Wednesday, 31 January 2007

久违优客李林 将在狮城开唱再见

[亚洲新闻网] 新传媒8频道报道，单飞十年后的台湾歌唱组合优客李林成员林志炫和李骥，
即将到本地开演唱会。这个名为"再见，优客李林"的演唱会，将会是他们在狮城的第一次，
也是最后一次。

林志炫和李骥在记者会上宣布，将会在狮城举行演唱会。虽然专辑曾达到百万张的销售记录，
也很庆幸曾与多位国际艺人一齐合作，但两人从来不曾举行属于优客李林的巡回演唱会。

台湾歌唱组合优客李林林志炫和李骥表示，“当然乘我们现在的年纪唱那时的歌曲，还唱得动的状态下，
体力负荷得了的话，赶快办，再过了五年就不见得可以了。我个人是这样，我相信李骥还可以啦。
哈哈哈。”

因此十年后再重逢，就是为了完成这个心愿。不过，演唱会名为"再见，优客李林"，也含有告别的意思。

“李骥和林志炫，一个唱歌一个拿弹吉他，这两个这样的组合，这样的表演形式，会有些调整
/我想我们是接下来告别前面的舞台的这个两个人演出（林）换个角度来讲，是个转型 ”

优客李林的演唱会将会在3月31日，在新加坡博览中心举行。



下面是精彩访谈的部分内容噢~

（林志炫）“其实最早当时在优客李林那五年里面我常常讲的是很美好的优客年代。
那段时间当然很有幸跟李骥合作，那在五年里面有百万销售跟那么国际艺人有很多合作的机会，
但是唯一一个遗憾就是说，我们从来没有办过自己的巡回演唱。那当然呢，在各自单飞10年以后
各自事业已经到了平台之上的时候，通常很多出社会的朋友们到了一个时间，就会开始回想以前
学校里的同学。那么我觉得我们的心态也类似像这样，那大家各自单飞10年各自事业上有还不错的
发展和基础后，咦，回过头来想要完成当时那五年里面没有做到的一个事情。我觉得那是一个很
美好的事情，当然乘我们现在的年纪唱那时的歌曲，还唱得动的状态下，体力负荷得了的话，
赶快办，再过了五年就不见得可以了，我个人是这样，我相信李骥还可以啦。哈哈哈。”

（李骥）“再见优客李林不说你李骥要退出歌坛，当然说我应该不能算是完全在流行乐坛，
但是不是说我们两个不再作流行音乐而是说优客李林，就是李骥和林志炫，一个唱歌一个拿弹吉他，
这两个这样的组合，这样的表演形式，会有些调整，我们应该强调优客其实代表后面很多
(林）不同的音乐形式，不管要任何形式出来。”

“以后我们可以还原优客可以变成一种音乐的风格，林志炫的声音去诠释各种各样好的音乐，
还有一群很好，然后对音乐有执著追求的幕后人（林：对） 一起工作的方法。”

“我想我们是接下来告别前面的舞台的这个两个人演出（林）换个角度来讲，是个转型。”

（林志炫）“这五年来我一直没有办法放掉印刷厂的工作因为我的家人其实并不是很支持我唱歌，
他们支持我唱歌的前提是把印刷厂的工作做好，就是会经常出现一个蜡烛两头烧的状态，五年下来
其实身体也会很差，然后再加上刚好母亲的身体也病了，所以其实在同样的天坪上可能工作，
可能事业，可能家庭，这么多的事情没有办法兼顾的时候，你一定要有一个选择的时候，
那时候我的选择就是家人，因为我觉得工作像皮球，掉到地上，逼起来，它一定可以弹起来，
如果你努力的话，可是健康和家庭是玻璃球，你掉在地上，它就碎了，基本上应该把握这部分。”

“我想最主要的是音乐，我想，就像我们再做优客李林我们想把优客李林的音乐再次用同方法
呈现这是大家一定会看到的。当然会有一些新的，比如就是，其中一首歌是92年在新加坡写的，
现在回到它的出生的发源地，所以这是比较特别（林）好像归于回忆，但是，我们也会为新加坡
做些特别安排，但是这是只能在演唱会大家才会看到。”



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Sunday, 28 January 2007

funny local kopitiam prank.. you must know hokkien to understand la..
i doubt its a true incident as the recording sound "too perfect" and kopitiam
where got so quiet.. anyway, it still damn funny! there's another RK House "No Pork"
prank also.. but that one abit bo liao..

