This is the vocal track from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon by Coco Lee called A Love Before Time..
Its a lovely track and has that haunting chinese music that everyone loves...
These are the romanized lyrics to the song Zhu Zhi Ge by Xiang Xiang
We dont have it on the site at the moment, but hopefully Kurosawa will upload it soooon!!
zhu ni de bi zi you liang ge kong gan mao shi de ni hai gua zhe bi ti niu niu
zhu ni you zhe hei qi qi de yan wang ya wang ya wang ye kan bu dao bian
zhu ni de er duo shi na me da hu shan hu shan ye ting bu dao wo zai ma ni sha
zhu ni de wei ba shi juan you juan yuan lai pao pao tiao tiao hai li bu kai ta e~~~
zhu tou zhu nao zhu shen zhu yi ba cong lai bu tiao shi de guai wa wa
mei tian shui dao ri shai san gan hou cong bu shua ya cong bu da jia
zhu ni de du zi shi na me gu yi kan jiu zhi dao shou bu liao sheng huo de ku
zhu ni de pi fu shi na me bai shang bei zi yi ding tou zai na fu gui ren jia e~~~
chuan shuo ni de zu xian you ba ding ba suan ming xian sheng shuo ta ming zhong fan tao hua
jian dao piao liang gu niang jiu xi xi ha ha bu hui lian hong bu hui hai pa
zhu tou zhu nao zhu shen zhu wei ba cong lai bu tiao shi de guai wa wa
mei tian shui dao ri shai san gan hou cong bu shua ya cong bu da jia
e~~~
chuan shuo ni de zu xian you ba ding ba suan ming xian sheng shuo ta ming zhong fan tao hua
jian dao piao liang gu niang jiu xi xi ha ha bu hui lian hong bu hui hai pa ni hen xiang ta
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Post a vid of yourself singing this or any of the other songs on Pyontube and you could win something special!!
OK!
So everyone knows a bit about me, Tsujigazm and exactly what I do here on Pyontube, but our reclusive leader Kurosawa is something of an enigma.. He keeps himself locked away and only pokes out for a comment or two, but otherwise keeps himself busy playing with the dark innards of the Pyon~World.
I decided to crawl into the underbelly of Pyontube to search for him and ask him a few questions so that each and every one of you can find out just a little more about the man, the mystery, the practically transparent person (due to lack of sunlight) that is Kurosawa..
Hmmm...
It turned from finding out about Kurosawa to finding out what Pyontube is about and why it came into existance.
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Tsujigazm: HELLO
Kurosawa: HiHi
Tsujigazm: I have decided to interview you on behalf of all the members of Pyontube so that
they can get a little insight into the mysterious being that is Kurosawa.
Kurosawa: Oookay
Tsujigazm: Social networking websites are nothing new nowadays and there are many out there
to compete with, what made you want to start your own social networking website?
Kurosawa: As is pretty obvious I am a huge fan of asian music and like most of you have
been a member of various online communities with similar interests. However I
found it was difficult to gain access to a range of music as most of these sites
either rehashed the same few artists and bands while others didn't have a means of
listening to the music. I always thought 'Wouldn't it be great if there was a place
I could visit to listen to the music I like before I make a commitment to buy'. A
sort of 'try before you buy' for those groups I have never before listened to. After
searching for a long time to no avail I thought I'd go ahead and make the bloody
thing myself. and I did.
Tsujigazm: Couldnt someone just search for what they want on other popular video websites?
Kurosawa: I admit that is what I used to do myself. Youtube does have a large selection of
asian media, but I find that not only is the quality poor but the music is hard to
find. Youtube and other social media sites tend to be a free for all with content
and as such does not help support a community of people with common interests.
Because Pyontube is focused on Asian music we do not have these problems.
Tsujigazm: Ok, so what can you offer someone who visits your site? What sets you apart from
other social media websites?
Kurosawa: My main goal for the site was to create a great community.
No matter how much content we have the site would not be an attractive place to visit
with a community like some other sites (which I wont mention here).
My next goal was to bring awareness to the lesser known even independent Asian
artists out there as there is a wealth of talent many people are unaware of.
