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Tag Archives: videos
How Do You Back Up Your Digital Photos & Videos?
I miss the old days of film and photo albums that you could hold in your hands. We take more pictures these days but I always worry about loosing them. Talked a bit about digital cameras and storage as I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged backup, digital photos, flickr, hard drive, memories, shutterfly, videos
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Why I Take Lots of Photos
I’m referring to photos I take of family. It’s a simple reason. It’s because I wish I had more photos with my dad. I do have my memories of sweet times with him but the photos help jog my memory … Continue reading
Home by Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros (& Little Alexa on Ellen)
This blog is about Singapore, but I do often feel compelled to talk about things that move me, that come from outside this tiny island. Lately I have been moved by the song Home by Edward Sharp and the Magnetic … Continue reading
Natasha Vlogs about the F1, Crystal about Ice Cream Sandwiches & Callie gets close to PM Lee
I love vloggers. Especially expat Singapore vloggers like Natasha Bailie who brings us a bit of the F1 (Singapore Grand Prix and only night car race) in her video blog. I’ve never been, but wow those cars are ear bustingly … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged bread ice cream, Callie Moore, central, Crystal, F!, Grand Prix, ice cream sandwich, Katielette, loud, Natasha Bailie, river, Shaytards, sister, Video, videos, vlog, vlogger
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The Shaytards Story on Forbes, Coopertard & their Aunt in Singapore
I haven’t blogged about the Shaytards in a while, but Coopertard is one of my favourites. He doesn’t appear very often, but when he does he’s a riot. He’s the cousin who’s the same age as Babytard and they have … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged article, babytard, bio, birthday, Carl Butler, children, Colette Crofts, coopertard, cute, famous, fan, Forbes, inspirational, Laurie Butler, money, motivational, princesstard, real names, rocktard, Shay Butler, Shaytards, story, success, videos, YouTube
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Old Videos: William & Harry with their mum Diana
I found these old videos from the 80’s quite fascinating. I grew up at a time when the world was totally captivated by Princess Diana and her little boys. The younger generation will probably feel the same way with William … Continue reading
Photos & Videos: 3 year old Babytard (the baby on his CD) finally meets James Blunt
Update: 14 July 2011 My 2 favourite people in one eco friendly video. I have so much respect for famous people who remain so down to earth. I have always been a fan of James Blunt’s music, but now I … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged babytard, Babytard met James Blunt, beautiful, British, CD Cover, concert, culture, cute, Entertainment, exciting, family, happiness, humble, Idaho, James Blunt, Life, Living, meets, musician, nice, photo, photos, princesstard, Shay Butler, shaycarl, Shaytards, Singapore, some kind of trouble, sweet, Video, videos, YouTube
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The iPad2 & the Coolest Ever Magnetic Cover: A Very Frail Steve Jobs Introduces New iPad to Standing Ovation
I am always so impressed by Steve Jobs’ presentations. He is quite an inspiration. Was hoping the new iPad would be smaller, but at least it’s thinner and lighter. Steve Jobs demonstrates how it’s thinner than the iPhone, so that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Ideas
Tagged Ad, Advert, Apple, celeb, commercial, cool, coolest, frail, inspiration, ipad, ipad2, magnetic, new, smart cover, Steve Jobs, tech, technology, Video, videos
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Miss Universe 2010 Interviews: USA, China and India
I went through a couple of the interview videos on YouTube, but most of them started so boring I couldn’t watch till the end. These two, I watched till the end. I try to pick out more of the Asian … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged beautiful, beauty, charisma, culture, cute, interview, Miss China, Miss India, Miss Universe 2010, Miss USA, news, Personality, Rima Fakih, Tang Wen, Ushoshi Sengupta, Video, videos, women, world, YouTube
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Miss Universe Preliminary Interviews: Venus Raj Has Charisma & Miss Singapore is Not Too Shabby
Since Maria Venus Raj, Miss Philippines has been consistently ranked top in the online polls, I was thinking she can’t be all perfect. Maybe her personality would suck. I was wrong. She oozes with charisma and has a lovely down … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged beautiful, beauty, Contest, interviews, Miss Universe 2010, Philippines, Preliminary, Singapore, Tania Lim, Venus Raj, Video, videos, women, YouTube
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The Cutest Little Fight And Don’t Touch Me
We know who’s going to be winning arguments in the future. I love it when the little girl says “I’m 4, you not 4!” You may not be able to hear it clearly but the little boy actually says “You … Continue reading
Posted in Laughter
Tagged comedy, cute, don't touch me, fight, funny, kids, Little, little boy, little girl, toddlers, videos, YouTube
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Kitty Eating a Watermelon
I can’t tell you why I am fascinated by this video, but I think you will be too. A persian kitty eating a watermelon is the most adorable thing I’ve seen in a while. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3cHNObcEh8]
NDP 2010 Song and Mr Brown’s Version About His Xiao Char Bor
I had never heard the National Day Parade Song before, but first saw Mr Brown’s (Singapore’s most famous blogger apart from Wendy Cheng) spoof which was pretty darn good as usual. He can actually sing! Xiao Char Bor means crazy … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged 2010, blogger, comedy, Corrine May, funny, Life, Mr Brown, music, National Day, NDP, parody, Singapore, song, spoof, Video, videos, YouTube
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Babytard Stop Sucking Your Thumb (The Shaytards Vlog)
For all the Babytard fans out there, here’s a super cute video of Babytard clips compiled by a fan. There are loads of Shaytard/ Dadtard/ Shaycarl asking her to take the thumb out of her mouth. Her reactions are just … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged babies, babytard, celebs, cute, cutest, Entertainment, funny, shaycarl, shaytard, Shaytards Vlog, stop sucking your thumb, The Shaytards, thumb sucking, videos, vlog, YouTube
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Glee’s To Sir With Love: An Ode to Teachers Who Truly Care
Teaching in 1960 vs 2010 {Image: Cagle Cartoons} When I was a kid I wanted to teach because as a child of the 70’s and 80’s, teachers were respected and we were all very timid, quiet and well behaved. The … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged Entertainment, funny, Glee, inspiration, Laughter, Life, love, Lulu, Mr Schuester, music, Nostalgia, Office Politics, personal, Profession, Singapore, stress, Teachers, Teaching, To Sir With Love, videos, work
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The Noose – Best Show on Local TV
Michelle Chong and Chua Enlai are just so darn good on ‘The Noose’. (There is a reason why it is named The Noose!) So are Suhaimi and Alaric Tay. The four of them make a great cast. I am impressed … Continue reading
Posted in Laughter
Tagged Alaric Tay, celeb, Celebrities, Chua Enlai, comedy, culture, expat, funny, Life, Living, Michelle Chong, satire, Singapore, Singaporeans, society, Suhaimi, The Noose, travel, TV, videos
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More Fascinating Videos from the Orchard Road Flood
More videos and photos are coming in from ordinary people about the Orchard Road flood. The last time this area was flooded was 26 years ago. No wonder the young people are so tickled by what is happening. Here’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Headlines
Tagged flood, Flooded, Flooding, news, Orchard Road, Singapore, travel, videos
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I Can’t Believe My Eyes: Orchard Road Is Flooded
Orchard Road resembles a muddy river today. I am so glad I wasn’t stuck there. But then again it’s quite a rare sight and the teenagers putting videos up on YouTube seem energized and tickled by it. There was a … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Headlines
Tagged flood, global warming, Life, Living, news, Orchard Road, Singapore, temperature, travel, Video, videos, weather
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