• Archive for June, 2006

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    Fete De La Musique 2006 exclusive photos

    June 18th, 2006. Filed under: Pictures

    Exclusive. Seriously. All you gotta do is say: “I’m with the magazine”

    Borange
    The high-on-demand Borange

    DJs
    The Hitz.TV Deejays themselves

    Liang
    Liang, Amanda, and break-dancers

    One Buck Short
    Punk rock extravaganza One Buck Short

    Vespertine
    Contagious electric Vespertine

    Well, sorta I was with the magazine. HELP UC’s The American Flyer, that is.

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    International Blogger’s Day: Free Downloads from Me

    June 14th, 2006. Filed under: Cool Stuff

    For international blogger’s day, I offer you some cool downloads.

    1. Sheet music: Flight of the bumble bee

    Think you can play like Maksim? All you piano maestros out there, try out this piece. I’ve tried it myself and let me just say that is EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to play. Challenge yourself.

    2. E-book: The Kamasutra

    Don’t accuse me for being horny. I somehow manage to obtain the Kamasutra in e-book form. I’ve never read it, but if you’re curious go ahead and download.

    3. Video: Pissed off office worker

    See a short video clip of am angry man whacking a computer.

    4. XLS File: MENSA puzzle

    Yes, a puzzle in an XLS file. It is programmed to flash for every right or wrong answer. If you manage to answer enough, you are a genius, a real one.

    5. Txt File: The Matrix Reloaded transcript

    In this file contains every single word uttered in the movie: The Matrix Reloaded. For Matrix fanatics, you can memorize the entire conversation with the Architect and impress your friends.

    Enjoy

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    Theatre review: The fastest clock in the universe

    June 11th, 2006. Filed under: Articles

    Gavin Yap

    Apparently the must-see of 2006, this award-winning piece of British origin has been made alive for Malaysian audiences right here in Kuala Lumpur. The KLPac feature performance stars a sharp stage talent Gavin Yap and flawless veteran actor Faridah Merican along with three others to play some very contrasting characters. Given the nature of the story, one wonders why the producers chose this 1992 work of all that has been written, for it is assuringly not suited for the average Malaysian.

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    Can you survive with RM3k a month?

    June 10th, 2006. Filed under: Cool Stuff

    I recieved an e-mail and it went like this:

    A forwarded email, which makes sense to me. After thinking about it, very sad those many friends in Sarawak not earning more than RM3,000. I’ll try to do some calculations here. In Malaysia the average family income is RM3000 (Father works, mother doesnt). I understand there are a lot of families whose income don’t reach RM3000, but, to make things simple, lets take RM3000 as the figure. ok la right? Okay, let’s start rolling with a family which has Papa, Mama, 1 daughter and 1 son. ngam ngam..

    Calculation starts.
    Electricity and water bil RM100 (no aircond, no home theatre, no water heater k?)
    Telekom and Handphone bil RM100 (cannot make a lot of calls one you know? NO Streamyx also)
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