Pyontube offers many things other sites do not, mainly heavy user influence. We
allow members to create groups and even contribute to site design by having a go
at making their own logo's. We also offer a growing range of customisable widgets
for members to add to their blogs or personal web pages and even reward our most
active members with a customised widget upon request.
In the near future we hope to offer new ways for our community to influence the
site.
Tsujigazm: You say that your main goal was to 'create a great community'; what is your
definition of a great community?
Kurosawa: Hmmm. I guess a given is a community full of active members. This doesn't necessarily
mean members who upload lots of stuff but rather people who rate media, comment on
blogs and pages and make friends. This is a large part of a social networking community.
The most important part is that people get along well. Why join a new community if you don't
make new friends?
Tsujigazm: Indeedy! Your second goal was to promote new and lesser known bands, groups or solo artists.
What is your (Pyontube) approach to this? How are you finding these artists who are not well
publicised?
Kurosawa: We have been looking into a few methods of finding these artists including requesting people
living in Asia to join the community. We also listen very carefully to the soundtracks in Asian film
& TV. Our best resource has to be the iTunes music store in Japan. Here we have access to an
independant and unsigned artist section that is full of great music.
Tsujigazm: You said that you can make 'custom widgets' for communities and/or members. What are they
and how do they work?
Kurosawa: A widget is basically a small web app, usually flash based that can be placed anywhere that allows
you to post in html. The widgets on Pyontube are fully functional media players that will list all of your
favourite music on Pyontube for anybody to play. The actual file is stored on our servers so all you
need is the small section of code and you can use the widget anywhere.
Tsujigazm: So a Pyontube member can post their widget on, say, their favourite message boards or forums?
Or on the pages of their favourite social networking sites like MySpace?
Kurosawa: Absolutely! We even offer an automatic system for the more popular sites so they don't have to
worry about messing about with code.
Tsujigazm: Does a person have to be a member to take a Pyontube widget and use it?
Kurosawa: We have a mix of widgets available. At the lowest level there are those found on our media play
pages. These allow anybody, even non members to use a widget that plays the corresponding media.
Next we have special widgets only available to members that will list and play all the things that person
has contributed to the site. Finally we have the custom widgets, These are created just for our most
active members and include custom graphics and logo's.
Tsujigazm: On each members page, they have a small section for "Points" Can you tell me how a member can
accumulate the points and how they can redeem them on the site?
Kurosawa: The points system is a fairly new implementation that is still undergoing testing. Every member starts
off with 100 points when they join the site (members who joined before the system was implemented
got 250 points instead). You gain more points by contributing to the community, the number of points
given differs depending on the contribution with more points being given to those who upload content or
comment on a members profile.
In the future we hope to implement a series of rewards, both virtual and physical to tie in with the
points system.
Tsujigazm: Running a website like Pyontube surely costs real money and not just points, how do you manage with
the costs without resorting to taking donations and what can a member do to help out?
Kurosawa: Running a website of this scale does cost money. We need to run servers powerful enough to encode
all the media our members upload as well as have the space to store it in.
To offset this cost we, like all other non-privatly funded websites rely on advertisement revenue. We
have a variety of adverts on the site, the one that pays the most being the tall 'skyscraper' ad on the
right hand side.
At the moment Pyontube costs around $100/£68/€76/¥9,860 per month and is operating at a loss.
As we get more members this should even out however and we are optimistic about the future of
Pyontube.
The skyscraper advert I mentioned comes in two forms. The first being an advertisment for either
YesAsia or YesStyle. These ads are commission based, meaning if you buy something from one of
these stores after clicking one of these ads we get 5% of the sale.
The other kind is the standard Google ad. These ads give us money depending on how many clicks
we receive in a day. I will take this time to mention that if a member continuously clicks these ad links
to extreme amounts we actually lose money. This is done to prevent us from cheating the system so if
you wish to help us out please keep this in mind, We have had a member do this in the past and it
resulted in more harm than good.
Tsujigazm: Finally, As of now, do you think you are on the way to achieving the goals you have set for the
development of Pyontube and what are your plans for the future?
Kurosawa: Pyontube has succeeded in creating a small yet friendly community who are eager to contribute.
