EK10 with DJ Kwokodile 2/27/12

YAY FOR EK10 MAKING IT ON TIME! BC of Snowboardin!

1. [Back Home] - Tyler Ward & Alex G
YAYA! CLEAN VERSION OF THE SONG! TYLER WARD IS SO AWESOME! I really like Alex G's vocals and I hope you like them too! P.S First song I actually bought. :)

2. [Apologize] - Charlotte Sometimes
I think she had the most unique voice this season. I think that Blake has the gift of nurturing uniqueness, so I am glad she picked him. ALL 4! This is the best rendition of OneRepublic's song I've ever heard!

3. [Rumour Has It] - Mathai
I spelled Rumour instead of Rumor, cause that's how ADELE spells it. She was the best of the night! I'm glad she picked Adam! I think Adam would be able to nurture her the best. She was so good and I hope her voice gets even better than it already is!

4. [Butt Back Home] - Gym Class Heroes
Well I can say the rap is kinda bad... it's not that great. All I love is the catchy chorus... Not all that great of a reason to like this song... That's all I have to say is that, and oh btw... I listen to the clean version :) and now Tyler Ward's version

5. [Country Girl (Shake It For Me)] - Luke Bryan
Wow, long song name... Oh well, It makes up for it in the song :) It's a pretty great song. Great country, makes me happy, all I care about :P Luke Bryan has to be one of my favorite country artists! Him and Blake Shelton are my favorite!

6. [Somebody That I Used To Know] - Gotye
Totally lost faith in this song! I was so wrong! I still love it and it's great! Still love it for the same reasons... This is now such a nice song with great meanings!

7.  [Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)] - Kelly Clarkson
This is an amazing song! I love the lyrics, and even though it's by Kelly from IDOL, I still like it :) "Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone!"

8. [We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monae)] - Fun.
I love this song! It's so catchy and it so awesome! I really love Fun.! Just recently heard it and I need to listen to it more!

9. [Find Your Love] - James Massone
He was really good! I love this Drake rendition! He was really good! He is really strong and Cee Lo will do well with him. I think he did it better than Drake :)

3. [The Lazy Song] - Naia Kete
She was really good! She reminded me of Dia, so that's why I am so glad that she picked Blake! Her voice is really really really like Dia's! I hope she does well!








I think that I cheated a bit by copying and pasting, but I did edit some ;)

DJ Kwokodile

Randomness with Kwok Choy [2]: Snowboarding

Wow! I went snowboarding this weekend. Yes this means I am super tired and I am @ school. I have to admit, in choosing snowboarding over skiing was a better idea than skiing, but my reasons were not that great. I fell into peer pressure, everybody was snowboarding, except the lower class men and exchange students. So lots of things happened that were quite unfortunate.

