Rin', Mesmerizing Shakuhachi

Rin is a musical group that I came across when looking for modern hybrids of traditional Japanese folk music. The music they produce aren't a lot, but they compensate with extremely enjoyable to listen tracks. The Shakuhachi is a traditional Japanese flute which is very prominent in Rin''s music.

Here is one they are most known for: Sakura Sakura
Go ahead have a listen.

I suggest you listen while sipping a cup of hot green tea. Good for those stressful moments at work.

If you want to know more about the group here is a wiki about them in detail.

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Kicked the sand castle

Well, I finally did it. Deleted my friendster account. Since making my move to facebook it didn't really make sense to have two different web apps spilling the beans on my life. Call me paranoid, but I try to keep my personal presence and information minimal on the web. Ever try putting your full name in google and seeing what pops out? You should, it'll give an idea how exposed you are on the web.

I've been using friendster since 2002 and so it makes the profile around 6 years old. I will definitely miss the extremely slow servers, incoming spam, clunky interface and constant down times that friendster adequately provided. Did I have any doubts before pressing the "cancel your account" button? Sure, a bit. Just hit by a pang of nostalgia by the people I've been able to stay connected with because of it. Which quickly dissipated upon realization that they are other much more effective alternatives to stay in touch, such as the good ol' phone call or the ever so convenient e-mail... and there is facebook. Haha...

Doesn't it bother you that having a personal profile on the web has somehow turned in to a required necessity? Oh well, here we go again.


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Digital me...

NXE (New Xbox Experience) update is out! The usual bells and whistles, however there has been a big revamp on the themes and gamer picture department. Now you are able to represent yourself with a digital version of you. Sure it's a bit cheesy, but hey it's fun, especially if you know your online buddies in person. (^_^)

Look mom! it's a digital me!

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