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AOTW [26] : Boyce Avenue

Away from my Ukulele craze for once ! Just last Saturday, my SMUBE seniors Vince and Jasmine got engaged ! I’m so so SO HAPPY for both of them and it’s like a love story with a happy fairytale ending to us juniors who have been there (spying on them) since day 1! (HAHA)

Especially Jasmine, who is my fav BE senior ever (No offense to the rest..haha). Thank You so much for being there for me all the time ! Wish you happiness always and forever and evahh ! Such a gorgeous couple don’t you think ? Congrats !! =)))

I like Chris Brown’s ‘Forever’ alot, especially after watching Jill and Kevin’s wedding march-in to this song. So I’m ‘dedicating’ this post to the newly engaged couple !

Featuring Alejandro Manzano and Fabian Manzano of Boyce Avenue doing an acoustic cover the song =)

Chris Brown – Forever

It’s you and me moving
At the speed of light into eternity yer,
Tonight is the night to join me in the middle of ecstasy.
Feel the melody in the rhythm of the music around you, around you
I’m gonna take you there, I’m gonna take you there
So don’t be scared
I’m right here baby
We can go anywhere, go anywhere
But first it’s your chance,
Take my hand come with me

It’s like I’ve waited my whole life for this one night
It’s gonna be me you and the dance floor
’cause we’ve only got one night
Double your pleasure
Double your fun and dance
Forever (ever, ever)
Forever (ever, ever)
Forever (ever, ever)
Forever girl forever
Forever (ever, ever)
Forever (ever, ever)
Forever (ever, ever)
Forever on the dance floor

Feels like we’re on another level
Feels like our loves intertwined,
We can be two rebels breaking the rules
me and you, you and I
All you got to do is watch me
Look what I can do with my feet
Baby feel the beat inside,
I’m driving you can take the front seat
Just need you to trust me
Oh ah oh
It’s like!

It’s a long way down,
We’re so high off the ground,
Sending for an angel to bring me your heart
Girl, where did you come from?
Got me so undone,
Gazing in your eyes got me singing what a beautiful lady
No “if”s, “and”s or “maybe”s
I’m releasing my heart and it’s feeling amazing
There’s no one else that matters
you love me and I won’t let you fall girl
Let you fall girl oh
Ah ah ye yer
I won’t let you fall, let you fall
Let you fall oh oh
Yer yer
Yer yer
It’s Like!

Oh ah ah ah ah ah
Yer
Forever (ever, ever, ever)
Forever ever ah.

Tags: acoustic, alejandro manzano, boyce avanue, chris brown, engagement, fabian manzano, jasmine, jill and kevin, SMUBE, ukulele, vince, wedding march in

Local Talent ? We Want You !

I’m currently doing a show call “Out of Order” with my co-host Rachel on SMU Campus Radio which is aired every Friday 7-8pm (Sadly, I think VPN is required to tune in to us..unless someone wants to sponsor for our broadcast license ? haha)

Basically we have 4 main segments in the show whereby we feature what’s happening or cool events in Singapore that students can check out over the weekend, geeky gadgets or sites to browse through, random facts and jokes and of course the main highlight is our Myspace artiste of the week.

Similarly to what I’ve been doing on my blog, we feature a local/myspace artiste each week. I’ve been doing interviews for the past 3 radio shows and this term will not be any different !In fact, we’re kicking things off with the Pervy Boy soon !

So if you know of any (or if you are !) local talent/artiste…do drop me a msg ! Or email to ingridmak [at] gmail [dot] com !

Tags: artiste of the week, broadcast, local talent, myspace, out of order, pervy boy, segments, singapore, smu campus radio, SMUBE

Movie Buzz : Fanboys

Caught the media preview screening of “Fanboys” today ! Courtesy of Golden Village !

This comedy starring Jay Baruchel (Windows) , Dan Fogler (Hutch) , Sam Huntington (Eric) ,Chris Marquette (Linus) , and the eversocute Kristen Bell (Zoe) is quite worth watching IF you’re a diehard Star Wars fan. The story follows this bunch of Star Wars (duh) fans on a roadtrip (or rather, a quest) to break into George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch to watch STAR WARS: EPISODE 1- THE PHANTOM MENACE before it is released.

Initially I was quite skeptical about the movie because I am not exactly the biggest Star Wars fan you can find. It looked like a silly movie paraody  (like Scary Movie ?) And being a girl, the next thing I noticed was..the boys get to check out Kristen Bell but other than that, there isn’t any eyecandy in the film at all ! So I was expecting myself to leave the cinema halfway through this (already rather short) 90 minutes film.

