Visions @ 0700 (28.04.08)

I may have been thinking too much of China ... or Titanic ... or Lust, Caution ...

The scene started with me walking to an atrium bookshop and looking at the books. Can't remember if I was chit-chatting with anyone. Later, I turned 90 degrees to head towards the theatre, or at least that's what I think it is.



As I was nearing, the doors swung open and people were streaming out, as if a performance just finished. When I saw this departing crowd, somehow or rather, I instinctively framed the time period and even the location - "Shanghai, in the 30s or 40s". The faces were definitely Asian. It might have been their turnout - longcoats, slicked-back hair, hats.

This image wouldn't be too far from what I saw:



As I walked past the door, the grand staircase came into view.



The second floor was surprising as the first floor was grand. There was another entrance on the second floor from the outside, and people were streaming in. The strangest thing of the whole dream was a ladder behind a wall. It was narrow, and seemed to be the only way to either go up to the next floor or to enter the theatre proper.



Here is a terrible sketch:



I did climb up a few rungs of this ladder. Shortly after, I woke up.



Photo credits here and here.

Post Date: 12 May 08

Orgasmically yummilicious

Was down at Velocity yesterday when I realised Mazda was running a roadshow there. Heard so much about the new Mazda6 that I had to take a look.

When I saw the car, I was really stunned. It had all the right curves at all the right places. Based on looks alone, it was already a winner. Large by comparison (I think) to Elliot, it exudes confidence, style and sophistication all at the same time. This car is a serious good-looker. The newspaper review actually placed it in the same class as the BMW 5 series. Not too sure if that was pushing it, but it did prestige and stature a lot of good.

A look at the pricelist tells me the Sports version is about $98,000 - money that I don't have.



Video and photo above shows the V variant.



Photo credit here.

Post Date: 15 Apr 08

Succession, Mr Brown style

The Company is having a succession problem and drastic measures may be needed!

MP3 here.

Bloody hell, Mr Brown, this is a damn good take on whatever is going on!



Post Date: 10 April 08

Nokia N82

So the story goes that I had wanted so badly to get the Nokia N95, the phone of my dreams. While the price was still high by my standards, I was willing to wait out, what with my contract still not due. Moreover, the existing N73 was worth $200 if traded in.

But things were not meant to be. 2 weeks before the contract was up, the N73 got wind of its imminent demise. While I was multi-tasking having lunch and SMS-ing, it slipped from my fingers and merrily frolicked in the bowl of fishball noodle soup. Even when I angrily plucked it out of hot soup (literally), it threw tantrums by clutching along some mincemeat and what nots.

The gall of that ingrate! Although pretending that it was none the worse for wear, it eventually succumbed to its own foolishness and the lights died out soon after.

So poor old me, who was supposed to get $200 off the price of the N95 from the trade-in, is now left with nothing. $700 is too much for a phone; $500 has always been the comfort zone. But now am too tulan to fork out $500. As such, the new budget is now $300 (as in $500 - ingrate).

So last night, budget-challenged me forked out $318 to buy the N82, and to re-contract the service. Apart from the miniscule buttons, everything else seems to be ok. And let's hope the PC Suite (unlike the previous version) actually works ...



Photo credit here.

Post Date: 7 Apr 08