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新年快樂

2012-01-24T21:01:00.004+07:00

龍年快樂

- courtesy of my cousin, Jessica -

WongFu Productions

2012-01-22T23:05:00.014+07:00

For those who is not familiar with WongFu, they are Chinese American Filmmaking Group composed by Wesley Chan (right), Ted Fu (left) and Philip Wang (middle), they were a University of California graduates

I didn't know them either 'till Leehom introduced them through his latest single 依然愛你

It turns out that they are pretty big in States with various music clips, short movies, funny sketchs that they shared with the fans through youtube and any other media devices. And they are finally made it through Chinese market through Leehom's new MV.

End of 2011, they were invited to the White House to meet President Obama for the gathering of Asian American and Pacific Islanders - here is the link if anyone interested in reading more about their meeting with president.

My first reason of joining this event is because I want to meet the people who made Lee Hom's MV - which is currently my fave song ever. But other reason is that I studied Media Communication back in uni, I thought maybe I can have an A-HA moment which lead back to my right track of life. Working almost 10 years behind desk somehow is enough.

So let's see how it goes.

Happy Birthday My Melody

2012-01-18T18:27:00.001+07:00

My Melody turns 37 years old today .. yes, she doesn't age apparently :)

Happy Birthday cutie!!

NKOTBSB

2012-01-15T00:14:00.002+07:00

Yes, they are coming to Jakarta on 1 June 2012 ... yay!! The ticket is in hand ..

I still can't believe. NKOTB was my first ever concert - 12 February 1992 and 20 years later, here they are again.

I watched BSB concert back in 2008 I think. I've seen them individually as a group and I'm about to see them together .. ONE NIGHT - ONE STAGE .. ONCE IN A LIFETIME! Definitely not to be missed!!!

:))

New Year's Eve

2012-01-14T23:57:00.002+07:00

I have just watched New Year's Eve, like Valentine's Day - Garry Marshall's previous film, it depicts a series of holiday vignettes of the state of several romances and features a large ensemble large.

The cast range for youngster artists like Zac Efron, Lea Michelle to senior actors like Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Halle Berry. With a nice touch of the pretty women like Jessica Biel, Katherine Heigl, Sarah Jessica Parker and also gorgeous actors such as Josh Duhamel and Ashton Kutcher. Even international singer Jon Bon Jovi joined the amazing cast and contributed his golden voice, acted as a singer himself, Jensen.

Overall, the storyline is light and simple but it's entertaining. Everybody should have a story how they want to end the previous year and begin the new one. And the lesson was, everybody should get a second chance and reach for their own happiness despite the many obstacles ahead.

For those who are looking for a little touchy but yet happy ending movie, this is definitely recommended.

2011 Movie list

2012-01-14T23:33:00.003+07:00

Here is my big list for 2011 .. It will not be a big number 'cos there were some problems with the local distributor, importir and MPA regarding tax and custom so the Hollywood movies distribution were stopped for about 3 months, we didn't get anything. So I missed quite a lot movies 'cos of that ..

I watched 31 movies in 2009 and 54 movies in 2010 .. so here we go

1. Little Fockers
2. Yogi Bear
3. No String Attached
4. Green Hornet
5. King's Speech
6. Gnomeo & Juliet
7. The Warriors Way
8. Tanda Tanya
9. The Source Code
10. Pupus
11. Catatan Harian Si Boy
12. Something Borrowed
13. Harry Potter - Deathly Hallows Part 2
14. Transformers 3
15. Fast and Furious 5
16. Captain America
17. X-Men First Class
18. Hangover 2
19. Abduction
20. The Smurfs (2 times)
21. Johnny English Reborn
22. The Real Steel
23. The Adventure of Tintin
24. Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
25. Puss in Boots
26. Arthur Christmas
27. Arisan 2
28. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocols
29. Alvin and The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

Damn, 29 movies?! That's not good .. gotta catch up this year! Movies, come to me!! ^^

2012

2012-01-14T23:29:00.003+07:00

Hello ... it's 2012 already, time flies ...

Happy New Year first of all .. so much for re-activating my blog 6 months ago .. yet I didn't get around to do it!

Now, finally I have my own laptop, for the first time in my life, I promise to start blogging again!

As this is my first entry in 2012, I shall keep it short!

'till next time!! :D

6 months ..

2011-07-19T15:49:00.004+07:00

Helloooooooooooooooooo ....

My last entry was 6 months ago. I know!!!

I stop blogging since too many firewall at the office network, today for some reason it works, so I thought I drop a few lines. Hope today isn't the first that the ITes unblocked blogger ..

I'm looking forward for blogging time again ..

Just to share .. this is my current wallpaper .. hit it homie!! :D

Happy New Year

2011-01-01T02:02:00.002+07:00

From me to you ..

'till my next post - whenever that is :D

2010 Movie List

2010-12-30T22:51:00.003+07:00

Hey again .. year 2010 is almost over, though I don't blog as much anymore, but like last year, I like to list the movies I've seen in 2010 in the cinema. In 2009 I watched 31 movies in the cinema, which considered little, let see what's my big number this year.

And the lists are:
1. The Treasure Hunter
2. Sang Pemimpi
3. Avatar 3D
4. Princess and the Frog
5. The Spy Next Door
6. Meet the Morgans
7. Tooth Fairy
8. Edge of Darkness
9. From Paris with Love
10. Valentine's Day
11. 14 Blades
12. 3 Idiots
13. Little Big Soldier (3 times)
14. Dear John
15. Up in the Air
16. Shutter Island
17. Alice in Wonderland 3D
18. Hachiko
19. How to Train Your Dragon
20. When in Rome
21. The Book of Eli
22. Ghost Writer
23. Date Night
24. Iron Man 2
25. The Bounty Hunter
26. Shrek Forever After
27. Prince of Persia
28. Sex and the City 2
29. The Karate Kid
30. Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park
31. Letters to Juliet
32. Toy Story 3
33. The A Team
34. Red Cobex
35. Knight and Day
36. Chloe
37. Eclipse (2 times)
38. Killers
39. The Back-up Plan
40. Furry Vengeance
41. The Expandibles
42. Vampires Suck
43. The Switch
44. Laskar Pemimpi
45. Eat Pray Love (2 times)
46. Life as We Know it
47. RED
48. Takers
49. Harry Potter - the Deathly Hallows Part 1
50. Unstoppable
51. Rapunzel
52. Narnia - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
53. Kabayan jadi Milyuner
54. Gulliver's Travels

Wow .. 54 movies in 12 months, that's like 4-5 movies a month. No wonder I always feeling broke LOL! But I'm happy!! Lots of movies to look forward to in 2011, let the year begins! :D

Happy New Year everyone!!

Happy Birthday to me

2010-12-02T08:47:00.003+07:00

My blog post after so many months .. I got in to work early today so I get to post a bit before the system firewall me ..

My birthday this year starts with a very unusual incident .. woken up by weird sound from my dining area at 2:30pm, found out Jerry -- a rat that has been camping out in my house (I named it after Tom and Jerry cartoon), it was stealing the food on the table under the meal cover. Woke my bro up then execution performed brutally by mom and dad .. by spraying insect repellant then poured it with boiled water ..

Goodbye Jerry!! RIP!! Thank you for freaking me out in my own house these past few weeks ..

OHI message at auto session

2010-07-30T12:27:00.003+07:00

It was pouring bad during the Leehom's new album auto session. This is a glimpse of umbrellas ocean during the session.

We were told to send Leehom a message which we will be posted on the LED banner and this was arranged by fans.

We of course sent our greetings, little than we know it is now up on wangleehom.com website :D

OHIers, Leehom loves us hahahahahah ...

An unexpected trip ...

2010-07-27T06:15:00.005+07:00

I've been planning on this trip for quite sometimes now but with the cancellation of MM HK concert, it got postponed to uncertainty, 'till finally Ling told me about her plan on catching the last stop of Mayday DNA Unlimited DNA concert in Taichung on 24 July 2010. So I thought why don't I just arrange on the trip about the same time at her, so we can hang out there together though I'm not gonna watch the concert but I haven't seen her more than a year.

So anyway, after back and forth plans, finally deciding on the trips and just when I was about the finalize everything including issuing the ticket and re-confirming everything, a piece of news released that Leehom is gonna hold an auto session of his first directorial movie pictorial book on 31 Jul. Initially I planned on leaving on 30 Jul to HK, I quickly changed it.

The surprise didn't stop there. In much anticipation of his new album, another piece of news came that he will also holding an auto session of his upcoming new album on 25 Jul and everything just comes together. I wouldn't even dream of attending one of his auto session in Taiwan, and now I have two.

So far I've attended 4 overseas concerts (HOE SG, 2 MM Taipei and 1 MM Malaysia), 1 auto session and 1 fan meeting in Singapore and I've been dreaming on going to his auto session in his own country and I didn't expected it's gonna be this soon ..

And as I'm writing this, I'm now in Taipei and about to head to Kaoshiung. It should be my 5th day in Taipei. I've attended his new album auto session. It started as a great sunny day but the rain ruined one perfect day. I went up to greet him so soaked and smelly 'cos of the rain and damp. Well, everybody did .. we were disappointed and sad and rather pissed at the same time. But looking at his face, his smile and how he treated us fans so nice, every angers and disappointment we had earlier poof -- GONE!

