Celtic Woman-O Holy Night.

I know its boxing day already, but its still Christmas in Hawaii.



Its just so lovely......

Everything-The Movie

Well, the Everything project is done. This is a short film based on the Lifehouse Everything skit by The Mission. Probably the most performed skit among US youth groups these days. I've uploaded to YouTube and GodTube, but I'm not happy with the encoding. A lot of artefacts and sound synch issues. I'll try and sort it out. In the mean time, I hope you're blessed. Merry Christmas everyone.

On YouTube



On GodTube


Update: Higher quality 22mb mpeg4 version at:
my .mac site

Merry Christmas All!

Its done

The Everything project is done.

I still have to master the DVD, but I think I'm done editing it. Took me a while to cram in the verse at the beginning. Hopefully it works. Or I'll end up fixing it some more today. Or not.

Have invited people for Christmas service. Hopefully they'll show up.

Wonder if I'll be able to go Christmas shopping.

I'll put up the link for the video after Christmas.

Have a good one everybody.

God bless.

Its almost Christmas

Hi all,

Haven't posted much lately. As most of you know, I'm working on the Christmas movie for church and its almost done. I should be working on the final cut tonight. Need to trim 30secs from Act 2. That might not seem like a lot, but thats 750 frames. I'm also not entirely happy with how the jesus character is glowing. But climax is done. For the most part anyway. I'll put it up next week. Its based on the Lifehouse Everything Skit by The Mission Baltimore. I've extended it and changed some of the story elements, but the overall message which is pretty powerful is there. In the mean time, here's the orginal skit:

More WTD

Habakkuk 3:17-19

17 Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,

18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.

19 The Sovereign LORD is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to go on the heights.
For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.

Habakkuk 1:5

5 "Look at the nations and watch—
and be utterly amazed.
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.

Habakkuk 1

1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet received.

2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help,
but you do not listen?
Or cry out to you, "Violence!"
but you do not save?

3 Why do you make me look at injustice?
Why do you tolerate wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
there is strife, and conflict abounds.

4 Therefore the law is paralyzed,
and justice never prevails.
The wicked hem in the righteous,
so that justice is perverted.

Movie shot. Now to edit

Thanks to everyone who gave it their all. Also thanks to Faith and Patrick for logging and capturing the footage. Now to edit. One more month to go.

Making Movies

Shooting next movie this weekend.
Busy
Lots to do
Need sleep
Need grace
Need to give grace
Need to be set apart

Leopard and the passing of an era.

One more day to Mac OSX 10.5!

Even as the Macintosh world celebrates something new, I mark the passing of an era, my almost 6 year old 800Mhz iMac G4 is not supported in Leopard. :(


Had to happen sooner or later. Maybe now I can consider modding it like this:


I still think this particular iMac has the most personality of all. Check it out below:






This is what we have now. Sleeker? Yes. More power? Yes. Personality? I don't think so.


And one last time, take a bow, Mac. :)

People shouldn't use Macs because they only have very small market share.

Every once in a while, I'll meet someone who'll sprout off the FUD line from MS in the title. Along with all time favorites: Macs are not compatible, Macs are expensive, and Mac don't have software. I'll address those lies another time.

http://duggmirror.com/apple/Look_at_them_apples/
From the Missouri School of Jornalism





If you've ever wondered why the Apple Logo on the Mac/Powerbooks light up. Now you know.

LAGC Live! 'Loose' Canon

The LA Guitar Quartet shows that there is way more than one way to play of my favorite classical pieces.

September 24

Season 2 Begins

Priceless.

The best gorilla movie, ever.

Mac Pro Observations Part 1

Haven't taken any pics yet. Its sitting on the table in the media room. I haven't evicted the old iMac from its spot just yet, but I've been rearranging, putting away stuff and making space.

I've transferred the settings and files from the old mac. Must remember to delete some of the user accounts. So far everything seems to have moved over effortlessly, apart from taking about 4 and a half hours. A couple of weird things though. The apps in the dock had '?' in the icon, but clicking on it restored the icon and launched the app. I guess there's some sort of automatic re-linking of the alias or short cut. I need to check the admin account privilages and make sure its not too accesible.

I installed Final Cut Studio 2, which took about 2 hours and 8 DVDs. The box of manuals would kill someone if you dropped it on them. The Mac Pro comes with the new iLife 07 which was released a few weeks ago. MS Office and iWork are only trial versions. :( This is a CTO machine as I custom ordered it with an ATI X1900XT video card instead of the standard GeForce 7300GT. Apple really needs to get around to shipping the latest video cards a lot sooner! RAM and monitors are 3rd party as its much, much cheaper. No, they haven't arrived yet. The RAM just transited Alaska. The monitors are probably still in Penang/China.

