Tree-House Open Mic @ Paradox Cafe

Looking for somewhere to perform this school holiday?
I'm organising an open mic called Tree-House Open Mic for teenagers to showcase their talent.
Come over to Paradox Cafe on the 24th of March 2013 for an afternoon of fun :)
More information here: https://www.facebook.com/events/624030880956159/

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Get 7 Free songs from Ella Mae Bowen

At only 18, Ella Mae Bowen is a budding Country Music recording artist signed to Big Machine records. Her rendition of 'Holding Out For A Hero' was selected in the recent Footloose movie. She writes music and plays many different musical instruments and is also an amazing singer. She's giving out 7 free song for download (and yes it's legal) 

here: http://www.musicindustryblueprint.com/emb-intro/

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Reach Out youth volunteer celebration at Taylor's Lakeside

If you weren't there, you probably heard from your friends or saw the postings all over various social networking sites about what was going on at Taylor's University Lakeside Campus the entire day yesterday. Starting from 8am, the Reach Out convention was held and various speakers like Tan Sri Tony Fernedes, Dato' Ruby Khong and so many others were in the lineup. The entire event was absolutely free. I was not there at the convention, but I did go for the music that came afterwards. 

The weather was scorching but the crowd was going strong and the normally quiet lakeside campus was filled with concert-goers and head-banging music fans. In the midst of the loud rock music, came Narmi (pictured below), with their sweet, and soothing music. 

As day turned to night, David Choi, Chester See and Jason Chen were set to grace Malaysia with their presence. JinnyboyTV were also on the list as fans screamed at the glimpse of the YouTube stars and a growing crowd were waiting backstage for them to come out, hoping for an autograph or a picture. 

Jason Chen came up and wowed everyone with a mandarin song and acoustic covers. He hit the notes effortlessly as the crowd screamed even louder.

David Choi came up next and shared his stories of love and life with a set-list of original songs. Accompanied by only his guitar and it was an intimate acoustic show. He even played a new song for the fans.

Chester See performed after on a keyboard at about 9pm and concert showed no sign of ending yet. Mesmerising everyone with his popular song 'God Damn You're Beautiful' and teasing the crowd with only one line of 'Bromance'.

I personally didn't really know their music that well so I can't say too much about what songs they were singing, but it was a great evening. I went because of my friend who has never been to a concert before and is a super huge fan of them wanted to go. We ended up meeting all of them and she got their autographs! 

Since this is my very first post here I would like to say hi! and thank you for letting me be a part of this blog. I will be posting about music, music and lots of music now and then. 

-Amrita

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Tips on legal ways to reduce Parent's Income Tax (Malaysia)

Hello people! As all of us may know, or some who are oblivious, our parents have to declare and send in their Income Tax payable statement to the Inland Board of Revenue Malaysia by 1st of April every year. Here are some tips where we as children can help them save tax the legal way!

1) Collect and pass them all receipts of bought books!
- Receipts of books from popular, MPH etc enables them to deduct a maximum amount of RM1000!
(Here books will exclude newspapers and banned reading magazines.)

2) Receipts of purchases of sport equipment
- Receipts of sport equipment can enable them to have a maximum amount of RM300 deductions!
(Sport equipment includes golf balls & shuttlecocks, Exclude Sport wears and Sport Shoes)

3) Personal computer
- Purchasing a laptop (personal computer) will enable deductions maximum up to RM3000 of the Income Tax!

Our parents have been running in and out day and night just to ensure that us as children gets to live life to the fullest. When we are busy growing up and enjoying life, make sure to care for them and share with them experiences by spending some time with them! Every working Malaysian is liable to Income tax and by doing our part we can at least contribute something or so!

Sincerly,
CXZ

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Gaming RAM: Is it worth the money?

But first, what exactly is the difference between gaming RAM and value Ram?

  The singular difference between Gaming RAM and Value RAM is that Gaming RAM has a higher clock speed. What this means is that Gaming RAM releases the memory faster than normal RAM and so the performance will (obviously) be better. Standard value DDR3 RAM has a clock speed of 1333MHz. There are a few different types of Gaming RAM though so speeds can be 1600MHz, 1866MHz and even 2133MHz.

Is Gaming RAM worth the extra $$ though?

 Gaming RAM, funnily enough, does not improve gaming performance all that much. I have personally tried this to find out. I used to use 4GB of value RAM for my PC. Games ran perfectly smooth on Ultra settings with no performance issues. After Switching to 8GB of 1600MHz Gaming RAM though, there was no noticeable difference when gaming. What I did notice however, was much smoother multitasking then I had previously. I would actually recommend that you guys get gaming RAM only if you do alot of multitasking while gaming or do other memory intensive stuff like HD video rendering as speeds will greatly increase for these kinds of usage.

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Happy Chinese New Year 2013!

  Hi guys! I would just like to wish all of our readers, as well as my co-bloggers a very Happy Chinese New Year! May the Year of the Snake bring fortune, luck, peace and prosperity to all your lives.

Here is a short little music video to get you guys in the festive mood. I hope you enjoy it!

  Chinese New Year aka The Lunar New Year is the most important of Chinese New Year Holidays. If any of our non-Chinese readers are interested to know more you can look here.

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Solid State Drives: Turn your computer into a supercomputer!

The Differences between A SSD and a Hard Disk Drive. 

 Some of you guys might have heard of the SSD (solid state drive) before, most of you probably haven't , so hopefully this article will help you guys understand what exactly is a SSD, and how it can be used to turn your PC into a supercomputer.

  A Solid State Drive, put simply ''is a hard drive but is not a hard drive.'' This may sound abit confusing but it is actually very simple. What I mean by that quote is that a SSD is, like a hard drive, a storage device that is used in exactly the same way; to run windows, to store data, etc...

 The differences between these two devices are in the internals. If you take apart a hard drive, you will actually see that inside it there is an actual disk that stores all your data. The internals of a SSD, on the other hand, is an integrated circuit. Think of it like a super fast, high capacity pendrive.

                                                     internals of a hard disk drive

A SSD is also ALOT faster than a standard hard disk. Due to the fact that it doesn't have to spin around a disk writing data and just *does it* speeds of a SSD can reach more than 5 times that of a standard hard disk. Your computer basically will start up in less than 10 seconds (personal experience) compared to a computer running a hard drive which might take about a minute or more to start. Performance, speed of the whole computer will also be alot faster (though this doesn't include gaming/3D graphics performance. If you want to improve that you will need to get a better graphics card.)

So why should I get a SSD?

 Solid state drive prices are EXPENSIVE compared to hard drives. You can get a 500 gigabyte hard drive cheaper than a 60 gigabyte SSD. Because of this I would recommend you getting a SSD if you are a gamer/power user and speed is a must for you. If you are just going to use your PC for basic use, I do not think the price is worth it.

That is all, thanks for reading. Feel free to leave a comment below on your thoughts about the Solid State Drive. Peace.

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