Didn’t forget to post  a little warm greeting from Great Warintorn to all Gr8 fans (reposted from Greatfanclub facebook), isn’t he cute? Hahaha~

> English Translation <
Happy Chinese New Year! In one year, we says “Happy New Year” more than one time. Wish you all healthy and always conscious. Do you believe….I have some Chinese blood?

> Chinese Translation <
新年快乐！一年当中，我们祝贺新年快乐超过一次。祝你们

Nothing much, TKM is coming to an end of the season. 13 weeks of chasing, somehow I watch with stressful condition due to major exam that happened during the middle part of the show. I gonna miss TKM very badly.

Now, I have post-exam period/holiday for 9 months~ I guess this is gonna be my longest period of holiday in my life. Currently, I am hooked up with Thai lakorns and I have lotsa it waiting for me to watch…

Recently I have just opened a fan club for Great Warintorn, my fav Thai male artiste. I hope Great fans all over the world can join this club. Also, I really really really need Thai speakers who is proficient in English to translate some Thai articles about Great…  Help urgently needed~~~ TQ TQ!! And by the way this is a voluntary work so no rewards except being one of the admins

Join us at  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Great-Warintorn-English-FC/187494428012586

Thai fan club (Greatfanclub): http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greatfanclub-%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%97-%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A3-%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%8C/106502302790228?ref=ts

Some info abt P’Great

Name: Warintorn Panhakarn (วรินทร ปัญหกาญจน์)
Nickname: Great (เกรท)
Profession: actor & model
Date of birth: March 26, 1985
Birthplace: Thailand
Height: 183cm
Weight: 73kg
Siblings: 1 younger sister and 1 younger brother
Education: Bachelor Degree from Rungsit University (Faculty of Fine Arts)

Filmography:
Ruk Ter Yord Ruk (2008) (Ch.3) as Sakon
Sai Sueb Delivery (Ch.3/2009) with Yardthip Rachapal
Fai Shone Sang (Ch.3/2009) with Chompoo Araya A. Hargate
Johng Kol Khing Tian (Ch.3 2010) with Janie Tienphosuwan
Pleng Ruk Rim Khob Fah (Ch.3 2010) with Benz Pornchita Na Songkhla
Kularb Rai Glai Ruk (Ch.3 2011) with Peeranee Kongthai (Matt)
Khun Seuk (Ch.3 Upcoming) with Benz Pornchita Na Songkhla

This episode of TKM is about the annual party of The Avillon. Due stress, I didn’t really put much concentration so I gonna write in point forms what  I can remember la:

- This ep looks crazy… everyone looks so crazy like having stress through the year like me today and release everything on that day… the waitresses keep bugging Maddie while she is cooking… hell…

- I really can’t stand that Selene Argon using Maddie to help her preparing ‘her’ dish and in the end Selene never help Maddie back…! And no one eats her fish!! But frankly I like Selena’s dish more…

- Love quadrangle: Carla looks sucks for the whole ep coz she knows that Daniel doesn’t love her. Daniel always create attention but Maddie is too busy to entertain him. Daniel wants to talk to her in the end of the ep ( they got drunk in the end ) and then suddenly ‘cut’… I dunno what happen… for your information Malaysia tv always ‘cut’ intimate/kissing scenes…Or the ori one really have nothing, same like this?

- Winston tries to share his secret but no one listens… yeap he is a gay~~ What a surprise!! But the staffs are happy for him too~ The partner is the wedding planner in the Indian wedding ep.

-Christipher and Harry – I can’t understand what kind of conflict they are having… and talking about sleeping with boss’ wife?

-Songs: I love the song with Karaoke writings – Can’t Fight The Feeling… That is the only song I know. The others are nice too but is new to me~ Any idea on what are the 1st and 3rd songs… the 4th one I heard before but I do not know the title…

-During ad that was an Anchor Cheese ad on winning a trip to the Philippines TO MEET THE STARS!! I don’t even have the chance to copy the address coz it was too fast… gonna call the hotline to ask for more… I HOPE TO WIN THE TRIP~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!

Christian Bautista looks crazy today, too~~ Singing the song listed above. Maddie doesn’t sing much coz she is too busy cooking…. And did Daniel confess his love to Maddie??

