Monster Sony speakers

I came across these speakers in a shopping mall sometime last week. I wonder if it is a refresh of their old line of speakers that was simply laughable. It certainly looks the part. When I had a look behind the speaker, the thin speaker wires and the wires to control lighting behind the woofer were still present. Looks like this is still a novelty and it is just not worth it. If you are looking for something to power your next event, get something else.

Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind

If you could read my mind love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie
About a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
You know that ghost is me
And I will never be set free
As long as I’m a ghost you can see

If I could read your mind love
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind the drugstore sells
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
Come the hero would be me
Heroes often fail
And you won’t read that book again
Because the ending’s just to hard to take

I walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a three way script
Enter number two, a movie queen
To play the scene of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now love let’s be real

I never knew I feel this way
And I’ve got to say that I just don’t get it
I don’t know where we went wrong
But the feeling’s gone and I just can’t get it back

If you could read my mind love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie about a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
The story always ends
And if you read between the lines
You’ll know that I’m just trying to understand
The feeling that you left

I never knew I feel this way
And I’ve got to say that I just don’t get it
I don’t know where we went wrong
But the feeling’s gone
And I just can’t get it back

Man caught riding e-scooter on Pan Island Expressway

This was circulating on the internet in social media the whole day yesterday. Apparently, at 9 in the morning, this idiot was caught riding his e-scooter on the Pan island Expressway, or PIE for short. This fool did not know or chose to ignore the fact that PMD (Personal Mobility Devices) are not allowed on the expressway. But he was swiftly caught by the Traffic Police and everyone, for once, were approving that deed by the TP, even e-scooter riders. i do not know what this guy’s excuse was but all i know is that he is gonna have justice served to him. Video of the deed is posted below

Chesley Bonestell paintings of Saturn

When I was a kid, I used to spend a lot of time at my grandparents’ place. I still remember those years with love and longing…not a care in the world except to study. I remember when I used to pore through the encyclopedias that they had and I remember being mystified by paintings by this artist in one of them, an artist by the name of Chesley Bonestell. Today, for some reason, while reminiscing, I decided to look for artists impressions of Saturn, like I had seen in those encyclopedias when I was a boy. When this painting came up, I was totally thrilled. This was one of them! Just check out Chesley Bonestell’s paintings. Imagine this…he painted with his imagination as to how it would look…and it looks so good.

Not an easy day for me today. Feeling a bit sad. I always think back to my past when I had better memories. Thanks Chesley Bonestell for that trip back into memory lane

Truck front wheel with missing nut

I was walking near my workplace and I happened to glance down while walking past a lorry. i saw that this lorry had a missing nut on its front wheel. This is not safe at all and the tendency for the wheel to come off just became more of a reality. You can see what happens below with trucks with runaway tires. They can be quite dangerous!

Costs and taxes are going to rise says Lee Hsien Loong

I’ll just leave this here for today

Kopitiam near Lavender MRT station

I swear. Sometimes I can be a glutton for punishment, in more ways than one. Yesterday, I went with my wife to get some dinner. We decided against McDonald’s and chose the Kopitiam next door to it. I remember that I had a bone of contention the last time I patronised that place and I did write a post about it. However, my wife felt like eating there and so we went there, despite my misgivings

My wife ordered a kway chap and I ordered some mixed vegetable rice. My wife complained about the blandness of the food the moment she took the first tasting of it. I listened to her complaint and then took a taste of mine. Equally bland, I felt as well. I then told her that I needed a drink and I remembered the last time I came here and how overpriced it was. So I went to get the drink and guess what…$1.70 for a can of Cole Zero!

Now some of you readers are going to say things like the rent is high and those prices are justified. I don’t agree. The cost price of those cans is only somewhere in the range of 50 cents each. Do not ask me how I know the wholesale price, but I know. So they mark up a dollar more and sell it.

So I will now say this…avoid this place. It serves bland, overpriced food and the drinks are not cheap. I should have stuck with McDonald’s or Subway!

Manchester United – 4 Newcastle – 1

We met Newcastle at Old Trafford today. Our defence was not the best because we let in a goal early. I really felt pissed as I saw that Lindelof slipped at the crucial moment. However, we made up for that by a lovely header from Martial, after a brilliant assist from Paul Pogba, who still looked sharp despite having been sidelined for injuries. But it did not stop there. Just before the half-time whistle, Ashley Young fed a beautiful pass to Chris Smalling and he headed that pass in, making the score 2 – 1!

After the first half, I was telling my wife…let us have some more to make up on that goal difference. And then it happened. Juan Mata, who must have read my mind, kicked the ball to Rashford, who deftly headed it into the path of a charging Paul Pogba, who scored, making it 3 – 1! I was almost losing it by then and my wife was too! So we decided to wait and see what happened…and we were not disappointed. Romelu Lukaku caught the Newcastle defence sleeping and sent the ball to the back of the net. 4 – 1! I was ecstatic! All through the game, I had this old phrase I recall from the 1999 final: “Can Manchester United Score? They always score!” And score we did. GGMU!!!

Unethical practices in the entertainment industry in Singapore

I was sent this by a friend of mine, who happened to come across this clipping that was published in the newspapers, a public apology of sorts. It looks like for 12 months, these two people Lynn Koh and Elaine Soh, while in the employ of an event company, diverted business to another company named The Event Experience. They were found out and I think were taken to court and as a result, were probably asked to put up this notice. This is an unethical as it is. And the thing is, this is the news that we know. Just imagine what we do not know.

Firefox Quantum

My Firefox got updated to the new Firefox Quantum today. It was and is very exciting all the time to get new stuff and I always look forward to it. First of all, this new version of Firefox is much faster and I dare say, leaner than the older version. Unfortunately, some of my extensions cannot run in this, such as my downloader extension aka DownThemAll. I use this a lot to download my Linux ISOs and the like. Some other extensions are not compatible with this new version of Firefox Quantum and the new GUI takes some getting used to. I suppose it will improve once the feedback gets sent to them and that is what this post in this blog is for.