Performance
I haven't edited any video on the new machine yet, so I decided to try encoding some videos to mpeg2 for DVD which took forever on the 1.8Ghz G5 iMac. An hour long video took hours to encode and burn. I had some pending videos which I've not gotten around to mastering to DVD. I tried using Compressor and selected the 120min fast setting. It finished converting a 60min DV video to mpeg2 DVD in a about 14 mins. The computer only has 1 Gig of RAM and this point and I could see Compressor using all 4 cores at about 69% total processor utilisation rate. I tried playing videos and doing other stuff while this was going and and didn't notice any slowdown. It converted all 5 hour long videos in about the time the iMac takes to do an hour long video. The video was sitting on an external RAID 0 dual drive casing connected by Firewire 800.

I'm looking forward to seeing how much real time performance I can get out of Final Cut.

The other app which I sometimes run is C&C. Hehe. :) Its my stress relief. So shoot me.

On the iMac on lowest graphics setting its fairly sluggish with more the 3 computer opponents.
I tried turning on all the graphic options. (now i know what the game is supposed to look like) The gameplay was going much faster than normal even at the same speed settting. Wonder what it'll be like with 7 computer opponents? Hmmm.....

I should be doing some real work with this thing soon.

The cooler on the X1900XT video card is fairly loud. More so because the MacPro is very quiet for such a large machine. The fans do kick in for a couple of seconds at startup, but then throttle down to near silence. Then I can hear the video card's fan. On the upside, third party coolers aren't expensive.

Just when I thought I'd just have to put up with noise from the external drives, I turned on the new 2kVA UPS after it was charged and this rather loud fan kicks in! Sheesh. Can't win them all. I suppose I could go look for a quiet fan for it too. Now I know why the 3rd party silent cooler market for PCs is so huge.

Update

Spent most of merdeka weekend working on a video. Still tired. Sigh. Recovery from all nighters takes a lot longer these days.

Will be visiting the Timbua church this weekend. The foomobile V2 will see some dirt. Hehe.

The Mac Pro is here! Can't pick it up until the cheque is ready. Besides the RAM and monitors aren't here yet. Stay tuned for the unboxing.

Have a good week all.

Update:
Picked up the Mac Pro last night. Plugged it into a old 15" CRT monitor. Good thing Apple includes a DVI-VGA adapter in the box. Ran migration assistant to move stuff off the iMac and then went home. Will take a look at lunch time.

Skyline 6th Anniversary

Happy 6th Anniversary Skyline!

More of Day 2 in Hong Kong

I had decided early on that this trip would be more of a foodie rather than shopping trip. Why? Gadgets are expensive.

Here we are in Agave, LKF, before dinner.


For dinner, I suggested my favorite restaurant in Hong Kong, the Nepal Restaurant, located on Staunton Street, Mid Levels. As you come up the mid level escalator, turn right as you hit Staunton street.

Bhim, the manager is still there and he looks more 'prosperous' these days. The dinner party was Kerry, John, Herman, and I. Kim just finished at the gym and would join up later.

I ordered the following:
Starter
BHENTA TAREKO
Fried Eggplant marinated with fresh Nepali Herbs

ALOO CHOP
Nepali Potato Pancake marinated in fresh Nepalese Herbs and fried

Mains
PANEER LALI GURASH
Home-Made Cottage Cheese cubes cooked in Butter, fresh Tomato sauce, Honey,
Cream and garnished with fresh Coriander

ALOO KAULI
A dry preparation of Cauliflower & Potato cooked with chopped Onion,
Tomato and fresh ground Spices, garnished with Coriander

ROYAL KHASI
Boneless Lamb slices cooked in Almond based Gravy

KUKHURA-KO SEKUWA
Barbecued Boneless Chicken marinated in fresh light Nepalese Herbs & Spices

I don't know if this is what people really eat in Nepal, but we ate well. The food here is still excellent. The others have never eaten here before and they were suitably impressed. John was raving about the flavour in the veggie dish.

After dinner, someone mentioned that there was a Krispy Kreme donut shop nearby.

There has been a fair amount of hype about these donuts and since they're not available in Malaysia, the dessert pocket of my stomach made a little more space and we headed there for donuts.
Yeah, they're good donuts. :)
Only regret was that we weren't there as they were coming out hot off the machine.


