Fragility of life

Written by cl0udi3 on July 24th, 2010

You know I’m a Super Junior fan when the iPhone is filled with their songs / videos. And the frequent entries on them. Sorry but I do not mean to flood your (RSS) timeline with their news :D

Have heard about the freak accident 4 of the members (and 2 of their managers), and read about how Kyuhyun felt about it in a recent telecast. But had never went to find out what exactly happened, until I clicked on the last video in this blogpost. And then lots of thoughts came to my mind.

Possibly due to the recent craze over them, the daily dosage(s) of watching their weekly performances and the on-loop playlist of all their albums the entire day, that there’s a sense of 亲切感 (closeness) with them. Feels like they’re your brothers and it hurts when any of them gets injured. Any of you elfs has the same feeling too?

One reason why I love them, is their 执著-ness about life, and the close-knitted bond among them. How Kyuhyun fought hard to stay alive, how all of them continued to perform to the best of their ability. This group seems to be accident prone, somehow. I haven’t done any research, but I remembered my sis telling me other members got into (other) accidents too. Like Heechul, who got into an accident while on his way to visit another member (whom I can’t remember who now)’s dad who was in hospital. The accidents may have impacted some of them, but the close-knitted group continued to stay together and give their best performances.

Now that I think of it, life is really fragile isn’t it? You really can’t predict what will happen, you can’t prevent accidents from happening (you can control yourself but you can’t control others). But what’s more important is treasuring the present, and to embrace whatever things/events that might happen to you.

Knowing how to walk out from past (bad) experiences, is what makes one a stronger person.

And that is the reason why I love them. :)

 

Syupeo Junieo 슈퍼주니어

Written by cl0udi3 on July 24th, 2010

Maybe.. I should do an arrangement of the members based on their birthdate. Always at a lost who’s older / younger. Only knew (at any instant) that the oldest is Teukie and the youngest is Kyuhyun.

Leetuk – 1 July 1983
Heechul – 10 July 1983
Yesung – 24 Aug 1984
Shindong – 28 Sep 1985 (easily remembered!)
Sungmin – 1 Jan 1986
Eunhyuk – 4 Apr 1986
Donghae – 15 Oct 1986
Siwon – 10 Feb 1987
Ryeowook – 21 Jun 1987
Kyuhyun – 3 Feb 1988

Alright, now I won’t get the (age) sequence wrong! :)

 

Cisco launches Flip Video™

Written by cl0udi3 on July 20th, 2010

Cisco Systems [yesss I love this company, coz that's where I had my first internship 10 years ago!] recently launched a new Camcorder in Singapore.

Was privileged to get invited to the launch event on Thurs :)

Camcorders might seem common these days, but a pocket camcorder? That was what attracted me! But I was pretty skeptical on the video output. Will the quality be comprised?

So we took the Flip Video™(s) and went around doing some “testing”.

Did this indoor, at the dining venue.

And this was taken outdoor, at the open area of VivoCity at 3rd floor.

Doesn’t seem to impress me much actually. But I’m pretty cool with it, seeing that it’s a compact camcorder. It’s good for play use!

Not until.. I saw the “Watch in HD” mode on youtube! haha oops!

It’s nice of the organisers to have a “choose the correct flip and u get to own it” game. Yes I won it ahhaha!

So I took it with me to a colleague’s housewarming on Sat. Here’s the video I took, in bright daylight, indoor. :)

Take a closer look at 0:52. I’m impressed by how the video auto adjusts the brightness as it moves.

Oh! I haven’t show you the size of the camcorder right? Here you go!

The name tag is the normal credit card size. That’s how small the Flip Video™ is (the one in the backdrop is MinoHD™)!

More info on Flip Video™ on the official site.

Cisco Flip MinoHD™ is currently retailing at SGD 349, if you’re keen to get one :)

Finally, thank you Julian from Text100 for the invite!

 

He’s Beautiful

Written by cl0udi3 on July 20th, 2010

If you’ve watched the korean drama He’s Beautiful, you wouldn’t feel unfamiliar with this song

Yup this is the theme song, Still by Lee Hong Ki from F.T. Island.

With the recent debut of the drama in Taiwan, Lee Hong Ki offered to do a mandarin version of the theme song!

