Singer Jam Hsiao’s 8-Storey Mansion
- posted on 2020-11-10
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wǒ shì xiāo jìng téng
我是萧敬腾
Hi I’m Jam Hsiao
huān yíng lái dào wǒ de jiā
欢迎来到我的家
Welcome to my home
cóng yī lóu kāi shǐ wǎng shàng suàn de huà shì liù céng
从一楼开始往上算的话是六层
Six floors above the ground
jiā dì xià shì liǎng céng
加地下是两层
And two floors under
suàn qǐ lái shì bā céng
算起来是八层
So there are eight floors in total
wǒ hěn ài zài jiā
我很爱在家
I love staying at home
gǒu yào huā hěn duō shí jiān qù péi tā
狗要花很多时间去陪牠
I have to spend time with my dogs
yīn wèi wǒ gōng zuò hěn máng
因为我工作(很忙)
Since I am very busy
wǒ jǐn kě néng dōu péi tā men
我尽可能都陪牠们
I try to stay with them as long as I can
wǒ hái méi chū dào yǐ qián jiù yǎng
我还没出道以前就养
I have had them before I became a singer
liù zhǐ gǒu sì zhǐ māo
六只狗四只猫
Six dogs and four cats
shí quán shí měi
十全十美
Ten is a perfect number
hěn duō shì lái zì wài miàn liú làng de xiǎo hái
很多是来自外面流浪的小孩
Many of them are strays I rescued from streets
zhè shí nián lù xù gēn zhù wǒ
这十年陆续跟著我
I adopted them over the past decade
tā jiù shì yǐ qián de zhǐ piàn xiǎo bái
牠就是以前的“纸片小白”
It was “cardboard snowball”
xiàn zài de hòu piàn tǔ sī
现在的“厚片土司”
And now it’s “thick cut toast”
tā men dōu shì hěn zì yóu de
牠们都是很自由的
They are free
wán quán méi yǒu bèi liàn zhù
完全没有被链住
No chains
yě méi yǒu lóng zi
也没有笼子
No cages
wǒ bān jìn lái dà gài sān nián
我搬进来大概三年
I moved here three years ago
yī jìn lái zhè lǐ jiù shì chí táng
一进来这里就是池塘
The pond is the first thing you see coming through that gate
yī lóu qí shí jiù shì yī gè kāi fàng shì de gǎn jué
一楼其实就是一个开放式的感觉
The ground floor is an open space
jìn lái kěn dìng dì yī gè shì jué dōu huì shì hóng sè
进来肯定第一个视觉都会是红色
And red is the prominent color in here
jiù bāo kuò gāng qín zhè gè dìng zuò de
就包括钢琴,这个定做的
Including the piano, it’s customized
shàng miàn hái xiě wǒ míng zì
上面还写我名字
And it has my name on it
yǒu shí hòu zài nà biān cān tīng qǐng kè de shí hòu
有时候在那边餐厅请客的时候
When I have people over for dinner
kě yǐ lái yǎn zòu yī xià
可以来演奏一下
I can play for them
wǒ fā xiàn shā fā bù tài huì yǒu rén cháng zuò
我发现沙发不太会有人常坐
And I find that people seldom sit on a couch
yào liáo tiān hái shì huì zuò zài cān zhuō shàng miàn
要聊天还是会坐在餐桌上面
They prefer talking around the table
nà dì yī céng jiù méi yǒu zhè gè kè tīng huán jìng
那第一层就没有这个(客厅)环境
So I don’t have a living room on the ground floor
hòu miàn shì chú fáng
后面是厨房
And in the back is the kitchen
rè chǎo qū gé qǐ lái
热炒区隔起来
The cooking area is separated
zài hòu miàn jiù shì huā yuán
再后面就是花园
Further back is a garden
wǒ jiā qí shí méi yǒu shén me tè bié huá lì de zhuāng huáng
我家其实没有什么特别华丽的装潢
There is not much luxurious decoration in my house
dà bù fēn dōu shì yǐ bǎi shè wèi zhǔ
大部分都是以摆设为主
Most are just ornaments
yì shù pǐn
艺术品
And art
dòng wù lèi de
动物类的
And animal figures
zhè yī fú huà shì lǐ yú tù
这一幅画是鲤鱼兔
This is Koirabbit
cài fú jùn huà jiā huà de
蔡芙郡画家画的
By painter Fu-Chun Tsai
