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18 Thursday October 4, 2012 Vientiane Times Art & Entertainment Pop singer Taiy now the “third person” Ounkham Pimmata When we last heard from him, pop singer Taiy was a broken man. His girlfriend had taken off with another lover. We learnt of his pain in “Jao bor men akard” (You Are Not the Air) earlier this year. Now, Taiy has taken revenge by unconventional means. He appears as the third lover in a music video for band-label mates Boxer’s latest single, “Meu tee sharm” (A Third Person). While stealing another man’s girlfriend won’t win him any karma, he looks to be enjoying being on the other side of heartbreak in the video. The video starts with a couple having dinner. The boyfriend leaves to go to the Taiy appears in Boxer’s latest music video “Meu tee sharm”. Julie Jackson, Asia News Network Korea Herald The most watched YouTube video of the year, a new Guinness world record holder for the most “liked” video and now the first Korean in history to ever top the British music singles chart; Psy’s quest for world music domination shows no signs of slowing down. As of Sunday, “Gangnam Style” is officially the number one song on the U.K. Singles Top 100 chart, becoming the first Korean song to achieve the feat. According to an article on the chart’s website, Psy revealed his appreciation to his U.K. fans and said that he is planning to visit very soon. After its release on July 15, the horse dancing phoneme’s global spread is continuing at a record-breaking pace. With 340,754,356 YouTube views, as of Tuesday afternoon, Psy has the whole world watching, and waiting. The official Billboard website has even created a “Psy Watch” page to give fans a daily update on the song’s progress and whether or not “Gangnam Style” will eventually dominate the US charts by reaching the number one spot of the Boxer’s recently released poster to promote their new single “Meu tee sharm”. hot singles Billboard charts. Psy has stated that should he reach the top spot, he will perform topless for the world to see. Although the Billboard updates predict that Maroon 5’s “One More Night” will remain at the number one spot through next week, Psy’s numbers still continue to climb. Even “Gangnam Style” parodies, covers and flash toilet, and Taiy comes to take her number – and so begins their affair. While the man and Taiy’s lover make efforts to stay together, they finally accept their relationship has been lost to a third person. “Meu tee sharm” is a dig at people who take away another’s loved one, as well as asking them what it would feel like if the situation was reversed. “Meu tee sharm” is similar to Boxer’s debut “Tharng hua cai”. Both are songs about broken hearts and dishonest love. “Tharng hua chai” describes a man who leaves his girlfriend for another, only to realise his mistake. When he tries to make amends, she’s moved on and has found a better boyfriend with whom he can’t compete. While he realises he’s missed his chance for love, he still needs to ask for her forgiveness. “Meu tee sharm” was released on YouTube in September, and already boasts 16,000 views. Many viewers are leaving comments to share their own painful experience the video’s content evokes. ‘Gangnam Style’ continues global sweep with U.K. No. 1 International sensation Psy performs at Seowon University in Cheongju, North Chungcheon Province, on Sept. 26 for the school’s annual festival. --Photo Park Hae-mook The Korea Herald mobs are flooding the web and hitting more than a million views on YouTube. An Oregon State University parody version has received more than 4.7 million views and American pop artist Nelly Furtado’s cover dance at one of her concerts received more than 3.8 million views. A simple YouTube search will turn up thousands of covers and parodies such as eomma gangnam style, Gotham style, Gandalf style, Hongdae style; the list seems endless. Gangnam Style is the first non-English song to take the number one spot on the British music chart since Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP’s “We Speak No Americano” in 2010. Before then, the last non-English song to top the chart was “La Bamba” by Los Lobos in 1987. Vientiane Luang Prabang What’s on - Malaysia Week will take place at Lao-ITECC from October 6-8. - The Lao Handicraft Festival 2012 will run from November 1-7 at Lao-ITECC. - The Vientiane Boat Racing Festival will take place over the last week of this month, with the alms-giving ceremony to celebrate the end of Buddhist Lent falling on October 30. - Action with Lao Children Library: Open Mon to Fri 9am to 6pm and Sat 9am to 3pm. Come in and read and borrow Lao, Japanese, Thai and English books. Located in Ban Saphangmor, Xaysettha district. - Permanent UXO exhibition and the provision of artificial limbs for victims. COPE Visitor Centre, Khouvieng Road, opposite Green Park Hotel. Every