     We had to wake up @ 3:30, and we got there at 8ish, and we didn't even start until 10:30ish. When we were on the practice grounds, I sucked so much. Later I learned, everyone is worse on the practice ground, because there are loads of people, and it's flat. Well, I am a very impatient person at times, so after 15 min of getting no where at the practice grounds, I wanted to go on the bunny slope. So I went with 2 other people.  Right when I got to the top, I fastened my other boot, and found out it broke, I decided I could still snowboard, I really could have, but I wasn't even off the starting point, and I was already failing, so I just sat in the snow for a while, but later I decided to walk down the hill. I was really p'd. I felt I should have done skiing. I wasted my money, so I decided to wait for the others to come down, I watched them at the top of the hill, and they weren't moving. I thought they were waiting for me to come back up the mountain! So now I was freaking out! I was on the bottom of the slope for roughly 15 min waiting for them. I then felt super scared. I realized I might have to go back up! I was already so scared of snowboarding, and it was the bunny slope! So, I was pretty darn upset. So I walked to the shop to get my board fixed. While waiting, I realized my face was super uncomfortable... I rubbed it and took a picture of my face with my phone. My worst fears were confirmed, I had hives. >.<
     So now, I was super tired, I waited an uber long time, I wasn't good, My board broke, I wasted lots of money, I had to walk down the slopes, I had to wait a while for my friends, I realized they were waiting for me, I had to wait for the guy to fix my board. So WOW! It doesn't end, of course it doesn't because I haven't gotten treatment yet. So he fixed my board, I headed out. I decided to call my youth pastor to call the people sitting on the slopes. But 10 min later, I found him! I was so talkative for the next 2 minutes, and they didn't catch anything... So me and my youth pastor went to the van which was a good 5 minutes away, and realized there was no Benadryl! So we went to the front desk, and they didn't have any... So they redirected use to the first aid place. They weren't allowed to carry any... They redirected us to a place near the ice rink, and they didn't have any either! SO HAPPY! not really... They told us we had to go out of the resort to get some... So I decided I would be fine and we carried on back to the slopes. When we returned, my board was gone.... I was super upset by now, so we reported it, and it turned out someone had taken my board, realized it wasn't their's and put it back in the wrong place. So we went back to the slopes!
     I was super scared, because I did horrible before. I did it and I only fell twice! I was quite proud of myself! I was SO HAPPY! I was relieved that I would be able to have a good time, and not waste my moneys! Then it was lunch, and I had 3 bowls of chili :P I was hungry and it was warm so yea. That's my defense.
     So we went back, and did the bunny slope 5 more times. Dan, my youth pastor, Lydia, and I decided to do a harder one. We accidentally went down the harder one... Yea... So the previous ski lift took about a minute. The harder one took over 5 minutes. Lydia and I were freaking out a lot by the time we approached 3 minutes and didn't see an end. We saw that the slopes were so so so steep! We were really really scared. So it wasn't really bad. It was a long run, but it was really really fun. The bad thing was the snow jets, since the resort was in NC, snow wasn't there, so they had to use artificial jets, and hence the snow blowing in our faces as we went down. I was so happy, that I didn't pay attention when the trail forked... I was so shocked to see Dan and Lydia on the other side of the fence! I then stop and try to head back, but to no avail. So I continued on, not knowing my fate. So I see a sign up ahead, it said freestyle terrain. I started to pray right there and then that I would not end up breaking bones like a guy at my school did. I realized that the slopes were so much harder. At first, I was thinking that I was going to avoid the hills and slopes, but I couldn't turn fast enough! So I actually caught air because I was going so fast! The landing was great, but after the landing , to no surprise, I fell. So I didn't have enough momentum to get over the next obstacle... I had to hop around it and do the next jump. HAHA. yea.. So I then went down another hill, and fell again after an awesome jump and landing. So I was done with the jumps and stuff, and it was just a super steep hill. I was pretty sure I would nail, it but I fell twice... I finished it without breaking anything!

Yea I caught as much air! But I probably didn't get the same landing :P BTW that's not me!

     I was too tired to go again, so I went to hang out @ the van with others. Later, we went to eat, and I had Chinese, I ate it because I didn't want Subway. So we went back and I couldn't find my sunglasses, so I decided to go anyway, and that I would be fine. BOY! Was I wrong! The ski jets were one even higher because it was dark, and practically no one was there! So the snow that used to just get in the way, were like ice pellets drilling into your face. I went once and decided I would go again. So I went up with my youth pastor and two other girls who were skiing. Right off the bat, they leave me... My snowboard was kinda retarded. It didn't work to secure the boots... but it was really hard that particular time... So then I was sitting there for 10 mins to fix the boots. It didn't work until I took the whole board off and did the other foot first. So I went down, and it hurt so much due to the snow, and then when I get down, we realized we lost a person, we looked for her on the slopes for 30 min, but she was in the canteen the whole time >.< 

    So we went back to the hotel, and we had pizza @ 11:30. It was really good! Pepperoni and Olives, and Sausage and Pineapple. 2 Large 2 Topping Pizzas for $19.99. It was really good and the trip was super fun!

Kwok Choy :)

THE VOICE Season 2 Recaps with DJ Kwokodile [#4]

YAY! This episode was full of great voices! Love the last person!

