Nine Inch Nails in Singapore

Twenty years ago. That was the first time I heard of NIN. That was when they released their first album, Pretty Hate Machine. I was an avid local musician at that time and this band was one of my influences. Frankly it's not much of a band as more of a soloist who brings in a bunch of other musicians to play in his band. His name is Trent Reznor. You can simply say he is the godfather of cyberpunk. Well here is the best part. As a farewell world tour, he is coming to Singapore! It is called the Wave Goodbye 2009 World tour. He is calling for an indefinite hiatus to his band. Needless to say, I'll be there on the 10th of August! His Asian tour also consists of Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan. The Singapore leg will be held at the Fort Canning Park.

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'I Want To Go To There'.

Yeah Yeah! So Ling has finally got a day off and she would be going with me for this years F1. She got the ticket for Friday's practice walkabout just like we did last year. Which is one main reason why I'm so happy. Going to the F1 last year with Ling was the best fun I had for as long as I can remember. We only got the Friday's tickets because of time and money as well but I believe we were the luckiest people there. We met the drivers remember? The funniest thing was we didn't even need tickets! Sometimes, Ling and I still talk about that night and we still laugh with amazement! How lucky we were! We went there on the Thursday before the race and we ended up on the tracks and met the drivers! No need for tickets! Then we ended up being interviewed in the papers because we met Lewis Hamilton. How cool is that! We are hoping for the same this year but I highly doubt that it would happen again. I'm sure the authorities would be a little more vigilante this time around. But anyhoo, never mind. As long as she is going with me, we'll relive that night and remember the memories. That's all that matters to me. I'm just so very happy! Saturday and Sunday I can go there and focus on the actual race. Friday I'll be there 'walkingabout' with my baby Ling. Perfect!

Who Says F1 Is Boring?

Jenson Button giving his 2 wheeler a check at last year's Singapore Race. Quite a few naysayers have started to say that this years F1 is getting boring. Because it's always Jenson Button and Brawns in the front. To a certain extend, they are quite right. I, for one, believe that this years championship is all wrapped up. Unless any of the other teams begin to improve themselves, it's over. Maybe with the exception of Red Bull. I feel they still have it in them to spoil Team Brawns party. But, personally I'm enjoying this years F1 so far. For me it would be boring if the usual guys were in front. Raikonnen, Alonso, Massa and in just 2 years Hamilton have made it the usual suspects. If they were in the front again this year then it would be boring. It started to get boring when Schumacher was wrapping up the championship with still a lot more races to go every year! It's nice to have someone different leading the pack for a change. And with an all new team to boot! Shocking that Alonso recently made the comment that it's not healthy for Formula 1 with only 1 driver winning all the time and that his nearest challenger is his own teammate. I wonder if he'd say the same if he was leading the championship. Well Button did say that there is nothing he can do about it. And he proved it again in Turkeys race. Jenson ran a flawless race and like second place Mark Webber said after the race, ' Button was on another planet.' I couldn't agree more! Actually I would want Rubens Barrichello to start winning some races. The veteran of F1 deserves it. He had a bad outing yet again in Istanbul. It's really sad how he always ends up playing second fiddle to his teammates, no matter which team he drives for. He probably has a year or two left in him before he hangs up his helmet for good, so I wish he'd get one championship as his swansong. So, F1 is getting more and more exciting the way I see it. Now we know who the really good drivers are and who only had good back up from their cars. It's frustrating to see how some so called champions practically give up just because they think their cars are crap. They don't even put up a fight! And yet they are paid obscene amounts of money! Now we see the men from the boys, the haves from the have nots, the Champs from the Chimps.