Wow, Something Special !

SAE bought us some Lay's potato chips from Shanghai. It's very special, in flavour, got Cucumber, Braised Pork, Sizzled BBQ, and Roasted Chicken. And it's not too salty and surprisingly nice, i like. 

Suddenly, found that our Lay's here is quite boring, why not invent some new flavour, e.g Satay, Bak Kut Teh, Laksa, Bak Chor Mee, or even Tau Suan. Dun you think it will be more interesting?

2008我最喜爱年度大碟

2008年，哪张专辑是我的最爱？是五月天的《后青春期的诗》莫属 !

陆

打从首张专辑《乐行者》到上张的《西界》，一直都非常喜欢听林俊杰的歌。新专辑《陆》也没让歌迷的我失望。虽然在歌曲的风格上并无多大的惊喜，但却没影响歌曲的水准及可听度。

“爱与希望”是专辑里头最喜欢的歌曲，接着便是“我还想她”这首JJ所擅长的情歌。此外，“Always Online”，“小酒窝”，“期待你的爱”，“点一把火炬”，“黑武士”，“不潮不花钱” 也是值得推荐的好歌。

诚意之作，非听不可。

Guitar Fever

古巨基

Guitar Fever

3.5 *

眼睛不能沒眼淚, 下次再见, 花不痛

古巨基最近推出了此张个人高清EP，《Guitar Fever》。何谓高清？也不是很了解啦，只知道是24K金碟，就可能是声音的清晰度颇高吧！

吉他乃是此EP内的歌曲主要乐器。里头收录了五首新歌，另外五首是作曲人guitar solo的演奏。

甫上架便卖到断市，而且首支派台歌曲是“下次再见”，也勇夺下了个大流行榜冠军的位置。不过个人却爱上了EP里的第二首歌“眼睛不能没眼泪”，朗朗上口的旋律，相信也很快将成为流行榜单的作品之一。

EP里头的五首歌曲，除了“啦啦”稍嫌有些粗糙之外，都是颇具可听性及流行度的。

很希望Leo可在短期内再推出个人大碟，以解解忠实歌迷们的馋ma！

She is Back

Yay, she is back with her latest single "Keeps Getting Better". Christina, you rawks !!!

Babylon A.D.

Official website : Babylon A.D.

Wow, i wanna watch this movie. From the trailer it seems like not bad and quite exciting. It's an action movie, kinda like it. Some more got Michelle Yeoh, the ex-Bond's girl, so must support a bit. 

小宇同學就是我

<< 小宇同学就是我 >>

小宇 

推荐指数：宇宇宇宇

推荐曲：终于说出口，我在角落观察 ABC，就是说不出口，没那么难，偶霉敢结，唯一的唯一，舍不得，没有很会唱

第一次接触到他的歌声是在《康熙来了》，当时他演唱了“终于说出口”，就被他的歌声所吸引住了。顶着在某歌唱大赛亚军的光环，演唱实力应该是毋庸置疑地出色，再加上“终于说出口”是一首挺不错的作品，于是，开始注意他的《小宇同学就是我》这张专辑了。

这是一张近期较难得的专辑，可听性极高的。专辑里头大部分的歌曲都是值得去推荐的好歌。除了刚刚提过的“终于说出口”，“我在角落观察 ABC”也是首个人较喜欢的作品。这是首中快版的歌曲，喜欢他的歌词，很特别！

此外，专辑也不乏好歌，随手拈来便有轻快的“就是说不出口”与“没有很会唱”，以及抒情的“唯一的唯一”和“舍不得”，而且大部分的歌曲还是他本身的创作呢。

小宇可谓是今年除了卢广仲之外，另一位值得推崇的新人，两人各有各的特色，希望他两会继续带给我们更多好的作品，赞！

Aji Hanabi

Mm, yesterday was a happy day. My ex-pillow-side mate called me up for dinner, and told me I can eat whatever i want, his company credit card will pay the bill. Hooray!!!! So, we decided to meet at Vivo City. 

When we met up, he told me he was hungry and still need to wait for his colleagues to come. He suggested wanna have something light first while waiting. I was like, huh, real one or not, win liao lor like that. OK lor, since later will have a great great dinner, let him conned me for one slice of kaya toast la.

Then his colls called up and said will not join us, yeah, so we started looking for a "Nice" restaurant to settle our dinner. I suggested Sushi Tei, but damn it, super long queue. We decided not to queue for it and finally we reached this restaurant called Aji Hanabi.

Hanabi

We were sitting at the counter as full house, but not too bad, at least the decor quite nice

Our starter, damn nice salmon shasimi, must try !!! and dun forget to try the wasabi, NICE

My order, tempura soba.....the bowl is very special

Dunno what kind of fish, it's nice, but careful, BONES !!!!

Black sesame ice-cream, my dessert, COOL.....

Pillow-side mate's order, plain noodle

Buttery teriyaki cog fish, super nice, try try try !!!!

Green tea ice-cream topped with red beans

Aji Hanabi, food is nice, but a bit pricey. When i saw the bill, it's like S$116, hmm hmm, thanks ya, pillow-side mate ! Please call me more often, OK?

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX36

All along is a supporter of Panasonic Lumix cameras. From my very first digital camera, FZ10, which was bought in 2004, until DMC-LX1 in 2005, L1 in 2007 and now FX36 in 2008, can tell how stubborn I am in terms of camera brand ;-)

Today, I would like to share with you my new camera FX36 here. Panny, dun get offended here ok, this is not a camera review kind of post (I'm not so professional la), just wanna share some experiences after using this camera.

Before i decided to buy this camera, i was comparing 3 models, FX520, TZ15 and FX36. FX520 got touch screen plus 5x optical zoom, TZ15 is 10x optical zoom, but both also out of my budget. So, no choice, after received the eQuote from Cathay Photo, straight away went to the shop and got it.

