Musical Life

Ever thought of having your own music video? Yup, I mean your own personal MV or music video which you created yourself. That would be a little bit tough perhaps. But no worries, cause now you can have your own music clips created with photos ONLY.

I just browse through a website today which provides software in doing all these. Clips and videos are popular nowadays when the giant company, Youtube proves it by earning more than billions through the attractions of clips and videos. Many become famous and well-known through their unique and amusing clips. Now, you can make your own clips through the compilation of your daily photos or featured photos. All you have to do is to visit that web and get yourself a software installer pack called “fliptrack”.

Interactive media especially clips and videos have now becoming most influential and useful tool to deliver messages. This would be most beneficial to bloggers, advertisers, Medias, and so on. As many channel of communication had been moved to cyber world, they need to make it alive just like the physical world. Subsequently, clips and videos take place to create the sense of reality. Most important of all, it is no longer as sophisticated as before; it can be simply designed and created by an amateur.

“Fliptrack” allows users to create and design their own clips. It allows you to easily match images to the lyrics and rhythm of a song ― just like a music video or movie soundtrack. At the same time, it provides hundreds of pre-licensed songs so you can legally share your fliptrack video anywhere on the web. Cool huh!

It is also full with featured like “adding effects”, “sharing”, “download musics”, etc.

It is easy to use. Can check out the website for more information:

http://www.fliptrack.com

PRIDE and GLORY

When I was still a young child, I perceived those who drink alcohol as bad people. Probably that’s the way Asian educate their children. Being brought up in my small family, none in my family is a heavy drinker. We only contact with alcohol when it is Chinese New Year. A special festive where olden Chinese celebrate the moment of harvesting in the fields. Now, we celebrate it as a tradition or a continuation of culture. Even at this very joyful season, we (me and my siblings) just manage to taste a little alcohol of 1% in a beverage called “ANGLIA SHANDY”. It’s a refreshing blend of lemonade and beers.

Slowly, as I stepped into university life, I had (being forced to) learned how to drink alcohol. This is when I have to deal with people from all walks of life. Being a committee of a society, I have to deal with sponsors, partners, etc. However, I still can’t handle it when the volume is excessive. As beginner, the first two alcohols I met up with in university life are “HEINEKEN” and “CARLSBERG”. Though being bottled up attractively, it’s still cause my social life to be miserable. Why we have to know the art of drinking all these alcohol?
My eldest brother told me that cigarettes and alcohols are just the same. It’s a tool of socializing and making business. To those who are in business or corporate world, it helps to reduce their stresses and provide them with the sense of fantasy. When you share the same fantasy as your partners, customers, clients, or whoever, you manage to enter their heart and things go easier. However, it also depends largely on how you communicate after making them “drunk”. My friend told me other fact which leads to alcohol consuming. He said that it’s normal to drink alcohol when the atmosphere and place is right. He added that it’s too bad (or even consider as rude) if we choose not to drink while all of others are drinking. “OMG, is that so?”

Well, no matter how I still have to learn on controlling my own affordable volume. Another friend of mine taught me few skills. First, raise your alcohol cup and pretend that you are drinking it whenever other parties start pouring it. This ensures that your cup is not being top up all the time. Second, only drink once whenever there’s a toast. This ensure that your alcohol level remain the same after a “long-drink”. Third, when there’s no choice where your cup has to be topped up, add more ice into your cup.

Despite of all these alcohol stories, we still need to know and be aware of the consequences of over-consuming alcoholic drinks. And does it really release your stress and reduce tension? Or it’s just our own “placebo” effect all this time? It might lead us into subconscious condition perhaps, but definitely not into a fantasy world. Beware of the temptation to addiction effect!

Credit Cards

Credit card is ubiquitous in this modern and digitalized world. Basically, a credit card is a system of payment, named after the small plastic card issued to users of the system. Initially it is used only for mortar business trade. It becomes popular when it allows the consumer to 'revolve' their balance, at the cost of having interest charged. It eases the tense of consumers’ spending.

After the existence of so many credit card services, it eventually becomes a status that represents the spending power of an individual. Many quotes from credit card companies had proven this:

“Shop, Dine and Travel the way u deserved!” – HSBC
“Life gets better everyday…” – Standard Chartered
“The way you want it” – CIMB

Later, electronic business started to evolve globally and make this invention even more precious and valuable. It acts as identification for electronic payment. However, there is also some negative issue being said about this system of payment despite its significant role in the electronic trade world. The low security of the credit card system presents countless opportunities for fraud. This opportunity has created a huge black market in stolen credit card numbers, which are generally used quickly before the cards are reported stolen. Anyway, with the improvement of “counter-hijacker” and “counter-hacker” knowledge, most of the credit card companies have increased their security system. The problem is what about the credit card processing services? Would it be safe?

For e-merchant, they really need to figure out the best service provider for credit card processing. This ensures a good customer relationship when there is a reliable and secured credit card processing service. Like being mentioned just now, credit card is a payment system which represents an individual reputation and status. Hence, when the e-commerce or digital trade can be processed safely and without fraud, the privileges of credit card remain! When customers feel safe and comfortable with “click-purchase”, they will keep buying. Make sure you select the right credit card processors before u start your e-business!