day: 9am-6pm. - Chess Club meets at 1pm every Sunday at City Inn on Pangkham Road, Vientiane. Contact: Gabriel_smit@hotmail.com - Women’s International Group. For activities and times email wiglaosmembership@gmail.com - Toastmasters Club meets every Sun. from 4-6pm at Khopchaideu restaurant (3F). Everyone is welcome. - Meditation at Vat Sokpaluang every Saturday, 4-5.30pm. - English Language Church Service every Sunday 10am at the ARDA Language Centre (near the Mercure, formerly Novotel). Call (021) 261441, or visit http://www.the-chs.org Big Brother Mouse helps young people practise their English at free drop-in sessions, 9-11am and 5-7pm, open every day. Just come to our office at 9am or 5pm in Ban Vat Nong, around the corner from 3 Nagas Hotel. www.bigbrothermouse.com. Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre. Open 9am- 6pm, Tues-Sun. www.taeclaos.org Ock Pop Tok Living Crafts Centre open daily for free guided tour. Natural dyes, weaving and batik drawing classes daily. 9am- 5pm. Free transfer from Ock Pop Tok shops in town to the weaving centre on the Mekong. Call 071 212597 Royal Palace National Museum. Open 8.30-11.30am and 1.30-4.30pm from Wednesday to Monday. UXO Visitor Centre. Open Mon-Fri 8.30am-12 and 2-5pm. Right turn just before President’s Monument on the Northern Rd. Museums Lao National Museum on Samsenthai Road opposite National Culture Hall. Open Mon-Fri during office hours and on weekends from 9am to 4pm. Horphakeo Museum on Setthathirat Road opposite Vat Sisaket. Open Mon-Sun during office hours. Sports ANZ Vientiane Lions Women’s Rugby Club – Wednesday night fitness sessions from 7:30 at VIS. Pitch trainings Thursday nights from 19:30 and Sunday from 16:00 at Polytechnic Pitch in Ban Phonphapao. Contact Vieng on 020 54234111 or Maggie on 020 78110019 for more information. Champa Ban Youth Rugby – Rugby activities with a focus on fun, games and healthy living message. Free and open to all. Visit www.laorugby.com or contact Noui 020 54905090 or Maggie on 020 78110019 for more information. Lao Elephants Australian Rules Football Club -Meet at 6.30 pm on Thursdays for training, please contact the LE President at president_ laoelephants@laopdr.com for details and other meeting areas. Buffalos Rugby - men’s rugby training Tuesday evenings 6 - 7:30pm. All welcome. Sunday morning social touch rugby - male, female all ages welcome. Free. For either, contact Steeve (020 5953 2304), Frazer (020 2209 7323) and Gilles (020 5551 8250) for more information. Wild Hogs Rugby training at the Polytechnic pitch in Phonpapao village, Sisattanak, at 8pm on Tues. and Thurs. Optional Saturday touch session at That Luang at 5:30pm, Sunday fitness at That Luang at 5:30pm. Call 020 77615677 or Chris 020 77834385. Lao Mahout Netball team trains every Tues. at 6pm at Vientiane International School. For more information contact Saeng on 020 77442689. Lions Women’s Rugby from 7.30pm on Tues and Thurs at the Polytechnic pitch. Contact Noui on 020 4905090 or Maggie on 020 54656153. Youth Community Rugby Sessions Training for U15 Boys and U17 Girls at the Polytechnic pitch in Phonpapao village, Sisattanak, at 7:30pm on Wed. Training for children of all ages at 9am on Sunday. Body Language at Vientiane Accueil, Khouvieng Rd. Class includes stretching and respiratory exercises with an oriental touch. Tues. and Thurs. from 5.30-6.30pm. Contact 020 5612107. Aerobics at Sokpalouang swimming pool, Sisattanak district. Open every day from 6am-8pm. Vientiane Hash House Harriers Meet at Nam Phu Fountain every Saturday for travel to out-of-town runs. Mixed Hash, register at 3.45pm and depart 4pm. Monday,VH3, family Hash. 3 runs - short, medium and long. Meet at 5pm at advertised venue. Phones: 223867, 217493, mobile 020 5511293, 5514669.
Vientiane Times Thursday October 4, 2012 Sports 19 Bears get past Cowboys 34-18 with defense, Cutler ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Lance Briggs plucked the ball out of the air and started rumbling down the field. As the Chicago linebacker approached the end zone, he fully extended his left arm over his head with the ball in his hand. Briggs and the rest of those 30-something Bears defenders showed Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys how much they can still play. Charles Tillman, another of the five defensive starters in their 30s, also returned an interception for a touchdown in the Bears’ 34-18 victory Monday night. “A lot of our older guys are playing really well right now because we understand everything so much more,” said Briggs, whose 74-yard run was his first interception return for a TD since 2005. “Whether we’ve lost a step or some people believe we’ve lost a step, we make up for it in knowledge.” Though Romo was only sacked once, on the game’s first series, he was pressured relentlessly and threw five interceptions. That matched his