hěn nián qīng
很年轻
She’s very young
gēn wǒ yī yàng dà
跟我一样大
Same age as me
wǒ fēi cháng xǐ huān tā de zuò pǐn
我非常喜欢她的作品
I adore her works
yīn wèi wǒ yě shǔ tù
因为我也属兔
As I am a rabbit in the Chinese horoscope
dì xià yī céng jiù shì fàng yī xiē hěn yòu zhì de wán jù
地下一层就是放一些很幼稚的玩具
One floor below is where I keep my toys
tè bié xǐ huān mǎi nà zhǒng bǐ rú qiú yuán lèi de wán ǒu
特别喜欢买那种,比如球员类的玩偶
I like buying like basketball player toy figures
mài kě qiáo dān de
麦可·乔丹的
Michael Jordan
gōng niú duì sān jù tóu de
公牛队三巨头的
The Bulls big three
diàn yǐng lèi de yě yǒu
电影类的也有
And some also from movies
wǒ zuì xǐ huān de shì
我最喜欢的是leon
My favorite is Leon
zhè gè shā shǒu bù tài lěng
《这个杀手不太冷》
From “Léon: The Professional”
rán hòu hái yǒu yī gè xiǎo mèi mèi
然后还有一个小妹妹
And the little girl
mài kě jié kè xùn wán ǒu shì zhè me dà yī zhǐ
麦可·杰克逊(玩偶 )是这么大一只
The big Michael Jordan (figure)
xiǎo zhū luó zhì xiáng sòng wǒ de
小猪(罗志祥)送我的
Is a gift from Show Lo
tā dì yī cì lái wǒ jiā de shí hòu tā jiù fàng zài mén kǒu
他第一次来我家的时候他就放在门口
He left it at my door the first time he visited
tā rén hái méi dào nà gè wán jù xiān fàng zài mén kǒu
他人还没到,那个玩具先放在门口
The toy came before he did
wǒ shì chū dào zhī hòu yě méi yǒu shén me jī huì qù guàng jiē
我是出道之后也没有什么机会去逛街
And after I became a singer I don’t got much chance to go shopping
nà hěn duō dōng xī qí shí dōu shì hěn xiǎo hěn xiǎo de shí hòu de yù wàng
那很多东西其实都是很小很小的时候的欲望
So many of the stuff are my childhood desires
zuì dǐ xià chē kù
最底下车库
The bottom floor is a garage
gēn chē dào lián
跟车道连
It’s connected to the driveway
wǒ huí jiā yě shì zhí jiē wǎng chē kù kāi
我回家也是直接往车库开
And I go home directly to the garage
rán hòu wǒ jiù yǒu shè jì yī gè tòu míng bù dào
然后我就有设计一个透明步道
So there is a see-through corridor
kě yǐ kàn huà de dì fāng
可以看画的地方
Where you can look at the paintings
chē kù de lǐ miàn hái yǒu yī gè kōng jiān
车库的里面还有一个空间
And on the same floor
jiù shì xié qiáng
就是鞋墙
There is a shoe wall
méi yǒu xié guì
没有鞋柜
I don’t have a shoe cabinet
yīn wèi zhuāng xié guì de huà
因为装鞋柜的话
Because if I did
wǒ de xié zhēn de shì huì chāo guò yī qiān shuāng
我的鞋真的是会超过一千双
I might have had over one thousand pairs of shoes
suǒ yǐ wǒ jiù xiàn dìng wǒ zì jǐ
所以我就限定我自己
So I limit myself to that wall
zhuāng mǎn nà yī dào qiáng
装满那一道墙
Once the wall is full
qí tā de jiù yào sòng zǒu
其他的就要送走
I have to get rid of some shoes
wǒ qián jǐ tiān cái sòng le dà gài wǔ shí jǐ shuāng xié chū qù
我前几天才送了大概五十几双鞋出去
Just a few days ago I gave away some fifty pairs of shoes
rán hòu xiàn zài hái yǒu yī bǎi duō shuāng
然后现在还有一百多双
And now I still have more than one hundred of them
hěn xǐ huān zài xià miàn yùn dòng
很喜欢在下面运动
I love doing sports under here
èr lóu shì hěn fàng sōng de huán jìng
二楼是很放松的环境
The second floor is a relaxing area
yī biān shì shū fáng
一边是书房
On one wing there is the study
yǒu shí hòu yào hěn ān jìng de qíng kuàng
有时候要很安静的情况
Sometimes you just need to be quiet
shuí zài dǎo luàn
谁在捣乱?
