I sang something swedish ゜+.ヽ(❀ฺ◕ฺ‿ฺ◕ฺ)ノ.+゜
this is one of my favorite songs, and the girl originally singing it (Veronica Maggio) is one of my fave singers :'3 There's something really?? fragile??? about her voice that I love a lot.... Her live version of this song is just stunning cause her voice carries so much emotion that im just aksjbda && Since I love emotional songs I decided to give it a shot ehehe
Maggio songs in general are really hard to cover cause she sounds amazing & is already perfect for her songs ;u; but since this is a piano version and stuff i!! decided that it doesnt really matter if my voice is different from hers or not ehehe

i-i hope this is enough/alright (*ﾉｪﾉ) thanks for listening!!

posting images for jude o ^o 

images:

I had difficulties trying to post my entry last minute so I asked Lan, The Ikemen, to post them up for me.
I know my entry's late, but I still wanted to share. -;w;-
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I choose to draw a girl in traditional Khmer clothing after my original plan back fired on me leaving me with pieces of my traditional set. 

~Stuff  somewhat relating to the drawing~
Pose and Dance: The pose comes from a dance intended for the slower Khmer songs. Khmer dances and dancing involve lots of hand movements. Women who perform traditional dances have flexible fingers o:
Hair: Hairstyles that go along with the traditionals are mainly buns, ponytails or curled hair. Bangs are usually pulled back with the up-dos, though if left down they get tucked behind the ear -owo-
Accessories: There's necklaces, bracelets, earrings, hair accessories, and sometimes anklets. I don't think there's much of a big difference except with wedding brides and traditional dancers -o,o- In my parents' wedding photos my mother has jewelry on her upper arm and she had a tiara-looking thing in her hair. Traditional dancers wear Big headpieces.

Kaisoumizu wrote:@KaRei; Coincidentally, we picked the same song to cover xD You sound great in Cantonese <3


My entry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6OLR3N7Jg4
My parents are both from Shanghai, China, so I can sort of understand the Shanghai dialect; however, since I was a spoiled brat and did not go to Chinese school, I barely know any Mandarin. I consider English to be my true native language since I am much more fluent in it than any other language and mainly speak it at home as well. xD I figured it was appropriate, as a Chinese American, to sing a song related to China in English.

thanks!  dont worry, i quit chinese school shortly into my second year myself >.>

I usually close the monthly themes the next day when I wake up to accommodate the different timezones, so you're fine, Judeith! And thanks for helping to post, Giu. c:


Thanks to everyone who joined! ^^ The new monthly theme will be up shortly!