Moment Musicaux

• 20:06 Someone on the bus keeps farting. And I know it isn’t me.. #
• 20:09 Is this too much of a coincidence? I must not succumb. #
• 20:09 And pride takes a beating. #

…Is up! I was at my weight-peak I think. And the short hair! Ugh!

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• 10:37 Just found out that there’s no Starbucks in Vietnam. Can’t fight the Viet coffee scene..! #

I can’t post videos, so click here to watch it.

[The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.]

So this week I’m taking it back to a study published in Nature in 1976 to tell you about a freaky auditory illusion called the McGurk effect. However, it also requires some visual input, so I’ll have to send you to a video at http://snipurl.com/sciam-illusion (or simply click to play the video posted below this transcript.)
 
If we watch a video of a person mouthing the word "ga," but have a synced voice-over of that person saying "ba," what we end up hearing, is a third variation that’s never been said! That word is "da".
 
And even though you now know it’s an illusion—you will still, when you see the video, think you are hearing "da". But if you close your eyes, and do not see the person’s lips forming the word "ga," you’ll hear what they are actually saying, which is "ba".
 
We think of speech as dependent on auditory perception. But this study eerily shows just how important visual input is.
 
From this, it’s clear that our senses did not develop in isolation, but rather, they work in tandem to form an accurate perception of our world. Here we learn that the position of the lips is key in accurately hearing what someone is saying.

To experience the McGurk effect, please go to: http://snipurl.com/sciam-illusion

I (sort of) pounced onto my colleague’s Mac mouse and declared it mine — for now. He’s on long leave, so I conveniently borrowed it. At least I’m nicer than my CD. He took the 23" monitor in exchange of his 17" other-brand monitor. My colleagues and I were like -___-'’.

Anyway, I’m using my personal laptop which is a PC. Which poses a slight problem because there’s no right-click on Mac mouse-s (’mice’ just doesn’t sound right in this case). Or is it really?

Well, after trial and error and a stroke of genius (haw haw), I’ve figured out THE SECRET.

There IS a right click on the Mac mouse!

All you have to do is imagine that there is a right-click button and voila! The right-click menu appears!

I googled for solutions after my amazing breakthrough (ha!) and realised that some desperate souls have actually created applications for the purpose.

Not that anyone’s REALLY going to use Mac mouse on a PC, but whatever.

Cheap thrills hoo! 

• 09:21 It’s 9 in the morning and there’s someone on the bus already reeking of alcohol. #

• 10:58 Feeling very foolish now.. When will i ever learn? #

Okay lah, not a very BIG HUMONGOUS MENTION but. Still.

Muchos gracias to The Wily One. I don’t know why he asked for our pic (maybe because I was conveniently online) but I is no complaints!

Please buy the compilation. There are lotsa good stuff inside — from bands like Allura (<3 <3), Peepshow, Bismuth, Midnight Marvel etc. =)

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Here’s to number 10!

Excellent match. Much kudos to Wigan — Steve Bruce shut the mouths of those who said that they’d kelong — they enjoyed more possession than people would have expected them to, albeit poor finishing let them down.

Good job, Bolton, although a win for Chelsea would have been better salt on the wounds. Heh heh.

And now, onward Moscow…

• 09:52 This the most atrocious thing.. A bus driver of the bus i was on ordered a pack of noodles from a shop beside the bus stop! #

• 20:21 The Slim Spa ads are TERRIFYINGLY BAD. I can’t believe anyone would let actually air that! #

…It’s a car!

I’m really looking forward to payday, because there are too many things that I want to buy. And I’ve been having serious bag-envy issues of late. Oh, add iPhone-envy to that too.

Every time I begin sub-dividing my pay, my heart leaps with excitement at the possibility of fulfilling some of those wants. Then I remember my responsibilities, and the excitement goes poof. Meh.

YaWA? is recording an EP, which means about a quarter of my pay is gone. Then there’s the family, to which a half goes.

The last quarter remains for daily expenses. And of which a quarter goes to the Boy for helping me tremendously during those times of financial difficulty. Take that, kaput-envy!

On work:

It’s been a helluva experience. It’s challenging yet fun, and immense satisfaction comes when briefs are cracked and my team’s (uber juniors L and I) works are approved by the Creative Director (CD). Not bad for my first month, I say. Granted, the initial stages were a bit shaky, trying to get used to each other’s working style and swimming in the deep end without much hand-holding at all, but we pulled through in the end. We’ll be cracking on a Levis’ brief next, so that’s one more thing to be looking forward to I’m glad the CD seems pleased with us thus far.

But pity — L’s leaving for NS soon. Which means I have only that much time to secure a full-time job. Or should I look elsewhere too? I’ve made an O&M bigshot-to-be contact. Venture, venture. The future is still quite hazy…