“Auntie” Yanzi went to KTV
March 3, 2006
This was taken by the 狗仔s of 壹週刊on 24th Feb, when Yanzi was supposed to go KTV with her Machi friends. However, this magazine reported that Yanzi dressed like an auntie when at the KTV, and this maybe due to the jet lag after her Congo Trip. She is also reported to be dressed motherly because she had adopted another daughter at Congo. When standing beside Huang LiCheng the Machi member, they looked like mother and son.
Congo Diary 3 - retrieving water
March 2, 2006
燕姿刚果日记 用帮浦打水 重到爆
2月19日
在台湾、在新加坡，我们习惯一开水龙头就有干净水，很难想象非洲，要每天排队、提水，水还浊得不能喝。
今天要看刚果的水井。先到受助童Albertine家，院子里一个小小的洞就是浅水井井口，放水桶下到十公尺处汲取地下水，抽上来的水是浊白色的。这个井供50户用水，一年前深水井未挖好前，大家就喝这样的水，现在转为洗澡、洗衣。
我知道这样打水不容易，但亲身尝试后才发现，哇靠，重到爆！一桶水大概有10多公斤吧，线愈长就愈重，难怪这里的妇人都要轮流打水，实在太费力了。好吧，我在非洲没机会运动，就当作是运动吧。
我们再去看深水井。远远地看到许多小孩、妇女顶着水桶，水井周围像市场一样热闹。井深45公尺，前面排了长长的黄色水桶，打上来的水很清澈。我上前去尝试打水，用尽全身力气、几乎发抖，好不容易打上一桶水，全村都为我鼓掌。
听到一名妇女说，每天要走两公里来提水，总共要提10桶水供家里七人用，但排队的人太多，有时要排一个晚上。这口井要供500户使用，挖一座井大约10到20万台币，不便宜，但有干净的水，可以减少许多疾病。
今天还去探访19岁的班哲明，他是台湾第一批资助童，先前我们在刚果展望会办公室看到他的画和卡片，大为惊叹，今天到了他的画室—其实是没有屋顶、盖到一半就废弃的砖房，终于见到他本人。
班哲明高中毕业，许多画作已被当地美术馆收藏，并通过国家考试，但家里有11个孩子，没钱供他到首都金夏沙上艺术大学，只好等下去。我和经纪人小蓉各买了他一幅画，尽一点点力量。
班妈妈办了一场「盛宴」，玉米粉做的Shima、蔬菜泥、鱼干、碎牛肉及西红柿泥。我试做两大球Shi-ma，有人吓我做多少就要全吃下去！虽然这里的水不尽干净，我们在外面跑一天，手也脏，但班妈妈的盛情难却，大家尽管担心拉肚子，仍装了一盘子。
老实说，很好吃，但我的肚子10分钟后咕噜咕噜叫，胃膨胀得好痛，更惨的是，回到饭店不小心从湿滑的楼梯跌下来，全饭店的黑人都跑来关心，我好像乌青了好几个地方。展望会资助专线：（02）25856300，邮政划拨01022760，或上网站www.worldvision.org.tw
A Perfect Day MV DVD
March 1, 2006
A Perfect Day MV DVD + TV Special is out in various music stores (Music Junctions etc.) in Singapore!
It consist of the MVs of all the songs as well as the “A Perfect Day” TV special.
Note: This is not the china parallel import version. To be confirmed
MTV Asia Awards 2006 (Voting!)
March 1, 2006
MTV Asia Awards is back! Yanzi is again nominated for the category, Favourite Artist Singapore. Please vote for her at http://www.mtvasiaawards.com/Singapore/html/Vote/Singapore.html
You have to register for an account to vote. You can only vote once in every 5 minutes.
Closing date for voting: 28 April 2006.
Congo Diary 2 - Dim classroom
March 1, 2006
姿刚果日记 幽暗教室中 唱起天黑黑
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2月18日，天气：雨季里的晴天
如果有人问我这几天最感动的事，我想这就是了。当我们抵达台湾世界展望会所资助的学校时，学生列队欢迎，大声唱着歌，那么用力的唱着，我没有思考的空间，感动得快掉下眼泪。
当歌手以来，也常被歌迷包围，但这种感觉很不一样，孩子们不知道我是谁，一样很热情，我的手还被抓伤了。没电没桌椅、铁皮屋顶黄泥墙的旧教室挤了102个学生，孩子们对我很好奇，有人问我：「Can you sing？」我只好在这黑漆漆的教室唱起「天黑黑」。台湾爱心捐赠的新教室好多了，但一样挤满了人，听说没被分到新教室的学生会伤心地哭泣，真让人心疼。
今天开始拜访受助家庭，我又多了一个女儿。这一家的户长是年迈的祖父母，月收入不到20美元（约新台币640元），却收容了因爱滋或战乱死亡的亲属，总共14个孩子，其中12人挤在只有两张单人床的房间里。在这些孩子中，我选择资助7岁的费莎。有人问我，已经有印度女儿了，为什么不选个男生呢？因为我喜欢聪明的女生，而费莎看起来很聪明。
费莎果然是资优跳级，但她父母都是爱滋过世，她尚未做爱滋筛检，据说有一半的机率会感染。我衷心期望她健康长大。
另一个案家有10个孩子，却有6个因营养不良死亡，父亲只能到城里找搬运临时工作，好让活下来的孩子长大、上学，长子Jean爱踢足球，今年会到台湾访问，而襁褓中的宝宝明显营养不良，双胞胎姊妹已经过世。这个父亲为孩子织梦，希望孩子当机师、护士。
These few days have been the most touching. When they first arrive at the school which Taiwan World Vision provided financial aid, the students welcome her, sang very very loudly till she doesn’t have any time for much thoughts. She felt so touched that her tears nearly started flowing.
Being a singer, she’s used to having fans surrounding her. But this time, the feeling was different. The kids didn’t know who she was, yet they were still very enthusiastic. Her hand was even being scratched. There’s no electricity, no tables, no chairs and there were 102 children filled with curiosity. Someone asked her:”can you sing?” And she sang Cloudy Day in the dim and dark classroom. The new classroom, with Taiwan’s help is much better in comparison; however, it was still packed with lots of people. Some kids who didn’t manage to use the classroom were so sad that they cried. It makes one heart aches.