Kbox @ Safra Jurong

On thursday me and jun hao went to safra jurong kbox to try out the new system there. The touch screen system was really cool in the sense that the whole feeling was very professional. The TV was also better (there are 2) and the sound system was definitely much improved. The overall singing experience was way better than the other old outlets and the most fun feature of the new system was that you can record your own singing and send the mp3 to your handphone via bluetooth!! Haha. Since this feature was so new, we decided to try recording our own versions of our favourite songs and meng send to our handphones HAHAHA!

Ninjatown

Very fun! Concept is the same as tower defense 2 but this game is much more fun and thrilling. The storyline is not very insignificant actually. The main attraction of the game is to try to win every stage with A. Of course, it isn't very easy to achieve that also. The last stage was rather difficult to finish actually. I tried 3 times then can complete the last stage with the use of lava ninja that I never even used before.

Rating: 8/10

棒棒堂 - 我是传奇

第一個問題：爲什麽這張專輯可以賣到$26.95??

第二個問題：既然可以賣比張惠妹貴，爲什麽專輯裏的歌曲就不比其它歌手來得動聽？

偶像組合還流行嗎？六個大男生，至今我誰也不是很熟悉，只是覺得他們比黑girl幸運多了，至少還可以發三張專輯，但可惜的是，選曲方面做得不好，選到的歌曲平平無奇。快歌方面太預料之中了，我還嫌曲風方面太過老土，像《Loga Loga》和《沖破封鎖綫》這類歌曲真的無法引起我的興趣。

慢歌方面不比上一張專輯突出，沒什麽能夠發揮的作品，而且《說說》的詞一直重復一直重復，簡直是騙吃和偷懶的行爲，而歌曲是王子詞曲的作品，曲方面還算可以，但是詞真的不夠深度。

聼完專輯最大的致命傷就是無法找出最突出的作品，所謂的代表作，真的覺得這張專輯發得太浪費了。

Rating: 2/5

Coughing

I am still coughing like mad after taking in days of chinese medicine (coz dun wanna spam myself with western medicine which is not very good to the body and given the situation of H1N1 dun wanna anyhow take medicine).

But apparently the stupid cough refused to go away. In the end told my mum to get medicine from the doctor to help me SETTLE the cough quickly so that I don't look like a potential H1N1 person and later kenna SENT HOME from school!

And today i happen to take a relief class for chinese. Their chinese teacher has this letter writing assignment for them to do so I am just there babysitting them. First hand experience of real classroom kind of condition where I am the only person controlling the class. Sounds difficult. Seems difficult. But luckily the class is okay la, they did make quite a lot of noise here and there but at least they were controllable. I wonder how to survive if the class turned upside down.

And being an assistant to proed, i am beginning to use more excel than anywhere else in my entire life. Luckily the task was not that difficult to comprehend with too many functions to make use of, otherwise i can say i am rather noob in using excel la haha.

And yes, seems that it is confirmed me, jun hao and gum are going to genting from 12th to 14th july! Finally with all the drama happened, it is finally settled and I have applied leave already. Hope we can take a good break and enjoy ourselves there. It would be a cool (no pun) experience to travel entirely on our own and with friends (the other times are all with family).

And because of this, I have to take 2 days leave. Some more there is this MOE meet up session again on 20th july (monday) which means another day of leave. I keep taking leave la, when in the 1st place i don't work for very long, so actually i feel very bad to proed because it seems that i am not of very good use to them since i don't stay for very long term. Hopefully in future can come back some more to help.

戴佩妮 - 原諒我就是這樣的女生

(Scanned from my album :D)

我覺得專輯最重要就是真誠和熱愛音樂，就夠了。

聼戴佩妮的專輯，就仿佛在聼她的故事，個人特色及風格強烈但卻又主流和討好（雖然這次有些歌有些許太另類 - 像Lafite）。

托了俊豪的姐姐從網上購買專輯，畢竟新加坡無法找到，聽説是因爲copyright的問題，本身覺得非常可惜，因爲希望專輯可以被更多的人聼到。

14首歌，多數歌曲已經在之前推出過單曲，但放在專輯和在編排方面很適合。

聼聼《原諒我就是這樣的女生》，《兩難》，《一念之間》，《冷落 》 吧，這些歌曲我比較喜歡，也覺得會滿足普通大衆的口味。

整張專輯的態度真的做到了，感覺也是對的，方向也對了，音樂就這樣配合起來，呈現出一場有素質的秀，什麽銷售成績或其他獎項其實還是其次，最重要是在音樂作品上對得起自己。

Rating: 4/5

品冠 - 一切为了爱 新歌+精选

好唐突的一張精選輯，而只有7首舊歌的情況下，這張“精選”比較像mini-album吧，至少有6首新歌和1首粵語歌（adapted from one of the new song of course）

