I jumped out of my bed in the middle of the night, thought I saw lava flowing out from my attached bathroom, with the door left ajar. My logical mind kicked into action. The first thing I did was to save my phone that was lying on the floor connected to a charger near to [...]
Entries from February 27th, 2009
Our Spanish Teacher Turns to Music for Inspiration – En La Ciudad by Amparanoia
February 25th, 2009 10 Comments
This has got to be one of the most hilarious Spanish lessons Cynthia and I have attended. Not because of the bizarre Spanish reggae music piece that the whole class has to listen to not once, not twice, but … I can’t recall how many times. Rather because I felt so stupid not able to [...]
Tags: Spanish class
Within Temptation & The Metropole Orchestra – Black Symphony – What A Feast!
February 24th, 2009 1 Comment
What a feast, what a proud moment for the Dutch. KERRANG! magazine wrote: This really is the greatest show on earth. OK. Greatest is relative. “Black Symphony” by the Dutch band Within Temptation and the Dutch Metropole Orchestra is probably one of my top 5 most favorite concert recordings. The greatest to me is Pink Floyd’s [...]
Tags: Within Temptation
He’s Just Not That Into You – My Buddy’s Just Not That Into The Signals Of The Opposite Sex
February 23rd, 2009 7 Comments
My buddy whom I am not going to reveal here must have found the film rather confusing by the girls who dissect signals from a relationship in that kind of detail. He fell asleep and snored (just a bit) halfway into the show. Gosh! Though I am from the male species, I do have my share of trusted moments when [...]
Tags: Ben Affleck · Bradley Cooper · Drew Barrymore · Ginnifer Goodwin · Jennifer Aniston · Jennifer Connelly · Justin Long · Kevin Connolly · Scarlett Johansson
Photos of Bandung North – De’Ranch, Maribaya, and Sapulidi (A Ranch, Waterfalls, and A Restaurant)
February 21st, 2009 16 Comments
As you may or may not know, the northern part of Bandung, Indonesia, is beautiful. Approximately an hour’s drive away from Bandung – the Capital of West Java – it is a place of foliage and waterfalls, ranches for the animals, and restaurants against the backdrop of natural serenity. I am not going to write [...]
Tags: Bandung Dec 2008 Trip · Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.0 · Nikon Capture NX2 · Nikon D700 · Nikon SB-900
Journal of a Blogger Attending “Showcase Nokia 2009″ Event
February 19th, 2009 7 Comments
I always enjoy attending Nokia events. With a brand valued at $36 billion, as a consumer, I am keen to learn what new products and services Nokia have in store for us in the year 2009. Nokia has always been more than just a phone to me. It represents a constant advance of the technology frontier [...]
Tags: blogger event · Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.0 · Nikon Capture NX2 · Nikon D700 · nokia · nokia event
Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty by Ram Charan – Loud and Clear, Concise Yet Actionable
February 17th, 2009 3 Comments
The message is clear, the timing couldn’t be more appropriate, getting the right things done in difficult times calls for a different kind of leadership, a different set of strategy. It is because the rules have changed. Global economy no longer favors a revenue growth strategy; profitability and cash-efficiency are now the keys to survival. “Leadership in [...]
Tags: McGraw-Hill · McGraw-Hill Book Review Blogger · Ram Charan
Parallelism Between the Various Art Forms – And My Band Resumes Our Practice
February 16th, 2009 6 Comments
My life as such: our public performance in The Heeren – or rather the practice sessions leading to that one event – must have been draining to our band members. Three months we were in hiatus. It was the Christmas, the New Year, the Chinese New Year, and for me, much of my time has [...]
Tags: Stone Jamz
U2! Down the Memory Lane on a Nostalgic Hazy Friday
February 13th, 2009 13 Comments
UB40 didn’t make it, U2 does. When I was a little boy, I often camped at the record stores, going through the catalogue organized by alphabets day after day, month after month. There weren’t that many group artists under the letter “U”. “Red Red Wine (1983)” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love (1993)” still put [...]
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Relaunch of Yesterday.sg – Our Heritage Leveraging on Social Media with a Whole New Look
February 12th, 2009 8 Comments
So I was invited to attend the Relaunch Party of Yesterday.sg as a blogger, alongside with the traditional media. The party was held during the lunch hours, which is friendly to my day job. I wonder how other Singaporean bloggers manage to find time to attend to so many events that happen during my office [...]
Tags: blogger event · Yesterday.sg
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