Presenting the X-Mini!
These little wonders of sound and music come in 3 different colours.
White, red and black.
The X mini is a portable speaker system which you plug into your mp3 player of Ipod.
They really look like little space ships that blast off sound.
Amazingly the sound quality is pretty good, and you can even crank it up a fair bit.
Asia pacific economic cooperation summit 2009 (APEC) just took place over the weekend right here in Singapore.
Apec as we all know it was created some 20 years ago, the first of which took place in 1989 in Canberra, Australia.
Apec has since grown to become an internationally recognised summit and conference where leaders and ministers from around the world meet.
The main objectives of the summit revolves around maintaining a sustainable economy on a global level.
Billetral trade agreements and pacts are usually agreed upon at the summit
This year’s summit attracted the likes of foreign dignitaries and ministers such as President Barrack Obama, President Gloria Arroyo and even our very own local ministers.
This year’s summit was a milestone for both American and Singaporean history as it is the first time President Obama has ever visited Singapore.
For those of you interested in watching the videos. Videos can be found on youtube.
Search. Apec 2009 Singapore
Huge group of dancers break out and perform spontaneously in the heart of the central business district, Raffles place, 23rd Oct 09.
Right here in little old Singapore we don’t get many outrageous and quirky things happening. Especially right in the heart of the central business district where everyone is rushing for lunches and to back to the office during their lunch breaks.
This is a viral video that has been circulating around Facebook. Apparently they are known as the flash mob group. They are known for dancing in huge groups in public areas such as shopping centres, museums and galleries.
When I first saw this video, I was delighted to see that such things actually took place in Singapore. After all Singapore is known to be the safe city whereby if you’d to do a performance, you’d need a permit or a license first before you can actually perform.
Such a performance shows that Singapore is opening up and embracing more liberal perceptions and views on performances in public areas. On a another note, I also do ponder what this whole performance was really about?
Judging from the sound system used, i’d think a corporate or events company had something to do with this. Through further investigations, I found out that this was to promote the Singapore Dance Festival 2009 at the Esplanade. I think the Flash Mob group is excellent and have tons of potential to put Singapore on a map of viral marketing but do they do anything else besides dancing?
The Korean New Wave Invasion
The Korean fever is hitting every nation from South East Asia all the way even right down to America.
Some of you guys might even remember that just a couple of years ago in the early to late 90s , it was all about Japan. Japan was big, it was about j-pop, j- rock, hello kitty, neo print machines, jap high school girl unifroms and the list went on.
Where has all the J-Pop gone to? After the turn of the century, there has been a shift in trends - this trend could seemingly possibly be influenced by the economy as well. The buzz word these days is “Korean drama series”, now thats what’s selling.
You might even be wondering that korean drama series are only popular locally, but i do beg to differ that it is not only popular locally amongst Singaporeans but also highly popular amongst the South East Asian community, countries like Thailand, Myannmar, Hong Kong, Indonesia are all buying and riding on the Korean Wave.
Is this a plot of Korean trend marketing? Perhaps it is. With Korea not only exporting their cars to the rest of the world. Korea, has truly made its statement by positioning and selling their cultural values through Korean Music, as well as Korean TV drama series. The Korean TV Drama Series and music are exported overseas with a ripple effect which can constitute to the notability and growth of both the korean culture and economy through tourism.
I do concur and deduce that from the study of market trends that this Korean wave will last for approximately 5 years depending also on how much Korea continues to put in efforts to market the Korean culture through their Tv Series, Movies and music.
Popular Korean TV Drama Series:
Seducing Mr Perfect : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiiHdZOOBaQ
Popular Korean Music:
The Wonder Girls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFjP-OJ7Bh4
Study of Korean Culture in Thailand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOTQYYy0eD0
500 Days Of Summer a romantic but yet realistically set movie stars, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zoey Deschanel as the lead characters.
Set and shot in the city of Los Angeles, the movie starts off typically with Boy meets girl and boy falls in love with girl.
Levitt plays Tom Hansen, a boy who has shunned his architectural dreams to work as a writer in a greeting card company - “New Hampshire Greeting Cards” where he meets who he thinks is the love of his life, Zoey Daschanel who plays,Summer Finn, a young beautiful independent lady.
However as the plot thickens, most viewers will soon note that the movie is not exactly your typical sappy love movie.
The movie is coupled with a surprisingly wide array of twists in the story line and is set against a timeline of 500 days of romance.
What was truly interesting about this movie was how beautifully art directed it was, the use of black and white shots and scenes that showcased half frame compositions was a fresh outlook on direction from the usual hollywood blockbuster films.
With an amusing and realistically driven story line, those of you who were fans of “Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind” would thoroughly enjoy this not so typical romantic comedy.
3.5 stars upon 5
This guy is creative, he just stated target audiences for each and every drink he reviewed and what they could be used for. I especially like the fact that he had the weird notion of using food to distract children ! haha hilarious!
Movie: Inglorious Basterds
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Tarantino does it again with a beautifully scripted and stunningly directed piece of artwork!
In every true sense of the word art and style, you can find all the trademarks of a Tarantino film which are: graphic violent scenes, beautiful photography/cinematography, great scenes accompanied and juxtaposed with an impeccable soundtrack.
But aside from all the usual trademarks of a typical Tarantino film, Inglorious Basterds is by far perhaps Tarantino’s best venture yet!
What truly surprised me was how well scripted the conversations and dialogue pieces were crafted.
The script was brilliantly written to suite each and every character transcending the different cultural barriers of the Germans, Americans and the British, also the minute details paid attention to was brilliant.
The gestures and actions of the actors represented each every culture well and were timely and accurate.
Inglorious Basterds was indeed a stunningly well put together piece of film/artwork. I give it 5 stars upon 5, the best movie I’ve seen this year!
Black eyed peas! what an awesome video. Only Oprah could pull off something like this! Props!