OK, so here is my new camera, Panny Lumix DMC-FX36, 25mm wide angle lens, 4x optical zoom, 10 megapixels, HD-quality video recording, came with 4GB SD card plus a case.

front view

back view

side view

My Converse, some test shot using different ISO setting, i think most of the people will concern about Panny's performance in higher ISO, bcoz of the noise that generated.

ISO 100 (100% crop)

ISO 200 (100% crop, noise start visible)

ISO 400 (100% crop, a bit grainy)

ISO 800 (100% crop, noise !)

ISO 1600 (100% crop, hmm, as usual, the problem still there)

A few testing shot in different mode, such as:

Outdoor

macro

iA (intelligent Auto) mode

Normal mode

Low light, iA mode

So far, still satisfy with the results and image quality produced by this compact camera, and it's quite value for money. Will I recommend this camera to frens? Definitely! Dun forget, I'm a fan of Panny, and I'm very stubborn, hahaha!!!

神秘嘉宾

神秘嘉宾

林宥嘉

推荐曲：请说，传说，神秘嘉宾，眼色，心有林夕，残酷月光

指数：嘉嘉嘉嘉

引颈期待地等了一年光景，星光一班的冠军人物林宥嘉终于发了他的首张个人专辑《神秘嘉宾》。之前，听过了他在星光合辑里头的歌曲，增加了对他个人专辑的期待。

专辑的第一首歌 “眼色”，歌舞剧式的编曲，是首非常有意境的作品，不过略嫌林宥嘉唱得有些过火了， 而且唱法也让人感觉上有些陈奕迅的影子。紧接着的便是主打歌 “神秘嘉宾”，这类歌曲非常适合由Yoga来诠释，也是专辑中比较容易消化的歌曲。

专辑里头，个人比较喜欢“请说”这首歌。歌曲一开始，Yoga便有些慵懒地哼着，随着曲风突然便开始有些慢版式地摇滚起来，但却也难不倒他，冠军人物果然不是盖的！ “传说”是专辑内唯一的合唱曲，也是个人比较偏爱的歌曲之一。非常诗意的一首歌，也必定会成为热门的合唱歌曲。

除此之外，专辑内也不乏其它好歌，比如“心有林夕”以及“残酷月光”便是里头较为出色的作品。

《神秘嘉宾》是一张诚意之作，曲风相当的丰富，也不会让人感觉非常商业，因此而增加了它的可听及耐听度。

下一个天亮

郭静是近期在台湾较受瞩目的新人之一，去年初试啼声的个人首张专辑《我不想忘记你》虽然无法让这位小妮子在乐坛上大红大紫，却也让人对她那把纯净的声音及惊人地肺活量留下了印象。

新专辑《下一个天亮》让人有些期待，首支主打歌 “下一个天亮”，的确没有让人失望。只不过转音部分，总是让我想起了张韶涵，可能两位女生的声线比较接近的关系吧！

聆听了整张专辑，心情却变得有些复杂起来。这专辑整体的素质尚算不错， 可惜不知为何总觉得欠缺了什么似的，套句广东话所说的 “到喉不到肺” 的感觉，有些难受。

不过专辑里头却也不乏佳作，除了 “下一个天亮”， 较为突出的作品还包括了个人挺喜欢的 “不药而愈”，“百分百” 以及 “知道”。

严格来说，此张专辑还是值得推荐的，可能只是个人对郭静有着过高的期望吧！

可听性指数 ： 静静静青

推荐曲 ： 下一个天亮，不药而愈，知道，百分百

Blue Bird by Ikimono Gakari

The latest opening song for Naruto Shippuuden, super nice la.

Farewell Treats

Is nearly the end of my day in Pru, 1 more week to go, colls are nice, treated me breakfast and lunch before i go. Many many thanks to u guys.....

17 Apr 2008 - Thanks Ching Yen for the lunch @ Pastamania

18 Apr 2008 - Thanks Tse Wei, Susan, Davin and Lu Ping for the lunch @ Coffee Club

21 Apr 2008 - Thanks JC, Lela, Pin Teng, Azizah, Hari, Huay Yaw, Poh Reng, Shailja, Kok Kien for the lunch @ Bumbu restaurant

The green curry chicken is quite nice, but the pomelo salad, it's a no no
23 Apr 2008 - Thanks Hartono, Wai Ting and Veny for the breakfast @ Coffee Bean

- Thanks Sandra, Bing Hong, Jac for the lunch @ New York New York

Sandra and Xiao Mei

Me and Sandra

The seafood platter, not a wise choice actually, so so only
24 Apr 2008 (Birthday Treats) - Thanks Kelvin for Coffee Bean

- Thanks Benny and Xiao Mei for dinner @ Ding Tai Feng

25 Apr 2008 - Thanks Yuen Kuan for Coffee Bean's breakfast

- Thanks Tracy and Soon Dee for lunch @ HonJin Japanese Restaurant

Some candids

The food that we ordered

Emo timeTea time after lunch @ Starbucks

And thanks to all these, i have gained some weight, omg, shit u !!!

Mountain Tortoise @ Dempsey Rd

Last week, went to Dempsey Rd with friends, one of the "hippest" place in Singapore. There are quite a number of restaurants and pubs, for those who like clubbing, Dempsey sure is a nice place to chill out. OK, let me show u ard....

The directory

me and mr. maos

a vintage van with new skin

and some interesting places

Dempsey Hill landmark

i like this place, very transparent kind of concept, if i'm not wrong, it's La Forketta

finally we came to ben & jerry's

sorry, i couldn't show the entire area, i walked until my foot quite painful already, but at least can roughly give u an idea how this place looks like. quite an interesting place to hang out !