Here's a shot of us in the store.

Lil' Formers

Just got caught in the rain walking back to work after lunch. Ugh.

Anyways, as a distrations, check out Lil' Formers
In the words of its createor Matt Moylan
"WHAT THE HECK IS LIL FORMERS?
Lil Formers is a parody comic strip created, written, drawn, inked and coloured by me, Matt Moylan. It’s based on and pokes fun at Hasbro’s Transformers mega-property (with the occasional guest star from outside the TF universe). While most of the strips revolve around the original 1980s TF toy line and cartoon, any aspect of the franchise is fair game. So expect jabs at the Tranformers from every angle - the upcoming TF movie, any toy line, and TV show, any comic, and maybe even those crazy TF fans! "

If cute looking tranformers appeals to you, check it out.

Hong Kong Day 2

Woke up late Saturday morning. I had plenty of sleep to catch up on and I also forgot how Hong Kong is never dark with all the lights and kept on waking up at night.

Another hot day, but I thought it'd be a great time to go have Wanton Mee at Stanley Street. I still don't know the name of the shop, but its after the Camera Shops and Luk Yu Tea house. I took a taxi there with MC, Shirley and their daughter Anabel, who's now in school. Last time I saw her she was just a baby. After a little confusion on the location of the shop, Kerry and Herman joined us for lunch as well.

The noodles were springy, had a snap to them and were delicious. The wontons which are the size of golf balls were chock full of prawns and very good. Ahhh.
The weather is still hot. I was very grateful for the shop's air conditioning.

After lunch we wandered around the Page One book store, headed over the Pacific Place for Starbucks. I had to have my caramel macchiato. They only opened in HK in 2000, but they're everywhere now.

I took the MTR over to Causeway Bay to check out the Computer mall in Windsor House. I didn't buy anything, but saw an iPhone selling for HKD9000! After that I swung by Toys R' Us and UML to check out the Transformers toys. The movie rocked, but I wasn't that impressed with the toys.

Coming back down to street level in Causeway Bay, I realised I had forgotten how crowded Hong Kong can get. I ducked into Sogo department store and into more people. I wandered around the supermarket looking for the toilet and realised they have a huge amount of imported Japanese foods.

More later...........

Hong Kong and Macau Day 1

I was in Hong Kong last weekend for a few days. I'll blog about stuff as it comes to mind.

I travelled via Macau by Air Asia as it was much cheaper. It was my first time in Macau, which is surprising since I live in Hong Kong for 5 years, but never mind.
Macau has seen a huge jump in development over the past several years. The casinos are seeing a new boom with the entry of Vegas developers and punters from the mainland. Chinese and gambling just seems to go together. If you sit on the right side of the plane, you should get a pretty good view of the place as you land.

I still can't find my camera, so most of this will be pictureless.

Anyways, I landed in Macau airport about an hour late and I had planned to take the express link service which bypasses immigration in Macau and takes you straight to the ferry terminal. However at 5pm I was told that the next 'express' service was scheduled for the 9pm ferry. I was supposed to meet my friends in Hong Kong at 7:45, so time for plan B. I had the airport staff take me back down the the arrival area, go through immigration then I took a taxi to the Macau-Hong Kong ferry terminal to catch a TurboJet Ferry to Hong Kong. The catamarans run regularly and are fast and comfortable. I had hoped to ride a Hydrofoil, which I have never done before, but it wasn't on my scheduled trip.

Oh yeah, the weather is hot.

I finally make it to Hong Kong and the sights, sounds and smells of Hong Kong seem suddenly so familiar.

I walk from the HK-Macau Ferry Terminal at Shun Tak Centre to Wellington street to the Yung Kee Restaurant where I'm meeting my friends for dinner. This first culinary stop is famous for its roast goose.


I meet up with Gary, Skye, Iggy, Addie, Kim, Shirley and Rose. Kerry shows up later with a couple of her friends. The restaurant is packed as usual, but the food arrives fairly quickly and the roast goose doesn't disappoint. Its been about 6 years since I've seen everyone, and everyone still looks the same. Except they have kids now.
After dinner, I head off with MC and Shirley, as they've kindly let me stay at their place at Pok Fu Lam.

End of Day 1. Yeah, its hot.

Transformers Movie Review

Just watched it just now and I can't really review it without giving away spoilers, so lets just say that the movie R O C K S!