1. [U Got It Bad] - Jonathas
Wow... he sounds like Usher. He was really good. I'm glad he picked Christina over Cee Lo.

2. [Mr. Know It All] - Monique Benabou
She was pretty good and I think that Christina was smart in picking her.

3. [The Lazy Song] - Naia Kete
She was really good! She reminded me of Dia, so that's why I am so glad that she picked Blake!

4. [Apologize] - Charlotte Sometimes
I think she had the most unique voice this season. I think that Blake has the gift of nurturing uniqueness, so I am glad she picked him. ALL 4!

5. [We Are The Champions] - Tony Vincent
He sounded pretty good. I was kinda surprised that only Cee Lo turned. He had so much experience, so I was quite shocked at that.

6. [What's Going On] - Anthony Evans
Ha! I know his dad! Not well, but I know he's an evangelical speaker! It was so weird to see him on television. He was pretty good and Christina was smart to pick him.

7. [Folsom Prison Blues] - Jamie Lono
I think he was so good! I didn't realize this at first but after listening this a second time I realized it was Johnny Cash! iTunes loves him too. I think he should have picked Adam, but Cee Lo was a good choice too.

8. [Babylon] - Justin Hopkins
I think he was pretty good, but I'm glad Cee Lo turned around for him :)

9. [You Save Me] - Nicolle Galyon
I totally think that piano is country as well as guitar! She was decent, and I think Adam was smart to pick her.

10. [Shark In The Water] - Ashely De La Rosa
Team Xtina :)

11. [Chicken Fried] - Jordan Rager
Team Blake :)

12. [Just Like A Pill] - ALyX
Team Blake :)

13. [If I Die Young] - Karla Davis
Team Adam :)

14. [Rumour Has It] - Mathai
I spelled Rumour instead of Rumor, cause that's how ADELE spells it. She was the best of the night! I'm glad she picked Adam! I think Adam would be able to nurture her the best.







ENJOY THIS WEEK'S EPISODE! :D

THE VOICE Season 2 Recaps with DJ Kwokodile [#3]

WOW! Finally got the music :) but unfortunately the album covers are less than satisfactory... only 170 x 170 :( But that doesn't matter right now! I'm blogging for the first time in forever! So the next one will come out ASAP!

1. [You and I] - Sarah Golden
This was a fair song. The choice wasn't the best. I was a bit confused why they blurred her out during the interview, but now I know. I'm rather surprised she picked CeeLo! I think Blake could have helped her more, now she will most likely be cut during the Battle Rounds.

2. [The House of the Rising Sun] - Pip
I think this is the best guy in the competition by far! He is so awesome! The way he dresses is so awesome, and he sounds so much older than he is! Really great! So great that all 4 turned! Adam was the ultimate victor however.

3. [I Want You Back] - Erin Willett
I was so glad she got picked, after her story. She was good, but she wasn't that good. I'm glad Blake picked her!

4. [One of Us] - Katrina Parker
For some reason, I didn't really like her, but I am quite glad that Adam picked her!

5. [Higher Ground] - Geoff McBride
Wow! He was really good! He had a lot of soul! I think Cee Lo made a mistake by pushing his button too late. Christina will be able to do pretty cool things with him!

6. [Hey There Delilah] - Erin Martin
This voice blew me. It was in a good and bad way. Her voice was good, but you either love her or hate her. I think she should have gone with Blake! Blake has the art of helping the unique voices, but it was still good she went with Cee Lo!

7. [Find Your Love] - James Massone
He was really good! I love this Drake rendition! He was really good! He is really strong and Cee Lo will do well with him.

8. [Grenade] - Chris Cauley
He played it pretty safe according to me. He didn't have any really variety in range. He was good and I'm glad he picked Adam!

9. [The Joker] - Nathan Parrett
Team Adam :)

10. [Paris (Ooh La La)] - Brian Fuente
Team Blake :)

11. [Let's Get It Started] - Moses Stone
Team Xtina :)

12. [Maybe I'm Amazed] - Jordis Unga
 She was really good! She had lots and lots of power and range! I'm so glad she picked Blake!





