tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116680632024-03-13T02:29:44.662+00:00da ron filesronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.comBlogger1211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-79438098498785624242023-05-06T11:25:00.003+01:002023-05-06T11:25:57.067+01:00Remembering Mum.<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGifEWMTARvipHOB3M8cUWYJlvx2e7ZPpGlmsg7dPcRmMVhmyd19vtLQAh8fqwnwVw6ZPRYusNynommvEVnSQHRzZ9s9dXFO9f9T0pziQaZvQAuKudJhLe7PDhV8cVnYycAWE-HyY7yOZvFPcsfJJIsXj-sUB2gUQF3mhrarP0tfClgVmG4ac/s1182/8F55E5E0-6855-40AA-9F5D-760BCF083F94_1_105_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1182" data-original-width="665" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGifEWMTARvipHOB3M8cUWYJlvx2e7ZPpGlmsg7dPcRmMVhmyd19vtLQAh8fqwnwVw6ZPRYusNynommvEVnSQHRzZ9s9dXFO9f9T0pziQaZvQAuKudJhLe7PDhV8cVnYycAWE-HyY7yOZvFPcsfJJIsXj-sUB2gUQF3mhrarP0tfClgVmG4ac/s320/8F55E5E0-6855-40AA-9F5D-760BCF083F94_1_105_c.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>RIP Priskila Titin </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Mother</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">Born 30 June 1956</p><p style="text-align: center;">Deceased 27 April 2023</p><p style="text-align: center;">Laid to rest 1 May 2023</p><p><br /></p><p>Hello again, Blogger. Been a while. </p><p>I needed a place to compose something in a longer format, with not too many readers, but somewhere I can "bottle up" my feelings and let it drift away. And seeing as Blogger is still a thing (oh hai!), here I am.</p><p>My Mum, Priskila Titin, passed away peacefully 10 days ago on 27th April 2023 at the age of 66 (or 67, if you follow my Dad's school of thought - she was born 30 June 1956, so do the maths yourself).</p><div>The last week has been like a reset button for my relationship with my Dad and my family. I moved out in 2019 when I joined Tanamera, and stayed apart throughout the pandemic to protect my Mum who has a number of co-morbidities (diabetes and asthma). And even after the borders reopened and we all got out boosters, my schedule involves frequent travelling between Singapore and Bali, meaning I am not always in Jakarta. Only very recently, I started living back in my parent's house, namely the night before an early flight, as their house in North Jakarta is closer to Soekarno Hatta Airport than my apartment in South Jakarta. So I wish I could spend more time with my Mum, but I think she knew she didn't have to worry about me. If I survived my schooling years away from her, you'd think I will be fine as an adult. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?</b></div><div>I got asked this question so many times over the past 10 days, I wanted to record and play whenever someone asks this question. But anyway, this is the text version, summarised from accounts by my aunt who was by her side, my Dad, brother and my memory of 27th April. This is as good as I can summarise. </div><div><br /></div><div>Thursday morning. She woke up like any normal day. Except my Dad noticed she had very red eyes. She said it’s probably an allergy from her shampoo.
She went out with her sister/my aunt, firstly to Meiji a clothes shop in Muara Karang, then to Tzu Chi Hospital in PIK to get an eye doctor appointment. </div><div><br /></div><div>The wait for the doctor was long, but the conclusion was that it was nothing serious. The doctor prescribed her some eyedrops, and off she went. </div><div><br /></div><div>By this time, it was maybe around 12pm-1pm. They’re hungry, they went for lunch at Putu Made in PIK Avenue, a mall opposite the hospital. Not long after placing their order, my mum felt shortness of breathe. She used her inhaler but either it ran out or she didn’t feel it working, even after multiple pumps. </div><div><br /></div><div>My aunt said she tried to find another inhaler but no luck.
They deducted it was best to go home, even though the food has not arrived. </div><div><br /></div><div>Around 2pm. They went down the escalator, with my mum holding onto her chest. While waiting for the vehicle at the mall's West Lobby, she collapsed. She was brought to the hospital ER. </div><div><br /></div><div>Doctor reported that it was likely her heart had stopped for > 10 minutes, so the prognosis is not great but they managed to get a pulse back. </div><div><br /></div><div>My aunt managed to unlock my Mum’s iPhone to ring my Family WhatsApp Group. My Dad & Eldest brother Robert picked up.
They heard my aunt cry and say come to the hospital immediately. They did so. (I was at the FHA showfloor at that time)</div><div><br /></div><div>Few hours later, my Dad and eldest brother were in the hospital with my aunt. He shared screenshots of the chat with a doctor on our family WhatsApp. Apparently, the doctor suspected a heart attack.</div><div><br /></div><div>Few hours passed. Robert rang my 2nd brother and I via WhatsApp. I was in Singapore at that time, and my 2nd brother in Japan with his wife and kids for Lebaran holidays. He updated on our Mum's condition, and told us to be on standby to come back to Jakarta. We ended the call. At that time, I was just heading back from MyVillage in Serangoon Gardens.</div><div><br /></div><div>Less than 2 hours after the first call, as I got back to the place I was staying in Singapore, there was another group WhatsApp call amongst my brothers. The news broke. We lost our Mum.</div><div><br /></div><div>The report from the hospital was as vague as it can get: "death in the hospital from a non-communicable disease". And while the doctors seem to suggest asthma-induced cardiac arrest, looking at the bloated stomach, asthma, and no indication of a stroke or blockage in the coronary system, compounded with the timing / lack of a proper lunch, we were suspecting <b><u>GERD</u></b> as a likely cause of her death.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>THE DREADED FLIGHT HOME</b></div><div>I got a ticket back to Jakarta that night, landing 11pm Jakarta time, straight to Tzu Chi Hospital to see my Mum before being moved to the funeral home. I held her icy cold arms and brushed her frizzled curled hair, as I asked why she had a bloated stomach and welped without giving a damn to whoever else was in the room with me (there was my Dad, eldest brother & sis-in-law, a few of my cousins, uncle, aunt and brother's friends). </div><div><br /></div><div>As the hospital staff prepared to take my Mum to the transport ambulance, I dried my tears, and we prepared to go to the funeral house for the funeral preparations. By this point, we were into Friday as midnight passed.</div><div><br /></div><div>There, we booked the hall (we got one hall for the first day, which turned out to be too cramped for the number of visitors that came), and picked the casket. We showered the body, selected the clothes out of the few my sis-in-law picked from my Mum's wardrobe, and also debated about burial vs cremation (and where to bury). All in, we were done at around 4am, including a supper stop at Wing Heng Dim Sum (that place was busy...).</div><div><br /></div><div>The first day was pretty rough, between the lack of sleep, lack of space (it was cramped), and the empty casket (we wanted to give my 2nd brother and his family time to mourn in private, and he could not land earlier than 4pm on the Friday, so most of the day, the casket laid empty). </div><div><br /></div><div>I won't go on about the conversations I had over the following days, with people I know now and in the past with links to myself or my Mum. But if I can summarise some things about my Mum's life...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>MY MUM</b></div><div>She was a big-hearted, loyal and simple-minded person. She loves giving, and she loves making people around her happy, especially if it involves church (she is loyal to her GBI CK3 church), partying (between her Ibu-Ibu Gaul, Mediterania Ladies, PM Swimming friends via my Dad, and Lie Family Christmas gatherings) and having a big feast (she doesn't like alcohol unless it's Ice Wine). The fridge and dining table in my folk's house is always full when she's around.</div><div><br /></div><div>While she does this, at times she does open herself to abuse, where people take advantage of her generosity. The Chinese saying 得寸进尺 sums up what I mean, and I don't think I need to divulge details here at this point. And sometimes she can go too far. My brothers and Dad often complain to her to limit her shopping habits, as they become excessive or overly repetitive. Can you imagine eating the same dish for 6-7 days in a row?</div><div><br /></div><div>But my main takeaway from her is her loyalty and commitment to anything she does. </div><div><br /></div><div>She donated to the GBI church in Mangga Dua Square just as it was starting up, and served the church right up to the COVID period when she started fearing the virus (there was a rebellious stage when we told her to stay at home but she went anyway. Only when people close to her succumbed to the early variants and in some cases die, then did she stop going in-person).</div><div><br /></div><div>Not forgetting the fact that she has been by the side of my Dad for 44 years, polio legs and all. She has been by his side for so long, the hole she leaves behind is noticeable as I accompanied my Dad these few days in light of her absence. I remember the first few days, he was still telling me and my sis-in-law about the last this/that that she prepared for him around the house - the last lunch prep (chopped kailan, garlic and oil ready for my Dad to stir-fry), the last breakfast (egg and toast), the last purchase she made (the eye drops), the last dress she wore (this multi-coloured dress with spider prints), the last fruit she bought for the house (mango and kolang kaling), the last trip to Puncak with her friends (just 4 days before her death), etc...</div><div><br /></div><div>When we looked back at her last day, we realised we could not have expected that day to go that way. At noon, she was hungry but still walking fit. By 4:14pm, she breathed her last. If we were anticipating her passing, of course my brother and I would not have been overseas. Yes, she has underlying health conditions, but all involved long-term issues - diabetes, blood pressure, gout, etc. And she was exercising more, taking a cocktail of medications to control them, and (very gradually) changing her diet to be a bit more in line with what the doctors suggest. </div><div><br /></div><div>Who knew life could fade within 4 hours?</div><div><br /></div><div>In some ways, perhaps God was being kind to her. Apart from lizards, my mum is very afraid of needles and ICU beds. When my grandma was spending her last few days in ICU, my mum kept saying she wished she would not go through the same thing in her last days. Well, her death was short and needle-free, which felt like the way she would have wanted to go.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>MOVING ON...</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>My Mum leaves behind a very successful husband, 3 capable sons, 2 of whom have given her 3 grandsons and 1 granddaughter. She also leaves her brothers and sisters, some based in Malang/Surabaya, some in Jakarta. </div><div><br /></div><div>My mum was buried at San Diego Hills, a cemetary in Cikarang. We believe her soul is with our Great Creator above, considering the good that she has done to the people she has touched.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Mum, terima kasih untuk doa, berkat, kemurahan hatimu dan komitmenmu terhadap Tuhan dan keluarga. Ku harap satu hari kita bisa jumpa lagi, dan kamu tetap gembira.</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Mum, thank you for your prayers, your blessings, your generosity and your commitment to God and to family. I hope to see you again some day, joyful as always.</div>ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-44224408496541245802014-12-31T00:02:00.003+00:002014-12-31T00:04:26.381+00:00da ron files - it ends with a 2014 retrospect<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">So, it appears I have run out of ideas for what to include in my New Year's Resolution. Yes, I keep coming up with more-or-less the same things relating to my life - work/studies, fitness, finances, personal stuff, etc. But really, setting these targets so early in the year is pointless in 2015, given I don't really know what will come my way. In short - things don't always go according to plan, so rather than bogging my self down with a list of things to check off (which isn't a proper "plan" anyway), I'm not doing a 2015 resolution.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">In fact, with my day job and whatnot, I see no point in continuing this blog. Look, if you want to follow my (sometimes delightful - admit it) blabbering, you're probably following me on Twitter or Instagram, rather than this dreary old medium circa 2006 when dial-up was still socially acceptable.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">As such, this is my last New Year's Resolution in retrospect on da ron files.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;">2014 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION: In Retrospect</span><br />
<b style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><b style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Academic</b><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">> Get at least a Merit for my MSc.</span></span><br style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">> Become an MPhil/PhD Candidate.</span></span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>Finance</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">> Get funding for the PhD.</span></span><br style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">> Don't ask my parents for more funds.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>Fitness</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">> Cycle a total distance of 365km with an app or my Heart Rate Monitor.</span></span><br style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">> Cut down on my chocolate, crisps, salt, Haribos and alcohol.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>Personal</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: orange;">> Be nicer to others</span><span style="color: #666666;">.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: orange;">> Cut down on procrastination.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">And with the end of this sentence, comes the press of the period key on my keyboard, for this project that was started by a teenaged me, for the last time.</span></span>ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-7898097932771161102014-07-15T00:47:00.002+01:002014-07-15T00:47:17.607+01:00Looking aheadI figured it's not healthy to bottle things up. So this blog post is more of an outlet, than reading material - that's the only reason I'm writing this blog post.<br />
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Anyway, with the health warnings out of the way, let's begin.<br />
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I didn't get onto the PhD programme I applied for.<br />
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Which is a shame. Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised, since I only sent one application and did not look elsewhere. (And to be fair, I never assumed the PhD was a 100% in-the-bag thing). As it turns out, it was down to the lack of willing, able and available supervisors at the institution that shall go un-named (those who know me already know which one I am referring to, of course).<br />
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I was warned that this was possibly going to happen. And I should have listened. But I was warned in March 2014, when I completed and submitted my application in February 2014. I did not have time to prepare other applications, and even if I did, the deadlines for funding had long gone by March in some cases. So, really, there was nothing I could have done in 2013/2014, to apply for a programme which commences in 2014/2015.<br />
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The last year, I've been (very seriously) considering settling in the UK – by the time I finish my PhD, I would have been here for 9 years. If I get a 1-year extension on my visa and/or a teaching contract, I might be able to apply to settle after I(that's my understanding of the visa rules, anyway). Even if I didn't meet the 10-year rule, I figured my 4 years here might let me meet people here that I can start a family with.<br />
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In any case, I now find myself in a rather scary situation where I don't know what to do next. Or am I? Because I went into the application process, knowing that at the back of my mind, I've always had a back-up option. Admittedly, it's one I have been running away from, but it's one that has always been there – going back to Jakarta to help the family.<br />
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My whole life has been one where I am uprooted from one nation to another every few years – first, when I was 6, I left my kindergarten classmates to move to Singapore. When I was there, I switched school after 1 year because I was moving to live with my mum's friend. I only felt comfortable when I got to stay at St. Andrew's from Primary/Junior to Secondary School, but then the "uprooting" happened again when my folks have had enough of me living in Singapore with my guardians. Brighton, Exeter, London – I made, lost, and remade connections over the 5+ years in these 3 cities. It felt strange to think that I'm now living with a friend whom I met in Brighton. Or that I still keep in touch with friends I met in Exeter.<br />
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If the last few days, I seem as if I'm more "in-the-shell" and less interested in things, I'm really sorry. Perhaps it's just separation anxiety - I've experience it a couple of times now. And perhaps I'm nervous. Nervous that I'm about to move into a country which I claim to be where I'm from, but have absolutely no other connection with.<br />
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People tell me that they're jealous of me because I get to experience all these things, studying abroad. The downside is often an untold one (and often an ignored one, because they tend to only affect spoilt brats like myself, I guess). You spend so long in other places, when you come "home", you have no friends or contacts apart from your family, your family's friends, and those you meet at work, or while you were abroad (this bit, I'm not exaggerating - my only real Indonesian friend is probably Josh Irwandi).<br />
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It's going to be interesting to see how the next few months pan out. I'm scared. Of course I am. But then again, as my mum kept telling me (mind you, she really wants me to return home to Indonesia), I probably felt the same when I first moved to the UK. And look where things have gone.<br />
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Times like this make me realise how thankful I should be for all the friends I've had over the years. I've been really fortunate to meet some interesting people along the journey, and whilst I can't lie about "never forgetting any of you" (because my memory's recently been tested - and proven to have failed), I definitely cherish them like I cherish a really good wine - in the moment, because you know it'll end at some point, until the next time round, assuming there is a next round.<br />
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And whilst I feel sometimes like I'm losing touch with my faith (for a number of reasons, I've felt let down over the last few years - but I really don't want to discuss this here/now), I've grown up with the belief that God holds the future in his hands. And I'm glad He does, even in the darkest, most uncertain of times, to give the sense of a safety net.<br />
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If this post hasn't made any sense, I did say - this is just an outlet for me. But I'm just glad I've managed to organise my thoughts (admittedly, in a very 2004 way). And to be honest, I don't care if people know how I'm feeling right now. Like I told my friend Robin last week - don't feel sorry for me, because I'm not in the worst position out of everyone you know. I'll be fine, because I'm fortunate that way. I'm bruised in some ways, but t'is but a minor scuff, really. And yes, I'm being a drama queen, but seriously, what did you expect from a blog?<br />
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Enough chatter. Let's just get this done and over with*.<br />