Guess that’s all for tis MONTH… see you all next month. Catch TKM in your respective TV channels and please pray for my exam Thanks… and hope I can win the contest

~Love, TEAM DANIEL and fans of TKM~

Found this on Arthur Acuna’s FB gallery~~

There will be a French restaurant opening opposite The Avillon and the boss is offering a Executive Chef’s post to on of the staffs in The Avillon. Most of them thought that Maddie will be the one being chosen to work for that post over there but Daniel was chosen instead. Daniel is so happy and he really have high hopes and he thinks the best for himself. Maddie feels unhappy as she thinks that loyalty to The Avillon is more important than anything else. However, Daniel explained to her that he will not have a better post or chances if he stays in The Avillon and he should grab any chances that he have and Alex said that it is a norm in the cook industry they can always leave for better chances. After thinking all that, Maddie supports his decision. Haha, this time Maddie is the one who ask him out for a dinner and Daniel gladly accepts this… but she CLARIFIED that Daniel is not just a FRIEND but a PEER!! OMG look at Daniel’s eyes hahahaha… But it is good to know that Maddie doesn’t like him but I let’s hope everything goes with its nature course…

Meanwhile, Beyonce will coming to The Avillon for a short dinner after her concert and all of them are busy preparing for her arrival, but every efforts and preparations goes down the drain when she is not able to be there. especially Winston the dessert chef who tries really hard to prepare his dish… awwwww I feel so sad for him… And then there is a waiter (I never see her before), she is like a ghost snooping in the kitchen eating, eating and eating… LOL. She was eating something in the freezer when Daniel pulls Maddie in for a talk… who is that mysterious female anyway?

Selena was rejected by Alex and she feels sucks… I kinda pity her but she has to accept that Alex doesn’t love her. I think they has sex and Alex think was a MISTAKE! Leslie, the head waitress wants to follow Daniel as she couldn’t stand Selena pricking on her anymore. She demands to Harry that either Selena goes, or she herself goes! Harry only give her a sightless-and-go-if-you-want-to gaze and reply her to go if she ones. She is so damn furious upon hearing that.

The new restaurant’s owner wants another chef to be there and Daniel chose the line cook… (I forgot her name in the show but her real name is Carla Dunareanu) Alex is very furious to know that Daniel poach other cooks and reprimanded him. “What have I been teaching you… YOU HAVE NO PRINCIPLES!!” Daniel explained that he is left with no choice and he has to do that. But upon leaving Harry tells Daniel that the new restaurant is not opening and Daniel lost his job and he is welcomed back… but not the case for Leslie. This is because Christopher Avillon has connections with the person-in-charge of the spot opposite. Daniel feels sad of course but he is warmly welcomed back by the team.

To me, I can’t blame Daniel that he thinks like that coz everyone deserves a better chance… right? Since it is a norm in that industry so I think there should be no prob? But for normal people like us I think that is something inhuman, no flesh and blood, to just leave a place with memories like that? Think about it…

The songs featured in this episode include Nobody, Tik Tok and I can’t identify the 3rd song although I am a fan of old songs, the one after Alex scold Daniel that he has got no principle and both of them singing together with the light bulb swaying around… I hope the song will be posted… I really love the version of Nobody, it is so great with Karylle and Christian Bautista and with all the other staffs singing… and the version of Tik Tok, featuring all the waiters, and the singer Gayle is hot and she sings so well!! Checked online and she is from Sg IDOL! WOW!! Featuring Tik Tok by Gayle:

Added a new song here… ‘Losing My Religion’ … the one with light bulb swaying around…

Article from Universal Music Philippines:

CHRISTIAN BAUTISTA RELEASES INTERNATIONAL ALBUM “OUTBOUND”

Acknowledging Christian Bautista’s successful bid in Asia, the Asiansation is set to release his very first international album “Outbound”, released via Universal Records.

The album boasts of recordings of Christian done outside the country and his collaborations with music producers and artists from the United States, Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Indonesia.

The first single “All That’s Left” presents Christian’s new, bolder sound, and further proves that he is more than just a balladeer.