I had so many things I wanna say and express to him, but he was so busy answering questions and signing at the same time. So, I didn't care as I know that he's there in front of me, smiling and still being who he is. And at the end, as fulfilling one fan request of singing 公轉自轉, he sang it in front of me which I took it as my personal concert :D

He's one great International superstar, but yet when it comes to certain things, he still know where to put himself as a person specially in front of his fans. He is still this down to earth, low key and humble guy as all of his fans know him from 15 years ago when he first released his album.

Popularity doesn't seem to change everybody .. we have one good example here. And I'm so proud to call Leehom my idol, my hero, my role model. You still make my heart race indeed and once again you've never once failed me.

Keep our world turning homie ...

Weibo-ing with Lee Hom

2010-07-01T18:58:00.003+07:00

Today at 4pm (taiwan time) Lee Hom held an online chatting with fans all over the world regarding his upcoming first directorial movie Love in Disguise (戀愛通告) which is scheduled to be launched to the public on 12 August 2010 -- above photo was taken at the beginning of the chatting (damn, I really want his Apple lappy). Anyway, of course I couldn't participate, other that I don't have account at SINA, I also can't get on there during working hours .. hopefully some of my friends Qs were answered?

On that topic, I'm planning on having a trip to Taiwan and HK at the end of July. It's kinda my paying-off trip for MM HK concert cancellation, so I thought I won't see LH this year but I got to hang out with my gal pal which I haven't seen for a year and at the same time having a break and enjoying the beautiful Taiwan.

Little than I know, few days ago, a good friend of mine dreamt about me and according to her mom the dream meant that I would receive a good surprise. All I could say was AMEN! Then 2 days ago bloodbubble told me about Lee Hom's autograph session for the movie book on 31 July (I was suppose to leave for HK on 30 July). Hell no I would miss it for the world .. so after gather up confirmation info, I quickly changed all my itinerary and extend my stays to see LH. And now happy to announce that I'm good to go! ^^

Love in Disguise? Well, bless in disguise :D I'll be seeing him afterall ..

Now .. I wonder, will it shown in Indo? *tapping fingers*

Lovin' Eclipse

2010-07-01T18:32:00.005+07:00

I totally lovin' Eclipse .. yes, I'm a twilight fan. I remember reading the whole Twilight Saga books within a month of my Christmas break in 2007, it was madness. I couldn't put the book down.

I watched Twilight on movie before drowning with the books .. so far I'm lovin' both book and movie Eclipse, in particular the fighting scenes where the Cullens and the Packs work together as team to kill off the newborns lead by victoria. It was so awesome and detailed. Praise to David Slade for not cutting too much details of the book and delivering the stories beautiful into the big screen.

And I'm also so lovin' Jacob .. well Taylor Lautner to be exact :D. Character wise I kinda prefer Edward, the sweet and romantic vampire. Jacob is living a hard life which make him the tough character. But I suppose now I love them both equally, unlike Bella who choose Edward more .. I can't choose LOL.

Looking forward for Breaking Dawn.

I'm so gonna watch 2nd or maybe 3rd time of Eclipse then I'll re-read the book again :D

One Month Later ..

2010-06-16T09:40:00.002+07:00

This is my first entry in June and after 1 month .. my last blog was Leehom's birthday. Yeah, 'cos apparently blogspot is recently blocked at work and I don't really get online at home much anymore, so no choice .. no blogs from me. Sorry my regular reader!

Surprisingly today - for some reason blogspot, twitter, even facebook are released so gotta use the chance to blog something ..

Nothing much happening with me, nothing grand. Except of my vacation plan with Ling, Tika and Lia to Taiwan and Hong Kong in end of July. It's been over a year since I last saw Ling, looking forward to hang out with her again .. hope everything run smoothly. And I'm looking forward to explore Taiwan more .. it's gonna be fun.

More news that I have to cancel my plan to attend my best friend's wedding for some personal reason. Oh well, too bad! But at least I've seen him last year so it ain't too bad. Wish him the best of happiness.

Ok, other than that .. Leehom is scheduled to release his first directorial movie in 13 Aug, which he wrote and acted at the same time -- looking forward to see that too, though I kinda doubt that it will be showed here. Oh well, DVD then.

Here is a little teaser .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAduVt3n4LM

And also I'm so looking forward to his new album which suppose to be the soundtrack for the movie. Hmmm ... :D

Ok, I think that's it for now .. just hope blogger will keep open here at the office network :)

Toodles people! See you when I see you next ..

Customer Leehom

2010-05-17T21:52:00.003+07:00

Imagine the situation, in your boring daily job with stacks of paperworks and endless questions from clients or customers, Leehom shows up with that sweet smile and humble look ..

get stunned? of course
speechless? definitely.
Pass out?! possible :D
giving special treatment or discount? perhaps with something in return most likely

But this thing that happen in the ad?! Unlikely ^^

Eclipse Trailer

2010-05-17T21:44:00.001+07:00

The Twilight Saga - Eclipse will be on theater 30 June .. here is a sneak peak .. can't wait for this. The last episode 'Breaking Dawn' will be divided by 2 parts .. I wonder who's gonna be Edward and Bella's daughter ..

Happy Birthday Homie

2010-05-17T21:11:00.005+07:00

Well, this is my first entry in May .. I promised that I'll blog more, but too bad blogspot is blocked completely at work. Unlike facebook or twitter which are released after 6pm - end office hour .. so I gotta blog from home which I hardly get online once I get home.

So anyway, I have to blog today 'cos it's Homie's 34 birthday today and also OHI's 4th Anniversary .. special huh?! :D

Today, all the Leehomers around the world who is on twitter is trending #Happy34Leehom and trying to make it into top ten on twitter. Who knows by doing so, he will make his own personal twitter account .. and the world knows more about Leehom.

I went to his facebook this morning and yes, he posted a pic .. last year was him eating chocolate with his own name. This year, something different ... he doesn't seem to age at all and with his messy hair, bed room look, in front of his lappy as always .. what are you doing there homie?! surprise for us?! :D or creating more great works

And this is his message: "Oh my, who's birthday is it today?! Wish me happy birthday Facebookers! 臉書們祝我生日快樂！哈哈開心很重要。。。wish you are all HAPPY!"

Hmmm, you're wishing us happy?! We are all wishing you happy .. :D

So homie, from across the miles, I'm wishing you a great Happy Birthday, all the best for everything .. looking forward for your great works, talents and of course seeing you in action. God bless and have a marvelous day! Take care .. and missing you badly! ^^

Neglecting Blog

2010-04-22T22:08:00.002+07:00

Gosh, it's been almost a month, well 3 weeks more or less since I last updated my blog .. not that I'm lazy or anything, I just don't have the time to sit, upload photos and share my stories. Works have invaded my life bad .. no more playing around!

But I promise I'll get back into it soon .. heard some good news next month, hopefully I'll get to update my blog more often! So stay tuned my regular readers!

Toodles!

Music-Man Concert Journey Continues 2010

2010-04-07T12:19:00.005+07:00

Finally Music-Man re-appeared to the music industry with continuing journey, which will begin in June ..

here is the new list ..

Hong Kong -- 19-20 June 2010 -- cancelled
Cheng Du -- 22 August 2010
Chong Cing -- 4 September 2010
Tain Jin -- 19 September 2010
Guang Zhou -- 11 December 2010
Shen Zhen -- 18 December 2010
Mohegan Sun, USA (Rumoured) - Christmas Day

Wow, it looks like he is really bringing Music-Man to greater China and part of the world .. Yay!! And it seems that won't be any brand new tour in 2011, gonna try to make it for one of the schedule above.

But we are really looking forward for brand new album .. please release it soon! Looking from the new schedule, he might fit his new album in between Oct to Dec .. let's hope so!

Various Version of Open Happiness

2010-03-15T18:49:00.004+07:00

This Open Happiness as Coca-Cola theme song surely has lots of version .. so far I've listened:

1. the original version Open Happiness by Brendon Urie, Patrick Stump, Travis McCoy, Cee Lo, Jeanelle Monae

2. 王力宏 with 暢爽開懷 for China version

3. Indo Version by Ello,Ipang,Berry St Loco,Lala title of Buka Semangat Baru

4. Recent one Taiwan version by 張惠妹 (Amei) with 快樂暢開

Any other versions?

New Book List

2010-03-13T19:45:00.002+07:00

There has been lots and lots of books coming to movies, some are them are worth to watch and read, some are not.

And to those of you who loves to read, obviously know that it's better to watch the movie then read the book instead of the other way around .. you're so gonna be disappointed. I have a bit of fair share on that one, so mark my words! Unless if the book came out way before it was made movie.

So anyway, here is my new book list after I watch the movie ..

1. Dear John by Nicholas Sparks -- no doubt a fantastic writer.

2. Julie & Julia -- seriously I didn't know it was a true story 'till I finished watching the movie today. *you call yourself a bookie Net?! Tsk tsk*

3. When in Rome -- I've been meaning to buy this book, but when I heard it's gonna be on movie, I postpone on buying.

Btw, I was just looking through my book collections the other day, WOW, I actually have over 20 books that I haven't read. Tsk tsk!!

Well, that's just me .. I mean I love reading, just the time that I don't have. I carry 1 book at least everywhere, even to work 'cos 1 hour journey is just perfect to catch up on my reading. But sadly the bus ride to work is always packed, so no way I can enjoy stand reading and get squeeze by people.