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<i>* By 'this', I mean life. And by 'done', I mean going through the different stages in life, not (as I suspect some of you might be thinking) bringing it to a halt (oh, come on, suicide is selfish and pointless anyway).</i>ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-63142938621957247832014-06-29T17:01:00.004+01:002014-06-29T17:01:54.502+01:00Half-Time Analysis: 2014<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, as <strike>some</strike> none of you may have noticed, this blog has been in a somewhat dead state, with the only life support system, in the form of my New Year's Resolutions and half-annual reflections, keeping it alive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Given we are now at the end of the 6th month of 2014, I figured this is the right time for another blog post. Starting with that new year's resolution I penned so thoughtfully in January 2014...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Academic</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>> Get at least a Merit for my MSc. </b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">[pending]</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>> Become an MPhil/PhD Candidate. </b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">[pending]</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>Finance</b></span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">> Get funding for the PhD. </span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">[as above, pending]</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: red;">> Don't ask my parents for more funds. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: red;">[I really underestimated how much living in London would cost (by £2k). Now I know better.]</span></span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>Fitness</b></span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>> Cycle a total distance of 365km with an app or my Heart Rate Monitor. </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">[Well, according to Strava, as of 22 Jun 2014, 4:45pm, I've done 613.3km. Adding on the miles I've done in 2013, and my commute, I've probably paid less than £1 per km I've ridden on my bike.]</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span style="color: orange;">> Cut down on my chocolate, crisps, salt, Haribos and alcohol. </span></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[We're only halfway through the year, so this won't be 100% achieved until Dec 31st. But for now...</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chocolate: less than 10 bars. Went up during exams, but apart from that, not weekly anymore.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Crisps: hardly buy them (swapped crisps for bread and </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">hummus. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Salt: Can't really quantify, can I? </span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Haribos: think I've only bought 4 packets of them, so no longer a weekly purchase. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Alcohol: Well, what with London prices and the fact that I have the tolerance of a 22-year-old - i.e.: very low, I've really cut on alcohol this year. Which is good.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Overall: looks promising.]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>Personal</b></span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">> Be nicer to others. </span></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[I am trying. I promise.]</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>> Cut down on procrastination.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">[Well, I killed my social media accounts in April to help me focus on my long essay. Then things went </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">pear shaped in May.]</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Succeeded</span><span style="color: #666666;">: 1.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Pending, optimistic</span><span style="color: #666666;">: 1 (the snacks and alcohol)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Pending, unknown<span style="color: #666666;">: 3.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Pending, pessimistic</span><span style="color: #666666;">: 2 (the "personal" ones)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: red;">Failed</span><span style="color: #666666;">: 1.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Ah, rubbish.</span></span>ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-6983587016855193522013-12-31T23:39:00.001+00:002013-12-31T23:39:54.115+00:002013 in retrospect, and looking ahead...<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>Generally, 2013's been somewhat mediocre, and even though it should have been eventful (what, with my graduation), it turned out to be otherwise. Let's look back and see what happened, shall we?</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>January</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">So the year started with me planning my future. Or more specifically, which University would I be doing my </span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Masters</b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">? I was putting together my personal statement for LSE, Exeter, Rotterdam/Erasmus, Nottingham, although I only sent in LSE and Exeter in the end. But it was a nerve-wrecking feeling, to not know where you will be in 9 months' time – much like what I am experiencing now. Thankfully, Exeter was quick to offer me a place - 14 January, to be exact. Masters, here I cometh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>February</b></span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Guild Elections</b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> month. I remember I may have lost my cool and, well, got a bit upset with how one of the nights went (Guild President debate, if I remember correctly - technical issues that weren't really issues - the issue with lack of preparation time and trying out new systems). Also, with each major event, I knew the clock was ticking for my time with Xpression and as Head of Production was coming to an end. Also, my </span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">21st Birthday at the Vic</b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> was, with all due respect, a sweet yet awkward affair where almost everyone I knew was there, and while the plan was to head to Arena after the Vic, I actually felt a bit unwell (read: chundered - my alcohol tolerance was at an all-time low, following 21 dry days). I remember Nick Howe and Matt Bate taking me home, and we just played Slinky at my steps before I went to bed. An understated 21st Birthday. Oh, have to mention a special thanks to Alex Manning for abandoning his Valentine's Day plan with his girlfriend to come to my Birthday thing (I wouldn't recommend that).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>March</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">March started with the news that I had been waiting to hear – The email from LSE came through, and I had received a </span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Conditional Offer</b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> - an Upper Second Class (2:1) and I'm in. This was great news! Yes, I did consider running for XpressionFM Station Manager at this point, because I assumed LSE would reject me because it's been so long, but the offer sealed the deal - it's a rare opportunity, and I've been yearning to get to a less distracting (no offence) academic environment, I can't let this go. So, the Media Elections came and went, and I started winding down my Head of Production role.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>April</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">I don't remember anything exciting happening in April, apart from </span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">NaSTA</b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> - took photos for it, and actually enjoyed the event - made me regret not getting involved with XTV more in my 3 years in Uni. Anyway, apart from NaSTA, I don't recall much else apart from </span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">revision and dissertation</b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">. Well, I say "dissertation", I actually went up to my supervisor and we discussed the possibility of getting an extension, seeing as I have 4 exams in May, and I did have a big sample for my paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>May</b></span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Exams</b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> finished 18 May 2013 - my final undergraduate examination. And then there was the last ditch attempt to finish my </span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Dissertation</b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> by 31 May. Flipped my body clock so I don't get distracted. And, apparently, it paid off. But to be frank, by the time the paper was in, I didn't care. In fact, I stopped caring 4 hours before I submitted my dissertation - I couldn't think properly, and I had no heart in reading through the 10,000 words to spot mistakes by that point. It was painful, to say the least.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>June</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Post-exams, and I'm still in the UK, enjoying the warm summer in Exeter as a graduand with no commitments. There was the Xmedia Awards, Sushi Night, Paignton Zoo, Beach Trips (went to Exmouth at least twice, and got sunburnt), watched E3 Press Conferences in the A&V Hub, Sushi and board games, and a trip to London for Wimbledon... sort-of.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>July</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Family got to the UK (barely - visa was only approved the Friday before the weekend they were leaving), and on Tuesday, t'was the <b>Graduation</b> ceremony. Change the world, I shall try, Baroness Floella. Starting with... the final Cheesy Tuesday (Lord, that was emotional - to think I'll never experience it ever again in the capacity of an Exeter student. And Nik, if you're reading this, my penultimate Cheesy Tuesday was much better - that's the one where it was just the two of us. :P). Anyway, post-graduation, the folks and I went to London to see where I'd be for my next stage of education - LSE. Looked around the campus, bought my core textbook, and jetted back to Jakarta.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Back home, I went to the family firm's office to shadow my brother. Had a bit of a tiff about staying in Jakarta to work for the company or, well, otherwise.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>August</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Work. Oh, and travelling! Because my parents are old and I've got nephews, and apparently, this is the new craze amongst upper-middle class families in Indonesia, we went on a cruise around Alaska. Think you've seen the photos on my Flickr, so I won't blabber on. It was... alright - not my thing, considering my age...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>September</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Visited <b>Exeter</b> for Freshers' Week, then moved and settled in London, in time for the s</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">tart of my Masters - <b>Shakespeare's Head</b> and <b>George IV</b> beared witness to the start of new friendships.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>October</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>SRA Nominations Announcements</b>. Massively disappointed, not gonna hide it anymore - thought we'd get more than 2 nominations, but I guess it goes to show the calibre of entries and the competitiveness of the awards.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>November</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>Student Radio Awards</b>. Not gonna lie, 2012's was better. Not only because we won a Gold and got up on stage. Mainly because we went in with lower expectations and the night itself wasn't as enjoyable, once you've lost the magic of being an SRA virgin. Ah well... T'was probably my last, anyway. But in any case, congrats must go to Gareth Jones and Laurence Foreman for the Silver Award in the Best Entertainment Programme category - Wake and Bake shall live on...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>December</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">My <b>worst hangover ever</b> - thanks to Mark Brazil for that - his birthday party was... well... mental.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Also, Christmas! Had a big <b>dinner with my coursemates</b>. (Some of us ended up in Tiger Tiger. That was fun.) Got the <b>train back to Exeter</b> to fix some Xpression stuff and to meet up with old friends. Came back to London, packed my stuff, and then left again - this time, on a plane towards <b>Düsseldorf</b>. For the first time in 10 years, I was back in <b>Amsterdam</b> and Germany - the last time I was in these countries, I was 11, and my grandma was still (barely) alive (she sadly passed away soon after we returned from the trip). Went to places I haven't been to in Germany - Berlin, Cologne, Düsseldorf. And to be fair, Amsterdam has changed somewhat in the last 10 years, and I don't remember much about where I went, so that didn't matter. Met up with Callum, Nik, and Timon. Did all the touristy stuff, had idle conversation on a Berlin S-Bahn, and learnt a bit of German alongside.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Came back, had a friend from my St. Andrew's School, Singapore days (i.e.: Reuben) over in London. Had a <b>reunion</b>-of-sorts with others from SAS as well - Alex Choo, Sara, and while we were in Leicester Square, I actually met someone who was my classmate back in Primary School, and is now at the same Uni as me! Small world indeed...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">So, that's a year in summary. Before looking ahead to 2014 with my new year's resolutions, I thought I'd score 2013 against the targets that I set myself at the start of the year...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: orange; line-height: 20px;"><b>2013 New Year's Resolution...</b></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; line-height: 20px;"><b>Academics & Job Prospects: 3/3</b></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13; line-height: 20px;"><b>I will graduate with a 2:1 minimum, and a 2:1 minimum in my dissertation. </b><br />(Got the 2:1, and a First in my dissertation. Ticked.)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13; line-height: 20px;"><b>I will keep in touch with my friends from Exeter. </b><br />(Gone back 3 times, still actively in touch with people at Xpression, yeah, got this one covered.)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13; line-height: 20px;"><b>I will make it to a Masters Programme.</b> <br />(Yep. LSE, MSc Accounting, Organisations and Institutions.)</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13; line-height: 20px;"><b>I will do a Breakfast Show in the new term.</b><br />(Included this as a plug, apparently. Cheated.)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">I will contribute to the best damn Guild Election Coverage, Varsity Coverage, and </span><span style="color: orange;">Busking Culture Show.</span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><b> </b></span><span style="color: orange;">(Didn't do much for Busking Culture, bar making a promo. </span><span style="color: #274e13;">Apart from that, 0.67/1.)</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: red;"><b>I will hand over every thing I do for Xpression by March. </b><br />(Yeah, like that ever happened.)</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 20px;"><b>Personal Life and Finance: 0.5/4</b></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange; line-height: 20px;"><b>Personal Life Resolution 1</b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Personal Life Resolution 2</b></span>(Not disclosing what these two resolutions are publicly - they are on my private blog, for the record. But I definitely achieved #1, although not to the extent that I had hoped, and I did not achieve #2 - that's all we need to know for the purpose of this tally.)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: red;"><b>I will make it a point to do some form of exercise every week. </b><br />(For as long as I shall live, resolutions like these will never be fulfilled. You'd think I would know this by now, but apparently not.)</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: red;"><b>I will not buy any tech stuff worth over £250/€250/S$500/US$400/IDR4,000,000. </b></span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small; font-style: italic;">(Doesn't include bikes and cars, but does include Apple products, phones and whatnot. The only exception to the rule that I will allow is a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L ii USM Lens. Apart from that, nothing over the above-stated prices. Subject to change, with currency fluctuations.)</span><br /><span style="color: red;">Broke this one when I bought the Lumia 1020.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span style="color: orange;">Total: 5.17/10. Decent. But not great.</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Now, looking forward...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; line-height: 20px;">2014 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION...</span></span></h2>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>Going a bit more generic with some of these... and more quantified with others.</i></span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Academic</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">> Get at least a Merit for my MSc.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">> Become an MPhil/PhD Candidate.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>Finance</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">> Get funding for the PhD.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">> Don't ask my parents for more funds.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>Fitness</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">> Cycle a total distance of 365km with an app or my Heart Rate Monitor.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">> Cut down on my chocolate, crisps, salt, Haribos and alcohol.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>Personal</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">> Be nicer to others.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">> Cut down on procrastination.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">That's it from me. Happy New Year, folks.</span></span></div>
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ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-16817339045888257702012-12-31T23:43:00.001+00:002012-12-31T23:57:28.926+00:002012: A Year in Retrospect<br />
What an amazing year 2012 has been for me...<br />
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<b>January</b><br />
My family kicked off the year with a trip to <b>Kuala Lumpur</b>, just before I returned to the UK for the 2012 Spring Term. Then it's <b>revision</b>, Entered the trial phase with <b>Pat</b>. And to end the month, I started the <b>Breakfast Show</b> on 31 January 2012. Boom!<br />
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<i>Song of the Month: M83 - Midnight City</i><br />
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<b>February</b><br />
February was probably the most insane month for me - a highlight, I dare say. <b>Guild Election Week</b> was a manic week for me as I helped out with the Outdoor Broadcasts and Debate Shows. And to top it all off, I had a surprise <b>Birthday</b> Party thrown at me. Good times!<br />
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<i>Song of the Month: Avicii - Levels</i><br />
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<b>March</b><br />
March was when I got elected as <b>Head of Production</b> - one committee position that will shape the rest of 2012 for me. Speaking of Xpression, we had our <b>Charity Football Match</b>, in aid of Sport Relief. Raised £700+. Good times...<br />
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<b>April</b><br />
So April was the Easter break. Kicked the month off with the <b>Student Radio Conference</b> in Bradford, went to the <b>Exeter Food Festival</b> with Pat for some good food and music (Remember The Voice?), saw <b>Charlie Simpson</b> live. Oh, and <b>revision</b>.<br />