新歌方面沒什麽突出的作品，就是一貫品冠的音樂曲風，比較動聽的是《比想像更想你》。《一切爲了愛》有點和以往不同，但作品素質一般，沒辦法出位。

和李心潔合唱的《当你想著我》也很一般，要說得上好聽，我想只有《比想像更想你》了。

還好舊歌都算經典歌曲，是之前專輯的主打歌，或許能夠刺激買氣吧，不然整張精選輯真的沒什麽看頭。

Rating: 3/5

言承旭 - 多出来的自由

安分守己的專輯對像言承旭這位偶像歌手來説是明智之擧，反正強項不是真的在唱歌，至少選的歌還容易接受，但唱腔方面有點弱，有點空。

《Thank you》，《在KTV說愛你》和《一半》是典型的偶像情歌，反觀《我會很愛你》和《黑咖啡日記》太過甜了，曲風似乎有點老套

專輯裏我還蠻喜歡《去闖》的，至少不是很expected的曲風，也為專輯添加一點驚喜，不然整張專輯聼起來真的有點沉悶。

《Lost Love》雖然還算好聽，但曲風太像周傑倫了，完全沒有自己的影子，而歌曲重點似乎是女歌手而不是言承旭。

單看封面和暌違5年未發片，應該很容易就讓歌迷自掏腰包買專輯吧，但素質來説是蠻普通的。

Rating: 3/5

Bleach Talk

Omg, i just read the latest chapter for bleach manga and at the end, the visored finally came! I am thinking whether all 8 of them will showcase their powers in their battles, because there are 8 of them, so to showcase each of their powers would really take quite a bit of time ya? (a lot of chapters then haha)

But the irritating thing is the 3rd and 2nd espada never die la! Still have to battle all over again...but how come the powers of the captains cannot match with the espada sia

And i wonder whether the four captains trapped inside the hollow world would return back to the main world to help out in the battle.

And technically the visored are much stronger than the current captains since they have hollow powers and also they are more senior than the current captains right now. I would hope to see more exciting battles, not kenna defeated again and win by luck that kind.

Earning more money OR saving more money

Tues i watched transformers with deng si and and yesterday watched ice age 3 with fan hao. Within one week watch 2 movies (paid movies some more, not free tickets hor!) so besides the daily expenditure, close to 20 dollars are gone due to these movies.

I am thinking whether it is better to save more money so that you can spend more in future or you earn more money so that you can spend more in future.

There is a difference in the two approach, one is you let yourself go unsatisfied by making certain sacrifices (not being able to buy the things u want, eat fancy food etc) which compromise a certain level of freedom in life. The other option, though it sounds good, also tires you up since by earning more money you have to spend more time in work and hence, less time to enjoy life.

I was chatting with fan hao yesterday and he told me some of his frens are earning really big money but work like siao around the clock. As usual, tuition seems to be the big sucking machine with plentiful of cash to be earned if you want to teach. Booking the weekend slots can be rather tempting and the money that comes in is rather satisfactory, but is it really that satisfying when deep inside you you feel so tired and you just want to take a break from all the hectic life (but couldn't due to tuition committments)?

But being a workoholic myself, most of the time i believe in earning more to spend more rather than to save because for my character, i hate to limit myself and lose that bit of freedom to do something i want. It is the 要就要 kind of character, but not the extreme level and spoilt brat kind la, but seriously, i really dun like it when i lose this kind of freedom to spend my money on the things i decide to spend on because "i have to save money". Well...to me, if need money in future, earn more lor, not by saving, but to quote fan hao's "a bit no life leh", which is entirely true, sometimes even if you have the money also might not even have the time to spend. Then, it would be rather sad la.

Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

The whole movie was good! Warm and hilarious at the same time. Scrat is really the essence of the whole movie! There are numerous scenes that are really very stupidly funny and the link between the main plot and the scrat personal show was nicely done.

Rating: 4/5

周蕙 同名全新专辑

睽违了两年，出来的作品比起上一张在Sony发行的专辑来得讨好，歌曲也考虑到市场要求和充分表现出周蕙歌声优美的优点。

《自己的电影》和成龙合唱，第一主打很自然地有了话题，至少能够提高周蕙的知名度，毕竟这是她第一次可以露脸的专辑，歌曲也算好听。

接下来的《守约》感觉很像锦绣二重唱的《我的快乐》，在背景钢琴配乐下让整首歌突现出来，很好听，又有点忧伤。

周蕙尝试像《Complicated》的曲风不错，让专辑增添一点多元化的因素，又不是像之前的《赤裸》那么感觉不对，《Complicated》选得不错。

其他歌曲像《也许你》，《守护者》，《老地方》属于小品音乐，不算很突出，但仔细听也很有味道。

最大败笔其实是封面设计，好不容易等到发片，而且终于可以露脸了，但封面黑白脸和粉红色的背景感觉很莫名其妙，也不好看。

Rating: 3.5/5