So everytime I browse around bookstore and find something I like, I buy it, plastic cover it and just store it in my bookshelf without knowing when exactly I'll be able to read it.

Man, I gotta stop buying for the time being and actually read those I bought.

Someone from the Past

2010-03-09T12:06:00.002+07:00

It's really rare for me to dream about this one particular guy .. I don't think of him much though he was once lighten my days back in uni. But something happened between us, our relationship never got better since then. I didn't even call him when I was back in Sydney last December, 'cos I didn't know what to expect and I didn't even know whether I want to or not .. I have him in my facebook list but we never actually in contacts.

I guess I could say that he was the 2nd guy I let myself to be close with just few months after I arrived in Wollongong and maybe the 1st guy I let myself fall .. deep!

For the whole year, 5 days a week were filled by him. Not so much on weekends, 'cos he had to spend times with his family. But they were special .. though I never really knew how he felt about me, but I didn't care .. I wasn't looking for love-relationship, I guess I was more of finding companionship and he was there and he cared! We've been through a lot .. kinda sad that things didn't work out well. Even I couldn't have him as someone special, but I would love to have him as a friend .. but can't avoid the fact that we just don't belong together, even as a friend.

This was my blog entry through friendster back in August 2005 when I had dream about him (btw, he has got a son yet, he's not even married -- 'till now). I remember back then I had just get re-in touch with him through another friend. I thought we could get back what we have lost, we did for a while, but who knew .. just a slight argument, we were back to square one.

Anyway, I dreamt of him last night, after .. wow 5 years?! we were back in our beloved UOW for some kind of event. It wasn't a reunion 'cos we were from different department and he was 1 year ahead of me .. but there were some familiar faces there. I can't remember the dream specifically but it was sweet. We were normal, we were friends and we laughed. As he always brought laughters to me back then.

So YOU .. I know where you are and I know that you're happy right now .. but I still hope things would have been better between us. All the best to you for everything ..

Fish Rain From Sky in Australia

2010-03-04T09:14:00.001+07:00

1 March 2010 - Lajamanu, Australia - Weather experts said the fish that fell on a remote Australian town for two days had likely been sucked up by a thunderstorm before falling to the ground.

Residents of Lajamanu said hundreds of small white fish, believed to be common spangled perch, fell from the sky during the weekend despite the town's location 326 miles from the nearest river, The Sun reported. Locals said many of the fish were still alive when they hit the ground.

Mark Kersemakers, a senior forecaster with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, said the fish could have been transported by a storm system.

"It could have scooped the fish up 40,000 to 50,000 feet in the air," he said. "Once they get up into the system they are pretty much frozen. After some period they are released."

Locals said it has rained fish in the town twice before, in 1974 and 2004.

Extract from http://www.vosizneias.com

Huh! Interesting!!

Dear John

2010-02-26T22:05:00.007+07:00

"This movie tells the story of John Tyree (Channing Tatum), a young soldier home on leave, and Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried), the idealistic college student he falls in love with during her spring vacation. Over the next seven tumultuous years, the couple is separated by Johns increasingly dangerous deployments. While meeting only sporadically, they stay in touch by sending a continuous stream of love letters overseas--correspondence that eventually triggers fateful consequences".Quoted from Hollywoodstreams on youtube

I love this movie .. other that 'cos of Channing Tatum, of course, (GOSH, he's HOT) but Nicholas Sparks, the writer, has never failed in delivering good, romantic, meaningful and touching stories. Dear John was adapted from a book and the writer has successfully bringing few of his books to the big screen, such Message in a Bottle, Nights at Rodanthe, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, Horse's Whisperer and another coming soon movie The Last Song with Miley Cyrus as the main actress. Amazing!

If you're looking for something tear breaker movie and kinda touch your feeling, this is the movie. It's simple love story but it really hit you .. so enjoy my fellow moviegoers. This is definitely worth it and I definitely getting the book.

When in Rome

2010-02-26T21:53:00.002+07:00

Movie List 2010 keeps on and on .. this one looks funny and Josh Duhmel, damn! You're HOT man!!

First Bollywood Movie

2010-02-23T12:02:00.003+07:00

Last week a friend asked me to watch 3 idiots - Indian movie which reviewed to be very funny and pretty good. It also said to be the "highest grossing Bollywood movie of all time" I was reluctant at first, but coming from an American guy, I was really curious myself. This is my first Bollywood Movie ever watch .. I heard about quite a lot Bollywood movies with good stories and great actors, but no offense, I just couldn't stand the singing and dancing.

So out of curiousity, 7 of us watched this 3 hours long movie .. and it was really good. I then talked into couple of colleagues in watching it and they all love it too. There were dancing and singing, I suppose it's a package deal with the whole movie, but the story was really good. There were lots of funny scenes but there were also lots of touching moments and full of lesson in life .. motto in life "aal izz well" -- of course it means All Is Well!!

And surprisingly the songs are catchy and acceptable to my ear, in fact I'm getting addicted to one of the songs .. hear for yourself. You might like it, you might not .. but so far it stucks in my head .. and this actually the complete scenes of the movie.

Lovin' It

2010-02-22T09:08:00.001+07:00

This is really a cute Ad .. wireless broadband modem over Lee Hom? Really? :)

Thanks to Iruka

Someone get me NDS please?!

2010-02-19T12:44:00.001+07:00

Yes, I have the NDS case and stylus, both My Melody but I have yet to have the actual NDS .. anyone?! :D

Happy "Tigger" Year

2010-02-12T18:23:00.003+07:00

As we move from Lunar year 2009, into Lunar year 2010 ... I hope you worry less and have more fun, I hope the stresses of life, don't tip you over and I hope you spend more time with you family and love ones ..

I hope you will get the best of TIGGER for all it's worth with more luck, prosperity, happiness, wealth, health and love.

Bottom line .. Have a very HAPPY "TIGGER" YEAR

and ... Happy Valentine's Day to one and all .. spread the love to everyone.

More Snoopy from SR

2010-02-12T12:05:00.004+07:00

My gal pal showed me this SR Snoopy new design wore my Ashin sometimes last week .. I immediately like it, it's long sleeves though but it's really cute. I asked her to inform me if it's out and now it's on sale for NT1480. Me want ..

It's a quite expensive for a tee .. but SR stuffs price range are quite high. That should explain the quality, so anyway .. Tika ... titip!! :D

Soothing Expression

2010-02-11T12:34:00.003+07:00

I love his expression here .. he looks so normal with his hair down without any gel what-so ever and wearing normal clothes doing what he loves best -- music. This LH's look that I like when he takes off all his artist attribute and being a normal New Yorker homie .. this is indeed a rare moment to be captured.

*photo courtesy of iruka*

Missing the Scott's Boys

2010-02-11T12:23:00.004+07:00

I've lost track of One Tree Hill Season 7 .. it is now has reached to Episode 17, I stopped watching on youtube on Episode 7. Sad thing is that youtube only keeps per episode within 24 hours after it aired on TV. I guess I have to wait 'till the DVD is out ..

I miss Nathan and Jamie .. I miss Lucas too but he's not in Season 7. I miss the Scott's :(

Meet Hershey

2010-02-10T18:55:00.005+07:00

My cousin's dog .. he's so smart and well-trained. And his eyes are so big. He's a fun dog to play with, he doesn't bark much but he is very jumpy ..

Yes, his name is Hershey .. like the chocolate :D

Stay Real and Snoopy

2010-02-10T18:48:00.004+07:00

Stay Real is releasing new design with Snoopy all around .. so cute!! But I have too many tee already, must stop buying for the time being, at least 'till I get rid off and clear out my wardrobe.

And if only Stay Real reduce its price .. they have cool design and suggestion from my gal pal than the jeans is really nice, I wanna try the suspender jeans .. nice isn't it?! But the price ain't nice! Ashin, be nice!

Where is Everybody?

2010-02-10T12:22:00.002+07:00

The office is empty .. it feels like weekend, and it's not even Friday .. where is everybody? And may am I the only left here? I should be out too ..

Valentine's Day

2010-02-08T12:18:00.003+07:00

This year Valentine's Day falls on the same day as Chinese New Year, which is a Sunday, which means no public holiday for us .. shoot!! But anyway, I'll be taking 2 days off for some Jakarta touring with bunch of friends.

But what I'm looking forward for Valentine's Day is this movie .. and also Lee Hom & Jackie Chan's new movie 大兵小將 -- whenever that is, still now news 'till now. Normally Jackie's movie will come out quite fast, don't know about this one.

Anyway, this Valentine's Day movie simply follows the intertwining storylines of a group of Los Angelinos as they find their way through romance over the course of one Valentine's Day, with heaps of major Hollywood Actors and actress such as Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Hector Elizondo, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Taylor Lautner, George Lopez, Shirley MacLaine, Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts, Taylor Swift.

Some of the actors and actress are my fave .. so yes, I'm so looking forward for this. And there are quite good movies this year .. YAY!! :D

Here is the trailer if interested

Busy Musicman

2010-02-08T12:06:00.005+07:00

Lee Hom has been extremely busy with his movie promotion, directing his own movie and preparing new album .. not to mention he's still continuing his Musicman tour in China. He had his last MM concert in Quanzhou, Fujian which supposed to be last year November, but moved back to last weekend - 7 Feb 2010.

No doubt he has been spreading his wings in Greater China .. before his concert in Fujian, he attended Little Big Soldier 大兵小將 in Beijing with Jackie Chan on 3 Feb then made appearance at the Beijing Pop Music Ceremony on 5 Feb and swapped 5 awards that night.