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<i>Song of the Month: Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe</i><br />
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<b>May</b><br />
Did I say revision? Well that's a lie. Because it's the <b>opening of the</b> <b>Forum</b>! Xpression kept me a bit busy, as usual, but it was worth it (see November). After that, things got pretty dull - Exams, things were on ice between Pat and myself. On the plus side, the <b>Olympic Flame</b> arrive in Exeter! Oh, and <b>CIMA GBC</b> Filming started, and we got through to the UK Finals!.<br />
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<i>Song of the Month: Gotye ft. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know</i><br />
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<b>June</b><br />
Halt! <b>Xmedia Awards</b>! Not a great night in terms of awards I hoped to clinch, but great night nonetheless. Then there's the <b>Annual Celebration of Volunteering</b> - Event of the Year? Apparently, that's what the Guild thought of the Xpression Guild Election Coverage! <b>Student Radio Chart Show</b> from Xpression FM. Also, <b>CIMA GBC UK Finals</b> came and went. Held at the Milkround HQ (News International), rubbed shoulders with some interesting people, and our team won the award. #Winning<br />
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<i>Song of the Month: </i><i>Madeon - Finale</i><br />
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<b>July</b><br />
So, UK Finals sorted, now we set our sights on the <b>CIMA GBC Global Finals</b>. Tough, considering I was back in Indonesia, and I had to juggle the prep with <b>editing entries</b> for the Student Radio Awards (See November). Not the best of times, until Sri Lanka came and went. #WINNING #TRAVELLING #SriLankaIsAwesome Had a great time, met some great people, and to see a country that I wouldn't normally have the opportunity to explore. Fantastic...<br />
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Also, watched loads of <b>Olympics</b> on YouTube. #TeamGB #TeamIndonesia #TeamSingapore<br />
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<i>Song of the Month: Muse - Survival</i><br />
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<b>August</b><br />
So, Post-Sri Lanka, I returned to Indonesia to enjoy my holidays. Oh, and <b>editing station sound</b> (See September). Family Vacation to the <b>US East Coast</b> was brilliant - from New York (Times Square, 5th Avenue, all the touristy stuff) to Toronto, then Pennsylvania and DC (saw the Magna Carta, US House of Representatives, all the touristy stuff), and then it's <b>Singapore</b> (Founder's Day, met up with a few of my best mates), then finally Jakarta. Oh, and then, back nice and early to Exeter.<br />
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<i>Song of the Month: Coldplay - Paradise</i><br />
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<b>September</b><br />
<b>New Station Sound</b> at Xpression finally launched. Phew! In non-Xpression Radio news, I listened in to <b>Chris Moyles' Last Show</b> on Radio 1 - and actually wept, because it's one of those things that I sort-of got used to doing - waking up with Moyles, even back from my A Level days in Brighton, when Carrie Prideaux was Sports Bulletin Reader. T'was the end of an era. But start of a new one, too! Did I mention the start of the <b>Mix & Mash Show</b>? Also, I finally got my <b>new laptop</b>. Yep. Retina ftw. New Resolution? Mine's 2880x1800. Hunting for a <b>Dissertation Supervisor</b> - which eventually led me to Dr Petros Vourvachis.<br />
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<i>Song of the Month: Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child</i><br />
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<b>October</b><br />
<b>Football Varsity Coverage</b> - gave up tickets to see Benjamin Francis Leftwich for this, but worth it? I guess so. We had issues at the start, when the stream from the OB PC sounded stuttery on the Studio PCs and on air. Had to run on to campus with an iPad and minijack-to-coax cable to save the show. And thank heavens that worked out alright.<br />
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<i>Song of the Month: </i>Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks<br />
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<b>November</b><br />
Roll on the <b>Student Radio Awards</b>. 2 nominations, which were converted to 2 awards on the night. #Boom. And the <b>24 Hour Broadcast</b>. And <b>SSB lineup announcement</b>. And even though I had little to do with the Lad Culture Show (props should go to Hazel, Amelia, and the rest of the News Team), The <b>Lad Culture Show</b> was such a bangin' show.<br />
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<i>Song of the Month: Anything involving Calvin Harris and Florence Welch together.</i><br />
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<b>December</b><br />
As the final month of the year rolled on, things slowed down. There was that horrible <b>BEA3001 Financial Management Coursework test</b>. There was the fantastic trip to <b>Reading</b>. <b>Christmas</b> meant another <b>Christmas song</b> from the Sports Team, <b>Christmas Dinners</b> aplenty, and me putting on a load of weight. No snow, though - only rain and floods. And in a totally insignificant kerfball, I celebrated my 2nd year with my <b>iPhone 4 </b>- the longest I've held on to the same phone. Bearing in mind this phone got dunked in sea water in Sri Lanka, and now the camera broke. So, to celebrate this fact, I ordered a new phone. Apart from that, the Christmas Break meant doing some overdue tasks - <b>Masters Applications </b>(Personal Statements, Forms, Reference hunting, GMAT)<b>,</b> <b>Dissertation</b> Literature Review and data collection (a bit), editing to add onto the <b>Station Sound</b>, the new <b>Xpression Website</b> (Wordpress), revision.<br />
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<i>Song of the Month: Anything Christmasy.</i><br />
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So, loads happened in 2012. What will 2013 be like?<br />
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Bring it on!ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-53313434655749492012012-12-31T16:00:00.000+00:002012-12-31T16:00:10.418+00:00New Year's Post<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So, as is tradition on this fine blog of mine, I post a review of my New Year's Resolution for the year that is about to close on our behinds, and a new one for the start of the new year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So, let's begin, shall we? Starting with the review...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Review: My New Year's Resolution of 2012</b></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">ORIGINAL POST: <a href="http://ronfiles.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/new-years-resolution-2012.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white;">ACADEMICS: </span><u><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">2</span><span style="background-color: white;"> / 2</span></u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">I will finish my 2nd year with at least a 2:1 overall. </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">[1st!]</i><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">I will NOT go back to Jakarta over Christmas, so I can focus on my January exams in 2013. </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">[Didn't!]</i></span><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">JOB PROSPECTS: </span><u><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">1</span><span style="background-color: white;"> / 3</span></u></span></b></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">I will get an Internship, and I will actually enjoy my internship &// find it useful and beneficial. </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">[Didn't.]</i></span><div>
<span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 20px;">I will actually help Robin with his Bubble Today website (have you heard of it? it's really good) </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 20px;">[Pardon?]</i><div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">I will brush up on any sort of code. HTML5/CSS/Objective-C, etc. Seriously, I will actually improve my knowledge of one/more of the above-mentioned computer/web design languages. </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">[PHP, CSS, Javascript. The lot.]</i></span><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">SOCIETY STUFF: </span><u><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">2.5 </span><span style="background-color: white;">/ 5</span></u></span></b></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will be in a committee in my 3rd year and not regret it. </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[Xpression!]</i><br /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will submit 6 articles to Exeposé by December 2013. Surely not that difficult, right? </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[err...]</i><br /><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will</span><strike style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> single-handedly </strike><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">work in a team to make Photosoc awesome. </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[Not sure about this one. Did I?]</i><br /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will learn to develop film.</span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[Didn't. Unless Polaroid counts?]</i><br /><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will get presenter-trained/tested and get my own radio show on Xpression. </span><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[Did a Breakfast, Morning After, Afternoon Sessions, and Specialist Slot (Mix & Mash Show). In short: I passed presenter training!]</span></i><br /><i style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"></i></span><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">MUSIC CRED: </span><u><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">2</span><span style="background-color: white;"> / 2</span></u></span></b></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will go to a gig in 2012. </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[Charlie Simpson! Would have made it two with Benjamin Francis Leftwich, if it weren't for the football varsity.]</i><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will not chicken out like I did in 2010/2011, and I will actually get tickets to Glastonbury 2013. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;">Failing that, I'd love to go to any <strike>of the major </strike>music festivals while I'm still in the UK. BBL, perhaps?</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;">[Radio 1 Starts The Summer in Torbay counts in my book.]</i><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;"></span></span><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">I will get a girlfriend.</span><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"> </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">[Let's not delve into this one, shall we?]</i><br /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">I will give up chocolate for Lent.</span><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"> </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">[Whoops. Completely forgot about this one. Missed the start of lent by 2 days.]</i><br /><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">I will wean off my Pescatarian diet by the time the June exams come. And I will then learn to cut the sugars and carbs out of my diet.</span><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"> </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">[Did the first bit, getting to grips with the second]</i><br /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">I will run a 10K (standard triathlon distance).</span><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"> </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">[My longest run of the year seems to be 6.74km.]</i><br /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">I will cycle 40K (standard triathlon distance).</span><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"> </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">[My longest bike ride for the year was 16km.]</i><br /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">I will try to do a triathlon in one day. Yes, I know I've had this resolution as holiday targets that never ever gets done, but I'm going to give it a try.</span></span><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will NOT ask my parents for any more money until the 2012/2013 academic year, when I really need money to pay my tuition fees.</span><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[Didn't]</i><br /><span style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm allowed to buy an iPhone 5 and a new Mac this year. NO MORE. No iPad, no iPod.</span><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"> </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">[Followed through.]</i></span><br /><div>
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I will make it to a Masters Programme. <br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Applications have been prepared, and references have been sought after. It all depends on my results now.</span></i></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I will contribute to the best damn Guild Election Coverage, Varsity Coverage, and Busking Culture Show.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I will hand over every thing I do for Xpression by March. <br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Everything. Website, Station Sound, News/Sports Show Production, Logo, the whole lot.</span></i></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Personal Life Resolution 2<br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Some things are just not meant to be shared in the public domain. My top 2 resolutions for this section are amongst them. When I see this at the end of 2013, I will know what 2 resolutions this bullet point represents. But for everyone else, just know that there are two resolutions here that I really want to achieve in 2013. From a personal view, these resolutions mean a lot to me, but they are tough nuts to crack. I have been making progress towards resolution 1 in 2012. Here's hoping that things will get better, eh?</span></i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I will make it a point to do some form of exercise every week. <br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Badminton, Football, Cycling, Swimming, Running, whatever it may be. As long as I can get my sorry bum off my bed.</i></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I will not buy any tech stuff worth over £250/€250/S$500/US$400/IDR4,000,000. <br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Doesn't include bikes and cars, but does include Apple products, phones and whatnot. I did buy an iPhone towards the end of 2012, a new laptop in September 2012, and I am in possession of a new iPad. So, really, there is no reason for me to be buying anything in 2013. The only exception to the rule that I will allow is a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L ii USM Lens. Apart from that, nothing over the above-stated prices. Subject to change, with currency fluctuations.)</span></i></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Already one of my favourite X Factor dropouts (yeah, that's right, Olly Murs! Take that!), Aiden's already made the charts with his first single, "Is This Love". So clearly, there is still some love for this guy. After leaving the competition and going under the radar for quite a while, perhaps doing a bit of soul-searching and finding what direction to take, it's good to see him make a comeback, and to return with an album that plays to his strengths - the raw vocals, the emotions brimming through. He's probably relieved that it's not "Queen vs Gaga Week". With a second single and debut album coming soon, there's quite a bit to look forward to from Mr Grimshaw.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following the brilliant debut album "Tourist History" (which, in spite of its frequent usage in VTs and TV adverts, I still love) back in 2010, the band has finally cobbled something together for release next month. No previews, apart from their first single from the new album, "Sleep Alone". Judging from this track, seems like the new album will carry on with the same style of music as the first album - so fans shouldn't worry too much, then. They're a great indie alt rock band, and they're right up my street - to be honest, I'm just glad that they're finally releasing some new stuff!</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Out 10 September 2012</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, there you have it, the 5 albums I'm looking forward to between now and the end of September...</span></div>ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-73519412123667526462012-08-04T07:07:00.001+01:002012-08-04T07:07:05.762+01:00New Laptop Time...So, it's that time of the electronic product life cycle when I should start thinking about replacing the piece of metal and plastics with which I'm composing this blog post on - my beloved, trusty MacBook Pro 5,1 (Late 2008 model).<br /><br />A few reasons why I want to move on to a new laptop...<br />
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<li>It's 3.33 years old (so my 3-year AppleCare Plan has expired).</li>
<li>The RAM on this system has been maxed out at 4GB, and trust me, between Lightroom, Photoshop, Audition, and I can use all 4GB. (I've heard that I can install 8GB on this Mac, but Apple officially only supports 4GB, and I'm going to let someone else do the experimenting if they wish to).</li>
<li>I refuse to install an SSD on this thing just because any performance gains I expect from splurging £x will be bottlenecked by the choke of my SATA II connection (and for reasons that you will see later on, I might be incurring an unnecessary expense if I do carry on with upgrading to an SSD)</li>
<li>The battery life is weak. And I genuinely mean weak. Even after I spent US$129 on a new battery pack last year (yes, this is one of those Macs with the user-replaceable battery packs), I'm struggling to get past 2 hours of lectures on a single charge (imagine my horror if I have back-to-back lectures in rooms where plugs are scarce!)</li>
<li>Call me paranoid, but with the noises that the Hard Drive has been making from time to time, I dread to think of when it will just fail on me one day. I won't be surprised if my cycling (plus, I suspect that the lid opens and closes during my commute sometimes) is killing the internal drive.</li>
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2. In spite of what I said above, my MacBook Pro still has some resale value to it - it works fine (even for Photoshop or Aperture work). It's a sturdy, reliable machine that has only GSOD'ed on me once, and it still retains ridiculously long uptimes up till now. And bar a missing black soft cushion piece at the bottom, it's (arguably) the best MacBook Pro around, partly due to the high repairability of this system, and the availability of the very underrated ExpressCard slot. (USB 3? Card reader? No problem!)</div>