All the fanboys who were up in arms over how Bumblebee, Optimus Prime and Megatron are being portrayed, really don't have much to be concerned about, IMHO. Besides, in the original show, Megatron transformed into a gun that needed his mah chye to use him. What sort of transformation is that?

You've never seen the Transformers like this. The transformation effects very elaborate and detailed.

This is basically a guy's movie, but it has enough going on that most people will enjoy it. Its a veritable hardware fest, from cars, computers, and an obscene amount of military hardware.

I'll write more once most people have seen the movie

Transformers

Robots in disguise.
The 80s are back! Heheh.

Got tickets for 7pm tomorrow.

In the mean time, here are a couple of 'bots that didn't quite make the cut.

Back in KK

I'm back in good ole Kota Kinabalu after an extended weekend in KL and Port Dickson. I had a pretty good time at the sibkl young adult retreat at Port Dickson. I also picked up the Foomobile V2 from the dealer and drove in down to Port Dickson.
Its pretty quiet and comfortable for a small truck. The cabin is roomier than the old hilux, especially in the back seat. They've changed the storage area from behind the seat to under the seat. I kinda suspect that this gives up storage space, but we'll see.

It handles highway speeds pretty well, but I felt the front suspension a little too soft and floaty at above 110kmh. I guess a new pair of coilovers would take care of that. The canopy, front bumper and side steps have added some weight, but it feels pretty sluggish for its 1860kg kerb weight. The 2.5liter turbo diesel lacks power and torque. They just haven't seen it fit to equip the Malaysian Hilux with the 3.0L turbo diesel intercooled model like the Thai and Australian versions.

The engine speed sensitive power steering works well, making it very easy to handle. We'll see if its still the same with 33" tires. Hehe.

The milage seems to be very good. The tank was just above E when I got it, took RM102 to fill it up. I was over 350km and it was way above the halfway mark. I guess reports of the 700km/tank range are true. Yeah, I know the Isuzus go further, but they also tend to have larger tanks, which is a good thing really.

The CD player plays MP3 CDs as well, but sound quality is kinda meh. Factory stereo. Sigh.

Nope, no pics. Didn't take a camera along.

For those of you who've always wanted to learn, here's how you moon walk.

I'm off again

I'm leaving for KL tomorrow night. I'll be picking up the new Foomobile V2 on Friday then hopefully drive it down to Port Dickson for SIBKL's young adult camp. Behave while I'm gone, 'k?

And the winner is.............

Well, the paperwork isn't done yet, but here you go.
The Foomobile Version2
2005 Toyota Hilux 2.5TD. Got the rear canopy, front bullbar and sidesteps as part of the deal.

Ta daa! A bit too much chrome up front. But I'll live.


Alpha Canopy Cover. Still too much chrome on the back.


3/4 Beauty Shot


The interior. Note the car style handbrake lever, and the wood trim kit. Hahaha.

What's going on at Starbucks?

First of all, they've been out of caramel = no caramel macchiato. :-(

Now they're promoting this:


Hello? What would posses someone to think that Red Bean goes with coffee? Yes, don't let the Azuki bean thing fool you. Its Red bean, the 'ang tau' that's so familiar. The stuff some places put into ABC. Ugh...

In case you're wondering, no I haven't tried it. Don't intend to. Just waiting for my caramel macchiato.

Foomobile V2 update

Another candidate has entered the race:

2005 Toyota Hilux 2.5TD Current model. Yeah, I know that Toyota advertises it as being 'urban', but with enough work and MONEY, it can look like this:


Wasn't considering this, but my brother just found one at a great price, even if its in KL. Stay tuned.

Mystery Plane

I was checking on local landmarks in Google Earth, when I came across this, off the coast of KK.



It appears to be a Boeing 747-400. However, I'm not aware of any regular 747 flights in and out of KK.

Here's a pic of the plane off the coast of KK. Sutera Harbour is to the right, Tuanku Abdul Rahman Marine Park to the left. KK airport to the lower right. The plane's position is consistent with the flight path after take off.


Here's a pic of the plane that I think it is:


The DigitalGlobe pics of the area are from 2002, so the plane has been long gone. The Sultan was known to have made trips around the neighbourhood in his personal 747. Must be nice....

Necessity......

Ever been stuck in the office with a cold muffin with no microwave in sight?
Just put the muffin in a plastic bag, loosely tie the top of the bag.
Pour hot water in to a bowl. Stick plastic bag into bowl and cover.
It takes a while to heat up but, but its better than a cold muffin.