career high, first done five years ago in his first full season as a starter. “Just outstanding play by our defense,” Bears coach Lovie Smith said. “It seemed like everybody had a say in it. How about Lance Briggs? You guys didn’t know he could run that fast.” Briggs’ interception came in a wild two-play exchange of turnovers midway through the third quarter. Bears quarterback Jay Cutler was nearly flawless after halftime, when he completed 11 of 12 passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns. That included a 34-yard score to Devin Hester to start the half and a 31-yarder to Brandon Marshall with 6½ minutes left. Cutler was 18 of 24 overall for 275 yards. Marshall had seven catches for 138 yards. Major Wright, who returned an interception for a touchdown in Chicago’s last game, had two of the five interceptions. D.J. Moore has nine career interceptions, three of them against Romo after getting another one Monday night. “We have a pretty good feel for what their front is going to do, what their pressures were, what their coverages were,” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said. “They’re just very good at it. It’s not very exotic.” Chicago’s first fumble of the season came when Cutler was sacked by DeMarcus Ware and Victor Butler recovered at the Bears 27. On the very next play, Romo was trying to escape pressure when he was hit from behind by Henry Melton. The ball popped forward into the air and Briggs grabbed it and scored to put the Bears (3-1) ahead 24-7. “I haven’t run that long in a long time, that far,” Briggs said. Once again, the Cowboys (2-2) are a .500 team. They are also one of the lowest-scoring teams in the NFL with only 65 points going into their bye week, and then play four of their next five games on the road. “This has to be a wakeup call for us. I don’t say that nonchalantly. It has to be,” Cowboys tight end Jason Witten said. “You can’t bounce back and forth like this and try to compete come December-time. You can’t do it. We have been in that situation before. You cannot do it. And we know that, and we’ll get better.” Since the start of the 1997 Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant (88) is tackled by Chicago Bears outside linebacker Lance Briggs (55), Brian Urlacher (54) and Charles Tillman (33) during the second half of an NFL football game on Monday. --Photo AP season, Dallas is 122-122 in regular-season games. They have won only one playoff game in that span after three Super Bowl titles in a fouryear span in the first half of the 1990s. Romo finished 31 of 43 for 307 yards and a touchdown. When the Cowboys got the ball back in the final 3 minutes, Kyle Orton got his first action since the veteran quarterback signed a free agent deal during the offseason to be Romo’s backup. Orton threw a 5-yard TD pass to Witten with 34 seconds left, capping a 10-play, 89-yard drive. Witten, the seven-time Pro Bowl tight end who uncharacteristically had several drops the first three games after missing most of the preseason with a lacerated spleen, had 13 catches for 112 yards. Messi, Van Persie star for Barcelona, Man United Barcelona’s Sergio Busquets (right) goes for a header with Benfica’s Jardel Vieira, from Brazil, during their Champions League group G soccer match at Benfica’s Luz stadium in Lisbon on Tuesday. --Photo AP GENEVA (AP) -- Lionel Messi was Barcelona’s goal maker and Robin Van Persie was Manchester United’s goal taker as the star forwards shone in Champions League victories Tuesday. Messi created chances for Alexis Sanchez to score in the sixth minute and Cesc Fabregas in the 55th for a 2-0 win away to Benfica. Barcelona’s comfortable night was tarnished late on as the four-time champion lost captain Carles Puyol who dislocated his left elbow after landing awkwardly. Midfielder Sergio Busquets was then shown a straight red card for lunging into challenges too aggressively. Van Persie scored with a fortunate finish in the 29th and a classy shot in the 49th, helping Man United come from behind to beat CFR Cluj 2-1 in Romania. “Wayne (Rooney) gave me the good pass, so I have to thank him,” Van Persie said of his teammate’s vision to BEIJING (AP) -- Novak Djokovic won his opening match at the China Open by defeating German qualifier Michael Berrer 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-2 on Tuesday in his first match since losing the US Open final. The Serb is a two-time winner in Beijing and remained undefeated at the tournament after converting both his break points in the third set, and holding his own serve throughout the match. Third-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga also advanced by beating Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (3) with the help of 14 aces, while Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny beat seventh-seeded Tommy Haas of Germany 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. In