Remember this Thai horror flick which was released in 2004? It sure gave all of us a lot of scare. Well, come this March 21st, the Americanized version will be in theaters. This film stars Joshua Jackson and Rachael Taylor. The premise would be entirely similar, but expect a few new surprises.
It's gonna be another year of scary movies.Time to get rid of the extra tyre. It's been months since my last cardio workout, and I'm now officially declared unfit and chubby. As of this day, I'll be hitting the stadium for a jog every afternoon after school, and put an effort in shedding the excess baggage and get my initial weight and stamina back.
Current weight is 80 kg.
Being a vocalist in a band for almost 3 years now, it's hard to imagine how much I have progressed. Nevertheless, there's still much for me to learn. It's not easy being a vocalist; the burden of memorizing the lyrics of songs that I'm not familiar with, the hectic days and nights of practicing with the band on the same songs over and over, and of course, the pressure I get when I'm on stage prior to performing.
In order for me to stay focused, I always constantly keep a positive attitude and, most importantly, realize that my main objective of singing on stage is to enjoy and entertain the crowd. Keeping the crowd entertained is of course the main priority, an objective that needs to be set in mind in order to give out a gratifying performance.
One of my most challenging moments of being a vocalist in a band is learning to adopt a powerful voice of hard rock and metal. I started singing in a band playing pop rock and soft alternative music. Over the years, the music that I've been singing to gradually evolved and demanded a more industrial sound, which meant that I have to upgrade my singing technique. A powerful voice is developed through a combination of correct breathing control, good posture, healthy vocal techniques and lots of practice. To enable myself to develop the vocal mechanism in a healthy manner, I have to make use of these combinations.
The pressure is there, but at the same time, it has been a rewarding experience being able to venture into new music grounds. As I mentioned earlier, I am still learning. I'm neither a professional nor a rock star. It takes time, dedication, discipline and lots of practice in order to achieve excellent results.
Good thing I've completed my marketing assignment on time because I had been called up at the last minute to attend the HSBC Chinese New Year 2008 dinner show at ICC last night. I had to operate the projectors throughout the event. It was an all-Chinese show. Heck, I didn't really understand a word, so I just sat there by the mixer throughout the show punching buttons on the projector controls till the whole thing ends.
Furthermore, I was in my 'kusut' mode last night because I was supposed to be at home to print my assignment, the last thing I needed to do before submitting the whole work today. As a result, I had to sleep late.
Okay, the image above is probably just a mock-up, but Sony did recently announced that they are currently working on a slimmer and lighter PlayStation 3 which will be released sometime in Autumn of this year, code-named the PS3 Slim. I guess this will solve the issue about how the current model takes up too much shelf space. Hopefully it won't overheat easily like the slimmer PS2.
Finally, my first attempt of avoiding procrastination this year is fulfilled. Our group managed to complete our report assignment on time. Due to be submitted tomorrow, we were able to start compiling everything as early as last weekend.
This is a marketing assignment on Consumer Behavior and Advertising Analysis, and we've decided to focus on the Nintendo Wii as our product research. It has been a really interesting research that we've conducted so far.
At last, I should be able to get a really good sleep tonight.
If it wasn't for the short trip out of the house and back this afternoon, we wouldn't be making this dish a reality, Amir's very own oven-baked nachos topped with mild tomato salsa sauce and shredded cheese, made fresh from his kitchen. Great for snacks.
Amir and I are planning to buy a dSLR as soon as we finish our course. We were thinking of forming the next breed of shutterbugs in Brunei. (bwhahahaha! macam stayi!) We went window shopping for dSLRs recently around town to see which cameras we wish to get in the future. I have my eyes on the Nikon D40x but I wouldn't mind putting an extra dollar for a Sony α 200.
As for Amir, he's looking forward to a Canon 400D. At first he hesitated, because he was worried that there may not be enough available parts. I encouraged him to 'Bekayuh ke Singapore'. Haha. :P
Lately I've been embracing a new kind of metal genre. Since late last year, I've been collecting and listening to symphonic power metal bands on my iTunes. They sound way better than death metal.
Metal isn't all about screaming, growling and adrenaline-trashing. You can still enjoy metal without all that. There exists several metal bands that incorporate orchestral and harmonic sounds engineered to metal, mostly from Europe. Synthesizers and classical organs play an important role in their music, which blend in with the heavy riffing of guitars, bass and double-pedal drums. These breed of orchestral metal heads have a genre of their own, simply called Symphonic Power Metal.
These are my 3 most favorite symphonic metal bands that I enjoy listening to.
Kamelot is a power metal band that incorporates many elements of symphonic and progressive metal into their music. The band was founded in 1991 and was originally hailed in Tampa, Florida. Although Kamelot is an American metal band, the vocalist is a Norwegian who studied to be an opera vocalist for three years before joining the band.
Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic power metal band, formed in 1996. Nightwish is considered one of the bands responsible for the development and rise in popularity of symphonic metal at the end of the 1990s, as well as the creation of the subgenre symphonic power metal. The original female vocalist was Tarja Turunen, and was replaced in 2007 by Anette Olzon.
Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band which puts emphasis on the use of operatic elements and death grunts, and also performing some song passages in Latin. The band was founded in 2002 and the frontwoman Simone Simons sings with the most beautiful mezzo-soprano vocals in metal (and she's only 22).
Mobile phone companies never give up that easily, do they? Sony Ericsson has just unleashed yet another beast that will hopefully bring down Apple's mighty warrior from its pedestal. The Xperia X1 is Sony Ericsson's very own all-in-one touch-screen mobile phone device that has been dubbed the 'iPhone killer.'
The Xperia X1 features a 3-inch touchscreen and a sliding QWERTY keypad. Unlike the iPhone, this baby runs Windows Mobile, for the first time on Sony Ericsson's smartphone series. Also built in is a 3.2 megapixel camera.
Woke up very early this morning only to find my house has been broken into by freakin burglar while we were sound asleep last night. The bottom of the kitchen door was smashed, but the question was, how could one fit through a hole that small? Could've been some kid from the neighborhood. What else could've it been? midgets? dwarves? elves?
The dining room window was left open
I called the police hotline immediately and lodged a report as soon as they got to my house. According to them, there has been a rising case of house-breaking this past few months in Berakas. In fact, just after spotting for fingerprints, they recieved a call of what seemed to be another similar case reported somewhere in Lambak Kanan.
The object that was used to pry open and smash the kitchen door
If only my cat could speak to me right now.
