...over the news of this Taiwanese girl committing suicide at the age of 23... it is SAD enough when one hears or reads about this kind of thing -- even if you do not know the person formally or informally... but when it is someone you feel you kinda' know - it can truly affect you... and that is just what it did to me yesterday...
Ivy Li (Lee) was the 2nd runner up in the 3rd year of the Popular Taiwanese Show, >One Million Star, and she was my FAVORITE from the get go.... This show has become a favorite of ours and would watch religiously every Friday nite... None more so for me, than in the year that Ivy was on.. Week after week, I look forward to hearing her sing be it Chinese, English, or Taiwanese... She was not a Great Looker, but she had style and charm -- and just the right amount of sweetness when she spoke. Real, not trying... and boy, can she sing!!! I actually wished for her to have been the winner but alas, it was not in the cards... and she came in third. I recall being IRATE each week with a judge or two for faulting her for one thing or another - usually for singing in ENGLISH one week, then being told that she was better the week prior singing in English... Lols... it is just really a matter of taste... and one's personal opinion... so I just watched it to enjoy her performances.. and just knew, that she had a promising career ahead of her...
So it pained me to hear that she killed herself just yesterday... and that it had something to do with Love Gone Bad. Truly upsetting and incomprehensible for me... I understand loving someone too much, being sooo hurt that you feel empty and alone... but to actually kill myself - that is just something I cannot see... But it is different for all of us -- and only we can truly battle our own devils... and we deal with them the way we know how... and for some it is this way...
Am just really sorry and was affected by this LOSS of LIFE... One Million Star shines one less with her passing...
Ivy Li singing (IRONICALLY) "If I Ain't Got You"
Here she sings a Mandarin song from one of her own Idol, A-Lin.
7 years ago
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That is so sad, Rudi! She was a beautiful person with a beautiful voice. It's a shame when a person hits such a low point and isn't able to recover from it. Too bad she didn't have you as a friend to help her through it.
It's stories like this that make me appreciate my friendship with you and everything you do for me.
~Mary
I re-watched all her performances from the show... TRULY someone who could have been sooo much more...
Thanks for the sweet sentiments... I don;'t know if I could have done anything preventative, but yes, I surely would have tried very hard...
Just having a wonderful friend like you to lean on during the hard times makes all the difference in the world, Rudi! I'm always grateful to have you as my friend.
~Mary
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