What is Cantopop?

 Cantopop its an abbreviation of Cantonese and Pop music. Cantonese is language that is spoken in Hong Kong and Guangzhou. The Cantopop musicians covered in this article, are all from Hong Kong. I believe majority of big Cantopop artists are from Hong Kong. 

Samuel Hui is regarded as one of the earliest singers of Cantopop, with his formation of the band "Lotus" in the 1960's, he signed to Polydor in 1972. The song that would help him to become famous, was the theme song "Game Gamblers Play", in which Samuel also starred in. Other stars of theme tunes were Roman Tam, who was dubbed as "Grandfather Of Cantopop", Liza Wang and Adam Cheng.

 In was in the 80's in which Cantopop soared and the stars of that era became household names and some even became legends in Cantop (80's is my favourite era of Cantopop), some of the famous, household names included Anita Mui, Sally Yeh, Sandy Lam, Priscilla Chan, Alan Tam, Danny Chan and Leslie Cheung. This was dubbed as the "Golden Age".  Also, sadly in 1993 Danny Chan passed away after falling into a coma and never waking up. He had suffered from mild depression with more new singers emerging, Danny felt like he was unable to write good enough songs. I personally really enjoyed Danny's music, its such a shame he's not here anymore.

During the 90's , four male stars dominated the entertainment industry in Hong Kong and other Chinese speaking parts of the world. These four guys were Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, Andy Lau and Aaron Kwok, they were popular in both Mandopop and Cantopop and also, dominated many media publications such as magazines as well. They are still popular to this day and have expanded their careers into acting as well as singing.

In the 2000's , two tragic deaths in 2003 (Anita Mui (30th December (cervical cancer) and Leslie Cheung (1st April, suicide)), led to changes in Cantopop. With over sea stars gaining recognition as well such as Nicholas Tse, has led to Cantopop to not just being restricted in Hong Kong anymore. Thus generating a lot of new generation of artists including Eason Chan, Twins, Joey Yung, Leo Ku and bands such as Mr and Rubberband as well. As Cantopop continues to develop in the future, it will be exiciting to see the changes For me, the 80's is my favourite era of Cantopop.

Side note: I have previously complied a list of my favourite Cantopop songs on my own personal blog, www.princehappiness-artoflife.blogspot.com. If you want to keep update with me, check out my Dayre.me/Prinxehappiness.

Credit: None of the photos belong to me therefore credits to the rightful owners, they are just edited into a collage by me using Cameran Collage App, information and facts were gathered through various sites including Wikipedia.

My Favourite Nintendo DS Games

Hi its Prinxe Happiness here, today I thought I'd write a short post on a few of my favourite NDS games, I've had my NDS since my first year of secondary school (high school). So its the older version, but its still very good and works, I hope it will carry on lasting for a while (touchwood)... lets stop with the rambling and move on to the post~

Nintendogs 

Pros

-Simple
-Fun, enjoyable.
-Suitable for all ages.

Cons

-Can get a little boring after a while for some because of the repetitivness of it, washing your dog, feeding and taking it for walks. 


But I throughly enjoy this game, even if the game is slow at the start, I'm starting for the start now ~ and my new dog is a male Beagle called Choco. 


Mario Vs Donkey Kong 2, March of the Minis.

Pros

-Lots of levels
-Good for those who want to keep pushing themselves.

Cons

-Gets boring after a while because you keep having to move the mini Mario's to the doorway whilst avoiding obstacles.

Mario Kart

Pros

-Different types of tracks.
-Comepetitive.
-Interesting backdrops & scenery.

Cons

-If you are good at this race, you might find it un-exciting if you keep placing 1st on each track and might prefer other games, as it gets a little tedious.


Big Brain Academy

- Analyse your different skills such as memory, identify, visualiation etc. There are 5 different types of skills analysed.

-Exercise your brain.

- Good to challenge other people to it (friends & family).


Cons

-Can be a little discouraging. 

 If I think of any more, I'll update, otherwise thanks for reading. If you want to stay more updated with my everyday life then please check out: www.princehappiness-artoflife.blogspot.com or Dayre.me/prinxehappiness.

Quick Update !

Just a quick update, I wanted to let everyone know that (Prinxe Happiness) has created a Dayre account, Dayre.me/prinxehappiness, hopefully I can keep everyone updated when I am too busy or lazy to open my laptop and create, and edit photos to make a blog post ~ thanks, I will try post soon but very busy for the next few days, check out my Dayre account and follow me , if you use it too, many thanks.

Anita Mui

Hello,  this is Prinxe Happiness here, I'm going to introduce a musician to you all today, who is a legend in Hong Kong Cantopop and the one female artist that I idolise and love a lot.  Also, dubbed as Madonna of Asia. Her name is Anita Mui (Mui Yim-Fong).

Anita Mui was born on 10th October 1963, as the youngest child with two older brothers and an older sister, her sister Ann Mui was also a musician and was the person that Anita was closed too. In interviews, Anita has mentioned she never met her father because he passed away before she was born or when she was little (not sure which one it is).  From an early age, she had to provide for her family and would perform with her sister at night clubs, bars and pubs. Anywhere, that gave her and her sister a chance to make a living. Thus her education didn't last that long either perhaps because of her busy schedule of having to perform at bars and clubs to support her family, that led to her dropping out of school aged 13 or 14 years old (I read some of the info for Wikipedia, so I'm not claiming it as my own information).

