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Monday, December 24, 2012

'12 Christmas Wishlist!

Here I am, again, wishing for finer things in life. Gadgets are still among the top of this year's Christmas Wishlist. Last year, I asked for an iPhone 4s, a MacBook Air and a micro-four-third's camera. The 4s came, the wanted cam was replaced by a Canon Kiss and I almost got an HP notebook.

This year, I wanted to bring it up a notch, and explore the world of connectivity and home networks. I'm engrossed with the cool features of these devices and their versatility. Portability, Beauty, Convenience, Eminence and Coolness are the qualities that defines these selected devices which makes up the top five of my Christmas Wishlist! Sounds like I'm going to announce the top five Miss Universe contestants! Anyways here's the list and I'd bet these are on yours as well.

1. MacBook Air - Portability

So long have I been wanting to have a portable computer. Tablet's and smartphone's versatility almost killed this wanting, but one thing that keeps me on eyeing a notebook, that little cursor. I wanna do a lot of things  on a computer while on bed or in a shower. With all these file transfers, picture editing, music sampling, downloading and video presentation making, a powerful device is really needed! It is really convenient that you'll just have close the lid of the MacBook when you want to sleep, and as soon as you wake up, just like a guardian angel that watches over you on your sleep, open the lid and it is already up and running. Thanks to its flash drive technology.

MacBook Air 13-inch 128GB starts at PHP 50,000.

2. Sony BRAVIA HDTV - Beauty

Yes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but an ugly picture seems beautiful as your eyes celebrates the bursting colors of an HDTV. Who could resist not looking at these large monitors as you walk by an appliance center in a mall. I for one stopped in front of a large screen, nothing on the screen playing that would interest me, just a bird, flying. I was mesmerized by the colors of the picture and fluidity of the motion. Can't wait to get my hand on this big and sleek Sony HDTV and watch my 1080p and 720p movies. 

KLV-40EX430-BRAVIA™ HD TV (LED & LCD)-EX430 Series
Sony 40-inch EX430 Series BRAVIA TV starts at PHP 50,000

3. Bose SoundLink Air - Convenience

Wanting to play your music from your iPhone loud, without losing the sound quality? Tired of docking your iPhone and undocking it when you receive a phone call?  Dreamed of exploring the AirPlay technology introduced by Apple? Check, check, check! I do! Bose is Bose, you know you'll get your money's worth because of sound quality and good looks. And the integration of the Airplay technology is just so sweet! I just love it!

Bose Soundlink Air
Bose SoundLink Air starts at PHP 14,400

4. iPhone 5 - Eminence

I only wrote iPhone 5 because there is no iPhone 5s nor a 6 yet. That is what I want, the upgrade of Apple's much talked about smartphone of 2012. Pitted against the Samsung Galaxy S3, I still have no love for big smartphones. A clean, simple and elegant looking smartphone that is recognizable and with high market value  definitely are that qualities that sets iPhones apart from these Androids and Windows phones. Truly, the eminent one.

Apple iPhone 5 16GB starts at PHP 31,000

5. GoFlex Home Storage System - Coolness

Yes, coolness! I should have bought this over my current Western Digital HDD! Back then I was not keen about the networking features of an HDD, I just want an extra space for my growing number of movies, music and TV series downloads. I never thought I could share these media files over Wi-Fi home networks and mobile networks. You won't have to connect your tablet, notebook or a handheld device to your PC to get your media, you can stream it directly from the Seagate's GoFlex Home network storage. Told you it's cool! It's a wireless media sharing hub in your home!

Goflex Home Main
Seagate GoFlex Home Network Storage System 1TB starts at PHP 4,600

There you go, that's a total of PHP 150,000. Not bad right? haha. 

Anyways, satisfaction from these things will never amount to the greater gift that the Lord gave us, life. Let's celebrate this season with a grand cheer, sharing and love! Merry Christmas everybody!

Thursday, December 29, 2011

The 54th Grammy’s




The 54th Grammy’s is just around the corner, to be aired Feb 12 8/7c on CBS. I know some of us are excited about this since this is the most respected award giving body in the United States, though some says that this caters to older demographics. Anyways, the Grammy’s is also a grand music gathering attended by all music royalties and the here and now stars. Now let’s get the run-down and know if your faves are on the list, I’ve got my bets!



Record of the Year

1.       Rolling In The Deep
2.       Holocene
3.       Grenade
4.       The Cave
5.       Firework

My bet:

Rolling In The Deep
Adele
Paul Epworth, producer; Tom Elmhirst & Mark Rankin, engineers/mixers
Track from: 21
[XL Recordings/Columbia Records]

Or

Firework
Katy Perry
Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Sandy Vee, producers; Mikkel S. Eriksen, Phil Tan, Sandy Vee & Miles Walker, engineers/mixers
[Capitol]


Album Of The Year

1.       21
2.       Wasting Light
3.       Born This Way
4.       Doo-Wops & Hooligans
5.       Loud

My bet:

