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Friday, 21 March 2008

  • joy of finding tango music

    hello folks!
    started a great weekend with spring?
    i haven't gone out yet but it seems so sunny and warm today.
    yeah i should start taking a walk outside after lunch.

    as you guys know, i'm a huge fan of qbox.com and its music player.
    today, after lunch, i was listening to random tango music with qbox player sitting down on my desk which was under the warm spring sun. the tango melody made me happily relaxed. it was absolutely the happiness of enjoying music in the middle of my day.

    while i was enjoying music, the reason i didn't fall asleep was that i was expecting to hear the next tango tracks which played randomly by the q-player. i don't know much about tango but there are many of awesome music and musicians. i have no idea how to find them but q-player finds me all the new tango music i've never heard before. that's why i love to listen to music with this q-player.

    3 months ago i had very limited taste of music. because i didn't even know what other choice i had. now i listen to various music genre such like tango, bossa nova, ambient, indie, concrete, lounge, jungle, nu-jazz, folk rock, and so on. some of these are totally new to me but i found out they are my style! it's always fun to try a new genre and see if i like it. on the player, there are still 20-30 genre tags i've not tried yet. how exciting!

    it's super simple. you just click one of the floating genre tags on the player. then it will play about 20 random songs of the genre you choose. these floating tags are called "popular tags." i put a picture here for your easy understanding. =)

    the best part is this!
    you can save the songs you like instantly on your qbox page so that you can listen those songs anytime later. how do we do that? i better put a picture here again, right?

    when you click the star(☆→★) of the song on the player, the song gets automatically saved on your favorite music of library. and also if you click the yellow star again (★→☆) the song moves to your library.

    man, i just wanted to share how cool to listen to new music with with unknown genres but it seems like a tutorial session.
    have a fun with music anyways. that's my point.

    (update)
    this tango musician is my discovery of today.
    Download QboxPlayer if you haven't done it yet.
    Enjoy!

Wednesday, 19 March 2008

  • Elephant Walk in NYC

    last night, if somebody called me after midnight, they'd probably have thought i was crazy. why? i'd have said, "i'm waiting to see elephants walk down 34th street in manhattan! and it's freezing cold!!"

    yes, actually and truly, last night me, wifey and Qme went to see the "elephant walk" in nyc.
    we were there from 11:40pm to 1:20am.
    it was windy and cold.

    at www.elephantday.com, it says:
    "Every year the Ringling Brother's Barnum and Baily Circus rolls into New York City. In anticipation of the event, the circus walks their elephants through Manhattan and on to Madison Square Garden. The sight of elephants walking down 34th Street is pretty awesome, and it deserves its own holiday. Thus the celebration of Elephant Day is born!"

    we parked the car around MSG. the empire state building was still lightened.

     
    there were many big and fun advertisement as usual. btw, i love will ferrell!!



    while we were waiting for the elephants coming we looked around macy's which was having its annual flower show with splendid window displays.



    there were not many people since not a lot of new yorkers know about this. well, honestly i don't think you wanna go out to see elephants 1 o'clock in the morning in freezing cold weather, especially if you gotta go work 6 hours later. :)


    still nypd put the barricades  on the street.
     
    helicopters came out to see the elephants.

    find Qme!! 

    "some is coming!!"

    here are their pictures. it was not so dark but since they were moving pretty fast i didn't get good pictures. :(  man, i didn't know elephants could walk that fast.




    funny thing is that this street cleaning vehicle was at the end of the row.
    yes, it was taking care of all "stuff" from the elephants' and horses' XXX.       


    it was very unique experience which is an advantage of living near nyc.
    crazy things happen here.
    walking elephants at 1:00am in new york city?
    yeah, it does sound crazy.
    thanks, eugy hon for showing me cool stuff which i'll never see again.


Monday, 17 March 2008

  • it's time to go eat steaks..!

    man, i was getting hungry and accidentally saw these pictures from last year, James' b-day.



    yes, these are from "peter luger's steak house," the living legend of new york steak!!
    when i went there first time it was just amazingly impressive.
    i'd never imagined that there was a melting thick steak in the mouth.
    i might have some chances to have even better steaks in the rest of my life but so far this is the best. ^^b

    i haven't eaten good steaks for a while.
    i should gather people and visit the restaurant again asap.
    i'm on fire. nah.. i'm on water in my mouth.

    and the dessert will be "junior's cheese cake!"
     


    (last time we went to peter luger's they said they also have great cheese cakes so i might have one-stop course meal there.)

Thursday, 13 March 2008

  • WishList

    today, i figured out what i really want for myself.

    1. verizon fios or any fast fast internet service.
       i can't stand using this slow internet service any more.
       i don't want to work slow because my tool is slow. (i work with internet)
      

    2. i want a powerful desktop computer.
       my laptop is too old and too slow to be a work station.
       every time it gets stuck i can't do anything and it wastes my time about 1 hour a day!

      

    3. i want a big monitor, at least 23-inch one.
       with a small monitor, doing multi tasking is not easy.
       and also small monitor kills my eyes which are looking at it all day long.
      

    4. i know you want this too. =)
      

    5. nice german knife set! like heinckels! (for my wife)
       people call it "wisdom."
       however, i love to use a sharp knife when i "cook."
      

    6. i really need a small handy vacuum.
       i'm sick of cleaning house every saturday.
       i'm just gonna get rid of all the dust as soon as i find it.
      

    7. i think i'm becoming like a vampire.
       when i go out under the direct sunlight i can't open my eyes.
       i guess my eyes got weaker.
        
    by the way, i found this song, wishlist sung by pearl jam. i really like this song.
    it's fun to find this kinda random good music.

Tuesday, 11 March 2008

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