The Journey of a Decade

awww... dun b too upset!!! getting mad doesn't mak...

2010-03-04T14:11:14.290+08:00

awww... dun b too upset!!! getting mad doesn't makes u anyway younger!

2 person call Tom, peeing together? Haha. You got...

2010-03-02T11:45:22.432+08:00

2 person call Tom, peeing together? Haha.

You got sharp eyes.

Maybe they did it for the fear of getting flamed o...

2010-02-10T00:04:55.590+08:00

Maybe they did it for the fear of getting flamed online, but kudos to Singapore Flyer for having the guts to apologise.

nice post. i listened to the padres, have the albu...

2010-02-04T00:09:07.488+08:00

nice post. i listened to the padres, have the album "night" too.

in my opinion, i think singaporeans are cultured in a way that they appreciate american-accented english music.

so sometimes it doesn't go down well with most listeners to hear local songs sung with a malay twang or chinese tongue.

next up, in an age of R&B and dance pop, guitar-driven music around the world is taking a huge blow. same goes for local guitar-driven music, considering we have tons of bands out there just struggling to get heard.

these days, the new media market is screwing things up a bit too. people are downloading stuff (for free most of the time), watching the good stuff they want to watch on youtube and all that. it's really tough for local bands to cut it.

the standards of musicianship (i.e. dumbed down pop music with dance or r&b flavour) and performance and aesthetics are raised so high it's really difficult for local acts to make a name for themselves.

the only critical mass of supporters you're gonna get are from the black skinny jeans-weaing, thick-framed spectacled lean-bodied indie youths.

support for local music has never been strong, even in the 90s. singaporeans are a tough crowd and aren't supportive on the whole. a local act will have to break their breaks many times over to win the over-rationalised singaporean's dollar and support.

hell, i'm a musician myself and i make guitar-driven band music, and i have lots of faith in my ability and songwriting craft. but i guess i'm just doing the wrong thing, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, in the wrong life. it hurts, so for consolation, just get all the paper qualifications i can get and chase the 5 c's, because i know that music may barely put food on the table and may do jack for a retirement plan.

Which is a valid, point, so does it mean language ...

2010-02-03T15:58:52.917+08:00

Which is a valid, point, so does it mean language and identity plays a part in support?

You just need to look at your own statement "Obser...

2010-02-03T15:56:02.547+08:00

You just need to look at your own statement "Observations from trips like Thailand, Indonesia and Japan tells me that locals there strongly support their own music."

Thailand = in Thai
Indonesia = in Indonesian
Japan = in Japanese

Singapore = in English/Mandarin

For English, the acts are competing with the likes from US/UK and pretty much the whole world, unless local musicians are up there, otherwise, supporting local music for the sake of doing it is pretty much futile

so cuteeeee! hehhe so BEN! :D

2010-02-01T16:40:02.390+08:00

so cuteeeee! hehhe so BEN! :D

As I scroll down this post, I can't help laughing ...

2010-01-27T16:49:45.371+08:00

As I scroll down this post, I can't help laughing lah!! Wahahahahaha! Yes! It's Oh my Tian ah!!

TBH, the white hair one looks da best!

Me too .... :(

2010-01-27T11:05:30.754+08:00

Me too .... :(

i dun like her too.. i like rui en but of course. ...

2010-01-26T17:55:58.845+08:00

i dun like her too.. i like rui en
but of course. yakult is cooler bcoz ken watanabe is hot!

you more chio lah... she just acts cute..

2010-01-26T12:52:33.882+08:00

you more chio lah... she just acts cute..

y u dun like her? not bad what quite chio

2010-01-26T12:51:46.193+08:00

y u dun like her? not bad what quite chio

Oh my tian!!! TT is like so cute :D hey, the hairs...

2010-01-26T12:42:48.690+08:00

Oh my tian!!! TT is like so cute :D hey, the hairstyle TT u had in the pork photo looks good :) very different :)

Hello! Hello! What a surprise! Good to know you're...

2010-01-26T09:54:00.678+08:00

Hello! Hello! What a surprise! Good to know you're a blogger too. :)

This website has a list of vendors from which you ...

2010-01-25T21:25:04.171+08:00

This website has a list of vendors from which you can get a Newton. Just follow the sidebar down until you hit the "Newton Hardware" section: http://myapplenewton.blogspot.com

Once you try it, you'll be surprised by how backward current implementations of user interfaces appear.

Even the iPhone, arguably Apple's Newton successor lacks the screen size and the handwriting recognition that captures the Newton's essence.

The slate can go some way towards addressing the screen size but to implement handwriting recognition they will have to release a whole new OS version so that all third party apps can have access to the HWR system.

Yeah Letterman is still classic, coincidentally li...

2010-01-25T15:46:43.181+08:00

Yeah Letterman is still classic, coincidentally like Conan, he got screwed by NBC.

Between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien, I still prefer...

2010-01-25T15:45:35.165+08:00

Between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien, I still prefer O'Brien.

But my fave late night host is David Letterman. Always the best :)

Wah, appear on Shin Min too? Didn't know that. I ...

2010-01-08T19:15:33.509+08:00

Wah, appear on Shin Min too? Didn't know that.

I think Singapore Flyer did the right thing. :)

I seriously can't wait to get one of em.

2010-01-05T11:58:08.000+08:00

I seriously can't wait to get one of em.

Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your ol...

2010-01-03T05:47:27.515+08:00

Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!

Like normal media, there were just invited to atte...

2009-12-14T11:55:32.575+08:00

Like normal media, there were just invited to attend event launches and such.

OMG tinkertailor left a comment on my blog... FAN MODE ON...

do u know if the bloggers were contacted by STB in...

2009-12-14T11:49:48.640+08:00

do u know if the bloggers were contacted by STB in any way?

@eevonng @darkholme @victortan watched it yesterda...

2009-12-13T11:49:40.751+08:00

@eevonng @darkholme @victortan watched it yesterday in JB! Really not much of a storyline! But I must say the fighting sequences were good and that the pace of the movie was good such that we were on tenterhooks even though there was not much of a storyline. I'd call it a "feel good" "kill time because there's nothing else to do" show. :)

Well if you read the comics, you will be disappoin...

2009-12-11T15:58:50.257+08:00

Well if you read the comics, you will be disappointed also. Fengshen tui and Paiyun zhang practically became the lowest-level of the low-level skills as the comic progresses. Xiongba in his heydays will look like a commoner too – you know, the type powerful guys just anyhow shove aside and kick.

Dear Author www.decade.sg ! Earlier I thought dif...

2009-12-04T08:21:03.436+08:00

Dear Author www.decade.sg !
Earlier I thought differently, many thanks for the help in this question.