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Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Cre8ive is in town!

Currently Listening:

David Crowder Band - All I Can Say

Cre8ive is in Singapore!

David Evans (the worship director of Brisbane City Church and one of the pioneers of Hillsong Music, Youth Alive and Planetshakers) and Cre8ive together with Andrew Schaper (lecturer at Hillsong College) and John James (founding member and former lead singer of the Newsboys) will be conducting a Evangelism, Leadership and The Arts seminar in Singapore, hosted by Cornerstone Community Church.
Some of the topics covered include "Leadership - How to have the team you always wanted", "Vocals, Song Leading and Stage Presence", "The Journey to Significance" and practical band tips from the Cre8ive band.

You can find out more information on the seminar at the Cornerstone Community Church Youth Ministry website.

If you are unable to make it for the seminar, you can always try to catch them in concert at the following locations:

20th Jan:	7pm	Cornerstone Community Church night concert ($2)
21st Jan:	9am to 4pm	Cre8ive seminar at Cornerstone Community Church
	7pm	Cornerstone Community Church night concert ($2)
22nd Jan:	8.30am & 10.45am	Cornerstone Community Church sunday services
	1.30pm	FCBC Youth service at Singapore Expo

I'll be there most of the time except for the Sunday services, so catch them live! It'll be worth it. I can't wait!! So exciting!

~~derek~~ at 1/18/2006 02:51:00 pm
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006

The new Mactels are out!

Steve Jobs and Apple have officially launched the new Mactels (Mac with Intel processors) at Macworld in San Francisco yesterday, showcasing the new iMac (up to 2x faster than the current iMacs) as well as a brand new notebook line known as the MacBook Pro (up to 4x faster than the current G4 PowerBooks).

Other rollouts include updates for iLife '06 and iWork '06, as well as the iPod Radio Remote which allows iPods to have a wired remote and be able to listen to FM radio.

Check it all out at Macworld and Apple!

** drools **

~~derek~~ at 1/11/2006 05:02:00 pm
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Animes and Mangas

Currently Listening:

X 2003 - Various Artists

Well then, since I've got the time to post today, I thought I would just the list of some the animes and mangas that I'm currently following and recommending from the time I first started watching/reading that fateful day in my room in Brisbane (all thanks to Adrian...)

Naruto
Read the review on Anime News Network Status: Ongoing Current Anime Episode: 166 Current Manga Chapter: 290 Download sites: Naruto Central, Naruto Download, Naruto-Kun My Personal Rating: 8 of 10 The series has been going on for ages... and I don't think the story is even half-way through! The anime still has loads more to catch up to the manga, but the use of filler episodes in the anime is just getting too uninteresting. When the anime begins to match up to the manga storyline then its definitely worth watching! If you're starting out, the starting episodes and storyline will get you hooked!

Bleach
Read the review on Anime News Network Status: Ongoing Current Anime Episode: 62 Current Manga Chapter: 210 Download sites: Bleach7, Bleach Community, Bleach Portal My Personal Rating: 9 of 10 Well, no anime/manga is perfect, but Bleach has got to be one of those that nears perfection. A riveting storyline, fast-paced and action-packed. Although the powers of the zanpaku-tou can be real wierd and quite sci-fi at times... but I'm sticking my eyes to this series!

Bowling King
Read the review on StopTazmo.com Status: Ongoing Current Manga Chapter: 107 Download sites: StopTazmo.com, Mangadownload.net My Personal Rating: 6 of 10 If you're looking for slapstick, hilarious, unbelievable everyday situations or you simply like bowling, then this taiwanese manga should keep you occupied. I'm just reading this for the bowling skills portion.. hahaha...

Team Medical Dragon
Read the review on mangaupdates.com Status: Ongoing Current Manga Chapter: 25 Download sites: nexGear manga, Voiea.net My Personal Rating: 8 of 10 I was just browsing for new manga to read when I chanced upon this series. I think its one of the most riveting series I've read, because its touching on the topic about medical ethics in japanese hospitals. Whether or not the negative statements about the state of japanese hospitals are fictional or not I do not know, but this is one manga worth reading to question moral and ethical issues in medicinal treatments.

Yakitate!! Japan
Read the review on Anime News Network Status: Ongoing Current Anime Episode: 51 (I've only watched till Ep 5!) Current Manga Chapter: 145 Download sites: AnimeSuki.com, Souhaku Scans, Manga Downloads My Personal Rating: 8 of 10 I first read the manga and found it really interesting. The bread-making techniques and scientific information is explained pretty thoroughly and its made pretty clear... and the reactions to Azuma's bread are typical of most food animes but still entertaining nonetheless.

To all you anime and manga viewers out there, hope this is entertaining to you... if you're not one of them, then too bad cos this is my blog and I can write (almost) whatever I want... hahaha... maybe I'll convert you guys to anime... and I must remind you that they're not just cartoons or comics.. hahahaha

Till my next post...

PS: I've updated the Friends and Favourites links...

~~derek~~ at 1/11/2006 12:11:00 pm
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~min~

loves to day dream, humorous, c.r.a.z.y., bingeing, precious moments, guitar/bass and talking to big daddy!

Acknowledgements and thanks to...

God, the creator of creativity
Min, for supporting and giving me half the idea in the first place

Milton, the unnamed and uncredited spokesman/ambassador/salesman for Apple
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Deviant Art artists for graphics and ideas
Joshua Olsen, wae Technologies for OS X bar
Mark Newhouse,
Apple,

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