My goal now is to try and increase the size of this community without losing any of the atmosphere.
For this we hope our current members will help us out and spread the word to people they believe
would enjoy what we have to offer.
We have a range of new projects for the site underway including various site upgrades, an interactive
newsletter and competitions complete with virtual and physical prizes. Unfortunately for those reading
this interview we will be keeping the rest of these ideas a secret until we feel the time is right.
We are always open to suggestions from our members so feel free to email or post on either my or
Tsujigazm's profile.
Tsujigazm: Thank you for this wonderfully revealing look at Pyontube, it's history and it's future. I hope that it
opens the eyes and ears of our members to the hard work that is put into everything that happens on
this site and that it would not be possible without their valued input and it would not be worth it if they
didn't enjoy it! :D Thanks again Kurosawa for taking the time to share all this information with
everyone on Pyontube.
Kurosawa: 
Ok, Ok, so maybe there are is no Sex on this blog post,,, nor will there be any lies, but one thing is for sure, there is a whole stack of videos lined up for you!
Pyontube is currently in the process of amassing a mega amount of audio and video for you to feast your eyes and ears on! As well a promoting the well known bands and solo artists on the site, we are also going to be showcasing the newest talent, both signed and unsigned to come out of China, Japan and Korea.
I know that a small number of our videos are not the best quality, but to counteract that problem we will be getting a large amount of our audio and video files from a hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh quality source and yes, we will be using our own money to keep your eyes and ears filled with the latest music, videos, news and gossip from the East!
This is where you come in!
Although we are using our own money to fund this, it would be nice for you to support Pyontube by visiting our friends and supporters over at YesAsia.com and YesStyle.com by clicking on their banners that are dotted around the site :D
No doubt the fashion concious of you have already seen the sparkley bags and bright tshirts on the banners :D
As well as promo
We will also be selling iTunes gift cards for both the American and Japanese iTunes stores. You can buy the Japanese cards over at a popular Japanese Toys, Gifts, Magazine and General Wackiness store online,,(you know who i mean),, but they are slightly overpriced for the cards they sell... in my opinion anyway!
So you can get access to the latest and greatest Japanese, Chinese and Korean music from a more legitimate and high quality source rather than getting the music and videos from second hand sources online that are just a little less legitimate ;)
Support your favourite bands by buying their music from iTunes as they recieve more of a royalty as they would from just selling albums via a regular store or cd's on stores such as Amazon.
Getting the music right off the shelf, straight from the recording studio, as soon as it is released is the name of the game in the eyes (and ears) of a music consumer and that is why Pyontube is investing in the newest sounds and videos as soon as they are released so you, our very much loved Pyonners, can hear the high quality music and watch the highest quality videos before they are muxed and chopped and changed by users of Youtube and the quality is sacrificed by constant tossing around on sites :D
Only the greatest quality will come from Pyontube from now on and with your help, we can create the greatest Asian music community on the net!
Thank Y'all for your time ;)
Love
Tsujigazm
刘德华 - 再说一次我爱你
This is a song called 再说一次我爱你 (zai shuo yi ci wo ai ni) by Andy Lau. His name in Chinese is 刘德华 or Liu de Hua. The english name for the song is "Say again that I love you."
*Edited and Translated by Tsujigazm*
Aside from optimising this site a little before release (as well as redesigning the home page with a seies of flash widgets) i have been having an asian movie marathon.
I recently got a new Media drive enclosure that has the ability to render .srt and .sub subtitle files. What better way to test it out than to watch 10 subtitled movies? 
I watched chungking express and both death note movies again as well as the following i had never before seen.
I was most impressed with my mighty princess and sweet rain. As much as i like a good horror film (especially this close to halloween), I have to say those two stood out. Princess for its unique take on chinese martial arts movies and Sweet Rain for its use of characters and the way they influence each others lives (seing takeshi kaneshiro is such a role is odd too).
The only thing that i disliked about My Mighty Princess was the soundtrack. I am not a fan of C-Rap.
If you havn't seen either movie I suggest you watch them. :)
Sweet Rain Trailer
My Mighty Princess Trailer