Foomobile V2

The search is on!
Candidates are: (Pictures are only representative of type)

Landcruiser 80 VX (The uncle 4x4)


Mitsubishi Storm 2.5TD (The Ah Beng truck, but cheaper than a Hilux used.)


Toyota Hilux 166 2.8 (IFS. Boo hiss. But its still a Hilux)


Isuzu Trooper 3.1 (Yes you can look like you work for the gahmen)


Nissan Frontier (I still don't know what to make of this truck, but they're cheaper than Hilux's used)


Wild Cards
Mercedes G230 (Awesome! But not many in Malaysia and all old)


Hilux LN106 (Solid Axel. Yay! Foomobile Version 1)


Classic Range Rover (Luxurious, dirt cheap used. Spends all day thinking up new ways to break your heart, and wallet)

Ultimate Star Wars Personality Test

From the Ultimate Star Wars Personality Test
Well, I've gotta admit I'm not too surprised....

Penang Mali

Just got back from Penang for Nikki and Tatsu's wedding. Its been a few years since I've been back. Its a bit strange, how foreign Penang feels to me considering I grew up there. I guess that's what a couple of decades or so away, does to you.

Ate a lot.....

Pictures to follow...

Maggi Contest Results

Well, the Maggi ad judging is done and we won 3rd prize!

Thanks all for your support and votes. Thanks to Alice and Kelvin too!

View the vids at:http://www.maggi.com.my/salutesContest/main.htm

My friend Audrey won the 1st prize. Congratulations Auds!

Twitter

As some of you have noticed, I've incorporated Twitter into my blog. Its on the right side. Twitter is a free micro blogging service. Also works through sms, but i think it'd be kinda expensive to do that over here.

Haven't been blogging much either. Hmm, is twitter becoming a blog substitute for me?

Shift Happens

The world is changing. Fast.
Are our kids being given more and more subjects to memorise so they can score A's in double the subjects of 20 years ago?
Or
Are they being taught to think?

From Glumbert.com

glumbert.com - Shift Happens

Please vote for my Maggi Mee video

Maggi is running a video contest for the Biggest Maggi mee fan.

Here's a video I did with some friends. Please click on the link below and vote. There are few other entries which are pretty good too and deserve your vote, like Ninja, Maggi Romance and Nothing Like Maggi.

But please vote for Kelvin Loves Maggi

Grey Hair

Found one yesterday.

Darn.

Had to happen sooner or later.

Sigh.

Back in KK

Got back in last night. Thankfully AirAsia was on time.
Had a great time at the Charge up! Conference in KL. Mainly catching up with friends, meeting people, sharing time with like minded people and kindred spirits. Thanks to all who put in so much effort to making it happen. See you all in August.

The Chargeup! Prayer

We pray that you’ll have strength to stick it out over the long haul - not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory strength God gives.

It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over to joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright & beautiful that He has for us.

(Colossians 1:11&12, The Message)

February, the month of reunions

Sort of anyway.

This has been an interesting month. After all the events chronicled in the earlier post this month, I have been 'reunited' with 3 people I've not seen in a very long time.

Geoff
Room mate from college and good buddy.
I've not seen or heard from Geoff since college which would have been 18 years ago. He's managed to stay below the internet radar all this while or just never had email or a website. I finally found someone with his name and profile and it turned out to be him. He's a Presbyterian minister in New Jersey.

Cindy
Cousin I've not seen since Grandma passed away when I was 12. Ok, this was super long ago. A friend of mine knows her family told me she'll be in Selangor next week just when I'm in KL. Won't be able to see her, but I'll give her a call.

Sally*
Friend from Penang whom I had a crush on in high school. We met up again, after I returned to Penang from the US. We lost touch after I moved to KL in 1991, which is about 16 years ago. She calls me up yesterday after getting my number from a friend of hers who knows my brother. She see's her friend's phone ring with my brother's name, so gets the friend to ask the caller if he knows her. Turns out to be my brother after all. Small world, KL.
* not her real name.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 refers to the 2nd generation of web services such as social networking sites, wikis, blogs, etc, that emphasises collaboration and sharing . Wikipedia Link
Yeah, I know, some of you are too young to know that there was a Web 1.0. Trust me, it exists.

Anyway, this little video by Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University explains Web 2.0 in under 5 minutes.

February

Well, much has been going on this month and its not even over yet.

