Does Singapore have a new gymnast breeding in Holland?
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Sunday, August 30, 2009
Erykah Badu in North Sea Jazz
Just testing out to see if the HD video fits in this new blog settings... Oh and of course, did I tell you I was at NSJ 2nd row watching Erykah Badu? Thus the crackling audio for being too close to the monitors. Silly me. But still a grand show. :)
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Makan time!! Friends came to eat with us today.
Arnie and Anders came to break fast with us. We had a good evening chatting, catching up and making plans on what to do over Eid later here in The Netherlands. They've lived in NL for some 4 odd years. She is such a laugh to have around. And with delicious Crispy Noodles darling Anja made too. :)
Friday, August 28, 2009
Beyond Technology
Imagine you are somewhere in the future. Unlike before, you are now much more concerned with a balanced lifestyle that enriches the mind, the body and the soul. Too mush stress, acceleration, performance and Prozac in the past have altered your perspective. You are now more interested in community and friendship, in personal growth and creativity, in well being and in controlling your own path and directions in life. In terms of your everyday you are able to achieve these easily through the interaction of the digital physical world. Whether at home or in a public space you intuitively and easily interface and interact with information, with friends and with yourself in ways that were unimaginable in the recent past. You now live in an economy based on information, services, experiences and solutions, is and through specific contexts. You value being able to customize this in a way that is personal and fitting to you, as an individual or as a group. Living as you do in a context economy, value is based on customization, adaptability and transformation.
Also posted on http://rastAsia.wordpress.com
Also posted on http://rastAsia.wordpress.com
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Dealova
I crapped out Dealova from this http://bit.ly/nz5YD to this in 2 days as arrangement practise. http://bit.ly/A8a1A.... When what I really wanna do is a hari raya song. Hehehe. :) My daughters Zaza on bongo and Leia on shaker. I did the rest. Guitar, bass, piano, violin.. ;) If you want the full arrangement let me know. But warning! I can't sing for shits...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
My walking ears. Maximo iMetal iP-HS2 + Mic.
Following a tweet from buddy @kilianvalkhof, backed by lots of positive reviews, I thought I'd give the HS2 a try. My original iPhone earpiece is long gone.. even if not broken, terrible to listen into. I need something decent I could use that would not compromise listening pleasure, neutral and at the same time be able to talk into for regular phone calls. For €35,50 off eBay, I thought I better just get it.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Straits Times Singapore writes about yesterday's #ndr09 with Twitter
There's a whole page report about it on the Main Paper review today including pictures! I'm waiting for soft copy from home in the mail.
Each time I turn on the laptop. I go wow. I'm so blessed.
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Each time I turn on the laptop. I go wow. I'm so blessed.
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
'Mosquito' off their system. Now the girls yaking 'Le Kua Simiii'. Damn you @mrbrown!! #ndp09
Singapore National Day 2009 have its theme song titled "What Do You See" by its local band Electrico. But @mrbrown of course have his one-up parody for it called "Le Kua Simi" which is perfect Hokkien translation on the original title. Brilliant work buddy!! You've definitely gave it the Singapore touch. Si beh sat!!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
I miss the tranquility dearly..
ONE WEEK in the French Alps with 20 friends was a little too short. We haven't been in touch for more than 12 years.
In late 90's, I used to frequent this pub called Station Beer House which sits on the 4th floor corner in Far East Plaza, Singapore. Who'd ever thought; this small get-to place would be a conversation piece as the pinnacle where warm friendship is built on. SBH no longer exist today. But its warmth lives strong in Facebook when lovely Meilinda Soerjoko created the least thought Group Page from within San Francisco. Each of us who's already in Facebook 'jumped into it' and boy were we all in for a surprise. Facebook is invaluable that way. Today SBH gathers 151 members where everyone know each other. For a small pub that can hardly accomodate 24 people, that is BIG! Mike (the owner of SNH) should be granted a Noble Prize!!
Fast forward 12 years, SBH members is scattered all over the world. What was unique with SBH I think was the warm, free-to-reign atmosphere that Mike gave us. Indirectly he was the father-figure right after school for many. If you not up to the age you can sit in there. But you drink Ice Tea and enjoy your chats along with the toasties. Students from various international schools in the island go there to cool off. Cheap drinks and toasties, that's all there really is to it, really. But the place brought a certain magic unlike the other 2 pubs downstairs which had glass doors as entrance. They are not as welcoming as what Mike had in SBH. It didn't have a door. It was just there. And in good access to the restroom should you need to run and do your duty and say hello to the aunty at the gates (at 10¢ per entry). No reason to hide I guess. Students from all over the world gathered here. And in good equal ratio to the locals I'd say. I know coz I'm one of the locals. :)
But to cut the chase, we lost contact for 12 years. Everyone graduated (I hope) and then moved on. The SBH group got us back together again. When somebody mentioned about doing a reunion. Everyone couldn't agree better..... So that week, those around the region of France, Germany, UK, Sweden and Netherlands got together. We realized that time, 12 or 15 or 30 years didn't matter. When you've known that person that long in Singapore, something magical happens. It's fairly unexplainable. You go through a 'glass' that just makes you understand how the other person functions in any other possible situations. There's a certain energy to friendship when you're in Asia. I guess the existence of spiritual cultures around the region has its effects on us. In Singapore, you could choose to be open or you could just not be social. But for some reason unexplainable, what we all ate, drank, talked, heard and saw there changes the empathy of things around us. You 'will know' when people reveal themselves truely, much unlike the ones that I've met after. My theory to it? There is this fine invisible cloak that people remove when in warmer climates. You can't see it but you feel the warm friendliness coming from within. In other words, the ReUnion was overwhelmingly successful not just physically, but even spiritually. I for certain realized that I have this friends that loves me just the same way as I love em as a friend. It was unconditional. True. Pure. We saw each other the same way we did back there as we do here now. That warmth sits within every other of these individuals no matter where they came from. We lived in each other's eyes as the youth we were 12-15 years ago, today.
The ReUnion was too good for most of us; that we plan to do it annually from now on. Its the truest form of networking anybody can have. We know each other personally, and that, changes the whole image of social networking. Next time, we'll make sure its longer than a week.
Flo & Fred on guitars playing their original 'Snake'.
Me accompanying on cajun and shaker.
Composed circa 1999 in Singapore Far East Plaza stairwells...
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