He won

1. 年度最佳作曲獎 (春雨裏洗過的太陽) Composer of the Year for Spring Rain Washed the Sun
2. 年度最大制作人大獎 (心跳) Best Producer of the Year for Heart.Beat
3. 年度金曲獎 (春雨裏洗過的太陽) Song of the Year Award for Spring Rain Washed the Sun
4. 年度全能藝人大獎 Artist of the Year
5. 年度最受歡迎男歌手 Favorite Male Singer

Go homie!! You're still my No. 1 hero!!

1 week to CNY

2010-02-05T12:05:00.001+07:00

Tear-breaker movie

2010-02-04T18:23:00.005+07:00

Synopsis

This heartwarming true story is an American adaptation of a Japanese tale about a loyal dog named Hachiko. This very special friend would accompany his master to the train station every day and return each afternoon to greet him after work. Sadly his master departs one day, passes away and never returns to the station. Hachiko faithfully returns to the same spot at the station the very next day, and every day for the next nine years to wait for his beloved master. During his daily visits, Hachiko touches the lives of many who work near and commute through the town square. He teaches the local people love, compassion and above all unyielding loyalty. Today, a bronze statue of Hachiko sits in his waiting spot outside the Shibuya station in Japan as a permanent reminder of his devotion and love.

Personal note.

I'm still in-deciding whether to watch this movie or not, 'cos like Marley & Me this is movie is gonna be tear-breaker movie .. worse than Marley & Me for sure. Even by reading the synopsis plus knowing the true story, I already started to cry. So if I decided to watch this movie, I have to get ready with lots of tissue or even a bucket and baggy eyes when I come out.

I love dogs but the reason why I don't own dogs, other than I don't have the place to have it, I can't bear the feeling when I lose it .. dogs and their owner have a very strong emotional connection, so rather than experiencing those feeling over and over, I choose not to own one. Luckily my fave dog is Golden Retriever, which is quite a pity to own it in the tropical country like Indo ..

Home office

2010-02-03T12:04:00.002+07:00

This looks so comfy .. wearing your room slippers, pyjamas with glass of coffee and sitting in front of you computer at home. Working from home sounds so drooling for me right now, well not so much of working .. but perhaps the thought of having home office sounds so appealing :D

I-Pad anyone?

2010-02-02T12:32:00.003+07:00

Apple new gadget .. the next generation of I-Phone, but there hasn't been quite a good review on this product, so we'll see.

I still prefer I-Phone though, this I-Pad is too squarish. Yeah, as if I have the budget to own this thing LOL.

Bandung Outing

2010-02-02T12:03:00.010+07:00

Our TM Group went for yearly outing in Bandung on Saturday, 30 Jan 2010 .. thanks to beautiful day and nice weather, we managed to get to Rumah Stroberi for some strawberry picking.

Strawberries and more strawberries .. sweet!!

After strawberry picking, growling stomach ready to be filled. We went to Sapu Lidi for some Sundanese food, delicious and cheap. The place was alright, it could look nicer if they clean up a bit, it was rather dirty, but overal it was alright.

The hut is the dining table .. the size is depending on how big is the table. So one party will accommodate one hut. It's really traditional ...

And finally the food ... yummmooooo!!

Loooveeee this

2010-01-29T12:02:00.000+07:00

and the puzzle continues ...

2010-01-29T09:10:00.002+07:00

Here is my current position with my micro size puzzle .. well not bad for 2 weeks and definitely not bad with someone with a bad eyesight like me.

Now I know why I have sore eyes and neck everyday.

Huang Liu Hong

2010-01-28T19:04:00.003+07:00

Well, minus the huang ..

Beautiful Sunset

2010-01-28T19:00:00.003+07:00

It was like a blazing fire up in the sky .. it might looks scary but it's actually very beautiful. Another natural phenomena .. thank you God for beautiful day today.

Let the puzzle begins

2010-01-28T18:34:00.004+07:00

I bought these two puzzles in Hong Kong last month, haven't got around to do it 'till 2 weekends. I made 3000 pieces one before back in uni, 'cos it was a masterpiece and took forever to do it, I framed it nicely. But by the end of uni year, I couldn't bring it back 'cos it was too big and bulky.

So this time I bought just 300 pieces puzzle box .. little that I realized this Suzy's Zoo design has micro size puzzle which is very very tiny. It was said to be the smallest puzzle size in the world .. OMG!!

This was last week position .. I'll take a photo of my current position tonight .. long way to go.

Today's Weather

2010-01-20T18:42:00.004+07:00

The weather has been pretty crazy lately, I guess it's all around the world .. one minute it's raining, the next minute (yes, minute) it stops and the sun comes out.

And these two pics below are today's sky ..

this pic was taken at 11:29am, thick dark cloud was all over my office building

this pic was taken at 17:29, bright blue sky, we can even see the mountain

What a scary weather indeed!

Avatar

2010-01-18T18:23:00.004+07:00

Yay, Avatar won the best motion picture and James Cameron won the best director for Avatar at 2010 Golden Globe Awards today .. woohooo!!! Big praise for James Cameron and amazing avatar.

It is indeed one of the best movies I've seen for a while .. I watched on 3D last week and it was awesome! I wanted to watch in HK, I didn't have time, instead my mom did. Anyway, it was one hell of good movie!

For those who haven't watched it, go see it! It's totally worthed of your almost 3 hours of your time :D

Moviegoers

2010-01-14T12:06:00.003+07:00

I like watching movies at the cinema, as an ex Media students I might not be so much of moviegoers, 'cos I don't particular watch specific genre, whatever I think it's interested me to watch, I would just go. I like the big screen, the surround sound and definitely like the atmosphere of cinema instead watching movie at home.

In 2009 I watched 31 movies in the cinema, it was 35 movies in 2008, that was like 3 movies per month -- more or less. I have to watch more -- I remember back in uni I could actually go to the movies like 5 days a week.

I have watched movies from the year 1800 when it was still silent movie 'till the most boring movie ever. One of my final assignments, I had to watch 20 Australian movies from the early 1900 'till the recent one and had to write a review for each one. And during the Academy Award Nomination period, I also had to watch those nominations which usually aren't so great to watch, in fact some of them were painful to watch. What made them nominated? I absolutely no idea LOL ^^

Anyway those days have passed. I don't need to hurt myself watching movies anymore .. I get to enjoy them now :D

The 2009 movie lists:

1. Bride Wars
2. Marley & Me
3. Push
4. Confessions of a Shopaholic
5. Dragon Ball Evolution
6. Shinjuku Incident
7. The Fast & The Furious (2 times)
8. Knowing
9. Monsters vs Alien (3D)
10. X-Men - Wolverine
11. Angels & Demons (2 times)
12. Night at the Museum 2
13. Terminator Salvation
14. Star Trek
15. 17 Again
16. Transformers 2
17. Ice Age 3
18. Harry Potter 6 - Half Blood Prince
19. Up (2 times - 3D)
20. G.I. Joe
21. The Taking of Pelham 123
22. The Proposal
23. Last Change Harvey
24. G-Force (3D)
25. Get Married 2
26. This Is It
27. Astro Boy
28. 2012
29. New Moon
30. Old Dogs
31. Alvin & The Chipmunk 2

Fandom

2010-01-07T09:06:00.002+07:00

This article was tagged on my Facebook by bloodbubble, written by hesychasm on fandom. It is a well-written article and it's for every fans out there .. highlighted blue are so true and so me .. I've never met some of my new 'sisters' but yet I feel so close 'cos we share the same adoration and only us understand how it feels.

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Fandom is focus. Fandom is obsession. Fandom is insatiable consumption. Fandom is sitting for hours in front of a TV screen a movie screen a computer screen with a comic book a novel on your lap. Fandom is eyestrain and carpal tunnel syndrome and not enough exercise and staying up way, way past your bedtime.

Fandom is people you don't tell your mother you're meeting. Fandom is people in the closet, people out and proud, people in costumes, people in T-shirts with slogans only fifty others would understand. Fandom is a loud dinner conversation scaring the waiter and every table nearby.

Fandom is you in Germany and me in the US and him in Australia and her in Japan. Fandom is a sofabed in New York, a roadtrip to Oxnard, a friend behind a face in London. Fandom talks past timezones and accents and backgrounds. Fandom is conversation. Communication. Contact.

Fandom is drama. Fandom is melodrama. Fandom is high school. Fandom is Snacky's law and Godwin's law and Murphy's law. Fandom is smarter than you. Fandom is stupider than you. Fandom is five arguments over and over and over again. Fandom is the first time you've ever had them.

Fandom is female. Fandom is male. Fandom lets female play at being male. Fandom bends gender, straight, gay, prude, promiscuous. Fandom is fantasy. Fandom doesn't care about norms or taboos or boundaries. Fandom cares too much about norms and taboos and boundaries. Fandom is not real life. Fandom is closer than real life. Fandom knows what you're really like in the bedroom. Fandom is how you would never, could never be in the bedroom.

Fandom is shipping, never shipping, het, slash, gen, none of the above, more than the above. Fandom is love for characters you didn't create. Fandom is recreating the characters you didn't create. Fandom is appropriation, subversion, dissention. Fandom is adoration, extrapolation, imitation. Fandom is dissection, criticism, interpretation. Fandom is changing, experimenting, attempting.

