Bits And Pieces, Here And There...
Sorry, have not been writing recently because I've just acquired a new toy.
A mini hi-fi set from Audio House. Brand name is bet-you've-never-heard-of "Hyundai". :D I've been hunting for one for the past 2 weeks. I really can't do without music in my room. So even if I have to use up some of the money of the Nanjing trip, I felt it's a good "spiritual" investment for me. "Spiritual" as in it keeps me sane, not in a religious kinda way hor :)
Anyway, back to the hi-fi. So it was on sale at Audio House for $129, plays cd, vcd, dvd, -rs, -rws and has a 1200W power. So, buy lah! :D Little did I realise that I need a tv if I want to access the MP3s if I have them in folders on CDs. The interface you see, is reflected ONLY on the TV. So without the tv, I've got to guess which folder and what song I want to play by remembering how many times I've pressed the "ENTER" button and the ">" button. I gave up after the 2nd day of trying, and decided to burn all the songs into the dvd-rw, without the folders. I can't say I am really happy with the final solution, but I guess it'll do :)
As you can see, I am using temporary "tables" to hold the hi-fi set for now. Looking at the display makes me think about the still-messy room of mine. Urgh. I hope I'd spend more time in my room doing the clean up, now that I have music accompaniement :)
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The other thing I want to note down is that I went to eat collagen ramen the same day I got the hi-fi, ie. last Sunday. The little shop is at Marina Square ground floor, somewhere near Chapter 2 the hair salon. I can't really taste the difference in taste, cos the noodles, like any ramen I've tasted on any other day. It's good, nonetheless. And the side dishes such as fried salmon and squid legs are pretty tasty too. Only, don't order the red bean drink from them. I figure there's nothing special about it. Just red bean soup in ice :S
1) Interior of the restaurant
2) L's ramen (sorry, forgotten what flavour was it)
3) My Ramen, spicy char siew ramen (they ran out of chicken thigh meat! :S)
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Oh, did I mentioned that I am an videoezy online member now? *smiling with glee* So now I can watch any movie I want! I had just returned "Toni Takitani", and now "High Fidelity" just arrived today :D. My plan was maximum 3 DVDs a month, but I can take as long as I want to return it. Once the DVD is returned, they'd send me the next video in queue 2 days later. How's kewl is that?! :D
Tony Takitani is a very, very simple show. No gore, no violence, no horror, no sexual content, no cgi-graphics... I was drawn to watch it because D W wrote about it sometime back last year. I like this kinda "thinking" movie. They bring the real emotions of what regular people feel onto the screen. Why people are who they are. And what they do, will do to the lives of others in real life. Everything is so natural in the show. The natural reaction of the girl crying in the wardrobe-full of clothes that seemed to be customed made just for her. The natural display of Tony's character, an extension of the things he has to deal with since childhood. How the lack of playmates and proper family during his growing up years caused him to spend most of his time focus on the finer points of life.
There's no excitement-excitement in this show. Watch it on a lazy Sunday afternoon. You would either doze off, or you would feel what Tony felt. 'Cos I did.
And why "High Fidelity"? I remember reading a mention of the movie on the papers sometime ago, and the name of the movie has stucked in my brain ever since. Though the movie was on the tv a couple of times, I keep missing it when it is shown on tv. Vaguely remember that John Cusack is the lead character there, he listens to songs, analyse love through listening to songs, something like that.
I will write about it when I finished watching it.
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J messaged me when I was on my way back home after taking my dad to the doctor's to get his regular supply of high-blood pressure pills, as well as lung relaxant for his cough. He told me that the mother of PL, the friend of mine who jetsetted to UK last month for training, has passed away this morning. We knew PL mutually, as she is the god-sister of J's sister, and that was how the news came about.
Honestly, I was shocked. It really came as a surprise. PL has been living with her mother for years ever since the siblings have married, and So hurriedly, I replied to J and told him I would find out more from the others. He replied to say that the family may not want PL to be affected by the news, so it's better than I hold my messages.
Well, little does he know, he does not need to tell me that. I was going to forward the message out to one of PL's closer friends, until I realised that I have none of the numbers of that bunch of people I "meet" once a while.
None. My only contact with them was through PL, because I seldom hang out with the rest, somewhat. And it kinda surprised me a little because it's so bizarre... knowing these people, yet don't have their numbers.
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I guess my friendship with the rest is as superficial as it looks like now. Which explains to you why I seldom see them, cos I really feel that there's no real friendship with these people at all. Even though we had spent 4 years of our times together as NPCC cadets during our secondary school days.
I guess it's probably because I was always the follower and not the leader in the pack, so wallflowered that till this day, nobody notice that I could actually hold a decent conversation, and there is no need to ignore me during gatherings.
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Would things change in the future, or after the wake? I hope so.