 

Anita got her big and well deserved break in 1982, after she won a singing competition by singing a song called The Windy Season originally sung by Paula Tsui, she beat over 3,000 people to be crowned the winner.You can find a clip on YouTube of her performing this song with Paula Tsui and also, her performing this song in her concerts/live performances on YouTube.

Anita has had many hit songs that have remained classics in Cantopop , the songs "Mong Bun (Dream Partner)", Bad Girl, Cover Girl, Song Of Sunset, Life Written In Water and Love Warrior amongst many others.

She was known for her  extravagant costumes on stage that accompanied her popular hit songs, Anita was also a mentor for a few famous and popular artists that have become big stars today including Andy Hui, Grasshopper and Denise Ho amongst others. Besides music, she also starred in several films as well including Rouge alongside Jackie Chan, Why, Why, Tell, Me, Why 1986 (my favourite because I also like the use of her songs in the film), Trouble Couple, The Heroic Trio, Behind The Yellow Line. She starred in across 40 films in a 20 year period.

 

Anita also did community work as well, to give back to those who did not have much as she has. Some of her charitable works include lending financial help to Operation Yellowbird, she also established a nursing home in San Francisco in 1992 and in 1993 she established "Anita Mui True Heart Charity Foundation".  Besides this, she has done all charitable things but this post will be too long if I was too list every achievement and every thing that Anita ever did.

Sadly, on December 30 2003, she passed away from Cervical Cancer aged 40 years old, she died from lung failure in the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital. Thousands of grieving fans turned up at her funeral in North Point in January 2004,  Before her passing, she held a series of concerts titled Anita Classic Moment Live, as her final farewell, despite her failing health. She was still able to perform extremely well and put on an incredible show. My only wish is that I was old enough to be able to watch her concerts, I was eight years old at the time of her death. 

 

For me, she will also live in my heart and I will forever enjoy her music and films. Her personality and the incredible person she was will carry on touching the hearts of her fans, both old and new. 

As for my favourite songs its Song Of Sunset, Love Warrior and as of lately, Life Written In Water. But I pretty much love all her songs.  Rest In Peace, Anita Mui Yim-Fong. 

Credit: None of the pictures belong to me, credits to the rightful owners and information was gathered from Wikipedia.

Introduction

Hello, until I (Prinxe Happiness) remember how to create a new page, we thought we make our first post to introduce ourselves, so you know a little more about the two people that write this blog. We both have our own personal blogs.  

Hi, this blog is written by two friends, who met at university, one is studying International Hospitality Management and the other is a Law student. Here we hope to introduce a little about ourselves and our blog.

Hello, I'm Prinxe Happiness, not my real name hahaha this will be my stage name hopefully one day. My dream is to have a show at Tokyo Dome as the bassist of a Chinese Visual Kei band called Art Of Life. I also wish to open hotels across the world as well. I am 100% Chinese, I am studying International Hospitality Management. I am 166cm tall. I am a girl... Music brings a lot of joy in my life except for friends and family, its my biggest joy in life. I like Cantopop, Mandopop, Jazz, Visual Kei and Kpop, my favourite bands and artists are Anita Mui, Grasshopper, Jacky Cheung, X Japan, hide with Spread Beaver, Lollipop F, Kenny G and Super Junior. I am also the writer of the following blog... www.princehappiness-artoflife.blogspot.com, where you can keep update on my personal life. Other hobbies of mine besides music is watching Hong Kong Dramas and Films ( I am from Hong Kong originally and fluent in Cantonese), writing stories/ fan fiction, reading Manga (currently reading the Korean Manhwa Noblesse (about Vampires)), watching YouTube and dancing/singing.  I am fluent in two languages English and Cantonese but I've memorised songs in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and Japanese.  Hope, I can memorised many more songs in the future, hope you'll stick around and enjoy our blog.

Hey guys, it's Zoe here, and unlike Prinxe Happiness, Zoe is my real name. I am quite rubbish at thinking of nicknames, stage names, etc hence I am using my real name. So like Prinxe Happiness said, I am studying law and I am really enjoying the course, despite it being a demanding one! I do intend to go into the legal profession, though I'm not too sure on what to specialise in, but simultaneously I also like the idea of teaching others. I shall see where life takes me. 
Anyway, I was born in Hong Kong and yet I have no Chinese in me; I am half British and half Filipino. Unfortunately, I do not speak Tagalog. I only speak English. Nonetheless this has not stopped me from becoming more interested in K-Pop, and I am beginning to develop an interest in Asian dramas. In fact, there is something about Asia that I like, and it would be amazing if I could live there one day!  I have two sets of blogs, General Blogs and Law Blogs, www.zmoroney.blogspot.com and www.zmoroney9.blogspot.com respectively. Feel free to follow any (or both) of them. 

So hopefully you know a bit more about us. We wish you all the best, and we hope you enjoy reading our upcoming posts!

Prinxe Happiness & Zoe. :)