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There's one outright flagship Apple product in their Mac lineup right now. If you went to Apple's MacBook Pro page, it's the only one you'll see - the MacBook Pro with Retina Display. (subtext to this is: Apple is saying that if you want to buy the other MacBook Pros, you're buying a leftover - like buying an iPhone 3GS when the 4S is out. Except for the fact that the prices on the "inferior" models haven't dipped at all, as far as I can see).</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Got to say, though, in spite of what I said above, I've had the break I desperately needed from the stuff I've been dealing with in the last academic year, from Photosoc to Xpression, and academic and personal stuff. (Don't get me wrong, I enjoy them, but I was so physically and emotionally drained after my exams). Been piling on the weight (and then shedding some of it with my bike - <3 my 2011 Specialized Allez Elite).<br /><br />What have I been up to this summer? Well, while others are doing productive stuff like Internships and day jobs, I've been doing none of that.<br /><br /><b>SRA</b><br />The first 3 weeks since I got back to Indonesia (ok, maybe more towards the later parts of those 3 weeks), I've been busy (like a few other poor souls out there) churning away demos for the Student Radio Awards. I don't wish to blabber on too much about it, because:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">(wha-hey!) someone else has done it! </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out Olli's blog, <a href="http://olliwhittle.wordpress.com/2012/07/13/xpressionfms-sra-entries/">Face For Radio</a>, for more about Xpression FM's SRA Entries for 2012. Here's hoping that Xpression will do well in the awards this year... </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CIMA GBC</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, that's the first 3 weeks. Between that time and, well, next Wednesday, I guess, it's all about the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Global Business Challenge – The Global Finals in Sri Lanka. (you cannot have a smooth segue between SRA and CIMA GBC, can you?). So, Adam, Kate, Ben and I have been busy practicing, packing, and getting our visa applications and travel arrangements sorted. The 4 of us (with the support of our awesome mentor Chie Min Teng) are representing Exeter University and the United Kingdom in the CIMA GBC Finals this year, and we're really looking forward to this competition - after all, it's such a rare opportunity, so we'll do our best!<br /><br />Before I move on to the other stuff I've been up to, I need a favour from you, the reader - just spare a few seconds and 2 mouse clicks - head on to <a href="http://gbcvideocompetition.cimaglobal.com/video/unitedkingdom">http://gbcvideocompetition.cimaglobal.com/video/unitedkingdom</a> and click on "Vote for this video". Honestly, it'll help our team a lot in the video competition (one part of this challenge). So, please vote, and if you already voted, I really appreciate it, and thank you very much. *virtual pat on the back and a virtual hug* xxx</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a treat, our team leader Adam has uploaded the outtakes onto YouTube - enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><b>VISA APPLICATIONS</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Speaking of travelling, I've been busy sorting out Visa applications as well - and boy, is it not an enjoyable or pleasant thing to be doing when you've got your holiday cap on. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I. Sri Lanka</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's see, I had to apply for the Sri Lanka Visa, which by the way, for anyone interested, is actually the easiest Visa Application process I've ever come across, bar the Hong Kong and ASEAN ones (where it's Visa on Arrival for me :D ). You literally only need to fill in a form online, wait 24 hours, and voila, you're sorted.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">II. Canada</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next stop was Canada. My family is heading to the US East Coast 15-26 August, and apparently, because my brother booked us on a tour that actually involves us entering Canadian territory (aka Toronto), we need to apply for a Canadian Visa. As part of the visa application process, they asked for your Family Information, and when they say "Family Information", they genuinely mean Family Information. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For example, can you give me: </span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the Full Name, </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Date and Place of Birth, </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marital Status, </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Current Address/Occupation (or if deceased, place and date of death), </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and indicate if they are following you on your trip, </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for EACH of the following people:</span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your spouse</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your Mum & Dad</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your brothers and sisters (<u>ALL</u> brothers and sisters, including half-brothers/sisters and step-brothers and sisters)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your sons and daughters (including <u>ALL</u> half-sons/daughters, and step-sons/daughters and adopted sons/daughters)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, for my mum, who has 12 (that's not an exaggeration) siblings (with no knowledge of the birthdates or whereabouts of half of them) and no knowledge of her parents' exact date of birth, or for my dad, who has 7 siblings, this was a tricky hurdle to jump, that, let's face it, the Canadians probably don't really need.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seriously, people, if you're going to make us jump through hoops and hurdles to get a visa to visit your country and maybe contribute to your GDP, cut the crap, and just ask what needs to be asked. Else, be prepared to kill off your tourism sector.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And also, wtf, Canada? Really? You create barcodes that will only be read if they were printed with Laser Printers? So you expect every applicant for your visa to own/have access to a Laser Printer?! That's such an unnecessary inconvenience! Sort yourself out, Canada!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, we got the visas. So case closed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm just thankful we already have 5-year US Tourist Visas, else that would be another visa we'd need to apply for...</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">III. Schengen</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another visa application that I'm tied up with at the moment is the Schengen Visa - a few of my mates are heading to Bordeaux for a camping trip (or something like that), and I'm hoping to tag along (assuming I can get my Visa done in time). Got all the docs, apart from an Invitation letter, Lodging attestation and Student Status Letter from the Uni. This is my issue right now - trying to get the letters from France/the UK to my home address in Indonesia before my appointment (which is currently 10 August 2012, but I'm hoping to push it forward, else I won't get the visa in time before I leave for my family holiday). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I requested a letter from my Uni on 26 June 2012. They sent it out on 29 June. Today, it's 19 July, and to my knowledge, it's not reached my mailbox yet. Which begs the question - where on earth (literally) is this letter? It's been 20 days, and there's no sign of it. It could be anywhere, heck, it could still be on a desk in Exeter, and I wouldn't know.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, if I look panicky, now you know why. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank heavens it only takes ~5 working days to get a Schengen Visa now (not 15 working days, or 3 weeks to you and me, which was how long it used to take).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh, and Natwest, thanks for nothing - they can't even send a bank statement abroad, even if I'm willing to pay for it. And that's even if I've given them the 2nd and 4th digit of my password and pin - it's me, and it is my bank account, you idiots, now listen to me when I'm giving authorisation for you to mail an important document to me for a very important reason - a Visa application! Oh, I forgot, you're probably British, and you probably never had to deal with one that asks for your bank statement... Ah, right....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry. Had to get that off my chest somehow. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, let's stop talking about the V word - it genuinely makes my blood boil.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, while I'm writing a blog post, congrats to all those who're graduating this week! Been looking at all the photos flooding my news feed on Facebook - it's quite hard to ignore/miss them. So, congrats to all you stars out there who hugged/will be hugging Floella, and of course, all the best in your future endeavours. And<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7AzBIJoI"> always remember to wear sunscreen</a>...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>CHART OF THE MOMENT</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, given that I haven't blogged about anything music-related in a while, thought I'd fix that now, and pop in a few tracks right at the end of this blog post - you know, as a reward for those who sticked all the way to the end. I've got 5 tracks that you should get onto your playlist, starting with...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>#5: "Survival" </b>by<b> Muse</b></span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Video Link: </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66molzUEkWI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66molzUEkWI</a></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My motivational workout song. And topical, too - it's the Official Song of the London 2012 Olympic Games. (I wanted to ask - what happened to that <i>Mark Ronson</i> + <i>Katy B</i> track, but oh well, let's gloss over that for now). It's the sort of sound you'd expect from Bellamy & Co, but suited for the occasion it is meant to grace - the sound of an army of determined athletes at their peak, amongst the best in the world - the best of humanity in their sport, rising up to a challenge, climbing up this mountain to get to the top, going for gold, getting to the podium finish, whatever it takes, as if humans were in a post-apocalyptic race to survive. If you love Muse (which I do), you'd love this anthem - an anthem for the greatest sporting event in the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>#4: "Spectrum (Say My Name) - Calvin Harris Remix" </b>by<b> Florence + The Machine</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brit-nominated, guitar-wielding ginger from Surrey, this track is taken of Faulkner's latest album, "Write It On Your Skin", out now. If you love Jack Johnson or Ed Sheeran, this guy is probably up your streets as well. Oh, he's playing at the Great Hall at Exeter Uni on 20 October 2012, so be sure to look out for tickets if you love this track!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Single out now, Album out 10 September. Following their Mercury Award-winning debut album and a seemingly never-ending tour schedule, <i>The XX</i> have been back in the studio, busy at work on their second album, and this is the first single off their long-awaited upcoming record, "<i>Coexist</i>". I've pre-ordered this on LP, so if (when) I do a show again next year, you'll be sure to hear it on Xpression!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Out 22 July (you can pre-order now, or stream his track on SoundCloud or YouTube), I can't get enough of this Ableton-rocking 18-year-old French guy who keeps rocking out dance numbers with his own audio signature - one that sound amazing and fresh with each new track.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>STATION SOUND</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And in case you're worried that Genevieve and I forgot about this, no, we haven't. I know Ladd has been working on some stuff, and I have done a few while I was editing SRA entries. But personally, I'm on an Adobe Audition break until after Sri Lanka. So HUSH!</span>ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0Jakarta Capital Region, Indonesia-6.211544 106.845172-6.464111 106.52931500000001 -5.958977 107.161029tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-81917916367785745812012-06-04T23:24:00.000+01:002012-06-04T23:24:38.210+01:00Strip Programming Week!(Note: This is in no way an attempt from me to copy/emulate Mr Whittle Interactive.)<br />
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It's day one of Strip Programming Week, and I thought I'd go through what I felt about my Strip Programming experience thus far in this blog post.<br />
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Not going to lie, it does feel a bit daunting at the moment - having to prepare five shows from one day to the next. Not forgetting I have other commitments at the moment, plus I am not the most discipline at doing show prep (that has its benefits in a week like this, though!).<br />
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But I think I'm settling to the idea a bit now, and I've though of a few features I want to try and last the week...<br />
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<b>1. Local Band of the Day...</b><br />
As some of you probably know by now, I am a big fan and advocate of the Exe List (not as big as Matt Aldous, but a fan nonetheless!). I love local music, and given this platform on Xpression (plus the 9 listeners I have out there), I want to expose my listeners to the local talent, and vice versa. Any publicity is better than none, eh? So I've sort-of started with that today, by playing Floods of Colour (formerly "New Rockets") on my show as part of the Exe List. I've got 2 bands lined up for the next two days, and I'm sure given some time and connections, I can get you more interesting local talents. So, do look out for this!<br />
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<b>2. Sandwich of the Day...</b><br />
Tried this today. Got 2 responses, which was 2 more than I expected (I mean honestly, is this the best feature on Radio? probably not.). I'll see how long I can keep this feature in my show - will scrap if necessary.<br />
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<b>3. Guess the Hummed Intro to a song...</b><br />
As some of you noticed, I have a bucket list on this blog. And in that list, I said I wanted to start an a capella group. Well, that's not the case anymore - I realised I'm nowhere near as good as Semi-Toned (whom I have complete admiration for). So, rather than do that, I'm going to bury that item by embarassing myself with a feature where I hum intros to songs (badly) and people have to guess them. Inspired by Callum's Guess the Outro challenge from tonight's Monday McLovin' Miracle Mixtape Show.<br />
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<b>4. Yeah or Nay...</b><br />
Yes, you thought this was a one-off feature on the Tuesday Breakfast Show. But Nay! It's back, this time, in a week! I want everyone to get involved with this one! I'm putting up polls on the XpressionFM Facebook Page - get democratic! It's for laughs and bants, not for serious shizzle. But I still want to see those poll responses (partly to satisfy my own ego, I guess XD).<br />
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<b>5. Dance Hour on Xpression FM...</b><br />
You know I like my dance music. I'm not going to lie - I dread and fear the notion of having to play 5 hours of dance music - Let's face it, you've never been to Arena from start to finish without coming across some lemons (and I don't mean the fruit) in their setlist, have you? I'll try my best, I may have to recycle tracks (as I already did today). But have faith, it will all be fine...<br />
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Aye, Structure. Gotta love 'em!ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-45283342757872510572012-03-03T09:28:00.001+00:002012-03-03T09:28:16.015+00:00Tuesday Breakfast Show!!!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we March into a new month (get the pun?), I thought I'd fire up my blog and post some of the stuff that's been happening on my Tuesday Breakfast Radio Show! (about time, you might say. If you see my iCal, you'll see why I've been leaving it till this late. I'm a student, after all!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some highlights from my show from the 31 January 2012 to 28 February 2012...</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Records of the Week...</u></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every week (unless I screwed up and completely forgot), I pick a song to be my record of the week. I try to pick new stuff, obviously. And as you can tell, my music taste is quite mainstream - Top 40-ish sort of stuff, so if you're into that sort of thing, you might find a few tracks below that you may not have heard of, but like. So, enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">31 Jan: Roll Deep - Picture Perfect</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7 Feb: Madeon - Pop Culture</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>(Retrospectively declared - didn't realise I didn't pick a record that week... But as I said on air, this is a mix of samples from 39 different tracks, done in Ableton Live, by a 17-year-old kid. Not bad, for a DJ that can't buy alcohol yet...)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14 Feb: DJ Fresh ft. Rita Ora - Hot Right Now</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>(Note: This record went to #1 in the week I made it my RoTW! Not saying I didn't have anything to do with that, but, let's just say I did. In a very small way, perhaps.)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">21 Feb: Clock Opera - Once And For All</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">28 Feb: Nero - Must Be The Feeling</span><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F26402966&show_artwork=true" width="100%"></iframe><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Retro Record of the Week...</u></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I only introduced this feature in my latest show (28 Feb), so there's only one to get out of the way, but it's a gem. Taken off the 1965 record "Bringing It All Back Home", it reached #1 in the UK and US Charts (a first for Dylan), it's <a href="http://open.spotify.com/track/3RkQ3UwOyPqpIiIvGVewuU">Bob Dylan – Mr. Tambourine Man</a>. What a tune...</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Ed Sheeran Remixes of the Week...</u></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every week, I played an Ed Sheeran Remix of the Week on my show. You can catch more remixes from Ed's SoundCloud page, or alternatively, I've embedded my picks below for your convenience & listening pleasure...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">31 Jan: You Need Me, I Don't Need You (Gemini Remix)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7 Feb: Drunk (Rudimental Remix)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14 Feb: The A Team (KoanSound Remix)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">21 Feb: Lego House Subscape Remix</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">28 Feb: Drunk (Lazy Jay's Rave-o-Lution Dub Remix)</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>31 JAN 2012: FIRST SHOW!!!</u></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First show! Quite nervous, but stoked to finally own a share of the Xpression FM schedule slot to call my own...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since it's a first show, I thought I'd pick songs to reflect stuff I/people do in the morning (outside the toilet, I mean)</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>7 FEB 2012: GUILD ELECTION WEEK</u></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was being all corporate and promoting the Guild Election Debates that were happening that night + the Xpression FM Coverage of the elections. Obviously, the elections are over, the winners have been announced, and everyone's forgotten about it. But if you want to relive the Guild Election madness, we still have interviews with the winning candidates on the <a href="http://soundcloud.com/xpressionfm">XpressionFM SoundCloud</a>. We also have the debate shows + ALL candidates (bar one who was quite late to their interview slot, so we didn't have time to put hers on - Delphi!) on our <a href="http://xpressionnews.podomatic.com/">Podomatic Podcast</a>...</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>14 FEB 2012: BIRTHDAY & VALENTINE'S DAY PICKS</u></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to the Xpression FM Crew for the surprise Birthday celebration they put up for me the night before my show - did not expect the surprise at all...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because of what happened the night before, this was my hangover show, so pardon the not-so-brilliant picks, but for my Valentine's Day feature, I went with...</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><a href="http://open.spotify.com/track/24lMtPOCzP5g4hrg3NklLa">Just The Way You Are by Bruno Mars</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, 21 Feb was pancake day. Days before the day, I was planning a really dull feature where I get my Mac to read out pancake recipes. Not very interesting, is it? Then, Robin came up to me and, well, he didn't suggest to me, he told me it's happening - Pancake, Skype, his house, me in Studio 2, Live on Air, Keen Team (Hazel Morgan & Genevieve Ladd, the freshers) vs the Dream/Safe Team (Jack Franklin and Robin Chu). Pancake Face-off! It's ON!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Simple: I pop a song into Cool Edit Pro/Adobe Audition, reverse it, play it on air, you try to guess what it is, and I give you the answer right after I play a reverse remix.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Tune in to the Tuesday Breakfast Show with Ronald Liong / @ronfiles, Tuesdays 8am - 10am, on 87.7 Xpression FM. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>via the <a href="http://www.xpressionfm.info/">XpressionFM website</a>, </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>via the <a href="http://tunein.com/radio/Xpression-FM-877-s2710/">Tunein Radio App</a>,<br />or via iTunes (Click on the Radio tab on the left, look under "College / University", and scroll to the bottom.)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Within the Exeter area, you can hear us on 87.7FM (unless you live beyond Arena and the Quay/river, in which case your mileage may vary).</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>And of course, we are on campus - in the Student Shop.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>You can get involved with the show via:</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/ronfiles">@ronfiles</a> or <a href="http://twitter.com/xpressionfm">@xpressionfm</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/XpressionFM">XpressionFM</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ronfiles">Ronald Liong</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Call: 01392 723568</i></span></div>