21
Adele
Jim Abbiss, Adele, Paul Epworth, Rick Rubin, Fraser T. Smith, Ryan Tedder & Dan Wilson, producers; Jim Abbiss, Philip Allen, Beatriz Artola, Ian Dowling, Tom Elmhirst, Greg Fidelman, Dan Parry, Steve Price, Mark Rankin, Andrew Scheps, Fraser T. Smith & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
[XL Recordings/Columbia Records]


Song Of The Year

1.       All Of The Lights
2.       The Cave
3.       Grenade
4.       Holocene
5.       Rolling In The Deep

My bet:

Rolling In The Deep
Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)
Track from: 21
[XL Recordings/Columbia Records; Publishers: Universal-Songs of Polygram/EMI Music Publishing]


Best New Artist

1.       The Band Perry
2.       Bon Iver
3.       J. Cole
4.       Nicki Minaj
5.       Skrillex

My bet:

Nicki Minaj


Best Pop Solo Performance

1.       Someone Like You
2.       Yoü And I
3.       Grenade
4.       Firework
5.       F***in’ Perfect

My bet:

Someone Like You
Adele
Track from: 21
[XL Recordings/Columbia Records]


Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

1.       Body And Soul
2.       Dearest
3.       Paradise
4.       Pumped Up Kicks
5.       Moves Like Jagger

My bet:

Body And Soul
Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
Track from: Duets II
[Columbia Records]


Best Pop Vocal Album

1.       21
2.       The Lady Killer
3.       Born This Way
4.       Doo-Wops & Hooligans
5.       Loud

My bet:

Doo-Wops & Hooligans
Bruno Mars
[Elektra]


Best Dance Recording

1.       Raise Your Weapon
2.       Barbra Streisand
3.       Sunshine
4.       Call Your Girlfriend
5.       Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites

My bet:

Barbra Streisand
Duck Sauce
Duck Sauce, producers; Duck Sauce, mixers
[Downtown Records]


Best Dance/Electronica Album

1.       Zonoscope
2.       4x4=12
3.       Nothing But The Beat
4.       Body Talk, Pt. 3
5.       Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites

My bet:

Body Talk, Pt. 3
Robyn
[Interscope Records]


Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

1.       Duets II
2.       The Gift
3.       In Concert On Broadway
4.       Music Is Better Than Words
5.       What Matters Most - Barbra Streisand Sings The Lyrics Of Alan And Marilyn Bergman

My bet:

Duets II
Tony Bennett & Various Artists
[Columbia Records]


Best Rock Performance

1.       Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
2.       Down By The Water
3.       Walk
4.       The Cave
5.       Lotus Flower

My bet:

Walk
Foo Fighters
Track from: Wasting Light
[RCA Records/ Roswell Records]



Best Rock Song

1.       The Cave
2.       Down By The Water
3.       Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
4.       Lotus Flower
5.       Walk

My bet:

Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay)
[Capitol Records/ EMI/ Parlophone; Publishers: Edition Pink Music/Hanseatic Musikverklag, Opal Music/Upala Music, Universal Music Publishing, Woulnough Music/Irving Music]


Best Rock Album

1.       Rock 'N' Roll Party Honoring Les Paul
2.       Wasting Light
3.       Come Around Sundown
4.       I'm With You
5.       The Whole Love

My bet:

Wasting Light
Foo Fighters
[RCA Records/ Roswell Records]


Best R&B Performance

1.       Far Away
2.       Pieces Of Me
3.       Not My Daddy
4.       Is This Love
5.       You Are

My bet:

Far Away
Marsha Ambrosius
Track from: Late Nights & Early Mornings
[J Records]


Best Traditional R&B Performance

1.       Sometimes I Cry
2.       Fool For You
3.       Radio Message
4.       Good Man
5.       Surrender

My bet:

Sometimes I Cry
Eric Benét
[Reprise]


Best R&B Song

1.       Far Away
2.       Fool For You
3.       Not My Daddy
4.       Pieces Of Me
5.       You Are

My bet:

You Are
Dennis Bettis, Carl M. Days, Jr., Wirlie Morris, Charlie Wilson & Mahin Wilson, songwriters (Charlie Wilson)
Track from: Just Charlie
[Jive Records; Publishers: Nephew Wirlie Music, Pacific Coast Pirate Publishing, P Ty Music, Escribir Publishing, Mammas Pebbly Publishing]


Best R&B Album

1.       F.A.M.E.
2.       Second Chance
3.       Love Letter
4.       Pieces Of Me
5.       Kelly

My bet:

F.A.M.E.
Chris Brown
[Jive Records]


Best Rap Performance

1.       Look At Me Now
2.       Otis
3.       The Show Goes On
4.       Moment 4 Life
5.       Black And Yellow

My bet:

Look At Me Now
Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
Track from: F.A.M.E.
[Jive Records]

Or

Black And Yellow
Wiz Khalifa
Track from: Rolling Papers
[Rostrum/Atlantic]


Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

1.       Party
2.       I'm On One
3.       I Need A Doctor
4.       What's My Name?
5.       Motivation
6.       All Of The Lights

My bet:

Party
Beyoncé & André 3000
Track from: 4
[Columbia Records]

Or

I Need A Doctor
Dr. Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey
[Aftermath]