Meantime, I shall wear dark colours to work tomorrow, in case there's a call to attend the wake.
A mini hi-fi set from Audio House. Brand name is bet-you've-never-heard-of "Hyundai". :D I've been hunting for one for the past 2 weeks. I really can't do without music in my room. So even if I have to use up some of the money of the Nanjing trip, I felt it's a good "spiritual" investment for me. "Spiritual" as in it keeps me sane, not in a religious kinda way hor :)
Anyway, back to the hi-fi. So it was on sale at Audio House for $129, plays cd, vcd, dvd, -rs, -rws and has a 1200W power. So, buy lah! :D Little did I realise that I need a tv if I want to access the MP3s if I have them in folders on CDs. The interface you see, is reflected ONLY on the TV. So without the tv, I've got to guess which folder and what song I want to play by remembering how many times I've pressed the "ENTER" button and the ">" button. I gave up after the 2nd day of trying, and decided to burn all the songs into the dvd-rw, without the folders. I can't say I am really happy with the final solution, but I guess it'll do :)
As you can see, I am using temporary "tables" to hold the hi-fi set for now. Looking at the display makes me think about the still-messy room of mine. Urgh. I hope I'd spend more time in my room doing the clean up, now that I have music accompaniement :)
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The other thing I want to note down is that I went to eat collagen ramen the same day I got the hi-fi, ie. last Sunday. The little shop is at Marina Square ground floor, somewhere near Chapter 2 the hair salon. I can't really taste the difference in taste, cos the noodles, like any ramen I've tasted on any other day. It's good, nonetheless. And the side dishes such as fried salmon and squid legs are pretty tasty too. Only, don't order the red bean drink from them. I figure there's nothing special about it. Just red bean soup in ice :S
1) Interior of the restaurant
2) L's ramen (sorry, forgotten what flavour was it)
3) My Ramen, spicy char siew ramen (they ran out of chicken thigh meat! :S)
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Oh, did I mentioned that I am an videoezy online member now? *smiling with glee* So now I can watch any movie I want! I had just returned "Toni Takitani", and now "High Fidelity" just arrived today :D. My plan was maximum 3 DVDs a month, but I can take as long as I want to return it. Once the DVD is returned, they'd send me the next video in queue 2 days later. How's kewl is that?! :D
Tony Takitani is a very, very simple show. No gore, no violence, no horror, no sexual content, no cgi-graphics... I was drawn to watch it because D W wrote about it sometime back last year. I like this kinda "thinking" movie. They bring the real emotions of what regular people feel onto the screen. Why people are who they are. And what they do, will do to the lives of others in real life. Everything is so natural in the show. The natural reaction of the girl crying in the wardrobe-full of clothes that seemed to be customed made just for her. The natural display of Tony's character, an extension of the things he has to deal with since childhood. How the lack of playmates and proper family during his growing up years caused him to spend most of his time focus on the finer points of life.
There's no excitement-excitement in this show. Watch it on a lazy Sunday afternoon. You would either doze off, or you would feel what Tony felt. 'Cos I did.
And why "High Fidelity"? I remember reading a mention of the movie on the papers sometime ago, and the name of the movie has stucked in my brain ever since. Though the movie was on the tv a couple of times, I keep missing it when it is shown on tv. Vaguely remember that John Cusack is the lead character there, he listens to songs, analyse love through listening to songs, something like that.
I will write about it when I finished watching it.
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J messaged me when I was on my way back home after taking my dad to the doctor's to get his regular supply of high-blood pressure pills, as well as lung relaxant for his cough. He told me that the mother of PL, the friend of mine who jetsetted to UK last month for training, has passed away this morning. We knew PL mutually, as she is the god-sister of J's sister, and that was how the news came about.
Honestly, I was shocked. It really came as a surprise. PL has been living with her mother for years ever since the siblings have married, and So hurriedly, I replied to J and told him I would find out more from the others. He replied to say that the family may not want PL to be affected by the news, so it's better than I hold my messages.
Well, little does he know, he does not need to tell me that. I was going to forward the message out to one of PL's closer friends, until I realised that I have none of the numbers of that bunch of people I "meet" once a while.
None. My only contact with them was through PL, because I seldom hang out with the rest, somewhat. And it kinda surprised me a little because it's so bizarre... knowing these people, yet don't have their numbers.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
I guess my friendship with the rest is as superficial as it looks like now. Which explains to you why I seldom see them, cos I really feel that there's no real friendship with these people at all. Even though we had spent 4 years of our times together as NPCC cadets during our secondary school days.
I guess it's probably because I was always the follower and not the leader in the pack, so wallflowered that till this day, nobody notice that I could actually hold a decent conversation, and there is no need to ignore me during gatherings.
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Would things change in the future, or after the wake? I hope so.
Meantime, I shall wear dark colours to work tomorrow, in case there's a call to attend the wake.
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