Who is being bad?
huò zhě shì nǐ yào mà rén de shí hòu
或者是你要骂人的时候
Or if you need to yell at someone
bǎ tā jiào dào shū fáng
把他叫到书房
Take him to the study
méi yǒu kāi wán xiào
没有,开玩笑
No I don’t, just kidding
lìng wài yī biān shì wǒ de gōng zuò shì
另外一边是我的工作室
On the other side is my studio
píng cháng xiě gē de huán jìng
平常写歌的环境
It’s the place where I write songs
yī bān dōu huì xiān zài zhè biān biān jí
一般都会先在这边编辑
I get my ideas together here
xiǎng wán
想完
And then
què dìng hǎo zhī hòu
确定好之后
When I’m all organized
rán hòu jìn diàn nǎo kāi shǐ biān jí
然后进电脑开始编辑
I start editing on the computer
rán hòu gǔ
然后鼓
The drums
gāng qín
钢琴
The piano
jiàn pán
键盘
Keyboard
sà kè sī fēng gēn jí tā
萨克斯风跟吉他
Saxophone and guitar
wǒ jiē chù yīn lè yīng gāi shì zài guó zhōng de shí hòu
我接触音乐应该是在国中的时候
My earliest contact with music dates back to my middle school years
wǒ dì yī gè yǒu yù wàng xiǎng xué de lè qì jiù shì jué shì gǔ
我第一个有欲望想学的乐器就是爵士鼓
The very first instrument I ever wanted to learn is jazz drum
zhǐ shì yīn wèi xiǎo shí hòu jiā lǐ huán jìng zhēn de hěn bù hǎo
只是因为小时候家里环境真的很不好
But we couldn’t really afford it
hòu lái xué le liǎng gè yuè jiù méi xué le
后来学了两个月就没学了
So I dropped that after about two months
wǒ yǐ qián xiǎo shí hòu yě hěn pàn nì rán hòu bèi fǔ dǎo
我以前小时候也很叛逆,然后被辅导
I was a rebellious kid
dàn wǒ zhī dào wǒ duì yīn lè yǒu yī zhǒng mò míng de ài
但我知道我对音乐有一种莫名的爱
But I always know that I love music
dào wǒ jìn rù cān tīng chàng gē
到我进入餐厅唱歌
Later I sang at a restaurant
suì cān jiā xīng guāng dà dào
19岁参加星光大道
And I took part in One Million Star at 19
suì jiù chū dì yī zhāng zhuān jí
20岁就出第一张专辑
And released my first album when I was 20
zhēn de yě jiù duǎn duǎn jǐ nián de shí jiān
真的也就短短几年的时间
Things changed in just a few years
wǒ céng jīng zuò le yī gè mèng
我曾经做了一个梦
I had a dream
wǒ huì bān dào yī gè bié shù lǐ miàn
我会搬到一个别墅里面
Of me moving into a villa
wǒ jué dé hěn qí guài
我觉得很奇怪
It’s kinda curious
wǒ zhǐ yào xiǎng wǒ xī wàng wǒ biàn chéng zěn yàng
我只要想,我希望我变成怎样
If I want to be something
wǒ tōng cháng dōu kě yǐ biàn chéng nà yàng
我通常都可以变成那样
I can always seem to do that
qí shí zěn me yàng shēng huó dōu kě yǐ
其实怎么样生活都可以
Life is fine either way
wǒ men jiā yǐ qián
我们家以前
Before our house had no door, no window
méi yǒu mén méi yǒu chuāng shuǐ ní qiáng shì pò de
没有门,没有窗,水泥墙是破的
And the walls were broken
bù huì yǒu xiǎo tōu yīn wèi méi yǒu dōng xī tōu
不会有小偷,因为没有东西偷
And no thief would visit our house cause there was nothing to steal
kě néng shì hěn xī wàng yōng yǒu yī gè wǒ xiǎng yào de fáng zi
可能是很希望拥有一个我想要的房子
So maybe I really wanted to have a dream house to myself
wǒ gǎn shòu dé dào dà jiā de xiàn mù
我感受得到大家的羡慕
I can feel people’s admiration
kào zì jǐ de néng lì
靠自己的能力
I am able to buy stuff I want
mǎi wǒ zì jǐ xiǎng yào mǎi de dōng xī
买我自己想要买的东西
By myself
nǐ zhī dào zì jǐ xīn kǔ de diǎn zài nǎ lǐ
你知道自己辛苦的点在哪里
I know what I have to do to get here
wǒ jiù jué dé zì jǐ hěn xìng fú
我就觉得自己很幸福
So I’m very happy