Its Chinese New Year, obviously. Kong Hei Fatt Choy to all!

I've been sick for the past few weeks. Hacking my lungs out and I don't even smoke. Cheh.

Doctor says its bronchitis. Could be worse. Could be TB or pneumonia.

It sucks though. Spending the long weekend sick. Same thing happened over New Year too. Bleh.

Spent the past few days as down time to recover. Continued on some way overdue video work. Hopefully I can clear all this my month's end.

New antibiotics seem to be working. Found out that Moxiclav makes my stomach bloat with gas. Several days later, I'm still clearing the gaseous effects.

Oh yeah, dad celebrated his 70th birthday. Which makes him 30 years older than me. At the rate I'm going, I'll be more than 40 years older than my first child.



We had a great birthday dinner for dad. It was supposed to be a surprise, but he found out. We had 19 tables with his friends and associates, some of whom flew in from KL, Singapore, Penang and Brunei.

Thanks to the Sutera banqueting staff for a job well done and to Mahatir Lokman who was the MC.

There was a lot of singing that night. Dad sang, the MC sang, dad's friends sang, I sang. Big props to Roger Wang who came to play his guitar. Harry and Crew did sound and lights.

It went very well. Dad's happy. I'm happy. :)

I didn't take any pics myself. Will have to look for people who did.

I'll post the tribute video I did later. My aging iMac takes too long to down convert the video. Sigh. Anybody wants to buy me a new Mac Pro?

My former housemate and good friend, Angie was also in KK during that time for work and ended up extending her visit for several days as a holiday. It was good to catch up.

I also went diving for the first time in well over a year. Its true, its like riding a bicycle, you don't forget!

Next month (9-11 March) will be the 2nd Livewire Chargeup! conference in KL.
My buddy Louis is running the Photography workshop. I'm on the media workshop panel.

and after that will the Skyline SIB Youth Unquenched conference on the 16th of March
I'll be speaking at the afternoon workshop on Media in the church.

New Videos

Its been a while since I posted any new videos online. Just been busy. Here are 3 video we produced over December.

Skyline 2006 year in review. By Joshua Ng.

Skylight Studios 2nd Anniversary. By Ow Choong Kit.
Yes, its been two years since we started the video department in Skyline. Here's a fond look back.

The Loaf Story 2006. By Sharon Chong.
We went out on the loaf story again. This time a much larger group was involved in taking bread and food to feed the needy in Kota Kinabalu.

The main movie index

My good buddy Louis Pang mentioned me recently on his blog in an article about a wedding we shot together. I remarked I rarely blog about the videos I do for some reason. For those of you who clicked on the link, you can find some of the work I've done here.

I haven't put up some of the latest videos. I've just been busy and the recent asian internet outage didn't help. I'll put 'em up soon.

10 years of Tech

1997
The Apple Newton MessagePad 2000/2100. The final Newton and pretty much state of the art portable technology.


2007
The Apple iPhone
www.apple.com/iphone
I guess sometimes you don't have to come up with lame stuff year after year, just to do something amazing. Check out the link. The User Interface is amazing.

So now we know what 10 years of technology buys you.

The big Four Oh

Well, I turn 40 today. Today I embark on the 41st year of my life.
That's it. Half way point. No more 30 something. Officially 'uncle' age. No more 'young' adult. Is this what being a full fledged adult feels like? Somedays I wonder when I'll actually grow up.

I have been very melancholic/mildly depressed for the past few weeks about this whole 40 something thing. Mid life crisis without the Porsche Carrera convertible. Maybe find a young girlfriend. Heheh.

I've been thinking about where I've been. What I've done and accomplished, which are not necessarily the same thing. I've been thinking about decisions, choices, sacrifices, selfish impulses, wisdom, foolishness and stuff in between. Regrets? Probably not. But some things I could have done better or being wiser at doing it.

I don't see many monuments from the past 40 years, but I do see plenty of milestones.

I think I've done plenty and travelled a fair bit. I've yet to visit continental Europe or South America. I did the diving thing which I've wanted to do since young after watching Jacque Cousteau. I've made movies which I never thought I'd ever day. I didn't manage to get to broadcast last year. Maybe this year.

People have been telling me that life begins at 40. I'm not so sure of that. Nevertheless, Momofuko Ando, founder of Nissin Noodles, invented Instant Noodles at age 48 in 1958. The cup noodle didn't come along until 1971. He passed away last week at 96 years of age. I guess instant noodles can' t be all that bad for you. Heheh.