Where's the HDB ah?

Cycling home from grocery shopping.

Picto: Sign in a Shopping Centre

Butts i don't understand.

Movies Galore!

"He's here... The phantom of the opera... lalala"


Spongebob Movie!
Cameo by David Hasselhoff


Easy... Sex is, Love isn't


Hide & Seek
Stars Robert De Niro & Dakota Fanning, child actor of I am Sam


Hide & Seek
By director of Amelie, Stars Audrey Tatou too


Constantine
Stars stone-face Keanu Reeves, reminds me of the Matrix


Being Julia
For the theater & romance lovers, stars Annette Benning of American Beauty

[Sung] Where have all the people gone?

According to Wikipedia, Singapore has only 4 JCs!

Hmm...some degree of accuracy there actually.

Over the Air: blinks

Bloggin Away!

Ohaiyo gozaimasu!
or Hi!!!

Finally got some more posts up. Day 3-6 of my stay. Rather long posts...i'm not sure this is the right place to do the posting, since the rest like lemming does not. So, i put it all in my blog site at www.acsage.blogspot.com. hehe. i will beautify it with pictures, once i get this JLPT exams over and done with...provided i have time too..hehe...lifes great here. =P
From the land of the irritating mosquito, mata ashita! (seeya tomorrow) .

Wikipedia

I just found a Wiki entry for ACS (while I was looking for the acronym for Action Control Script!)

Anglo-Chinese School Wiki

Over the Air: Vacation - Simple Plan

We've been replaced!

Yamaha Player Piano Goes Wireless: The Disklavier Mark IV



The Yamaha Disklavier Mark IV can play itself! Why bother going through all those costly piano lessons taught by anal "Made in China" fat teachers when you can just pop in a CD and get the piano to play itself....WIRELESSLY. Yep, from your laptop, PC or PDA. From your room, your kitchen or even your toilet.



Spook your parents or friends by making the piano play itself while they're watching some horror movie! (Hey I should patent the idea?)



Why Yamaha was thoughtful enough to include the japanese way of karaoke with the piano! Cut out a life-size picture of Tony Bennett, prop him up on the piano, and dance the romantic night away with your partner (I patent this too, Ok fine I won't but if you get laid, be sure to mention my name!) Just like the people featured above.

Making Kando together indeed....


[Excerpt] High Tech Player Piano Plays Along with Favorite CDs, or Leads the Family in
Karaoke – from Anywhere in the Home

Using Yamaha’s library of thousands of PianoSoft software titles, including the exclusive library of hundreds of Smart PianoSoft™ titles, the piano can play along with many audio CD titles from your favorite artists. Pop in the CD along with the corresponding Yamaha disk to hear the vocals and fully orchestrated accompaniment on the onboard sound system, while the piano part is played “live” in perfect synchronicity.

The Mark IV can control the entire system, wirelessly, from anyplace in the home, using one of two full color, touch-screen Wi-Fi controllers—a PDA-style pocket remote or a 10.4” touch-screen LCD tablet remote. Neither device needs to be in the same room as the instrument to activate all of the piano’s functions, control the onboard music library or even create custom play lists.

The piano integrates seamlessly with standard or whole house systems, enabling the piano’s outputs to be configured so that home speakers located near the piano produce only the backup orchestration, while speakers in another part of the house add a digital piano sound. Why limit your musical enjoyment to just one room in the house?

Turn any gathering into a karaoke party, with the lyrics displayed with customizable backgrounds on the tablet remote or to any standard TV set via the Mark IV’s video output. The Disklavier Mark IV’s karaoke function uses a built-in microphone input that lets users hear their voices complete with digital effects like reverberation and vocal harmony… your virtual backup singers!

Use Yamaha’s SmartKey Technology™ to play a tune even if you’ve never sat down at a keyboard before—the Disklavier cues you by moving the correct key, and then waits for you to strike it. The piano guides you through simple melodies while embellishing your performance with accompaniment that’s at your speed. Taking the experience a bit further, playing the piano for pleasure takes on a new dimension with Yamaha CueTIME™ software, which offers orchestrated arrangements that automatically follow the user’s pace. For privacy, courtesy or low-volume practice, the Disklavier includes a Quiet Mode that replaces the acoustic piano action with a digital piano sound users can hear through headphones.

The Disklavier Mark IV even has the ability to capture your videotaped piano performance and replay it with the piano playing and video image perfectly in sync on any TV or monitor.

In a step beyond previous models, the Mark IV Series features a high-capacity onboard hard drive that lets the user load thousands of song titles into the instrument for easy access.

