Woot, i won money today. Recover back my last lost to hengster.

Happened to get a low memory information on my F drive.



I need to expand my harddisk space if not i can't store more mp3s liao. =/ Damm sleepy now, tomorrow is the last day to enjoy before work starts again.

Wah this week, got a number of happy things to announce. Hahah.

Firstly, I got an A grade for my ITP from my supervisor! He say he don't want to sabo me, then gave me an A for this month. Lol! Actually, for the whole month i like never do anything good lo. Its like so slack till the end of the month, then he gave me some programming to do, which is to improve the company's telephone intranet. Perhaps i did finished in 2 days then he happy ba. =x But now got another task, create an application for loan forms. -_-"

Second thing is my supervisor is going for reservist! Which means, i'm free for 2 weeks! But the thing is i have more things to do as i'm temporary the head of Wing 1 (my company is splited into 4 Wings) now. Which means, more complains will flood into my email. =(

Third thing is, i don't need to work for 1 hour yesterday due to power failure in Wing 2. Hahah, i wonder if i was the cause of the power failure as i was testing some backup stuff with a few computers. I was damm sian because i do not know how to do. So i was busying reading manuals. So while following the manual, i had to install something call "port injector". Straight away after installation, my section there power failure. I was stunned. My colleague was stunned too because i guess, she haven saved her work yet. Oops. =x So i called my supervisor, he came down and went to fix the "electric box".

After a while, it trip off again. This time, the whole Wing 2 no lights, no nothing! My department people faster rush to the server room as the servers are located at Wing 2. Me too, went in to see what does it look like when there's a power failure. The whole server room is in pitch dark with all the small green blinking lights. (Those are the connection indicators). My supervisor had to use torch light to navigate around. Well, luckily all the servers are running well (of course la) with the backup batteries. My supervisor was saying if one of the servers suddenly shut off, there will be a big disaster which he never explain to me why. -_-"

Yea after that you should know, all the people are busily chatting and slacking while my department people had to check out the servers make sure they are running till the power comes back. What an experience for me.

The fourth thing is, i found another nice podcast! It's called "TrancePortal.org". This is the best podcast i ever listens to. Its pure trance, plus they update every Tuesday. So its called "Trance Tuesday". The mixes includes all the famous djs and latest album such as "A State of Trance by Armin Van Buuren". Whats more is every episode lasted 3 hours of trance! The longest mixes i ever listens to. They have 25 episodes already so right now, i had to search their database for episode 1 now. =/

I think there's will be a mahjong session tomorrow. Heard there will be a newcomer clarence! Hahah. This time changed venue liao because shirley's house too dusty. =x

Got introduced by my friends for this podcast call "Mr Brown Podcast". Its a popular podcast among all Singaporeans. It featured lots of funny happenings around Singapore.

Here's his blog. Mr Brown

I don't know i'm outdated or what. But for the first time, i went to eat mac without having to queue. A mac "waitress" just came and helped us take order and she deliver to us the meals we ordered. Another thing is i wanted to get some chilli. So i went to queue for it. The queue was long man. But after a few seconds, she came to me and asked me what i wanted. I told her i wanted chilli, and she went to in get it for me. I quite surprised man. Very good service. =D

It was raining heavily outside mac while eating. And i saw an indian guy rushing out with umbrellas to shelter the people in and out. It was like, so nice. The services of mac has changed so much? Oh maybe to this particular place. By the way, this mac is located at west coast. I visited a few times and i never got such a nice service before. Perhaps they only do it on weekends.

BBQ, i had chicken wings which caused me to stomach problem till now -_-. All thanks to peishi. =x. I wonder howkeat got stomach problem anot. By the way, howkeat u drive car fast and safe sia. Better than ivan's toyota which doesn't have much horsepower. I remember last time i asked ivan to drive a bit faster. He stepped on his accelerator, but he car just not enough horsepower to accelerate. Hahah.

