originality; cold-fire

Sunday, May 17, 2009

I had my first and only Discman when I was in secondary school. It was with me up till when I was in the Army. I don't remember if I ever gotten a Walkman but I do remember using tapes on my player at home. On the same note, I think I got my first set of mini-compo CD-Tape-Radio player (the term for this equipment is wrong. I just made it up) when I was in secondary school too. MD was a growing market then.

Later, I got my first (and current) mp3 player when I was in the Army. I think my sister got it for me while I bought my first (and current) camera with my pay around the same time. My beloved Iriver H10 (and my Sony camera) has been with me for at least 4 years. I must say that although it is not the best mp3 player around (it has a lousy interface) and given that it is a Korean brand (you know what they say about Korean brands), it has been reliable in providing me with music whenever I want and also has been a great in transmitting music as they are, to me. The latter is mainly because of the sound quality it provides by itself. This only dawned on me after 4 years of using and after changing at least 5 earphones before ending up with my latest and most expensive Sennheiser HD 212 Pro (this is a pair of headphones)

I remember I first started off as most people did, with the accompanying earphones in the iriver package. While in the Army, I was surfing the forums and came across a thread on earphones. The thing that I got from it was this or at least the gist of it is this, "Once you get a pair of earphones of better quality, you can never go back to one of lower quality." I learnt its meaning (surprisingly) more than 6 months after I bought my first pair of earphones from Sony. I remember it vaguely to be a day when my mum wanted to use my old discman. I was being nice and lent my Sony earphones to her. I ended up with my accompanying pair of earphones. It was then that I knew the meaning of the quote. The sound quality couldn't be any worse.

From there, I spoilt and lost some earphones. Basically, I spoilt my first pair of Sony earphones, lost the next pair that I bought, received a new pair from AT and LR (I must say the wiring for this pair is great but it was a lil too short), bought another pair cuz I needed longer wire, spoilt the one with longer wires and then bought a pair of Philips clip-on earphones (all those before are from Sony). I was gratly disappointed with the one from Philips ear clips headphones that I got. Only the sound quality was commendable. The other things like durability and stuff all sucks. However, that experience had taught me the difference between headphones and earphones. It was only a few months ago that I decided to purchase of Sennheiser headphones. It was and it still is a time that I wish to be within the comforts that my music can provide me. It is psychological and I still haven't got a good explanation for this behavior. By the way, before I proceed, I must mention that I never did lost or spoilt the pair of earphones that AT and LR gave me BUT I lent it to my friend over here after I got my headphones and he lost it in Valencia, Spain. I am sorry if you guys are reading this!

Back to my beloved headphones, to put it simply, it allows me to listen to songs almost as if I have never heard them before. Sounds that I have never encountered with my earphones are now clear. Well.. I must say also that as it is not a noise cancelling headphones and that it is probably one of the lower grade Sennheiser around, the music experience can be better but I am satisfied with this, at least for a few years to come. If you have had the time to read up to here, you are probably bored at home or something. It is a crappy blog entry which I simply wanted to say how much I like this pair of headphones I have. :) Here's a lil something to listen to if u don't already have sth else to do..

The Origin. 5/17/2009 05:06:00 pm

quotes

"You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming, they were so close you could taste them, but eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is its hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true." - Dr. Meredith Grey from Grey's Anatomy

'How happy is the little Stone
That rambles in the Road alone,
And doesn't care about Careers
And Exigencies never fears-
Whose Coat of elemental Brown
A passing Universe put on,
And independent as the Sun
Associates or glows alone,
Fulfilling absolute Decree
In casual simplicity-' - How happy is the little Stone by Emily Dickinson

'This is your last chance.
After this, there is no turning back.
You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.
You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.' - Morpheus, The Matrix

'The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Not because you'll get it, but because you're doomed not to want it if you do.' - Unknown

'There are plenty of people with good intentions who take the wrong actions in the end' - Gundam Seed Destiny

'Life is no straight and easy corridor along
which we must seek our way,
lost and confused, now and again
checked in a blind alley.

But always, if we have faith,
a door will open for us,
not perhaps one that we ourselves
would ever have thought of,
but one that will ultimately
prove good for us.' - A.J.Cronin

"Every life has one true-love snapshot
Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know
No life is a waste.
The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone"

"A man can endure alot if he still has hope." - Clyde T. Ellis

" 'Appreciate It.' 2 simple words. A life span of gratitude." - Cinderella Man

"A boxer enters the ring alone. If knocked down, he alone could pick himself up and keep the fight going." - Cinderella Man

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"Jame J. Braddock: I know this isn't what you wanted. But I can't win if you're not behind me.
Mae: I'm always behind you."

"People die in fairy tales all the time." - Max Baer, Cinderella Man

"Maybe sometimes people need to see someone do it so they can do it." - Father Rorick, Cinderella Man

"You always got ot figure you're not the best man in the world, there might be somebody better. That's the way it was. That's the way boxing is. The champion don't always stand up. There's always somebody coming up to take him. That's a part of life." - Jame J. Braddock

"If either man falls through weakness or otherwise, he must get up unassisted" - The Queensbury Rules, No. 4

"All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory" - Motto of the King's Guard in Ancient Greece

"With each passing day in a good marriage, the love for your spouse grow stronger than the day before" - Cinderella Man

"I take responsibility" - President George W. Bush

"Sow a Thought, and you reap an Act;
Sow an Act, and you reap a Habit;
Sow a Habit, and you sow a Character;
Sow a Character, and you reap a Destiny." - Samuel Smiles

"Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt - Shakespeare in Measure of Measure

"What does your heart tell you?" - Aragorn, LOTR

"To an outstretched hand we shall respond with an olive branch, but we shall fight fire with the harshest fire ever." - Israeli PM Ariel Sharon

"To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human. " - The Matrix

"Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth, always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong. That is your oath." - Balian of Ibelin, Kingdom of Heaven

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." - Atticus Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird

"It is not our abilities that show what we truly are... it is our choices." - Dumbledore, Harry Potter

"Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends." - Gandalf, LOTR

"Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten." - Lilo & Stitch

"Your heart is free. Have the courage to follow it." - Malcolm Wallace, Braveheart

"Every man dies, not every man really lives." - William Wallace, Braveheart

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