Was quite sold on this UK Yamaha advert - Video

And then I went on to watch a product demonstration of my favourite percussion instrument, the marima! -
Video

Over the Air: What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Catherine Lim: Litmus test of a more open society

TodayOnline: Litmus test of a more open society

Something Completely Useful IV

Geek Pick Up Lines: Part 2

11. You had me at "Hello World."
10. Mind if I run a sniffer to see if your ports are open?
9. You make me want to upgrade my Tivo.
8. By looking at you I can tell you're 36-25-36, which by the way are all perfect squares.
7. Jedi Mind Trick: "This is the geek you're looking for." *waves hand*
6. You can put a Trojan on my Hard Drive anytime.
5. Have you ever googled yourself?
4. How about we do a little peer-to-peer saliva swapping?
3. With my IQ and your body we could begin a race of genetic superchildren to conquer the earth.
2. What's a girl like you doing in a place like this when there's a Farscape marathon on right now on the Sci Fi channel.
1. I'm attracted to you so strongly, scientists will have to develop a fifth fundamental force.

Over the Air: Going out of my Head - Little Anthony & the Imperials

Living in Japan Day 2

Day 2. 27th Oct 04

"Whoohoo..it's another tiring day. The day started with James declaring a wrong time zone.
Then it proceeded with our first bus ride to the office. Afterwhich, we were ushered into the meeting room, where the Toshiba representatives were. When i was sitting down, my other leader told me i have to deliver a speech. "YIKES", i thought. I have none. Not even in english. The other leader had it better.Their teacher helped them to get a personal speech ready. Ours, just feed us vocabulary for lunch. Tried to sit up as straight as i possibly can though. They kept staring. Wonder if it's the eyebrows again. ha. I was assigned to sit at the centre facing the heads of the department. This was the case as i am also another leader of a 10 pax group. Not by choice. Heck. It was fun! with the Singapore flag displayed between me and the Toshiba reps, i felt like a goverment official on an official visit. Hehe. Priceless.

The rest of the day is spent on coughing and trying to keep awakeas Sugino-san and Kawauchi-san both explained the various forms, what to fill and whatnot. It was pure torture. Due to the language problem, some trainees couldn't really understand them. So, filling up ONE form is usually a 45min affair it seems. However, we have plenty to drink. They were nice hosts, ordering drinks for us, not once, not twice, but thrice. Had Ice Coffee, then Hot Coffee, then Orange Juice. hehe. Lau sai ah. Lunch was eaten at the cafeteria. More forms filling and explanations after that. Tai hen desu ne...Dinner was at a welcome party...before that, kawa brought us to yodobashi camera...only 10 min to shop..then walk another 25 min back...dinner started with sugino asking someone to make a speech.

Dinner was great. too bad i didn't eat as much...was talking with my TOMEC group. Sushi, fried noodles that looks like hokkien mee...sashimi...lots of alcohol of all kinds. Sake was smooth and 12% alc. so it's okay. Jasmine looks mabok...haha...talked alot ...but most of the time they initiate...i quiet mah...

When it ended, we took a bus back, then i head for a counterstrike gaming. had a hard time playing stupid game. not for the less advanced. then as i got fed up, went to get a BATH. with a BATHTUB of course. HOT water soaking is SHIOK!!!!200L of hot water to use up..cool!! then it's back to computer typing this..heh...SLEEP!!!! finally. Snack of the day: calbee moronishi...argh...time to look at schedule...forgot....prepare!!! i love living alone ...for the moment. hehe. Gotta go! till i post this again. Jaa!"

Living in Japan: Day 1

Day 1. 26th Oct 04

"Tiring day of shopping. Had to shop for bedsheet, comforter and pillow. then followed by 100yen shop...Lunch was ex man...735Yen for charsiew Ramen...Then dinner was cheap 345yen Mac Meal fish burger...No chilli sauce..haiz...
The flight was bad, with squeezy seats. there was no room for movement. Watched Dodgeball...and a little bit of Terminal...The guy at the declaration counter asked so much questions...scary... Umbrella bought from 100yen shop most valued. Rained the whole day today, very cool weather. But runnign out in polo will not kill.
Arranged my rooom nice nice already. Everything is still in the luggage...but those out are categorised. water heater not on today...had to bathe in T3's place.
Terribly cough. Tried to find Lozenges but dunno what it is in japanese.
PDA conked out...could be xray ...suspect battery failure....ironing my clothes before the big day tomorrow."

oops...it ain't in publishing standard...i think this was supposed to be a short note to myself...oh well...hope to be able to edit the others at the dorm when the internet is up...in the mean time, there is 15 other days in my diary to look forward to...haha
something about the schoolgirls coming soon...=P

pdf: Better to Give than to Receive

Adobe Acrobat TV Commercial (quicktime)

Boys vs Girls

The Arizona Republic: Males' learning needs ignored?