Seoul Song

nice song and nice mv for a tourism advertisement. SNSD and Super Junior. no yuri though... arghh.. y?! I believe with her in the advert sure shoot the tourism ratings sky high

beautiful scenery of the city skyline with Canon and Puma obviously involved in this advertisement.

enjoy

Windows 7 short cut keys

Been using Windows 7 RC since May... so far very stable for me...

here is a link for the shortcut keys.. neat! really like the one that i can move the window to my the other monitor since i'm using a dual monitor setup... can't do dat in previous windows

My review on Westone UM1 earphones

Yo...

if anyone still doesn't know.. i'm quite an audiophile myself... but not those high-end kinda audiophile rah... just a person who loves listening to high fidelity music... just bring joy to my face... hehe... i have a set of Klipsch Promedia 5.1 speakers which costs me 830 six years ago.... just to show you the degree of my audiophile-ness... ha.. now is not available in the market liao.. and till today... it still provides me the best sound experience on my PC....

so yes.. i'm gonna give you a review of my latest pamper-myself-gadget.. the Westone UM1! You might not have heard of this Westone brand... Westone is not the usual Sennheisers or Shures or Audio Technics or Sony or Panasonic or Philips you see on the mainstream electronics store... but it is very well known in the IEM community... wondering what does IEM means? In Ear Monitors - thats what the community calls them... cool rite?

So Westone is an American brand.. solely made in the US of A... while most other brands of the same class is from China... more info at their website.

My 129 bucks Ultimate Ears Super-fi 3's left monitor was giving me problems... i'm just freaking annoyed when i can't listen to proper music on my ipod when i'm traveling.... so i decided to get a new one... so into the evil store called Stereo at level 4 plaza sing... the shop just sells full of evil stuff rah... so anyway the shop is known for its good customer service and i can understand why... the salesperson was very patient with me while i was auditioning like 10 different earphones on my ipod... and so i put on the Westone UM1 and boy did it left me a good impression!

(Technical Warning: The following paragraph might be too much for the ignorants, but whatever, just read on rah.) The mids and the highs on the UM1 was bright, defined, accurate and rich which instrumentals and sentimental's suit fittingly. The bass was subtle, punchy, tight and not overpowering. I personally dun like boomy, loud and overpowering bass... it just kills the essence of the music... like some ah beng driving his flashy-zhng honda-civic across orchard road, playing some techno music.... puke man~.... Musical instruments was beautifully orchestrated, vocals was pronounced, both which synchronizes in pure harmony.... never have i heard such fidelity music in my 20 years of listening! even the 200 dollars plus klipsch and shure IEMs that i auditioned there were incapable of providing me such an impression.. for 149 dollars.. super worth it if you think like me.. haha...

so comparing the Westone UM1 and the Ultimate Ears Super-Fi 3, the UM1 won me over. The UM1 has such comfort on my ears that having it on for 3 hrs straight and driving at 75db approximately gave me no signs of fatigue... the SF3 on the other hand was a little too large for my liking... i presume they are more suited for the ang-mos rather than the asians.... sound quality wise... the UM1 won by a margin but not by much... the UM1 to me gave me a new level of richness while the SF3 is a little muffled in my opinion... another good thing that the UM1 has... the wires are non-stiff type... so you wun get the folds on wires when you unwind them... something i'm not really fond of with the SF3s... the wires on the UM1 is thin and yet reduces micro phonics... an inherent interference on typical low quality IEMs

so if you want to give justice to your ears, listen to music that was meant to be heard and dun mind forking out 150 dollars for a pair of mini thingys that fit in your ear, then i would highly recommend the UM1s.... listening to the same music will never be the same again.

cheers!

More dancing goodness

Well done girls

i thought these gals really put in alot of effort to look so similar to the real SNSD... good job really...

Kmovie: 슬픔보다 더슬픈 이야기 (More Than Blue)

one hell of a melodrama!!! (9/10) this has gotta be my best melodrama for a long time already... the last one i can think of is my sassy gal? the flashback sequence at the end was seriously hard to stop tearing... highly recommend movie... please watch this even if you dun have time....

some pics from the movie

korean dance

have been a fan of nicely executed choreography... came across some nice ones that i liked... i believe there are many more... will post when i see them...

cheers

Kmovie: Speed Scandal

Another great Korean comedy with some touching parts... it is one of those of-out-the-box plot movies... who will think of a story line with a grandpa-daughter-grandson relationship and make it as interesting? the decision of using the radio station as the supporting plot makes the movie even more fitting... i just love the idea of transmitting thoughts over the air... it's like a secret message between 2 person but yet letting everyone listening know that kinda thing... dunno how to describe la... just use a bit of imagination ok? the not so typical/mainstream lovey dovey story of this movie really makes me award them 2 thumbs up... 9/10! just to make you even more gian to watch this movie: this movie broke the box office records that is set by 200 pounds beauty. Pics from the movie

Good korean learning site

i think this site is really good if you are willing to learn some casual korean. FIGHTING!

www.busyatom.com

Community Earth

A multi-touch software written by me and a fellow forumer at nuigroup.com. The software is based on the open-source nature of NASA World Wind Java.

CHeers!!

http://nuicode.com/projects/earth

snsd's kwon yuri....

ok.. i admit... i'm fond of her la... talented... pretty... brave... sporty and sassy...

playing the piano = talented!




in this mv = pretty! (even cry also so pretty... lol)



bungee jump = brave!!


baseball = sporty!




always disturbing her mates = sassy! (aka the black pearl in snsd)


TIME FOR YURISM!!!

K-movie: Hello Schoolgirl and Romantic Island

Hello SchoolGirl (7.5/10): A heart warming movie... I really love Lee Yeon-Hee... i think she's a great actress... I fell in love with her in A Millionaire's First Love.... she's played the 野蛮 type role very lovable la.... please let her star in more movies pleaseee..... KamSaHamMiDa~ Here are some pics from the movie

Romantic Island (8/10): Funny, well-thought out plot, heart-warming ending. Its still refreshing to see the "Love Actually" kinda concept in movies. Really sick of the conventional structure of mainstream movies, so this movie breaks the rule and show some cleverly thought out plot. Recommended! Here are some pics from the movie