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Boys Don't Cry Unmixed Jazz Cover

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I was tired of figuring out how to work my little remix so I decided to take a rest and just jam on my keyboard and my old school classical guitar.. It reminded me of how I use to record and shit.. damn.. and yeah.. i tried singing.. I'll save you all by not singing.. :)

To all the girls.. yes.. boys don't cry ... thats just the way it goes..

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Don't Give Up On Us Baby - David Soul

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Todays theme is dedicated to my dad, well actually he sorta asked me to get it and i realized I actually had the song in my itunes! Well watching Austin Powers sure helped me remember these songs from the past and they are so .... evergreen lol. Happy Fathers Day.

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Feel It In My Bones - Tiesto feat. Tegan & Sara

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Exploring new music, new horizons, new stuff constantly. Thats whats keeping me alive these days honestly..

I've read an article which made so much sense too me.. a common misconception many people have regarding creativity is that most people believe by having the best equipment would yield better results. Their analogy was a masterpiece could be written on toilet paper as oppose to one that is written in a silver book with a fountain pen.. I am beginning to get these analogies and attempting to apply that to my "masterpiece".

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Skrillex

For you remix fans out there who like your music HARD AND PUMPING, Skrillex makes Electro sounds Gay fo sure..
Download his EP for free right now!

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Flora and Fauna

Despite having suffered a tragic incident yesterday, today was a relatively awesome day for me as I went ahead to purchase a new set of Keyboard and Mouse for my desktop which reduce about 50% of the wiring system.

Wait.. this blog post isnt about that... Oh yeah I purchased something called the Terrarium . Clicking on the word brings you to the website where I've bought it from together with Andy. Okay that sentence structure is wrong.. 

So incase you have no clue what a Terrarium is.. well.. its just a small little acrylic box where you have these living things growing. Its just a pleasant sight to look at instead of hardcore electrical equipment all over the studio.. You can see from the picture below how small this is and its really cute! Changes the feng shui around the studio and a pretty sight to look at for inspiration. Well Im no green thumb but I am learning okay! 

Too insensitive to too many things so its time to get in touch yeah?

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Near death experience

   
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Today I almost died in the cab on my way to andy's crib to watch the world cup.

The cab driver was severely disorientated and was going at 110km/h towards a divider between Thomson and Bishan along Braddel road. When I saw the dividers and he was heading straight toward it, I got up shouted at him ! He made a sharp left and inertia had caused me to hit the right window with my forehead and sprained my left neck!

I'm currently okay but I'm worried about having internal injuries.

I will be testifying against the driver and take this case to court!

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It reminded me how a friend of mine who passed away suddenly when they discovered a blood clot in the brain after banging her head against a glass panel some time back.. And even with a basic x ray and check up couldn't determine the outcome until 2 months later where she just fainted in the office.. It reminded me why I left insurance too.. It reminded me that it's important to be insured..

This has been my second accident in my life... Damn

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London Eye

My best friend Yzane have tweeted this picture which captured my attention big time !

Really makes me want to go overseas to hang out and all! Hopefully more pictures will show up!

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DJ Hero 2

And incase you are thinking of selling your DJ Hero Set up like I do... think again!

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How to Speed Up your Mac When it seems sluggish?

I am pretty amazed with my findings as of late, I have thought of reformatting my computer because it seems sluggish but didn't dare to install snow leopard as it sucked pretty hard for me when I first installed it and how it fucks up all my music softwares etc. so one bad experience has made me decide not to port over to the new 64 bit system ( well i am running a macbook anyways, till i get the mac pro.. )

So if you are having the same issues as me when you experience sluggish system, chances are , you haven't been maintaining it. 

You will need to first download this free software called OnyX . Just Click on it to head to the link.
(Do note there are 2 versions one for 10.6.x and another for 10.5.x)

Install and run this software and you will be ask to verify, this process will take forever but its worth it! After running it i discovered that my Mac Permissions and Volume has some errors ( The cause of the sluggishness i presume )

Just follow the instructions given and fix the necessary errors in my case, I had to fix my volume structure and I did so by inserting my Mac OSX installation Disc that came with my Macbook, Hold C and restart it to boot with your Disc.

While you are booted with the Disc, scroll to the above menu and look for Disk Utility.

Click on the first aid tab and just click REPAIR DISK PERMISSIONS.

It may seem geeky to do all this basic stuff but trust me! My computer is running as if it has just been installed and not only that, it is running all my previously installed softwares too!

I AM SO SMART! :) 

Thanks! Hope it helps you like it help me. 

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Be Ok - Ingrid Michaelson

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Today was brought to you by good wholesome indie cute dance like songs such as what Ingrid Michaelson would write.

As of late I have been feeling quite disempowered and lost.. well the scary thing is that I have been experiencing this phenomenon quite often and its totally not doing me any good. Be it in terms of my life and be a contribution to others. Its really lousy and I never want to experience this. This song somehow cheered me up quite abit as the lyrics is quite literal.. Hah

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