Fandom is creating. Fandom is drawing, painting, vidding: nine seasons in four minutes of love. Fandom is words, language, authoring. Fandom is essays, stories, betas, parodies, filks, zines, usenet posts, blog posts, message board posts, emails, chats, petitions, wank, concrit, feedback, recs. Fandom is writing for the first time since you were twelve. Fandom is finally calling yourself a writer.

Fandom is signal and response. Fandom is a stranger moving you to tears, anger, laughter. Fandom is you moving a stranger to speak.

Fandom is distraction. Fandom is endangering your job, your grades, your relationships, your bank account. Fandom gets no work done. Fandom is too much work. Fandom was/is just a phase. Fandom could never be just a phase. Fandom is where you found a friend, a sister, a kindred spirit. Fandom is where you found a talent, a love, a reason.

Fandom is where you found yourself.

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To all new found 'sisters and brothers' out there .. this goes for you.

Happy New Year

2010-01-06T12:33:00.004+07:00

It's the New Year already .. Happy New Year. May this year brings each and everyone of you more happiness, health, wealth and luck! All the best.

Have you set out your 2010's Resolutions yet?!

18 days of my holiday has ended 4 days ago and I've been slacking with the blog posting .. other that I have to catch up on my works, unpacking and most importantly my sleep debt. I have never felt so sleep deprived like this as I'm not an easy sleeper, I have to adjust with new bed at least 2 nights but in this trip I moved around so much, I didn't enough time to adjust, I have to move.

HK Apartment (4 nights) - Brian's House (2 nights) - Metro Hotel (4 nights) - Four Seasons (1 night) - Crown Plaza (2 nights) - Four Season (1 night) - Happy Valley, HK (2 nights).

I packed and unpacked a lot too in this trip and we bought so much stuffs, we were overweight for all the trips, crazy!

Anyway, I haven't finished unpack .. most of my stuffs I bought are still on the box or luggage. I managed to upload the photos in Facebook today, so please do check them out. As for my journal and blog entry .. be patience, I'll get around with it soon.

For my frequent and silent readers, thank you for all your support in 2009. I'll try to post and share more in 2010. So God helps me LOL.

Happy New Year people! :)

Memory Lane -- Wollongong Part 1

2009-12-22T20:33:00.004+07:00

Today, I walked down on my memory lane trip to Wollongong -- the only place I can still call home.

I took the 10:21am train to Wollongong and reached there at about 12 plus. There wasn't any express train, so I took the lesser stops. I dozed off a bit during the few stops, haven't got enough sleep. So I aligned at North Wollongong station and took the free shuttle to uni -- yes there is a free shuttle now. Nice! :D

I stopped at the bus stop just outside the recreational and sport center, had a quite browse then walking through the Health and Behavioural Department and took a detour to admin building across McKinnon Building, which is the biggest lecture room in UOW. I then walked back towards the Arts Building and Communication center before finally stopping at the brand new luxury Library which is now linked to the computer lab. WOW!! It was so grand!! I went to my fave corner of the libray and took pic there.

I then continued my journey to unicenter and stopped for my memoribilia shopping at the unishop. I settled in with one tee, one short, lanyard, two bumper stickers, magnet, two pens, key chain and reuseable bag. I wanted to get the UOW graduation bear for the Bachelor of Arts, but it was sold out from last week's graduation. Sigh!! :(

After that I grabbed lunch at the unibar, which was the only one open before heading to Kooloobong .. my 'home' for 2 years. The weather was hot with a little breeze, so not bad. I went pass Hope Theater which is under construction. UOW is really expending. Not only Hope Theater is currently under construction but also the IT Building located at the entrance of uni. Awesome!

Done with the uni reminiscing, I boarded the No. 11 bus to the mall, which cost $1.80 back then, now it's $3.20. Tsk tsk! I didn't get the chance to go to Campus East, maybe tomorrow when we get the rental car, should be easier.

Will continue the blog entry later .. it's now 1am, and I still haven't packed up my stuff to move to hotel tomorrow. My family is arriving tomorrow, so no more 'ME' time ... Hope I can still enjoy my time :D

Nite everyone!

Sydney

2009-12-21T19:59:00.003+07:00

Just got back from roaming the Sydney city .. went to QVB, The Rocks, Hyde Park, Sydney Bridge and the Opera House. Well, the city doesn't change much since the last time I'm here. Then again, I didn't spend much time in Sydney during those days anyway. So it's still pretty much city feeling .. I shall feel more at home tomorrow when I go back to Wollongong.

Though one thing I miss the most about Sydney is the atmosphere, having street musicians, listening to people chatting on the street and seeing people kissing in public .. which we don't get to see that in Asian countries. Plus Sydney offers the Christmas feeling with the beautiful decorations and specially today's weather is really nice. A little bit breezy but it's just nice.

So today was basically about getting back the familiarity so I know the way around when my family comes and reminiscing the old times.

Meeting Brian again after almost 8 years and Pat after 10 years was surreal .. we've been friends for almost 12 years and it was amazing. The Lin's brothers have been a family to me. So thank you guys for everything and I got to meet their girlfriends too and share the stories.

It's gonna be a good 10 days in Sydney. Too bad I can't share the photos now, gotta wait 'till I get back home.

Down Under

2009-12-21T09:46:00.002+07:00

Hello from land down under ... I finally received last minute confirmation on flying 2 days earlier than my other family so I get the chance to have my memory lane trip to Sydney and Wollongong.

The initial plan was go straight to Wollongong today after arriving in Sydney, but I was too zombified, so I decided to postpone to tomorrow and roaming around the city today after re-charging my sleeping time.

I'm currently at Brian's house and about the head out to enjoy the weather and the city. The weather is just nice. Not too hot and not too cold .. a good summer day of 25 degrees.

Have a good day people.

Wishing you an early Merry Christmas

2009-12-11T19:58:00.002+07:00

This comes in the email today ... realizing that Christmas is just around the corner and this would be my first Christmas away since I started working almost 7 years ago.

This should be my 2nd or 3rd Christmas in Sydney 'cos I always went home for Christmas holiday during my uni days. Well, at least this time I get to experience Christmas period in winter :)

Anyway, have a great Christmas holiday. Hope you have a great one ..

one week and counting down ..

2009-12-09T09:08:00.002+07:00

In one week time, I'll be flying to HK and Sydney .. too bad 'till now my flight to Sydney is still on waiting list .. hope I get it confirmed soon. I hate being left hanging like this when I have well-planned my days with my best friend there. Argh!!

Anyway, I'll see you soon cousins, aunties and uncles ..

Indo Version of Open Happiness 暢爽開懷

2009-12-06T23:51:00.000+07:00

entering new year ..

2009-12-01T18:49:00.001+07:00

Mickey heard someone's turning 1 year older tomorrow ... :D

Alvin & The Chipmunk - Squeakquel

2009-11-23T12:46:00.002+07:00

More movies to look forward to .. funny looking creatures :) Who won't love these three little fellas ;p

It'll be out Christmas Day 2009. I guess I'll watch this in the land down under hihi

7-11 Ad Feat Ashin & Patty Hou

2009-11-20T12:25:00.001+07:00

Really cute ad .. thanks bloodbubble for the link. I miss 7-11 :(

New Look

2009-11-18T12:39:00.004+07:00

It's been almost 8 years since I left Wollongong for good, the place I still can call home .. upon updating my FB today, I came across UOW Alumni Page and saw this beautiful building .. it's now part of my uni ..

This is the new library. Nice!! The old library was old and dark and now look at those windows ..

The 2nd new building is the Health and Medical Reseach Institute (it was used to be called Health and Behavioural Department) located just opposite the Recretional Centre, which it was already one of the most spanky building on campus, and now look how it turns out .. WOW!!

Seriously, I will be having trouble reminiscing my moments with such a short period of time. I miss you W'Gong ..

Joey McIntyre

2009-11-18T12:23:00.003+07:00

Baby Joey grown up good :D

Joey McIntyre is the youngest member of the New Kids on the Block and it seems though they are now reunited, Joey is still the most existing member with the singing career.

This is his latest single 'Here We Go Again' -- Looking good Joey.

In one month time

2009-11-16T12:24:00.003+07:00

- photo courtesy of Elly (I want one of this) -

16 November 2009 -- in exactly one month time I'll be flying to HK and Sydney for my Christmas and New Year's holiday. Well, it isn't really a holiday, it's more of a family trip, my cousin's wedding. It's gonna be fun though with limited time.

Just got off the news that my Aussie visa is approved .. phewww!! I was worried 'cos Aussie visa is difficult to be issued. Yay, I'm all set!! :D

It's gonna be quite a long trip of almost 3 weeks covering about 4 countries .. HK, China, Macau and Australia. I'm so gonna be dead broke when I come home. Disneyland HK is definitely a must, specially I'm going over Christmas holiday, so there's gonna be lots of cute stuffs to get.

Now I can only hope for big fat bonus for the new year.

Time for Miracles

2009-11-16T11:58:00.002+07:00

Time for Miracles by Adam Lambert the runner up of 8th Season American Idol is the theme song for the movie 2012. Very nice song indeed .. the movie was alright though, it was scary at the beginning specially if you imagine the reality, but towards the end it got boring and too Hollywood.

