Tuesday, April 23, 2013

K to J-Pop Again

Just like many other craze in the world, fatigue will eventually come.

K-Pop has been ringing all around us for a bit too long now. At least for me.

So, I decided to put back those prior-K-Pop craze songs which is known as J-Pop onto my phone again.

Here's one of my favourite Japanese Pop songs of its time:

恋をしている by Every Little Thing.

Here's another live performance of that song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h9_620UNkQ

Friday, April 12, 2013

The Instant Messenger War

I guess Whatsapp is still the number one IM app because it's the pioneer of its category and got many existing users "stucked" to it.

I would think Line by Naver can give Whatsapp a run for its money.

Lots of features such as the support for "timeline", which is rather like Facebook's status.

And I've just saw Line appearing on TV for the first time yesterday.

Seems they are all out for prime time!
Bring it on!

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Singapore - Our Garden City?

Singapore has long been known to be a "Garden City".
Credit to the government who has put in much effort in it.

Is Singapore really that beautiful?

Yes!
If you take into account the super clean streets and roads and the nice greenery plants and trees throughout the country.

No!
On some occasions, I would think otherwise!

Look around you the next time you commute to work or school.
Here are some common sights you will see:

Singapore is so "dynamic" to an extent that you see changes and improvements to the buildings, roads, transport system on a daily basis.

During your short commuting to your workplace or school, I guarantee you will see several of these sights along the way.

Especially with the ever-constructing MRT system, such sights are here to stay for years to come.

If you take these into account, it's not that beautiful anymore.

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Song to Cool Me Down

This kind of song really cool me down a lot whenever I'm under pressure.
It has this "stretch of highs" that really make one forget about any existing worries.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Did a Font-Face Lift to my iPhone 5

Apple has this "Palm Treo feel" in it, such as the mute ringer, home button to quit app(pre-multitask version), ease-of-use designs,etc.
But the really bad one that they followed Palm is to use a really thick font as their system font.

Being Retina-display capable, the screen should be better with finer and thinner fonts like those used in many Android phones.

So today, I decided to do a font facelift to my iPhone 5.
Here's the finer font I use.

Monday, February 11, 2013

I Like "I Dreamed A Dream"

I'm a fan of the talent show "Britain's Got Talent" since 2007.
That year, Paul Potts was the winner.

Two years later, an "auntie" came on to surprise the crowd and the world with the song "I Dreamed A Dream" from Les Miserables. She was Susan Boyle.

That was the first time I heard of that song.

Sometime later, I heard an original version from the Les Miserables musical sung by Ruthie Henshall.

While Susan Boyle's version is sweet, Ruthie Henshall's version is more "powerful" and emotional.

The latest version came with this year's screening of Les Miserables and sung by Anne Hathaway.

Her version is a bit "soft" and lack impact.

My personal preference, I really love the version by Ruthie Henshall the most and that powerful vocal and emotional feel it brings.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Strange Phenomenon of the Gadget World

Not many years back, companies like Nikon, Pentax, Casio were trying to make their cameras as small and compact as possible and charge a higher price.
Today, we see people shooting away with a 9.7" squarish and flat device.




A biggest-sized camera of all time. (2013)
















Again not many years back, companies like Ericsson, Sony, Nokia were trying to make their mobile phones as small and compact as possible.
Today, we see people putting a 5.6" flat slab to their face. One can even see people holding a bigger 7" one with a brand starting with "S".


Are we "going backwards"?!
Strange phenomenon.