While taping for “The Kitchen Musical”, Christian never ceased to get in touch with some of the region’s movers in the music industry until he met Tat Tong, composer of “Outbound”’s first single. Tat is the composer of the anthemic “All That’s Left”.

Tat Tong
Producer, arranger, songwriter Tat Tong is responsible for more than 20 Top 10 and five #1-charting hits in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and mainland China.

His songwriting, arranging and mixing work has gone platinum and won accolades from artists and critics, including the Top 20 Songs of 2011 and the Top 10 Albums of April 2011 in the Global Chinese Music Awards. In addition, best-selling Hong Kong artist Hins Cheung [Universal Music Hong Kong] has described Tat’s production work as “nuanced and layered – the production quality is unparalleled by other contemporary productions in the market”.

Tat Tong is presently involved in mixing an official album for NBC’s top-rating reality a cappella competition The Sing-Off, which will be released under Sony Music’s Epic Records in the U.S.

“Outbound” also features Tat’s three masterpieces- original songs like “Unphotographable”, “What Can I Do” and his masterful work on Christian’s cover of George Michael’s “Faith”, which is special for Christian because it is his first big solo in “The Kitchen Musical”.

Christian and other collaborations
Aside from Christian’s collaborations with Tat, “Outbound” gathers his noteworthy works with Grammy-nominated multi-platinum instrumentalist Jim Brickman (“Never Far Away”), the K-Pop R&B trio One Way (“Wrong Number”), Indonesian songwriter Satrio for the hit “I’m Already King”, the theme of Christian’s Indonesian movie “A Special Symphony”, and with Avex Japan’s amazing Baby M for the lovely duet “Sakura”.

Christian and Avex Trax artist Baby M
Baby M is a signed artist of Japan’s biggest independent recording company Avex Trax, home of J-Pop superstars like Namie Amuro, Ayumi Hamasaki, Koda Kumi to name a few.
Their duet will be released in countries like Japan, South Africa, further establishing Christian’s stature as an international recording artist.

Christian and BlackBerry
Christian was pleased to showcase the new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900 smartphone and BlackBerry® PlayBook™ in the “All That’s Lef”t music video, which paired Christian with the Queen of CosPlay Alodia Gosiengfiao.

Christian is an avid BBM™ (BlackBerry® Messenger) user, most especially when he worked for four months in Singapore for “The Kitchen Musical.” So it was a natural choice for him to use BlackBerry devices for the “All That’s Left” music video featuring Queen of CosPlay Alodia Gosiengfiao. BBM, the instant messaging application for BlackBerry smartphone customers, allows users to exchange messages, photos, videos, and voice notes with their BBM contacts no matter where they are in the world. It works in real time, enabling people to share their experiences instantly with individuals or groups of contacts – it even provides confirmation when messages have been delivered and read.

Christian knows that for Filipinos living abroad, BBM is a cost-efficient and fun way to share life’s experiences with loved ones around the globe.
Christian and The Kitchen Musical

Christian can still be seen in the first Pan-Asian musical TV series “The Kitchen Musical”, which airs over at AXN (New episodes every Monday, 9:05pm) and Studio 23 (New episodes every Saturday, 7:30pm). In the series, he plays Chef Daniel, a confident sous chef in love with best friend and co-worker Chef Maddie (Karylle).

Christian is being supported by Belo, Swatch, Blackwater and Gold’s Gym.

Outbound is now available at all record bars nationwide.

Track List

1. All That’s Left
2. Unphotographable
3. Faith from “The Kitchen Musical”
4. I’m Already King from “A Special Symphony”
5. What Can I Do
6. Never Far Away with Grammy nominated recording artist Jim Brickman
7. Wrong Number with K-Pop R&B Trio One Way
8. Sakura with Avex Japan artist Baby M

FOLLOW CHRISTIAN BAUTISTA:

Christian Bautista Facebook Fanpage: http://www.facebook.com/xianbautista
Christian Bautista Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtianbautista
The Kitchen Musical Facebook Fanpage: http://www.facebook.com/TKMOfficial

Trailer:

Haha I actually found some cute videos of them and I gotta share them here

Slywia’s New Album- Sen o przyszłości, released early this month. Tried to import it all the way from Poland for collection

Sylwia Grzeszczak – Sen o przyszłości (Dream of The Future)

Z oczu twych czytam, że powinieneś pójść
Bałam się tego dnia, serce krzyczy – wróć!
Rozum wie lepiej, na tej planecie już
Nie opłaca się kochać
Koniec gry, mamy dość, wypadamy w aut
Przecież tak toczy się los miliardów par
Przecież tym dzisiaj oddycha ziemia
Chaos, pustka, strach!

