Continue from the last post, here are the next few of my top 10 albums of 2009:

It’s Not Me, It’s You – Lily Allen
I did not have a good impression of Lily Allen when she first hit it big three years ago.  Some of her comments just made her looks like she’s a bit of a brat, almost too obnoxious.  Therefore I didn’t even listen to her debut album despite all the good reviews.  Three years later when her sophomore album came out, I finally give it a try and …

2009 has quite a few great albums, especially from the returning artists’ sophomore or follow up albums.  I remember last year there were quite a few that I was excited to wait for the albums to come out but eventually got disappointed.  This year though, I was excited at quite a few albums from the beginning of the year up until this month.  Overall it’s a great year.  My rule of thumb for great album is that it got to have more than 5 songs on the albums that I …

When I first heard there is a season 9 of Scrubs, my reaction was very much like a lot of fans – WTF? it had a good series finale last season already, why mess it up by dragging it out for another season?  I was against the idea.  However, as people know I usually can see both sides of an issue, and this is no exception.  We tend to forgot that TV show is an industry with people whose livelihood depends on.  We always focus on the lead actors who …

I like the Twilight book series a lot, so I was able to tolerate all the problems the first movie adaptation had. Then comes adaptation of the second book New Moon. The movie version is an improvement on the first one, but the weakness and problems persisted. I tried very hard to figure out what went wrong and I think I figured it out. We have to look at why the books are so successful in the first place. How did it strike a chord …

Wand Universal Remote
Remember when Steve Jobs unveiled the AppleTV, there’s one thing that he was very proud of is how simple the remote control was? he said we have 6 buttons, compared to 80 somewhat button on other companies remote control. I never imagined someone would make a remote control that has no button – not counting iPhone’s various software remotes – and in such an awesome package – The Kymera Wand Universal Remote Control!!! It is essentially an infrared remote control with accelerometer built-in but in the shape …

Another year, another Apple Store opening in Manhattan.  I went to the 5th Ave Store opening a while back, but missed the Meatpacking District Store because of work.  This time the opening was on a Saturday, naturally I went despite have to get up early on a Saturday!  Most people don’t get what is the big deal.  To me it’s the energy and the atmosphere that drew me to it.  The enthusiasm is not just from the staffs – they definitely are all pumped up because come on, 220 out …