This song was recorded within 30mins! Considering that it’s a foreign language, Lee Hong Ki’s good! :D

Oh I’m gonna rewatch the drama! :p

 

C.N Blue – Love

Written by cl0udi3 on July 12th, 2010

No idea why the korean wave these days, but since I’ve always felt at home with the Korean language (other than Japanese & Cantonese), and the recent Super Junior craze, I’m very into Korean shows/songs now :D

Justin was introducing me to this song by C.N Blue (a Korean group) a week ago, when we went for the food trail. I thought it was pretty ok, until I saw the video. I love rock songs with live band! <3<3

Thought the lead singer (the guy in the middle) look very familiar, did a search on the group members and I got it right. He’s one of the main actors from the korean drama I watched recently – He’s Beautiful.

The song’s not bad, gonna search for their other songs now :D

 

Food Trail

Written by cl0udi3 on July 11th, 2010

Random snapshots from the food trail that Victor organised last week :)

Obviously I don’t have enough confidence to post other photos, so hop on to my flickr if you’re keen. :P

 

Super Junior – No Other

Written by cl0udi3 on July 3rd, 2010

They look so happy dancing this!

Their first performance for the new song in the repackaged Bonamana album.

Performance on 3 July

Performance on 4 July

Music Video

Performance on 9 July [Short version]

Performance on 10 July [Short version]

Performance on 11 July [Short version]

Performance on 16 July [Short version]

Performance on 18 July [Short version, refreshing performance]

Performance on 23 July [short version]

Performance on 24 July [YHY Sketchbook]

Performance on 24 July [Music Core]

Performance on 25 July [No Other + Bonamana] [The last performance they have, before concentrating on the concert preparations]

 

I realise..

Written by cl0udi3 on June 29th, 2010

I realise..

that I get emo quite easily these days

that I’m not as patient as I used to be

that I’ve lost the capability of good finance management

that I’ve also lost the capability of good time management

that I’ve started to look forward to weekends on Mondays

that I’ve been having Monday blues very frequently these days

that I’m no longer looking forward to work (gonna get killed for posting this)

that this peak period is way beyond my capability

I think I need a break. From everything.

 

Bonamana remix

Written by cl0udi3 on June 29th, 2010

This.. has got to be my favourite remix from them :)

 

Super Junior (part 2)

Written by cl0udi3 on June 26th, 2010

You must be wondering why I didn’t write about which songs Super Junior sang during the showcase.

Well.. that’s because I didn’t know what were the songs (probably except for the latest hit song – Bonamana) then!

Read a few posts on the showcase, now I finally know what was sung that day! :p

As in my previous post, the first time I saw their performance, was when I read DK’s entry on Super Junior crash course. In awed with their performance for the 2 videos I watched.. I kinda expected their performance that night to be of the same standard.

Here’s the first song that they sang – Bonamana. Hit song from the latest (4th) album.

 

In the 4th album, only 10 members are active. And since this is the latest album, you should be able to recognise 9 of them from the photos I posted previously. Same hairstyle. Probably the only 1 member who doesn’t look familiar – that’s KyuHyun :D

Neat performance. 10 of them, you don’t find it messy at all. Actions are well timed! Compare that with the original MV:

Equally neat, if not better, since it’s a MV!

2nd song, was a solo by Yesung – It has to be you. The theme song for the show Cinderella’s Sister.

Next was Rokkugo, by one of the sub-groups SuJu-T. This is SuJu-T’s Japanese debut.

Following is another sub-group SuJu-H’s Pajama Party.

 Finally! How can they miss out their hit song - Sorry Sorry? That’s the first song that I heard from them!

Only 11 members appeared during this.  Here’s a video with the 12 members. (Missing Kibum who left to pursue his acting career).

Very neat performance I say. :)

Now compare their performance with the original MV.

Are you convinced yet? That they can dance VERY well? :p

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There are 4 sub-groups: SuJu-T(rot), SuJu-M(andarin), SuJu-Happy, SuJu-K.R.Y.

SuJu-T members: Heechul, Leetuk, Eunhyuk, Sungmin, Kangin, Shindong

SuJu-M members: Hankyung, Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, Donghae, 2 others not from SuJu.

SuJu-H members: Leetuk, Sungmin, Shindong, Yesung, Kangin, EunHyuk

SuJu-K.R.Y members: (like the group name says) Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, Yesung

Alright! Some unfamiliar names? Hankyung, Kangin & Kibum are currently inactive in the group.

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This post was started at 6+, took a 1hr dinner break, and it’s 11.15 now. It was a challenge writing this, I ended up watching their performances on youtube!

I can never get tired of their songs and dances (yet)!