Budzisz mnie pocałunkiem
Kończy się zły
I kończy się zły
Sen o przyszłości…
Oczy otwieram smutne
Umiera świat
Bo umiera świat
Na brak miłości…

Nasza łódź wpływa na coraz szybszy nurt
Coraz mniej mamy chwil by pogadać – spójrz
Cały nasz dialog to gigabajty bzdur
Szum, brak zasięgu
Twój blask, mój gniew, twój strach, mój śpiew
Dłoń w dłoń, przed siebie, wszystko czego chcę!

Cały ten świat opada z sił kiedy się kończy miłość
Już tylko ty masz taką moc, obudź mnie, proszę!
Ratuj go!

Oczy otwieram smutne
Umiera świat
Bo umiera świat
Na brak miłości…

Translation:

With thine eyes I read that you should go
I was scared that day, my heart cries out – go back!
Reason knows better on this planet is already
It does not pay to love
End of game , we have enough, we performed in cars
But so goes the fate of billions of pairs
After all, the earth breathes today
Chaos, emptiness, fear!

You wake me with a kiss
Ends bad
And end up bad
Dream about the future …
Sad eyes open
the world is dying
Because the world is dying
For lack of love …

Our boat affects the accelerating trend
Fewer and fewer moments we would talk – look
Our entire dialogue is rubbish gigabytes
Noise, lack of coverage
Your brilliance, my anger, your fear, my singing
Hand in hand, before him, all I want!

The whole world falls from power, when the love ends
Already only you have so much power – please wake me, save us!

Sad eyes open
the world is dying
because the world is dying for lack of love…

Sylwia Grzeszczak – Małe rzeczy (Little Things)

Żadne z nas już nie pamięta,
jak beztrosko biegły dni,
wiele nam nie było trzeba
ja i ty, i długo nic.
Nie zadawaliśmy pytań,
nie prowadziliśmy gier,
dziś kalkulujemy wszystko,
nie ma w tym szaleństwa, wiem.
Co z tym możemy zrobić?

Budujemy nasz dom na piasku,
cena nie gra roli dziś,
kupiliśmy prawie wszystko,
ale wciąż nie mamy nic.
Chcę pozbierać znowu myśli,
słyszeć bicie naszych serc,
widzieć, ile szczęścia w sobie
kryje każda mała rzecz.

Cieszmy się z małych rzeczy, bo
wzór na szczęście w nich zapisany jest!

Między nami znów zaiskrzy,
odnajdziemy blask i wdzięk
zakończymy smutny shopping
sztucznych, galerianych szczęść.
I będzie jak dawniej,
przestańmy się spieszyć,
zacznijmy od nowa
od tych małych rzeczy.

I będzie jak dawniej,
przestańmy się spieszyć,
zacznijmy od nowa, od tych małych rzeczy.

Translation:

None of us can remember,
how slaphappy passed the days.
We didn’t need much,
me and you, and nothing for long.
We didn’t ask questions,
we didn’t play games.
Today we’re calculating everything,
there’s no craziness in it.
What can we do about it?

We’re building our house on the sand,
goal today is irrelevant
We’ve bought almost everything,
but still we have nothing.
I want to recollect my thoughts,
hear the beating of our hearts,
see how much happiness
is in every small thing.

Let’s enjoy little things,
because the model for bliss is written in them!

It’ll sparkle between us again,
we’ll find the brilliance and charm.
We’ll end the cheerless shopping
of the faked gallery-joy.
And it’ll be like it was long ago.
Let’s finish the hurry,
let’s start again
from this little things!

And it’ll be like it was long ago.
Let’s finish the hurry,
let’s start again
from this little things!