Next BBQ party will be at howkeat's house. Howkeat, you must come all the way from pasir ris to jurong to lom bang me hor. =x

Read soccer news yesterday, I'm so happy that Thierry Henry is staying at Arsenal for his remaining career. He had signed a 4 years contract with Arsenal. I really respect this guy. He didn't leave for Barcelona just for money and fame. Because money is not his first option. Is his love for Arsenal that make him stay. It is Arsene Wenger who made him what he is today. From an unknown left winger at Juventus to a famous striker at Arsenal.

I can forsee Arsenal has great future already. With its new 60,000 seats stadium ready for next season, Thierry Henry as a mentor to the young gunners, Arsenal has the ability to crown Champion League soon.

Early in the morning i got this sms.

"Corona & MoS brings you a special weekend. This sms admits 2 for free entry on 19 May. First 300 who present this gets a Corona free. Club rules apply." - MoS

I got a shocked. How can i be so lucky to get such sms. It must be dorothy who invite me because she always got these sms from MoS a number of times. Everytime she can invite people. Anyway the event at MoS tonite is "FUSE with Buff Wise - House/Break/Electronica/Rock". One look i sian le.

Dorothy, remember to invite me this event "TRANSMISSION feat. Paul Johnson - Trance"

Its another weekend to enjoy before weekdays comes again.

Celebrating only the credible Trance music producers from the past to present day, resident DJ Paul Johnson will take you on an uplifting trip as he brings you on a melodic journey with killer riffs and epic anthems in the main arena.

Embrace the sound that is fronted by the likes of Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Paul van Dyk, Ferry Corsten and Tiesto - who are among last year's top 20 DJs.

Transmission isn't just another night, it is a gearshift to take you higher.

Venue: Ministry of Sound, Singapore


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Cool, all my favourite DJs are here to perform! Have you ever wonder how Ministry of Sound is going to handle the crowd when they invite so many top DJs at one time. So sadly, they are not here to perform, but actually their trance are being played by a Resident DJ Paul Johnson. =(. Its a sad thing that Above & Beyond didn't came to Singapore. I'm beginning to love Armin van Buuren. His trance are so different from Tiesto and Paul van Dyk. I like his style.

I wonder how will the DJs ranked this year. They are ranked so close now. Tiesto no.1, Paul van Dyk no.2, Armin van Buuren no.3, Ferry Corsten no.7 while Above & Beyond got lots of work to do who are currently no.15. Anyway i don't care how they rank, i just want nice trance to listen can already. I hope Tiesto won't switch to House. His trance is getting more and more "Housey" which i don't like. =(

Happy Mother's Day!

Been a tiring weekend. Tomorrow still need to work. Good night all.

Because of the recent tiredness, i went to have my evening nap just now. I thought i could sleep till tomorrow morning but it was when i was having my sweet dreams, my phone rang and damm. I thought its only sms. So i just flip open my phone (to deactivate the ring tone) and continue my sleep. Till i heard a voice coming out then i realise its a phone call. It was shirley with her fierce voice. =/ She remind me about the mahjong session tomorrow. Now i can't continue my sleep and shirley, tomorrow i will win all your money. Hahahah! xD

Just found another nice podcast. Its called "Dance Department". Actually, i had downloaded about 4 songs/episodes for this podcast. I found it not very nice in the first place so i couldn't bother over it. It was when my songlist played till that section and i'm lazy to change. After about 10 minutes into the song, i found it very nice. Then i look at the title, "Dance Department with special guest Tiesto". No wonder it sound so nice.


So i went home and download the whole list of podcast for "Dance Department". 35 songs/episodes in total. Every song/episode lasted 1 hour. Now i know why i didn't like it in the 1st place because its the wrong genre i had listen to. Every song/episode had different special DJ guest. For trance, they have the likes of Tiesto, AvB etc. For house they have the likes of Deep Fish, Sasha etc. For Breaks/Hip-Hop, they have the likes of The Young Punx etc.