It's late at night and I can't sleep
Missing you just runs too deep
Oh I can't breathe thinking of your smile

Every kiss I can't forget
This aching heart ain't broken yet
Oh God I wish I could make you see
Cuz I know this flame isn't dying
So nothing can stop me from trying

Baby you know that
Maybe it's time for miracles
Cuz I ain't giving up on love
You know that
Maybe it's time for miracles
Cuz I ain't giving up on love
No I ain't giving up on us

I just wanna be with you
Cuz living is so hard to do
When all I know is trapped inside your eyes

The future I cannot forget
This aching heart ain't broken yet
Oh God I wish I could make you see
Cuz I know this flame isn't dying
So nothing can stop me from trying

Baby you know that
Maybe it's time for miracles
Cuz I ain't giving up on love
You know that
Maybe it's time for miracles
Cuz I ain't giving up on love
No I ain't giving up on us

Baby can you feel it (feel it)
http://www.elyricsworld.com/time_for_miracles_lyrics_adam_lambert.html
You know I can hear it (hear it)
So can you feel me feel you....

You know it's time....

Baby you know that
Maybe it's time for miracles
Cuz I ain't giving up on love
You know that
Maybe it's time for miracles
Cuz I ain't giving up on love

You know I ain't giving up on us
You know I ain't giving up on
Oh I ain't giving up on us

Shattered Glass

2009-11-13T13:04:00.003+07:00

This was taken at the busway station that I wait everyday. I saw this shattered glass about a week ago, which later I found out that there was a shooting at 3 busway stations ... scary! Though it happened like dusk .. but still .. scary.

Motive: unknown.

RAIN coming to Jakarta

2009-11-13T09:03:00.003+07:00

Jeong "Rain" Ji-hoon (born June 25, 1982), often known simply as Rain, is a South Korean pop singer, dancer, model, actor, CEO and designer. He’s recognized as one of the most influential youngsters in Asia. He even has his own clothing line. And now, the phenomenal Rain is going to visit Jakarta for the first time ever.

After his last tour, Rain’s Coming, two years ago, he is now set out to marvel the world again. Rain is now in the path of presenting his fans with Legend of Rainism, his latest tour. This concert is a gift for his fans who’ve been waiting for his breakthrough. Rain himself was involved in planning the concert from the very beginning and all the way to production. He poured himself in this concert as the legend of periodic icon of 21st century.

His main purpose in this concert is to reach his fans as close as he can through his performance. With the best effort and passion, Rain will entertain his fans through charismatic dance and performance, and together, creating an enjoyable unforgettable moments.

* extracted from WProductions site

Anyone interested in seeing him live in concert? Contact WProductions for more details ..

8 days to go ..

2009-11-12T18:26:00.002+07:00

Inspiration

2009-11-11T09:04:00.003+07:00

This following blog post is from Tay Kewei , who has been one of Lee Hom's back-up singers for the Music-Man tour .. this is what she wrote about leehom -- what an inspiration

LEEHOM

what i've learnt from this dude,
is that despite being on TOP of his game,
being such a mega superstar that he is,
despite landing endless commercials and gigs,
he works hard.

there is nothing very mysterious about success,
especially when i get this close to leehom.

true, his good looks, luck, talent all played a part, 天时地利人和blah blah blah,
but if you can stick through it,
re-invent yourself and remain an artiste for more than 10 years and still be as big,
it all boils down to hard work.

so we've all heard the statistic, he's been to 29 cities within 40 days,
endless 商业演出, he's swimming in piles of money,
but he ain't partying.

after his ION gig in Singapore, we hung out till late,
and the next morning he flew back to Taipei immediately for a huge open-air show to about 60000 people at night.

and there i was lounging in my house the whole day,
and I watched the Taiwan news on TV in amazement:
Wow, he's sporting exactly the same hair, and wasn't he just here with me less than a day ago?

How can someone so effectively maximise his time spent everyday?

And he'll be directing his own movie very soon, and starring in it as well -
it's a personal project that he made come true,
something totally different than what he's used to (making albums)
and definitely taxing,
but it will bring his career to a whole new level.

this is kewei's own words of success ...

Have you ever wondered,
everyone's partying, having supper, watching the movies, having a good time.
Everyone's trying to schedule their time to meet friends, packing their social calendar to the brim,
I had a wild thought that I don't want to be like everyone.

I want to succeed.

Not many people succeed, the ones who do,
are not like everyone else.

The ones who succeed are different from everyone else,
they subscribe to a different lifestyle,
they work extra hard.

Being successful is just a place not many people get to -
it filters the hard worker from the insanely hard working ones.

Like so many other people, for many different reasons,
he's gonna be my role model for now.

I won't be able to reach where he is now, but if I can get close,
it would be darn remarkable.

* Personal note: this is the main reason why I love and adore him so much. No doubt he has a very nice looking, but despite all the outside appearance, he is always this hardworking, talented, humble and kind person. What an inspiration indeed .. I'm honoured to have meet him personally and honoured to be his fan.

Googling Sesame ..

2009-11-10T12:58:00.002+07:00

Happy Googling ... :)

Early Christmas

2009-11-09T12:30:00.002+07:00

Christmas is my fave holiday ever .. but I've never owned a Christmas theme doll, not even a Santa Claus.

Every year Starbucks releases it's 'Bearista" Christmas doll and I decided to get one pair this year.

So please meet Santa and Sinti (as my good friend Nat named her) aka Mr and Mrs Claus - new members of my sleeping company. Hope this year Christmas will be extra special .. I'm pretty sure it will ;)

Lee Hom's Shrine

2009-11-09T12:23:00.003+07:00

My Lee Hom's Shrine finally UP .. these treasures of mine have been all over the place, I'm really lack of storing places in my room. I need more space ..

40th Anniversary Sesame Street

2009-11-05T18:39:00.005+07:00

Sesame Street is celebrating its 40th Anniversary today ... Google teamed up with Sesame Street on making the Google doodle theme. Like this for example ..

I don't particular grew up with Sesame Street 'cos I don't like it the fact that it was dubbed into Bahasa, which is weird. But Sesame Street accompanied me through many mornings back in Australia. My breakfast was always with Big Bird, Elmo, Erni and Bert and many other characters through Austar in my living room back in Kooloobong.

No doubt I forever will have a little kid inside of me :D

So Happy Anniversary Sesame Street .. and the words are out .. Michelle Obama will be guest in the 41st season. Sweet!! :D

Elmo lover or not must watch this .. this clip was taken during Elmo's first visit in Australia - Rove Live in 2006. So cute!! :D

Christmas Time is Near

2009-11-05T09:09:00.003+07:00

Starbucks has started their Christmas drinks - Dark Cherry Mocha and Toffee Nut yesterday. I had my first Toffee Nut yesterday and accompanied me throughout the afternoon while I dealt with files audit. Hmmm .. yummo!! Time flew .. it's Christmas Time again ..

While at it .. it means Thanksgiving is even closer. Let's start out giving thanks for everything we have achieved this year.

A good quote found while browsing for something ..

REMEMBER what's important in life ..

is free time, peace of mind, sense of accomplishment, family and generosity.

Astro Boy coming to 21 today

2009-11-04T08:41:00.002+07:00

Yay, series of my movie lists are coming .. starting with Astro Boy and will be followed my Twilight Saga - New Moon on 20 November and hopefully many more!

Lee Hom in Brand's Chicken Ad

2009-11-03T09:11:00.001+07:00

This is the Singapore Version with English voice over - will be aired nationaly in Singapore on 16 Nov ..

History

2009-11-02T12:08:00.002+07:00

I just came to love this MJ's song - History, a very nice and meaningful song. I'm not too sure it's the original MV but it says it is ..

So yeah people .. create your own history everyday :D

He got kicked in the back
He say that he needed that
He hot willed in the face
Keep daring to motivate
He say one day you will see
His place in world history
He dares to be recognized
The fires deep in his eyes

How many victims must there be
Slaughtered in vain across the land
And how many struggles must there be
Before we choose to live the prophet's plan
Everybody sing...

Every day create your history
Every path you take you're leaving your legacy
Every soldier dies in his glory
Every legend tells of conquest and liberty

Don't let no one get you down
Keep movin' on higher ground
Keep flying until
You are the king of the hill
No force of nature can break
Your will to self motivate
She say this face that you see
Is destined for history

How many people have to cry
The song of pain and grief across the land
And how many children have to die
Before we stand to lend a healing hand
Everybody sing...

Every day create your history
Every path you take you're leaving your legacy
Every soldier dies in his glory
Every legend tells of conquest and liberty
Every day create your history
Every page you turn you're writing your legacy
Every hero dreams of chivalry
Every child should sing together in harmony

All nations sing
Let's harmonize all around the world

How many victims must there be
Slaughtered in vain across the land
And how many children must we see
Before we learn to live as brothers
And leave one family oh...

Every day create your history
Every path you take you're leaving your legacy
Every soldier dies in his glory
Every legend tells of conquest and liberty
Every day create your history
Every page you turn you're writing your legacy
Every hero dreams of chivalry
Every child should sing together in harmony

Michael Jackson - This is It

2009-10-29T22:33:00.004+07:00

I heard news about this movie but I wasn't planning to watch it until yesterday when it was released ... I wanna see what the fuss about. And I'm glad I did, it was awesome. I think I got multiple goosebumps throughout the movie. It felt like watching the real concert on VIP seat .. it felt like he was still alive. It felt like we are all still waiting for the concert to actually happen.

