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I've always loved science fiction movies, from Star Wars to The Abyss to the classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. I have to say Sunshine is relatively plausible on the plot and it's audio visual treat is excellent. I wouldn't mind getting the DVD once it's available. An exhilarating concept altogether.

Read more about the film at www.sunshinedna.com. They're also auctioning off props from the film to the masses.

Have you heard of Finetune? I reckon it's got the most complete song library on the web, and for free. Trust my reckoning.

Here's my first playlist consisting of 45 of my favourite tracks, and surprisingly Finetune has them.

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I thought it's about time to give my collection something fresh, so I got myself Def Jam: Icon! I didn't have much time to actually head down to Challenger to take advantage of it's Rewards points, so I settled for Cyber Active instead.

By the way, the last time I played head to head games like this was Tekken 3 for PS2 at a friend's house. Naturally I don't buy these sort of games, but after reading the review at Gamespot I've finally decided to splurge on it. One particular reason is that, despite the main versus genre, you can take the stakes at marketing your own label, something like Death Row or Shady. Yes of course, it's fictional and virtual right down to the greens, but the music is not. Tracks you get are real. Once you've revved up some style points after beating your opponents stylishly, you could even hook up artists to sign up on your label and release their songs. All in your fingertips will be the budgeting for marketing, airplay, promos and such. It all depends on how much you want to spend and invest. You reap what you sow.

Combat is somewhat similar from the previous Def Jam titles. Learning curve for me is a little steep, since I had trouble getting blocks. Controls are pretty adjustable so you might find a way to your liking. The unique thing to complement the combat arsenal is the DJ controls. You will be able to put the hostile environment to your advantage, by pulling a DJ scratch. The environmental hazards in-game can be deadly and useful as you progress further into the game. Apart from that you can use song switching, which acts as a bonus for extra attack power.

There's a variety of fighting styles, from the Ghetto Blaster to the Jah Breaker, 6 in total. Each has it's own strengths and weaknesses, but you can earn them as you progress.

Dealing with people in the game needs money too. As you get richer, you'll tend to spend for them, not just on you. Apart from shopping for the hip blings and clothes to boost your style points, you'll spend on artists' sound wares and even cars. Take it as an investment to keep their relationship level healthy with you.

So far, I've got Ludacris and Mike Jones under my record label, and Redman keeps things swell for me. My finger is twitching to grab the controller, but reality calls and I got to work tomorrow morning.

Met up with SK at Bukit Panjang Plaza to hand over the coloured sequential pieces. I guess he felt elated when he saw it. Had trouble with printing the 7 pages earlier in the morning. I actually had to go down to the store for the replacement inks 3 times; for the colours Yellow, Magenta and Cyan. The printer's status monitor is so damn unreliable. Although  the printer's colour profile is not really in tune with the document's, I felt contented since I managed to finish it on time.

Soon after that met up with Dina at Hereen. Her boss is around so we didn't really have time to talk. She seemed more cheerful now, guess that now she's no longer single, and probably that makes her a better person. Felt happy for her anyway. By the way I waited for little more than half and hour to get to Somerset MRT since it was raining so heavily. Got drenched because I walked all the way, didn't even think about running since my slippers are so slippery! Rather get wet than pulling a stunt on the streets.

Got home, and brother needed to go out. At least dad got someone to look after at home. This morning dad went out alone again, but I realized only after I woke up. Thank god nothing happened.

Couldn't meet up with Nat at Starbucks NP, as well as the rest of the guys for 300. Maybe next time. By the way thanks Nat for the proof reading! Kisses!