For a couples of months now… I’m slowly getting used to and falling in love with my MacBook. A recent Win XP notebook’s harddisk crash accelerated my full conversion to the Mac OS.

Earlier part of the year, Jaime imported her iPhone and during her confinement, the iPhone became her portable web browser & movie screen. Even Talia Ann had mastered the art of flipping through the photos on the iPhone with her tiny fingers.

With the better substitute, Jaime’s iPod Video became mine and my iPod classic was left collecting dust.

iHome

So we bought a iHome Stereo Clock Radio with iPod docking station for Talia Ann (her old aiwa mini HiFi no longer plays CD). Anyway, we stored all of Talia’s favourite songs into the iPod and also some songs from a few praise & worship CDs that we have not played to her.

One afternoon, I saw her dancing in front of the iHome Stereo with actions I’ve never seen. She was dancing in rhythm with the Praise & Worship song. She was so cute! Did she learn those actions in her sunday school? I wonder…..

Before my harddisk crashed on my win XP notebook, I was already getting very sick with anything ‘window’. Jaime bought a notebook with Vista last year and for countless times we wanted to throw the retarded vista infested notebook out of the window.

We need change! The change to Mac OS is refreshing, the change to iPhone is inspiring and the world without microsoft seem to be a much better place.


Talking about “We need Change!”, I’m so excited that Obama won. I supported his call for change a few weeks after he decided to run for presidency. It was via Facebook that I first learned about him (it was a few days after my birthday last year) and thanks to facebook who supported his campaign, this poorly funded movement gain momentum. This man who decided no to suck up to lobbyist in Washington ended up attracting more funding than any presidential candidates.

The change is refreshing! It gives hope to all, not that he will be a great President, but rather nothing is impossible. Not your race, not your color and not where you came from.

Such changes render the justifications for our GRC system useless and primitive. Do we really need a GRC to have minority race MPs in the parliament? Incomptent ‘yes men’ maybe….

True leaders that inspire get voted in regardless of their background when there is a fair playing field.

I was so overjoy on 5th Nov 2008 when I watched Obama addressing his nation on youtube that I can’t stop shouting “Obama! Obama!” with my arm raised. Soon, Talia Ann sensing my emotion started shouting “O Papa! O Mama!”, “O Papa! O Mama!”. She was so charming and sweet…I hugged her, I love her so much that I want change to come on my nation.

As her father, I will inspire her to be passionate for a cause that she believes in and go for it.

Now, back to my little Mac family. I’m seriously thinking of adding more Mac to our home network and maybe eat further into SingTel’s profit but picking up a ’subsidised’ iPhone.

There are so many amazing things you can do with the iPhone. Do you know that you can actually turn your iPhone into an Ocarina, an ancient flute-like instrument (Wikipedia: Ocarina)



Watch these people playing Stairway to Heaven with their iPhone.

Ocarina (by smule) is the first true musical instrument created for the iPhone. Ocarina is sensitive to your breath, touch and movements, making it even more versatile than the original. Unlike other musical applications, there are no pre-compiled riffs so musicians will find unlimited opportunities for self-expression. But you don’t have to be formally trained to appreciate this enchanting instrument.

For beginners, Smule provides an interactive tutorial on its website. It is so easy, anyone can play, even if you don’t read sheet music.

- Blow into your microphone to generate music
- Hold down combinations of the holes to change your pitch
- Tilt your phone from front to back to change the vibrato depth
- Tilt your phone from side to side to change the vibrato rate

Ocarina is more than a musical instrument, it’s also a social application. Check it out yourself Ocarina .

Ever imagine you can turn your mobile phone into a connected device and also a musicial instrument? Change is coming and more change will come…..be ready for CHANGE!

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