Woke up this morning with a soft drizzle and honestly believing it is Saturday. Made myself some coffee, back to bed watching some recorded TV Shows, not waking up Zelma as usual round 05h30 with coffee and thought about the nice day ahead. Then she surfaced at about 06h40, glanced at the clock and uttered the following words, "Hey!!, dis Vrydag en ek moet werk toe gaan". In English, "Hey!!, it's Friday and I must go to work".
Shit, bummer and there goes that nice feeling down the drain. Immediately got up and start a normal but now very rushed day. Dammit, how do I change my mindset now and face the day alone. Weather projections is a surge in the Monsoon with heavy downpours the next two to five days and possible flash floods. That means I am boxed in for the day unless I get a taxi.
There is only one thing that can help me face this day. Music! and talking to "My friends in the Computer", alla my Facebook. There, problem solved. So here goes.
First, the provocative and sexy video clip by Korean duo 4Minute’s HyunA and Beast’s Hyun Seung of their performance at the http://mama.mnet.com/en/winner2011_main.asp MAMA (MNET ASIAN MUSIC AWARDS Show that was held In Singapore on wednesday. They created quite a stir kissing on stage and basically "Making Out"
The full video was released yesterday and the song is catchy and the video still sexy.
Check it out here http://www.soompi.com/news/hyuna-and-hyun-seung-reveal-full-mv-for-trouble-maker.
British artist, James Morrison also released his new album "The Awakening" earlier this week. I like his voice although not all his songs are nice. Probably his most famous song is "Broken Strings" with Nelly Furtado. Here is a song from his new album. Nice video as well.
Going thru my music video clip collection trying to find a nice inspirational song for the day, I found this old one, "Pepper & Piano". Not sure what happened to them but their debut performance at the "Must be the Music Show" was awesome. A piano and a beautiful voice. Great.
I can do this all day but then the posting would be to long so here is the final song and a very old favourite, I'd Rather Go Blind. The song was originally sung by the amazing Etta James and performed by many artists over the years including Mick Jagger and Beyonce. The best performance must be by Chicken Shack in the 60's. Ah, the day is starting to look better.
I went to the Casino at Marina Bay Sands earlier this year when here for a visit and had to hand in my passport and backpack upon entry. Did not understand why and here is the reason. Singaporean Citizens and Permanent Residents must pay a $100 entrance fee visiting any of the two Casino's here. Pretty stiff I think but it is meant to discourage locals from Gambling. The biggest current problem though is the foreign gamblers who loose all their money with no means to go home ending up in the streets.
Since coming to Singapore I have wondered where all the rubbish goes to. It's a "Small" Island so surely there is not much space for landfills and I certainly have not seen any to date in my travels. Found the answer watching my favourite photography show, Scene-City Singapore on Channel News Asia. It is shipped from the incineration plants on the mainland to an Island in the South, Pulau Semakau since 1999 when the last mainland landfill was exhausted. It will cater for Singapore's rubbish disposal needs until 2040. A visit to the Island is recommended and on my list.
http://www.wildsingapore.com/places/semakau.htm
If you are into photography watch the Scene-City Singapore show or get one of Tom Ang's books. He hosts the show and is a expert photographer. http://www.tomang.com/
The Japanese is in the forefront of technology innovation and they are developing the next generation Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV). It will have 16 times more pixels than the current HDTV and close to what the IMAX format has. I still revel in the HDTV quality so imagine what that is going to be like. Awesome!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_High_Definition_Television
One final song to mellow us into the weekend. Enjoy
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