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Friday, 26 January 2007

this is the 2nd times i changed the tag board.. there seems to have some problems in
the previous two.. though i don't really have people tagging on my blog, but its
always nice to have a proper working tag box..

oh ya, i'm going for aloha changi chalet tomorrow.. fen called just now and said
that he will be late and won't hitch a ride from me.. and i do feel quite disappointed
because he decided to have a game of soccer rather then spending more times with old
classmates.. *sigh..

anyway, i'm really eager to buy a new pc with powerful graphic card! i've not play
any new game since The Battle For Middle Earth.. maybe wait till Vista and more
new graphic cards released for directx 10.. oh, and a 20" wide screen LCD!

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Thursday, 25 January 2007

screenshots of C&C 3 Tiberium Wars..



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Wednesday, 24 January 2007

C&C: Tiberium Wars
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Electronic Arts
Genre: RTS
Single Player: Yes
Multiplayer: Yes / Internet / LAN
Recommended GPU: GeForce 8 Series
Release Date: March 2007
ESRB Rating: Teen
Official Website





In 2047, Tiberium has blanketed the Earth, which is now divided into zones based on
the level of Tiberium infestation. Pristine Blue Zones represent 20% of the planet's
surface and are the last refuge of the civilized world. Partially habitable Yellow
Zones make up 50% of the planet's surface; most of the world's population lives in
these war-torn and ecologically ravaged areas. The remaining 30% of the planet is
uninhabitable, a Tiberium wasteland swept by violent Ion Storms. Red Zones are like
the surface of an Alien planet.

The infamous Kane has returned to lead the Brotherhood of Nod in a massive global
assault on the Global Defense Initiative and the few remaining Blue zones left on
the planet. Only you can stop him. The fate of humanity ? and the planet ? is in
your hands.

Featuring state-of-the-art, next-generation graphics, an epic story with live
action, full-motion video sequences, and the classic fast-paced C&C style of play,
C&C 3 sets the standard for the single player RTS experience.

When you decide to test your skills online, a suite of truly innovative features,
such as the ability to transform online battles into a spectator sport, unfold.

Welcome back, Commander..

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Realisation: How To Truly Lose A True Friend

There's the saying that "You don't know what you had till you lose it", though it's
also possible to not know what you had, even after losing it - if you're still
deluded about what you really lost. Bob's thinking of ending his friendship with
Liz, because he feels that she isn't a true friend. As far as he's concerned, he
isn't losing a real friend; who to be lost is really a false friend. Good riddance
perhaps? Ironically, it was Bob who had called for a discussion, for "open"
communication on what he saw as important issues... during which Liz passionately
spoke her mind with no holds barred, as a true friend would - with all the truth and
honesty that she could mindfully muster. But Bob felt hurt, unable to accept what
she said. He didn't realise how difficult it was to find a friend, who chooses to
bare one's thoughts so frankly for others' benefit. Liz might had sounded harsh,
but there were no ill intentions; as she felt the need to bring her message across
firmly - once and for all. Sadly, Bob missed her good intentions, hankering on her
tone instead of the message, when the tone was nothing personal - meant only to
enhance the gravity of the message; not to distract him from it.

If Bob wishes to surround himself with agreeable friends, he needs to seriously
wonder how frank they can be. Contrary to popular belief, instead of being full of
niceties, true friendship is often forged by much conflict, with both parties
realising that differences help them grow by seeing each other's blindspots.
A totally amiable friendship can be spiritually stagnant. Truth and honesty, brutal
as they can be, are our best friends. Anyone who chooses not to be truthful to one
is surely not true enough a friend. Bob felt disappointed by Liz, who'd encouraged
him to learn Buddhism years ago. Feeling let down, he even considers giving up
Buddhism. But isn't the taking of refuge in the Buddha's teachings out of
understanding that they're spiritually beneficial to one and all? If one considers
relinquishing Buddhism over personal differences with someone (a non-Buddha!),
one needs to reflect on whether one really appreciates Buddhism or treasures its
truths in the first place. Liz never pressurised Bob to be perfect; she merely urges
him to be better, as good friends should, just as others also continually urge her
to be better. It's natural to feel like a lousy Buddhist at times, but what matters
is to always better oneself.

