G.E.M.是樂壇小巨肺，又有一把靚嗓子，她唱快歌勁慢歌甜，看現場的感覺比聽mp3好上百倍。最叫人刮目相看，是她在中段自彈自唱，坐在鋼琴前和觀眾分享她的音樂歷程，感性地懷念她去世的嫲嫲。想不到睡公主原來是她十三歲的作品，原本只想在唱歌比賽唱給暗戀的男同學聽，結果一唱成名入了娛樂圈。粵語歌和國語歌各佔一半，與觀眾對話以廣東話為主，她也唱了幾首英文歌騷她的唱功，但我喜歡她自已作的中文歌多些。自已唱自已作的歌，比只是演譯別人的創作，更富有感情和味道。上網聽過她紅館演唱會的人，也知道她翻唱了Beyond的情人，由她唱出來有另一番風味。她假encore前唱Get Everything Moving，全場氣氛十分熱烈，大家也站起來拍拍捧跳舞，連我老婆肚裏的BB也跟著G.E.M.一起動。全晚的高潮是大家也等到頸長，等她唱她的首本名曲Where Did You Go。她先在鋼琴上唱了半首慢版，再清唱了chores那段，最後在正常版大合唱下完滿散場。
Although Vancouver winter rains a lot, but the weather is actually very dry. Every morning when I get up, my throat and nose feel dry and awkward. I decided to buy a humidifier so that I can sleep better at night. I have used a few different humidifiers before, the typical old design either one of two types. One type is simply a kettle, boil water to emit vapor. It is hot and noise. The other type is a sponge with a fan. It is dirty and noise, the sponge is very disguising after a while and it may grow bacteria.
There is a new type of humidifier that ultrasound to vaporize water molecules from water into the air. Since it does not boil water nor has a big fan, this type of humidifier is very quiet. I bought a Air-O-Swiss 7144 ultrasonic humidifier from Home Outfitter last week and I am very happy with the unit. It has a very elegant metallic design. It comes with digital hygrostat and sleep timer. It can emit warm mist at room temporary (40 C) or cool mist when the heating function turned off. I turn it on before I go to bed and it maintains an optimal humidity (50%-60%) over the night. I have to fill up the water tank once every two days, which holds about 12L of water.
This humidifier is almost perfect except a minor down sides. The water tank is a bit inconvenient to refill, since it does not fit under the sink. I have to fill it up in the bath tub. It requires its own brand of Ag+ demineralization cartridge that need to be replace every year and its own brand of descaler to clean the deposit at the ultrasound surface every 2-3 months, which is some extra cost.
Now my throat and noise feel a lot better in the morning. I recommend this humidifier to those who hate dry throat and nose in the morning and cannot stand the noise from traditional humidifiers.