Best Rap Song

1.       All Of The Lights
2.       Black And Yellow
3.       I Need A Doctor
4.       Look At Me Now
5.       Otis
6.       The Show Goes On

My bet:

All Of The Lights
Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)
Track from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
[Roc-A Fella; Publishers: Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978]


Best Rap Album

1.       Watch The Throne
2.       Tha Carter IV
3.       Lasers
4.       Pink Friday
5.       My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

My bet:

Lasers
Lupe Fiasco
[1st & 15th/Atlantic]


Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

1.       Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1
2.       Burlesque
3.       Glee: The Music, Volume 4
4.       Tangled
5.       True Blood: Volume 3

My bet:

Burlesque
Christina Aguilera
[RCA Records]


Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

1.       Danger Mouse
2.       Paul Epworth
3.       The Smeezingtons
4.       Ryan Tedder
5.       Butch Vig

My bet:

Ryan Tedder
For:
Brighter Than The Sun (Colbie Caillat) (T)
Favorite Song (Colbie Caillat Featuring Common) (T)
I Remember Me (Jennifer Hudson) (T)
I Was Here (Beyoncé) (T)
Not Over You (Gavin DeGraw) (S)
#1Nite (One Night) (Cobra Starship) (S)
Rumour Has It (Adele) (T)
Sweeter (Gavin DeGraw) (T)
Who's That Boy (Demi Lovato Featuring Dev) (T)

Or

The Smeezingtons
For:
Doo-Wops & Hooligans (Bruno Mars) (A)
If I Was You (OMG) (Far East Movement Featuring Snoop Dogg) (T)
Lighters (Bad Meets Evil Featuring Bruno Mars) (T)
Mirror (Lil Wayne Featuring Bruno Mars) (T)
Rocketeer (Far East Movement Featuring Ryan Tedder of One Republic) (T)


Best Short Form Music Video

1.       Rolling In The Deep
2.       Yes I Know
3.       All Is Not Lost
4.       Lotus Flower
5.       First Of The Year (Equinox)
6.       Perform This Way

My bet:

Rolling In The Deep
Adele
Sam Brown, video director; Hannah Chandler, video producer
[XL Recordings/Columbia Records]


Best Long Form Music Video

1.       I Am...World Tour
2.       Foo Fighters: Back And Forth
3.       Talihina Sky: The Story Of Kings Of Leon
4.       Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest
5.       Nine Types Of Light

My bet:

I Am...World Tour
Beyoncé
Ed Burke, Frank Gatson Jr. & Beyoncé Knowles, video directors; Beyoncé Knowles & Camille Yorrick, video producers
[Columbia Records/Music World]


Now who’s yours?


Courtesy of: http://www.grammy.com/nominees#content

Friday, November 4, 2011

'11 Christmas Wishlist

Uh oh! It's that time of the year again! What would you want this Chrismas? Everlasing love? Good health? Safe and complete family? Or gadget galore. Hmmmm, since this space in the cyberworld is just an extension of me, I'd say Gadgets Galore!!! I know that is too materialistic of me but there are just too many good stuff now than ever before! haha. Last year I asked for a Sony VAIO but my sister's HP pavilion came. I asked for a Sony Bravia then we had a JVC Musee. Oh no Kenneth Cole watches for me but this cheap Link watch turned some heads! Nokia N8 or iPhone 3Gs, Apple won! Now with iOS5, it's sweet but tad slow. And lastly, Altec Lansing spreakers was downgraded to my reliable Coby iPhone/ iPod dock which is on sale! haha. This year is a domination, a craze, a fad for Apple products. Though rivaled by Samsung/ Android, loyalists still lives on, and I believe I want to be one of them. Starting  off the list is an upgrade left by the late Steve Jobs...

1. iPhone 4S

Who wouldn't want to upgrade to a 4S now? Tell me? I want to meet Siri and I want to bond with it now! haha. Months before, the rumored iPhone was 5, and everybody got it wrong. Jobs left us with a sweet upgrade and it's his memorial resting on our palms.

iPhone 4S. Starts at PhP 30,000 

2. MacBook Air

Another Apple stunner! Again, who wouldn't want this! A perfect marriage of Art and Science. A melodious blending of Style and Power. Three words, I, Want, You!


MacBook Pro. Starts at PhP 43,000

3. A Micro Four Thirds (MFT) digital camera

Damn, I'm still in need of one! My iPhone just won't do it at night! These sleek cameras crops what DSLRs can achieve in an image. Advantage: small in size so you can snap anytime, anywhere, candidly perfect. Disadvantage: Image size, in terms of area is lessened (cropped), but hey, who needs pictures that wouldn't be on a billboard anyway.
Olympus PEN E-PM 1. Starts at PhP 21,500.

Panasonic Lumix DMC GF3. Starts at Php 25,800.

I know this is quite a short list, but they're all that I need and want this Christmas. Santa please grant me one, preferably the MacBook Air, if it isn't asking too much. Prettty, pretty please!

Happy Holidays everyone!

Credits to: Apple.com, Panasonic.com, OlympusAmerica.com and Wikipedia.