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That can only mean one thing...<br />
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The End is Nigh!<br />
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Ok, we don't know, really. The Mayans were probably tired and gave up at 2012 when they made their calendar.<br />
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Anyway, after deliberating over the exam period, it's finally done. Here's my New Year's Resolution for 2012...<br />
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<b>ACADEMICS</b><br />
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<li>I will finish my 2nd year with at least a 2:1 overall.</li>
<li>I will NOT go back to Jakarta over Christmas, so I can focus on my January exams in 2013.</li>
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<li>I will get an Internship, and I will actually enjoy my internship &// find it useful and beneficial.</li>
<li>I will actually help Robin with his Bubble Today website (have you heard of it? it's really good)</li>
<li>I will brush up on any sort of code. HTML5/CSS/Objective-C, etc. Seriously, I will actually improve my knowledge of one/more of the above-mentioned computer/web design languages.</li>
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<li>I will be in a committee in my 3rd year and not regret it.</li>
<li>I will submit 6 articles to Exeposé by December 2013. Surely not that difficult, right?</li>
<li>I will<strike> single-handedly </strike>work in a team to make Photosoc awesome. </li>
<li>I will learn to develop film.</li>
<li>I will get presenter-trained/tested and get my own radio show on Xpression. 2 ideas for a show at the moment: A "Versus" show, in the style of Zane Lowe, AND/OR a food review show, reviewing the food on campus and in Exeter. (If I do get that food review show, I'll get off my pescatarian diet straight away.)</li>
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<li>I will go to a gig in 2012.</li>
<li>I will not chicken out like I did in 2010/2011, and I will actually get tickets to Glastonbury 2013. (ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED?)</li>
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<li>Failing that, I'd love to go to any of the major music festivals while I'm still in the UK. BBL, perhaps?</li>
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<li>I will get a girlfriend. I'm 20 (as of 14 Feb, which is exactly one month away.), my brother's getting married tomorrow (15th Jan), so every nosey member of my extended family (and my mum) is going to start asking me now. Alright. THERE! I'll have a girlfriend by the end of 2012! HAPPY?!</li>
<li>I will give up chocolate for Lent.</li>
<li>I will wean off my Pescatarian diet by the time the June exams come. And I will then learn to cut the sugars and carbs out of my diet.</li>
<li>I will run a 10K (standard triathlon distance).</li>
<li>I will cycle 40K (standard triathlon distance).</li>
<li>I will try to do a triathlon in one day. Yes, I know I've had this resolution as holiday targets that never ever gets done, but I'm going to give it a try.</li>
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<li>I will NOT ask my parents for any more money until the 2012/2013 academic year, when I really need money to pay my tuition fees.</li>
<li>I'm allowed to buy an iPhone 5 and a new Mac this year. NO MORE. No iPad, no iPod.</li>
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20 resolutions in 2012. Let's see how I get on!</div>ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-41476672135220581672011-12-08T01:26:00.001+00:002011-12-08T01:44:33.320+00:00Christmas Vacation To-Do ListSo that I have it on record...<br />
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<b>REVISION</b><br />
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<li>Revise BEA 2001 Financial Accounting (just because it's MCQ, doesn't mean you should ignore it)</li>
<li>Revise BEA 2005 Information Systems</li>
<li>Revise BEA 2008 Management Accounting I</li>
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<li>Do your bit for the CIMA Global Business Challenge</li>
<li>Do your bit for the BEA 2002 Taxation Group Work, due 3 days after my birthday</li>
<li>Find out about filling up grant applications/budgets for PhotoSoc</li>
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<li>Go to Penang w/ bro and sis-in-law</li>
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<li>Go to Singapore and catch up with St. Andrew's/Choir mates</li>
<li>Go to Singapore and collect Work Holiday Pass</li>
<li>Ask Deloitte Singapore about Internship/Graduate job application (waaay overdue, this one)</li>
<li>Work for Dad (standard)</li>
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<li>Do all 3 sports from a triathlon in 1 day (i.e.: swim, cycle and run). Doesn't have to be the full length, but do all 3 in one day.</li>
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<li>Do my annual New Year's Resolution post (forgot to do one for 2011 - that's not happening again for 2012)</li>
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13 things. 3 weeks. Let's get cracking, then!</div>
</div>ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-27035585459044772942011-12-08T00:36:00.001+00:002011-12-08T01:18:43.892+00:00Crap, 20?Heh, forgot I have a blog. Hello!<br />
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Seems like the only time I post on this darn thing is when the following conditions are met:<br />
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<li>my work's died down (i.e.: not during the middle of term)</li>
<li>my life is not boring (i.e.: not in the middle of my holiday breaks)</li>
<li>I'm not busy being festive or travelling (i.e.: not Christmas / Lebaran)</li>
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Hang on, that crosses out the whole year.</div>
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Yes, the blog's not dead. If you've read this blog before, you know I have the habit of beating this blog on its head and putting it into a coma for months, before splashing it with water, and then beating it again. Call it blog abuse, but it's not the first time I've done it. Not the last, either.</div>
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I decided to go back to blogging because a startling fact just dawned on me not too long ago.</div>
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I'm going to be 20 soon.</div>
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A part of me thinks the last 20 years was just a disarray, a mess, a shaky foundation to a future that's going to fall and tumble majestically. A road downhill (and anyone who's cycled with me knows that I can be a road hazard when coming downhill).</div>
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<li>I live to be a centenarian, married with kids and grandkids (and great grandkids).</li>
<li>I live to be a centenarian, alone.</li>
<li>I live till age 40, death by cancer.</li>
<li>I live till age 35, alone, living on the street.</li>
<li>I live till age 21, end of.</li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><strike>I don't think I want to talk about number 6.</strike></span></li>
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A few facts I need to establish...</div>
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<li>Probability of me getting a girlfriend = 0.0005, <br />partly because I'm a self-centred workaholic who went to an all-boys school, and forgot how to socialise with girls. FACT.</li>
<li>Probability of me getting a job that's not with my dad = 0.001, <br />partly because my dad often gets his way, and because I can't stay to work anywhere else in Indonesia (because my command of the Bahasa Indonesia language is laughable), and because I'm Indonesian, I'm gonna need the luck of an Irishman (literally) if I ever want to migrate, and even then, I'm gonna need the sort of luck my Dad has if I think I can survive on my own.</li>
<li>Probability of me graduating from Uni with a First or 2:1 = 0.75 - <br />the only thing I can look forward to right now, before life goes downhill.</li>
<li>Probability of me getting either cancer, a mental disorder, dementia, diabetes/coronary heart disease, or killed by a fatal cycling accident = 1<br />it's as certain as death in itself. If it's any consolation to me, I've narrowed down the possible ways I could die into that list up there. </li>
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<li>Cancer from the microwaved dinners/improper diet, </li>
<li>mental disorder+dementia are already showing its teeth (by that, I mean the research studies show that these become more prevalent with people today as they age), </li>
<li>diabetes because of my mum's side (potentially hereditary),</li>
<li>coronary heart disease because of the sort of diet I have when I'm in Indo with my family, and </li>
<li>cycling accidents have happened to me a few times already, so the "lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place" rule is abolished for that last one.</li>
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<li>Probability that any of the statistics I've mentioned are wrong/inaccurate, including this one that's coming up: 0.99</li>
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K, jokes from a slightly down and depressed guy.</div>
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Sorry if this was the first time you've read a thing that I typed, btw.</div>ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-18786908654552372502011-07-20T17:46:00.002+01:002011-07-20T17:46:49.361+01:00An Op-Ed on Ultrabooks<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville;"><span class="hw" d:dhw="1" d:priority="2" style="font-size: 24px;">ul<span class="hsb"></span>trabook</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville;"><span class="pronGrp"><span class="pr" d:pr="US" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;" type="US"> |ˈəltrə</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">ˌ</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">bŏk| </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;"><i>noun </i> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">A term used to describe a category of thin-and-light ultraportable laptops, coined by <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/AoYxxJFXCYs/intels-wooing-companies-into-creating-ultra+thin-ultrabooks">Intel Corp</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">It seems like this could be how Intel imagines the future of mobile computing to be - </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">small (between 9" and 13" screens), </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">thin (less than 1" thick), </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">light (less than 2kg and without an optical drive), </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">inexpensive,</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">loaded with wireless technologies (3G/4G, Bluetooth, 802.11n, etc.)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">long battery life (≥7 hours), </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">powered by an Intel Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge multicore CPU,</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">and a solid-state drive.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">There are a couple of examples of Ultrabooks that are coming soon/available now. Apple's recently-updated <a href="http://www.apple.com/macbookair/">MacBook Air</a> is probably the most well-known ultrabook out there, alongside various iterations of <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2011/06/27/example-of-an-external-dock-and-gpu-over-thunderbolt-technology/">Vaio X/Z models</a>, as well as some up-and-coming <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/13/hp-to-ship-first-ultrabooks-ahead-of-asus/">Asus and HP</a> products.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">As a user of a 15" MacBook Pro, there are a few things that I find appealing in the Ultrabook concept, and a few that I have gripes with.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">The most appealing feature about laptops in general is probably its portability. The ability to work from anywhere with a slab of electronics-plus-casing-with-batteries, at the expense of a bit of horsepower, has made the laptop an attractive product offering in any PC manufacturer's product lineup relative to their desktop counterparts. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">The ultrabook concept seems to be the natural evolutionary step for the laptop, then - getting lighter, more compact, and setting in stone the transition from the fragile and vulnerable HDD (with disk heads moving around barely microns over some platters) to the more robust and faster SSDs (which are basically NAND Flash).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">However, as laptops shrink, the thermal environment in which to squeeze the essential components of a computer also shrinks, leading to crippled, low-power, "energy-saving" parts going into an overpriced and sluggish device. This has always been why I never buy sub-14" notebooks. It's rare to see a laptop under 14" that has a discrete GPU (read: not the Intel Graphics, or the occasional Nvidia/AMD-ATI integrated cards) - the only one that springs to mind right now is the Alienware M11x.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">In an ideal world, my dream laptop would be a 13" laptop with a discrete GPU card, SSD+HDD, and because I love this feature on my current laptop, a backlit keyboard.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">In reality, a 13" laptop would either weigh like my current 15", or be powered by the Intel Graphics.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">But recent developments in the laptop arena, specifically from the Sony and Apple camps, have given me this new image of computing in the future.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">Picture this scene: you're at work, working on a Word Document on your laptop. Suddenly, you've been given a task that involves heavy use of the GPU. It could be editing a video files, or perhaps giving a presentation on an external projector. This is when you normally get fed up, because your laptop just can't handle the task. What if you could add some extra horsepower to the laptop, just for this task? Something like an external dock, which has a GPU, connected via a fast connection (ExpressCard, eSATA, FireWire, USB3, Thunderbolt, etc.), maybe even build it into the projector/display itself. When you don't need the extra power, just unplug the GPU, and you are back to working on a thin-and-light, long-battery-life ultraportable.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">We can run wild with this idea. The Ultrabooks shown on the gadget blogs seem to only have the essentials. The external docking device might include things that you only need when you're at a desk - a charging solution (a la Apple's Thunderbolt Display), extra ports, extra disk space (for your movies/photos/music), extra screen/projector, an optical drive (when was the last time you used the one in your laptop, anyway?), external GPU (upgradeable?). The list goes on.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">With the development of Thunderbolt/USB3 and the emergence of Ultrabooks, perhaps there is a potential demand for power-boosting external docks again. Just imagine - a 13" sub-1kg thin-and-light laptop with 10 hours battery life, and when plugged in at home, can transform into a gaming rig churning MW3 at 60fps. All for the price of a MacBook Air + GPU.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">The only issues I can foresee are these:</span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">The CPU on the MacBook Air may become a bottleneck, relative to the GPU.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">PC gamers would probably build proper rigs, not get an ultrabook + dock.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">Will the typical ultrabook buyer be savvy enough to understand the benefits of the external dock, and if so, will they be willing to buy it?</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">Each company/manufacturer will probably have their own proprietary docking solution. Monopolies ensue.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: HiraMinPro-W3;">In spite of these issues, I really think it's a solution that's worth a try. Just make sure the price is right (glares at Sony).</span></div>
ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-7818750966438414462011-07-08T20:56:00.001+01:002011-07-08T20:56:27.090+01:00Google & Social Network.Today, I've joined an elite class of web users that have special powers that others don't.<br />
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Alright, that's how I see it. But in reality, I know <a href="https://plus.google.com/">Google Plus</a> is just an overhyped, Facebook-esque service, provided by the brilliant folks at Google. A service, which at the time of post, is still under wraps for most, as it undergoes a limited trial test (*cough* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_beta">BETA</a> *cough*).<br />
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I have to admit. I've been skeptical when I heard that Google was developing a social networking service. Looking back at this company's past history of social networking services (<a href="http://www.orkut.com/">Orkut</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/buzz">Google Buzz</a>, <a href="http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2009/01/changes-for-jaiku-and-farewell-to.html">Jaiku</a>, and arguably, <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/04/wave-goodbye-to-google-wave/">Google Wave</a>), we can see that Google has made attempts into this realm before, and with the exception of Orkut, they've had brief moments of success before the hype surrounding them died down, and people went back to Facebook and Twitter like a yo-yo.<br />
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Indeed, developing a social network to compete against the dominant players right now (Facebook and Twitter) is no easy task. These companies have been building up their user base, to the extent where they now have enough power to enable them to "tentacle" their way across the internet. Nowadays, it's rare to come across a news site or a blog that doesn't give you the option to share the news story on Facebook or Twitter. Facebook and Twitter have shaped our lives in more ways than one - from procrastinating with Farmville and #Hashtags, to toppling regimes in the Arab Spring; from being able to know what @ProfBrianCox is thinking, to seeing tagged photos of your antics from last night at Arena. My point is: think social network, and the top results in your mind are likely to include Facebook and Twitter (disregarding the regional equivalents for the moment, like RenRen and Orkut). Google has the challenge of shaking away their past non-successes and coming up with a competitive product that will stick in people's minds for the right reasons.<br />
