On The Side Of Me

Corrinne May is one of my fave singer-songwriters from Singapore.

She draws lots of inspiration from her life in Singapore, sickness, family, frenz and her spiritual experiences.

Her lyrics are heartfelt and a lot of people find her songs easy to relate to.

Here's one from her latest album "Beautiful Seed" (out now in the music stores!)

'On The Side Of Me'
by Corrinne May

I'm not the easiest person to love
I'm often the one who lets things go unresolved

Yet you choose to be
on the side of me
on the side of me
Yet you choose to be on the side of me
on the side of me

I'm not too proud of some things
I've done in my life
The skeletons in my closet
Are too big for me to hide

Yet you choose to be
on the side of me
on the side of me
Blessed Charity
You're on the side of me
on the side of me

Everyone needs a friend to hold
when it's cold outside
and there's no place to go
Everyone needs a friend to hold
all alone I cried
there was no place to go
I remember when nobody cared
but you

I'm not the easiest person to love
But you, you've opened your heart to show me what I'm worth

'Cause you choose to be
on the side of me
on the side of me
What a mystery
You're on the side of me
on the side of me

Everyone needs a friend to hold
when it's cold outside
and there's no place to go
Everyone needs a friend to hold
all alone I cried
there was no place to go

I remember when nobody cared
Nobody cared
But you...

Yeah you choose to be
on the side of me
on the side of me

In Loving Memory Of Zachary

Bro, it's really heart breaking to hear that you already left this place. You will forever be trapped inside my memories. I will definately see you when my time is up as well. Hopefully, you knew some new friends up there so you won't be that lonely while waiting for us to join you.

Plain White T's - Radios In Heaven

Your time has already come and I don't know why
The last thing that I had heard
You were doing just fine
It seems like just yesterday
I was laughing with you
Playing games at Grandma's house
Well you taught me well, didn't you?
I hope I'm just like you

(chorus)
Do they have radios in heaven?
I hope they do
Cause they're playing my song on the radio
And I'm singing it to you

You left before I had a chance to say goodbye
But that's the way life usually is
It just passes you by
But you can't hold on to regrets
And you can't look back
So I'll just be thankful for the
Times that I had with you
I hope I'm just like you

(repeat chorus)

If they don't have radios in heaven
Here's what I'll do
I can bring my guitar when my time is up
And I'll play it for you

Tell me can you hear me now
If not, then I can try to sing real loud
What's it like up on the other side of the clouds?
I hope I'm just like you
I hope I turn out to be as good as you

Odex

Was reading the newspaper the other day and realised that this "unknown" anime local distributor company called "Odex" is sueing people for downloading of popular animes they "represented".

Who is Odex?
According to wikipedia, Odex is a Singaporean company that licenses and releases anime for local and regional (South East Asian) consumption.

Firstly, why i decided to so call flame this company. Well they started to sue people that downloaded those anime they represented. They had gone to the legal system to demand the 3 major ISP in Singapore to reveal informations of the accused downloaders. After they got the informations, they sent out a letter demanding a promise not to download anymore anime and a $3,000 to $5,000 fine. If not, they will pursue legal actions against the accused.

Odex is really fucked up in my opinion. A search on google reveal that their official website is "Under Construction". Secondly, they did not do any advertising for their products. Most only knew about the anime when they saw it on sale at Laserflair or TS. Thirdly, they did not made an effort to get close to the fans by organising events such as the Comic-con or something similar to Cosfest where they let fans cosplay their favourite characters as well as publicising their latest release. In this note, most people i read on various forums such as my own Keeptouch, HWZ etc did not even know who is Odex. I myself bought some animes from them without knowing them as well. I will say their quality of anime really sucks to the core. Blurry image and ugly font for the subtitles. Somemore there are rumours that they used subtitles from Hong Kong or Taiwan and directly translated the chinese words to english.

The prices of Odex anime are claimed to be generally cheaper then compared to their American or Japanese counterparts. However, while American/Japanese DVDs usually contain extra secrets, Odex VCDs/DVDs are merely barebones, containing no additional stuff. Supposedly, this allows Odex to lower the price of their anime and make it affordable for the consumers. However, this is not the case. A box of 12-13 Episode CD's of VCD quality cost SGD$29.90(USD$19.70), while those of the DVD quality cost SGD$39.90(USD$26.30). They claimed that these are "cheap", oh please stop what you are thinking and reflect on your release.

With this, Odex please reflect on your policy before you are doomed forever. There are still time to stop what you are doing.

Mika is the Second Coming of Freddie Mercury

I think few months ago i heard of a singer called Mika, who is a Lebanese-born, British-raised singer. At first, i really thought that the song "Grace Kelly" is a new "unreleased" song by Freddie Mercury or Queen but later, i found out it's not the case.

The song is catchy and instantly likable. By the second verse I was struck by how much Mika sounded like Freddie Mercury. He’s got some similar vocal stylings, and (I think, though I’m a total layman in these matters) a similar range. Plus, they’re both skinny, fey, British dudes with a, uh, apparent flair for theatricality. Of course, the song’s lyrics include a reference to trying a “a little Freddie”. Mika seems to be a legitimately talented musician, as he attended the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, Westminster School and the Royal College of Music (he dropped out to record an album). I also watched a piano-only version on Jools Holland’s show, and, barring real-time, auto-magical pitch adjusters and the like, his skills seem to be all natural.

So is he a "new Freddie"? even Brian May (former Queen guitarist) sounded his approval after his fans introduced him. According to reports, Brian May even went up to criticise various websites who gave Mika a bad review on his album, Life in Cartoon Motion. Personally I had bought that album, really a great album though. It really felt like Freddie Mercury singing in a different genre. Below are a few of his videos. Go listen and decide for yourselves.

Tired Life Of A Commando CQMS

i'm so tired and freak out at the moment. I also need to go back to camp later before 2359hours as i have para-jump ops at sembawang airbase early next moment. I'm really looking forward to that day finally come. 17 December 2008 which is like 1 year and 4mths away. I can't really wait to hit that 1 year mark. This means that i will only left with another year with the SAF (Served And Fucked off) which is true for my case.