It was the first movie I ever watched that all the audiences were singing along and clapping as if it was the real concert.

I was never MJ's fan, though I grew up listening to his songs like Beat It, Billie Jean, Thriller, Black or White, Earth Song, Man in the Mirror and long time fave Heal the World and many more. Honestly I don't own any of his CDs but I like lots of his song and I always admire his works and how he really care about the world. And Neverland ... still amazed me!

His sudden death last June, just moments away from his Final Curtain Call concert in title of "THIS IS IT" in London after 10 years absentee took the world by surprise. His adoring fans were devastated, the world seemed to stop all of sudden. There are also lots of "new sudden" fans. No one wanted to believe the news but yet it was true. The King of Pop has gone.

This is it basically tells us about the journey of the concert preparations. Countless hours of rehearsal of dancing, singing, visual effect to make 13 July perfect. It would have been one hell of concert if it happened. The rehearsal itself was already amazing .. he took part on every details made for the concert and he of course know everything about his works, so if one musician made some improvisation which doesn't suit him, he'll know immediately.

This movie also tells us the other side of MJ. All this while, we, the fans and audiences can only see the outcome of his works, Michael Jackson the superstar -- but we never actually see the preparations, what MJ liked in his normal days. These footage were meant for MJ's personal library - but in remembering what a great artist he was, Kenny Ortega - the director and MJ's best friend for many years decided to take these as something to remember MJ by. The movie will only be aired for 2 weeks around the world.

My opinion after watching this movie is .. MJ is just another human being who wanted to share what he loves best to the world, to his loving fans. He was a humble musician who didn't like to be praised. Everything he did was simply out of love and for love ..

I may not be fan then and I may not be fan now .. but no doubt MJ was .. is .. still the biggest influence in the world of music. It was totally an honor and priviledge for those who were able to be part of MJ's life and music journey.

MJ, you may be gone too soon but your spirit carries on ..

Amazing Aerial Photos

2009-10-26T17:49:00.003+07:00

Click here to see more amazing and incredible photos.

I guess I have always fascinated with amazing and beautiful photos, scenic photos have always been my fave since I took photography class back in high school, perhaps that was one of the reasons I took it too -- plus my dad was a photographer graduated from Germany. But I've never further pursued it 'cos I wasn't patience and creative enough to capture those beautiful things and the equipments are so expensive. So I just settled with enjoying those amazing photos.

Product and model photos don't impress me much .. live events (no blood, reptile, accident what-soever involved though) and specially scenery like those pics above are the ones which take my breath away.

Do I need to say more?! Just simply amazing!

Save the Planet

2009-10-21T18:17:00.003+07:00

Natural disasters have been occuring all around the world - countless earthquakes, typhoon, flood .. they are simply sign of Earth is getting tired and old.

Mother Earth is angry for not being taken care .. so people please love our earth more and show some respect to it. If we won't do it, who would?! Please take care of it ..

Starbucks has been continously support the environmental in giving out discount for those who bring their own tumbler/mug when they purchase their drinks. I hope it's not only because of the discount, but because their own self awareness in making a changes for the world.

改變世界...改變自己

Sorting, Packing, Sending ..

2009-10-19T12:30:00.005+07:00

Finally, after over 1 month since it was released, 53 Music-Man DVDs arrived at my office. Huge box which can't even fit in Lia's CRV, we had to unpack the content and load them separately into her car.

This is what 53 DVDs look like ..

Sorting out is the worst part. We have to be careful who order which and which send to where. I missed calculation few times .. thanks to the small post-it, everything is nicely settled.

It took about 2 hours plus, 4 people ... so finally 37 packs were ready to be sent away.

And to add my collections, my MM figurines also come in the huge box

I Fall All Over Again ..

2009-10-19T08:58:00.001+07:00

I have no words to describe this person .. MM, I miss you badly!

World's Batik Day

2009-10-02T23:29:00.004+07:00

2 October 2009 -- UNESCO has officially name Batik, as Indonesia's cultural heritage. This was given by representatives from 114 countries who gathered at UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage, which is currently holding its fourth session in Abu Dhabi.

Today, the street of Jakarta and all over Indonesia was 'invaded' by Batik .. the sale of Batik increased by at least 20%, even I bought my first Batik blouse ever :D

Indonesia and Malaysia have been in battle in proofing who owns it, well Indo has won the battle .. Congrats and let's appreciate it more.

Goggle V

2009-10-01T22:53:00.003+07:00

So kids who grew up in the 80s, who doesn't know Goggle V? They are one of the first non-cartoon heroes, the root of Power Rangers .. I like this series a lot when I was kid, I thought they were pretty cool .. :D Though eventually I outgrew it, but they were part of my growing up time.

Random-ness

2009-09-29T10:06:00.015+07:00

No topic post today .. just don't feel like working and just wanna post some stuffs I bought, will get and something to look forward too.

1. Soft toy -- Scrump and Care Bears. I bought these 2 cuties on my last day in SG .. both bday gifts for my friends. For those who don't know who Scrump is, Scrump is Lilo's doll which she sew from fabric. Well, this one is the cuter version of the actual Scrump, the actualy Scrump looks a bit scary (sorry Cyn ;p) but she loves her so much :D

I didn't know who Scrump was 'till she told me, though I watch Lilo & Stitch but no one really notice her I guess. And I found her quite cute (this version ;p), I can't help of getting one for myself. So yes Cyn, I bought one for me too :D

2. Playing card of three of my favorites .. My Melody, Lee Hom and Disney .. nice! :D

3. More Lee Hom's collections -- all found at Yahoo Taiwan Auction. Thanks to Ricky for bidding. They are autographed CD of Lee Hom's trip that he made during the Shangri-La album preparation, Shangri-La first edition (my introduction to Lee Hom), autographed Unbelievable CD, Falling Leaves single CD and finally .. White Paper which completed my full album collections.

4. One Tree Hill Season 3 Boxset, which I found in the local Movie Store. Two seasons down, 4 more to go, well actually I have Season 1 and 2, but they're pirated, I'm planning to get the original boxset, which Gosh, this will definitely bankrupt me to the max.

5. In-ear headphone for my i-pod. Well, I thought of getting the original Apple in-ear headphone, but it costs almost USD100. No way on earth I'm gonna buy earphones for USD100. This Sony earphones are awesome enough, I simply feel disconnected with the outside world once I put them on.

6. Music-Man Concert DVD - Hong Kong version with bonus of Man in the Mirror CD. I wasn't planning to get one, 'cos I already ordered one Taiwan version which comes with the Music-Man figurines. But I got so tempted with the limited edition single, so I bought it anyway. Maybe I'll give away the DVD to someone :D

7. Sony Ericsson T707 -- soon to be mine, I hope! I've been planning to get new phone. But lately SE always release slide phone which I'm not quite fond. I'm a clam shell person, so I'm gonna get this one instead .. blue one of course. I'll wait for my next paycheck.

While I have spent quite a money for those stuffs above, I'm still currently waiting for these stuffs ..

1. Music-Man Concert Figurines

2. Music-Man DVD Taiwan Version with the MM figurines

3. And of course, I'm looking forward for my Aussie trip end of this year. Yay!! Can't wait!!

My flight is confirmed, but still need to apply for visa and arrange accommodation for my family. My accommodation is pretty much fixed though. Also need to plan where to take them and stuffs. Hopefully we have enough time to explore big parts of Aussie-land. Opera House is a must.

Last part of the this random-ness post .. please meet my new 19' monitor at work :D Sweet huh?! LH relaxing with his coffee enjoying the view.

Caught in the Act

2009-09-28T08:01:00.003+07:00

This was just one of few scenes that our faces caught in the MM DVD .. :) Pheww, at least I wasn't doing something crazy, I was enjoying the moment. Good thing about sitting on Row 1, we were prohibited to record and snap with camera, so we got to enjoy every second of the concert.

I have yet to watch the DVD, I'll get my copy today.

Thanks LHTHFC for the capture :D

Sampai ke Ujung Dunia

2009-09-24T18:05:00.003+07:00

I don't really listen to many of Indo songs, I totally lost track of new singers and bands. I know some of new songs from radio. This is one of good song I like .. it has nice and simple tune and good lyrics. "Sampai ke Ujung Dunia" by Dirly. I personally like the piano and guitar in the song.

Dirly was the runner up of Indonesian Idol Season 3 (2006). His voice is much better than the winner.

Cinta ini menggelisahkan aku
Membuat aku gila
Andai kita terpisah
Mati rasa-rasaku

Cinta ini membodohkan aku
Menutup akal sehatku
Andai engkau tak disisi
Risau isi jiwaku

Reff:
Selama kau belum jadi milikku yang utuh
Aku akan selalu milikimu
Selama bumi masih akan terus berputar
Aku akan slalu menujumu
Walau ke ujung dunia

Cinta ini membodohkan aku
Menutup akal sehatku
Andai kita terpisah
Mati rasa-rasaku

Season 7 Promo Shot

2009-09-17T16:36:00.005+07:00

Season 7 Episode 1 - "4.30 AM (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad)" has started on 14 September 2009 .. looking good so far, there hasn't been any problems or intrigues or anything.

The main characters continuing from previous seasons are the Scott's Family of Nathan who is in the off-season of NBA, Haley who is making a come back to singing career and Jamie who is turning 7. Other main characters are Brooke and Julian who are finally in relationship, Milli and Mouth who are continuing their sweet relationship and Antwon and Lauren. There will few characters come and go in this season, but everyone is starting new life without Lucas and Peyton.

