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Saturday, July 12, 2008
12:19:00 PM

The slowing Mac

My Mac has been behaving rather erotically lately.
Been seeing too many beach balls and lollipops on the screens,
not to mention the slowing speed of performance.
But maybe that's because my expectations are too high I suppose.

Anyhow, there might be a chance that I'll be reformatting my Mac within the next month, so those who are in need of a reformat, please contact me at admin@iunspoken.com.
I'll do it free-of-charge! Includes the standard software for your everyday usage. Nothing illegal though.

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5:18:00 AM

I was bored.
My mind wasn't thinking straight.
But still.

81 words

Speed test

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Wednesday, July 09, 2008
1:55:00 AM

It's freaking 0149hrs right now.
And I'm awake.

Because there are 2 cats (maybe more) banging each other, moaning away. And the volume is amazingly loud.
Mind you, I live on the 5th floor.

Animals know how and when to have fun too.
Its annoying though.

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Saturday, July 05, 2008
1:08:00 AM

Finally, it works.

Yes, as obvious as it might sound, the system is finally back online.
And as you can see, the video bar above has the same video, same song, but of a higher quality.
However, its not the highest of qualities though. At this quality, it might already stop halfway during the chorus or something.
Which means that the server's speed is not fast enough!
Which also, sucks. It means that I must restrict the video file size or it will stop halfway during playback, and continue after it loads again.

Anyways, got a lump of photos recently. Here goes.

I was over at Dover Court Preparatory School for their graduation party of some sort.
And like, imagine kids 7-12 years of age. Having a disco party.
And they're like dancing to freaking Top 40 music man.

If it was our generation, it would be totally different. These kids now have MTV. Goodness.
I was quite surprised to be frank. I didn't expect that.

It was in the evening.
And i blasted the smoke machine to fill up the entire hall.
Ended up with this stream of sunlight from the window.
Haha.. thought it was nice. Its nicer outside of the picture though.

The event was great actually. Watching the kids remind me of myself when I was having my Primary 6 graduation party.
That was when I drank coffee because there weren't anymore drinks, and didn't sleep for the entire night.

And for those who were wondering, been out of church since mid March.
Yes I do miss church. I really do.
Need I explain more?
Like, going to a 8000 seater concert every weekend, who won't want eh?
But of course, the focus is on God, not the concert stuff.

This is how much I miss church. Luckily there was Internet access there.
Of course, I didn't really listen to what was going on during the broadcast.
One thing was because I was working.
But I was comforting just to see a familiar face or scene. It was great.

This event was over at Shangri-La Hotel. The Garden Terrace or something like that.
I was doing lights there though. Not like there was a lot to be done though. I was quite bored actually.
That console there is the digital sound console, Yamaha LS9.

This one is a shot of the Avolites Lighting Console, which I was using.
As obvious as it might have sounded since my phone is there.

My project manager was just fascinated with the camera for some reason or another.
This was a shot of the crew.
Guy in the centre is a new driver.
Guy on the right was also an attachment person, 2 years my senior I think.

My board may not have been that visible though, partially cos the platform was lower.

Yet another shot of me with the Avolites Lighting Console.
I know that Avolites was a bit extreme for such simple lighting.
But I like using the board, and I'm familiar with it too.

See, sound guy also do lighting. Champion.

Told you my manager was fascinated by the camera.
Its not such a bad shot though, but I was busy.

Ok, moving on.
Of course, there were other events that I went to.
Many others, but didn't take other photos there because it just wasn't worth taking.

Went to The China Club a couple of weeks back.
This is one club, that money cannot buy membership. Though if you were a member you would still need to pay membership fees. Which I hear was about 10k a year or something higher than that.
And you are selected to be their member, you don't decide to be their member, THEY are the ones who decide.
Yeah, it's that prestigious.
And the group that was there, was in Singapore for a conference. Company's based in Melbourne.
Conference man, and they go to China Club for their last dinner in Singapore.
Its some dining place I suppose, located at the 52nd storey of the Capitol Tower somewhere in Shenton Way.
It like, freaking high. The top floor to be exact.

Yes, its freaking high.
But you don't get dizzy though. At least I don't.
This is a shot of the uncompleted Integrated Resort at Marina Bay. You can see a stretch of East Coast Park too!
Nice huh.
But well, the windows are amazingly dirty though, as you can probably see.

You can see Vivocity from there too!
This picture was HEAVILY edited. And it still doesn't look its best.
Partially because of the weather, dirty glass, and strong reflections.
Originally, it was like, super blue. Yeah

This, ladies and gentlemen, is part of Chinatown.
Amazing eh?
Again, yes it was heavily edited too.
You can see SGH somewhere in the middle.
And if you had a super steady tripod, super clear skies, and a super long telephoto lens, you could probably spot City Harvest Church in Jurong West as well.

Nah I was kidding. The church is surround by HDB flats. But yeah, you get the idea.

This was out into the open seas. Cloud formations here are like huge because of unobstructed buildings.
Which is great for photographers or videographers as well.
Wonder if they'll let students in for a simple film shoot.

Sunset over Chinatown.
Why Chinatown?
Because the sun sets that way you dumbo. I could shift the sun could I?
Would have looked a lot nicer without the dark clouds on the right hand side.

And of course, with the event being held at the 52nd floor, your console's gotta be there as well eh?

This, is the console with a view.
This photo wasn't taken by me
And yes, I was doing lighting again. I kinda like it actually.

Night shot of the construction site of the IR at Marina Bay. Apparently they work 24hrs (duh?)
Have you counted the number of cranes that they use? I lost count.
But apparent the government is blowing everything on it to be completed by next year.

CBD at night. With slight reflections on the glass.
Its just beautiful.

This is at another event. And this is sunrise over at Punggol Beach.
Ok, not exactly sunrise, but it takes a while from Yishun to travel to the beach.
There was this event that was held at OBS Pulau Ubin.
Consisted of only a mic and speaker, didn't even have a mixer. Some dumb event.

And yes, that meant I needed to take a boat over.
Not from Changi Point though. This was a private ferry by OBS themselves.
However, it was taken from Punggol Jetty. which is like

Puny.
Yeah, its that small.
Over in the background, that's Malaysia folks.
This is why so many people try to swim over to Singapore. It is that near.

In places like Europe or US, this body of water is what they would like to call a RIVER.

Ok, so took a boat over, and saw this along the way.

Some house on stilts. Not too sure whether its a fishing farm or what.
But apparently there are people living there.

Its somewhere behind Punggol I suppose.

There, is Pulau Ubin, the other side of it.
And it was freaking hot that day, got slight migraine halfway through.
I like this composition of colours.

Outward Bound SIngapore. Otherwise known as OBS.
Their motto is... uh.... I kinda forgot.

Anyways, all the staff there apparently shuttle back and forth from the facility by ferry from Punggol. Because Changi's too far for them, and you'll need to travel another hour or so from the Pulau Ubin jetty to OBS too.

BUT, their jetty is also....

Puny.
But then again, it ain't need be that large too, since there're not a lot of people there either.

Right, its like 0156hrs here. And I should be sleeping, because tomorrows going to be a long day.
Though it won't be as long as previous ones because apparently, I have to cut down on my taxis.
Bugger. Its quite stupid really. The idea of jumping to conclusions is why people remain stupid.

Shall leave you with this photo of the sunset from Pulau Ubin.