Today’s episode is a bit still but the songs are great, especially the song “Every Breath You Take” which I think is the catch of the episode, and it has been playing on the trailer for the past one week~! The song at the end is not bad either but I don’t know the name.

Episode 4 is about this, briefly, that The Avillon is publishing a cook book, and Harry wants Maddie to at least have ONE recipe to be included in the cookbook as she has now some fame. Alex isn’t really satisfied with the decision but he has to accept it. She plans to put in her mom’s best dish but it was too ‘classic’ and no sense of ‘modern’, and Alex wants it to be ‘radical’.  Instead, Alex changed her recipe completely and Maddie seems satisfied with the end product.

Daniel feels sad because he is not even being asked to include his recipe in the cookbook whereas Maddie the newbie is the one, instead of he himself as the sous chef, the one directly under Alex. Secondly, he gets really really jealous when Alex gets so close with Maddie, and he just won’t admit that he is in love with Maddie when Selena keeps whispering things on his ears. Daniel looks terribly sucks this whole episode coz I only can see his ‘merajuk’ faces with full of jealousy. Meanwhile, Maddie’s father forces Harry to let her sign a contract and she is NOT allowed to read the content and I also don’t know what the contents are… a surprise later on, I guess? Harry really feels bad for doing this but he is left out with no choice as Maddie’s father makes him who he is today.

I think viewers may have their own respective ‘teams’ over here by now, I mean, if they really been watching all the episodes since the 1st until today, which is either ‘Team Daniel’ or ‘Team Alex’ similar to “Team Jacob’ and ‘Team Edward’ among Twilight fans. However there may be some difference in TKM coz the 2 characters here have really vast difference in their personality, style, and the way they attract viewers attention?  Which one are you in? Daniel or Alex? At the same time, I would assume, just assume la, that most viewers will be on Team Daniel coz Alex is too egoistic…haha~ But normally the female lead will always choose the male lead which most viewers may not really like, and it seems like Maddie likes Alex even more coz Daniel already ask her for a drink for 2 episodes continuously and yes, she REJECTED exactly twice spontaneously!! Kesian Daniel~~  By the way, I am in Team Daniel~

That’s all for today I think, fortunately I found the BEST song for the episode in Youtube so that I can post it over here. Enjoy and have a good day

Recently there is a musical show named ‘The Kitchen Musical’. It is something like an Asian version of Glee, which I think is better than the latter (sorry, Glee fans). I think the producer or writer is a Malaysian, a Penangtie. I feel so proud as a Malaysian~

‘The Kitchen Musical” is mouth-watering dramatic musical TV series packed with hit songs, delicious recipes and vibrant choreography, set in a fast-paced and cut-throat world of culinary arts. Taking place in The Avilon, a famous restaurant, The Kitchen Musical is a story about Maddie (played by Karylle), a rich, young girl straight out of Le Cordon Bleu, Paris, and her journey of self-discovery. Despite being the daughter of the restaurant owner, Maddie chooses to get the support of her colleagues by winning their trust. Daniel (played by Christian Bautista), is a best friend who is always by her side, along with Alex (played by Stehen Rahman Hughes), the main chef who is egoistic, domineering and a perfectionist who always prick on her (esp when she when she always cook with FEELING).

The main characters include:-

Karylle as Maddie Avilon, a fresh graduate of Le Cordon Bleu. She lands a job as the sous chef in her father’s restaurant. She struggles to show her individuality and creativity in the hands of the head chef. And she cooks with FEELING! Haha~

Stephen Rahman Hughes as Alex Marcus, the executive chef of The Avilon, known for his notoriety for perfection.

Christian Bautista as Daniel Ray, a supportive childhood friend of Maddie and the other sous chef of the restaurant.

Arthur Acuña as Harry Shaw, the general manager of The Avilon. He keeps secrets from Maddie on her father’s motives for letting her work in the restaurant.

Rosemary Vandenbroucke as Selena Argon, the sommelier of The Avilon who will do everything to get what she wants. She has a deep desire to get rid of Maddie and win Alex’s heart.

The Kitchen Musical is showing in all around Asia this month. As for Malaysians, catch this every Tuesday in ntv7, 8.30 p.m. and every Saturday in AXN Singapore, 8 p.m.!