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Is Google Plus the right solution to this challenge? Well, let's look at what it has to offer first.<br />
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From what I've seen and heard thus far, Google+ is attempting to integrate various Google services together. Think of it as an aggregator for what you do with Google. Your Blogger blog posts, your Picasa uploads, your "+1"s on a news story that you read somewhere (I +1 this, or in Facebook speak, I like this), your Google Chat (remember that, from the days when it was in Gmail?), your YouTube activities, maybe your gaming activities on Angry Bird (think Apple's Game Centre, but on Android + other platforms). At this point, you might say "I can do all that already. It's called Facebook". True, all these features have been available on other services.<br />
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But perhaps the most exciting this for me about Google+ is their concept of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocPeAdpe_A8">Circles</a>.<br />
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The best way of explaining circles is probably this: Imagine Google+ is a chatroom with all your online contacts together - your relatives, your ex-teachers, your ex-girl/boyfriend, your flatmates, your coursemates, your colleagues, etc. Sometimes, you just want an outlet to say something, but perhaps you only want certain people to see it, and not others, and you don't want to set a specific privacy setting just for that one status update on Facebook or that one Tweet, because it takes umpteen steps to do so. Well, Circles in Google+ is very similar to the idea of lists in Facebook, but made simpler. By default, Google gives you 4 circles to start off with - Friends, Family, Acquaintances, and Following. By putting your contacts into individual circles, you can now post certain things, and choose to share it with a specific circle(s), extended circles, just your contacts, or if you don't mind, the whole world. Because Google emphasises the Circles feature right from the outset when you want to add contacts, you are more likely to sort out your contacts into "circles" then with lists on Facebook. The clean user interface in which Google presents the Circles idea to you could not have been any simpler - you just drag a contact into the appropriate circle. Simple as that. And posting a status update is now easier than sending an email - you compose the status, and you choose who you want to send it to via Circles. And if you made a mistake, the brilliant minds at Google Inc can allow you to make an edit, even after posting. No more embarrassing typos!<br />
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One other feature that is of interest to me right now is the "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN38vHZjWXw">Hangouts</a>" feature on Google+. This concept is not exactly new - video/text chat over a social network, with people who happen to be online. However, recent events at Facebook has made this feature pop out to me. In case you haven't heard, Facebook and Skype have recently deepened their partnership by not only enabling Skype users to search their Facebook contacts, but also (most crucially), allowing Facebook users to have a video chat with each other over Facebook. Imagine that, I see that my friend is (as usual) procrastinating on Facebook, and I start a video chat with him/her. Considering how much time we spend online on social networking sites, this could be a hot feature for Facebook. Could this be a deal-breaker for Facebook? Or is this just Facebook trying to steal some limelight from Google's newest baby by playing catchup?<br />
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Putting aside the Facebook factor, I think Google+ is a pretty convincing product. Even though it's still in a limited field test, I think it's a clean, polished product with some compelling features, and assuming the backend stuff can scale to accommodate the masses, it is a brilliant service that's ready for primetime.<br />
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The problem is the elephant in the room - Facebook. Think about the number of friends you have on Facebook, the number of photos you have on Facebook (that's photos uploaded, and/or photos tagged of you). With Google+, it's a reboot - you have to spend time rebuilding things again. One of my friends on Google+ was telling me, as much as he loves Google+, he'll probably stick with Facebook for now because, well, that's where everyone and everything is at the moment.<br />
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The other issue right now is that I don't see any feature that is unique to Google+, that is a must-have, and not obtainable anywhere else on the web. Its 3 biggest selling point (as sold by Google) - Circles, Hangouts and Sparks (which is a feed of things that you are interested in, and which you can share with friends), are not that much different from Facebook Lists, Facebook Chat, and Facebook Likes/Share Options on articles in your RSS feed, respectively. The only plus side advantage that Google has right now is that the Google solution is simpler and cleaner. Apart from that, it's the same thing, is it not?<br />
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Google has certainly put their back into their latest attempt at going against Facebook - they've come up with a polished, convincing competitor to match Facebook. If Mark Zuckerburg hadn't had the few beers it took for him to kickstart the whole Facebook project, I would have definitely loved Google+ in an instant. It will take a lot of time and effort before people will embrace Google+. Nevertheless, I am hoping for Google to stay with this one for the long-haul and not abandon ship after a few months. After all, as economists would say, competition can be good for consumer choice, as it keeps the competing firms (read: Google & Facebook) on their toes. I'm looking forward to seeing how Google will impact the social networking services industry.ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-20130678463725234802011-06-12T01:05:00.000+01:002011-06-12T01:05:05.259+01:00List of things to do this summer...<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<b>Fitness</b></div>
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1. Try running again</div>
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2. Try swimming again</div>
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3. Continue cycling</div>
4. Try doing all 3 together (triathlon!)<br />
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<b>iOS Development</b><br />
1. Learn C Programming<br />
2. Learn Objective-C Programming<br />
3. Create an app.<br />
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<b>Travel</b><br />
1. Go to Singapore<br />
2. Travel to the States in late August<br />
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<b>Work experience</b><br />
1. Do some work at my relative's office. (Maybe combine with the app development?)<br />
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<b>Music</b><br />
1. Make a mix.<br />
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<b>Society Stuff</b><br />
1. Read the Guild's guide to Society Finances for PhotoSoc.<br />
2. Read the XpressionFM Presenter Training Guide while I have the time.<br />
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13 things. 3 months. Let's see how much of these I actually accomplish.ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-37686769815140387592011-06-07T22:51:00.000+01:002011-06-07T22:51:51.359+01:00WWDC 2011 Roundup<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>1. The main people giving the presentation:</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b><br /></b></span></span><br />
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<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>Steve Jobs (1)</b></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.496094); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>Scott Forstall (1)</b></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><b>2. We will see iOS 5</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><b> </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><s><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><b>ripping </b></span></s></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><b>adding features that have been on Android/BlackBerry for a while -</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><b><br /></b></span></span><ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 2.5em; padding-top: 0px;">
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><b>*the pull-down status bar of Android (1), </b></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.496094); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><b>the push messaging of BBM (1) , amongst other things. </b></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.496094); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><b>Also, big on the Twitter integration (1).</b></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">3. We will see OS X Lion adding features that have been seen in developer previews -</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></b></span><ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 2.5em; padding-top: 0px;">
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Launch Control = Exposé + Spaces + Pages in iOS (1), </span></b></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.496094); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Instapaper-like feature (1), </span></b></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.496094); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">App Store improvements (1), </span></b></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">4. We will see iCloud and how it interacts with Lion and iOS5 -</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></b></span><ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 2.5em; padding-top: 0px;">
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">it'll be an online locker for music (1), </span></b></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.496094); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">files (1), </span></b></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.496094); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">and apps (1). </span></b></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.496094); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Also could be the basis for the BBM-like messaging service and FaceTime (a bit sketchy on this one, so 0 for now)</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">5. Release dates -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 2.5em; padding-top: 0px;">
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>iOS5: 2 weeks' time (0). [Fall]</b></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.496094); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Lion: 2 months' time, to give Devs a chance to test OS/UI compatibility. (0.5) [close enough - late July would arguably be 2 months.]</span></b></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.496094); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">iCloud: 2 weeks' time (0)</span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">in time for iOS5 (0.5)</span>. [Fall, too]</li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">6. Not happening today -</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></b></span><ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 2.5em; padding-top: 0px;">
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">new Mac hardware (1)</span></b></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.496094); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">FCP (1, hurts me to say it's not happening today, since I've seen the FCP X demoes, and love it).</span></b></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">7. One More Thing...</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></span><ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 2.5em; padding-top: 0px;">
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">iPhone 4s (0): [never happened, did it?]</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.496094); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">release date late August (0). </span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Overall score: 15/20. Not too shabby...</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Now, more on the keynote itself.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Since the keynote was at WWDC, it's obviously going to be aimed at developers - OS X Lion, iOS5 and iCloud to sync.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b><u>On OS X Lion</u></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">OS X Lion, as Apple talked about before, borrows features from their sister iOS on the iPad, especially in terms of the UI elements, with Multi-touch, Launchpad, and Full-screen applications. They've also refined the core OS X user experience features, merging Exposé and Spaces into "Mission Control", which can be activated with a multi-touch gesture. With over 70% of Mac sales being in the form of notebooks, and with the new desktop Macs now shipping with a multi-touch mouse (or trackpad, even), Apple seems adamant that multi-touch experience is THE way users should interact with their computer. This seems like a natural progression from what they've done in the mobile space with the iPhone. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">However, it could alienate certain users. For one, you need a multi-touch mouse or trackpad to get the experience of OS X Lion as intended. Furthermore, there's a pretty steep learning curve, as you try to figure out how many fingers are needed to to activate something, and how to move your fingers. I know everyone who's tried using my MacBook Pro baffled and annoyed, because they're unfamiliar with Multitouch on OS X Snow Leopard. Since Lion has MORE gestures, it'll probably be more difficult for them!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Apart from the UI changes, Apple's made some new, nice improvements that you'd think are in computers already, but turns out, they're not. Resume (i.e.: resume the state from last log-off/shut-down), Auto-Save (when working on documents) and Versions (which works with Auto-Save to be a Time Machine for documents), might potentially be time-savers (or even life-savers). Oh, and AirDrop - Why are we still passing files over thumbdrives, even when the computers are connected over the same network?</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">And the App Store - I'm not going to talk about how this should have been around since the beginning of the Internet. A downloads catalogue, much like Download.com, but tailored to the platform, why didn't this exist in OS X 10.0? Anyway, I want to compliment Apple for leading by example - no longer selling their software product on DVDs, and going exclusively on the App Store.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Other loved features (from the <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/features.html">list of 250</a>)</span></span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">International Voices</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Search Tokens (i.e.: metadata-based search)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Recovery Mode Partition - a separate Partition created by OS X Lion, which you can boot into to Restore. Quite important that they've figured this out, or else, how do we reinstall the OS without a OS X DVD?</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Full Screen Chess. Chess. In Full Screen.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Auto-correct, like on the iPhone.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Quick Look in Spotlight.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">New PhotoBooth Effect. I don't love it, but I bet to you, your cam-whoring friends will love them.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Bind Apps to a Space - will definitely help clear the clutter on my desktop. Ever tried looking through a pile of open windows that look almost the same? Your Safari windows, your Mail, your iTunes/Spotify, Word/Excel/PPT, Twitter, Skype, iCal, etc. Rather than manually assigning apps to a space, why not make the OS do it?</span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Wireless Sync via WiFi (finally!)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">non-intrusive notifications (though I still wished the pull-down notification panel would give options for Bluetooth/GPS/3G/Mobile Data/WiFi/Airplane Mode settings</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">OTA updates (finally!)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Multi-touch gestures on iPad (have it already, actually)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Auto-exposure & Auto-focus locking (they didn't explain how you do it, but this feature will be handy for taking proper nice photos in high-contrast situations)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Edit photos on-screen (basic photo editing in the photos app, at last!)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Reminders (I know the same could be done in iCal, but this one's location-aware! how cool is that?)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Tabbed browsing on the iPad - the screen's big enough for it, so why not?</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Quick Photo App Access from Lock Screen - not sure how safe this actually is, but nice feature to have for the quick Kodak moment. Hang on, next to the lock slide? I expect accidental snaps. </span></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">I'm not sure why, maybe it's just me, but iOS updates seem to excite me more than OS X updates in recent times. To be fair, OS X is a matured OS, whereas iOS is still young, and even though I like it, there's definitely a fair share of flaws and room for improvement, especially compared to the jailbroken OS and competing OSes (Android and RIM, specifically).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Speaking of competitors, Apple has evidently been watching around and you can see they're not staying still. iMessage is Apple's BBM, Notification is better than it used to be arguably because Android has a better implementation of it, and Apple's probably the only company to make phones that are reliant on the PC/Mac (e.g.: for activation, updates and files), and that's been fixed with the PC-free features (Over-the-air updates being one that caught my eyes, and worries me somewhat, after seeing how is hasn't worked that well on Android. Will wait and see on this one).</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Apple also seem to be responding to their publishing partners, too. Newsstand is a nice idea - grouping all the different magazine apps into one (cuts on the clutter online), and gives Apple a way to make money from subscriptions.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">One thing I've noticed is how Apple seems to be rubbing shoulders with the guys at Twitter HQ - Twitter on Ping (oh, wait, nobody uses that) and now, all over iOS. Just one question: What about Facebook? Sure, Twitter's popular, but not amongst people I know! Yes, I admit, I was looking at it from my own point of view, but the truth stands - why is Apple aligning itself with Twitter and only Twitter? </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">And on the subject of rubbing shoulders, why did Apple add features that are hurting other developers? Instapaper won't be too happy with Reading Lists, and Whatsapp is probably not too pleased with iMessage. Oh, how many camera apps on the iTunes Store tried adding the "volume button as a camera button" feature? Oh, and iCloud...