I HOPE YOU ENJOY! SORRY FOR THE WAIT!

P.S I will not comment on the songs that weren't played for a regular audition.

EK10 2/20/12 with DJ Kwokodile

WOW! I really don't like this @ all! I regret not posting The Voice reviews, but I couldn't find the songs anywhere but iTunes... I'll leave it @ that... I regret this choice, but there was a lotttt of pop this week. I apologize for that... I do have a good country song :) Voice songs are almost all gone but that's because this week's songs weren't available... I will publish this one earlier... I feel like I'll forget... So disregard the date I put up :) I have no idea when the Voice songs will come out so... don't anticipate... I've been checking my phone every hour to see if the phones are there... It hasn't paid off. I really wish that I didn't wait those 3+ hours looking around. So enjoy this pop filled charts. Again apologies, I'm usually an alternative guy.

1. [Butt Back Home] - Gym Class Heroes
Well I can say the rap is kinda bad... it's not that great. All I love is the catchy chorus... Not all that great of a reason to like this song... That's all I have to say is that, and oh btw... I listen to the clean version :)

2. [Country Girl (Shake It For Me)] - Luke Bryan
Wow, long song name... Oh well, It makes up for it in the song :) It's a pretty great song. Great country, makes me happy, all I care about :P Luke Bryan has to be my fave country artist!


3. [God Gave Me You] - Blake Shelton
Wow! I love this song. :D He has to be my second favorite! Blake Shelton is the bomb! I really want to go to see his concert... If any of my friends want to go with me, I would love to go to watch a race! It's 39 for a ticket + 20 for better concert seats! So you get a race, and a good spot @ a concert for $59! Not too bad! It's a Nascar Race btw... MEG & DIA THERE 2! Another reason Blake is great, is that he actually invited Dia to go on tour with him! No other coaches did that! But this is one of my favorite country songs :)

4. [The Cave] - Mumford & Sons
Wow! I remember listening to this album April of last year! So glad my school friends got me hooked on the Mumfs! I think they're amazing! My fave song used to be Little Lion Man... but I totally didn't know the f-word was in it. :( So the Cave erupts as my favorite! :D

5. [Bed Intruder Song] - Antoine Dodson
Wow! What a story behind this song! I totally did not know that this song was a real deal! I totally thought this was a gag! I just realized this was real when we watched the news cast on Thursday... I am so smart!

6. [Somebody That I Used To Know] - Gotye
Totally lost faith in this song! I was so wrong! I still love it and it's great! Still love it for the same reasons...

7. [Say Aah (feat. Fabolous] - Trey Songz
Well, this song faded away from glory... It's still good but ehhh its very meh now to me. It's still the same image :) Not to appropriate of an album cover still.

8. [International Love (feat. Chris Brown)] - Pitbull
Hmm... This isn't a very good song :( But I kinda like Pitbull at times, and this is one of the songs I do like. That's all I'm saying, and the album cover's not that great either...

10. [7 x 70] - Chris August
YAY! I still love this song! For the same reasons!

 Well enjoy my overly pop chart!

DJ Kwokodile :)

Took #9 out :) one of my better collab decisions :)

THE VOICE Update

Still can't find the songs anywhere.
I'll post as soon as I get the songs, find album covers, and listen to it :)

Sorry for any inconvenience.
IT WILL COME ASAP!

DJ Kwokodile 

Valentines Day with Kwok Choy

Wow! SINGLE AWARENESS DAY!
Well, Let me start off with, I think Valentine's Day is great, if you're happy you're single, or you're happy you're in a relationship. Thankfully, I am happy that I'm single. So my day or yesterday was great!
I am an avid sushi lover, and my family and I went to eat sushi! It was quite a nite, but that was yesterday... I can see that the general view of love is to love one person, and make that person feel special, and shower them with gifts. But let's look at a biblical perspective...

1 Corinthians 13

 ¹ If I speak in the tongues^[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. ² If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. ³ If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,^[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.

 ⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

 ⁸ Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. ⁹ For we know in part and we prophesy in part, ¹⁰ but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.¹¹ When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. ¹² For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

 ¹³ And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Wow! I really love this chapter! It has so much of the right meaning of love. :D Love isn't only about a person, it's about everything around you! Loving God and loving others! Well, you ask me... well how was your Valentine's Day (maybe 0-1 will?) Well it was great! Got a donut! Got chocolate! Got a cupcake, which I didn't eat! Got a mini frosted brownie! It was a good day in all. I feel like I aced my Spanish Test, and I did lots of homework! I'll stop here... my mom wants me off the computer! SO Happy Valentine's Day! :D :D :D 

THE VOICE Series Info

Every week, as most of you know, I will be blogging about THE VOICE. I need to buy the music, and find album covers, and need time to write the blog, so I think the post will be either coming out every Thursday or Friday.

DJ Kwokodile

EK10 with DJ Kwokodile 2/13/12

Well, if you haven't noticed yet, I have dropped from 14 to 10. This is due to the fact, I am now introducing album covers, and youtube links, and I have no idea how I'm going to find time for 14, so I'm just doing 10 :)

1. [Say Aah] - Lindsey Pavao
It's a new season of THE VOICE! If you didn't notice, I love the voice and I think that Lindsey is the front-runner for TeamXtina! This is a lovely rendition of Trey Songz's Say Aah! His rendition will also be included in the EK10 this week!

2. [Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra)] - Gotye
This song just got on to the EK10 on 2/11/12  so its relatively new.  It is such a simple song, but it sounds so good! I really like how the voices are really melodramatic, but the topic is super serious.

3. [7 x 70] - Chris August
I really really like this song! This makes me feel happy! I think this is a really good song. If you don't already know, this song is about forgiveness! I remember when Caleb taught about forgiveness @ youth group,  he said God looks at our sin stack from a bird's eye view! It's all the same! Aren't we glad our God is so forgiving!

4. [Bleeding Love] - Raquel Castro
I think this song is lovely! I didn't know the Leona Lewis song until after the season was over, so I didn't know the Raquel covered it! Her voice is great and she should have been a semi-finalist! :( I am terribly sorry, but there is no link for Raquel's song, because I cannot find it on youtube. :( I am sorry for any inconvenience.

5. [Say Aah] - Trey Songz
Sorry no image! I do have it, but it is a little inappropriate and I couldn't find an appropriate one... I like this song a lot... a lot a lot! Sounds so good, and it was covered by Lindsey! Nice rap, nice beat! :) Also, not the music video, because I didn't know if it was appropriate or not...

6. [I Don't Want This Night to End] - Luke Bryan

Thanks Lisa for getting me into country and liking this song! Not the Lisa who has the other blog, we call her little lisa, the one I'm talking about is Big Lisa! Well I love this song, me and Big Lisa sing it in her car! It's a great country song and it's so much fun to sing with friends!

7. [Complicated] - Jermaine Paul

I thought this song was really good. I like Avril's version a little, but I don't have it. I don't have any of her songs... I don't have a lot of pop stars on my iTunes... He sings it really well, and it's good. He has a nice voice, but that's obvious being a background singer for Alicia Keys. 

8. [Live Like You Were Dying] - Tim McGraw

I love this song, this is another one of me and Big Lisa's songs. I think its a good sounding song with a great meaning. This song is old, but I still love love love it!

9. [The Last Great Star in Hollywood] - Meg & Dia
I think this is a great song, not the best Meg  & Dia song, but it is pretty good. Their best is Fighting for Nothing, it is not on the EK10 but it is on the EK14! I think Dia's voice is great and in my opinion, the best on Season 1 of THE VOICE!

10. [Someone Like You] - Angel Taylor
Wow! I totally thought this was Adele! Her voice is super good, but she was really nervous. She was smart to pick Adam! I think he can help her the best. It was a very similar rendition to Adele! Great job!








I hope you liked it a lot! This is the first post with youtube links and album covers! Enjoy!