Monday 22 February 2010

What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

Saturday 20 February 2010

My Way - Frank Sinatra

This song is the English version of a French song. The English lyrics were written by Paul Anka and popularized by Frank Sinatra.

The melody is from the French song called "Comme d'habitude" which lyrics has been written into different languages. Japanese version is called "マイ・ウェイ"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E2hYDIFDIU




Lyrics

English-Chinese

MY WAY
我的方式
(Written by Revaux/Francois/Anka)

And now, the end is near
而今,終站已近
And so I face the final curtain
於是我面對了最後的一幕
My friend, I'll say it clear
朋友,讓我清楚的說
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain
我要明確的替自己下個註腳
I've lived a life that's full
我活了充實的一生
I've traveled each and every highway
我走過了每一條大道
But more, much more than this
但更重要,更重要的是
I did it my way
我一切都照自己的方式來做

Regrets, I've had a few
懊悔,我也曾有過一些
But then again, too few to mention
不 過說來值得一提的也實在不多
I did what I had to do
我只是做我應該做的
And saw it through without exemption
我順其自然,不求倖免
I planned each charted course
我 計畫好每一次行程
Each careful step along the byway
謹慎的跨出偏離主線的每一步
But more, much more than this
但更重要,更重要的是
I did it my way
我一切都照自己的方式 來做

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
不錯,是曾經有那麼幾次,我相信你也知 道
When I bit off more than I could chew
當我太過貪婪,咬下了我嚼不動的份量
But through it all, when there was doubt
但在那一切過程之中,當我有所疑慮
I ate it up and spit it out
我依然打落牙和血吞
I faced it all and I stood tall
我面對了一 切,我從不屈服
And did it my way
一切按照自己的方式來做

I've loved, I've laughed and cried
我曾愛過,也曾笑過、哭過
I've had my fill; my share of losing
我曾志得意滿,也曾嘗過失敗
And now, as tears subside
如今,當淚痕已乾
I find it all so amusing
我發現一切其實相當有趣
To think I did all that
想想看, 我竟然做了那一切
And may I say - not in a shy way
請容我大言不慚的說
"Oh no, oh no, not me
「不一樣,我可不一樣
I did it my way"
我一切都照自己的方式來做」

For what is a man, what has he got
因為,什麼叫做男子漢,他擁有些什麼
If not himself, then he has naught
如果不能擁有他的自我,他還有些什麼
To say the things he truly feels
大聲的說出他真正的感受
And not the words of one who kneels
而不是卑躬諂媚的言 語
The record shows I took the blows
記錄顯示,我承當了一切的打擊
And did it my way
而且一切都照自己的方式來做
Yes, it was my way
是的,那就是我的方式




Japanese


マイ・ウェイ
訳詞:中島潤 編曲:黒澤吉徳
--- 一番 ---
今 船出が近づくこの時に
ふとたたずみ 私は ふりかえる
遠く旅して歩いた若い日を
すべて 心の決めたままに
愛と涙と微笑みに溢れ
今思えば 楽しい思い出 よ
君に告げよう 迷わずに行く事を
君の 心の決めたままに
私には愛する歌があるから
信じたこの道を私は 行くだけ
すべては 心の決めたままに
 
--- 二番 ---
今 船出が近づくこの時に
ふとたたずみ 私は ふりかえる
遠く旅して歩いた若い日を
すべて 心の決めたままに
私には愛する歌があるから
信じたこの道を私は 行くだけ
すべては 心の決めたままに




French

Comme d'habitude
Je me leve et je te bouscule
Tu ne te reveilles pas comme d'habitude
Sur toi je remonte le drap
J'ai peur que tu aies froid comme d'habitude
Ma main caresse tes cheveux
Presque malgre moi comme d'habitude
Mais toi tu me tournes le dos
Comme d'habitude
Alors je m'habille tres vite
Je sors de la chambre comme d'habitude
Tout seul je bois mon cafe
Je suis en retard comme d'habitude
Sans bruit je quitte la maison
Tout est gris dehors comme d'habitude
J'ai froid, je releve mon col
Comme d'habitude
Comme d'habitude, toute la journee
Je vais jouer a faire semblant
Comme d'habitude je vais sourire
Comme d'habitude je vais meme rire
Comme d'habitude, enfin je vais vivre
Comme d'habitude
Et puis le jour s'en ira
Moi je reviendrai comme d'habitude
Toi, tu seras sortie
Pas encore rentree comme d'habitude
Tout seul j'irai me coucher
Dans ce grand lit froid comme d'habitude
Mes larmes, je les cacherai
Comme d'habitude
Comme d'habitude, meme la nuit
Je vais jouer a faire semblant
Comme d'habitude tu rentreras
Comme d'habitude je t'attendrai
Comme d'habitude tu me souriras
Comme d'habitude
Comme d'habitude tu te deshabilleras
Comme d'habitude tu te coucheras
Comme d'habitude on s'embrassera
Comme d'habitude
Comme d'habitude on fera semblant
Comme d'habitude on fera l'amour
Comme d'habitude on fera semblant
Comme d'habitude...

Thursday 18 February 2010

Installing Age Of Empire III

Problem

There was one day when my friend lend me a Chinese-traditional version of Age Of Empire III and then when I tried install it, it give me this error message "1628 failed to complete installation" right after click the "Install" button.

Tried search on the net and found from Microsoft help page titled "Microsoft Games: InstallShield Error Messages"

However, none of the method worked. Then I tried to find possible solution at www.baidu.com

Solution

The problem was that the setting on "Regional and Language option" -> "Language for non-Unicode program" was on chinese(PRC)

Method 1
Use "Microsoft AppLocale" on the autorun.exe using Chinese-Traditional

Method 2
Change from control panel "Regional and Language option" -> "Language for non-Unicode program" to Chinese(PRC) and restart. Then start install again

Computer OS
Windows xp sp3 Chinese simplified version

Wednesday 17 February 2010

Cutting out Images in Paint.NET

Tutorial from: http://www.isimonbrown.co.uk/cutting-out-images/?tab=text

Below is the tutorial

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This tutorial will guide you through the process of cutting out parts of photos and other images for use separately. If your final image has a transparent background after completing this tutorial (i.e. you have no plans to add a background) then you should save it as a PNG or GIF (preferably PNG) - for more information see Myrddin's FileType tutorial.

1. Find your image - i'll be using this stock photo.

2. On a new layer with a relatively thin width, (depending on the size of your image) cover the perimeter of the part of the image you wish to cut out with the brush and line tools being careful to leave no gaps.

3. Now select the magic wand tool (any tolerance below 60% should work fine) and click inside the outline.

4. Now hold down Ctrl + I to invert the selection, and then select the background layer.

5. Now press the "delete" key and remove the layer you use to draw the outline, then crop the image to the part you have cut-out.

7. Use the feather plugin to make the edges less aliased.


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The way this work is use Brush to draw on the second layer, then use Magic Wand select the drawn area, then Invert the selection.

Base on the invert selection we can select rest of the whole picture. Now just change the modification to the Background layer then delete the selected part