Season 7 introducing 3 new characters .. Quinn as Haley's older sister, Clay as Nathan's sport agent and Alexis (coming soon).

For the time being, I have to watch it over youtube .. I don't normally watch series 'till they're all release on DVD, but I can't wait for this one .. so I'll be surely on youtube on Tuesday night (the series air Monday night Eastern Time). Thank you to whoever put each episode up on youtube .. Really grateful for that.

And I would love to have this Nathan Scott NBA card :) I used to collect NBA cards when I was in school.

Counting down to Episode 2 - What Are You Willing to Lose on 21 Sep. Yay!!

Last year today ..

2009-09-17T11:26:00.002+07:00

this is where I was .. Taipei 101.

Spent NT3000 at Page One, watching Mammamia with Mel2, Renny and Lia. It was a relaxing day indeed, while counting down for the First Music-Man concert @ Taipei Arena. It was one hell of holiday for me .. lots of great things happened, including experiencing my first Taipei typhoon.

Time flies .. too fast!!

Personal Creation

2009-09-16T11:33:00.003+07:00

Vida, Tania, Thelma, Mba Git, Feby and Evie are my gal pals at work .. these what I made for them upon my return from SG ..

I've been to SG for so many times, I had no idea what to give them from each of my trip .. from fridge magnets, keychains, chocolate, you named it. So I thought this time I give something different. I thought of it since the day I decided for the trip.

So I bought the wood frame at IKEA and decorated them individually .. the pic was taken on Mba Git's Birthday in May and ta da .. there you go. It's nothing fancy, but the thought that counts right beside I had fun doing it :D

Lebaran Cookies

2009-09-16T11:23:00.003+07:00

So I was looking through stardreamer's blog today and found this .. she was just telling us about how she enjoys cooking and baking now. This is it 'Chocolate Crunch Cookies' .. YUMMO! Me love cookies.

The message in the blog was .. "If you would like to try, please send me sms before 21 Sep 09....hahahahaa....The first 3 sms that I receive before the due date would get 1 tube of above Chocolate Crunch Cookies made by me!!"

And I immediately text her and I'm girl no 2 to text her before the due date .. so I'll received freshly from the oven Chocolate Crunch Cookies specially made by my dear gal after the Lebaran .. YAY!! Thanks girl ..

Quote of the Day

2009-09-16T08:49:00.004+07:00

"Remember that one single positive dream is more important than thousand negative realities. Since we are young and free to create whatever we wish, anything is possible."

by. Adeline Yen Mah of

Chinese Cinderella: The Mystery of the Song Dynasty Painting

痞子英雄 (Black & White)

2009-09-15T09:45:00.006+07:00

It's been a while since I watched Chinese Series, in fact somehow I kinda avoid of watching series 'cos it's hard to stop once you started .. so anyway, friends were telling me about ZZ's (周渝民) new series, it's a very different from his sensitive role "Hua Zhe Lei" in or confident businessman "Qi Wei Yi" in or his other goofy and childish characters, instead here he acted as cop, he is a craven and cowardly ruffian who's interested in the chasing girls, but that makes it quite interesting and along the storyline, his character changed to more serious.

ZZ plays Chen Zai Tian aka "Pi Zi" and Mark Zhao plays Wu "Ying Xiong" -- that's how director Cai Yue Xun (the director of and ) came up with the title "Pi Zi Ying Xiong - Ruffian or Hero"

ZZ (痞子) acted as "an officer who relies on bullet dodging, ludicrous intuition, and mysterious information to solve numerous cases"

英雄's characters are righteous and a bit overly unyielding, this case solving expert will heedlessly crash cars, jump from buildings, and kill others every time in the hunt to capture a criminal. He's a man of justice who can distinguish what's right and wrong. He's the hero in his colleagues' hearts, while he's a crazy man to his team captain and officers of higher ranks.

From the news I read, initially Director Cai wanted to reunite F4 to act on this drama, but it was feared that having four handsome guys standing simultaneously in the light might cause the audience to obsess over them, which is a good point .. I personally don't think that this series can stand on the same level as Meteor Garden, they are totally different genre and it would definitely ruin the nice story plot if putting all F4 guys in the scene.

I have yet to finish watching the series .. but so far, it got me hooked! I could give 4 stars out of 5 and Mark Zhao isn't bad at all .. :D

The Proposal

2009-09-11T17:03:00.006+07:00

This is Sandra Bullock latest movie released last month .. I like her a lot, I've watched most of her movies, not all but quite a lot and she is very an expressionist person in her characters of all her movies.

And Ryan Reynolds .. hmmm .. he is yummy. I've never actually noticed him as this gorgeous and hot guy :) I've seen his early works from TV series Two Guys, a Girl and Pizza place back in 1998. He was always this goofy and not-so attractive guy playing comedy movies like Just Friends, Van Wilder, Definitely Maybe 'till he took a serious role as Wade Wilson who soon to be Deadpool in X-Men Origin: Wolverine then I started notice him ..

Anyway, The Proposal is indeed a must-see movie specially for those movie lovers .. it cracks you up but at the same time it gives romantic feeling of being in love .. love truly comes unexpected and when it comes, hold on to it or you'll lose it for good.

Here is a synopsis of the movie:

Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is the executive editor-in-chief of a book publishing company, Colden Books, who forces her assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her in order to avoid being deported to Canada. He grudgingly accepts, under the condition that he is promoted to the position of editor. When the government investigates, the two are forced to spend the weekend with his parents in Alaska in order to sell the lie. The family suggest they could marry the same weekend, and they reluctantly accept. They start to fall genuinely in love as they spend more and more time together. Because of this, during the wedding ceremony, Margaret decides she cannot do this to Andrew and confesses the business arrangement in front of everyone--including the immigration officer handling their case. She is then told that she has 24 hours to get back to Canada, and thus goes back to New York to pack her things. Upon doing so, however, Andrew shows up at the office and confesses his love for her in front of the entire office staff, proposing marriage all over again (taken from IMDB)

Pulang Kampung ..

2009-09-11T15:50:00.003+07:00

If things go as plan, I'll heading "home" to my growing up place in 3 months time, which is I'll be spending Christmas and possibly New Year in the land down under .. yay! :D

This was totally take me by surprise, I did plan for a trip to Aussie in 2010 for my best friend's wedding but since this trip will be about 6 months in advance, I'm sorry B .. I guess I won't be attending your wedding, but miracle happens, so hope by then I have enough saving to go there again and witness your special day ^^

My trip this time will be a family trip .. my cousin (first grand child from my mom side) will be getting married in Hunter Valley - Wine Country, it's indeed a beautiful place. It's located about 2 hours drive North of Sydney. She has picked an awesome place, though it would be even more beautiful if she could pick in Autumn/Spring season to have her wedding instead of Summer, 'cos Summer in Australia is just too hot and dry .. anyway, this wedding would be a big reunion for my mom's family from all over the world as well, we will indeed gonna have a good time.

And surely I'll be heading down to Wollongong .. place I can still call home .. I'm so looking forward to see my friends there again and reminiscing those special moments. I'm also gonna be a tour guide for most of my family who has never been to Aussie .. Sydney and Wollongong in particular.

I really hope that 2 weeks would be enough for me to have that reminiscing feeling of being home after 7 years.

5 days to go ..

2009-09-10T14:08:00.004+07:00

'till One Tree Hill Season 7 begins .. can't wait!! Now that Nathan is with the NBA, it's gonna be awesome .. but too bad no more Lucas and Peyton. Hope they would pop in every now and then ..

五月天 First Concert

2009-09-08T15:45:00.007+07:00

My first MayDay concert was great .. the concert itself was actually awesome though sadly I didn't feel the hype 'cos I was pretty much lost with the songs, only few were familiar in my ears. But I enjoyed it ..

This was my 2nd time step foot in Singapore Indoor Stadium, of course it felt different .. the first was back in Oct 2006 for Heroes of Earth concert. Back then I could feel the hype even before the concert. This time, I was looking forward for it, but at the same time I felt something missing.

As for the crowd, this MD concert was definitely smaller than LH's back then, there were still lots of empty seats but becos it was a rock concert, you can actually feel the hype-ness from the fanatic fans. There were lots of fast songs and the fans were jumping, screaming and sang along with them.

I was practically a silent audience .. other than I don't know most of the songs, the guys were all speaking in Chinese which I was lost once again, I picked up bits and bits but overall I was pretty much out there. Though one thing I like the most was during the L.O.V.E shout out and how the guys warmed the stadium, it was amazing! It was different than LH's or DT's concert.

The concert went 'till 10 mins passed midnight .. it was surely an experience. Afterwards we headed to the usual supper place MD guys always go when they are in SG, but too bad we didn't see them.

Anyway, these are the best pics I took during the concert .. and somehow I liked these, it's not close up but it shows the whole stage with all of them on it. Well, what more you could get from side seat :)

Sweet treats from Japan

2009-09-08T15:01:00.002+07:00

A friend from work just got back from his partying trip in Japan and brought us these sweets. These are some interesting flavour of KitKat .. they are original KitKat (red), Lemon Vinegar (yellow-white), Mango (yellow-red) and lemonade (blue). Imagine sprite flavour in a chocolate .. hmmm .. yummo!

I have yet to taste any of these, but it sounds interesting. Thanks Ndi.