other first-round matches, Nikolay Davydenko defeated qualifier Alex Bogomolov Jr. 7-5, 6-1 in an all-Russian matchup, Jurgen Melzer of Austria hit 12 aces to beat Pablo Andujar of Spain 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (3), and Andreas Seppi of Italy advanced when Julien Benneteau of France had to create the winning goal. “Not many players can give a pass like that.” Defending champion Chelsea beat Nordsjaelland 4-0 in Denmark, and shares Group E leadership on with Shakhtar Donetsk which drew 1-1 away to Juventus. Bayern Munich, the beaten finalist last season, lost 3-1 to BATE Borisov in Belarus, Valencia beat Lille 2-0, and Braga won 2-0 at Galatasaray. In the early kickoff in Barcelona’s group, Celtic scored a 90th-minute goal to win 3-2 at Spartak Moscow which led in the second half before having defender Juan Manuel Insaurralde sent off. Messi has started the season in sparkling form in Spain, and the Argentina forward was a creative force at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon. The Argentina forward hit a fierce low cross from the left that Sanchez poked in from close range, and was denied by a smart low save by retire with an injury to his right arm while trailing 6-1, 2-0. In the second round of the women’s tournament, topranked Victoria Azarenka and No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska both advanced with straightset victories. Azarenka beat Sabine Lisicki of Germany 6-4, 6-2 while Radwanska ousted Chinese wild-card entry Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-3. Chinese home favourite Li Na easily dispatched Nadia Petrova of Russia 6-1, 6-2, and the former French Open champion said she has improved under new coach Carlos Rodriguez. “He’s not only teaching me how to play better tennis, he’s teaching me how to be on the court,” Li said. “Before I would explode easily on the court; I think I’ve changed a lot since we’ve started working together.” In other women’s matches, fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber, No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki and former top-ranked Jelena Jankovic all advanced. Benfica goalkeeper Artur in the 22nd. Messi helped ensure victory when, after luring a group of defenders toward him, he laid off a pass to Fabregas in space to fire a leftfoot shot into the net. Puyol was carried off on a stretcher when he falling heavily on his left arm after leaping to meet a corner in the Benfica penalty area in the 75th. Barcelona leads Group G with six points, two clear of Celtic which it plays next in Spain in three weeks’ time. Celtic led in the first half through Gary Hooper, but fell behind to two goals from Spartak’s Nigerian forward Emmanuel Emenike. With a player advantage, the Scottish champion leveled with an own goal by Dmitry Kombarov then won through a Georgios Samaras header. “They were magnificent and they played magnificent football at a very tough venue against an excellent side,” Celtic manager Neil Lennon said. Man United trailed to a 14th-minute shot from Pantelis Kapetanos for Cluj, but turned around the match when Van Persie converted crosses by Wayne Rooney. The Dutchman was perhaps lucky when an attempted header looped off his right shoulder and into the net, though his second goal was a deft first-time volley from Rooney’s chipped pass. Man United has a maximum six points, three ahead of Cluj and Braga, which scored goals through Ruben Micael and Osorio Alan in Turkey. Chelsea was flattered by the margin of its victory after the Danish champions began the game brightly. Juan Mata scored in the 31st and David Luiz lashed in a free kick in the 79th to ease nerves. Mata and Ramires added late goals. “Until the 75th minute, we played tremendously. After that we stopped,” Nordsjaelland coach Kasper Hjulmand said. Chelsea, which drew at home to Juventus last month, has four points along with Shakhtar, which led in Turin through Alex Teixeira in the 23rd. Two minutes later, Leonardo Bonucci leveled. BATE stunned Bayern to take control of Group F with its second straight 3-1 win, after beating Lille last month. The Belarus champion scored through Aleksandr Pavlov in the 23rd minute and Vitali Rodionov netted the second in the 78th. Bayern got a stoppage-time goal from Franck Ribery but Renan Bressan then sealed the win. “We always believed that we could win this match,” BATE forward Aleksandr Hleb said. “We were confident even after we conceded the late goal.” Valencia’s Jonas scored in each half Jonas against Lille, which had defender Mathieu Debuchy sent off. Djokovic, Tsonga win at China Open Serbia’s Novak Djokovic hits a return shot to Michael Berrer of Germany in their men’s singles tennis match of the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing on Tuesday. --Photo AP
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