So "Dance Department" is actually a very balanced podcast. Many different genres to listen to. I'm only kinda sad when i found only 11 out of 35 songs/episodes are trance, but i'll still continue to download it and whats more its free! =D

Hahah! I managed to find the song(on the previous post) artist and title on google! I just typed in the lyrics that i have heard and went to search.



And bingo! The first link is the lyrics to the song. Okay now anyone has this song called "The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright"? Please inform me. Thanks =D

I cant imagine actually sitting and watching two people play ping pong. However, I thought the top 10 shots of all time were pretty cool. The last one is definetly the best.

Trust me, its a nice video with a nice soundtrack. Anyone has the song being played in the video? I love that song, its really nice!

Due to the general election, my company is off tomorrow. Which means next week, i'll be only working for 3 days. Woohoo!

So i guess i will pay a visit to all my friends at SP tomorrow. My classmates and cliques who are busying with FYP. Heard some of them are so stressed out by their FYP supervisor, some fall sick during the period. So i shall go there disturb and support them. Hahaha. And maybe i will drop by pool club to thanks hengster's sister xinyi for being so nice and not complaining about me. =x.

Pardon me, i'm really very tired to blog nowadays. Or sometimes, don't have time to blog because of the busy schedule. So erm, what shall i blog today? Hmmm, i think i should explain, whats the difference between techno and trance? Many people has been asking me what is the difference because they sound almost exactly the same. So here's the answer.

Trance is a style of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. Trance music is generally characterized by a tempo of between 130 and 160 bpm, featuring repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and down throughout a track, often crescendoing or featuring a breakdown. Sometimes vocals are also utilised. The style is arguably derived from a combination of largely techno and house as well as being heavily influenced by Goa trance. 'Trance' received its name from the repetitious morphing beats, and the throbbing melodies which would presumably put the listener into a trance-like state. As this music is almost always played in nightclubs at popular vacation spots and in inner cities, trance can be understood as a form of club or house music.

Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. Following the initial success of Detroit Techno as a musical culture -- at the very least on a regional level -- an expanded and related subset of genres in the 1990s emerged globally. The term "techno" is often mistakenly used in North America and mainland Europe as a generic term for all forms of electronic dance music. Audiophiles will break down the techno sounds into many related categories, based on instrumental hardware, beats per minute (BPM) and any number of other popular segregrations.

So basically, both are actually under the genre called "electronic dance music". In short:

Trance is very uplifting with repetitious morphing beats sometimes accompanied by vocals.
Techno is style of fast heavy electronic dance music usually without vocals.

Some little update at my workplace on friday. Took a few photos while i'm slacking.


This is how my work place looked like when i'm slacking.


And this is how it looks like when i'm busy formatting laptops.



And this is the two crappers who have been waiting me for hours to go for lunch. =x Thats why they look angry man.

The sky is so dark now, its an indication to stay at home and sleep. Today is Labour Day, yesterday i saw so many bangra workers on the mrt sia. Knn, i really bth. Surrounded by them. -_-"

Yesterday was kinda interesting day, winston and me went to weijing's house open lan shop. I used my laptop, winston used weijing's laptop while of course, weijing use his PC. We played dota from afternoon till night. I think around 5 hours of dota. A number of funny things happened which i'm lazy to type out liao.

Anyway, i took this picture.



Noticed the "sunglasses"? Its actually a safety goggles for weijing's industrial attachment. Hahah!

Don't know since when my brother is interested in DJ Tiesto. He say he going to buy his album. Thats good! He buy, i enjoy the music! =x. Well, I saw my brother playing this MTV while i was tidying up my room. I didn't take notice of it till i heard the music. It was like so familiar and nice, till i realised i listened before in this album called "Gatecrasher - Discotech Generation Disc 1", around 40mins of the song duration. I always wanted to find the full song of it but i don't know the title and the artist. So what i can do is to use wavepad, cut and copy out so i don't have to fast forward everytime i wanted to listen to this song.

Now i know why i like this song, because its remix by Tiesto! For trance lovers, here's the MTV.

Delerium - Innocente(Falling in Love) remixed by Tiesto