</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b><u>On iCloud</u></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">It's no secret that Apple's had MobileMe (previously iDisk). And let's face it, MobileMe was not value for money - the things it have, you can get elsewhere. Push Mail/Calendar is now in Yahoo! and Gmail, and mobile storage is free with DropBox. The only reason for MobileMe was Find My iPhone/iPad. Now, though, it's been replaced with iCloud. Apparently, this was the reason why Apple bought that plot of land in North Carolina for a data server farm. Exciting stuff, there.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Apple sees iCloud as a way to level the playing field between devices. In the past, the computer/PC was king - everything syncs with it. Now, Apple hopes the "cloud" will be the brain, and everything else its "subordinates" - essentially, downgrading the status of the PC.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Although details are still a bit confusing at the moment, it seems like iCloud will sync the MobileMe stuff (contacts, calendar, mail, documents and photos), and now, books and backup. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">iCloud looks more Dev-friendly, and now, there's APIs for Developers to use/access iCloud Storage for documents in their apps.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Notice I didn't mention apps and music in the list of things that iCloud will sync, because let's face it, it's essentially letting you re-download apps/music you already have the right to, because you've bought them. Apple's just decided to be nice and not make you pay again. I just hope that when they say "App Syncing", they know not to sync iPhone apps onto my iPad and vice versa.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">What's interesting, though, is the iTunes Match Service - the US$24.99/year service which lets iTunes scan the songs you have in your catalogue that wasn't bought on iTunes, and gives you access to them from the iTunes Store/iCloud.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Why I said this was interesting: what about the "MmmBop" track you pirated in 1999? If that's still in your library, with the appropriate metadata, and iTunes scans it, will the service (a) report you to the RIAA? and/or (b) give you legal access to the iTunes copy of the same song, even though the copy you have isn't legit? Is this Apple's proposal to the recording labels of a way to make money from pirates? If yes, will piracy rise again, because people have essentially "paid away" their "sin"?</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Also, is this anti-competitive? Because now, you have an incentive to buy music from Apple rather than Amazon, because although Amazon tend to be cheaper, you have to foot the $24.99/year bill if you want to sync with iCloud. And unless you're buying 25 albums a year (disclaimer: very dodgy calculations), it's probably more worth it to buy your songs from Apple if you need iCloud. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Which you don't. I mean, what's wrong with good old USB? It's probably faster, it doesn't eat up bandwidth, and best of all, it charges your battery, rather than drain it! Honestly, though, is this innovative? Not really. But heck, it's free (for the syncing, plus $24.99 for the iTunes match service), and if it actually works well, I guess it's a nice freebie to make people feel like they're in the digital age.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Let's just hope iCloud's not just all-hype-and-no-function. I genuinely hope it works as advertised. Because look at what a disappointment Apple's past web product has been.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Things I'm looking forward to in iCloud</span></span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">iTunes Match (if it works)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Backup (if it works without eating into my data allowance too much)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Apps Syncing (Just so I know which apps I've bought)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">iBooks Sync (Thank you, Amazon Whispersync)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Music Sync (let me have access to songs I own, but forgot to sync, on my iPhone for free! And no need to upload every single track I own. Smart, efficient way to go about the problem of music syncing over the cloud)</span></span></li>
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</div>ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-73761336066053806092011-06-06T17:08:00.000+01:002011-06-06T17:08:10.621+01:00WWDC 2011 PredictionsYou know the drill - I spout a few things that I predict to happen at WWDC, and I get one point for every thing that comes true. [Each thing is indicated with a "(1)", indicating the points I get for getting it right.]<br />
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1. The main people giving the presentation:<br />
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<li>Steve Jobs (1)</li>
<li>Scott Forstall (1)</li>
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2. We will see iOS 5 <s>ripping </s>adding features that have been on Android/BlackBerry for a while -<br />
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<ul>
<li>the pull-down status bar of Android (1), </li>
<li>the push messaging of BBM (1) , amongst other things. </li>
<li>Also, big on the Twitter integration (1).</li>
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3. We will see OS X Lion adding features that have been seen in developer previews -<br />
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<ul>
<li>Launch Control = Exposé + Spaces + Pages in iOS (1), </li>
<li>Instapaper-like feature (1), </li>
<li>App Store improvements (1), </li>
<li>Find My Mac (1).</li>
</ul>
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4. We will see iCloud and how it interacts with Lion and iOS5 -<br />
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<ul>
<li>it'll be an online locker for music (1), </li>
<li>files (1), </li>
<li>and apps (1). </li>
<li>Also could be the basis for the BBM-like messaging service and FaceTime (1).</li>
</ul>
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5. Release dates -<br />
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<ul>
<li>iOS5: 2 weeks' time (1). </li>
<li>Lion: 2 months' time, to give Devs a chance to test OS/UI compatibility. (1)</li>
<li>iCloud: 2 weeks' time (1), in time for iOS5.</li>
</ul>
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6. Not happening today -<br />
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<ul>
<li>new Mac hardware (1)</li>
<li>FCP (1, hurts me to say it's not happening today, since I've seen the FCP X demoes, and love it).</li>
</ul>
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7. One More Thing...<br />
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<ul>
<li>iPhone 4s (1): </li>
<li>release date late August (1). </li>
</ul>
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So, 20 things. Let's see how right/wrong I am...</div>
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P.s.: Yes, I did cheat on the Lion stuff - the blogs have been talking about the things I mentioned - not much I can say, since the dev builds have been out there, and unless they added new features today, I doubt there'll be anything exciting in Lion, apart from the iCloud integration.</div>ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-71509889223799396242011-05-21T11:29:00.000+01:002011-05-21T11:29:34.195+01:00Music Chart for the moment<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, it's back! And so am I! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After such a long hiatus, as a result of my Easter holiday plans and the exams (which haven't finished yet, I should point out, at the time of post - my last exam's on Monday, 23 May), I'm finally re-re-reviving my blog. Starting things the way I traditionally kick things off when I can't be bothered to recount recent events in my life - a </span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Music Chart for the moment</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And what good timing, as well - there's so much awesome tracks coming out/being blasted over the airwaves around this time of the year, in the run-up to the summer season of festivals. The dance music genres are traditionally the most hyped-up at this time of the year, thanks to places like Ibiza. But don't just think it's the </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Swedish House Mafia</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David Guetta</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> that are getting in on the action -</span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Lady Gaga</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'s new album is coming out in a matter of days, after the weekly singles releases from </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Born This Way</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hair</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. And let's not forget the genre for which I have a soft spot - the alternative music scene. Last year, I was raving on about <b><i>Owl City</i></b>, </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stornoway</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The xx</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. This year, we've got quite a few brilliant newcomers to the mainstream limelight, from the spooky and eerie </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jamie Woon</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and the melancholic </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ed Sheeran</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, to people with really long names, like </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Benjamin Francis Leftwich</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">James Vincent McMorrow</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. And it's not just the new, either, that's exciting me. </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Wombats</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">,</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Panic! At The Disco</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Metronomy</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> are just a few names with recent releases that have been candy to my ears whilst revising. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I could go on mentioning the brilliant tracks on my summer playlist right now, but there's just too many that I'm loving right now, and I bet you have your own faves for this season as well. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, enough chatter from me, let's get with the charts, shall we?</span><br />
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<u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Filed: 21 May 2011</b></span></span></u><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#1: Swedish House Mafia - Save The World </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">[Seriously, I'm so hooked on this track, I think I need rehab.]</span></span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#2: The Wombats - Techno Fan</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#3: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Ed Sheeran - The A Team</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#4: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Toddla T - Take It Back</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#5: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Jamie Woon - Night Air</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#6: Alex Metric feat. Steve Angello - Open Your Eyes</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#7: Lady Gaga - Edge Of Glory</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#8: Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Pictures</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#9: James Vincent McMorrow - This Old Dark Machine</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#10:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Birdy - Skinny Love</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">BUBBLING UNDER: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Owl City - Alligator Sky </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, what do you think? Yea? Nay? Comments, please!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[P.s.: If you're reading this on Blogger, please use the moderated comments option below - I've removed the tagboard, because there was too much spam.]</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cheers,</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ron</span>ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-63676127640713204852011-03-29T20:40:00.000+01:002011-03-29T20:40:58.127+01:0030 Day Song Challenge in a day.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been noticing this 30 Day Song Challenge thing on the walls of some of my friends on Facebook. Was intrigued, and I personally want to take part, but I can't be bothered to think of 1 song to match the theme each day for 30 days - I'll probably forget on certain days...</span><div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, without further ado, here's me, doing the 30-day song challenge, done in one day.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>day 01 - your favorite song<br />Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">First heard it in the closing segment for Top Gear season 13's final episode. Then, At the Brian Eno event during Brighton Festival 2010, I heard it performed live by Icebreaker and BJ Cole. One of the most stunning, brilliant, and mesmerising piece of instrumental music of our time.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>day 02 - your least favorite song</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back)</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This was a hard one, because I could have seen this in 2 ways - music that annoys me (namely, "The Time (Dirty Bit)" by Black Eyed Peas, We Speak No Americano, Gramaphonzie, that sort of stuff), or music that scares me (anything heavy metal). And the thing is, as someone who's not so musically inclined, I have respect for musicians of all kinds, even if I don't like their music. Having said that, I think I'll a genre that I never liked, and probably never will - boy-bands. It's a song that represents everything I hate about my childhood in terms of pop music from boybands.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>day 03 - a song that makes you happy </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Dragonette feat. Martin Solveig - Hello</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Easy one - this song seem to always put me in the right mood. I don't even mind that it gets overplayed on the radio, because it makes me happy!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>day 04 - a song that makes you sad</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Nelly Furtado - All Good Things (Come To An End)</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Again, another easy one. This came from the same album that brought you "Maneater". Quite an apt title, though, considering it's the last track on that album. This song constantly reminds me of the various times that I enjoyed, coming to a conclusion. It's an anthem, if you could call it, for the end to good times. That's why it makes me sad. Good on you, Nelly Furtado. Promiscuous girl, but with a soft side.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Hillsong Live - This Is Our God</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'm a Christian, and I believe that amidst all the chaos in this world and in my life, there is someone in control. And this song reminds me of that someone.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>day 06 - a song that reminds you of somewhere</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Fatboy Slim - Praise You</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I've come to associate this song with Brighton. And why not? When I worked at the British Heart Foundation Store on Western Road, Brighton, I kept hearing this song during the timeslot that I worked (Saturday, 10am-2pm). Ah, the issue of having one DJ doing the same shift every week. Anyway, I also often heard this song before/after service at St Peters Brighton. And, let's not forget, where is Fatboy Slim now? You guessed it. Brighton.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>David Guetta - Memories</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Reminds me of 1st week of Uni. 'nuff said.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>day 08 - a song that you know all the words to</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Owl City - Fireflies</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Well, I had to, seeing that I went to his concert in Brighton. Oh, I tried learning this song in ASL (American Sign Language).</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>day 09 - a song that you can dance to</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Black Eyed Peas - Rock Your Body</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Heh. I'm assuming this means dancing in a club, or dancing because I enjoy a song so much I make movement with my body - i.e.: not dance like people on "So You Think You Can Dance", because I'm hopeless in that sort of moves. In that case, well, I guess I'll pick the song that I use to wake up.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Jónsi & Alex - Boy 1904</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A spooky yet calming and relaxing piece of ambience music. Thanks to Spotify, really, for leading me to Jónsi's other works, aside from his Sigur Ros and solo stuff.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>day 11 - a song from your favorite band </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>The Corrs - Baby Be Brave</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Corrs was the first band I latched to, liked, and became a fan till they decided to go on an extended hiatus (I'm still hoping for a reunion soon.) This was one of my favourite songs from them.<br /><br /><b>day 12 - a song from a band you hate </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Blue - One Love</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As mentioned before, I hate 90's boy bands. Blue's another one.<br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Thom Yorke - Black Swan</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I know it has the F-bomb in its lyrics repeated over and over again, and being a clean/never-say-f**k person, I'm not supposed to be approving of such songs, but hey, it's got a great beat, and come on, it's Yorke! You know him. The guy from Radiohead? yeah, that's him.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Lindsay Lohan - Edge of Seventeen</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Yes, you read that right. I like a song that's sung by Lindsay Lohan. Admittedly, this is a cover. But hey, I'm a sucker for covers, and it might be the effects/background stuff that's making me prefer this track to the Stevie Nicks version. And yes, I bought her album when it came out in '05. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>day 15 - a song that describes you </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Stornoway - We Are The Battery Human</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What can I say? Read the lyrics:</span></span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where are we goin' this fine morning?</span></span></i> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are we doin' this fine day? </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're doin' the same as ev'ry morning!</span></span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're stayin' inside on this fine morning.</span></span></i> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stayin' inside on this fine day. </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We'll stare at a screen, like ev'ry morning.</span></span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And outside the window, spring is here, </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And we're gonna hibernate all year. </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Under a pile of A4 snowflakes.</span></span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cause we're the new generation, generation! </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are the battery human! </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But we were born to be free range. </span></span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've got the whole world at our fingers.