4.5
Yes, it's official now. The company has just instructed us to work 4.5 days per week starting in April. In simple equation terms, this would mean
4.5 workday week
= 2 days complusory "leave" per month
= 2 days unpaid leave per month
= almost 10% cut in monthly $$$!!!
Well, I guess I still have to be thankful cos at least I still have a job...
Ainol V6000 HDB
Whenever there's an IT Fair, I'll be there and last weekend was no exception. I went to the IT Fair with the intention to get a portable media player that could support multi format videos and most importantly a video-out for me to watch the videos on my 32" TV screen. The iPod touch which I had, does not allow video-out and the troublesome thing is that I had to convert most of my videos (downloaded over the net) into mp4 format in order for me to carry and view them on the go. Thinking perhaps that Creative's zen x-fi could satisfy all my needs in a portable media player, I checked out the product as well. But alas, it too does have a video-out function. Desperate that there wasn't any media players in the market with the specifications I wanted, I loitered aimlessly amongst the many booths at the IT Fair.
Then something caught my eyes at one of the smaller booths on level 6. Even though it was a Chinese product, but it had all the specs I wanted and more - a 4.3-inch 480 x 272 resolution display, 8GB of internal storage space, expanded microSD slot, support for RMVB, AVI and FLV video files and HD (720p) output. Due to the overwhelming response at the fair, I even had to place an order for the item. But my wait was finally over as I got my hands on my Ainol V6000HDB portable media on Friday. Hooray!!! I can finally watch my downloaded videos (with high definition option) on my 32" TV screen now!!!
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#1 in My iPod for 03.09
State of Being : Still a goddess at 55!!
Shining Light - Annie Lennox
- Latest single taken from Eurthymics' former front lady - Annie Lennox's "Best Of" collection, "The Annie Lennox Collection" (2009)
- Originally a single by Ireland alternative rock band Ash, Annie Lennox's cover of "Shining Light" is her most commerical single in some time
- Available only by download via amazon or Itunes, this pop single became Lennox's first UK top 40 solo hit since 1995's "Medusa" album, which gave us timeless hits like "No More I Love You's" & "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" both also available in the greatest hits collection
- In short, I simply luv this up lifting single, which has has just renewed my interest in all of Annie Lennox's hits when she was part of the duo in Eurthymics!!!
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Watchmen - [3/5 stars]
State of Being : Unconventional Heroes
Directed by Zack Snyder, Watchmen is a 2009 film adaptation based on the 1986-1987 twelve-issue comic book limited series of the same name by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Reminiscence of his earlier 2007 film adaption of the graphic novel "300", the fighting scenes here are heavily stylized, using slow motion camera work.
While most conventional superheroes have alter ego hidden identities and perform vigilante activities on their own, the heroes here are mostly salaried government employees whose duties are to rid the cities of crime and to defend the country in times of war. Leave your perceptions of the superheroes fantasy behind before you watch this movie. Expect the unexpected from the "good" guys here as several of the heroes in Watchmen are extremely violent and often resort to using brute force to intimidate the criminals into submission. I was especially taken aback by this one scene whereby The Comedian hammered the skull of an enemy's head repeatedly with a large chopper, with extensive blood splashing all over the crime scene - definitely not for the faint-hearted!
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