Bob felt Liz was hypocritical, but all she did was to truly speak her mind.
A hypocrite would be always agreeable. Even if she was untrue, she had nothing to
gain by saying what she did. Truth is, there are some who are afraid of voicing some
truths to him due to his oversensitivity and tendency to reject difficult truths
about himself. Sadly, as much as they're "protecting" him from what might hurt him,
they're also not helping him enough to see the hard truth. All Liz was guilty of was
being more eager in doing so. For her over-enthusiasm, she'd even apologised
unreservedly. The truth hurts sometimes - but only as much as we can't accept it.
We should ask why it hurts - are we not truthful to ourselves? Friends don't have to
agree on every issue; friends are those who accept differences too. Bob wasn't
betrayed by a friend; he was betrayed by his mistaken idea of a friend. However,
Liz isn't thinking of giving up. She hopes he recalls how she was always there as a
friend. Truth is, Liz is still a friend, even if he disagrees. Truth endures...
despite misunderstandings of it. -Shen Shi'an (Bob & Liz are fictitious)

this story reflect just how my friendship with zq.. i guess it also applied to
swei and wx.. the 3 of us always seems to disagree with his ideas.. and thus,
we seldom stay in contact with him especially after he went to australia..
sadly, we'd given up in helping him.. helping someone need patience.. but nothing
seem to change years after years.. we really have to stop guiding him to retain
our friendship.. even though we disagree with his dicision, we'd learnt to
respect his decision.. which sadly again, is not helping him to see the hard truth..

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Tuesday, 23 January 2007

Joke of The Month

Two aliens landed on a farm. The farmer and his wife took the aliens in and showed
them their way of life and everything. One day the farmer and his wife get to
talking. The farmer asks his wife, "I wonder what the aliens do for sex?" The
farmer's wife replied, "I don't know. Do you want to find out?" The farmer agrees.

So, that night, the farmer took the female alien up to one room while his wife took
the male alien up to another room. As the wife was getting into bed, she looked down
at the alien's pecker and starts laughing. "You've got to be kidding me!" she laughed.

The alien told her to wait for a moment. Then he slapped his cheeks and pulled his
ears and the thing grew to a very impressive size. The next day, the farmer asks his
wife, "So, how was your night?" She replied, "Oh, it was wonderful. It was the best
night of my life! How was yours?" "Well, not so good," replied the farmer, "all she
kept doing all night was slapping my cheeks and pulling my ears."

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Wednesday, 17 January 2007

i'm thinking of studying again.. hehe.. yes, i failed once.. but that shouldn't
stop me from trying again.. and furthermore, now i know what i can and cannot
study..

i'm looking at Raffles Academy, Bsc(hons) in Computer System Engineering..
its a one year course as i already had a related dip from SP..
this time i'm thinking of doing it full time as its almost impossible to
study and work together AND having a gf who need attention every minutes.. keke..
i'm going down to raffles Academy next monday to know more about the course..
if the course is fine, i guess the only issue left is money..

swei and sandy is doing very well in australia.. he'd received his degree, found
a high paying job and also gotten his PR.. he'd asked me numerous time to go over
to study or just for a tour.. i'll definitly go over, but guess its still not the
right time yet.. alrite, time to put my head on the pillow..

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Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Interesting Real Facts (Strange but True)

Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo
Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer.

40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other
at the same time.

Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint
Mona Lisa's lips.

The original name for the butterfly was "flutterby"!

By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than the entire Nike factory
workers in Malaysia combined.

Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out
of it by her doctor.

The "pound" (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

Yo-Yos were once used as weapons in the Philippines.

Mexico City sinks abut 10 inches a year.