</span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've got the whole world in our hands. </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We get the blues as we grow richer.</span></span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cause we need to fix out loose connection. </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Out in natural World Wide Web. </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where humans evolved in three-dimention.</span></span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were tuned in by natural selection. </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And we need to go online each day. </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But inside we don't get no reception.</span></span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...</span></span></i></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Overplayed and over-commercialised. Don't get me wrong - it was a good song when it came out. But my flatmates and the radio killed it, because now, I'm sick of this song. Like boybands, if something gets over-commercialised, I'll shun it.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Dr Dre feat. Skylar Grey and Eminem - I Need A Doctor</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Seems like every time I tune in to Radio 1, I'll hear this track. Getting sick of this one as well, now - used to champion this track, but not anymore...<br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Imogen Heap - Just For Now</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is a tough one, since most of the songs I've heard are already on the radio (or were). I guess, if I must, it'll be someone underplayed, like Imogen Heap. And since I picked her, might as well pick my favourite Heap track!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>day 19 - a song from your favorite album</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Coldplay - Life In Technicolor</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Viva La Vida is the album in question, of course. Featured the chirpy "Life In Technicolor" as the opening instrumental (version ii was in the Prospekt's March EP). That track is then followed up by Lost! (there's a version with Jay-Z on the EP), Lovers in Japan, Viva La Vida, Violet Hill (the first single from this album - I didn't like it, to be honest) and Strawberry Swing, along with other tracks (that I'm not fond of). Overall, it's an "experiment" album for Coldplay, working with Brian Eno and using inspiration from cathedrals in Spain. An experiment that went well.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>day 20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angry </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Four Tet - She Just Likes To Fight</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The title sounds violent, but once you hear the cowbells and triangles providing the tempo to a cheerful melody, you'd be calmed right down.<br /><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>day 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Bombay Bicycle Club - Ivy & Gold</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A song for the early morning weekend when you have nothing to do. Happy times!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>day 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Temper Trap - A Love Was Lost</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Doesn't matter if it's a break-up or anything that made me upset, this is the song that, somehow, perks me up.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>James Blunt - I'll Be Your Man</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A cheesy love song. Fine by me!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>The Killers - All These Things That I've Done</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Probably not appropriate for the mood, but hey, if I could do anything I want, I'd rather leave with a bang than a hum.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>day 25 - a song that makes you laugh</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Chris Moyles - Waterproofs</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It's a parody of "Bulletproof" by La Roux. Normally, I wouldn't put parodies in these sort of things, but hey, this parody is on an album, and it's relevant to me. If I'm going outdoors, I need waterproofs!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>day 26 - a song that you can play on an instrument</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Coldplay - Viva La Vida</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Badly, on a guitar.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>day 27 - a song that you wish you could play</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Ellie Goulding - Your Song</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">on a piano - then again, I can't play the piano. Thanks a lot, mum.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Mark Ronson & The Business Intl - Somebody To Love Me</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Reminds me of what I'm so often guilty of doing - self-pity.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>day 29 - a song from your childhood </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Michael Jackson - Earth Song</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I remember that at that time, I barely knew a word of English, but I liked watching music videos when they came up on TV, and this was one that I remember from that time - possibly the most memorable and impactful music video for me at that time & age.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>day 30 - your favorite song at this time last year</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>White Rabbits - Percussion Guns</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking back at my Spotify Playlist from Spring 2010, this was one that I was hooked on from that time. Upbeat, regularly used in adverts, and not overplayed on the airwaves - so it's got to be good. It's not something you'd play often (not that you'd want to), but when your shuffled playlist comes to this track, it'll get your adrenaline pumping.</span></span></div>
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</div>ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-18714249253218565532011-03-26T04:38:00.000+00:002011-03-26T04:38:10.592+00:00How did so much go so wrong so fast...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ah, yes, I'm back to the land of the silent but vocal - the blogosphere.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With hindsight, this is in fact the first post of 2011 on my Blogger blog - those of you who subscribe to my Wordpress blog would have seen my "secret"post, in which I said I'd post weekly. That's obviously now a lie, a hoax, an ambitious but forgotten target.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, forget that - I'm typing this post as a post-moterm to the 2 election losses that I've recently suffered - the first, from IntSoc General Secretary, and the second, from ISC General Secretary (let me clarify, in case you haven't noticed by now, ISC ≠ IntSoc, they're 2 different things, with different core functions. IntSoc organises events and socials for International Students, ISC provides support and signposting for International Students - but one overlap would be that both speaks up and galvanises International Students, though arguably, the ISC is has a greater obligation to represent International Students more so than IntSoc, especially to the Guild.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having made the taxonomy quite clear, I'll just say this first - it's definitely been fun running in these elections. Ultimately, it was a chance for me to embolden myself - to remind myself of why I'm a strong, credible, and viable candidate that's suitable for a position of responsibility in a major Society or Council. Tech-savviness, promptness, </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was also a chance to find out where my weaknesses are relative to my fellow candidates. And boy, have I learnt many in the 2 elections that I failed to win. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I now know that my </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">connections</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> are way underdeveloped compared to my counterparts. Having been in Exeter for only 7 months, and constantly chatting with people whom I already know (i.e.: flatmates, a few coursemates) and not daring to break the ice with other people whom I meet (in the numerous societies that I join, on my course), I feel like I could have made much more effort to actually get out of the comfort zone and widen my social circle. Perhaps the "Freshers' Week" atmosphere sort of vanishes towards the middle of the 2nd term, so it is harder to break that shell, but perhaps I'm just making defensive excuses for myself now.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I now know that I lack the </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">confidence</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">interpersonal</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> skills to break the shell, talk to strangers and sell myself to them. I lack the "</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">self-marketing</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" skills, that's what I'd call it. No, wait. I lack the </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">self-confidence</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I now know that </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">policies, ideas and polished presentation</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> isn't everything. Doesn't matter how much effort I put in into something, if people don't know about it, or if they are committed to support a friend whom you are competing against, they wouldn't vote for you, would they?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I now know </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">not to annoy people</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Spam-gate could have cost me a few votes and a few friends - it didn't help that I kept telling the same 110 people to vote for me repeatedly. If you have been affected by my constant self-promotion on Facebook, my deepest, most sincere apologies. What I did was inconsiderate and inappropriate; it was cyber-bullying to a certain extent.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I now know that distance matters. Not distance from my flat to the main campus. No. That's just an excuse. I mean </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">distance of communication</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. I met a few friends who knew I was running for the ISC elections, but they did not know how to vote, so they didn't vote. Had I spent time going up to them and asking them if they had voted, I would have known that they didn't know how, and I could explain how - obviously, a video on Facebook would not help if they don't use Facebook.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I now know that I need to </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">respect</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> others and cherish any relations that I've established with others. I know these people aren't reading my blog, but right now, I just want to apologise to so many people right now. To Kami, Waew-wow, Bella and Ryuji, when we did the Business competition, I know my ego might have gotten in the way and I might have been pushy at times. The same could be said during the Management Project with Bryoni, Adrian, Jessica and Jean. I often try to push to get my point of view across and accepted by everyone, even if it's not the best one. Also, to the Rowing team, I should have explained why I went AWOL - I could have handled that better. I left Rowing because I know that physically, I have a lot of work to do to catch up with the fitness level of all the other members, and I have never worked so hard physically - I have never done any sports in my life before, and going from no sports to a rower is a mountain to climb. I know that this is a weak excuse, but I genuinely felt that I couldn't handle the demanding nature of the Rowing training regime. I simply couldn't cope. I have nothing but respect and, if anything, admiration to those in EUBC. I'm sorry I couldn't bring myself up to the same level as everyone else - I'm aware that I've been posting the slowest time on the Ergs.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I now know that I should </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">get others involved</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Looking back at my election campaigns, I think the fact that I ran with Aimi for the IntSoc elections might have boosted my chances slightly, albeit not enough to win. Looking back at Joshua's election campaign for Exeposé Photographer, I think it was good to have a second, and maybe a third opinion, before you actually get judged by your jury (i.e.: voters). Looking back at my ISC election campaign, I relied upon myself to get people to vote for me - I designed and pasted my own poster, made my own facebook group, added my own friends (Damia, I know you added 3 people - I really appreciated that!), shot my own videos, made my own manifesto - but I forgot to ask for a second opinion. I forgot to ask what others thought of things. I forgot to get others involved in this process. I forgot I had access to help if I needed it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I now know that I need to </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">commit</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to whatever I sign up for if I want to progress in that society. I signed up for too many things in Freshers Week, and I only stuck to EUBC for the first term, Choral Soc in the second term, Xpression FM for Production Training, PhotoSoc in 2nd term as Paula tried to kickstart things again, IntSoc late in the year as I got involved for the Business Competition and IntSoc elections, BeSoc for a number of events only. Bottom line - I was a non-commital member of so many societies, and that wouldn't help me progress in a society and gain committee positions.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking back, I need to narrow down my commitments and focus on the ones that I'm interested in. </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I want to get more involved in Xpression FM. Need to get on Presenter training.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will continue as a committee member in PhotoSoc. Although I'm currently the Technical Secretary, I think I might be more confident with a Treasury position, so I will see if I can run for that post when it becomes available for next year.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would love to contribute to Exeposé in terms of photography and if I can come up with a good piece, maybe contribute an article or two. (got a photo job next Wednesday, in fact! Thanks to Henry, Hannah and Joshua for the opportunity.). </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm still undecided on Choral Soc - I enjoy it, but not as much as I used to back in Secondary School, maybe because things go much faster now than it did then. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll definitely continue to contribute to IntSoc and ISC when opportunities arise. And I'll try and make myself useful in Singapore Soc & in helping to set up an Indonesian Soc.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And of course, I shouldn't limit myself to campus opportunities - I have been involved very actively with Sound Gallery Studios at the Exeter Phoenix, having done photography work for a radio show, a music competition/recording session and a music expo (evidence: my Flickr Page).</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alright, then. Tired now. Emotional breakdown over. Nite nite!</span></div>
</div>ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-18813183489463922692010-12-19T22:26:00.001+00:002010-12-19T22:26:10.823+00:00Dear Etihad,My email to Etihad, sent via their website contact form.<br><br>------------------------<br><blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote"><i>Hi, </i><br> <br><i>I had my flight (EY20 on 18 December, LHR to AUH) cancelled, resulting in a missed connection (EY472, 19 December, from AUH to CGK). Consequently, I was asked to find my own accommodation (and hence finance my own expenses over the last few days as a result of the delay/eventual cancellation) in London and ring up your offices to seek a new flight number. After 3 attempts, I finally got through to a member of staff at 11am on 19 December. She took down my e-ticket and phone number, and told me that I would be contacted when a new flight has been confirmed. </i><br> <br><i>After visiting your website, I noticed that most other flights have gotten updates on their rescheduling status. Rather worrying for me was the fact that my flight (EY20, 18 December) was not shown, when flights that were meant to depart later, such as EY18, have been updated. </i><br> <br><i>I got even more furious when I looked up my itinerary, both on Abacus and on your website, and saw that I have been put down for another flight, EY9020, for 29 December, without the AUH-CGK leg - this is by no means acceptable or reasonable, knowing that some flights are leaving tomorrow (20 December). </i><br> <br><i>I have to say that this whole situation has been dealt with rather badly by your airline, considering the scale of Etihad - lack of updates/communication and lack of reimbursement/support for customers (not even those stipulated by Statute under EU Denied Boarding Regulation 261/2004). </i><br> <br><i>I understand that this problem was partially out of your company's control, with the snow and BAA deciding to close Heathrow's runways. Nevertheless, I was hoping for slightly better treatment than what I have gotten thus far from an award-winning airline. </i><br> <br><i>I demand a proper explanation of the status of EY20(18Dec), and a rebooking onto another flight within a reasonable timeframe, even if it means going through Manchester. I am not seeking financial compensation at the moment, just seeking some reasonableness, clarity and a chance to be home with my family in time for Christmas. If necessary, my e-Ticket Number is 607xxxxxx3062.</i><br> </blockquote>------------------------<br><br>Hopefully, this will inform someone at Etihad that someone is really not satisfied with their service, even for a reasonable person.<br> ronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11668063.post-43760112540529936482010-12-18T10:09:00.000+00:002010-12-18T10:10:30.324+00:00Sound of 2010As it's nearing the end of the year, I thought I'd do a round-up of the sounds that, in my opinion, defined the soundscape of the past year. Think of it as a periodic chart summary, put together at the end of the year.<p>Compiled on a train, using nothing but an iPhone with 3G signal, Spotify, Official Charts Company Website, Wikipedia, and Mail, I bring you...<p><br>SOUND OF...<br>JANUARY<br>Florence + The Machine<br>Lungs<p>Vampire Weekend<br>Contra<p>Delphic<br>Acolyte<p><p>FEBRUARY<br>Owl City<br>Ocean Eyes<p>Gorrilaz<br>Plastic Beach<p><p>MARCH<br>Ellie Goulding<br>Lights<p><p>APRIL<br>Two Door Cinema Club<br>Tourist History<p><p>MAY<br>MGMT<br>Congratulations<p>B.o.B<br>B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray<p>Pendulum<br>Immersion<p><p>JUNE<br>Stornoway<br>Beachcomber's Windowsill<p>Eminem<br>Recovery<p><p>JULY<br>Bombay Bicycle Club<br>Flaws<p>Tom Jones<br>Praise & Blame<p>Mike Ronson & The Business International<br>Record Collection<p><p>AUGUST<br>Katy Perry<br>Teenage Dream<p>Bruno Mars<br>Just The Way You Are<p>Swedish House Mafia<br>One<p><p><br>SEPTEMBER<br>The Script<br>Science & Faith<p>Linkin Park<br>A Thousand Suns<p>Brandon Flowers<br>Flamingo<p><p>OCTOBER<br>KT Tunstall<br>Tiger Suit<p>Tinie Tempah<br>Disc-Overy<p><p>NOVEMBER<br>Brian Eno<br>Small Craft on a Milk Sea<p>James Blunt<br>Some Kind of Trouble<p>McFly<br>Above The Noise<p>Rihanna<br>Loud<p>Take That<br>Progress<p>Kanye West<br>My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy<p><p>DECEMBER<br>Deadmau5<br>4x4=12<p>Plain White T's<br>Wonders of the Younger<p>Coldplay<br>Christmas Lights<p>Ellie Goulding<br>Your SongronaldLIONG|http://www.blogger.com/profile/03585335543214098446noreply@blogger.com0