I Hate Studying

So does my baby cousin.

Salubrious Sony

Is your handphone breaking down but the 1-year warranty is already over?
Are you sick and tired of your outdated Nokia communication device?
Or are you just interested in a good Sony Ericsson deal?

Fret not, waste no more time...
Contact me now and grab a new Sony Ericsson phone without contract at a great the discount!

Heh, this is not a gimmick. I just need someone to share the membership price with me.

Poverty Protest?

Event: Empower Singaporeans Rally and March
Dates: 14 to 20 September 2006
Participants: Open to Singaporeans from all walks of life

Objectives:
One, to highlight the fact that the Singapore Government denies Singaporeans their freedoms of speech, association, and peaceful assembly.
Two, to highlight the plight of poor and working Singaporeans.

Itinerary:
1. Assembly and rally at Speakers’ Corner.
2. Walk along South Bridge Rd to Parliament House.
3. Rally outside Parliament House.
4. Walk along North Bridge Rd, Stamford Rd, Nicoll Highway to Suntec City.
5. Rally outside Suntec City.
6. Walk along Bras Basah Road and Orchard Road to the Istana.
7. Rally outside the Istana and dispersal.

Heralding Hartono

Harry Connick Jr, Diana Krall, Silje Nergaard... Just when the music genre of jazz appears to be stagnating, new artists never fail to pop up to give the old classics a fresh twist. (That said, artists like Jamie and Norah are just a little too pop and country influenced respectively.)

Even the Pussycat Dolls have their own rendition of the jazz classic, Sway. Although the copious amount of "uh", "ah" and "oohs" that they so generously showcase is a personal peeve for me.

So it comes with no surprise that Singapore is finally ready to showcase another jazz talent after mild international successes by Jacintha Abisheganaden and Claressa Monteiro. This time, in the form of a 16 year old ACS boy, Nathaniel Hartono.

After winning the Teenage Icon '05 awards, he has managed to clinch a record deal, freshly launching his own album "Nathan: Let Me Sing" last month. If luck is on his side, he looks set to rock the local jazz scene.
Boyish good looks to send girls a-screaming... Check.
Ridiculously young age to shut potential critics up... Check.
(Even Jamie Cullum was 20 when he recorded his first album.)

An equally great voice to match... Check.
Onstage charisma to captivate the audience... Check.


Now one final criteria, get famous.

iBlog

I defining iBlogging as impulse blogging, unadulterated unedited babble, I would say.

It's 4.18AM as the digital clock in front of me screams. My family is supposed to leave at 4.30AM by cab to our dear award winning Changi Airport but the taxi is not yet booked. Did I mentioned packing only really began at 12.30AM?

Yes, once again, I have to assert that the eleventh hour runs in the family. Thank God for the ability to sleep late. Or in this case, not even catch a wink.

My sister is still in the toilet, my father is getting irritated and my mother is vexing about something else. And their dear son, is...
blogging.

Well, this is the Lim Family for you...



Gotta go now, before this laptop is flung out of my window.

Classical Conundrum

*Brand New* Sacha Puttnam & Chris Coco - Remasterpiece

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Seller's Note:
This audio CD "Sacha Puttnam & Chris Coco - Remasterpiece" is Brand New and in Excellent condition, sealed in an unopened plastic wrapper.
Now made available to you at a small fraction of the cost.
This is the ONE and ONLY among the yahoo auctions. So bid with confidence.

Details:
Remasterpiece is the first collaboration and international release by artists Chris Coco and Sacha Puttnam.

Sacha has used his strong classical background to select some of the most beautiful moments in classical music and together with Chris, has put them into a context that makes sense to a new generation of listener. The recording is a DJ mix but there is not a beat to be heard. Rather a continuous ‘turntable symphony’, an ambient mix that features re-edits, intelligent reinterpretations and new compositions that form a stunning sonic landscape.

Remasterpiece is a highly original approach to classical music, blending the past and the future in a beautiful mix of classical and ambient music.

Tracklisting
1. S.Puttnam - Intro
2. R.Schumann - Kind Im Einschlummern
3. G.Mahler - Adagietto
4. S.Puttnam - Resonance
5. T.Jegede - Lamentation
6. E.Satie - Berceuse
7. C.Coco - G2
8. F.Battiato - L’Ombra della Luce
9. Dead Composers - Maresias
10. E.Satie - Princesse Des Tulipes
11. C.Orff - In Trutina (Carmina Burana)
12. F.Chopin - 'Raindrop' Prelude No.15
13. G.Bregovic - Ederlezi
14. Dead Composers - Minore
15. G.Yared - Chile Con Carne (Theme from Betty Blue)
16. J.Field - Nocturne No.1
17. Dead Composers - Syrinx
18. C.Debussy - Claire De Lune
19. A.Pärt - Spiegel Im Spiegel

Official Website: Remasterpiece

Postal Delivery:
- Normal Mail: S$1.00
- Registered Mail: S$3.00

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But nooooo... Just when I was about to list it up on Yahoo! Auctions, the plastic wrapping tore itself and before I could comprehend what was going on, the cd had already landed in my player. Grrrr...

Another failed transaction. :(