April: 01st - April Fool's Day 01st - Syahrul's Birthday 02nd - Avril Lavigne Bonez Tour 03rd - Mum's Blood Test @ KK 05th - Doctor Appointment @ TTSH 07th - Justin ORD 10th - Mum's Surgery @ KK Hospital 12th - Aaron's Brthday 13th - Doctor Appointment @ TTSH 13th - Opening Of (Eight Below) 12th - Opening Of Movie (Firewall) 14th - Good Friday Holiday 17th - Gary's Birthday
20th - Boss's Birthday
20th - Boss's Birthday Celebration
23rd - Emil & Jonathon Concert 05
26th - Andy Lim's Birthday
May:
01st - Progress Reward Banked In
01st - Labour Day Holiday
01st - Jennifer's Birthday
05th - Opening Of Movie (MI:3)
09th - Winnie's Birthday
12th - Vesak Day Holiday
18th - Opening Of (Da Vinci Code)
25th - Opening Of Movie (X-Men 3)
:: Wish Upon A Star ::
01) A Girlfriend? Let Fate Decide It
02) More Incoming Funds (Money)
03) Apple iPod Video 30 GB ($548)
04) Complete My National Service
05) A Handphone (Nokia N91)
06) A New Wallet
07) New Adidas Watch
08) Apple iMac G5
09) Looking For Pen Pals
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[64K Transflective type QVGA TFT]
[Integrated WLAN 802.11b]
[Integrated Bluetooth]
[1.2 MegaPixels Camera]
[PocketPC Windows Mobile 2003]
- IBM Thinkpad T22
[Intel® Mobile Pentium-III 900MHz]
[1GB RAM]
[60GB IBM HDD]
[64MB ATI Mobility RADEON 7500]
[DVD/CD-RW Drive]
[Iomega USB 250MB ZIP Drive]
[14.1" TFT Active Display Matrix]
[Internal Lucent V.90 Modem]
[Intel PRO/1000 Gbps Ethernet]
[Windows 2000 Professional]
- My Own Personnal Rig
[Intel Pentium-IV 1.7GHz]
[Asus P4P800 Deluxe]
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[80GB DiamondMax Plus 9 HDD]
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[Internal Toshiba DVD-ROM Drive]
[Internal Pioneer DVD-RW Drive]
[External Plextor CD-RW Drive]
[Internal Iomega 250MB Zip Drive]
[17" ViewSonic CRT Monitor GS771]
[smartNIC PnP Network Adapter]
[Altec Lansing ACS 44]
[Windows XP Professional]
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Friday, June 11, 2004
Musical Legend Ray Charles Dies at Age 73
Legendary US musician Ray Charles, dubbed the "Genius of Soul" during his acclaimed six-decade career, has died of liver disease at age 73.
Charles went blind at age seven, but songs such as "Georgia on My Mind" and "I Can't Stop Loving You," made him a household name who had the rare honour of being enshrined in the US halls of fame of rhythm and blues, jazz and rock.
"Music to me is just like breathing. I have to have it. It's part of me," Charles once told an interviewer of his rags-to-riches career.
Last August, he cancelled part of his US concert tour for the first time in 53 years and underwent hip replacement surgery in December. As doctors treated him, other ailments were diagnosed. Liver disease set in and he eventually succumbed to complications from it.
But even as his health failed, the musician had been planning to tour again in mid-June. The sudden setback in his recovery was "a great shock to all," Digney said. Charles celebrated the 10,000th concert of his 58-year career early last year and gave his last performance on July 20, 2003.
He last appeared in public on April 30 alongside film star Clint Eastwood when his Los Angeles studios were designated an historic landmark.
As a performer who could read music by Braille, play the piano, the clarinet and saxophone by the time he was 15, Charles was at home with orchestras, alone on stage with his grand piano and fellow bandmates or singing a capella.
Some of the biggest hits of his career included "What'd I Say," "Born To Lose," "Hit the Road Jack" and "I Can't Stop Loving You."
Charles was born Ray Charles Robinson to a poor family in Albany in the southeastern state of Georgia on September 30, 1930, at the height of racial segregation in the United States, and was orphaned by the age of 15. After glaucoma rendered him blind, Charles was sent to a school for the deaf and blind in Florida, where his gift and lifelong passion for music emerged.
In the 1940s, the young pianist made his way to the northwestern city of Seattle where he played in nightclubs, modelling himself on the late legend Nat "King" Cole. There, he met a young Quincy Jones, the renowned music producer, and they became lifelong friends and musical collaborators. He developed his own unique style, mixing various musical genres, and first recorded in 1949. In 1955, his experiments culminated in the release of "I Got a Woman" which mixed gospel tunes with his nightclub sound.
"I was raised in the church and was around blues and would hear all these musicians on the jukeboxes and then I would go to revival meetings on Sunday morning," he once said.
In 1965, Charles ran into trouble with the law when he was arrested for possession of heroin and jailed for one year. Just before his death, Charles completed a duets album called "Genius Loves Company," that featured Norah Jones, BB King, Willie Nelson, country star Bonnie Raitt, Gladys Knight and crooner Johnny Mathis.
During his career, the Recording Academy honored him with 12 Grammy awards and a lifetime achievement award in 1987.
The charismatic musician is survived by 11 children, 20 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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