Tax for electricity?

KNN! Want to tax us for the air we breathe or not? I'd rather not breathe then!

*Holding my breathe for half an hour liao. Face turning blue.

PUI!

P.S I think we better not eat too much. Skalee someone taxes us for the amount of shit we shat. Imagine hearing the 'BEEP' before the 'thooomb~' for every shit dropped into the toilet bowl. Irritating.

Mobbler Review (Symbian 60 3rd Ed)

Some of you might have heard of last.fm. If you have not, it is an online radio station which is more of an on-demand radio station.

The special thing about this website is that it remembers what genre of music you love to hear, and it even recommends you some other tracks of the same type too. All it requires of you is to register free as a member and you can start scrobbling! Well that term literally means to listen to songs and automatically saving them for future listening.

Easy to use GUI

One good reason to get your daily dose of radio from here is that the music is encoded at 128kbps, which means the songs dished out are of a decent mp3 quality! I'm particularly impressed with the stereo quality of the songs. Not a hint of noise can be detected at all (maybe because I'm kinda turning deaf?).

And the list of advantages go on; there are no DJs trying hard to be funny even though this is an online radio. Of course, being a radio station, you wouldn't get to choose the songs you wish to hear. Just pop in an artist's name and relevant results will be displayed. AND, being a radio station, you could not possibly download most songs, with the exception of those that are authorised to be downloaded by the rights holders.

Tracks are being played at random, and it's a refreshing idea because you would not have to tolerate those 'oh I know what will be the next song in my computer/mp3 player' moments. I guess those people who like to set their players to random mode will appreciate this website. Listening to last.fm has also exposed me to other artists whom I have never heard of before. At least it'll give me an idea of what albums to browse when I step into HMV next time.

Being an enthusiastic mobile software hunter, I've stumbled across this software that was created by last.fm. An online mobile player! But currently it only supports Symbian 60 3rd edition series, so those Nokia N/E Series (even some Samsung or older models of Nokia phones) are able to support this software. There's a whole lot more details in the following URL if you are interested.

Mobbler download for Symbian S60 3rd ed

It'll be better if your phone is WIFI enabled. No charges at all. If you are thinking of using GPRS, ler siao boh ? I can only say it'll be more economical that you go back to your FM tuner and enjoy the static noise. The economy nowadays is a big Ecstasy-induced head shaking. The only thing to do is to register at last.fm first before you can start listening to your favourite tracks. Below are a few screenshots that I have captured for your viewing uh.. pleasure?

Once the application is open, it will automatically search for a connection option.

Select a mode to search from

My favourite!

Pressing the top navigation key will save your track as a 'loved' track, pressing the down key will be banning that track. I mean, which radio station nowsday nowadays allow us to condemn a song completely? Pressing the * and # keys will reduce or increase the volume respectively.

Album art. Yipee!

A few things I do not like about this software is that if I press my center (select) button, the track might suddenly stop playing and I'll have to go through the hassle of entering another artist's name and wait for it to load. Also, if you are multitasking with other programs, the songs tend to get choppy. To overcome this situation, I had to lie still on my bed and NOT multitask at all. I value music quality more dearly than my laptop mouse. Hmm.

Other than these shortcomings, you could press the right navigation key to forward to the next title, which is a step better than conventional radio! At least streaming speed is acceptable, unlike some Youtube vidclips which sometimes load till the cows come home for me to eat them up.

That's all for this review, it's time to enjoy some high quality on-demand radio now!

Some updates: There's actually a Free Mp3 download page in last.fm! http://www.last.fm/home/freemp3s

Sources:

http://www.last.fm/
http://www.reference.com/search?q=Scrobbling
http://code.google.com/p/mobbler/

I'm moving on.. again

I'm finally going to escape the clutches of that b**ch in my Company. Anyway, see how is she going to survive in the company with her Taichi black belt and CMI attitude. Till now she doesn't know how many people hate her to the core. Somebody is sure gonna make noise about her to the management, sooner or later!

The new workplace has a fairly long name and maybe it'll be better if I just paste the logo here. I'm sure I'll be learning new things in the company and I just can't wait to start work!

Those working in Somerset or River Valley, I might be asking you out for lunch during workdays. Wish me luck! =)

My Tofu has been kidnapped!

I didn’t knew tissue boxes are allowed to apply for leave.

I came into office one Tuesday morning and noticed that my innocent Tofu tissue box is gone, and in its place was a different tissue box cover. One that bears a resemblance to those cheongsam designs, with bamboos and all.

What the hell, someone swapped my Tofu without my approval? What audacity! Immediately I thought of that colleague whom, during meetings, would draw tissues from my Tofu rather than another existing one in the room (I brought mine along as I’m always prepared for a running nose).

Went to her desk and I don’t see it there, and so I thought maybe someone would want to bring it to a meeting room and allow everyone to enjoy Tofu tissues. Sadly, Tofu wasn’t around in both the meeting rooms. I started to panic. Went to bio the unusual suspects’ desks but to no avail. I nearly wanted to paste something in the lift..

Duh. Better not. Sounds silly. Maybe I'll wait for a few more days and see how.

And today, a miracle just happened. Tofu’s back! And there wasn’t any ‘Thank You’ note at all. Nope, nein. Some people just ain’t appreciative sia. Actually with these clues I have already suspected who is the culprit. Well, only Tofu knows best who SHE is. Let’s hope that the person has a nose infection soon and will be the Michael Jackson of Singapore. HA!

My Best friend's love nest

Jean invited me over to her house warming during the weekend. Situated at the heart of Bedok Central, it is both near to fantastic amenities and good food!

Although surrounded by flats, it's actually very windy!

The decor was tastefully done; a mirror mounted on the wall of the dining area enhances the bright lights from the shimmering crystal lamp above, a golden curtain was partially drawn over the windows, adding a classic touch to the living room. I even spotted a Brandt washing machine in the corner of the laundry area. I hope Jean won't buy a skateboard for her kids!

Heh heh. Very daring hor

Dear went gaga over their rain showerhead. I suggested to her that we could poke a few holes in a Toyogo funnel before tying it to our showerhead for budget's sake! She kept ogling at Jean's walk-in wardrobe too, obviously can't wait to have one of her own, with a carpet laid so that selecting her evening wear would be a glamorous affair.

My just desserts. =(

Well, it's been a long time since I last met Jean for a cuppa. Kinda admit I've been spending a lot of time with my Dear. Well, am glad she managed to get a flat so soon! No worries Jean, we'll meet up soon. I can't wait to cuddle Tiny and Baby again!

Of course, some camwhoring with Adel and Jean, approved by my girlfriend. =)

Best friends only lah!

i've finally found her. Or found it?

Uncle alan gives them his blessings !

See ya soon, Jean!

New Nokia Communicator ??

OMG! This looks like one good reason to ditch my E90 for!

Source: http://www.engadgetmobile.com/

Hope it's not launched THAT soon!