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I’ve not been much of a fan for mp3 player in the past as I need only 15minutes to get to work. But ever since I started having to travel daily on bus for at least an hour, I found that I CANNOT live without a mp3 player! Why?

As how Bitter Stickgirl tells her story…

Or when you have some guys playing some games on their PSP with loudest volume (some even had their mp3 player blasting music into their ears lah!). Or when you have a group of students or aunties sitting at the same deck as you, the journey will just seem to be at least twice as long as usual! I cannot tahan (tolerate) such noise in an enclose area!

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The day started bright and early for me on Saturday. The team decided to meet at Asian Civilisations Museum at 9am to get things ready for Social Media Breakfast 3 (SMB3). Guess I was too “gan cheong” (excited) as usual, and reached at 9 sharp. When I reached, the venue for SMB3 looks like this…

My first impression? “WOW! What a place!”

It brought my excitement to the next level! Having missed the SMB1 and being in the cosy cafe for SMB2, the River Room at ACM indeed brought SMB3 to a next level! Thanks NHB for the great opportunity and hosting SMB3 at ACM. I’m sure everyone just can’t wait for SMB4 now! (Planning already in progress! Look out for it!)

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With all the buzz of the coming iPhone 3G, I’m pretty excited about it myself. But before I can get a chance to touch it, I got a chance to review the Olympics phone by Samsung - The F480. I know its strange why I am reviewing this instead of the much talk about Omnia. Well, since its already so much talked about, no point me writing for it again right? So how’s this small, sleek and rather sexy Samsung F480 has that was compared with the iPhone 3G?

“The Apple iPhone 3G and Samsung F480 Tocco are similar phones. Each of them comes with similar features and capabilities. Which one is better is a question that many people want answered.” by Caroline Telford

Well, you can read what Caroline has to say about comparing the two for now. Here I’m going to share how I feel about the Samsung F480 aka the “Olympics phone”.

F480 with leather cover that came in standard package

The first thing that impressed me was how Samsung took into consideration how users would want to protect their precious phone. There’s 2 battery covers that come in their standard package. One is a matching cover with the back material that’s a little not-so-user-friendly as it’s quite hard to slide out. And the other is this black leather version where there’s a flip on the other side to protect the screen. Overall the phone looks very executive like with the cover. A plus for beauty and functionality of the cover.

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Had the privilege to witness the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics with the nice people at MediaCorp on 080808. I was wowed by the opening ceremony and having watched it on the huge screen in the cinema with FullHD quality and dolby sound! Impressive display of unity, strength and pride by the Chinese. Its a day for them to be proud of and remember for a very long time.

After the excitement of the performances, the rest of the session before the torch relay was quite a pain to watch. I waited patiently in the cinema for Team Singapore to appear and just couple minutes before 11pm, finally we spotted the familiar sight of our flag. Everyone in the cinema cheered and clapped when Singapore appeared on screen. But I was sadden by the fact that the one holding the flag wasn’t a Singaporean! I know Li Jia Wei has done Singapore proud before, but having her carry the country’s flag at an international event like this just doesn’t seem appropriate.

Furthermore, she was either too tired or has weak arms or did it on purpose. How could she sweep the stadium ground with our flag? Some may say that its just a little bit, but if you watched closely, the flag was swiping the ground almost throughout her march past! This just made it hurt even more.

Updated 19 Aug 2008
The above video has been removed on 19 August 2008 due to IOC’s request…

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《12莲花》 (”12 Lotus”) - A Royston Tan film

The movie poster almost tells the story of the show already. Take a closer look and you’ll see Mindee’s and Liu Ling Ling’s hand clutched tightly into a fist. The two of them shares a very close relationship in the show. It tells their story, their life and their hardship. This show is an emotional ride.

After the fantastic and emotionally torturing experience for me in Royston’s previous show, “881″, I was prepared with 2 packets of tissue paper this time round. But at the end of the show, I didn’t even touch them. “12 Lotus” gave me a mixture of emotions. When I was about to start my tap and cry, something just happened and immediately switched the mood to the total opposite. Emotions I got during the session… I was touched, I teared, I laughed, my heart almost fell out from my chest and I was disturbed. (Sound almost like an anti-climax sex right? Haha!)

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