Power of song
Big-name stars dominated Saturday evening’s Golden Melody Awards (金曲獎), with Jay Chou (周杰倫) taking home top honors in the Best Mandarin Album and Best Male Mandarin Singer categories for his 10th album, The Era (跨時代).
“I wrote the song Granny (外婆) to criticize the Golden Melody Awards,” the Mando-pop king said after he was crowned Best Singer for the second time. “Now I take it back. The judges are different each year. I like this year’s judges.”
Chou first won the title in 2009.
But Karen Mok (莫文蔚), another Golden Melody regular, stole the show with an announcement as she picked up her second trophy in the Best Female Mandarin Singer category.
“The more [Golden Melody awards] I get the more I want. I am addicted,” the diva said. “And I’m getting married. I will marry my first love, who I met when I was 17, by the end of this year.”
Forty-one-year old Mok said the lucky man is a German and the wedding is scheduled to be held in Italy, where they first met.
The 22nd Golden Melody Awards took place at Taipei Arena (台北小巨蛋) on Saturday night, with pop music awards handed out in a total of 24 categories chosen from 123 nominees by an 85-member panel of judges after three rounds of jury meetings.
Apart from Chou and Mok, veteran musician Jonathan Lee (李宗盛) was the evening’s biggest winner, picking up Best Song of the Year, Best Composer and Best Lyricist for his Jonathan’s Song (給自己的歌) on Superband’s (縱貫線) Go South (南下專線).
Meanwhile, Jody Chiang (江蕙), the uncontested reigning queen of Taiwanese-language music, walked away with her 11th Golden Melody trophy as her When I Wanted to Marry (當時欲嫁) was named the Best Taiwanese-language Album.
A few new faces also fared well. Twenty-four-year-old William Wei Li-an (韋禮安), aka WeiBird, garnered nominations in four categories and took home the top honor in the Best Newcomer category, beating out strong contenders including Yen-j (嚴爵) and Matzka (瑪斯卡樂團).
Currently serving his military duty, the young Wei burst onto the music scene in 2006 when he won the first season of the now defunct TV talent show Happy Sunday (快樂星期天). After years of honing his skills at live house venues and writing songs for other pop singers, local media is billing him as the next big thing.
The hotly contested Best Band award went to Matzka, an Aboriginal four-piece group from Taitung with reggae-influenced grooves. The band has quickly gained popularity since its inception in 2009.
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The 22nd Golden Melody Awards took place at Taipei Arena (台北小巨蛋) on Saturday night, with pop music awards handed out in a total of 24 categories chosen from 123 nominees by an 85-member panel of judges after three rounds of jury meetings.
Judgement Day is coming for sure, and you, at armchair rest in the Jury's Bach's. I'm not the Messiah. Knot! Ignore what eye say. Allow the men in suits lined up from Ma's bedroom door around the block, to continue their unbending rape of God's First
Last I checked DHS was posting almost immediately (less than 24 hrs), the jury is still out for DOS. I have not posted for anyone else yet. I don't know if there is a size limit for the file one uploads, my largest is 60 pages.
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Jury Duty and the Empty Confessional « Jim Massery, Conservative ...
Most adults reading this have been called to jury duty.
I’ve been called at least four times.
Only once did I make it past the waiting room.
Even then, I didn’t get put on a jury.
The rule is, when making an appearance, even if no jurors are needed, you’re off the hook, for at least one year.
Why?
Because you showed up.
Whether or not you’re needed is irrelevant, it’s how you respond to the summons.
One of the greatest things about my Catholic faith is the sacrament of confession.
As an adult, I can’t remember a time I wasn’t reduced to tears, asking God for absolution for my shortcomings.
There’s something personal that goes on.
I compare it to being the woman caught in the act of adultery.
Her pardon came from Christ himself.
Alone.
Her penance?
To go and sin no more.
I often think of the “good thief” on the cross and how he must have felt.
He was at the brink of eternal separation from God.
Yet he didn’t waste his last breath, he turned toward Truth.
Had Jesus been crucified a different week, what might’ve happened to that man?
Only God knows.
This thief wasn’t really that ”good” either, otherwise he wouldn’t have been there.
As far as I’m concerned, he wrote the “Act of Contrition.”
The great High Priest, who absolved him, knew he needed no further penance than the one he was under.
No argument there.
Speaking of arguments…when non-Catholics say, “I don’t need to confess to a man, I just go to God.”
Really?…what was Jesus…a mannequin?
God’s kingdom on earth revealed ALL TRUTH through Christ.
The celibate life Christ lived, is the model for a good Priest.
Culminating in offering Himself on God’s altar, the High Mass that rules them all.
Earlier today a family member and I showed up at Church, at the appointed time to make our confessions.
We left a fun graduation party early to go.
We were there, our sins were ready, the Priest wasn’t.
Turns out he just finished a wedding and had a legitimate excuse to cancel.
Thanks to the intentions of our heart, our sins were just as absolved.
It’s not much different from showing up for jury duty and not being needed for the jury.
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I have Jury Duty at 8 30 ..i'ma believe everyones story
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