But I was wrong, its sheer geeky-ness and goofiness has grown on me as these “Star Wars” fanatics began on their “quest”.  I had quite a good laugh over some of the jokes, although some proves that you gotta be a Star Wars fan to understand. One of the more amusing sub-plots deals with the Trekkies (Star Trek), and how intensely the Star Wars enthusiasts hate them. Very hiliarious if you dislike Star Trek as much as I do.    Engaging performance from Dan Fogler (Hutch), gotta be my favourite character in the movie. Jay Baruchel (Windows) played his role pretty convincingly as well, totally adorable geek. Enough about the boys you say ? Kristen Bell is probably fanboys’ dream come true in this male driven plot, who can resist a girl who loves comics,bond and Star Wars ? Her short black hair looks rather sexy on her to be honest, even I thought she looks pretty hot.

Watching how extreme fans can be is entertaining, it makes it a blast to watch if you like/love Star Wars too. Quite a few subtle (but witty) jokes here and there to complete the weak plot. Probably won’t catch it if you’re not used to the geek/nerd lingo, so brush up on them before you watch the movie. I would say this movie is a tribute to the friendship of all geeky fans out there  rather than a marketing niche, celebration of the fandom !  Speaking of which, I thought GV (or the marketing team) did a good job in bringing the “stormtroopers” to the preview. You should have seen the crowd gathering outside the hall,waiting to take a photo with them ! (They were really friendly stormtroopers by the way, offered to take a picture with me in the shot…but nahhsss) I wanna get one of these costumes too !

Oh, the sound effects were pretty awesome. Could have been an audio project altogether. Love the song by Spacehog “In the Meantime“.

I wouldn’t recommend everyone to watch the movie since you should have at least basic Star Wars/Star Trek knowledge in order to understand the jokes. But if you’re a Sci-Fi fan and enjoy the geeky goofy things in life, do catch it ! It’s opening on 26th March.

P.S : I thought I saw the words on the van changed color at one of the scenes (I think it was outside the supermart), I swear it was white instead of the red that was for the rest of the show. Continuity error ? Do let me know after you guys catch the movie ! (hur hur)

Tags: dan fogler, fanboys, fandom, geek, george lucas, jay baruchel, kristen bell, movie, scary movie, sci-fi, skywalker, SMUBE, spacehog, startrek, starwars, stormtroopers

Nokia : Comes With Music

How can you not be impressed by the people at Nokia ?

Tired of downloading music onto your computers (be it legally or *coughs* illegally) then transferring them to your phones AND mp3 players ?  The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is your solution – it is not only just a phone but also comes with  FREE unlimited songs to download on-the-go !

SMU Campus Radio was invited to the Nokia Radio Show aka the official media launch of Nokia’s new “Comes with Music” phones last week. (Kudos to the people at Text100 and the boyfriend) Being Nokia users ourselves, Ser Hua and myself were really excited to know more about this new series.

The Muttons from 987 hosted the event, there were stage games and casual interviews with the Nokia people and record labels for us to understand the Nokia’s new campaign better.

NOKIA 5800 – Games Segment from Ingrid on Vimeo.

We had Ser Hua as our repsentative for the game segment too !

Nokia 5800 – Games Segment #2 from Ingrid on Vimeo.

The main feature is how you can download unlimited tracks for FREE !  (Don’t we all love this word?) I think the Nokia people are really thoughtful when it comes to designing a stylish practical phone that puts their  consumers’ needs as top priority.

For instance, I’m carrying my N82 for phone usage+camera and my laptop for internet and transferring of files and my mp3 player for music. Now things are so much easier when you can just click , download music and play them directly on your phone. I thought the stripes concept for this campaign was quite simple (yays for the creative team i suppose) but straight to the point. Great Job ! The media buzz was definitely right at your face yet not too annoying.

NOKIA 5800 – Comes with Music from Ingrid on Vimeo.

The 5800 offers 8GB memory for up to 6,000 tracks and support for all main digital music formats, yays to 3.5mm jack and built-in surround sound stereo speakers ! I really like the touchscreen which wasn’t too sensitive as compared to some of the touchscreen phones out there. The Nokia interface is almost idiot-proof, it is really user-friendly and the price is really attractive too ! Where else can you get a touchscreen phone with these functions AND unlimited FREE downloads of songs from Nokia Music Store ? I’m really tempted to replace my trusty N82 for this.   Though I would still prefer my 5megapixels camera phone to a 3.2

NOKIA 5800 – Hands On from Ingrid on Vimeo.

Back to the event, I was really surprised to see the All American Rejects !! Too bad they didn’t had a chance to play a song or two (but they had this Nokia Party after the launch).

It was a mad mad queue for the carpark party at night though ! People were already queuing at 5pm !

Nonetheless, it was really a pleasant surprise and woah, they were just steps away !

Nokia 5800 – The All American’s Rejects from Ingrid on Vimeo.

On a sidenote, met many bloggers for the first time too ! Great to meet every single one of you ! (Sorry I was looking so blur..lol)

Last but not least, Thank you Ser Hua, Daryl and Krisandro for the wonderful afternoon !

Looking forward to more events such as these !

Tags: blogger, comes with music, N82, nokia, Nokia 5800, nokia music store, smu campus radio, the all american rejects, the muttons, zouk