Brains are more active sleeping than watching TV.

Blue is the favorite color of 80 percent of Americans.

There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.

The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day.

The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the Combined
wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.

A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation.
Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a Few weeks.

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.

Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking Countries
because Colgate translates into the command "go hang Yourself."

If the population of China walked past you in single line, the line would never
end because of the rate of reproduction

China has more English speakers than the United States.

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Monday, 15 January 2007

i was shopping in the new amk nutc xtra and came across this small and cute
mandarin oranges.. they are from china and its a seasonal fruit and only available
during winter.. the package labelled "Emperor Tangerine".. i wonder whether its a
palace fruit only for the emperor.. anyway, the oranges are very sweet and its not
sour compare to the normal sunkist.. i can eat 10 of them in a row and rarely
you'll find a seed in it..

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Wednesday, 10 January 2007

有一日咱若老　找無人甲咱友孝
我會陪你　坐惦椅寮
聽你講少年的時陣　你有外摮
吃好吃醜無計較　怨天怨地嘛袂曉
你的手　我會甲你牽條條
因為我是你的家後

阮將青春嫁置恁兜　阮對少年跟你跟甲老
人情世事已經看透透　有啥人比你卡重要
阮的一生獻乎恁兜　才知幸福是吵吵鬧鬧
等待返去的時陣若到　我會讓你先走
因為我會嘸甘　放你為我目屎流

有一日咱若老　有媳婦子兒友孝
你若無聊　拿咱的相片
看卡早結婚的時陣　你外緣投
穿好穿醜無計較　怪東怪西嘛袂曉
你的心我會永遠記條條　因為我是你的家後

阮將青春嫁置恁兜　阮對少年就跟你跟甲老
人情世事嘛已經看透透　有啥人比你卡重要
阮的一生獻乎恁兜　才知幸福是吵吵鬧鬧
等待返去的時陣若到　你著讓我先走
因為我會嘸甘　看你為我目屎流

家後－江蕙　作詞：鄭進一/陳維祥　作曲：鄭進一　編曲: 戴維雄　專輯：再相會　發行：2001年6月

這邊兩段的意思是不太一樣的，第一段歌詞開頭說有一天我們若是老­了無子女孝順，
後面呼應要讓另一半先離開，第二段則是說有一天我­們若是老了有子女孝順，後面呼應希望自己先走。

其實就是在說無子女時不論好壞都會永遠陪伴在對方身旁,最後也會­讓對方先走，
因不願愛人為他的死而傷心，寧可自己獨自痛苦流淚，更不願留下對方寂寞度日。
第二種情況是有子女孝順時­會永遠陪在對方身旁一起回憶，分享快樂。
因為有子女陪伴你不寂寞，所以讓我先走。

我觉得这是我听过那么多首闽南歌曲最感人的一首。一直有个梦想就是将来我的另一半会唱这首歌曲给我听。

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Tuesday, 9 January 2007

zq passed me $56 and asked me to transferred to my friend.. and she said $56 is
not the correct amount.. hahaha..

thinking of a career switch.. but with no qualification, i could only look at
sales, customer service area..

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Saturday, 6 January 2007

法国法兰克福大学研究人员在2006年6月份的一份测试中发现，工作时强装笑颜对健康有害无益。
研究人员用一群学生进行心理测试，让他们假想自己是一名服务生。当顾客有意刁难时，
研究人员准许一部分服务生回击，而其他学生则必须自始至终彬彬有礼。测试发现，
回击顾客的服务生心跳加速的时间很短，而那些强装微笑的服务生则在顾客走后，心跳加速变快，
并延续很久一段时间。大学教授扎普夫称，假装友好导致抑郁的可能性很大，压力大增，
降低人体的免疫系统的功能，从而引发疾病。他建议从事服务行业的人应该经常避开顾客独处，
让情绪得到自由释放。而顾客也应该尊重服务人员。

人生在世，难免会遇到各种各样不顺心如意的事情，这是每个人都必须面对的，在这个时候，
我们总会感到气血难平忿忿不已。然而大怒之下，伤害的总是自己的身心，疲惫的也是自己的精神。
其实，我们大可不必这样，毕竟，如一位心理学家说的那样，在任何一种情况下，我们都有最后一种自由，
就是选择心态的自由。心态好了，世界也就明媚了，心里悲观，世界上到处都是阴云，好事也成了坏事。

卢梭说，“人的自由并不在于做他愿意做的事，而在于永远做他不愿做的事。”他说的不愿做的事，
就是勉强对别人笑和不喜欢的人打交道等等.如何让我们享受这些事情所带给我们的"自由"呢？
我觉得，宽容是比较明智的选择。

宽容是一种良好的道德修养，也是一种洒脱的风度，更是剔除内心烦闷的法宝。有此修养的人可以
以海纳百川的胸怀宽以待人，更不会为一件琐事而烦闷的愁眉不展。我有个朋友，整天都乐呵呵的，
我问他为何每天都如此轻松。他说，“当面对不开心的事情时，我总是想，我又没有做错什么，
我为什么要为别人的没有修养的行为或者言语而使自己闷闷不乐呢。其实，宽容别人就是解脱自己，
无论做什么事，只要你换个角度就会发现，生活并不象你想的那样坏。”

处处宽容别人，决不是软弱，决不是对生活的无可奈何。在生命的历程中，学会宽容，意味着你的人生
更加快乐，心态更加健康。放飞心灵的自由，以宽容的态度去面对这个繁杂的世界，我们才能在轻松的心境
下收获更多。选择宽容就是选择快乐．快乐才是心灵的依归。

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Friday, 5 January 2007

bought zq a giordano tee for his birthday.. i find it really nice and bought
one for myself too.. hehe.. i supposed to fetch him at 1:30pm outside his house,
and he called me at 1pm telling me that he would be late as he is having lunch with
his grandpa.. i was already outside and he wanted to postphone the meeting to 2pm..
so i went amk courts to see how fake their "up to 80% discount" promotion is..
i reach his house at 1:55pm and called on his mobile.. "i meet you half an hour
later ok? i still at chinatown.. paiseh.." wtf.. and after hitting my head on the
steering wheel for 45 mins, i finally saw a familiar clumsy image.. we went sim lim
square and we could not find parking space.. in the end, we queued outside bugis
junction "full" carpark, waiting to go in.. ok, enough with day 1..

i was planning to bring him to vivo city since he heard about the new shopping mall..
i had a painful time msning with him for the meetup time as he's famous for replying
unrelevant stuff to what you asked.. end up i finally understand that his cousin is
accompany him to vivo city.. its not that i don't welcome his cousin to tag along,
at least let me know that she's coming.. how to have a guy talk with a girl around..
ok enough for day 2..

today, he told me to pass some money to a friend cos he asked her to send me a
birthday present when he's at australia.. i really find it weird.. firstly,
he not close with my friend, they only met once.. secondly, the money is for my
birthday present.. its like giving her money for buying my present 10 months
ago.. omg.. ya, and only he will do these wierd thing..

alright, enough for these.. i can't help but think.. maybe its not that bad that
wx did not have a chance to meetup with him afterall.. lolz..

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Tuesday, 2 January 2007

do you feel that our world is suffering.. from bad to worse?
so many things had happened recently though singapore is are not directly
affected.. we always thought that nature disaster is God Will.. well, its
just a disaster caused indirectly by man most of the time..

philippines typhoon.. 48 killed, more then 60 missing..
taiwan earthquake, magnitude 7.2 on richter scale.. 2 dead, more then 100 injured..
nigeria fuel explosion in lagos killing more then 500..
m'sia floods causing thousands of families homeless..
bangkok terrorist chain bombing.. 3 killed, 39 wounded..
indonesia budget airline crashed.. more then 100 died..
indonesia ships capsized, more then 300 people missing in the sea..
iraq terrorism.. in dec along, 12320 civilians were killed in what officials called
"terrorist violent"

consolation? saddam hussein was hanged..

may all the govt. wake up one day.. and save ourselves..

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Monday, 1 January 2007

Happy New Year 2007!

2007, may all of us be blessed and stay happy always!

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dreamed of racing on 2:23 am

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